Deplorable Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Screeching Weasel is the best punk band. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Got some great old ska vinyl for Christmas. Symarip, Desmond Dekker, Toots, soulmates (pioneers), slickers, laurel aitken and I even got a Jackie Wilson single too. Cheered me up no end. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 On 26/12/2016 at 00:13, Deplorable said: Screeching Weasel is the best punk band. Early Screeching Weasel is particularly good. However, Ben Weasel comes across as an absolute dildo. Other bands in that camp worth a shout are The Queers, Mr T Experience, The Lillingtons and The Mopes. Check 'em out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 On 28/12/2016 at 23:31, tree house tam said: Got some great old ska vinyl for Christmas. Symarip, Desmond Dekker, Toots, soulmates (pioneers), slickers, laurel aitken and I even got a Jackie Wilson single too. Cheered me up no end. Good stuff mate. Couple of modernish bands you might like... The Skoidats Hub City Stompers Zen Baseballbat The Tone Chris Murray Aggrolites The Slackers The Interrupters 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deplorable Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 47 minutes ago, Girth said: Early Screeching Weasel is particularly good. However, Ben Weasel comes across as an absolute dildo. Other bands in that camp worth a shout are The Queers, Mr T Experience, The Lillingtons and The Mopes. Check 'em out. Love Ben Weasel. Legend. I'm a fan of every Weasel record, but you are right that a couple of their early records are great. Boogada and My Brian Hurts are classics. I know all those bands. Wasn't what you'd classify as a music guy, but I did listen to a fair amount of punk rock when I was younger. Those 90s "Ramonescore" bands mainly. The Queers are of course great. 1b to Screeching Weasel's 1a in that genre. Mr T Experience were hit and miss. Can't say I was a big fan of the Lillingtons and Mopes. I did like the Huntingtons a bunch. Were their any UK based bands along those lines? I can't recall ever running into any. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 12 minutes ago, Deplorable said: Love Ben Weasel. Legend. I'm a fan of every Weasel record, but you are right that a couple of their early records are great. Boogada and My Brian Hurts are classics. I know all those bands. Wasn't what you'd classify as a music guy, but I did listen to a fair amount of punk rock when I was younger. Those 90s "Ramonescore" bands mainly. The Queers are of course great. 1b to Screeching Weasel's 1a in that genre. Mr T Experience were hit and miss. Can't say I was a big fan of the Lillingtons and Mopes. I did like the Huntingtons a bunch. Were their any UK based bands along those lines? I can't recall ever running into any. You know your stuff mate! Impressive. Well, around that time a lot of local bands were trying to sound American which was horrible really. I remember a particularly good Welsh/German act from the late nineties who were on that level called Section 8. I had their demo and it was classic stuff. Other strong UK bands that tried to follow that route were probably on the 'Greetings from the welfare state' compilation which I used to own. Joe 90/Goober Patrol/Road Rage/Consumed/Snuff. I always rated Snuff and their various incarnations (Guns 'N' Wankers/Dogpiss/Snuff). Consumed were also vastly underrated. More recently AFS (Arthritic Foot Soldiers) were good and most of the pop stuff on the labels they were involved with. I'm not so familiar with UK pop punk these days. Are you a fan of Masked Intruder? Of the top of my head particularly good poppy punk bands were: Oskar (did two albums on Epitaph) Descendents/All (the best) Masked Intruder (classic) Dr Frank (MTX solo) GG Allin (first album) Vanilla Muffins 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deplorable Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 99% of my exposure to punk bands these days is listening to Marky Ramone's XM radio show if I happen to be in my car when it's on. He plays Masked Intruder but I can't say I'm a fan. I'm vaguely aware of Snuff and Goober Patrol. Probably heard them on a comp or something. Guns n Wankers! That's a classy name. I prefer the GG Allin that shits on himself and rapes people to the GG Allin trying to make pop tunes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 99% of my exposure to punk bands these days is listening to Marky Ramone's XM radio show if I happen to be in my car when it's on. He plays Masked Intruder but I can't say I'm a fan. I'm vaguely aware of Snuff and Goober Patrol. Probably heard them on a comp or something. Guns n Wankers! That's a classy name. I prefer the GG Allin that shits on himself and rapes people to the GG Allin trying to make pop tunes.[emoji4] GG! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tree house tam Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 The burd has surprised me by saying she's bought tickets for Toots and the Maytals in Glasgow in July. Happy days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 These guys are good... Delicious Classic Oi! Amazing stuff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefybake Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) I remember the day I first heard 'Gangsters' by the Specials played on the radio. Just about riveted me to the spot. I never did see them live. I hadn't been to any gigs since some fairly awful ones at Strathclyde students union in 1971/72. Fast forward to early 1980. I was working in Dublin, and went to see Madness. The place was almost pitch black, and heaving with bodies. I think 'Night Boat to Cairo' was in the charts. Green Onions being played over the PA. Then the sax riff of 'One Step beyond' blasted out, and it was on. Absolutely wonderful. Best gig I've ever been to. Saw Bad Manners around about then too, really good actually. And the support act for them was The Dolly Mixture, 3 girls who later featured in Captain Sensible's song, 'Happy Talk'. The girls didn't take kindly to the skinheads at the front of stage gobbing at them. I went to see Selecter playing in a pub in Weston super Mare about 10 years ago. They'd played an accoustic set at the Hammersmith Odeon, or Palais, a couple of days previously. Everyone knows their big hits.. 'Missing Words..', 'On my Radio' etc. However, I prefered the stuff on their second album.. 'Celebrate the Bullet'. The band broke up shortly afterwards. Here it is, the best Halloween song you'll ever hear..... Edited May 23, 2017 by beefybake 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 New band, very promising Classic new Americna band Best ska about still 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 Classic New boys from Cork! Old skool US Oi! Beautiful French modern (retro sounding) Chill time Yes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedward Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I'm an aging punk rocker (first gig was SLF in 1979) and I still listen to a lot of UK anarcho stuff (particularly Rudimentary Peni), but I'm really clueless about recent punk, Oi Polloi aside, who are still at it and very good. I like ska, but I don't love it. I do love reggae though. So here are a few favourites - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bam8IB6xJWs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EB4UHWX6SA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=814pxbm6lqo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_5v6jApdU4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpKwhHAjORw I've been listening to Mikey Dread quite a lot recently myself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I'm an aging punk rocker (first gig was SLF in 1979) and I still listen to a lot of UK anarcho stuff (particularly Rudimentary Peni), but I'm really clueless about recent punk, Oi Polloi aside, who are still at it and very good. I like ska, but I don't love it. I do love reggae though. So here are a few favourites - Not quite sure what your definition of 'recent punk' is but are you familiar with NoFX? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedward Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) 18 hours ago, 8MileBU said: Not quite sure what your definition of 'recent punk' is but are you familiar with NoFX? I've heard of them, but I don't think I've ever actually heard them. I'm not one for waving the Union Jack, particularly these days, but I've always preferred British punk to American. There are a few exceptions, like MDC, the Fartz and the Feederz, but mostly I find it dull and generic. Edited June 22, 2017 by Bedward 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 2 hours ago, Bedward said: I've heard of them, but I don't think I've ever actually heard them. I'm not one for waving the Union Jack, particularly these days, but I've always preferred British punk to American. There are a few exceptions, like MDC, the Fartz and the Feederz, but mostly I find it dull and generic. NoFX are pretty good IMO. Definitely have their own sound and often a bit of humour in their songs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 2 hours ago, Bedward said: I've heard of them, but I don't think I've ever actually heard them. I'm not one for waving the Union Jack, particularly these days, but I've always preferred British punk to American. There are a few exceptions, like MDC, the Fartz and the Feederz, but mostly I find it dull and generic. Hmm...plenty of good US stuff out there, too much to mention! For me, it's mainly about French/UK stuff these days - loads of quality stuff on UVPR but there's also some great US stuff, try the following bands: Crown Court (brickwall Oi! from London) No Time (Brutal Oi! from Pittsburgh) Rixe (Fantastic French Oi!) Dwarves (Still going, still rocking and still offensive!) Janitors (77 style punk/Oi! from France) Hub City Stompers - (Amazing Street Ska from the US) I'll think of more but it's been a long week! Oh wait, Masked Intruder - pop punk with bubblegum vocals but all their lyrics are about getting arrested/breaking the law/getting rejected. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 29 minutes ago, 8MileBU said: NoFX are pretty good IMO. Definitely have their own sound and often a bit of humour in their songs. Yeah - still going too. I've seen 'em live a few times. 'Punk in Drublic', 'So long and thanks for all the shoes' and 'White trash, two heebs and a bean' are my faves by them. Try 'Osker' similar but harder - did a couple of albums on Epitaph - really underrated, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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