What Band Got You Hooked?

Stress-Pass · 03-02-2011, 08:22 PM

I actually started when I was about 12 and came across Dead Kennedys "Too Drunk To F*ck by mistake. From there it bloomed from Sex Pistols to 999 to newer stuff like Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys. Can't get enough of it.

themusicrev · 03-04-2011, 02:17 PM

Counterfit got me hooked

DreamingOfAlbion · 03-04-2011, 09:21 PM

About a year and a half ago I became completely obsessed with The Clash. Before that I knew nothing about music. I just heard about them and decided to look them up and that was it for me. London Calling is what really got me hooked. From there I just started listening to everything I could get my hands on. First I started exploring other punk and got into The Ramones, The Jam, Patti Smith, etc. Then I got into all sorts of classic rock, then alternative stuff from the 80's like The Smiths and The Cure which led to a Brit-pop obsessed summer. I still love all of that but I've been listening to a lot of current alternative Pete Doherty sort of stuff.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 03-04-2011, 10:35 PM

Holy hell someone else on here actually likes Pete Doherty

DreamingOfAlbion · 03-04-2011, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Plum

Holy hell someone else on here actually likes Pete Doherty

Are Pete fans a rarity here? I'm new so I'm still getting a feel for the place. Anyway, he may be messed up but his music is brilliant.

Katey22 · 03-05-2011, 02:56 AM

I Looooove their songs covers.

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Originally Posted by riseagainstrocks

5th grade. Offspring's song The Kids Aren't Alright. Radio.

After that my older friends gave me some Ramones, Greenday, Rancid, Op Ivy, that sorta thing. In 8th grade I really liked Anti-Flag.

The Offspring rocks, and also Rancid

Are they still playing together?

BarelyBreathing · 03-16-2011, 04:49 PM

It was Millencolin for me...

ElDorko · 04-01-2011, 04:54 PM

Wow...what a mix of ages! I often wonder what it's like to be a younger person today and find punk rock is your thing. So, I'm an old guy, got into the Sex Pistols when the U.S. media was having a fit about their tour here. I saw a news report on them one night and the next day I went out and bought "Never Mind..." on 8-track.

Punk has been a huge part of my life since those days, and it's great to see the spirit of rebellion and intelligent questioning lives on! It's disappointing to hear people say punk died when Green Day hit big (it's disappointing to hear people say Green Day was never punk...they put out a lot of albums before Dookie.) The newer bands might not all sound like "typical punk", but then again...the bands that started punk didn't either!

Lachlin · 05-31-2011, 02:36 PM

When I was 16, a buddy and I swapped tapes. I let him borrow a Stormtroopers of Death tape and he loaned me "Who's got the 10 1/2?" by Black Flag. My musical landscape was forever changed.

BastardofYoung · 06-02-2011, 11:18 PM

03-04-2011, 09:21 PM	#153 (permalink)
DreamingOfAlbion Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 59	About a year and a half ago I became completely obsessed with The Clash. Before that I knew nothing about music. I just heard about them and decided to look them up and that was it for me. London Calling is what really got me hooked. From there I just started listening to everything I could get my hands on. First I started exploring other punk and got into The Ramones, The Jam, Patti Smith, etc. Then I got into all sorts of classic rock, then alternative stuff from the 80's like The Smiths and The Cure which led to a Brit-pop obsessed summer. I still love all of that but I've been listening to a lot of current alternative Pete Doherty sort of stuff. Last edited by DreamingOfAlbion; 04-04-2011 at 08:33 PM.

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BarelyBreathing Groupie Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Denver Posts: 1	It was Millencolin for me... __________________ \m/

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ElDorko Groupie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: NorCal Posts: 6	Wow...what a mix of ages! I often wonder what it's like to be a younger person today and find punk rock is your thing. So, I'm an old guy, got into the Sex Pistols when the U.S. media was having a fit about their tour here. I saw a news report on them one night and the next day I went out and bought "Never Mind..." on 8-track. Punk has been a huge part of my life since those days, and it's great to see the spirit of rebellion and intelligent questioning lives on! It's disappointing to hear people say punk died when Green Day hit big (it's disappointing to hear people say Green Day was never punk...they put out a lot of albums before Dookie.) The newer bands might not all sound like "typical punk", but then again...the bands that started punk didn't either! __________________ Check out the latest news on old punk rockers @ http://www.punkretrospective.com http://www.last.fm/user/PunkRetro http://blip.fm/ElDorkoPunkRetro

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03-02-2011, 08:22 PM	#151 (permalink)
Stress-Pass Groupie Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Cairns, Australia Posts: 33	I actually started when I was about 12 and came across Dead Kennedys "Too Drunk To F*ck by mistake. From there it bloomed from Sex Pistols to 999 to newer stuff like Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys. Can't get enough of it.

03-04-2011, 02:17 PM	#152 (permalink)
themusicrev Groupie Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 2	Counterfit got me hooked

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~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	Holy hell someone else on here actually likes Pete Doherty

05-31-2011, 02:36 PM	#159 (permalink)
Lachlin Groupie Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2	When I was 16, a buddy and I swapped tapes. I let him borrow a Stormtroopers of Death tape and he loaned me "Who's got the 10 1/2?" by Black Flag. My musical landscape was forever changed.