Punk

Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. They created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY (do it yourself) ethic, with many bands self-producing their recordings and distributing them through informal channels. Edit this Artist photo: Die Toten Hosen

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Channel 93.3's Big Gig at Fiddler's Green Amphitheater The All-American Rejects, Goldfinger, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The Spill Canvas, Bassnectar, Single File, Meese	Fiddler's Green… Englewood, CO, Denver, United States 39.601281 -104.894729	9 people attending 1 shout
Tragedy Criminal Damage, Condominium, Getting Even	Triple Rock Social… Minneapolis MN, United States 44.966992 -93.246734	12 people attending 1 shout
Japanther	The Whitney Museum New York, NY, New York, United States 40.773377 -73.963821	18 people attending Add shout
Double Dagger	Now That’s Class Cleveland, OH, Cleveland, United States 41.48273 -81.765341	1 person attending Add shout
Coke Bust Sick Fix, Masakari	Now That’s Class Cleveland, OH, Cleveland, United States 41.48273 -81.765341	5 people attending Add shout
Rise Against Billy Talent, Rancid	Great Western Forum Inglewood, Los Angeles CA, United States 33.95824 -118.342001	26 people attending 5 shouts

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MacAoidh wrote:
yesterday morning

THERE ARE NO PUNK BANDS PUNK WAS A CONCEPT INVENTED BY THE CIA TO DISTRACT PEOPLE FROM THE REAL PROBLEMS LIKE THE ALIENS DISGUISED AS GNOMES IN YOUR GRANDMAS FRONT YARD

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Optiv wrote:
Thursday morning

Any true punk bands?

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xxxsebazxxx wrote:
Sunday morning

the ataris in colombia ? increible no lo sabia wath a fucking crazy

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XLaurraX wrote:
last week

ok so if anyone says Green Day should be in here they should. So if you think they're pop punk they should, see what I said there pop PUNK

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commiedic wrote:
last week

I don't think I saw The Germs or The Sex Pistols in there?!??!!

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commiedic wrote:
last week

Wow... Just wow.. Looking through the list of artists and I see AFI, Sum 41, and Fall Out Boy. Who put these fake punk rockers in here? Why? They only give the punk rockers of today bad names. Get that emo stupid care bare shit out of here.

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Tripmetal wrote:
last week

I am not a great lover of Punk but have (over the last 10 years) started to appreciate some of the advances Punk has brought to rock music, although I still generally dislike the initial Punk sound that was around from '76 onwards which had a sort of rinky dinky, ugly, second rate sound.It didn't have the most aggressive sound around that time even which belonged to the newly formed mid-seventies metal which punk borrowed alot of it's sound from with amateurish / dissonant inprocise chordal structures & often combined with 50/60's sounding pop rock - did not like at all.The later developement of hardcore punk which in my mind should be seperated from more pop focused Punk I tried to outline above I have a much higher regard for.The movement possibly started with the Dead Kennedys.At an early gig singer Biafra said, "Hold it! We've gotta prove that we're adults now. We're not a punk rock band, we're a new wave band."More aggressive & innovative, later more metal.Impressive '90+ hybrids

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fear7essfreak wrote:
last week

green day are pop punk pussys shouldn't be near this group

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jamesieoconnell wrote:
last week

er, why aren't the Sex Pistols here? :S

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vermilion-mist wrote:
last week

This... is... wrong...

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narci91 wrote:
last week

where the fuck are the Dead Kennedys? Those guys were the definition of punk before the sellout-"punks" came.. Jello Biafra showed his middle-finger to MTV, and nowadays Green Day are licking MTV's ass..

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alkalinemftrio wrote:
last month

Why all this debate and shit-talking on Green Day, they've been on a major label since like 94, and if you REALLY think the new one sounds all that much different then you're crazy.

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Rita_justdaisy wrote:
last month

http://www.last.fm/group/είμαι+punk,+χέζω+έξω

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rg_gapa wrote:
last month

New Inner Terrestrials' album is coming :] http://www.lastfm.pl/group/Inner+Terrestrials/forum

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Jarhead92 wrote:
last month

2 new sub genres have been made for Green Day they are called Pussy-Punk and Sellout-Punk

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ovulace wrote:
last month

rancid rulez

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iswydt wrote:
last month

Green day WAS punk.. [3]

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alkalinemftrio wrote:
last month

Maybe just...listen to what you like, don't worry about lameass labels...

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gbfs14 wrote:
last month

Green day WAS punk.. [2]

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xPumpkinhead wrote:
last month

Green day WAS punk..

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