You're surprised there are 10 British bands to go on a list. As a 1970s teenager, I'm suprised it isn't a much bigger list.
@xyzdgthereal
6 ай бұрын
It could definitely be a Top 50 😁👍 Long story short: around 1990, here in Hungary a rock journalist wrote a 2-part book titled 'The Decade of New Wave', the first was about British Punk Boom in almost it's entirety, the middle chapter - 2/3 of the book - was named 'The Class of '77' and showed artists of fresh sounds who started or got on top in 1977 in alphabetical order. The (cca.) 80% of the list of more than 100 acts were (or started as) Punk.
@rufus1346
6 ай бұрын
I though it would be hard to water it down to 10 myself
@2Tricky
6 ай бұрын
I'm tempted to say i could name a thousand but that maybe a bit of an exaggeration.
@kevinturner3997
6 ай бұрын
Gotta agree with you, so many more great bands
@TreVader1378
6 ай бұрын
Oh absolutely.
@cromptoniser
6 ай бұрын
Let's add The Ruts Vibrators UK Subs The Undertones The Stranglers The Slits and the Skids.
@willdixon2349
6 ай бұрын
Also add : The Angelic Upstarts, Discharge, Broken Bones, AntiPasti and The Cockney Rejects !
@Reani71
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, all great bands, Stranglers and Undertones were even essential IMHO. And with the exception of The Adicts there were no bands from the 80s... I missed 999, Toy Dolls and The Exploited
@hardywatkins7737
6 ай бұрын
Penetration, Rezillos, The Saints
@Reani71
6 ай бұрын
@@hardywatkins7737 The Saints are from Australia
@hardywatkins7737
6 ай бұрын
@@Reani71 Good point. I forgot they had to be British.
@krissymarklewis1793
6 ай бұрын
Surprised there are 10 punk bands from Britain...there are hundreds dude.
@PUNKinDRUBLIC72
6 ай бұрын
You beat me to it!
@LalaDepala_00
6 ай бұрын
Americans always think that the U.S is the busy citycenter and the rest of us are in the suburbs.
@Stephen-lx9nm
6 ай бұрын
@@LalaDepala_00I dont know any punk bands other the ramones from septic land
@StevieMcC
6 ай бұрын
These mugs think Henry Rollins is a punk, ffs
@batintheattic7293
6 ай бұрын
@@LalaDepala_00 Magazine may be the closest America has allowed itself to be musically Godless.
@portland-182
6 ай бұрын
Green Day are basically a Stiff Little Fingers tribute band. Other bands that could've been on the list. The Stranglers, The Ruts, Boomtown Rats, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, The Members, Generation X, The Skids, Vice Squad, and many more
@sameebah
6 ай бұрын
Until 2 years ago I worked with the Vice Squad bassist . . .
@alastairbrewster4274
6 ай бұрын
The Cure isn’t punk , boomtown rats are Irish, SATBs aren’t punk either
@jonathansteadman7935
6 ай бұрын
Absolutely, SLF were my first gig 1979, great songs and energy, Green Day totally ripped em off!
@paulbenham9092
6 ай бұрын
Saw SLF at the Hammersmith Palais there encore was Barbed wire love, one of my favourites.
@nickthurlow4456
6 ай бұрын
Saw stiff little fingers a few times amazing gigs , I loved the Jam but I always thought that they were New Wave
@Escapee5931
6 ай бұрын
Shout outs to Adam and The Ants & Generation X, whose front end both went on to fame and glory as Adam Ant & Billy Idol. Siouxsie and The Banshees went from punk to Goth Toyah went from punk to an enticing prog/punk combo. Honourable mentions also to Penetration and 999.
@srodgers66
6 ай бұрын
Generation X and Siouksie should definitely have been on this list.
@nicw5574
6 ай бұрын
I forgot Siouxsie and the Banshees, they were brilliant and should have been on the list.
@Varksterable
6 ай бұрын
@srodgers66 @srodgers66 As should Adam ant. I almost felt out my chair when I realised he wasn't going to make the cut. Especially hard, as I was lying in bed at the time. But then I remembered this was another click-bait list of nonsense from WatchMojo. UK or not, they produce the most appaling misinformed just about every time. I only watch them now because they are often so full of b○||○× that it's sometime almost funny. I do hope JJLA realises this. He's so insightful and quietly clever he deserves better, frankly.
