Talk to me: Music!

I will also throw out there the European version of The Pretenders before they got popular in the USA.
At the very core I find that back then they were a punk bank that had a lead singer who could really sing and raise them out of the "bar band" ranks. They also were part of that punk vibe that went mainstream along with The Clash.

The Adulteress:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i39-l_QT7YI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vUsQMgEveo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivDmthsthe0&feature=related

Now that we've gone slightly farther afield, I mentioned this in another thread the other day, but this hits the automotive/music intersection:

Split Lip Rayfield's Kiss of Death

The mandolin player is my hero. Saw them live and he plays that stuff while looking casually around the room. Actually reminds me a little of Billy Zoom and his whole "Well, they're going to play easy stuff and writhe all over the place, huh? Well I'll play hard stuff and make it look like it's nothing..."

fast_eddie_72 wrote:

DukeOfUndersteer wrote: Ive been on my punk binge as of lately...

Dunno how, but I just discovered this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPhUQUDe_jw Kind of a post-punk classic, I've discovered.

Cool . They sound a bit like Pere Ubu, there.

The Bad Seeds have some good new stuff, too: Dig Lazarus, Dig!!!

As well as the above, I enjoy a lot of fuzzy, guitar-driven/shoegaze-y rock 'n roll. Galaxie 500 are a favourite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjEOJqN3wVY

I am not sure how this every happened but here is a clip of Wendy O'Willams and the Plasmatics on "Solid Gold" of all things, yeah, the disco show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iij2_JvHGr8&feature=related

rammstien

here goes:

Queen is perhaps the most under-rated classic rock band, and Brian May (the lead guitarist not only has a phd, but is also one of the best guitarist that I've ever heard. The band was one I really missed out on being born in 82.

Jim Croce would have been as big as the Eagles if he didn't die so young (no drugs, a plane crash) - a real tragedy, awesome songs.

Nickel Creek is perhaps the best modern country band, and Brad Paisley has an awesome ode to Alabama now that's fantastic.

Junior Brown is the man on a steel guitar.

Jimmy Mattingly is perhaps the best fiddle player to make it big.

Not that I'm opinionated, or anything...

MC5 hardest punk metal band going oh and did I happen to mention they where doing it in 1968? Kick out the jams

Love the MC5. Also, there's this little-known proto-punk band called 'Death', comprised of 3 black brothers (siblings), formed in the early '70s.

Politicians In My Eyes

hmmm, Megadeth, Anthrax, Rise Against, Against me!! ,KMFDM ,My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Stabbing Westward, Ministry ,Incubus, Front Line Assembly... I could go on and on for hours

Pretty much anything John Reis has been involved with is amazing. This includes Rocket from the crypt, Drive like Jehu, Hot snakes, the sultans, the night marchers.

Lately though I cannot get enough of this old album

Do the pop!. Aussie garage from 76-87. Some amazing stuff that still sounds fresh today.

Oh yeah and pretty much anything Billy Childish has ever done.

I just started listening to some X again too. Say what you will, they have some pretty damn good songs. White Girl really is a classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6bM6uLikgA

Doesn't get much more skate punk than this (came up on my ipod during my last skate sesh, for that matter) Teenage Bottlerocket--Skate or Die http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-03q9VE0sOk

...and a shameless plug for a friend's band, which is sailor/sea shanty punk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drsVyxjz9Wo

Revdexter--that Daft Punk cover was awesome. The Loop Station has opened up so much creativity from all over the place.

Here's some good old-school punk: The Guilty Bystanders a Flint, MI local band that really should have gone further than they did.

To me the whole punk/ska thing peaked and died with Operation Ivy. Seriously. Who the berkeley did it better than them? I've been listening to Drive Like Jehu pretty religiously. Young Widows have been rocking my socks. Warning, this song may cause you to do damage to your own property:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M-Vt-76ndk

I used some Crimpshrine to dust off my record player a few weeks ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M017oi4SwUU

hahaha.

Ive been on a stint of OLD Unwritten Law, Suicide Machines, Pennywise, Millencolin, Bouncing Souls. There is a real good local band called The Bastard Suns, its like a mix of Sublime (40oz to Freedom-ish), and Dropkick. Seen em live atleast 10 times, totally worth it everytime too!

I seriously need to turn off the punk and put on slower stuff whenever im driving, or else I get a lead foot...

DukeOfUndersteer wrote: hahaha. Ive been on a stint of OLD Unwritten Law, Suicide Machines, Pennywise, Millencolin, Bouncing Souls. There is a real good local band called The Bastard Suns, its like a mix of Sublime (40oz to Freedom-ish), and Dropkick. Seen em live atleast 10 times, totally worth it everytime too! I seriously need to turn off the punk and put on slower stuff whenever im driving, or else I get a lead foot...

ROFL! I tried to switch to New Wave in the car, didn't help. The post 1980 part of "The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads" (Rhino expanded re-issue) has been living in the car for three weeks.

"..warning sign, warning sign..I see it but I pay no mind!"

In the RX-8 I currently have JFA, Negative Approach,Dissonance, Butthole Surfers, Minor Threat, S O D, Gang Green, Bad Brains, The Damned. In the F-100 (cassette player) I have The Vatican Commandos, Dissonance and The Guilty Bystanders.

petegossett wrote: Here's some good old-school punk: The Guilty Bystanders a Flint, MI local band that really should have gone further than they did.

They are good I saw them play 4 months ago. Dissonance is another Flint band that had a big following and for your listening pleasure http://www.myspace.com/dissonanceusa

My wrench-time-in-the-garage music features the following bands heavily: Cramps, X, Lush, My Bloody Valentine, KMFDM as well as some newer stuff, like The Old Crow Medicine Show, the Hellblinki Sextet and the Avett brothers.

The two things that all of the wrench time music has in common are that I love it and I've listened to it often enough that I can either let it fade into the background when I have to concentrate or let it come to the foreground and enjoy it when I'm doing something that doesn't require too much brain power.

I've found that if I introduce new music to the garage, I'm liable to concentrate on the music and either muck something up or not get any work done. New music and audio books are for the gym, where I welcome the distraction.

Luke wrote: Cool . They sound a bit like Pere Ubu, there.

That was awesome! Two thoughts...

1. Night Music was the coolest thing ever televised. It makes up for all the horrible stuff that has been televised and justifies the invention of television. There should be a cable channel that is Night Music reruns 24 hours a day.

2. I didn't know Joe Cocker had a brother.

I might have missed it, but nobody has mentioned the Pixies yet, have they?

Funny story: The Pixies did a reunion tour about 6 years back. They played at a small, local venue and only about 10% of the crowd was below age 30. It seems that all the exposure they got from the Fight Club soundtrack with the younger generation didn't translate well into the kids wanting to see them live.

Wow, not sure how I could have not mentioned the Pixies. Listen to them a lot still. I went through a phase whre they were all I listend too. And since we're posting Night Music clips...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEPi5EQjEpw

Make sure to catch Tame. It is jaw dropping.

Brett_Murphy wrote: I might have missed it, but nobody has mentioned the Pixies yet, have they? Funny story: The Pixies did a reunion tour about 6 years back. They played at a small, local venue and only about 10% of the crowd was below age 30. It seems that all the exposure they got from the Fight Club soundtrack with the younger generation didn't translate well into the kids wanting to see them live.

I don't really consider them punk and this is more of a punk thread. Thus the lack of a mention.

BUT, since you brought them up, how's this for a neat cover? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhjA2nvVD7U&feature=player_embedded