I guess I like the classic “EpiFat” sound (Epitaph + Fat Wreck Chords). Some bands I like right now are Banner Pilot, Off With Their Heads, The Menzingers, Direct Hit, Masked Intruder, Iron Chic and other fast pop punk bands.
OWTH stayed at my house once way back in 2008! I don’t really know them these days.
I think I’m the dweeb on here. Saves the Day, Jets to Brazil. Paul Westerberg all up in here. I have to crank up Small Brown Bike or that other doomsday kinda stuff, now and then.
All the fast poppy stuff is awesome, though. Big Ergs! fan as well.
Strung Out still has some of my favorite punk lyrics. Check out their song “Rottin’ Apple,” “Velvet Alley” or “Calling.” Fun guitar harmonies and solos, along with FAST tempos and just a touch of metal. Lot’s of libertarian sounding lyrics too, although they seem pretty left a lot of the time.
I’ll have to check out some of the newer bands that Rebecca was talking about. I’m from the era of Millencolin, No Use for a Name, Bad Religion, Rancid, Pennywise, Alkaline Trio, etc. You know, the Fat Wreck Chords heyday.
It’s fun to relive this stuff. Time to listen to my Strung out Pandora station!
I listen to a lot of Bikini Kill. Probably more than I should.
I like a lot of newer stuff coming out of the New Brunswick scene right now: I’m an NJ ex-pat. A lot of guys off of the Don Giovanni label too. Screaming Females are awesome.
Rancid, Mustard Plug, Big D and the Kid’s Table, The Descendents. I do appreciate NOFX, too, but I think punk has better options out there. And at the risk of being lynched by ska and punk fans alike, I love streetlight manifesto
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Anonymous May 12, 2014 at 4:33 pm
I saw Off With Their Heads while they were supporting Frank Turner at The Music Hall of Williamsburg, it was an excellent show.
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Anonymous May 12, 2014 at 4:34 pm
Also an NJ guy:
Bouncing Souls, Rancid, Frank Turner, The Smith Street Band, Streetlight Manifesto, Greenday…oye, lots of stuff!
I was obsessed with Op Ivy in high school, but I died when Jesse Michaels started Common Rider. Thief In A Sleeping Town 7″ owned my record player for months. Last Wave Rockers is a classic forever and ever in my house, and I hate ska. (if you’re in a ska band in Nh, you get beat up. go hang out in maine)
Green Day (pre-AI), The Clash, Dead Kennedys, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Joan Jett, Operation Ivy, Misfits, early Against Me, Black Flag, Anti-Flag, Crass, The Offspring, Social Distortion, Subhumans, Dead Boys, and others I can’t think of right now.
Days N Daze, Leftover Crack, Choking Victim, Travis James and the Acrimonious Assembly of Arsonists, Star Fucking Hipsters, I’d recommend checking any of these out if you don’t know of them yet.
Misfits, Bad Brains, Murphy’s Law, Circle Jerks, SS Decontrol, Faction, Agnostic Front, Youth Brigade, Angry Samoans, The Freeze, Stalag 13, The FU’s, Cro-Mags, Slapshot, T.S.O.L., S.F.A., The Demonics, G.B.H., Fear, Sheer Terror, Tree. I’d say these are my favorites because they got me into punk/hardcore. It also helps I saw them all. Got into Oi! from there, then into horrorpunk/psychobilly/rockabilly.
A few off the top of my head: Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Suicidal Tendencies, Refused, Big Black, Mr. Bungle, the Melvins, The Cramps, The Misfits, Faith No More, Cro-Mags, Fear, Dog Fashion Disco, Ministry, Clutch, Pollkadot Cadaver, Mindless Self Indulgence, and a ton of other bands I can’t think of right now.