Recommend me some good punk rock and alt rock songs.

[Peelee]

I've started to get back into 90's punk recently, and I want to get a good long playlist. I like melodic, really energetic stuff, like Dead Kennedys' Holiday in Cambodia and Police Truck, Green Day's American Idiot and Holiday (that album sounded more energetic than their early stuff, like Basket Case, IMO), or the Offspring's Kids Arent Alright or Youre Gonna Go Far Kid. Hell, if there were a backbone to the kind of music I want, the Offspring's most energetic songs would probably be it. But I've not paid much attention to music in too long, and even when I did I most likely missed a whole helluva lot.

So what are some good punk songs y'all could recommend along these lines?

ETA: Changed from punk to punk and alt rock. Current list is as follows:

The Offspring - The Kids Aren’t Alright
The Offspring - You’re Gonna Go Far Kid
Green Day - Holiday
Green Day - American Idiot
Sum 41 - Still Waiting
Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
AFI - Miss Murder
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
Sponge - Plowed
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia


I'm seriously debating adding Black Sabbath's Paranoid and Ram Jam's Black Betty, but I'm trying to stay away from metal and Black Betty is really overplayed.

[dps]

Not from the 90's, but you ought to check out the album More Fun in the New World by X.

[BWR]

Not that I know anything worth mentioning about the listed bands but if you want punk you need the Sex Pistols (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBojbjoMttI) and (arguably) the Clash (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL8chWFuM-s).

[Peelee]

Not that I know anything worth mentioning about the listed bands but if you want punk you need the Sex Pistols (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBojbjoMttI) and (arguably) the Clash (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL8chWFuM-s).

I like em both, but they're not roll down the window and crank the volume on an empty county road at night kind of music, if theres anyone else who can relate to that. Also, I tossed Dead Kennedy's and later Green Day in there as an example to sure that I don't absolutely require 90s*, it's just that how I think of when I first listened to this kind of music.

Which I now realize is wrong and that was mostly in the early aughts. Still though. Energetic punk, like Sum 41's Still Waiting.

*Also to show that energetic doesn't necessarily mean incredibly uptempo, in Green Day's case.

ETA: I'm now pretty sure most of what I'm looking for is going to come out of the aughts and tens.


Not from the 90's, but you ought to check out the album More Fun in the New World by X.

Just gave it a quick listen. None of the songs are exactly what I'm looking for for this playlist, but that's still a pretty great sounding album. Thanks!

[Knaight]

I'm probably going to take some heat for this suggestion, but: Linkin Park. Yes, they're frequently mocked, and yes, some of their songs deserve it. Others (often those that don't make the radio) are actually really good. You might also like Halestorm, Shinedown, and for another more out there pick, AFI. It's not really my genre either though, so these picks are going to lean to the low-sophistication end of the scale.

That said, if you're looking for new music I strongly recommend using Pandora. Create a new station, use the songs you listed as examples in the OP as seeds, and just watch what comes out. There's usually a flurry of songs you dislike early, so thumbs those down, let those styles get less uncommon, and eventually start watching for band names on the stuff you really like.

[Peelee]

I'm probably going to take some heat for this suggestion, but: Linkin Park. Yes, they're frequently mocked, and yes, some of their songs deserve it. Others (often those that don't make the radio) are actually really good. You might also like Halestorm, Shinedown, and for another more out there pick, AFI. It's not really my genre either though, so these picks are going to lean to the low-sophistication end of the scale.

That said, if you're looking for new music I strongly recommend using Pandora. Create a new station, use the songs you listed as examples in the OP as seeds, and just watch what comes out. There's usually a flurry of songs you dislike early, so thumbs those down, let those styles get less uncommon, and eventually start watching for band names on the stuff you really like.

Literally a few seconds before I read that that I threw Bleed It Out on the playlist, so you're gonna get no heat from me on this. I don't care about gatekeeping or mockery or what, I just want a fun, high-energy playlist to rock out to on the rare occasion I get a nice night drive by myself.

I haven't used Pandora in a long time. So long that I damn near forgot about it; the music what came with Amazon Prime was more than good enough, and I had unlimited skips. That's really fallen, though, and I'm certainly not gonna pay for it, so that sounds like a great idea. Thanks! Shinedown and Halestorm are ok from what I remember of them, but I'll check them out a bit more. I think AFI was on a Guitar Hero or Rock Band game? If they were, the song was unmemorable, but ill try again. Mucho appreciado!

ETA: To absolutely solidify the "I don't care what others think about my list," I'm very close to adding Burn it to the Ground. I never got the hate against Nickelback- never liked em much, but ive certainly heard a lot of bands i liked less - but that one sounds pretty good.

