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Hey As you prolly don't know, I have an internet radio station that plays mostly alternative music. But lately I have been getting into punk rock and want to do a punk net show weekly. So, I'm looking for suggestions on bands. I have most of the old school bands...Stooges, Clash, Sex Pistols, etc.....so...I'm looking for suggestions on new school bands. I'm trying to stay away from hardcore, as it all sounds the same to me. So, PLEASE, tell me your ideas. And not freakin Green Day. hehe Real punk is not played on Clear Channel.

-Eve

Social Distortion is a great band.

Do you have the New York Dolls? Old timers but still kicking.

Green Day saw them in concert twice they really rock.

Butt hole surffer's

Duh. After reading ALL of your post I saw you wanted NEW bands Oh well, maybe some of these older ones can make your show too.

My all time favorites, most of which I skateboarded to in the late 80's. 80's punk rock is still some of my all time favorite music.

1. Descendents. A great compilation of their early work is Liveage! It's a concert disc that is my all time favorite. I like all Descendents though.
2. Minor Threat. Get the Complete Discography CD. Simply AWESOME.
3. Black Flag. Henry Rollins at his best - my favorite is Who's Got the 10 1/2, though I do like the Rollins Band End of Silence recording a lot too.
4. Dag Nasty. I like all of their stuff, but my favorite is Wig Out At Denko's.
5. fIREHOSE or Minutemen. Kinda mellow, fIREHOSE came to be from the Minutement. If you watch Jackass at all, the song Corona is the twangy guitar introduction of it. A great compilation is Double Nickels on the Dime. For fIREHOSE, go with If'N or From Ohio.
6. Faith No More. Their first recording, prior to Mike Patton being in the band is fantastic - it's titled We Care A Lot.
7. Camper Van Bethoven. This is a bunch of members of Cracker before they became Cracker. Pictures of Matchstickmen is still one of my all time favorite songs.
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers. Their first three full length records are awesome - Red Hot Chili Peppers, Freaky Styley, Uplift [censored] Party Plan.
9. Bauhaus/Love and Rockets. Earth-Sun-Moon and Express are my two favorite Love and Rockets discs. I like all Bauhaus.
10. R.E.M. Anything before Document.
11. Jane's Addiction. Get the Kettle Whistle recording. Good stuff.
12. Ministry. My favorite car song of all time - Jesus Built My Hotrod. It's always with me at the raceNtrack.
13. N.I.N. You can't go wrong with old Nine Inch Nails. Great industrial stuff.
14. Pixies. Always good. A great compliation is Death To The Pixies: 1987-1991
15. Rage Against the Machine. Not really punk, but great music. Their first recording is my fav.
16. Violent Femmes.
17. Screaming Trees. Buzz Factory is my favorite recording of theirs.
18. The Smiths/Morrisey. Nice mellow, depressing stuff.
19. The Cult.
20. The Cure. Goth depression, but still nice.
21. They Might Be Giants. Not punk, but very unique.

That's all I can think of for now. An honorable mention is "Bitchin' Camaro" by the Dead Milkmen. Never really liked them, but that song is awesome.

excellent list! Didn't know you were a punk.

TeddyBears- German
Hellacopters-Swedish
Peacocks- Swiss

alot of these are considered Hardcore, but there almbums have good melodies (esp Rancid) but heres my suggestions on some good punk

US Bombs
Bouncing Souls
Rancid
Anti-Flag
Pennywise
Sex Pistols<------- I know you like them but lets be honest you cant mention punk without them, its almost blastphemy

The Donnas....

Nelson - them crazy blond girls can rock it crazy


p.s. You all suck for not mentioning The Ramones.


Gabba Gabba Hey!

