WTF is wrong with "punk" rock?!?!?

[78pbass]

Originally posted by Dragoon Who do you listen to, generally? Which bands/artists are going mainstream/Nashville? Just curious. Generally agree with what you've said.

 

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They discovered Pat Green, Jack Ingram, Ragweed, Boland, etc long before Nashvegas got their claws in 'em.

 

I am a big fan of guys like Darrell Scott, Bruce Robison, Hayes Carll and others.

[TwYzTyR]

 

Originally posted by hasbeen Same for punk. Who do the modern punk bands listen to?

 

 

I can only speak for myself and my band, but for us, it's mostly NoFX, Bad Religion, The Ramones, Op Ivy, Lagwagon, Face To Face, stuff like that, but then we all also listen to a much broader range of stuff...hell, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool metalhead, and I bring some of that sensibility (?) to what I do with the punk band. That's what needs to happen, infuse it with new life or it WILL get stale. As was mentioned here, punk isn't a style, it's a way of thinking, a way of life. To me, it's about DIY, giving everything the finger, playing and doing what you want to with as much energy as you can muster, and having a good {censored}ing time doing it.

 

People that are saying that punk is dead haven't been listening. You're not going to be spoon-fed by the goddamn TV and radio, you have to look for it, but that's part of the fun. I'm not going to be seeing any of my favorite bands on TV or listening to them on the radio, and that's because they're pretty far under the radar. I only found them because I wasn't afraid to give something a chance. A lot of the stuff I find is utter {censored}, but then when I find that one diamond in the rough, it makes me appreciate it that much more.

[TwYzTyR]

 

Originally posted by phunkyhick They are playing at Birdy's with Burning Season this Friday. Burning Season is a pretty sweet metal band, we know their singer real well, he's got a real set of pipes on him.

 

 

I think I played once with Burning Season, though I played with so many bands I can't remember them all. I might head out there for that if I remember it.

[hasbeen]

 

Originally posted by 78pbass I agree with Hasbeen and SpaceGhost very much, which begs the point....what's next then? everyhting that is labeled cutting edge are facimilized rehashes. Electro rock, "new"wave, noise-core, etc. Its sad to think that Hiphop is the only genre breaking ground and trying new ideas. Bear this in mind that I listen to non-commercialized authentic country and even my favorite bands/artists are gying south with the rest of the flock.

 

 

I think you/we answered your question.....what's next. It's funny you mentioned country. There's a local punk band I like (although I'm not much of a punk fan). The guitarist is a huge Johnny Cash fan. He brings in elements of that into his punk.

 

So I think the answer is for people to go outside their main genre to look for other elements to incorporate.

 

I've been a funk bassist for over thirty years. A while back I started using heavy metal guitarists to work up and record "new" stuff.

[TheGZeus,OnFire]

Originally posted by 78pbass I agree with Hasbeen and SpaceGhost very much, which begs the point....what's next then? everyhting that is labeled cutting edge are facimilized rehashes. Electro rock, "new"wave, noise-core, etc. Its sad to think that Hiphop is the only genre breaking ground and trying new ideas. Bear this in mind that I listen to non-commercialized authentic country and even my favorite bands/artists are gying south with the rest of the flock.

Are you including Melt Banana in the noise core generalisation, and thus calling them a re-hash?

[TheGZeus,OnFire]

 

Originally posted by TwYzTyR I can only speak for myself and my band, but for us, it's mostly NoFX, Bad Religion, The Ramones, Op Ivy, Lagwagon, Face To Face, stuff like that, but then we all also listen to a much broader range of stuff...hell, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool metalhead, and I bring some of that sensibility (?) to what I do with the punk band. That's what needs to happen, infuse it with new life or it WILL get stale. As was mentioned here, punk isn't a style, it's a way of thinking, a way of life. To me, it's about DIY, giving everything the finger, playing and doing what you want to with as much energy as you can muster, and having a good {censored}ing time doing it. People that are saying that punk is dead haven't been listening. You're not going to be spoon-fed by the goddamn TV and radio, you have to look for it, but that's part of the fun. I'm not going to be seeing any of my favorite bands on TV or listening to them on the radio, and that's because they're pretty far under the radar. I only found them because I wasn't afraid to give something a chance. A lot of the stuff I find is utter {censored}, but then when I find that one diamond in the rough, it makes me appreciate it that much more.

To my knowledge the only real punk band you listed was The Ramones though I've never heard of Face to face or Lagwagon.

 

Thus, you can't say whether or not punk is dead.

 

I don't think it is, but that's due to more progressive bands like Melt Banana(MELT BANANAAAAAA!) etc.

 

I like Alkaline Trio, but they stopped being a punk band a while back. They became a ood rock band.

Siouxsie and the Banshees was a punk band for a few albums, but that had faded by Hyeana

[AnthraxMann]

Originally posted by yossarian Part of me really wants to start an objectivist punk band just to see how many people actually paid attention and what kind of reaction I'd get.

 

 

I'd definately stay and watch what happened. I don't think an Objectivist would ever lower himself to the "punk" level (Anarchy, lawlessness, drunken sex, etc. ).

 

Oh, and see my sig.

[zachoff]

Warped used to be a showcase of underground bands... Now it's a showcase of pop punk rock gone big.

 

Point is... Don't go to Warped expecting punk rock anymore. It's just radio rock now.