Punk

[Kurt Cocaine]

I know a lot of you guys like a bit of punk, myself included.
Anyway, I'll start off with a hidden gem and what many people around the world consider to be the first 'punk' band. A band from Lima in Perú who were releasing these songs in the mid 60's when The Beatles were releasing the album Help! and songs like Ticket To Ride.....

Los Saicos - Demolición

https://youtu.be/haVaaDLwWvI

Full album....

https://youtu.be/G1kY25W1XNE

Trust me, great party music....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Saicos

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Savage, hadn't come across them before.

[Kurt Cocaine]

Savage, hadn't come across them before.

Was on a trip to Grenada in Spain about 4 years ago and our friend took us to Los Saicos Bar (the owner was a huge fan of the group).

We all started dancing to the blasting sounds as soon as we walked in the door. 
A great night was had. Was in Grenada the Christmas before last and unfortunately the bar isn't open anymore.
The bar owner had his own Punk band Zutaten (ZTTN) so I picked up their LP album Leggingrad which he had behind the bar.
Zutaten....

https://youtu.be/2Pd_db5ZrD8

[Kurt Cocaine]

Famed Punk label Dischord Records has its entire catalogue on Bandcamp for free.....

https://boingboing.net/2020/05/04/legendary-punk-label-dischord.html

[Kurt Cocaine]

I know a lot of you guys like a bit of punk, myself included.
Anyway, I'll start off with a hidden gem and what many people around the world consider to be the first 'punk' band. A band from Lima in Perú who were releasing these songs in the mid 60's when The Beatles were releasing the album Help! and songs like Ticket To Ride.....

Los Saicos - Demolición

https://youtu.be/haVaaDLwWvI

Full album....

https://youtu.be/G1kY25W1XNE

Trust me, great party music....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Saicos

https://youtu.be/tsdTKQb6o6Q

[StoutAndAle]

Famed Punk label Dischord Records has its entire catalogue on Bandcamp for free.....

https://boingboing.net/2020/05/04/legendary-punk-label-dischord.html

When I was a young fella, Dischord Records was one of those labels that was a sure sign of quality. I used to buy records without hearing a note. Very rarely did I get a dud from their catalogue. Some of the records that I still reach for today were bought from them 15+ years ago.

Lungfish
Nation Of Ulysses
Rites of Spring
Jawbox
Q & Not U
Faraquet ("The View From This Tower" is a masterpiece)

and obviously Fugazi. 

The Dischord 20 box-set is well worth the very reason price they ask for it.

[Eoin McLove]

I had End Hits and In on the Kill Taker on the other day for the first time in years. So good.

[StoutAndAle]

I had End Hits and In on the Kill Taker on the other day for the first time in years. So good.

Yeah, man - two killer records. I would argue that Fugazi didn't release a sub-par album (if you ignore the "Instrument" soundtrack/demos record which isn't really an album).

Their last - "The Argument" is a stunning piece of work.

They were deadly live too.

[Pedrito]

I love Minor Threat but I have just never latched onto Fugazi...any recommendation is very welcome.

Punk...so much good stuff and so much I have never even heard.

The Dead Boys albums are a great listen. Massive Stooges influence, they were pure danger back in the day. It seems very tame now of course, but violence and nihilism and just great tunes.

The Gun Club album Miami is one I became obsessed eith a few years back. That American Gothicy, desertlands vibe. All whiskey and Mexicans and a massive influebce on the White Stripes amongst others. The main lads in the band are from Mexican American heritage too..Kid Congo the guitarist. Classs. I think they were mates with or at least a big ingluence on Nick Cave.

[StoutAndAle]

I would nearly say any Fugazi record but I would probably start with the ones that McLove mentioned already. "In On The Kill Taker" and "End Hits" plus I would also add in "Steady Diet Of Nothing". All three are worthwhile starting points.

Gun Club is some good stuff. Definitely influenced by The Birthday Party/Nick Cave. Jeffrey Lee Pierce was buddies with Mark Lanegan too.

Another band that I've been re-listening to a lot recently is Drive Like Jehu and some of their off-shoots - Hot Snakes and The Night Marchers. John Swami Reis is fairly prolific.

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Saw Kid Congo with his band The Pink Monkeybirds in Pine Lodge a few years ago (the last year of it being a venue, I'm fairly sure), they were class

[Weltenfeind]

Fugazi are of course great but I'd argue that they and a lot of the bands mentioned over the last few posts and also a lot of Dischord stuff aren't really true punk bands, more like post punk or some other more accurate label. That said the Fugazi gig in the RedBox here in the early 2000s was phenomenal, would have loved to have seen them in the 80s/90s though.

[Kurt Cocaine]

I would nearly say any Fugazi record but I would probably start with the ones that McLove mentioned already. "In On The Kill Taker" and "End Hits" plus I would also add in "Steady Diet Of Nothing". All three are worthwhile starting points.

Gun Club is some good stuff. Definitely influenced by The Birthday Party/Nick Cave. Jeffrey Lee Pierce was buddies with Mark Lanegan too.

Another band that I've been re-listening to a lot recently is Drive Like Jehu and some of their off-shoots - Hot Snakes and The Night Marchers. John Swami Reis is fairly prolific.

Add Repeater (1990) to that Fugazi list too.
And of their 'newer' releases I'd add The Argument (2001).....

[Eoin McLove]

Fugazi are of course great but I'd argue that they and a lot of the bands mentioned over the last few posts and also a lot of Dischord stuff aren't really true punk bands, more like post punk or some other more accurate label. That said the Fugazi gig in the RedBox here in the early 2000s was phenomenal, would have loved to have seen them in the 80s/90s though.

I had a ticket for that gig but ended up having a silly row with my girlfriend of the time. We had made up and were sitting in the pub and I was weighing up in my head whether to head up to the gig or not. I ended up deciding I'd hang on with her and turned around and asked the guy behind us if he liked Fugazi and wanted a free ticket, which he did. I thought,  I'll catch them next time. They split up soon after 

[Pedrito]

Fire up some videos lads.

The necrophiliac introducing the song at the start..what the hell was going on back then?! Great little tewen.

https://youtu.be/LTKORcr1jhY