I noticed your Bluey thread right after posting this (drew my eye because we've started the show with my toddler) and was like, may as well be a batsignal

Going to see Rancid and some other bands in September in Austin.

Excited about seeing Rancid for the first time. And Out Come the Wolves still a staple in this house.

I'm not even a big punk guy, but "...And Out Come The Wolves" is one of the most listenable albums out there in my opinion, any genre. No skips. I can have it on and before I know it's played 3-4 times through with no thought at all.

Without question. Time Bomb might be most skankable song of all time. They are playing with NOFX in there last show in LA in October. No chance I'm missing it.

For those Rancid and NOFX fans out there who also aren't scared of mariachi:

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Geriatric Punk

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Your username reminded me I saw Grampa Greg last Summer.

Been listening to gorilla biscuits a fair bit lately.

The Misfits
The Clash
The Buzzcocks
The Ramones
The Specials
The Pogues
Sam Hain
The Adicts
The Anti-No-Where League
The Toy Dolls
The Sex Pistols
The Vandals

RightWingConspirator said:

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The Misfits
The Clash
The Buzzcocks
The Ramones
The Specials
The Pogues
Sam Hain
The Adicts
The Anti-No-Where League
The Toy Dolls
The Sex Pistols
The Vandals

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I always considered The Specials ska music and not punk.

What about the following?

The Stranglers
Joy Division
The Jam

I was in boarding school in the UK from 1979 - 1982. Fascinating time for music there.

I was pretty much a metal kid in high school and dabbled in punk and the various iterations...me and friends were into skateboards etc so that got us into the thrash metal direction into stuff like Black Flag and Suicidal Tendencies and DRI...but what I like about punk as a genre is that there's so many varieties and I find stuff I like in any direction. It's almost like...hey if you wanna call yourself "punk" you can almost sound like anything, musically. That feels like a punk attitude.

Anyway, here's Wonderwall.

Just kidding. Heard this band on SXM Faction Punk last summer/fall and have become a teeny bit obsessed and I have no idea why

RightWingConspirator said:

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OP welcomed any sub genre of punk like ska, but I'd agree the Specials are definitely not punk.

Early Joy Division like "No Love Lost" definitely sounds punk. Warsaw was what the called themselves when their music sounded more punk. Believe they were widely known to be a "post punk" band. Either way, I'm a huge fan of Joy Division.

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Same. Joy Division was good. Several bands back then started out with a borderline punk sound, and I wished they had stayed that way - The Cure, Blondie, and yeah, Joy Division too

I always felt like Less Than Jake was categorized as SKA.

The godfathers of pop punk, Descendents, are coming through Texas in March.

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The godfathers of pop punk, Descendents, are coming through Texas in March.

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Circle Jerks! Forgot about them

RightWingConspirator said:

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Circle Jerks! Forgot about them

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If you like Keith Morris (Circle Jerks/Black Flag), check his more recent effort "Off!"

There's also a great Australian Punk outfit called Cosmic Psychos that are great, especially the early stuff. Probably a band most havent heard of but huge influenced on a lot of artists (i.e. Buzz Melvin, Adam Jones Tool, etc.). Got a good documentary called Blokes You Can Trust. Quintessential Aussie.

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The Vandals

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Big fan of Josh Freese

The Modern Lovers were called Proto Punk

Love this song

I have to post live versions, because album recordings just aren't the same:

One of my favorite Green Day songs to this day, and always a blast when they pull it out:


And my favorite from Kerplunk!:


I have to throw in some Against Me! One of my favorite bands and always a blast to go see live because it's usually in a room filled with several hundred actual fans all singing to every word:


May be my favorite song about what punk rock should be:


Love when any band does acoustic versions of songs, especially Against Me:

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I always felt like Less Than Jake was categorized as SKA.

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They are ska, but they definitely have punk in their sound

Mentioned in the OP, ska is fine for this thread. I know there are stylistic differences, but there's also a ton of crossover, so I always see them as one and the same

My favorites, and saw most live at one point or another, including DKs a couple months ago and will see SxDx and Bad Religion in April.

Agent Orange
Social Distortion
Minor Threat
Dead Kennedys
Fear
Adolescents
GBH
MDC
Misfits
Suicidal Tendencies

There are some other contemporary bands like X-ray Specs, The Cramps and even Dead Milkmen that i like but dont put in the same category. The ever changing definition of punk music is a discussion for another day though.

And old school means you listened on these. Have some mixtapes that are 40 years old and i still havent figured out all the lyrics on some of the songs. "Fish in a Pool" by the Electric Dead anyone?

Here is my expanding Spotify playlist…feel free to save it!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/76xDIPoadOYblgAPqADucG?si=VLSZfmXSStG-Joa7IO3qvw&pi=u-h4yzBFaaTA6R