Also, I found Spotalike, which looks like a Spotify service to find similar songs. Gonna browse through that for a bit. Still not gonna say no to any recommendations from Playgrounders, of course.

Double ETA: Miss Murder is way better than I remember. Added.

[Dexam]

I'll recommend that you check out Rancid's "...And Out Come the Wolves" and "Life Won't Wait' albums.

Also, just about anything from The Living End, particularly from their self-titled album - songs like Second Solution, Prisoner of Society, and West End Riot should meet the brief.

[solidork]

Some stuff that might interest you:

Martha - Ice Cream and Sunscreen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR8UIhfaLbs)
The Star Killers - Vertical Cities (https://thestarkillerstn.bandcamp.com/track/vertical-cities-2)
Car Seat Headrest - Bodys (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvsQPCbgJOA)
Mogwai - Glasgow Mega Snake (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrXwXuhRo9Q)
Mitski - A Loving Feeling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXZEdQ3ROQ)

[Leewei]

The Dead Milkmen Bitchin' Camerro

[JoshL]

I'll see your Bitchin' Camaro and raise you "If You Love Somebody Set Them On Fire", also by the Milkmen. Their new EP is killer too!

My all time favorite punk band is Bad Religion, particularly if you like high energy and melodic punk. Against The Grain and The Process of Belief are my two favorites, but most of the albums are good.

Also a big fan of SNFU, the song "This Is A Goodbye" always gets played around here!

The Bollweevils are an oft overlooked gem. Their singles comp "history of the bollweevils" is a fun listen.

Newer stuff, and a bit more on the punk-ska side of things, I can't say enough good things about the Interrupters!

Not what you're looking for at all, but my favorite punk album is the self titled Suicide debut. But I lean more in a post-punk/goth sort of direction most of the time! That's a different list of recommendations!

[jwhouk]

Young'ns.

Violent Femmes. Their eponymous first album. Listen, know, learn.

"When I'm a-walkin' I strut my stuu-uuff an' I'm so strung out..."

[Otomodachi]

Harvey Danger - Woolly Muffler is probably the best song off the album with Flagpole Sitta.

Fugazi - Close-Captioned off of End Hits, also the song Waiting Room (probably their most well-known)

The Wire - The 15th

The Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays

Sloan - If It Feels Good, Do It

Jawbreaker - Chemistry

Jimmy Eat World - A Praise Chorus

The Vandals might be worth checking out in general, as they do a sort of melodic punky-rocky thing but definitely a bit more polished than, say, Offspring. Very comparable to American Idiot era Green Day IMO.

Reel Big Fish might be something you like to, by their second album Why Do They Rock So Hard they've pretty well transitioned from being a Ska band to a polished rock band with horns.

Rancid is just generally amazing.

[2D8HP]

Oh jeez, two bands that used to acquaintances of mine have already been mentioned.

I dropped out of "the scene" in the 1990's so I really don't have any suggestions for that decade and after but previous to that?

So many things come to mind and I'm at work and can't deluge you with suggestions yet, but I'll start with one:

The Stiff Little Fingers album Inflammable Material (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-se-eytObhU)

Every last angry second of it.

[Otomodachi]

Oh jeez, two bands that used to acquaintances of mine have already been mentioned.


Rancid and Bad Religion?

[2D8HP]

Rancid and Bad Religion?


Rancid and the band formerly known as "Sweet Children"

[Chromascope3D]

What about post-punk/post-punk revival?

[Otomodachi]

Rancid and the band formerly known as "Sweet Children"

Oh, nice, I used to keep the books for a leather shop in San Fran that Frank Edwin Wright III came into pretty regularly.

[2D8HP]

As long as others post to this thread I'm gonna do this one song at a time for years!

I'll start with the first "Punk" band that I fell in love with, from 1978, San Francisco's


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SZHv6t0pF0A


♫ ♫ ♫ ♫
Getting dirty on my hands and knees
I live like an animal and now I got fleas
When I do what I do it's a sin
But I like my parties soaked in gin

What's the use of saying what you mean?
Just watch yourself and keep your body clean

Mom says I gotta dirty face
Dad says I'm looking out of place
Dog says I got **** on my shoes
What am I supposed to do?

Well, that's one
I'm second to none
And that's two
I don't know what to do
And that's three
You're telling me
I'm still a baby

You say act like I live in a zoo
I know I don't wanna live like you
When I go out you won't let me back in
Climb in the window, I just can't win

What's the use in saying what you mean?
Just wash yourself and keep your body clean

Mom says I gotta dirty face
Dad says I'm looking out of place
Dog says I got **** on my shoes
What am I supposed to do?

