Joe Strummer and other Recommendations?

Blooby · June 18, 2016, 09:39:20 AM

Greeting, all.

I skipped punk in my youth. Around its peak, I'm sure I was hidden away with Tales from Topographic Oceans as well as my Mahavishnu albums. Between the musical influence from this site as well as a guy who books music at a local venue, I have found myself liking some of the punk I hear..both the angry and some of the poppy.

I'm curious if a few of you in the know can recommend some punk albums for a neophyte. Yes, I know I can pull up any random list via the web, but I'd rather hear about albums that were important in your youth.

I'm also digging Joe Strummer's post-Clash stuff that I've heard. Could somebody recommend a starting point on that front as well?

Thanks in advance.

Blooby

bruno · June 18, 2016, 10:23:31 AM

Stranglers "Rattus Norvegicus", and "No More Hero's" - some claimed they weren't really a punk band, but I think so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32MdbjsfxEs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUIbL5ZmN5w

The Sex Pistols were the band that first broke punk with "Anarchy In the UK".

For modern angry - but accessible music listen to Frank Turner (folk . He also plays in a band called Mongel Horde which is hard core, but great :-)

Gil grew up more with Punk - so he recommends
- The Wipers "over the edge" (Seattle - influenced Dave Grohl)
- Stiff Little Fingers - lots to choose from (UK)
- Floggin Molly - "Devils dance floor" (Irish punk) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPaz0p2dpEk&list=PL4D-XyPMbyjDBtmFo5BwIj-g3CjIspPiJ
- Huskadu (American Punk) Dont want to know if you are lonely (track)
- Fugazi - "Merchandise"
- Richard Hell - "Baby Huey"
- Naked Raygun - "Soldiers Requiem"
- Propaganda and Information Network - "British Justice"
- Bad Brains - "Sail On"
- The Pogues - lots again to choose from - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Lw9545dCM

Lots of styles available. ....

B

Oldrottenhead · June 18, 2016, 06:27:21 PM

punk was about buying singles again. so not sure about albums i could recommend as bands often never put their singles on their albums.

ok xtc- white music
ian dury and the blockheads - new boots and panties
stiff little fingers - inflammable material.
the fall - slates, slags etc
P.I.L - Public Image LTD
The Buzzcocks- another music in a different kitchen
magazine - real life
the skids - days in europa
tv mith's explorers - last of the great explorers
the adverts - crossing the red sea
the damned - the damned
elvis costello - this years model
wreckless eric - big smash

irish band stiff little fingers sang about very bravely "the troubles"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRHx22hTGUA

magazine almost prog punk an off shoot of another great band the buzzcocks (will get to them).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hURfS6b3wVo

Siouxsie And The Banshees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amR6-neQBPE

this summed up punk for me, i know tv smith from the adverts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USKocNP6WIk

went to every show when he formed tv smiths explorers, recently a friends band supported him and he remembered me by name, he said something like "jim yah mad fucker" i have calmed down a bit i said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LkhPuBWJQQ

rich kids 1978 by then punk morphed into power pop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTubfc48iPU

another one that summed up the genre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFfEY5iJ1qE

the fabulous wreckless eric

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3CLihu-xho

the ruts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erZxdX9enNQ

some scottish punk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXCz2NY3vKU

xtc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cBPxfARcNI

the damned

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ76LC_l8yk

ian dury and the blockheads yes punk was a wide genre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCMefqOi3w

you might know this mob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOWwN3T2xkc

more scottish punk (one of our members at songcrafters played bass guitar with them a few years ago may still do for all i know)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKly-dga3Nw

more scottish punk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weGzMzazroE

nearly forgot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIQYOHopSbs

not forgetting the fall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpMoRS_9bcM

i am really enjoying this.

will probably post more later as songs and bands come to mind

but from the ashes of the pistols last one for now possibly one of my all time fave songs, this knocked me on my back when i first heard it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAZ8unRm2c