[Album] The Punk Thread! (We're Gonna Gob On Yer Granny)

One thing I would like to say is that I think in the United States we don't really have "punk," it's a brit thing.

We have hardcore, such as: Bad brains, Bad Religion, Reagan Youth, Black Flag, Fugazi, The Misfits, Naked Raygun, Anti-Flag (circa '88), et al.

The distinction is mainly semantic, but there's a distinct divergence in sound between the Sex Pistols/early Clash and those listed above. The only real exception I could think of would be The Heartbreakers, who developed their sound while touring in the UK with the Sex Pistols.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I don't know why everyone likes the Ramones so much. They were all right, but in comparison to other bands in the same vein, I don't think they're really that noteworthy.

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The fact that you cite the sex pistols as an actual punk band, shows you don't know much of what your talking about.

If they're not punk, then what are they? Oh, wait, I forgot, you're probably thinking because they gained popularity with God Save The Queen, they're not punk.

I'm surprised you didn't bother to take the New York Dolls route, they started in the early, early 70s. Before most of the other bands you mentioned.

So, maybe it was a bit of misnomer, but most people I know, who are also fans of the genre, refer to british groups as "punk" and americans as "hardcore." Even if you visit the major epicenters of the American scene, they labeled themselves as such: LA, D.C., New York, Chicago...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I don't think there was a "first" punk album, I thought we had established that the music had sort of a parallel evolution.

I would almost say, that in a lot of ways Johnny Cash (although, his influence was later felt in the Grunge era), The Grateful Dead, and other folk artists as well as the movement of the Beat-generation (Allen Ginsberg, et al.) lead up to the anti-authoritarian, do-it-yourself movement that is Punk.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.