86.Towers of London Genre (Punk rock/Glam metal) London UK, era Modern & adding

Ghoultown Genre (Psychobilly/Cow/Horror Punk) Texas USA, Modern

Towers of London

So I thought I would try something different here, this band is a bit of a teenie bopper band out of the UK whose members state they were inspired by New York proto punk bands like Johnny & the Heartbreakers. I however like them because they remind me of Motley Crue & Guns N Roses!!!

Unfortunately the lead singer has made a fool of himself on several occasions resulting in the departure of key talented members, so it could be say la vee.

Speaking of glam metal, I've often made fun of the Black Veil Brides, but these posers came out with an awesome song!, It's like Billy Idol meets Motley Crue! Could it be were seeing the return of glam metal?!? Could it be that the sunset strip is returning??? Crue, GNR, WASP, F'n rights GGGGGGGGGLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAMMMMMMM metal!

I'm a rat



Kill the pop scene



Avaline




Ghoultown

And now for something a million times cooler than Towers of London. I would usually consider Psychobilly to fall under the post punk alternative category, but these guys can rock pretty hard.

Anyways I'm not ranking bands anymore, just plopping down something that I think will fit with something else.

Under the Phantom Moon



Drink With The Living Dead



Walkin through the desert

I've only listened to a tiny bit of Municipal Waste, and they don't seem like anything special. I think they were just one of the first of the new wave of thrash bands, so they get mentioned a lot. Warbringer and Toxic Holocaust are pretty cool though, along with Evile, but I definitely don't see any thrash revival being anything more than a quick flash in the pan novelty thing. Thrash became a ludicrously overpopulated and stagnant genre in the eighties, so I don't see why anybody thinks that reviving it is going to accomplish anything.

I see your point, I don't mind the thrash revival because I think the genre has stood the test of time, in that its still pretty hard sounding by today's standards.

Outside of Toxic Holocaust though, I haven't heard any of the above mentioned bands put out any songs on par with the big four. In hindsight, it really makes me appreciate how phenomenal bands like Metallica & Megadeth were. Minus them, I don't think thrash would have carried the day, even with Slayer in the mix.

85. Cock & Ball Torture Genre (Pornogrind) , Germany, era 00's &

Spermbirds Genre (Hardcore/Melodic Hardcore), Germany, era 80's/90's

C & B Torture:

So I have sort of trio of smut bands coming up next, the first of these is a pornogrind band from Germany. For those who don't know, pornogrind is often a mixture of groove guitars mixed in with the brutal sounds of grind that are usually about sex, perversion, bdsm ect, I will leave it to your imagination as to what this is for.

poontang clan



Enema Bulldozer



Fat sex mamma



Spermbirds

This never did really turn into an international list, so not a lot of German bands, but the Spermbirds always had a popular following in North America.

Political Prisoners

I don't know, this song hits about as hard as a sledgehammer:

It is a pretty rockin song I give you that, but I still think it falls sort of the classics, Peace Sells, Jesus Saves, Jump in the fire ect. For the most part with the odd exception, I'm not hearing the classic killer songs that made the original thrash movement so great... Anyways I should probably get back on track here and save the metal discussion for another day, so next up...

84. Anti Nowhere League Genre (Punk rock) , London UK era 80's &

Stiff Little Fingers Genre (Punk rock) Belfast UK, era 70's/80's

Anti Nowhere League:

Classic Uk punk band.

Well I've had crabs
And I've had lice
And I've had the pox and that ain't nice
So what, so what

Well I've ****ed this
And I've ****ed that
And I've even ****ed a schoolgirl's crack
So what, so what
So what, so what you boring little ****


So What



For You



We are the league



Stiff Little Fingers

One of the classic big names to come out of Northern Ireland

Bloody Sunday



Alternative Ulster



No Sleep till Belfast

Surprised to see Refused so low, but hey, at least you included it. Shape Of Punk To Come is a timeless album, probably my second favourite record ever.

I can really dig the League. Lots of white power idiots at their shows, but thats the case with many punk shows. They still got it too, I saw them two years ago and they played a blistering set at Hogue Barmichaels in Newport Beach.

Yes the league were a good solid rockin band. No politics, no nonesense kind of guys, just hard drinkin, & partying.

I'm suprised you still have the whole BNP skinhead thing going on over there though, I'm assuming you mean in the past?

Unfortuantly racists are often attracted to rebellious music, whether it be punk, metal or hip hop, as they tend to be outsiders themselves. In North America hardcore has a pretty diverse fan base, which makes it harder for them to operate. My only responsibilty is to make sure they remain sidelined, I don't want them associated with music I like, it's embarrissing.