Best punk band (geriatric edition)

[Magrittes Pipe]

Poll question: Best punk band (geriatric edition)

[derby378]

1. You forgot Black Flag (n/t)

[short bus president]

2. and SLF

:P

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. No I didn't.

I mean, I like 'em and all. Damaged stacks up against any record by the bands I listed. That said, they lacked consistency.

[Beware the Beast Man]

7. Black Flag, most definitely!

Other unlisted faves: GBH, Circle Jerks, Discharge, UK Subs, Exploited, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Minutemen, Descendents, Misfits, Samhain, Flipper, Dead Kennedys,and so on and so on.

[dolo amber]

4. MY quivering 15 yr old loins

would've said The Damned...oh how I adored that big powdered-wig look of Mr. Vanian....*sigh* :loveya:

But clearly, it's *The Only Band That Matters*....

;)

[randr]

5. The Tubes

[bullimiami]

6. and you forgot the goth horror punk favorites

The Misfits



bwaaaaahhhhaaahhhaahhhaaaaa {very evil laugh}

[Screaming Lord Byron]

8. Good God, must I set up a poll purely for The Saints?

[Magrittes Pipe]

12. Mr. Byron.

Please post your OWN poll for Australian punks.

I will vote for Radio Birdman, of course, but you will then be free to select the Saints.

[AntiSmirk]

9. The Clash - Best Band Ever

London Calling is as relevant today as it was when it came out well over 20 years ago.

[eyesroll]

10. Blink182! Blink182!

Or maybe Good Charlotte. They're so cute and anti-authoritarian.

Punks gotta be hunky, right?

:shrug:

[curse10]

11. The Clash

far and away the best

[AngryAmish]

13. X

Not exactly hard-core, but I still listen to them the most.

[Fuzz]

14. I've always been partial to The Ramones

Mostly because I'll be walking around with hearing loss from their concerts for the rest of my life. :)

[Magrittes Pipe]

15. The correct answer, clearly, is Wire.

[Union Thug]

16. Well, for truly old school/geriatric (I hate you for that term!)

you may want to include Iggy Pop... He was certainly ahead of his time....

[Squeech]

17. You forgot Pere Ubu

Oh yeah, and Television

[Magrittes Pipe]

19. I love Ubu and Television.

I was going for a more rigid; short, aggressive song structure type of "punk."

Of course, I probably betrayed my own definition by including Wire and Alternative T.V. But nobody ever said I had to be consistent.

[Kellanved]

18. well

Without "Die Toten Hosen" and "Die Ärzte" as options, I'll have to go with the clash.

[iconoclastic cat]

20. Mission of Burma, damn it.

[Magrittes Pipe]

21. "Punk rock" and "Massachusetts"

...go together like drinking a fifth of rotgut scotch and riding the tilt-a-whirl.