Well, that's one
I'm second to none
And that's two
I don't know what to do
And that's three
You're telling me
That I'm still a baby
♫ ♫ ♫ ♫

[Razade]

My day has come.

Andrew Jackson Jihad (Just AJJ now): Love In The Time Of Human Papillomavirus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyM5TgwMyJ8)
Andrew Jackson Jihad: Brave as a Noun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9vzxzjsv6g)
Andrew Jackson Jihad: All the Dead Kids/Unicron (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gt9bE7SRM)
Andrew Jackson Jihad: Linda Ronstadt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_BIMtdKYC4)

Keaton Henson: You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxQLNxFA1Mg).

Lord Huron: Ancient Names, Part One (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdPbwKmbvhI) and Two (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFk6Y7u9Qxw)
Lord Huron: Vide Noir (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5SDK0QSqDA)

To Kill A King: Bloody Shirt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlcSh0bCYoc)

Two Tongues: Tremors (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBG6GFBrURg)

[Ranxerox]

Butthole Surfers - Peppers

Cake - Going The Distance

NoFX - Idiots Are Taking Over

[Saint Jimmy]

As has been already mentioned, I would recommend what I’ve heard of Reel Big Fish, and Rancid’s “...and out come the wolves” one hundred times over.

More Sum 41 isn’t a bad idea either, you would probably like Fat Lip, The Hell Song, and In Too Deep.

Dear Sergio, Keasbey Nights, and 9mm And a Three Piece Suit by Catch 22 or Streetlight Manifesto (whichever version you like more) are all solid picks on my punk/pop punk playlist, but they are a ska (basically punk with a horn section) band, and I’m not sure if you would be into that.

Maybe some Decendants? I don’t know a bunch about their catalogue.

EDIT: I forgot about my all time favorite Offspring song, Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides the Bomb To Hell. It sounds perfect for what you described, at least to me.

[The Fury]

Most of the heavy hitters that I could have named have been already. The Clash, (London Calling--classic punk rock album,) Rancid, The Dead Milkmen...(I love Bitchin' Camaro, but it's mostly plays as a hilarious conversation between a couple spaced-out teenagers than a song. It's awesome though.)

Though there's a serious lack of The Ramones in this thread. Pinhead, Sheena is a Punk Rocker, I Just Wanna Have Something to Do, and Commando are all classics. Oh. And Blitzkrieg Bop! "HEY-HO! LET'S GO!"

Also, if you enjoyed The Clash and/or The Ramones, you might also enjoy early 2000s power pop like Exploding Hearts. This (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LMNTNaTlZ0) is one of my favorites of theirs.

[2D8HP]

What about post-punk/post-punk revival?


Oh Hell yeah!

Sorry @Peelee, '90's Punk is too small o' pool, gonna do all Punk, Proto-punk, Postpunk, New Wave, Two Tone, the British New Wave of Heavy Metal, and '60's Garage (Kick out the Jams Mother.......!) as well.

As suggested, a bit of postpunk from 1978:


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xcXwIzM_TYI
♫ ♫ ♫ ♫
Time flies
Time crawls
Like an insect
Up and down the walls

The light pours out of me
The light pours out of me

The conspiracy
Of silence ought
To revolutionize
My thought

The light pours out of me
The light pours out of me

The cold light of day
Pours out of me
Leaving me black
And so healthy

The light pours out of me
The light pours out of me

It jerks out of me
Like blood
In this still life
Heartbeats of love

The light pours out of me
The light pours out of me
♫ ♫ ♫


Oh, nice, I used to keep the books for a leather shop in San Fran that Frank Edwin Wright III came into pretty regularly.


Cool.

I saw him perform with the Lookouts first (me and Lawrence used to talk a lot), and I mostly saw Sweet Children/Green Day perform when Jeff/"Al" was their drummer who I knew when he was in Isocracy (I'm among those named in the MTX song "Gilman Street", and that scene is how I knew the future members of Rancid from when they were in Operation Ivy, the singer, Jesse, was friends with my little brother but didn't know that I was his brother (and I didn't know that they were friends) until he attended my 20th birthday party.

[Flickerdart]

Try Gogol Bordello on for size. Gypsy punk!

[Peelee]

Thanks for all the recommendations. I'm gonna give them a listen once I get free time where my back doesnt feel like a pretzel. And feet free to keep em coming.

What about post-punk/post-punk revival?


Oh Hell yeah!

