The Punk Education Thread

[Doug61]

Originally Posted by elphenor

there is a Cleaners From Venus doc out, and this **** is life changing for me

was already a fan, but now I'm a supah fan

guy was a mildly autistic 26 year old anarchist with a liking for 3 minute pop songs and fancy suits when he started Cleaners from Venus

the lofi Beatles and cassette culture boss before it even made it to the states with Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair

Dolly birds and Spies is another classic album, and the title track is on my turntable all the time.

[SickovYou]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

It’s a great album cover. Really ****ing menacing.

I see it looks like a puppet holding a knife but I swear I’d like to read an interview where he clarifies it for sure.

It is, some people thought it was a boxing glove punching a puppet, with a knife.. but it was said to be the puppet holding the knife, which is why they added that tie.

[TilIdie]

All that definition crap is fine & dandy but 90% of "punk rock" is absolute ****. Any & all 'good' punk like anything is imbedded w/ poppy hooks & melodies, that's why the Ramones were so brilliant. 1977 was such a legendary year cuz of the Ramones leave home & rocket to russia albums along w/ all the other classics. Skrewdriver's 1st lp was top notch & above & beyond the majority of the other u.k bands , & in the early/mid 80s they continued w/ great stuff ,wasn't til 87 that they got ****ty w/ the viking metal crap...but going back to the Ramones- what made them so great was that they drew so much from the likes of Brian Wilson, Jan Berry & Spector. No punk rock band in the past 4+ decades has come ANYWHERE near rocket to russia or Pleasant dreams, except for the Queers w/ don't back down .. phenomenal lp. There were a handful of great u.k bands like Blitz & Cock Sparrer...& a small handful of California bands like the Dickies, Surf Punks, Gears, X, Angry Samoans, Fear...but the hardcore era got lame real quick as did that anarchist-hippie trash , **** that... bubblegum is #1 , good music will Always be based on pop.

[KimBertrand]

Originally Posted by TilIdie

All that definition crap is fine & dandy but 90% of "punk rock" is absolute ****. Any & all 'good' punk like anything is imbedded w/ poppy hooks & melodies, that's why the Ramones were so brilliant. 1977 was such a legendary year cuz of the Ramones leave home & rocket to russia albums along w/ all the other classics. Skrewdriver's 1st lp was top notch & above & beyond the majority of the other u.k bands , & in the early/mid 80s they continued w/ great stuff ,wasn't til 87 that they got ****ty w/ the viking metal crap...but going back to the Ramones- what made them so great was that they drew so much from the likes of Brian Wilson, Jan Berry & Spector. No punk rock band in the past 4+ decades has come ANYWHERE near rocket to russia or Pleasant dreams, except for the Queers w/ don't back down .. phenomenal lp. There were a handful of great u.k bands like Blitz & Cock Sparrer...& a small handful of California bands like the Dickies, Surf Punks, Gears, X, Angry Samoans, Fear...but the hardcore era got lame real quick as did that anarchist-hippie trash , **** that... bubblegum is #1 , good music will Always be based on pop.

that's amazing.

all the music you just listed is dog s h i t

[The Batlord]

Skrewdriver < No Remorse

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by KimBertrand

that's amazing.

all the music you just listed is dog s h i t

Hey wait did you just call the Ramones dog ****?

[Marie Monday]

And X? Hold up

[KimBertrand]

In another thread he said anyone who dislikes the ramones is a waste of life and tbh I just like poking ant nests

[Marie Monday]

fair enough. Anyway I'll forgive anyone for talking **** about the Ramones and X if they like Bikini Kill

[Ayn Marx]

Even though I appreciated the original Sex Pistols ‘The Queen Ain’t No Human Being’ decades later all punk sounds to my ears like the same tired joke being told over and over and over. But hey, all Gilbert & Sullivan operetta strikes me the same way.