@David-mg1yj
6 ай бұрын
Toyah went from Punk to getting her baps out every Sunday lunchtime. 🤩
@robbielux8353
6 ай бұрын
Amen brother!! Or sister!
@timholder6825
6 ай бұрын
The Jam, started as punks, listen to the first albums. The Adverts song Looking Through Gary Gilmour's Eyes, is based on the request that Gary Gilmour wanted his eyes donated to medical science for transplant. The song is about a man who wakes up after an eye transplant and starts seeing strange visions and he realises he's, 'looking through Gary Gilmour's eyes'.
@davepb5798
6 ай бұрын
Have to agree, A-bomb in Wardour St was punk.
@martynlester9869
6 ай бұрын
Two people on the transplant list did in fact receive Gilmore's corneas. I remember seeing the band at Barbarella's. With her proto-goth 'panda' eye make-up and black leathers, bassist Gaye Advert was oddly charismatic, and one of punk's relatively few female icons.
@robertlonsdale5326
6 ай бұрын
Alternative Ulster by SLF is brilliant.
@jonstern7511
6 ай бұрын
That chiming guitar intro! 🔥🔥
@paulgee1952
5 ай бұрын
Hanx Live album version , some good tunes , Wait and see, Tin Soldier, Nobodies Hero.
@eddieaicken5687
6 ай бұрын
The Undertones could have been in here. Along with SLF, they made the Northern Ireland punk scene fairly important on the UK market. Terry Hooley and 'Good Vibrations' (there's a movie about that) were also kinda significant.
@sameebah
6 ай бұрын
I was a regular visitor to Good Vibrations Records shop, and bought many singles - the '25p bargain box' on the counter provided me with quite a few oddities (including some now worth hundreds of pounds). I was in so often that Terry allowed me to have a look through his own collection one afternoon.
@dumpwoodhere
6 ай бұрын
Rudi were the no.1 punk band but never made it. Slf jumped on the bandwagon. Saw them in 78 supporting Eddie and thr Hotrods. Big flares and smoke on the water rock covers with the odd Clash song thrown in.
@anglosaxon5874
6 ай бұрын
The Stranglers should have been in the top 10 too.
@kimbirch1202
6 ай бұрын
No mention of The Stranglers, who started out as punk, but were actually fine, successful musicians.
@YtuserSumone-rl6sw
6 ай бұрын
They did really interesting and so diverse music! They're like Art Rock. Totally unique. One of the most noteworthy bands of the 70-80's era.
@MikePhillips-pl6ov
6 ай бұрын
If The Jam can get in as Punk, so should The Stranglers have been included
@angrybob3594
6 ай бұрын
Punk in the UK has an enormous relationship with Reggae. Don Letts suggested that they create their own music to express their own values.
@wylierichardson-tu6zs
6 ай бұрын
Apart from the Clash doing a cover of "Police and Thieves", there is not a great symbiosis between the two genres. UK is not renowned for it's plethora of reggae musicians. Most of them are from the West Indies / Jamaica. Ska, on the other hand, does seem to have a bit more influence on punk, simply because it has a much faster and stronger basic sound to it.
@primalengland
6 ай бұрын
Pete Shelley was a mate of mine. We played in the band that was pre Buzzcocks. His nickname was ‘Magpie.’ Pete was from Leigh, but formed the band at Bolton Tech.
@rjart4
6 ай бұрын
X-ray Spex certainly one of the most unique bands ever formed
@fayesouthall6604
6 ай бұрын
Loved them.
@sameebah
6 ай бұрын
Lora Logic is still going :)
@jeroldbastian790
2 ай бұрын
Poly Styrene: incredibly charismatic even at 19 years old. Incredible life story. Worshipped the Pistols. Died at 56 yr old. RIP.
@kev2020-z9s
6 ай бұрын
A Blue Plaque was unveiled on her former home in North Street, St Leonards. Poly Styrene had lived in the house from 2004, until she died from breast cancer in nearby St Michael’s Hospice in April 2011. My Home town.
@dcallan812
6 ай бұрын
Poly Styrene was a great singer and a great person, it such a shame she died early.