Sorry @Peelee, '90's Punk is too small o' pool, gonna do all Punk, Proto-punk, Postpunk, New Wave, Two Tone, the British New Wave of Heavy Metal, and '60's Garage (Kick out the Jams Mother.......!) as well.
Have at it! Later stuff tends to have a greater concentration of high-energy songs, but that doesn't mean none existed before.

[Knaight]

Given the lowering of assumed standards that happened here, I have an expanded list. There's the various other number bands (Eve 6, Blink 182), Three Days Grace, Skillet, Black Veil Brides, Breaking Benjamin, Bad Wolves, 3 Doors Down, and Foo Fighters. A lot of these will be hit and miss, but there's also a safe bet in the form of basically anything Orianthi has ever made.

A lot of these aren't necessarily punk per se, but they tend towards high energy and I suspect they'll fit. They do generally fit the alt-rock category.

EDIT: I don't know why this didn't occur to me earlier, but there's one Liz Phair you should get acquainted with the works of. Start with the song Extraordinary.

I might also push some more local bands likely to fall below your radar. There's Midnight to Twelve, Fierce Bad Rabbit, Shatterproof, and Write Minded in particular. A lot of these lean a bit low energy, but all of them have at least one high energy song. There's also Fat Knuckle Jack, which I don't like as well but can say are much higher energy on average.

EDIT 2: This is a straight nosedive in quality, but look up the song Electroheart, by Amaranthe. It's something special.

[Dexam]

With the expanded requirements (plus a bit of memory kicking in), here are some additional recommendations:

Goldfinger (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJITRDBEbp4), No Doubt (earlier stuff), Everclear, and Millencolin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIEF9E46bI0) - for some of the more high-profile groups.

Spruiking some home-grown (i.e. Australian) groups that are potentially not well known (outside of Australia): Bodyjar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36a6KI6o9VY); Screamfeeder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJfTF8uTJMQ); Sidewinder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K8D0_qfp6g); Jebediah (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI5U3xZzvus)

[2D8HP]

Have at it! Later stuff tends to have a greater conscentration of high-energy songs...


And the gauntlet is thrown.

It begins:

Recorded in 1968, a testimonial


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CYg-a3W35CE

♫ ♫ ♫
Yeah, I'm gonna kick 'em out!

Well, I feel pretty good and I guess that I could
Get crazy now, baby
'Cause we all gotta of what we gotta do
Gettin' hazy now, baby

I know how you want it, child, hot, quick and tight
The girls can't stand it when you're doin' it right

When I'm up on the stand
I'm? to kick out the jams
Yes, kick out the jams
I done kick 'em out!

Yes, I'm a starting to sweat, you know my shirt's all wet
What a feeling!
It's a sound that abounds and resounds
And rebounds off the ceiling

You gotta have it, baby, you can't do without
Oh, when you get that feeling you gotta sock 'em out

Put that in my hands
And let me kick out the jams
Yeah, kick out the jams
I done kick 'em out!

So, you got to give it up, you know you
Can't get enough, Miss Mackenzie
'Cause it gets in your brain, it drives you insane
With a frenzy

The wigglin' guitars, girl, the crash of the drums
Makes me wanna rock until the morning comes

Let me be who I am
I kick out the jams
Yeah, kick out the jams
I done kicked 'em out!

Yo, yeah, out
♫ ♫ ♫ ♫

[Yora]

I'd recommend Die Ärzte ("The Best Band in the World from Berlin"), but I'm not sure how well the music stands up when you have no clue what they sing about.

[Peelee]

And the gauntlet is thrown.


Oh no, now anyone wanting to challenge that assertion is likely to throw even more music suggestions down. Woe is me.:smalltongue:

[2D8HP]

..
Woe is me....


From 1970 1970 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wIEBHoabzE8) by The Stooges


♫ ♫ ♫
Out of my mind on saturday night
Ninteen-seventy rollin' in sight
Radio burnin' up above
Beautiful baby, feed my love all night

Till I blow away
All night
Till I blow away
I feel alright, I feel alright

Whoo
Baby oh baby, burn my heart
Baby oh baby, burn my heart
Fall apart baby, fall apart
Baby oh baby, burn my heart all night

Till I blow away
All night
Till I blow away

I feel alright
I feel alright

Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Whoo

Out of my mind on saturday night
Ninteen-seventy rollin' in sight
Radio burnin' up above
Beautiful baby, feed my love all night

Till I blow away
All night
Till I blow away
I feel alright, I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright, I feel alright
I feel alright, feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
Well, I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
Feel
Feel
Blow
Blow
I feel alright
I feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Blow
Blow
I feel alright
Ooh
Feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
Feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
So
♫ ♫ ♫


