Gotta Go Fast: The Punk Music Thread

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We have a Heavy Music thread for all things 'evy me’ol, but we don’t have a thread for punk and/or hardcore music. A few of us in the introduction thread agreed that it probably wasn’t worth having a dedicated thread for punk since it’d be populated by the same folks in the metal thread. I agree with this. However, in the true spirt of punk I am bucking authority and making one anyway.

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To kick us off, I will post some favorites of my own, starting with something near and dear to my heart….Japanese punk music. I know it might sound typical for someone on the insert credit forums to like the Japanese variety of something, but Japanese punk music is REALLY good and very distinct imo. There is a blend of speed, aggression, finesse, and melody that inspired countless others.

First is my favorite: Death Side. So many bangers, let me start with this one:

Second up is Crude. I credit this band for getting me into Japanese punk when I picked up this comp in a Toronto record store at a young age because it was a CD and photocopied pamphlet stuck inside a ziplock bag selling for $15….which was a lot at the time and was all the more alluring for that reason:

And no discussion about Japanese punk would be complete without a mention of GISM (RIP Sakevi). My alternate idea for this thread title was All Punks is Gamers:

For those unfamiliar with GISM, I recommend doing a nice Google search for some of the antics during their heyday. I don’t know how many are apophrycal, but as a youngster I loved hearing stories about flame throwers set off in front of audiences and bulldozers driven through the sides of venues.

These Japanese bands went on to inspire some of my favorite American bands, too, like Tragedy. And then there’s bands like Paranoid from Sweden, who took a very direct inspiration.

But that’s just a type of punk music from one country. I could go on (and will), but I’ll pause there.

Do you like punk music? Do you like going to shows? What types of punk music do you want to share with the world? Let me know!

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I’m always game for some punk, but my real romance is post-punk.

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Ah, that thread comes after this one unfortunately.

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See you next time!

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Heck yeah! I also tend to lean towards the Japanese punk and hardcore scene. Don’t think I’ve heard the bands in the original post so I’ll check them out.

I recently picked up the record for this Gauze album. https://youtu.be/wve09D5euQI?si=LQVi3D5F2-8W5qk5

Pretty good! I had read about them being pretty influential in the Japanese punk scene and was happy to see this release at the record store near my place.

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This was the first Gauze record I owned! Super legendary….just broke up recently too and were touring until the end.

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I had also read that :pensive_face:. Sick that they played for so long tho.

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Hmm, well, I can’t argue that logic.

I’m afraid most of the punk I listen to is Rise Against and Billy Talent type stuff that’s pretty well known so I’m hoping to discover some new stuff here. I’ve barely heard any Japanese punk!

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I recommend listening to that Crude band I posted above–very melodic. Also, you likely already listen to them, but I like Strike Anywhere quite a bit too, VERY much in that vein:

also, i gotta credit punk music for both feeding and nurturing the sort of political ideas i had over the years. strike anywhere definitely being one of those types of bands.

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Some of my favorite punk records of the last few years. I’m sure I’ll think of more soon.

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@穴 , are you familiar with hong kong fuck you? they are more on the PV side of the spectrum, but are one of the few active bands from mexico i actively listen (an omission born from ignorance, not taste):

hopefully these guys aren’t problematic or something

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Dope, I’ll do exactly that! I haven’t heard Strike Anywhere before and they’ve got a lot in common with older Rise Against.

I got into this kind of music when I was a teenager that didn’t care about politics (like many others). I think they seeded some ideas into me when I was already very anti-authority lol. Listening to the older stuff as an adult who’s lived in the real world for a while now is a whole new experience! We need punk now more than ever.

Also kind of curious on the forum’s thoughts on this: For me, the punk genre and rainbow of sub-genres is defined by the themes in the lyrics moreso than the sound. There’s a quintessential punk sound for sure, but if Taylor Swift released a heartfelt track about hating the government, I’d call that punk.

Part of the reason I feel this way is to avoid the gatekeeping that happens in punk and metal circles where people argue if something is Real Punk. The other part is I hate trying to fit something into a narrow genre definition.

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this one

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I’ll call almost anything punk if it has the right vibes and intentions.

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Hmmm probably not something I’d want to think about too much but off the cuff I’d say the DIY mentality is integral to punk. Aside from that, all issues, including politics, are up for debate imo. I obviously prefer leftist type stuff, but I also wouldn’t call GG Allin not a punk. I guess punk music is a contradiction in a lot of ways, which is what makes it dynamic.

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Oh yeah, I know about HKFY, they are like the most popular local band over here. My circle has little overlap with theirs (I think?) but like I haven’t heard anything bad about them yet. A ton of local bands here have problematic abuser dudes so it wouldn’t also surprise if I haven’t heard anything bad out of ignorance.

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Reading Henry Rollins tour diaries, Get in the Van, changed my life.

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It helps that’s most of it but it will never not be hilarious to me when conservative use something like Rage Against the Machine without realizing the songs are about them.

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I listened to the audiobook in highschool and wondered why Henry’s voice was so familiar and then I learned he was the voice actor for Zaheer in The Legend of Korra lol

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I don’t listen to a lot of punk nowadays other than at shows. Mostly listen to more punk-adjacent stuff when on my own but being in DIY music circles I’ll sometimes go to a show and fall in love with a punk band I just heard live and continue listening to them. The three bands I linked aboved for example.

Also most of my punk recommendations nowadays come from a friend’s online radio program.

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