Big Four of Punk?

El_K

Who would be your Big Four of Punk

Sex Pistols
Ramones
The Clash
Dead Kennedys


But for a tour, maybe get the Damned in place of the Ramones

What say you?

YellowSnow

Talking Heads
Ramones
The Clash
The Jam

YellowSnow

Want me to edit the thread title?

1to392831weretaken

Vaginas
Pigs because that's where bacon comes from
Breast cancer awareness alt unis
The South Park pink eye episode.

Fishpo31

Iggy
The Ramones
The Clash
X

El_K

YellowSnow said:

Want me to edit the thread title?

Sure. Just trying to contribute where I can.

DerekJohnson

El_K said:

YellowSnow said:

Want me to edit the thread title?

Sure. Just trying to contribute where I can.

You had misspelled "punk" and typed "pink", and Yella was just asking if you would like him to change it to "punk". I edited it at around 1am

@El_K

Joey

Ramones
Sex Pistols
Black Flag
The Misfits

YellowSnow

DerekJohnson said:

El_K said:

YellowSnow said:

Want me to edit the thread title?

Sure. Just trying to contribute where I can.

You had misspelled "punk" and typed "pink", and Yella was just asking if you would like him to change it to "punk". I edited it at around 1am

@El_K

I try to use try to use the great power invested in me sparingly.

DerekJohnson

YellowSnow said:

DerekJohnson said:

El_K said:

YellowSnow said:

Want me to edit the thread title?

Sure. Just trying to contribute where I can.

You had misspelled "punk" and typed "pink", and Yella was just asking if you would like him to change it to "punk". I edited it at around 1am

@El_K

I try to use try to use the great power invested in me sparingly.

Normally I wouldn't touch it either except I was 100% positive @El_K had made a typo

chuck

YellowSnow said:

Talking Heads
Ramones
The Clash
The Jam

I dont know that I've ever seen the Talking Heads categorized as punk. Im not sure ive ever seen them assigned to a genre actually. I like it though.

YellowSnow

chuck said:

YellowSnow said:

Talking Heads
Ramones
The Clash
The Jam

I dont know that I've ever seen the Talking Heads categorized as punk. Im not sure ive ever seen them assigned to a genre actually. I like it though.

American punk had its roots in '60s garage rock and in the raw minimalism of the Velvet Underground and the Modern Lovers; several bands -- the Stooges, the MC5, the New York Dolls -- played what was essentially punk rock before there was a term or classification for it. But for all intents and purposes, American punk truly begins with the Ramones, around 1975-76. A thriving, often artsy punk scene sprang up around the Ramones in New York City, and similar movements took shape in Los Angeles, where the music was more aggressive and closer to what would become hardcore punk; Cleveland, which tended to be weirder and more experimental, partly due to the lack of media attention; and Boston, which was often closer to garagey power-pop than true punk. New York remained the focal point of American punk, however, featuring most of the style's best-known and/or most influential artists: Television, Richard Hell, Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, Cleveland transplants the Dead Boys, etc. By the early '80s, American punk had either faded away or morphed into new forms: hardcore punk, new wave, and early alternative rock. American punk didn't supply the immediate pop-music revolution that British punk did, but it continued to nourish American underground rock for decades, and a California-centered revival of the form -- heavily reliant on the Ramones -- became extremely popular during the '90s.

https://www.allmusic.com/style/american-punk-ma0000011885

chuck

YellowSnow said:

chuck said:

YellowSnow said:

Talking Heads
Ramones
The Clash
The Jam

I dont know that I've ever seen the Talking Heads categorized as punk. Im not sure ive ever seen them assigned to a genre actually. I like it though.

American punk had its roots in '60s garage rock and in the raw minimalism of the Velvet Underground and the Modern Lovers; several bands -- the Stooges, the MC5, the New York Dolls -- played what was essentially punk rock before there was a term or classification for it. But for all intents and purposes, American punk truly begins with the Ramones, around 1975-76. A thriving, often artsy punk scene sprang up around the Ramones in New York City, and similar movements took shape in Los Angeles, where the music was more aggressive and closer to what would become hardcore punk; Cleveland, which tended to be weirder and more experimental, partly due to the lack of media attention; and Boston, which was often closer to garagey power-pop than true punk. New York remained the focal point of American punk, however, featuring most of the style's best-known and/or most influential artists: Television, Richard Hell, Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, Cleveland transplants the Dead Boys, etc. By the early '80s, American punk had either faded away or morphed into new forms: hardcore punk, new wave, and early alternative rock. American punk didn't supply the immediate pop-music revolution that British punk did, but it continued to nourish American underground rock for decades, and a California-centered revival of the form -- heavily reliant on the Ramones -- became extremely popular during the '90s.

https://www.allmusic.com/style/american-punk-ma0000011885

Makes sense then. The early 80s where American punk morphed into new wave is my era. I hated it at the time, and the "wave-os" were the ones listening to Talking Heads at my school. I didn't like them at the time either, but grew out of that.

YellowSnow

chuck said:

YellowSnow said:

Talking Heads
Ramones
The Clash
The Jam

I dont know that I've ever seen the Talking Heads categorized as punk. Im not sure ive ever seen them assigned to a genre actually. I like it though.

They were definitely concerned a “punk” band early on along with the other CB GB groups in NYC. The 1st wave of American punk was pretty eclectic.

Obviously, by the 3rd album or so The Talking Heads had moved on to other things.

1to392831weretaken

Nothing's changed with my list.

LebamDawg

Talking heads
Blondie
The tubes
Sex Pistols

Blondie and Talking Heads are the only ones I liked, I looked and the The Tubes are still touring

Fishpo31

LebamDawg said:

Talking heads
Blondie
The tubes
Sex Pistols

Blondie and Talking Heads are the only ones I liked, I looked and the The Tubes are still touring

Chin for the Tubes, saw them in the early 80’s, on my list of favorite shows I’ve seen…

Bad_MotherDucker

Social Distortion
Bad Religion
Offspring
Suicidal Tendencies

booker14

Ramones the kings then whoever. I like the Tubes but never really thought of them as punk. I'm curious, do you call The Knack punk?

PurpleThrobber

Blondie.

Because, brb jo still matters.

LebamDawg

@PurpleThrobber I am in shock - that pic is tame