What Band Got You Hooked?

Jonny Redshirt · 09-30-2010, 11:56 PM

I don't have a huge story as for how I became interested in punk music, but I can at least say that the first punk album I ever heard was The Ramones, and I loved it. That's how I feel everybody should be introduced to the world of punk

I was around 16 or 17 the first time I heard it. I loved how it stripped down rock'n'roll to its most basic and primal, and while others would usurp punk-rock for their own purposes (usually politics), I don't think anybody did punk better than The Ramones.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 10-01-2010, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by James

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Wyrd · 10-02-2010, 03:39 PM

Actually Flux of Pink Fairies was one of the proto-punk bands along with The Velvet Underground and MC5.

dankrsta · 10-03-2010, 06:39 AM

^I know of the band Pink Fairies that had some members of The Deviants in it. Maybe that's what you meant?

Dubstep · 10-09-2010, 11:08 PM

Social Distortion
Green Day
The Distillers
30 Seconds to Mars
Agent Orange
AFI
The Offspring

those are some of the ones that started me out...

AmongstTheRiot · 10-10-2010, 07:11 PM

One of the first albums I ever listened to was Dookie, and I haven't been the same since hahaha

Queen Boo · 10-10-2010, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DJPuffyLemon

I'm not really a fan of older punk like the Clash or the Ramones. I'm sure thats a whole world of sin but they just aren't interesting to me.

Its really not that big of a deal if you don't like them but its good that you know where the music you love now came from.

ChelseaScissorHands · 10-11-2010, 08:41 AM

when i was about 7 years old, i stayed the night at a friends house. when we woke up MTV was on, playing a re-run of Woodstock '94. Green Day was performing When I Come Around. i had never heard (or seen) anything like that. i got Dookie, Kerplunk!, and 39 Smooth. as i got older i discovered (in no specific order) The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Unseen, Anti-Flag, Rise Against, The Offspring, The Distillers, etc.

miniraptor-x · 10-26-2010, 11:29 AM

Damn, I remember for Easter of I think 2004, or maybe 2005, I got Nirvana's Nevermind, and I've been hooked since, totally amazing band all the way!

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"Punk Rock Equals Freedom!"
- Kurt Cobain

dischord · 10-26-2010, 03:44 PM

The first band that really got me hooked was Operation Ivy, in about 7th grade. The energy, the quality of writing in the lyrics, the message, I fell in love with everything about it. Still one of my favorite bands to this day.

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Jonny Redshirt Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 64	I don't have a huge story as for how I became interested in punk music, but I can at least say that the first punk album I ever heard was The Ramones, and I loved it. That's how I feel everybody should be introduced to the world of punk I was around 16 or 17 the first time I heard it. I loved how it stripped down rock'n'roll to its most basic and primal, and while others would usurp punk-rock for their own purposes (usually politics), I don't think anybody did punk better than The Ramones. __________________ "Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges." Last.FM

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Wyrd I Don't Believe in Llamas Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: The Southern Part of the United States Posts: 153	Actually Flux of Pink Fairies was one of the proto-punk bands along with The Velvet Underground and MC5. __________________ Sailor Take Warning. You Cannot Hold the Wind.

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dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	^I know of the band Pink Fairies that had some members of The Deviants in it. Maybe that's what you meant? __________________ Last.fm

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AmongstTheRiot Groupie Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Southern Pines, NC Posts: 36	One of the first albums I ever listened to was Dookie, and I haven't been the same since hahaha __________________ www.myspace.com/amongsttheriot http://www.last.fm/user/TarSaint76

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Dubstep Groupie Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3	Social Distortion Green Day The Distillers 30 Seconds to Mars Agent Orange AFI The Offspring those are some of the ones that started me out...

10-11-2010, 08:41 AM	#118 (permalink)
ChelseaScissorHands Groupie Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Houston Posts: 3	when i was about 7 years old, i stayed the night at a friends house. when we woke up MTV was on, playing a re-run of Woodstock '94. Green Day was performing When I Come Around. i had never heard (or seen) anything like that. i got Dookie, Kerplunk!, and 39 Smooth. as i got older i discovered (in no specific order) The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Unseen, Anti-Flag, Rise Against, The Offspring, The Distillers, etc.

10-26-2010, 11:29 AM	#119 (permalink)
miniraptor-x Groupie Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 14	Damn, I remember for Easter of I think 2004, or maybe 2005, I got Nirvana's Nevermind, and I've been hooked since, totally amazing band all the way! - - - "Punk Rock Equals Freedom!" - Kurt Cobain

10-26-2010, 03:44 PM	#120 (permalink)
dischord Groupie Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 6	The first band that really got me hooked was Operation Ivy, in about 7th grade. The energy, the quality of writing in the lyrics, the message, I fell in love with everything about it. Still one of my favorite bands to this day.