@Varksterable
6 ай бұрын
Yup great. But to get a 'real' blue plaque, I thought you had to be dead for at least 50 years. I just that's just the non-conformist nature of punk, though.
@StephenSE9
6 ай бұрын
I remember watching a sky arts documentary on Polly called I am cliche. It's there on demand.
@Varksterable
6 ай бұрын
@@StephenSE9 Then it's a 'blue plaque' not a 'Blue Plaque.' British Heritage have pretty strict rules about this; the time since death being one of them. Anyone can slap a 'blue plaque' up anywhere for any reason. Nothing is stopping me from putting one on my front door reading, "Phil lived here for a bit. He liked aardvarks." But that does not make it official. The use of the term (with capitals) is meant to convey the significance of the event or person. Maybe you don't see (or care about) the distinction. I do.
@StephenSE9
6 ай бұрын
@@Varksterable you've replied to me
@garyking7432
6 ай бұрын
I can’t believe Magazine didn’t get a mention, Shot by Both Sides is a classic
@gmantramp404
6 ай бұрын
The album version of Shot is SHIT tho Too tame lacks aggression
@lervish1966
6 ай бұрын
One song
@MrRjhyt
6 ай бұрын
Nice to hear a mention of the late, great John Peel!
@KC-gy5xw
6 ай бұрын
Every Sunday, without a fail. Rip in Peelie..
@lesmartin8131
6 ай бұрын
John Peel :The best DJ ever no one else is even clse
@austinbeardshaw9344
6 ай бұрын
No Undertones? John Peel would not be happy
@Sabhoh
6 ай бұрын
They were from Derry
@duhusker4383
Ай бұрын
The Undertones are Irish, not British.
@timholder6825
6 ай бұрын
The Damned never sold out. They evolved and along with Siouxsie and the Banshees virtually invented Goth. They're still going and still releasing new material. And it's still good. Darkadelic was released last year and the single off it, Beware of the Clown, is very political, very clever and it fucking rocks.
@kneeboarderndevon
6 ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant album
@gmantramp404
6 ай бұрын
Scabies is past it.👍 You're dreaming if you think otherwise.. One of the best decades ago Betcha he's not there long 😞 being back in the band Like Siouxsies shot voice 😞
@stevethomas5849
6 ай бұрын
" is she really going out with him" the opening lyric to the UK first Punk Band, The Damned. Very apt for the genre.
@realdocloco
6 ай бұрын
Saw The Jam live in early '78 and believe me they weren't "polished" at all - brutal Rickenbacker frontal assault and incredible punk energy. The music was closer to early Who/Small Faces/Kinks than pure punk, but even crazier than the original. Instead of watching this cheezy "documentary", watch the early live videos of each of those bands 😉
@sharonbunn2363
6 ай бұрын
The Ruts were sublime! Babylon's Burning, Love in Vein excellent, excellent excellent!!!!
@rufus1346
6 ай бұрын
Very underrated band! West one shine on me
@stevenhorn5106
6 ай бұрын
Jah War is one of my favourite tunes of all time.
@stephenbennett1643
6 ай бұрын
The Crack album, was awesome and they were such a tight unit .
@rufus1346
6 ай бұрын
@@stephenbennett1643 great album, along with grin and bear it
@Ronalti65
6 ай бұрын
Ruts DC still going strong !
@matthewwalker5430
6 ай бұрын
Crass are incredible. They have tracks you listen to and think "what the hell is this" but then, somehow, it starts to all make sense. They're a proper punk band, they full on lived punk and they MASSIVELY influenced the rave scene that emerged in the 90's too, not necessarily through the music (although the UK 90's Free Party movement did have heavy punk influences) but the lifestyle and attitude
@sameebah
6 ай бұрын
There was a good set of bands associated with them, as well - Poison Girls and Zounds probably being the two most known.
@garylovell6017
6 ай бұрын
@@sameebah What about Flux, Conflict, The Subhumans and the band that recorded the greatest album ever (Deathchurch), Rudimentary Peni?
@jungliatpil9124
6 ай бұрын
True anarchist punks who were so pissed off with the music industry they made their own record label which got albums not just from themselves but so many new artists into big high street HMV and Virgin stores with a huge printed label on the cover, 'DO NOT PAY MORE THAN 99p'. All the other albums were closer to 5 UK pounds at the time which was unaffordable for us.
