Mad Eyed Screamer
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Bag of shite.
Not one Generation X tune in there
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Punk and New Wave thread.
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Not one Generation X tune in there
Blitz were a 2nd gen punk/oi band from New Mills Derbyshire forming in 1980. They weren't a big band and pretty much stayed under the radar but I'd be amazed if Greenday and The Offspring weren't influenced by Blitz. I saw them at least twice in the very early 80s and they were a decent outfit back in the day.
Great band remember seeing them at the mayflower and then later on at Drifters in Duky where Dennis Matthews used to promote, he got some top bands on there
BlueMoonRisin’
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Seen all of those bands and they were part of my youth. Each to their own as they say: )Never got into the 2nd generation bands, other than Vice Squad.
Chron Gen / Discharge / Exploited etc was too much cartoon punk, studded jackets and lyrics you couldn't decipher due to the singer just blaring out a noise.
I think I had an EP with 4 bands with a song each one of which was Blitz. I think The Business were on it too.
One of them had a song called Guatemala. May even have been a free EP in one of the weeklies as I couldn't see me buying it
*Edit.
Hang on a minute, you slating those bands, Billy Idol wore studded jackets. Cartoon punk? Pah! Billy Idol was decent but a bit too glam punk in appearance for my liking.
Barcon
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Without looking too deep into it I see that one of the greatest punk songs ever written comes in at #99View attachment 17045
don’t know if anyone else has seen this or has a view on it ...
and the song that comes in at #3 I have never heard of and it's by a band that I have never heard of.
BlueMoonRisin’
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Anti Pasti were a blast from the past, saw them at the Poly iirc. Surprised No Government was voted 3rd best track, thought they were a mediocre band tbh.View attachment 17045
don’t know if anyone else has seen this or has a view on it ...
chesterbells
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I’m no expert on punk, but I honestly didn’t realise Stiff Little Fingers were classed as a punk band. It’s obvious from that list that The Stranglers weren’t - or rather they are but should be higher.
I’d expect Sham 69 if the kids are united to be a top 10 track too.
I’d expect Sham 69 if the kids are united to be a top 10 track too.
Tommy_Catons_Perm
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My views on that Top 100:-I’m no expert on punk, but I honestly didn’t realise Stiff Little Fingers were classed as a punk band. It’s obvious from that list that The Stranglers weren’t - or rather they are but should be higher.
I’d expect Sham 69 if the kids are united to be a top 10 track too.
Bad
1. Why no Buzzcocks?
2. Never heard the song at no.3 but heard of the band.
3. Too many Cockney Rejects.( Do a shadow boxing dance and shout West Haaaaam.....bag of shit).
4. Should have more Clash. Tommy Gun?
Good
1. Plenty of SLF. Inflammable Material is arguably the best most punk album of all.
2. Discharge Fight Back and Decontrol.
3. Angelic Upstarts.
That top 100 Punk songs is pretty weird. There are loads of songs that were around at the time that were liked by punks but don't appear in the list - no Buzzcocks, Slits, X Ray Specs, Gang of Four, Mekons etc
I guess that part of the problem is that there were a lot of music around at that time that may have fit into the punk/new wave/alternative category that may have been excluded if seen purely from a punk perspective. John Peel was playing a lot of different stuff at the time but don't appear in the list - the Fall being a prime example.
I guess that part of the problem is that there were a lot of music around at that time that may have fit into the punk/new wave/alternative category that may have been excluded if seen purely from a punk perspective. John Peel was playing a lot of different stuff at the time but don't appear in the list - the Fall being a prime example.
Marklr
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Who compiled this?View attachment 17045
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chesterbells
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I culled it off social media, but reading the top it’s a survey of readers to Sounds music paper - if you’re outside the UK or not of a certain age that won’t mean much, but it was one of 3 nationally recognised weekly music newspapers basically.Who compiled this?