Punk ? Just a great rock band

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

https://youtu.be/1EXMXuJ3ivg

Incredible bass , keyboards , drums and guitar

[Helen Wiggy]

https://youtu.be/1EXMXuJ3ivg

Incredible bass , keyboards , drums and guitar

People think of the Stranglers and Ian Dury/Blockheads as punk. Neither of them were musically but they had a punk ethos and were undoubtedly a part of that scene.

[NYCBlue]

They were never really punk. They rode that wave for a bit though.

I think The Raven is my favorite album of theirs.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

People think of the Stranglers and Ian Dury/Blockheads as punk. Neither of them were musically but they had a punk ethos and were undoubtedly a part of that scene.

I think punk was just a name

Some of the heavy riffing by the stranglers , undertones , pistols .....bodies for example, as the song starts , stiff little fingers etc were straight out of the rock 🤘 locker

Killing Joke were popular with the punks late on the scene but a lot of heavy rocks fans like myself loved Killing Joke

[Helen Wiggy]

I think punk was just a name

Some of the heavy riffing by the stranglers , undertones , pistols .....bodies for example, as the song starts , stiff little fingers etc were straight out of the rock �� locker

Killing Joke were popular with the punks late on the scene but a lot of heavy rocks fans like myself loved Killing Joke

Some people have said that the New York Dolls were the first punk band but you could go back as far as Syd Barrett and early Who/Stooges.

[the other bob wilson]

Some people have said that the New York Dolls were the first punk band but you could go back as far as Syd Barrett and early Who/Stooges.

I'd say you can go back further than that - this is a punk record as far as I'm concerned;-



Punk is an attitude I think, but whatever it is and whether the bands referred to above were punk or not, they were like a breath of fresh air in the mid to late seventies - the world had heard more than enough from pompous prog rock bands by then.

[Cleve van Leef]

I'd say you can go back further than that - this is a punk record as far as I'm concerned;-



Punk is an attitude I think, but whatever it is and whether the bands referred to above were punk or not, they were like a breath of fresh air in the mid to late seventies - the world had heard more than enough from pompous prog rock bands by then.

Bought that when released I think it was 1965, no one knew what it was about, but great to dance to.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

They were never really punk. They rode that wave for a bit though.

I think The Raven is my favorite album of theirs.

Deffo best album

[kendoddsdadsdogsdead]

The Ruts..now there's a band..
my mate threw a half full can of Stella at Owen..caught him right between the eyes on his forehead...watch the Top of the Pops vid of Babylon's Burning...you can see the fresh scar clearly..bloody good shot sir..

[Blue Dwr]

The Ruts..now there's a band..
my mate threw a half full can of Stella at Owen..caught him right between the eyes on his forehead...watch the Top of the Pops vid of Babylon's Burning...you can see the fresh scar clearly..bloody good shot sir..

Best punk band I ever saw. Top Rank a few months before Owen died.

Babylon's Burning
Jah War
In a Rut

Classics in my eyes

[Mr Soul '68]

The Ruts..now there's a band..
my mate threw a half full can of Stella at Owen..caught him right between the eyes on his forehead...watch the Top of the Pops vid of Babylon's Burning...you can see the fresh scar clearly..bloody good shot sir..

What on earth possessed your mate to chuck a half full can of Stella and the finest punk vocalist of them all? An act of great cowardice I must say. I bet you, he wouldn't have the bottle or bollocks to have a go at Malcolm Owen face to face, the gutless little shit!

[Helen Wiggy]

What on earth possessed your mate to chuck a half full can of Stella and the finest punk vocalist of them all? An act of great cowardice I must say. I bet you, he wouldn't have the bottle or bollocks to have a go at Malcolm Owen face to face, the gutless little shit!

I must agree with this. It's not a very clever thing to boast about.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Some people have said that the New York Dolls were the first punk band but you could go back as far as Syd Barrett and early Who/Stooges.

I think the stooges were a rock band , the guitar on dirt is so heavy

[Helen Wiggy]

I think the stooges were a rock band , the guitar on dirt is so heavy

Labels are arbitrary really. Sniffin' Glue fanzine in the 70s gave the following advice on how to create punk which was, I think: Steal a guitar, learn three chords, form a band.

But you can progress from that in many directions and still retain the original spirit.

[Lost Johnny]

I think the stooges were a rock band , the guitar on dirt is so heavy

The Stooges were a hard rock band for sure, but there were elements of punk in their sound too.

Nobody was playing like this in 1972

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcon...BFD2Jj&index=3

[Helen Wiggy]

The Stooges were a hard rock band for sure, but there were elements of punk in their sound too.

Nobody was playing like this in 1972

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcon...BFD2Jj&index=3

Yeah, that's what I mean.Spot on.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

The Ruts..now there's a band..
my mate threw a half full can of Stella at Owen..caught him right between the eyes on his forehead...watch the Top of the Pops vid of Babylon's Burning...you can see the fresh scar clearly..bloody good shot sir..

again very heavy , almost hard Rock

[Blue Dwr]

https://youtu.be/1EXMXuJ3ivg

Incredible bass , keyboards , drums and guitar

JJ Burnell. Best bass player ever.

[headlight]

Always liked and still like JJ"s Bass tone.
He has a signature Bass made by UK company called Shuker.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Like the way jj burnel went off on one instead of just following the drums

Phil Lynott was great for doing that , leading the long

[MOZZER2]

rather than start a FNT thread how we follow this thread with some punk tunes or perceived punk tunes

the New York Dolls has been mentioned so .......oh trash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMUnqxmiV2k

[Helen Wiggy]

rather than start a FNT thread how we follow this thread with some punk tunes or perceived punk tunes

the New York Dolls has been mentioned so .......oh trash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMUnqxmiV2k

Brilliant classic track, even though I had to watch 5 seconds of Vic Reeves promoting B&Q Gardener of the year before it started.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Labels are arbitrary really. Sniffin' Glue fanzine in the 70s gave the following advice on how to create punk which was, I think: Steal a guitar, learn three chords, form a band.

But you can progress from that in many directions and still retain the original spirit.

I am a lover of all music but mostly a rock and metal fan

I always found UK punk a bit tinny with no bottom end

Apart from GBH , Discharge , Conflict

999 , UK subs did not have a powerful enough sound to me

But some of the American punk , especially the dead Kennedys and later minor threat and black flag and fugazi were loved by us rockers because of the heavy guitar work

People can place bands in any genre they want but if they are loud and are driven by guitars then that will do for me

[Helen Wiggy]

I am a lover of all music but mostly a rock and metal fan

I always found UK punk a bit tinny with no bottom end

Apart from GBH , Discharge , Conflict

999 , UK subs did not have a powerful enough sound to me

But some of the American punk , especially the dead Kennedys and later minor threat and black flag and fugazi were loved by us rockers because of the heavy guitar work

People can place bands in any genre they want but if they are loud and are driven by guitars then that will do for me

Don't get too bogged down by it all. I'll dance to Abba if I'm in the right mood, and they can be gothic as as **** if we're getting into labels.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

https://youtu.be/Jm6HQDKzImQ

Punk in attitude but far from it musically