@garylovell6017
6 ай бұрын
@@jungliatpil9124 The band I was in have a track on the album Bullshit Detector 2.
@jungliatpil9124
6 ай бұрын
@@garylovell6017 I bought the Bullshit detector albums also so have heard it at least once. Almost everything from crass records I could find I bought during the 80's especially liked the reading material inside the fold out covers. That was my true education.
@petermercury
6 ай бұрын
JJ Burnel would not be happy to miss out!
@srodgers66
6 ай бұрын
Stranglers were great, but more Pub rock I'd say.
@philjones45
6 ай бұрын
Pub rock!! Haha!! Possibly the opposite! @@srodgers66
@johnp8131
6 ай бұрын
@@srodgers66You're right, even the band thought themselves just as Rock 'n' Roll, even though they got caught up in the Punk genre, they were a little older too. Dave Greenfield lived in our village and he told me that a couple of times whilst having a drink or two at our local.
@alanstrom2221
6 ай бұрын
I like The Stranglers a lot. Though I don't think they are a 'Punk' Band. "Golden Brown' and "Always the Sun" are not 'Punk' songs.
@margaretbrowitt5244
6 ай бұрын
Jean wouldn't be bothered,as the stranglers weren't punk
@davepb5798
6 ай бұрын
There is no "punk sound" as such, it's an ethos and view, the music is massively eclectic, and includes so many influences from other styles.
@angrybob3594
6 ай бұрын
Damn right, a joy in saying up yours, I will do it my way!
@philjones45
6 ай бұрын
Americans think of it as a sound not an attitude. It amuses me they think "Green Day" were a punk band.
@nicw5574
6 ай бұрын
I must admit I've never heard of a few of them. The Damned were brilliant, they're still touring now. My favourite is The Stranglers, but they were probably more punk rock. On a sidenote, I love my pair of DMs 😀
@kneeboarderndevon
6 ай бұрын
The Stranglers definitely should have been on the list
@reddeeet1485
6 ай бұрын
@@kneeboarderndevon I agree. Chuck out Crass and put in The Stranglers.
@johnp8131
6 ай бұрын
@@mroldnewbieSaw them with the Who and AC/DC at Wembly Stadium in '79. They didn't think of themselves as a punk band, probably because they were a bit older and formed before Punk began. Dave Greenfield told me they still thought of themselves as a "Rock 'n' Roll band. He and his wife Pam, used to run one of the pubs in my village, along with their pet rats! Both still lived here until covid got him. JJ used to live here briefly too. Both really nice blokes.
@stephenbennett1643
6 ай бұрын
@@johnp8131That was when they played the whole of the Raven album, which was moving away from the punk sound . But they never considered themselves as punk. Especially Jet Black, RIP. He hated the bands likeness to punk.
@mattjohn4731
6 ай бұрын
My top 10. 10 Buzzcocks 9 Generation X 8 Poison Girls 7 Varukers 6 Slits 5 Conflict 4 Discharge 3 Crass 2 The Clash 1 The Damned
@nbclaymore1861
6 ай бұрын
The Jam weren't a punk band - they were in the forefront of the late-70s Mod revival. Hence Weller's nickname, the Modfather.
@fayesouthall6604
6 ай бұрын
New wave mods
@panchomcsporran2083
6 ай бұрын
I just came to say the same, the clue is in Paul Weller's nickname "the MODfather"
@stevefuller2933
6 ай бұрын
Tell that to all the punks at their gigs! They were an important part of the movement and helped shape the new wave. After the split Bruce joined SLF and I would still call them a punk band.
@srodgers66
6 ай бұрын
Mod Revival was inspired by the Jam, but they were never really a part of it. They were punk just as much as the Clash were, but like the Clash they grew out of it.
@srodgers66
6 ай бұрын
@@stevefuller2933 Exactly.
@TerranSol
6 ай бұрын
I'm so glad they had crass in this list, they are often missed out and yet they defined the punk culture better than any other punk band. I'm very disappointed they did not include the stranglers in this list, although the stranglers were not solely punk they did lay out the foundations of a generation of 70s punk and 80s synth.
@rufus1346
6 ай бұрын
The Stranglers were the second band I saw back in '78. Amazing band! More punk than the Jam which made this list!
