Old School Punk

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I like a lot of different kinds of music, but I always seem to come back to this. I have a lot of super hobbies, and music is definitely one of them, here is a fine selection of videos from bands you may not have ever heard before.

999
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqg0YdxFpQA[/youtube]

Angelic Upstarts
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-q35mc6eTE[/youtube]

Blitz
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyS4Wduyux8[/youtube]

The Boys
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnqrPYZ6xOA[/youtube]

The Buzzcocks
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6TywsL48Ww[/youtube]

Chelsea
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnbTuCALXv0[/youtube]

The Damned
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m2JyiggwAU[/youtube]

Eater
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pabf_oQUk4M[/youtube]

Generation X
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe5PaIa0SX4[/youtube]

The Lurkers
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYt6YUcUovg[/youtube]

The Rezillos
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AshzpF8pU40[/youtube]

The Saints
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LA2DbwXJoo[/youtube]

Sham 69 (best band name ever ldo)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6utdlMvuD74[/youtube]

Stiff Little Fingers
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3mqtXQAunw[/youtube]

UK Subs
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mkf0iJIbZM[/youtube]

Abrasive Wheels
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--hDDZN0QHM[/youtube]

Angry Samoans
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ps0B9syELA[/youtube]

Anti Nowhere League (listener discretion advised)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH7pOUm5s9k[/youtube]

Bad Brains
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWWI2rGdda4[/youtube]

Black Flag
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHk7zahvDFI[/youtube]

Chaos UK
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXGLjjy_lQw[/youtube]

Circle Jerks
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTPFhuRDI6w[/youtube]

Crass (viewer/listener discretion advised)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skyzWf-qIa0[/youtube]

The Dickies
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTxdZEB7agA[/youtube]

These are all great performers. I love Old School Punk.

I was more mainstream; the Jam, the Clash, Ramones, Pretenders (believe it or not, the first coupla albums were punk), etc. Even some Billy Idol (before he became a caricature of himself...

New school punk is a joke, with none of the angst or passion of the original punks, they are nothing but posers.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ6fpSdQQKc[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw3plY9RrPQ[/youtube]

vibratetogether, great list
My favorite older punk band would be the misfits

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-7pTQx6d3U[/youtube]

I find this funny, you say new punk bands are a bunch of "posers", then you post two blondie videos, lol. Also I wouldnt consider blondie punk, they are new wave band. Was this suposed to be a joke?

I obviously love The Misfits, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, etc. I left the obvious stuff for others to post

Last Caress may be may favorite song of all time.

Listener discretion advised
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1wbcqY6IIs[/youtube]

Love the old school Punk!





Sex Pistols- God Save the Queen!!

Ugh...youtube disabled all their audio but great band!


The Clash- London Calling

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqO1b-5RsAs[/youtube]



The Stray Cats- Stray Cat Strut

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoG62Wi8twU[/youtube]



The Who- Happy Jack.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ll4AcRVG1A[/youtube]

LISTEN TO THE FAITH
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE1w2kSuugs[/youtube]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Nice. That's DC hardcore amirite?

I'm not sXe, but I have the utmost respect for what Ian was trying to foster. It's sad to see what's become of the movement.

Early punk rock is my main area of expertise!

New York Dolls - "Trash"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXd9OIYL9xM[/youtube]

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - "Chinese Rocks"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_-HR3R72hc[/youtube]

Dead Boys - "Sonic Reducer"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmVCdPe2_Ao[/youtube]

Dicks - Hate the Police
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9ANFR4zG44[/youtube]

^ random examples of stuff I like

If you want to learn about music, read books. If you like anything punk-related, I recommend:

From the Velvets to the Voidoids
Please Kill Me
We Got the Neutron Bomb
Lexicon Devil

as places to START. Sorry for the lack of bibliographic info, but a title search on Amazon should suffice.