Punk ? Just a great rock band

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

https://youtu.be/1EXMXuJ3ivg

Incredible bass , keyboards , drums and guitar

[Helen Wiggy]

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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]

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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]

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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

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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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

[Helen Wiggy]

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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.

[kendoddsdadsdogsdead]

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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..

[the other bob wilson]

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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.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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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

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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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]

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https://youtu.be/1EXMXuJ3ivg

Incredible bass , keyboards , drums and guitar

JJ Burnell. Best bass player ever.

[headlight]

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

[Blue Dwr]

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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

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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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