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This is a thread for music from the punk genre, news, tours, photos, videos, etc. As with the post-punk thread I created, I will do my best to share a punk album every day until my supply of ideas is tapped. Let's have some discussion!
Day 1: Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
This is one of the first punk albums I'd ever heard and it introduced a lot of progressive ideas and ways of thinking to me. I still listen to this album every few months and enjoy it just as much as I did the first time around.
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Black Flag is one of the most iconic bands in punk rock, and their album Damaged is considered by many critics to be one of the most important punk albums ever released. It has many classic songs such as "Rise Above", "TV Party", and "Six Pack."
This is one of my favorite punk albums of all time. I listen to it at least once a week. It's only about 20 minutes. Give it a listen. My favorite off the album is Suburban Home.
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I fell a little behind on the weekend, so I'll pick up where I left off.
Day 4: Reagan Youth - A Collection of Pop Classics
This is one of my favorite punk albums of all time. Reagan Youth were a punk band from New York, and their lyrics are aggressively anarchist, socialist, and anti-racist. They often used Ku Klux Klan and Nazi Party imagery as satire. In the 1980s, they sought to address the parallels between the policies of Ronald Reagan, the Christian Right and American conservatism, and the beliefs of hate groups. This is an essential anarcho-punk classic. Their original lead singer, Dave Rubinstein, passed away in 1993. Since then, they have toured with three or four different vocalists, but have not released any new material since the passing of Dave.
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"The Regulators, the punk rock supergroup composed of the Bad Brains' Doctor Know and Darryl Jennifer, and the Cro-Mags' John Joseph and Mackie Jayson, have announced a new show. The band will play at New York's Webster Hall as part of Black 'n' Blue Bowl on May 16. As always, the band will be performing all Bad Brains tunes.
Other bands appearing include Candiria, Madball, Turnstile, and Earth Crisis."
Propagandhi is a Canadian punk rock band. Both in their lyrics and hands-on activism, the band's members champion various radical left wing and anarchist causes and veganism, and have taken a vocal stance against human rights violations, sexism, racism, nationalism, homophobia, imperialism, capitalism and organized religion. Failed States is their most ambitious album to date.
Swastikas and Klan robes. Sexist, racist homophobes. Aryan-Nations and Hammerskins, You can wear my nuts on your Nazi chins! I love a man in uniform!
Just what exactly are the great historical accomplishments Of your race that make you proud to be white? Capitalism? Slavery? Genocide? Sitcoms? This is your fucking white history, my friend. So why don't we start making a history worth being proud of And start fighting the real fucking enemy?
Swastikas and Klan robes. Sexist, racist homophobes. This one's for the Master Race! My brown-power ass in your white-power face!
Kill them all and let a Norse god sort 'em out!
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One of the biggest influences on my teenage self was a blog called Regnyouth Archives, named as such because the author of the blog, Benny, was a huge fan of Reagan Youth. He curated mixes, uploaded albums, wrote a ton of handy tips and tricks (which still exist at readyouth.blogspot.com/). He would post all genres, but he had a soft spot for punk. My knowledge and interest in punk - which was already considerable at the point I found his blog - was widened and broadened tenfold. I wish it still existed/that Benny still had something running. He was an insightful, thoughtful blogger.
Propagandhi's "Nation States" has some of my favorite political punk lyrics ever:
"Publicly subsidized! Privately profitable!" The anthem of the upper-tier, puppeteer untouchable. Focus a moment, nod in approval, Bury our heads back in the bar-codes of these neo-colonials.
Our former nemesis, the romance of the nation state, Now plays fundraiser for a new brand of power-concentrate. Try again, but now we're confused; what is "class war"? Is this class war? Yes, this is class war.
And I'm just a kid. I can't believe I gotta worry about this kind of shit. What a stupid world.
And it's beautiful, No regard for principle. What a stupid world.
Born, hired, disposed. Where that job lands, everybody knows. You can tell by the smile on the CEO, Environmental restraints are about to go.
You can bet laws will be set To ensure the benefit Of unrestricted labour laws, Kept in place by displaced government death squads.
They own us. They own us. Produce us. Consume us.