@mustangtel9265
6 ай бұрын
Massive Stranglers fan here.... I've never regarded them as punk. More New Wave if anything...but really a genre all of their own.
@TerranSol
6 ай бұрын
@@mustangtel9265 they embraced the punk culture with a vengeance but they were genre benders, centered around punk, synth, romantic, psychedelic (the gospel) and as you say, new wave but they always retained that punk element, a lot more than the Jam and they were on the list.
@srodgers66
6 ай бұрын
@@mustangtel9265 Pub rock. More like the Feegoods than Punk
@philjones45
6 ай бұрын
Yes, The Stranglers were integral to the list.
@rialobran
6 ай бұрын
No punk list would be complete without the 'Exploited'
@leroyc88
6 ай бұрын
The Subhumans and Crass are awesome, also The Exploited should’ve had a mention too.
@srodgers66
6 ай бұрын
Exploited don't belong on any classsic punk list. Cliche punks
@CraigHamil
6 ай бұрын
@@srodgers66nonsense.
@robertspeakman1174
6 ай бұрын
Listening to the exploited as I read this and my neighbours come out their houses and jump waving their fists swearing
@nickwalters5380
6 ай бұрын
I love punk, it let me wear stockings and DM's. At the same time. Also makes me realise that my guitar playing isn't that bad.
@David-mg1yj
6 ай бұрын
One of the best things about Punk, (although mostly forgotten now) is that many bands didn't all sound Punky at all. At least not all in the same way. Patrick Fitzgerald, John Copper Clarke, The Slits, Rudimentary Peni, The Mob, TV Personalities, Poison Girls, Attila The Stockbroker, etc. all brought something very different to the party.
@smahier
6 ай бұрын
The Jam were for sure part of the early punk movement of 1976-7, but (just like the Clash) developed their sound very quickly, and so crossed over into other categories.
@mitzi66
6 ай бұрын
The Damned are still playing, and are amazing! Crass changed my life, literally! As a young veggie and animal rights supporter, I became vegan, 40 years ago. The Fall should have been on that list. Check out The Way They Were Tony Wilson Documentary on here, my favourite ever! You’ll see why the Jam are on the list, and I assume Captain Sensible of the Damned will be wearing his sun glasses, I had to get some!
@davecollins9128
6 ай бұрын
For some specifically British vids - have you checked Public Information Films (PIFs). They were everywhere in the ,60s 70s, 80s. I'd recommend any of these:The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water, Play Safe kites and frisbee, The Blunders family, Broken Glass, Rabies , Fireworks, Man Trap polished floors
@jimmymook6498
6 ай бұрын
this video is comedy gold. "way to go joe you did it". react videos never fail to entertain me, and make me feel a lot better about myself.
@markflower8885
6 ай бұрын
Although they came to fruition at the end of the Punk explosion the most Punk band in terms of their attitude and how they lived their day to day lives was Killing Joke. They also influenced a lot of other bands in other genres, most notably Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More and Metallica, who covered their song "The Wait".
@sbwlearning1372
6 ай бұрын
Probably the first post punk band
@geoffwright3692
6 ай бұрын
The "smoking" Damned drummer you point out is Chris Millar, AKA Rat Scabies
@robertpetre9378
6 ай бұрын
Siouxie and the banshees are definitely one of my favourite punk bands as well as the damned and the clash
@IngoWolf-q8z
6 ай бұрын
The Damned, TV Personalities, Stranglers, Cock Sparrer, Skids, The Fall, Slaughter and the Dogs, Stiff Little Fingers, Cockney Rejects, The Undertones, Wire...(Top 10 change all the time)
@F28aj
2 ай бұрын
Rudimentary Peni?
@IngoWolf-q8z
2 ай бұрын
@@F28aj To be honest I hated all those middle-class kids pretending to be exploited. Slaughter and the Dogs or Angelic Upstarts over Crass any day. Maybe i'm too working class. It's just Musical, we're old now, cheers.
@73whitezz
6 ай бұрын
I had the original drummer from the Buzzcocks come round my house & set up my drum kit, he gave me a few tips them played his drumming from 'Ever fallen in love'. Was absolutely amazing!
