Poll: Is Punk Rock Still Alive?

[Xanadu84]

::Insert obligatory Portal/still alive joke here::

 

[Fingerprint]

Anyone still listen to the REAL punk?

Finally. Please say you recognize these names or at least some of them:
The Unseen; Redlightsflash, Good Riddance, Strung Out, (you've already said the Dead Kens), A Wilhelm Scream, Intro5prect, Five Knuckle, Zero Down, Strike Anywhere, Social Distortion, Sick Of It All, Raised Fist, No Trigger, No Cash,... I could go on but you get the idea.

 

[The_Anomaly]

IT WILL ALWAYS LIVE!!!!!!!!

 

[Fightgarr]

I am way into Punk Rock, but no one seems to be listening to actual punk anymore. When I mention Punk, people drop names like Green Day, but when i say Richard Hell, the Heart Breakers, the Dead Kennedys, the Dictators,the New York Dolls, Iggy and the Stooges and the like i get blank stares. Anyone still listen to the REAL punk?

You should check out some more recent stuff, or some more obscure 80s stuff. I can give you a list of good bands if you want some more to listen to:
Cockney Rejects - great Oi! band starting in the early 80s
Skeptix - Really hard, fast 80s punk
Subhumans (UK) - Some of the best 80s punk around
GBH - One of the greatest punk bands of all time
or for more recent stuff
The Restarts - Grimy British street punk
Antidote - Dutch street punk
A Global Threat - I consider them the best punk band of the last 10 years, I highly recommend their later albums
Krum Bums - They're up there with AGT.
F-Minus - A really fast, thrashy street punk band from the early 2000s.

There's a whole world of punk out there if you know where to look.

 

[Fightgarr]

Anyone still listen to the REAL punk?

Finally. Please say you recognize these names or at least some of them:
The Unseen; Redlightsflash, Good Riddance, Strung Out, (you've already said the Dead Kens), A Wilhelm Scream, Intro5prect, Five Knuckle, Zero Down, Strike Anywhere, Social Distortion, Sick Of It All, Raised Fist, No Trigger, No Cash,... I could go on but you get the idea.

These are all pretty mainstream actually. And a lot of them are closer to being hardcore than punk, but whatever.

 

[FangsFirst]

Yes I do...mainly the Clash, Sex Pistols and The Jam.

If anyone, and I do mean anyone, says that Green Day are punk.

Well I will have to come over and kick you in the balls; They arn't punk, they are Nu-punk (in other words Punk lite) and thus, are shit

Even Jello Biafra?
Because I'm afraid he said it once. Albeit about 10 years ago.

 

[Meta Like That]

Whining about girlfriends is the new black. Stop living in the reagan era if you wanna get noticed.

 

[punkrockcrunk]

To me punk rock is still alive. I listen to mostly 80s punk though like The Germs, Cro-Mags, and M.D.C.

 

[Fingerprint]

well to me punk rock has to challenge the establishment in someone, sort of a social commentarty The King Blues, are the proabaly the best modern punk i can think of. Other then that it is somewhat lacking in todays age of manufactured pop.

To me the King Blues are more ska than punk. Still good though.

 

[ButtonedDownParadox]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs considered punk rock?

They're pretty popular.

They are not. They are dance rock.

At this point they nod and smile at me because apparently I'm part of their elitist club now. That is not what punk rock is about you fucking douchebags.

Gah! I was kind of baiting for someone to go, "No! They're mainstream! Not punk"

And then you go and follow it up with how silly elitist people can get with their labels and how especially pointless this is when discussing punk rock. But now I'm just left useless.

 

[Fightgarr]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs considered punk rock?

They're pretty popular.

They are not. They are dance rock.

At this point they nod and smile at me because apparently I'm part of their elitist club now. That is not what punk rock is about you fucking douchebags.

Gah! I was kind of baiting for someone to go, "No! They're mainstream! Not punk"

And then you go and follow it up with how silly elitist people can get with their labels and how especially pointless this is when discussing punk rock. But now I'm just left useless.

I just happen to know way too much about punk having previously been an elitist, punk asshole. But having something be labeled as something else other than punk isn't bad, its good. I'd much rather listen to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs than a lot of the stuff I used to listen to.

 

[Fingerprint]

Anyone still listen to the REAL punk?

Finally. Please say you recognize these names or at least some of them:
The Unseen; Redlightsflash, Good Riddance, Strung Out, (you've already said the Dead Kens), A Wilhelm Scream, Intro5prect, Five Knuckle, Zero Down, Strike Anywhere, Social Distortion, Sick Of It All, Raised Fist, No Trigger, No Cash,... I could go on but you get the idea.

These are all pretty mainstream actually. And a lot of them are closer to being hardcore than punk, but whatever.

I'll willingly concede that some are pretty close to hardcore, if not actually being hardcore. But I wouldn't say mainstream though, with the possible exceptions of Social Distortion.

 

[Fightgarr]

I'll willingly concede that some are pretty close to hardcore, if not actually being hardcore. But I wouldn't say mainstream though, with the possible exceptions of Social Distortion.

I don't mean mainstream in the sense of everyone listens to them, but if you were to say: "I listen to The Unseen" or "I listen to Strike Anywhere" there are a lot of people who would know who you're talking about, or rather moreso than if you said you listen to say... UK Subs. I'm just saying that with the "please recognize these names" part you listed some fairly well-known underground bands. Which doesn't really say anything negative about them at all. Most of those bands I find quite good to listen to and Strike Anywhere toured with one of my favorite bands of all time (A Global Threat).

 

[mikecoulter]

I wish dead to Punk.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

I'm bookmarking this so I can search and find all these bands that i've missed.

Thanks guys.

 

[TheEvilDuck]

I still listen to it and love it.

 

[Fingerprint]

I'll willingly concede that some are pretty close to hardcore, if not actually being hardcore. But I wouldn't say mainstream though, with the possible exceptions of Social Distortion.

I don't mean mainstream in the sense of everyone listens to them, but if you were to say: "I listen to The Unseen" or "I listen to Strike Anywhere" there are a lot of people who would know who you're talking about, or rather moreso than if you said you listen to say... UK Subs. I'm just saying that with the "please recognize these names" part you listed some fairly well-known underground bands. Which doesn't really say anything negative about them at all. Most of those bands I find quite good to listen to and Strike Anywhere toured with one of my favorite bands of all time (A Global Threat).

Fair comment; and you're definitely right about there being much more obscure bands out there, but I still get blank looks from a lot of people when I mention these sorts of bands. Maybe its just because there isn't a massive punk/punk rock scene where I live...

Just for the record, I really like A Global Threat

 

[Fightgarr]

Just for the record, I really like A Global Threat

Totally fucking sweet.

 

[Fingerprint]

Just for the record, I really like A Global Threat

Totally fucking sweet.

"Buy your freedom, sell your conscience"
F**k yeah!