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wot jon drummer said.


 
Posted : 19/07/2010 9:20 pm
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I suspect that list ages me more exactly than carbon dating.

Northwind, Mmm I'd say early 30's? 🙂

To hell with it all just listen to the refused 🙂

Some randon not on here stuff:

Attack Attack!
Contagious
Ugly Kid Joe (how did you miss this so far STW)
Sum41

I'm sure there's others but it's late hot and I'm shattered.

Rival Schools fans, there are still rumours of a MUCH anticipated 2nd album, their first remains a top 10 album for me ever.


 
Posted : 19/07/2010 11:06 pm
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Alright im not posting a link and theres probably a good reason for that, but barnsleys finest punk band IMO are 'dove @ seven'


 
Posted : 19/07/2010 11:16 pm
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Minor threat

The spermbirds

Dag Nasty

Circle Jerks


 
Posted : 19/07/2010 11:25 pm
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Attack Attack!

Oh christ, this band are ****ing awful. And not pop punk. See "crabcore" 😆


 
Posted : 19/07/2010 11:50 pm
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The buthole surfers 😉


 
Posted : 19/07/2010 11:54 pm
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wot jon drummer said.


I struggle with that aswell, but I'm not sure if the term Punk wasn't used in the mid sixties with a certain west coast garage sound. If it was, I don't think us old 70s/80s Punks should be so keen to dismiss everything else described as Punk. I have the same issues with the reuse of the term R&B.


 
Posted : 19/07/2010 11:55 pm
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[i]I have the same issues with the reuse of the term R&B[/i]

oh yeah

FWIW I grew up listening to SLF, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Undertones & various other "new wave" bits & bobs.
Then I joined my second band & we did some Damned/Clash/DK covers, so I got into that stuff too.

Then we discovered Killing Joke, The Southern Death Cult, Bauhaus, XMal Deutschland, The Sisters Of Mercy, Theatre Of Hate, Sex Gang Children, Skeletal Family, Spear Of Destiny (who my very latest band supported only this weekend!) and so on...

but "punk" to me means the summer of 77, even though I was only 12


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 12:15 am
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Best thread ever.

pop Punk =

The Riverdales - Storm the Streets
Teenage Bottlerocket - Warning Device
Mr. T Experience - Love is Dead
Zoinks! - Stranger Anxiety


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 12:35 am
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I already hate the term Pop Punk.


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 12:53 am
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I already hate the term Pop Punk

what about candy punk?
teen punk?
lolly punk?
poo punk?
ass punk?
S - punk?

c'mon.. you guys aren't very up to date with your niche punkisms!

pogues win for me.. not very pop but pretty punk


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 1:00 am
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Pop punk - a big wTF???

There's been loads of bands with jangly guitars and attitude, but not "punk" - I think we used to call them "indie" 🙄

My first thought at the term Pop Punk was Carter USM, but the "pop" part doesn't do just to their cutting social commentaries...


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 6:54 am
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power pop! thats a better name for it . just thought that up. clever arent i 🙂 (unless its already been thought of 🙂 just leave punk out of it 🙂

carter USM. thats a good call. oh and +1 for the R&B thing.


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 7:51 am
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I asked this question a few weeks ago at my local record store, though I used "California skate punk" as my genre tags. I had a good listen to many suggestions from their punk experts, many of which are mentioned above. Much good stuff can be found on the Fat Wreck Chords label.
As an intro/taster, I went home with Blink182 Dude Ranch, and The Living End

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Posted : 20/07/2010 8:36 am
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[b]WTF[/b] does it matter WHAT IT'S CALLED!!??? You know what sort of thing the OP is asking for and it's not Iron Maiden, Rammstein, Pistols etc etc.
There's just no such thing as a simple request on STW, is there?


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 8:55 am
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Power Pop is a title that I saw the Descendents used a while back. Great title, well re-invented @sadexpunk.

WTF does it matter WHAT IT'S CALLED!!???

Of course it matters what it's called. We can judge everything about you by, not just what musical genre you listen to but also, how you are able to introduce that genre into conversation. Get it wrong and you could be outcast. Only through impecable research and introduction of über-niche bands into your social circles can you begin to lift yourself out.

And [b]The Riverdales - Tarantula[/b] just came out this year and is a perfect pop-punk record. Very Ramones (but you can't buy a Riverdales T-shirt at TopShop).


 
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+1 for Fat Wreck Chords


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 9:16 am
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I thought it was Godwins Law, and that was about nazi analogies?

Even hitler Had a Girlfriend


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 9:25 am
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Struggling with the definition of pop punk. Is it basically whiny voiced college rock?


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 9:27 am
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Ditto, anything on Fat, the quintesential pop punk label.

I spent my formative years going round the country in stinky vans as a hanger on of various bands that would have a ska break in the middle of most of their tunes and thought Nofx and the screeching weasles were the greatest bands ever.

Leatherface are worth a look.
I've still got a Vanilla Pod T soemwhere (what's wrong with them live BTW?)


