Prog Punk?

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   Although I love much that is mentioned here, chances are for a proper punk hardly anything that is mentioned here counts as punk. Post punk maybe. Punk influences, I give you that. 

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Lewian Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: August 09 2015 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 15146	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lewian Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 09 2025 at 05:37
	Although I love much that is mentioned here, chances are for a proper punk hardly anything that is mentioned here counts as punk. Post punk maybe. Punk influences, I give you that.

Rick1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 14 2020 Location: Loughborough UK Status: Offline Points: 2924	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rick1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 09 2025 at 05:07
	The Cardiacs (mentioned above) were considered the prime exponents although the late Tim Smith disliked the 'pronk' label. Steve Hillage also famously played with Sham 69 at the Reading Festival in 78: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPkt-JS_jDA Would agree with This Heat. I saw Wire a few years ago and they come close as well... Edited by Rick1 - February 09 2025 at 05:08

siLLy puPPy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator PSIKE, JRF/Canterbury, P Metal, Eclectic Joined: October 05 2013 Location: SFcaUsA Status: Offline Points: 15342	Post Options Post Reply Quote siLLy puPPy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 08 2025 at 23:23
	I made a list on RYM of prog punk acts a few years ago There's quite a few. The biggies are Cardiacs, This Heat and a few moments from Van der Graaf and Hawkwind https://rateyourmusic.com/list/siLLy_puPPy/prog-punk-pronk/
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kirk782 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 06 2024 Location: India Status: Offline Points: 189	Post Options Post Reply Quote kirk782 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 08 2025 at 23:17
	Peter Hamill - Nadir's Big Chance. It has a very abrasive sound and atleast one of the songs sounds straight from a punk record of 1977 instead of a prog band [I think VdGG members played on this as well]. I personally find this album to be his finest solo album and as good as peak VdGG. No wonder John Lydon of the Sex Pistols held him in high regard when it came to influence on his later band Sex Pistols.

cstack3 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: July 20 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Status: Offline Points: 7411	Post Options Post Reply Quote cstack3 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 07 2025 at 04:43
	In 1979, I was very active in the Chicago Punk music scene as the bassist-in-residence for the late, great "Space Place." Space Place was an old warehouse converted into a musician's incubator (rooms were leased to bands), performance venue and hangout. https://punkdatabase.com/wiki/Space_Place I auditioned for one band, "The Marquis," and when guitarist Todd Dawes wanted to jam, the first riff I threw at him was John Wetton's amazingly muscular bass opening licks from "Lartk's Tongues In Aspic Part II". There was a very clear influence of prog musical styles in Chicago's punk back then, including incorporation of electronic keyboard, jazz-rock fusion leads permeating punk anthems and so forth. It was a remarkable experience! This song is reminiscent of the music that Bob Fripp was making with his punk ensemble "The League of Gentlemen." Good times!! Edited by cstack3 - February 07 2025 at 04:50
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	Serbian post-punk band Šarlo Akrobata is already in PA with their only, yet masterful, album released in 1981.

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	A few bands that I would suggest in that vein: Off Minor (post-hardcore/jazz/math rock) Cardiacs (avant-punk/art rock/experimental rock) Rx Bandits (ska punk/progressive rock/reggae) At the Drive-in (specifically Relationship of Command) (post-hardcore/art punk) And this one may not count quite as much, but the punk/grunge band 7 Year Bitch also uses a bunch of weird rhythms and time sigs in their music. Their album Viva Zapata might be worth looking into Edited by Necrotica - February 06 2025 at 22:44
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	These days I can't help but gravitate toward aggressive, high energy music, what with the state of our existence. I can't get enough punk rock, yet complicated and unusual music is even more important to me. I know the two genres are fairly paradoxical and the two aesthetics are somewhat opposite. However, NoMeansNo is one of my favorite groups, and I've always felt that they embody both worlds simultaneously. Does anyone have any true prog punk crossover music that they'd like to share?