I have never listened to punk

[centermez]

So I was wondering if somebody would be able to give me a couple names or albums that encompass the different shades of punk. Please and thank you

[TraceNspace]

The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Clash. those are the biggies.

[evilB]

The ground work for punk often labelled as protopunk: Each of these bands did something to shake up the music establishment playing rock & roll with even more attitude

The Monks - Black Monk Time 1966
The Stooges - Self-Titled Album 1969
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams 1968
Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico 1967
There are plenty more that can be listed here, this list just a sampler.

Punk Rock: Tends to be catagorized by where the band comes from or the lyrical content. I'm just going to list a few by location.

UK Punk Scene -
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned or Machine Gun Etiquette
The Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
The Clash - Self-titled or London Calling
The Exploited - Punk is Not Dead
Crass - Christ the Album
Lords of the New Church - Self-titled
so many more.....

US Punk Scene:

The Ramones - Self-titled or Rocket To Russia
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 or Fear Of Music
Television - Marquee Moon
Patti Smith Group - Horses
Bad Religion - How Could Hell Be Any Worse? or Against The Grain
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Suicidal Tendencies - Self-titled
Husker Du - New Day Rising
Bad Brains - Self-titled
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Aussie:
The Saints - Eternally Yours
Radio Birdman - Living Eyes

Canuck:
S.N.F.U - ... and No One Else Wanted To Play
NoMeansNo - Wrong



Check here for more specific examples:
http://allmusic.com/explore/metastyle/punk-d204
http://allmusic.com/explore/metastyle/pu...wave-d4491

[Music Head]

CH said, don't forget Green Day

[mtthwibrahim]

The Modern Dance-Pere Ubu
Inflammable Material-Stiff Little Fingers
Double Nickels on the Dime-Minutemen
Youth of America-Wipers
Flowers of Roamnce-Public Image Ltd.
Pink Flag-Wire
Germ-Free Adolescents-X-Ray Spex

[SteveO]

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

The Jam - Setting Sons

Misfits - Walk Among Us

The Saints - I'm Stranded

[gryphon]

There are one or two other early punk influences to look at:

The Who.................My Generation LP

The Kinks early albums.

Although not punk themselves ................ The early to mid 70s Marc Bolan and T.Rex is well respected by many punk bands and often cited as a major influence.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

Sex Pistols "never mind the bollocks"
Clash "the clash" & "london calling"
Jam "in the city" & "setting sons"
PiL "public image limited"
Dropkick Murphys "going out in style"
Adam & The Ants "dirk wears white sox"

go to youtube and search Buzzcocks, Sham 69, Siouxie & The Banshees, Ramones for an idea or two....

they also call Gaslight Anthem "punk" so try "either of their three albums.
and thank you MH...Green Day....not punk in my view but try their albums also.

[SteveO]

I admit Green Day are not all punk but a lot of other groups quoted aren't total "in your face " punk either...including the revered The Clash...!!!!...pretty tame compared to Black Flag or Dropkicks ???

Don't get me wrong ! The Clash are one of my favorite bands of all time . it's just when I listen to them I don't think Punk like I do when I listen to Misfits, Ramones or Sex Pistols....there's a distinct difference there ??? I love Time of Your Life(Wake Me Up when September's Over) song...one of my all time favorites and sentimental to me also the Live Album Awesome as **** is incredibly high energy with the crowd singing !!!!,,but they're not really rock ????? uptempo non stop rock, pop punk, pop rock, etc. whatever.

The Clash were much much more than a punk band !!!imho...Anywho I'm not a big punk fan ...when I need a jolt of energy or power rush I put on punk from time to time.

Sex Pistols "never mind the bollocks"
Clash "the clash" & "london calling"
Jam "in the city" & "setting sons"
PiL "public image limited"
Dropkick Murphys "going out in style"
Adam & The Ants "dirk wears white sox"

go to youtube and search Buzzcocks, Sham 69, Siouxie & The Banshees, Ramones for an idea or two....

they also call Gaslight Anthem "punk" so try "either of their three albums.
and thank you MH...Green Day....not punk in my view but try their albums also.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

I admit Green Day are not all punk but a lot of other groups quoted aren't total "in your face " punk either...including the revered The Clash...!!!!...pretty tame compared to Black Flag or Dropkicks ???

Don't get me wrong ! The Clash are one of my favorite bands of all time . it's just when I listen to them I don't think Punk like I do when I listen to Misfits, Ramones or Sex Pistols....there's a distinct difference there ??? I love Time of Your Life(Wake Me Up when September's Over) song...one of my all time favorites and sentimental to me also the Live Album Awesome as **** is incredibly high energy with the crowd singing !!!!,,but they're not really rock ????? uptempo non stop rock, pop punk, pop rock, etc. whatever.

The Clash were much much more than a punk band !!!imho...Anywho I'm not a big punk fan ...when I need a jolt of energy or power rush I put on punk from time to time.

agreed...The Clash werent punk after their debut set which is IMO the greatest "punk" record ever made, they still had "punk" ideals after that debut set but their music took an about turn as they tempered more and more with Funk and Reggae,however, when you see their live performances(along with The Jam) they remained punk at heart on stage
the ame goes for Johnny Rotten also, after the Pistols one and only studio album he he mellowed to make more dance style music...

UK punk in the late 1970s really only lasted 12-18 months IMHO,but it left a lasting and permanant footprint in the history of rock n roll....

i am not a "punk" expert and do not claim to be.....IMO if its called punk,bands have to have the same angst,energy and streetwise outlook as the Clash and Pistols, and the Dropkick Murphy's come pretty darn close to that "idealism"