And why?
2006-06-18 15:51:40 · 5 answers · asked by Strange Design 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Many are going to give the typical stock answer, I am no different. I suppose those old enough to have grown up when this genre stood for what it was originally meant to stand for may have something more worthwhile to offer.
Anyway, my answer is (without a doubt) The Clash.
The reason why, is that to me (someone who didn't grow up during the time that the punk genre wasn't oversaturated with a popular flair) The Clash seemed to embody and express a voice for a culture that individuals today can only dream of lightly gripping the full concept of. This is something one can discern by listening to their work. The passion is simply undeniable.
Their inclination to bend the rules and established conventions of genres when they created a blend of sounds, to me at least, stands out as an example of what it must've been like for artists of that era to produce music that they enjoyed playing and that wasn't placed onto the market with the intentions of force-feeding ideals down the throats of the public.
If you didn't lean in their direction, you could at least enjoy what you were listening to. Now, an individual cannot listen to a particular genre of music without being expected to immediately fall in line with the general conception of ideals that the public as a whole believes to be attached to it.
2006-06-18 19:06:04 · answer #1 · answered by TheMonkofDestiny 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Operation Ivy. They get major points for basically starting the Berkley punk scene. I like them back when I was a teenager into punk, and I can still listen to them -- which is super rare.
2006-06-22 21:24:55 · answer #2 · answered by Ophelia193 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like L7, those girls are versatile and just plain rock.
I like the Cramps, a bit of punk-abilly can be a good time.
I like GWAR, they are funny, versatile, poetic, and creative.
I grew up listening to the Dead Milkmen. They are kinda spastic, juvenile, different.
2006-06-18 23:49:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they arent my favorite punk band but best i would have to say green day because they pulled off being like the bigest band twice...and old green day is really good
2006-06-18 22:55:15 · answer #4 · answered by benji 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ramones, because they were more or less pioneers of that particular genre.
2006-06-18 22:55:09 · answer #5 · answered by Ari 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