@bigbird2100
6 ай бұрын
Great video 👍 If you collected vinyl records you might get an idea how big punk was😊
@DazzleMonroe
6 ай бұрын
Back in the late 70s, The Adicts used to rehearse in the pub at the end of my road. I'd go down there just to watch. A couple of years later I was in a band of my own and we were touring with them.
@paulliversage4479
6 ай бұрын
I went to see Stiff Little Fingers last week..still blowing the roof off
@marksparky9214
6 ай бұрын
Not gonna go down the cul-de-sac of arguing who was punk/mod/new wave but as someone who lived through that era the best bands in no order inmo were: The Jam Sex Pistols Buzzcocks SLF Undertones Clash Stranglers Damned Siouxsie & the Banshees Elvis Costello Cure Skids And that’s just 12
@harry9392
6 ай бұрын
SLF were and are a great band ,old friends of mine were roadies for them , Suspect Device was brilliant
@Tuatara587
6 ай бұрын
The Exploited, GBH, The Nightingales but my favourites: Anti Pasti (No Government, Caution in the Wind) and the Angelic Upstarts (Mr Politician).
@hannahpumpkins4359
6 ай бұрын
My old band toured with GBH! Also, Wattie (from The Exploited) and I drank a lot and were having fun when some guy started hitting on me and wouldn't leave me alone. Wattle knocked him out cold with one punch...
@yvonnesanders4308
6 ай бұрын
Sid.brought a look to the band. Glen Matlock was a key songwriter for the sex pistols. He did play bass on 10 of the 12 tracks live, that went on the album. Steve may have been on the album but it was Matlocks work
@camoTiaras
6 ай бұрын
Toy Dolls wrote some very fun songs. Sunderland band who were talented and comedic.
@joescarecrow
6 ай бұрын
No mention of The Toy Dolls? I'd have them at number 1. Funny, actually had talent and all completely mad!
@reddeeet1485
6 ай бұрын
I don’t think they have ever or will ever make a top ten list, they’re a fun band, I have seen them a few times, but come on really?
@David-mg1yj
6 ай бұрын
The Chuckle Brothers of Punk Rock.
@rasljenka
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, I thought I would see them at least in the honourable mentions part.
@cornovii934
6 ай бұрын
The Fall ................ although they were a Genre of their own .
@jameslewis2635
6 ай бұрын
It's a shame 'The Ruts' didn't make this list. Their song 'Babylon's Burning' is one of my favourites from the era along with 'Shot's Shot' by Magazine. 'The Stranglers' should really have been on there too.
@JungleTunes94
6 ай бұрын
I was just thinking did I miss Stranglers?, im not a huge punk man and def prefer the more musical stuff but with an edge for which they were the best. There are probably 3 Stranglers songs in my top 50
@srodgers66
6 ай бұрын
"Shot's Shot". I like that alternative title
@steveshephard1158
6 ай бұрын
I loved Shot By Both Sides by Magazine, my mate and I were the only 2 long haired rockers in a crowd of punks when we went to see them, we were also lucky enough to see Bauhaus as their support band.
@neilboreland9190
6 ай бұрын
Gary Gilmour's Eyes is a pretty dark song, when he was executed his eyes were donated to science and the corneas used in a transplant - looking through Gary Gilmour's eyes is a song about a person who received the transplant and in effect is looking through the eyes of a murderer
@TheChadTI
6 ай бұрын
I love the Adicts. It took me years to discover them, but I'm glad I did. Great pop sensibilities.
@dasist3321
6 ай бұрын
Rubella Ballet, Citizen Fish, 999, The Mob, Poison Girls, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, Vibrators, Subway Sect, Spizz Energy. Discharge, Chaos, The Exploited, Anti Nowhere League. Loved Rudimentary Peni. There were loads of bands in the UK but The Jam were a mod band really
@philiprowney
6 ай бұрын
Just a note: I find you one of my most compelling 'reacts' channels from the US, you seem like a 'thoroughly decent fellow' and worthy of note. I have no idea how to further promote your channel, but, wish you great expansive success. Your voice is a gentle reminder that America is NOT homogeneous, I thank you for the reminder as a 'judgy' Brit. PS open up your 'community' tab so many can have lolz at our joint stupidity ;-)
@paulrhyslloyd1
6 ай бұрын
I discovered the stiff little fingers because Green Day had a free compilation album with the music magazine NME with some of their influences on there. They had SLF’s Tin Soldiers on it and I became a fan after that.