And actually a few months ago I found an original vinyl pressing of Propagandhi's first record, "How To Clean Everything". Haven't even listened to it yet, I need to put that on. Was a HUGE record for me as a kid.
I knew I was going to post a Bad Religion album since I started this thread, but I had no idea which one since their discography is so extensive. I decided to go with Suffer, which is the first Bad Religion album I'd ever heard. Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1979. The band makes extensive use of soaring 3-part vocal harmonies, guitar solos and lyrics that often contain religious and political commentary. Their lyrics often relate to matters of social responsibility. The band's lineup has changed several times over its lifespan, with lead vocalist Greg Graffin being the only consistent member.
Fun Fact: Lead vocalist Greg Graffin has a PhD in zoology from Cornell University, and his dissertation was titled "Evolution, Monism, Atheism, and the Naturalist World-View: Perspectives from Evolutionary Biology." He also wrote a book titled Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God.
This is a thread for music from the punk genre, news, tours, photos, videos, etc. As with the post-punk thread I created, I will do my best to share a punk album every day until my supply of ideas is tapped. Let's have some discussion!
Day 1: Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
This is one of the first punk albums I'd ever heard and it introduced a lot of progressive ideas and ways of thinking to me. I still listen to this album every few months and enjoy it just as much as I did the first time around.
Too Drunk to Fuck
Went to a party I danced all night I drank sixteen beers And I started up a fight
But now I'm jaded You're out of luck I'm rolling down the stairs Too drunk to fuck
Too drunk to fuck Too drunk to fuck Too drunk to fuck I'm too drunk, too drunk, too drunk to fuck
I like your stories I like your gun Shooting out cop tires Sounds like loads and loads of fun
But in my room Wish you were dead You ball like the baby In Eraserhead
Too drunk to fuck Too drunk to fuck Too drunk to fuck It's all I need right now, too drunk to fuck
Too drunk to fuck Too drunk to fuck Too drunk to fuck I'm sick, soft, gooey and cold, too drunk to fuck
I'm about to drop My head's a mess The only salvation is I'll never see you again
You give me head It makes it worse Take out your fuckin' retainer Put it in your purse
Too drunk to fuck You're too drunk to fuck, too drunk to fuck It's all I need right now, oh baby I'm melting like an ice cream bar, oh baby And now I got diarrhea, too drunk to fuck
Black Flag is one of the most iconic bands in punk rock, and their album Damaged is considered by many critics to be one of the most important punk albums ever released. It has many classic songs such as "Rise Above", "TV Party", and "Six Pack."
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Black Flag is one of the most iconic bands in punk rock, and their album Damaged is considered by many critics to be one of the most important punk albums ever released. It has many classic songs such as "Rise Above", "TV Party", and "Six Pack."
Whoa, my first weekend post. Today's album is the self-titled album by the Adolescents, which is also their debut. They formed in 1980 and were a supergroup of sorts at the time - the band was originally formed from early members of Agent Orange and Social Distortion. This band has been through numerous break ups and reformations - if you want proof just go to their Wiki page and look at the members section. This album is considered a classic. In California punk sales, it is second only to Dead Kennedys' Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (see above).
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MDC (Millions of Dead Cops) is an American punk rock band formed in Austin, Texas in 1981. The band was subsequently based in San Francisco, California, and are currently based in Portland, Oregon. Originally formed as The Stains before changing their name, the band also changed their name to a different initialism of MDC with every new record released. They play fast hardcore punk music espousing far-left sociopolitical ideals, with singer Dave Dictor expressing his animal rights and anti-capitalist convictions. Millions of Dead Cops is their debut studio album. It was originally released on December 16, 1981 through Rhythm Vicar and was distributed by Alternative Tentacles. Today it is considered a hardcore punk classic.
Notable Songs:
"Dead Cops (America's So Straight)" "Corporate Deathburger" "John Wayne Was a Nazi"
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I've fallen a little behind on this. Work has gotten a little crazy, so I haven't had as much time to post an album every day like I'd hoped. I'm gonna just take to sporadically updating and posting when I can get around to it. It's been kind of nice, though, because I've been exploring more punk albums and revisiting some old favorites - it's been quite a lot of fun.