Wow, that is a great list !!! Thank you and everyone for the ideas. I'll give those bands a listen. I hope the show will be a smashing success. It's kind of hard to get my hard rock/alternative listeners to appreciate the punk scene. But if nothing less, I'll enjoy the hell out of it

j/c Dropkick Murphys

nuff ced!

for real, any list like that needs dropkick and ramones

lol nuff said

How about Reel Big Fish or The Clash

You could add Flogging Molly...theyre similar to the Dropkicks.


some other bands that are pretty punk

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311
The Adicts - old stuff, but still good, in the modle of the ramones and such bands
All Time Low...kinda generic for the new style of punk, but are still an indie band thats punk
At The Drive-In
Armor For Sleep
Black Flag (in case no one has mentioned)
Blur (to an extent)
Boy Hits Car
Brand New
The Bravery
Sonic Youth
The Cramps
Damone
Sparta
Dead Poetic
Dead Kennedys
Death From Above 1979
The Fall...not as punk, but their style is equally rebellious, if not for their messages but their music style
The Alkaline Trio
Heavens (lead singer of Alkaline Trio side project)
Hit The Lights
Last Laugh
The Transplants (slightly hip hop)
Rancid....definitely, theyre very good
The Mars Volta isnt so much punk, but very unique
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes are a punk cover band, they cover anything and make it punk
The Misfits of course
OPM
The Rakes
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (kinda commercial, but still punk and pretty decent)
Reggie & The Full Effect
Rise Against...Amazing band.
Saves The Day...im not a huge fan, but a lot of punk fans are
Sparks
Strata
The Strokes
Sublime
TRUSTcompany
The Vines
The Hives

there...Right off my playlist

Can't believe I forgot to mention Sublime---one of my favorite bands ever. Saw them at peabody's in 96 or 97. I think, maybe it was 95. At any rate, Bradley Nowell is greatly missed.

Favorite song--Secret Tweaker Pad.

I like Burritos best

I haven't seen them yet, so I'd like to input the Dead Milkmen.

When I drive past the kids, they all spit and cuss,
Because I've got a BITCHIN CAMARO and they have to ride the bus.
So you'd better get out of my way, when I run through your yard;
Because I've got a BITCHIN CAMARO;
And an Exxon credit card.
BITCHIN CAMARO, BITCHIN CAMARO

If you can find them, local punk bands from my area are Buttsteak and the Worthless Dizzies (all girl punk).

Old school... Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, The Clash, X-ray Spex, The Slits, Generation X, Slaughter and the Dogs, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Jam, The Damned, X (yes, just one letter)

(as you can tell, my tastes are with the 76 London scene!!)

New school... there are too many. To be honest I don't listen to new stuff much anymore, just what I listened to in college. Some like Squirtgun, Pansy Division, Screeching Weasel, Lunachicks, The Smugglers, The Hives, The Hi-Fives, Rancid... I dunno, there are just too many.

i have to disagree on the whole hardcore all sounding the same comment...

while some hardcore is bland and repetitive, there are also some great bands...

i'll list some bands that i have on my computer, not all of these are hardcore, but they're all great to listen to...

cave in
minus the bear (not hardcore, but their members were guys from botch, one of the better hardcore bands ever)
deftones
isis
converge (great hardcore/metal with punk roots)
these arms are snakes
bane (one of the very best punk/hardcore)
dredg (not really punkrock, they sound similiar to tool,without all the hooplah, great band)
kayo dot
envy
neurosis

Not one mention of Billy Talent? I'm dissapointed.

I DIG HENRY ROLLINS

Just throwing a couple of names at you that I didn't see listed, not sure if it's what you'd be looking for:

The Smashing Pumpkins

The Mighty Mighty Bostones

Also a great band out of Columbus, the New Bomb Turks.

And the Dead Boys, Cleveland's own from the 70's!

i too saw them, in Niagara Falls with Rise Against...

They werent that great, high energy? yes, high talent? not so much

Thursday and Circa Survive also played that show, Terrible

How has no one mentioned Wesley Willis!!!!

Thank you everyone for your ideas