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LnHDtVZBCbQ
♫ ♫ ♫
Lord
Aah, hoo!
Stop it!
See that cat?
Yeah, I do mean you
See that cat?
Yeah, I do mean you
She got a TV eye on me
She got a TV eye
She got a TV eye on me
Oh

See that cat
Down on her back?
See that cat
Down on her back?
She got a TV eye on me
She got a TV eye
She got a TV eye on me
Oh

See that cat?
Yeah, I love her so
See that cat?
Yeah, I love her so
She got a TV eye on me
She got a TV eye
She got a TV eye on me
Oh, yeah

Right on
Right on
Right on
Right on

Yeah, c'mon!
See that cat?
Look here, I love her so
You see that cat?
Yeah, I love her so
She got a TV eye on me
She got a TV eye
She got a TV eye on me
Oh
♫ ♫ ♫

[Otomodachi]

Gonna steal re-appropriate 2D8HP's formatting somewhat.

This creepy bastard heard us talking about Iggy Pop and has been slinking around outside for a few minutes now.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmgZp8OZUZU

He had a Birthday Party once, decades ago, but I didn't enjoy it as much.

[JoshL]

I LOVE the Birthday Party! Nick Cave has done some fine work since then though ("Push The Sky Away" breaks me every time).

We'll keep the format rolling; a friend just directed me to this band...a newer post-punk band from Finland called Grave Pleasures. Loving this so far!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3FhC-uSOK8

[Chromascope3D]

This is really more synthpop than anything, but since synthpop is basically post-punk's glammer cousin I figured it's still fair game. Anyway it's a real favorite of mine:

Confetti - Cold Cave (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLfPaC5cNds)

EDIT: Also, just about anything by LCD Soundsystem, I would think, would fit your criteria. :smalltongue:

[rooster707]

I’m not very good with genres, so I’m not sure if this quite fits, but check out the Struts. They are excellent.

[2D8HP]

Alright, now there was something called "New Wave", and from that section of the record store did I find the 1977 "Pink Flag" album, and from that here's


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FdNS4g8vOnc
♫ ♫ ♫
All right here it is, again
And it's called
1-2-X-U!

Saw you in a mag, kissing a man
Saw you in a mag, kissing a man
Saw you in a mag, kissing a man
Saw you in a mag, kissing a man, yeah!

Saw you in a mag, kissing a man
Saw you in a mag, kissing a man
Smoking a ***, kissing a man
Saw you in a mag, kissing a man, yeah!

I've got you in a corner, I've got you in a corner
I've got you in a corner, I've got you in a corner
I've got you in a [****]in', I've got you in a corner
I've got you in a corner, oh, no-no-no!
♫ ♫ ♫
Alright, besides "New Wave", Wire was called "Art Punk", but don't let that scare you @Peelee, I think that the song is just what you want, but if it coming from an Art-punk/New-Wave/Post-punk band is a dealbreaker here's the same song (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eAMVGvCuV3I) from Minor Threat in 1982, a band labelled "Hardcore" back then.

[Knaight]

I'd also add Starset to the list. I've been on a bit of a punk binge recently, partly because of this thread, partly because it's just the appropriate music for *@#&ing bike thieves stealing my @*#*ing bike recently. Sucks for me, but it works great for Peelee.

[The Fury]

I'd also add Starset to the list. I've been on a bit of a punk binge recently, partly because of this thread, partly because it's just the appropriate music for *@#&ing bike thieves stealing my @*#*ing bike recently. Sucks for me, but it works great for Peelee.

Perhaps I can recommend This Bike is a Pipe Bomb? Maybe you won't get your bike back but there might be some catharsis in imagining that you can get the bike thieves by remotely detonating it.

[Peelee]

Vacation starts tomorrow, so I'll finally be able to give a listen to everything y'all have thrown out tomorrow. Monday at latest.

