Don't knock the (punk) rock!

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   their are some prog bands with a little punk in them recently I was listening to Twelfth Night and I can hear some anti establishment sentiments in them, also  correct me if I`'m wrong but "Script For a Jester's Tear" (Garden Party , Forgotten Sons)  has a certain anti establishment charm about it too. If Punk can get past the regular format they tend to use and expand into new territories I`m sure lots of prog heads would be interested.    

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Yorkie X Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 04 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1049	Posted: September 03 2007 at 22:27
	their are some prog bands with a little punk in them recently I was listening to Twelfth Night and I can hear some anti establishment sentiments in them, also correct me if I`'m wrong but "Script For a Jester's Tear" (Garden Party , Forgotten Sons) has a certain anti establishment charm about it too. If Punk can get past the regular format they tend to use and expand into new territories I`m sure lots of prog heads would be interested.

Peter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 31 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9669	Posted: September 03 2007 at 22:15
	But the punks LIKE it when we knock them around -- it helps them feel persecuted.... Everybody SLAM DANCE! *"All the kids wanna have somethin to do / All the kids wanna sniff some glue..."* I can diggit. Edited by Peter - September 03 2007 at 22:19
	"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.

Dim Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 17 2007 Location: Austin TX Status: Offline Points: 6890	Posted: September 03 2007 at 22:08
	I respect all music (except gangsta rap), but punk is low on my standards, cause after you've heard one song, you have heard all of punk! Like dean said, It's very narrow, with three chord verse chorus verse songs and twenty nine minuete long albums. Dont deny with that sentence I summed up 75% of punk.


spo1977 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 09 2005 Status: Offline Points: 285	Posted: September 03 2007 at 20:51
	I enjoy the Damned, Machine Gun, Black Album, Strawberries. Their earlier punk albums are ok, but sort of 1 dimensional. I like NWOBHM, not punk, but simple rock. Edited by spo1977 - September 03 2007 at 20:52

Philéas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 14 2006 Status: Offline Points: 6419	Posted: September 03 2007 at 16:41
	I listen to a fair share of old 90's Emo these days, which is a subgenre of Hardcore which is a subgenre of Punk. So I like quite a bit of Punk actually. As for more widely known stuff, I have Television's Marquee Moon and I like it a lot. Is there anything more by Television worth getting?

Yukorin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 21 2005 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 1589	Posted: September 03 2007 at 07:22
	Totally agree. The two aren't mutually exclusive to love. Got tons and tons of punk/new-wave sevens and LPs. The creativity back then knocks me senseless. Would love to post The Anti-Nowhere League's lyrics to 'So What'. But I won't

Dean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575	Posted: September 03 2007 at 07:19
	Punk has its place in the musical pantheon, but for me it is a very narrow genre with a small core of tru-punk bands that flared briefly and died and a whole echelon of imitators that have hung on to the image of punk without instilling the idealism and ethos that created it (such as The Misfits, NOFX, and the Johnny-come-latelies like the Offspring and Green Day). Personally I could care less for them, but I do like the more intelligent (i.e. those who did spend years learning their craft) post-punk and new wave bands that followed (Siouxsie, Toyah, XTC, Magazine, Television, The Cure, etc.)
	What?

A B Negative Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 02 2006 Location: Methil Republic Status: Offline Points: 1594	Posted: September 03 2007 at 06:34
	I'm fed up with the theory that punk killed prog, and the idea that you have to spend years in training before you can make enjoyable music is ludicrous to me. I'm a fan of many types of music and two of my favourites are prog and punk. As punk seems to be unfairly maligned by many on this site, I decided to set up this thread for like-minded fans of both punk and prog to discuss our anarchic side! I love Sex Pistols, Damned, Ruts, Stiff Little Fingers, Exploited, Crass, the list goes on and on. Sometimes I want to listen to all of Tales from Topographic Oceans, sometimes I'd rather batter the bejayzus out of my guitar along with the Ramones. What about you?
	"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."