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 9:29 am
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millencolin,
less than jake
a
screeching weasel
mr t experience
no use for a name
vandals
satanic surfers
snuff
guttermouth
etc etc

i also like

new bomb turks
the cramps
operation ivy
alice donut

more hardcore
refused
good riddance
sick of it all
poison idea

brill. i need to change the music on my phone for the ride home.

i'd really recomment mr t experience if you like a bit of pop punk tho.


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 9:45 am
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[i]not just what musical genre you listen to... blah blah blah [/i]

So you only listen to one genre?

'Power Pop' could be... Bonnie Tyler, The Vapours, The Sweet, The Knack, Weezer anything! Rubbish categorisation!

Pop Punk is bloody obvious. Its even got a Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_punk !

(BTW, It's not what I listen to, since Green Day went stadium rock, so I'm not defending it, just the OPs use of the phrase. OK?!)


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 9:46 am
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Weezer are Math Rock, not Power Pop (or used to be. Now they're just rubbish).


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 9:53 am
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While we're doing ridiculous music categories:

Pirate metal


 
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Ah. One of my all time favourite bands. They were always going to burn out pretty fast, but I saw them 3 times before they did. Wonderful!

Of the other bands I've seen, Snuff come right at the top with the best gig I ever went to. 🙂


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 10:03 am
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So you only listen to one genre?

No, at least 2. Was my sarcasm lost?

Struggling with the definition of pop punk. Is it basically whiny voiced college rock?

No.
This is pop punk [url=

Queers - Punk Rock Girls[/url]


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 10:23 am
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is the poppiest punk I've ever heard. But I bettheOPhasactuallyheardofthemsodoesn'treallyneedtoberecommendedthemnowdoeshe?


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 10:27 am
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The Distillers and Pennywise seem to have been missed, more punky than poppy but that's not a bad thing


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 10:59 am
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Descendants, Liveage! or Milo goes to college.

Minutmen & fIREHOSE, though thats more pop/punk/jazz/ihavenoidea

Ramones of course. Should be mandatory at primary school.


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 11:03 am
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Weezer are Math Rock

😆

How any time sigs do Weezer manage to nudge in to their challenging edgy tunes then?

If you want Math stuff check out Sweep the leg Johnny or faraquet.


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 11:15 am
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UK Pop Punk

Travis Cut
Vanilla Pod
Helen Love (kinda)

Look out for the "Thems Good" label sampler too


 
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How any time sigs do Weezer manage to nudge in to their challenging edgy tunes then?

If you want Math stuff check out Sweep the leg Johnny or faraquet.

😳 I thought Math Rock was just a label like geek rock, which i guess is more apt for Weezer. I will definitely check those bands you mentioned out though.


 
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No worries mate, it's a geeky minefield out there.

Math rock as a term comes from the nerdy time sigs used and the consequent jerky polyrythmic music that ensues. It mainly came out of the Chicago free jazz infl post harcore bands but you can see ellements of it in Firehose and the minutemen as well as parts of Sonic Youth, Buthole Surfers and 'June of 44'.


 
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+1 for Pennywise. You could try Ten Foot Pole and Propaghandi too.


 
Posted : 20/07/2010 11:58 am
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Just been tagging some stuff to go on my iPod and noticed these which may fit the "punky in a poppy way" bill:

Jimmy Eat World (The Middle - top tune)
American Hi-Fi
Idlewild


 
Posted : 23/07/2010 3:50 pm
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poppy music with a vague "punk" noise
guns and ****ers
The vandals
Lagwagon
Snuff
rancid
greenday
operation Ivy

Punk (to me from my yoof, so that won't age me at all 😀 )
Subhumans
Culture shock
ENT
Discharge
Crass
Conflict
Poison Idea
Dead Kennedys
Very early Damned before their awful pseudo goth efforts
Minor threat
etc.....


 
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I was about to ask WTF is "math rock" but someone got there before me. How silly some of these labels are

but don't get me started on "goth" 😉 Marilyn Manson is not goth no matter how you dress him up...


 
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Marilyn Manson is not goth no matter how you dress him up...

quite agree old bean, anything after the late 80's had turned into a long haired pastiche with "fields of the nephilim" on the back of it's jacket and a uniform. At which point true goth had died and become just another label for the lazy gits to slap on any band that wore a bit of black and had some eyeliner


 
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how about "less than jake" and if you like abit of random trumpet action "Reel big fish" have some brilliant feel good songs which can also make you laugh. 🙂


 
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Treat yourself to a bit of Snuff..... Or some Leatherface if you want deep lyrics... or The Killerest Expression if all else fails!!


 
Posted : 23/07/2010 7:29 pm
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[i]Punk (to me from my yoof, so that won't age me at all )
Subhumans
Culture shock
ENT
Discharge
Crass
Conflict
Poison Idea
Dead Kennedys
Very early Damned before their awful pseudo goth efforts
Minor threat
etc.....[/i]

Really really not sure of the point of this list. But there you go.


 
Posted : 23/07/2010 8:00 pm
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Really really not sure of the point of this list. But there you go.

just illustrating that "punk" can be many different types of band, depending on your age/subculture at the time. To me stuff like the buzzcocks or the ramones was not punk in the slightest, and "pop-punk" is again a strange old label that'll mean many different things to many different folks.


 
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