[Otomodachi]

1977


You knowAs you know, something else important happened in 1977.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LftzRjilTEI

[tiornys]

I like em both, but they're not roll down the window and crank the volume on an empty county road at night kind of music, if theres anyone else who can relate to that.
I'm a dabbler at best when it comes to punk, but alt-rock songs with intensity that are good to crank on a country drive? That I can handle. In no particular order:

Better than Ezra -- In the Blood (https://youtu.be/kWmPg9S9eDM)
The Killers -- Mr. Brightside (https://youtu.be/gGdGFtwCNBE)
Flyleaf -- Justice & Mercy (https://youtu.be/Jr6eQA2ETHM)
Smashing Pumpkins -- Disarm (https://youtu.be/d1acEVmnVhI)
Evanescence -- Whisper (https://youtu.be/yC1E3-3PRSQ)
Sponge -- Plowed (https://youtu.be/OGKRr0NmgFM)
The Cranberries -- Dreams (https://youtu.be/Yam5uK6e-bQ)
Elastica -- Stutter (https://youtu.be/0ie4x8hWYYE)
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Snow (https://youtu.be/yuFI5KSPAt4)
Meg & Dia -- Here, Here and Here (https://youtu.be/gqZ04OgqN6o)
Paramore -- Let the Flames Begin (https://youtu.be/oHkuMMb2qRA)
R.E.M. -- Maps and Legends (https://youtu.be/kXVeHjj_odw)
James -- Ring the Bells (https://youtu.be/FvocnP6X72A)

[2D8HP]

...alt-rock songs with intensity...


Sometimes "Pop" can out punk "Punk" (so can "Folk" and "Jazz", but those are other posts).

This song was originally released in 1995 by Pulp (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTMWgOduFM), and in 2010 was covered by My Chemical Romance, which really comes alive at about the one minute and forty seconds into the song:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=swDYKtL7VDMwhatever their faults, the Brits acknowledgement and celebration of class anger makes for some great art.

Oh, check it out: William Shatner (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ainyK6fXku0) also did a version.

[AMFV]

I'd try out Social Distortion, if you haven't already. Anti-Flag can be pretty good as well, in a similar vein to bands you've mentioned, although they are very political. The Descendants are pretty okay.

[Ebon_Drake]

I came across The Gits (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyENscb_oMQ) a while ago and they've become one of my favourite 90s bands. Their only complete album Frenching The Bully is a fantastic punk record.

Fair warning though, their singer Mia Zapata met an awful end so brace yourself before researching her. Or just take my word for it and focus purely on their music, which is completely unrelated to her death and remains ace.

[2D8HP]

Another example of California punk (later dubbed "Hardcore") released in January 1979:


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=302oEzSPCqE

♫ ♫ ♫ ♫
I'm about
To have a nervous breakdown
My head really hurts
If I don't find a way out of here

I'm gonna go berserk 'cause
I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
It's going berserk I hear the same old talk talk talk

The same old lines
Don't do me that today,
yeah If you know what's good for you
You'll get out of my way

'Cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
Going berserk
I won't apologize

For acting outta line
You see the way I am
You leave any time you can cause
I'm crazy and I'm hurt

Head on my shoulders
Going berserk
Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! Crazy!
I don't care what you ****in' do

I don't care what you ****in' say
I'm so sick of everything
I just want to die
♫ ♫ ♫ ♫

[Frozen_Feet]

"Punk rock"

"Good"

Pick one, mate. :smalltongue:

You might want to throw some Apulanta on the list. But only if you're not from here, 'cause if you are, you're already sick and tired of hearing them in the radio.

[Wookieetank]

Specifically for driving tunes:
Eve 6 - Open Road Song
Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
Jimmy Eat World - The World You Love
Save Ferris - Come on Eileen
Rammstein - Du Hast (not an exact fit, but a great driving tune regardless)

I'll have more suggestions once I get to my most recent car trip playlists at home.

[2D8HP]

From 1980 Los Angeles, California:
The Weirdos


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WWjyxtTpfRA

♫ ♫ ♫
Bop to Helium Bar tonight
Yeah!
♫ ♫ ♫


Click here (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fba4v2Imfhs) for better sound quality (but less visuals)

[Chromascope3D]

I've been losing my mind about this song for the past month now so I figured I should spread it here too.

Wolf Like Me - TV on the Radio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1-xRk6llh4)

[Peelee]

Got a chance to listen to all the embedded or linked videos. Sadly, most of them are too slow or too laconic (vocally), and the rest I'm not huge on the sound. There were a couple that sounded like they were gonna get added to the list after the first few seconds, but the vocals killed it (Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable Material comes to mind). The ones that were mentioned but required me to type stuff into youtube I'll do my best to check out tomorrow. Starset, Bad Religion, and Social Distortion I've liked before, I just need to comb through their stuff to see if there's anything thatll go with the rest of the list. Also added Foo Fighter's Pretender, and should look see if they have any others that would go well.

Thanks to everyone who contributed, sorry I've been slacking on listening to the suggestions.

[Knaight]

I just found a record I'd made of songs liked, some of which apply to my rough understanding of the applicable tastes. Notably:

Every Avenue: Tell Me I'm A Wreck
Three Days Grace: The Good Life

Then there's a few more long shots. This includes Von Canto as a band, plus these gems. Both have more of a metal influence, but they're high energy and not particularly growly.

