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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2016 17:27:11 GMT 10
Punk rock is one of the most under appreciated genres of music history. Not that the first wave of punk doesn't get it's dues, and there are mainstays from later on in the genre like Black Flag and Misfits (not to mention the commercialisation of the genre with pop punk), but all in all punk rock is a hugely underground genre. There's so many bands who have influenced so many artists and have humongous fan bases but that no one outside of the fan base knows any songs by, or might even be hard pressed to remember the band's name. I've already made a thread about Crass, but here are some of the other ones i've discovered:
That's right you heard those lyrics correctly, this is a song about necrophilia. It's a pretty shocking subject matter but it's played for laughs, with lines like "never got along with the girls at my school", and an almost reggae-like breakdown who's vocals repeat the chorus. it's an amusing song with really catchy melodic vocals that still have a decent sense of fierceness and energy. Great guitar lines too. My favourite though is this track that was used in Grand Theft Auto V, and that the first half of was cover by Slayer on their punk covers album Undisputed Attitude:
I overall don't know much about T.S.O.L (the name of which stands for True Sounds of Liberty) but these two songs always stuck with me and i'd love to get more into them.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2016 18:22:10 GMT 10
The next band i want to talk about is Subhumans who followed the anarchistic ideologies set by their seemingly strongest influence Crass, who you can learn more about here: bmjpinkfloydforum.proboards.com/thread/39/crassWhat's interesting is the lineage stems back to Johnny Rotton of the Sex Pistols who Steve Ignorant of Crass (as much as I love him) is a bit of a second rate version of. Subhumans' lead singer (who's name escapes me) definitely is influenced by Steve Ignorant but the John(y) Lydon/Rotton influence is completely eradicated by this point. As often with punk, the singer of Subhumans is not a good singer, not because he's unconventional but because he just is an amateur at singing. He doesn't do anything unique to mask his amateurishness, he just sings odd because he can't really sing. There's a difference between unconventionally singing on purpose to evoke a certain sound while still hitting all the notes, and just sounding weird because you can't sing. This guy falls into the latter, but with that said he's great for this band. i really like it, I can't put my finger on it, maybe it's the enthusiasm or what, I don't know. He's just likeable. So here is their track about invading countries for no reason other than differences in religious beliefs: I also checked out their album The Day The Country Died which is pretty good and is most notable for these tracks: I'll be discussing two or three more bands and then see what everyone else has to say |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2016 0:16:36 GMT 10
Discharge are easily the punk band who proved most influential on metal. The two scenes have remained largely separated for the most part yet Metallica in particular drew a lot from the phased guitar tone and fast, precise style drum beat (later known in thrash metal as the d-beat). After the debut album (which I heard quite recently and is really quite the adrenalin rush) they went in multiple directions and never really found themselves as a band. I have to admit I don't have much interest in exploring their later efforts. The debut is their defining statement to the world I think. Anything since is ultimately irrelevant.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2016 0:30:25 GMT 10
Finally (for now). I want to mention Stiff Little Fingers who are mentioned in the film High Fidelity. The band even referenced it:
The song Suspect Device which is played in the film instantly played when I first saw but I only listened to the full song recently. I just love it.
I've heard their influence on other bands is pretty huge too.
A slightly more popular band than the rest of the ones i've mention are The Exploited who you may have seen on a t-shirt somewhere but who's music is a bit unknown. This is the only track I know tbh but I love it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2016 0:30:52 GMT 10
Everyone else enjoy these groups or want to show me more that you like. Let me know.
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Post by FuzzedOutRabbit on Dec 22, 2016 1:31:33 GMT 10
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoQuoEvq8zk Steve Albini's couple of bands he was in were obscure. Big Black are obscureish, and interesting to hear his work in the sort of Noisy Punk Rock before producing every Indie, and Noiseish album out there for any obscure band after Big Black.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2016 1:56:43 GMT 10
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoQuoEvq8zk Steve Albini's couple of bands he was in were obscure. Big Black are obscureish, and interesting to hear his work in the sort of Noisy Punk Rock before producing every Indie, and Noiseish album out there for any obscure band after Big Black. I recognise the artwork but yeah never realise it was Steve Albini's band. Can definitely see why he was interested in producing Pixies when I hear this. Admittedly I don't like the vocal effects but I respect it. |
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