@leegreenwood6316
6 ай бұрын
This says more about this guy's lack of musical knowledge than it does about the great number and variety of fantastic British punk bands.
@timphillips9954
6 ай бұрын
1977 -79 was the high point of punk!
@naivesteve5722
6 ай бұрын
Angelic Upstarts - 999 - The Skids - Joy Division (warsaw) - UK Subs - Stranglers - Generation X - Siouxsie - Undertones - The Fall - Cockney Rejects
@mattking5936
6 ай бұрын
Im glad Crass are there and Sub humans are mentioned but there are loads missing. UK Subs Undertones Exploited Stranglers Siouxsie and the Banshees Toy Dolls Skids Sham 69 And many many more
@rufus1346
6 ай бұрын
Punks liked the Jam but I agree with you, they are not strictly a punk band.
@fayesouthall6604
6 ай бұрын
New wave/ mods
@spacespace764
6 ай бұрын
When I leave this despicable world I am going out to - X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage up Yours. 🙏 RIP M
@phil031066
6 ай бұрын
Ruts, exploited, UK subs, Peter & the test tube babies, lurkers, slits, reziloes, reviloes, Stranglers, Ian Dury and the blockheads, siouxsie and the banshees, undertones, members, Eddie & the hotrods, plasmatics... just a small sample of my record collection. Plenty plenty more.
@BKKMekong
6 ай бұрын
The Adverts Bary Gilmore Eyes is an excellent tune. when Gilmore was executed his eyes were used in an eye transplant and the song is about the patient receiving the eyes. I'm lying in a hospital, I'm pinned against the bed. A stethoscope upon my heart, A hand against my head. They're peeling off the bandages. I'm wincing in the light. The nurse is looking anxious, And she's quivering in fright... I'm looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes.
@paulbats6996
6 ай бұрын
Eye transplants don't exist.
@jamesdignanmusic2765
6 ай бұрын
Well done - yes the Buzzcocks were from Manchester - one of many bands that tumbled out of that city after a famous gig by the Sex Pistols. I'm amazed there was no mention of Siouxsie and the Banshees, who started as punk but then (along with the Damned) became founders of the goth movement. The Stranglers were initially a great punk band, too, later moving to a mix of punk aesthetic and poppier sounds. Then there's UK Subs, The Slits, Skids, Anti-Nowhere League, The Undertones, New Model Army, Wire, The Vibrators, Angelic Upstarts...
@markjones127
6 ай бұрын
Subhumans were/are brilliant, check out Citizen Fish and Culture Shock too, Dick Lucas was in all 3, great bands, great fans, some of my favourite gigs of all time was watching them.
@jonlight670
6 ай бұрын
Saw the Damned perform last week! Still amazing! Stiff Little Fingers are also great live! Where were the Stranglers?
@cameroncampbell2564
6 ай бұрын
The appearance of Punk on the musical scene in Britain was fairly explosive. This meant that just about every young band and some old ones not signed to a major record deal got labelled as punk often regardless of the music they played. I'd put The Jam in that category. Fortunately this also opened peoples eyes and ears to a whole bunch of artists that may have otherwise stayed local and under the radar. Probably similar to the emergence of Rock n Roll through to Beatlemania. It was an exciting time to live through, although I never had DMs.
@steveshephard1158
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, the Jam were more part of the mini mod revival that was happening at the same time as punk.
@David-mg1yj
6 ай бұрын
Stiff Little Fingers were Green Day before Green Day.
@jonathansteadman7935
6 ай бұрын
And so much better than Green Day
@rufus1346
6 ай бұрын
As an old punk I would not have put the Sex Pistols on this list, a Malcolm McLaren boy band, we used to laugh at people that put them on their jackets. Pill deserves to be there instead. Killing Joke didn't even get a mention and the Ruts were amazing. Can you call Joy Division punk?
@jayb8298
6 ай бұрын
Pill & killing joke great bands.....👍
@LessAiredvanU
6 ай бұрын
No, but Warsaw were...