Radogost: Dar Czarnego Licha
Korpiklaani: Karhunkaatolaulu

[Leewei]

Since alt rock is in the mix, I'll add in the following:

Bloodywood: Tunak Tunak Tun
Wagakki Band: (basically everything they do)

[2D8HP]

Got a chance to listen to all the embedded or linked videos. Sadly, most of them are too slow or too laconic (vocally), and the rest I'm not huge on the sound. There were a couple that sounded like they were gonna get added to the list after the first few seconds, but the vocals killed it (Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable Material comes to mind)....


Laconic?

Not huge on the sound?

Vocals killed it?

http://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9e8j3eNqu1r2yyhzo2_500.gif

That's okay, taste in music is very individual, so http://media.giphy.com/media/O53O0b6rokixW/200.gif

....anyway, here's another song from 1980:


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=thnb3UlH2zE


(Better audio here (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h0qJu4q8yd8)



♫ ♫ ♫
I make decisions with precision
Lost inside this manned collision
Just to see that what to be is
Perfectly my fantasy
I came to know with now dismay
That in this world we all must pay
Pay to write, pay to play, pay to ***, pay to fight!
And all in time
With just our minds
We soon will find what's left behind
Not long ago when things were slow
We all got by with what we know
The end is near
Hearts filled with fear
Don't want to listen to what they hear
And so it's now we choose to fight
To stick up for our bloody right
The right to ring, the right to dance, the right to dance
The right is ours... we'll take the chance!
A peace together
A Piece apart
A piece of wisdom
From our hearts
♫ ♫ ♫

[Kyrell1978]

Operation Ivy, Rancid (Op Ivy 2.0), The Misfits, The Descendants, Social Distortion, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Fear, Black Flag, Henry Rollins Band. That should give you a start.

[Flying Turtle]

I second Come on Eileen by Save Ferris and I triple (third?) Goldfinger in general. Old Goldfinger is great, and judging from your tastes I'd check out Superman and One More Time. I'm partial to Happy myself. The new album they released a year or so ago is fantastic as well. I'd recommend Am I Deaf as a starter for that album. Orthodonist Girl is phenomenal, assuming you don't mind songs that don't take themselves seriously.

If you like the Ska elements of Goldfinger e.g. brass horns, clearer vocals, self depreciating sense of humor, I'd recommend Less Than Jake. Science of Selling Yourself Short or All My Friends are Metalheads are both great places to start.

Knuckle Puck is fairly 90s, 00s, punk. Their vocals have a rough gnash to them that make me think of a faster, higher energy Linkin Park. Try Double Helix and then maybe Gone.

If you want something a little less Linkin Park and a little more Greenday, I recommend All Time Low. They definitely hue more pop than punk compared to some of the other bands listed here but their punk roots are undeniable. Check out Love Like War and Weightless. Love me some Weightless.

Most important of all, the one band I recommend above all others, Zebrahead. Serious, if you listen to only one band from my list make it Zebrahead.


Everything about Zebrahead is fantastic. I'd describe them as Punk+. That is Punk plus whatever they feel like mixing it with. Do you like Metal/Punk? Karma Flavored Whisky and Sorry But Your Friends Are Hot have you covered. Feel like some Funk in your Punk? Fly Daze and Bootylicious Vinyl will satisfy your craving. Got an itch for Pop Punk? Automatic and Art of Breaking Up with scratch that itch. Maybe you want some smooth punk to cruise to? So What and Mike Dexter will get you where you want to go.

Their lyrics are absolutely brilliant. Anyone who can rhyme macrophage in a smooth nonsensical way that says on theme to the song has got talent to burn. Ali, one of their two vocalist, has a way of seamlessly incorporating scientific terms, intuitive analogies, and cusses into his lyrics. Matty, their second vocalist, is not quite a skilled but his voice has a distinct contrast to Ali and they absolutely use that to their advantage, switching between vocalists to hard shift the tone of their songs whenever they want, usually between verse and chorus.

They've been around since the 90s but despite being from California they're not big in the United States. They are quite popular in Europe and are extremely popular in Japan. Couldn't tell you why.

[Scarlet Knight]

Two pages of energetic Punk songs, and NO ONE said the Ramones? Or early Blondie? You kids are missin' out!

[Kyrell1978]

Two pages of energetic Punk songs, and NO ONE said the Ramones? Or early Blondie? You kids are missin' out!

You have shamed us all! We should repent for missing The Ramones.

