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| frank_black_francis |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 14:48:38
I remembered seeing Bono talking about Nirvana in that horrible rockumentary, "The History Of Rock & Roll". He said, in reference to Nirvana, that Americans finally had their 'brand' of punk music...
It left me scratching my head and think that Bono was a fucking idiot: MC5, RAMONES, STOOGES, VU, BLACK FLAG, DEAD KENNEDY'S. ANGRY SAMOANS, CIRCLE JERKS, BAD BRAINS...and the list goes on to include many underground punk bands around the country thru the 70s and 80s.....apparently they slipped under his radar.
I wonder. Is this the thinking in the UK? That Malcolm McClaren effectively invented punk? I mean, What the F#*K? |
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| WolfManMikeLonely |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 17:27:29
Yes, damn Donald Duck.
"Hey fuck you if you don't like it."
-Johnny Thunders
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| n/a |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 17:25:06
I think proper punk might have died out years ago leaving us with it's bastard child pseudo punk wearing it's skater chains and short trousers/long shorts and oh so edgy spikes in the hair. Damned pseudo-punk
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| dogjones |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 16:40:08
mc5/stooges and garage rock of the 60s influenced the ramones..the ramones UK tour influenced the hell outta a lot of bands there, who in turn influenced others...
oddly the clash's and sex pistol's US tour had more of an impact on the general public in the states than the ramones did...especially odd considering how AWFUL the sex pistols shows were
and to take a little "punk" outta punk...the sex pistols and the germs (both producing 2 of the best landmark records in punk history) were created by businesmen looking to cash in on the punk-thing (sex pistols, mclauren...germs created by a parking lot contest for Smash Records).
go figure..fun shit
for more fun shit go find out who the original drummer for the Germs was..heh |
| WolfManMikeLonely |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 16:27:06
They formed quite awhile before the Ramones I believe, I think "Personality Crisis" was their first single. Maybe it was "Trash".
"Hey fuck you if you don't like it."
-Johnny Thunders
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| mun chien andalusia |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 13:51:27
it could be. i 've never been a fan of the NYD, i know that the band formed in that period but i am not sure about their first recordings.
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| WolfManMikeLonely |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 13:40:58
I know that the Damned released the first punk single in Britain, not sure if it was the same year as the Ramones first single, there's a good chance though. Doesn't "Personality Crisis" by the New York Dolls still beat them to the punch though?
"Hey fuck you if you don't like it."
-Johnny Thunders
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| mun chien andalusia |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 13:14:12
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
So who were the first ever punk band?
Listen to Nine Black Alps.
i've read somewhere that the first "real" punk singles were recorded by the ramones and the damned almost simultaneously (1974 if i am not wrong). the mc5 and the stooges are considered as "protopunk" groups, but maybe that definition is good only for nerds like me. in my opinion it's pretty accurate, if it isn't bash me, as long as i don't hear another time that "never mind the bollocks" is the first punk record ever.
join the cult of errol\and you can have a beer\without having to quit smoking
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| TarTar |
Posted - 06/24/2004 : 04:36:29
Don't forget the Descendents. Knock 'em us much as you want, but I challenge you to listen to "Der Weinershnitzel" w/o feeling a little bit more juvenille or "Hope" w/o feeling a little bit of passion cuz it's one of the best unrequited love songs ever written.
"You gotta watch the mota, Thurston. Yr fuckin memory just goes out the window." |
| floop |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 21:54:55
i think Social Distortion deserves to be on the list. based on their first album alone.
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| pfeffa |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 19:35:38
NY Dolls and the Ramones were the real first US Punk bands to make it "main stream" it seems. I never really got into the Sex Pistols and only experienced the post-punk stuff in the late 80s. I grew up in DC and saw Fugazi, Shudder To Think, and All. Freshman year, my friend said, "hey, remember the Pixies, 'Here comes your man'?" and we listened to Doolittle all semester until I almost died of mono. Good times.
darkness, come teach me |
| WolfManMikeLonely |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 19:20:24
You guys missed New York Dolls and for LA you can't forget John Belushi's favorite band. Fear.
"Hey fuck you if you don't like it."
-Johnny Thunders
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| darwin |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 17:07:47
Speaking of LA and American punk: X & The Germs |
| BLT |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 17:05:59
Jones has probably lived here since the mid-80s, when he was in Chequered Past.
On a side note to the "rock stars in supermarkets" sub-thread...I saw Lux and Ivy at Whole Foods in Glendale a couple months ago. He waited outside while she stood in the checkout line. Over the years I've seen them around town more times than I can count. |
| floop |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 16:50:19
my gf says she used to see Steve Jones all the time at her local Trader Joe's in Los Feliz (again very recently). i think her dad knows him too. one more Pistol who lives in LA
i didn't know John Lydon lived over here, but i belive it. Dennis Hopper lives down the street from me and John Cusack, up until recently, had his kickboxing studio literally across the street from me. it's star-o-rama over here. |
| BLT |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 16:14:10
quote:
Originally posted by Cheeseman1000
Doesn't he live in LA now?
John Lydon (I think he lives in floop's neighborhood), Steve Jones, Billy Idol (saw him at a bowling alley in '91), and now even Stevie Morrissey... |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 15:50:56
Hmm, a debate brewing!
I'm going to go with MC5, but I'm not sure thats right...
 "Ee-hee! Shamone!" |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 15:31:06
So who were the first ever punk band?
Listen to Nine Black Alps. |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 15:23:51
Doesn't he live in LA now?
Sucker!
"Ee-hee! Shamone!" |
| fudd |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 15:16:55
We just weren't stupid enough to paint our hair orange to look like Danny Elfman, but you guys over there with John Lydon... well, er... |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 15:05:33
Ah, this is totally not the thinking in the UK. In general, we're pretty happy to acknowledge that you lot invented punk. Also, we'd be quite happy to completely disown Malcolm Maclaren.
However, I think British punk was such a cultural phenomenon that it's remembered just as much for that as the music.
I think I'd be right in saying that there wasn't the exposure in the US for punk that there was in the UK. The music was ace both sides though.
"Ee-hee! Shamone!" |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 14:53:55
Bono talks utter shite a lot. Ignore him.
Listen to Nine Black Alps. |
