Rebecca Lau April 17, 2014 at 3:46 am

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.

Patrick Hatten April 17, 2014 at 4:00 am

Huge fan of NOFX and Inspection 12 (I actually just interviewed Pete Mosley for my podcast coming up). And right now, Lagwagon is looped.

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Richard Masta April 17, 2014 at 4:04 pm

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.

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Matt Phillips April 24, 2014 at 4:39 am

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!

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Artensa April 27, 2014 at 10:43 pm

I like a lot of old punk bands. My favorites are Dead Kennedys, Operation Ivy, Descendents and Bad Brains.

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Ron Walter April 28, 2014 at 1:45 am

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.

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Richard Masta April 29, 2014 at 11:47 am

I love the early Don Giovanni samplers. haven’t followed it lately though.

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D. Jacob Pogioli April 28, 2014 at 2:02 am

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!

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Meg G. May 12, 2014 at 5:46 pm

For punk, mostly Rancid, (old) AFI, Green Day, Operation Ivy, and the Dresden Dolls.

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Patrick Hatten May 12, 2014 at 10:26 pm

I really like Op Ivy. Good call.

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Artensa May 15, 2014 at 11:58 pm

I really love Operation Ivy as well.

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Kyle Platt May 13, 2014 at 3:32 am

Crass

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Patrick Hatten May 13, 2014 at 10:01 am

Big A, little A, bouncing B…

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Richard Masta May 13, 2014 at 3:09 pm

All this Op Ivy talk…

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)

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Rebecca Lau May 15, 2014 at 1:31 pm

What happened when you heard Classics of Love?

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Richard Masta May 15, 2014 at 1:36 pm

haha, I was resurrected. Hearing Blackbirds vs. Crows on a sampler was even better.

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Richard Masta May 15, 2014 at 3:27 pm

oh, if you meant the band classics of love, I was way into the first ep, but the faster stuff was kinda silly to me at this stage.

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Trent Black May 15, 2014 at 2:59 pm

If These Trees Could Talk, they’re not punk and they only make instrumentals but they’re music is very pleasing to the ears.

I’m also really into Meshuggah right now, which isn’t punk either but their music is monumental

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Jp Cortez May 15, 2014 at 3:13 pm

Rise Against thoooooooooo.

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Patrick Hatten May 22, 2014 at 1:20 am

That’s right, son!

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Cory MⒶssimino May 16, 2014 at 1:06 am

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.

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Todd Skelton May 21, 2014 at 4:28 pm

Cramps

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Christopher Putnam August 26, 2014 at 10:15 pm

Seconded

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Todd Baker February 21, 2015 at 12:23 pm

Love the Cramps. (The band not the physical experience)

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Steve Fortson June 11, 2014 at 3:55 pm

I feel like I should know more about this to speak (and I’m never sure if something is close but not “punk”), but I’ll shoot:

Rancid, The Briggs, Flogging Molly, Billy Talent, The Pests

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Dan Rice June 27, 2014 at 1:04 am

NOFX, Descendents, Bad Brains, The Bronx, Bad Religion, Op ivy, FEAR, Vandals, Amerikan Made.

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Tony Simo June 27, 2014 at 2:34 am

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.

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Artensa August 24, 2014 at 8:44 am

Yo I know you from Tumblr 😀

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Paddy Harrington August 24, 2014 at 5:11 pm

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.

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Jeff Siegel November 19, 2014 at 10:20 pm

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.

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