[2D8HP]

You have shamed us all! We should repent for missing The Ramones.


The Ramones were mentioned upthread:


Most of the heavy hitters that I could have named have been already. The Clash, (London Calling--classic punk rock album,) Rancid, The Dead Milkmen...(I love Bitchin' Camaro, but it's mostly plays as a hilarious conversation between a couple spaced-out teenagers than a song. It's awesome though.)

Though there's a serious lack of The Ramones in this thread. Pinhead, Sheena is a Punk Rocker, I Just Wanna Have Something to Do, and Commando are all classics. Oh. And Blitzkrieg Bop! "HEY-HO! LET'S GO!"

Also, if you enjoyed The Clash and/or The Ramones, you might also enjoy early 2000s power pop like Exploding Hearts. This (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LMNTNaTlZ0) is one of my favorites of theirs.


....besides, the O.P. is an American adult, and has given no indication of growing up Amish, in a hippie commune, or under a rock, so it is not possible for him to be ignorant of the Ramones (or Blondie for that matter).

If he is ignorant however then...
...what the Hell! Are you some kinda Bolshevik or refugee from The Hills Have Eyes?

[Scarlet Knight]

My apology; nicely done The Fury!

[KorvinStarmast]

[SPOILER=The MC5: Kick Out The Jams]
Hell to the yeah.


I'm a dabbler at best when it comes to punk, Recognized about half of those.


Two pages of energetic Punk songs, and NO ONE said the Ramones? Or early Blondie? You kids are missin' out! I was about to post "Ramones" and I'll add "the New York Dolls" into the mix; if you want proto punk, and for sure Alt Rock, try out anything by the Velvet Underground and then Lou Reed's early work. (His live album Rock 'n Roll animal is more metalish, but it's got some good stuff on it. )

More alt rock: The Nails; album is Mood Swing. The opening to Let It All Hang Out is still embedded in my memory: Give praise my brethren for what we are about to receive; old John Barleycorn, nicotine and the temptations of the Rock 'n 'Roll chord E!

And then the music starts. Good stuff.

Funny trivia facts:
1. Lead singer for New York Dolls was David Johansen, Later to be known as Buster Poindexter ... my favorite one of his solo album songs, still as D.J, was Funky but Chic.
2. John Kale, who was in Lou Reeds's early bands, did one of the best covers of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" ever and it is on the sound track to Shrek. It's the version that still brings tears to my eyes.

[Kyrell1978]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk8x4tC62pU Try this one on for size. You could also try some Ska out. Try the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Mephaskaphales, The Insteps, MU330, The Skaflaws, and The Business to start. The Bosstones are what we used to call Skacore and are kind of a mix between punk and ska.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjMnUk6VWVs

[2D8HP]

Hell to the yeah....


:biggrin: You have impeccable taste KorvinStarmast!

Anyway Peelee, by the end of the your precious '90's there may have been a lower murder rate, prosperity, yadda, yadda, yadda, but did the decade rock?

I think my next selection shows when was a superior civilization!


New York

From 1977 New York, New York::


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xuKd65C6jvU

♫ ♫ ♫
I'm a streetwalking cheetah with a heart full of napalm
I'm a runaway son of the nuclear A-bomb
I am the world's forgotten boy
The one who searches and destroys
Honey gotta help me please
Somebody gotta save my soul
Baby, detonate for me
Oh

Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology
Ain't got time to make no apology
Soul radiation in the dead of night
Love in the middle of a fire fight
Honey, gotta strike me blind
Somebody gotta save my soul
Baby, penetrate my mind

And I'm the world's forgotten boy
The one who's searchin', searchin' to destroy
And honey I'm the world's forgotten boy
The one who's searchin', only to destroy, hey

Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology
Ain't got time to make no apology
Soul radiation in the dead of night
Love in the middle of a fire fight
Honey, gotta strike me blind
Somebody gotta save my soul
Baby, penetrate my mind

And I'm the world's forgotten boy
The one who's searchin', searchin' to destroy
And honey I'm the world's forgotten boy
The one who's searchin', only to destroy, hey

Forgotten boy, forgotten boy
Forgotten boy said, hey, forgotten boy, said
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
♫ ♫ ♫

(The song was originally by the Stooges, and I had some songs written by The Dictators in mind as well, but I was afraid that that the OP may have regarded them as too "laconic" :yuk:)

[Samba Mentality]

Try “Human (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3wKzyIN1yk)” or “Skin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Al-nuR1iAU)” by Rag’n’Bone Man. Highly recommended. Both links are to YouTube official videos for the songs.