@F28aj
2 ай бұрын
Rudimentary Peni should have at least had an honorable mention
@ladylove3636
6 ай бұрын
It's so hilarious you have no idea what it is to say you don't know the Jam. I prefer the Style Council but as I'm English I do know every word of A town called malice. Eton Rifles, down in the tube station at midnight are also part of our culture. As for English Rose, I struggle to believe it was so early and not a later Paul Weller solo. But the Jam are as English as George Michael and the Beatles x
@ladylove3636
6 ай бұрын
It's 🤯 to me that the cultural references of others could not know who they are x
@ladylove3636
6 ай бұрын
Btw you should check out Richard Hawley. He's similar in class to Paul Weller but I don't think you would've heard of him & I think you might. I was a DJ - that was my job x
@ivant1561
6 ай бұрын
The Clash’s “London Calling” album was rightfully called the greatest album of the 80s by Rolling Stone magazine, because the diversity of styles on this double LP foreshadowed the fragmentation of rock and pop in the 80s into many different sub-genres.
@garethgriffiths1674
6 ай бұрын
Henry Rollins' favourite punk band was The Ruts. Check out Babylon's Burning!
@angrybob3594
6 ай бұрын
Greenday are basically a copy of several UK Punk bands, The Clash, Stiff lIttle Fingers and the Clash. They are so ill thought of by the many older punks in the ULK because they are so derivative
@hannahpumpkins4359
6 ай бұрын
The Adverts are still one of my favorite bands! Gary Gilmore had gorgeous blue eyes; he donated them so after his death people in need did receive them... Also, his last words were, "just do it" - yes, that's where the Nike tagline comes from. Anyway, check out The Adverts on the John Peel sessions - it's awesome!!!
@happymethehappyone8300
6 ай бұрын
I could name SOOOOOOOO many more & That's not even going into the outer fringes of punk & American Punk groups like The Ramones,,Dead Kennedys,, The Stooges,, Misfits,, New York Dolls,, The Jam,, The Circle Jerks,, The Germs,, Social Distortion,, The Damned,, The Queers..I feel it necessary to mention "The Cramps" because of their unique sound/style created by combining punk & psychobilly (A subgenre of rockabilly which they are credited for creating)...Also,, A special mention to this group which over time,, Would end up re-grouping/growing into 3 different great punk groups that would ALL be successful,, Starting out as "Operation Ivy",, Then forming "Rancid" & Lastly the formation of "The Transplants"..Not to mention Many,, Many other great American punk groups to come over the years.
@philjones45
6 ай бұрын
Sex Pistols are probably the least "Punk" band on the list, considering they were manufactured by Malcolm McLaren. Punk was HUGE in the UK, possibly he most important musical movement in the UK's history.
@ianwhite1858
6 ай бұрын
And all inspired by the Saints, an Aussie band
@michaeljack2203
6 ай бұрын
Not really inspired by, but they and others(Ramones in US, Sex Pistols UK) all created similar sounding music at a similar time. The Saints are definitely seen as one of the bands that helped kick off the punk movement big time though. The scene was already happening but no music had been commercially released yet, they got I'm Stranded out because a UK record label picked it up and released it. The band themselves probably knew little or nothing about the punk scene until then.
@nigelhanson468
6 ай бұрын
I can't remember if it was an official alternative name but we used to call "Stiff Little Fingers", "Rigid Midget Digits".
@rjart4
6 ай бұрын
I think the name came from a Vibrators song of the same name.
@srodgers66
6 ай бұрын
Rigid Digits was their first record label
@sameebah
6 ай бұрын
@@rjart4 - it did. When I saw the flyer for their first gig I thought it was the Vibrators doing one of their "secret gigs". What a pleasant surprise that was. The Belfast punk scene was one of inclusion, it didn't matter what your religion or politics were - if you were at a gig, you were one of the team.
@rjart4
6 ай бұрын
@@sameebah First band I ever saw, I saw XSLF last year they were excellent.
@davidsweeney4021
6 ай бұрын
I was at Gatwick airport with my future wife. We went for a drink while waiting then we suddenly realised the Damned were on the next table
@davidsmith8813
6 ай бұрын
the Slits not given a mention either, which surprised me
@srodgers66
6 ай бұрын
Oh great shout. More influencial than almost any other band from that era.
@gmantramp404
6 ай бұрын
@@srodgers66 They were crap 😂😂😂 could barely play I saw them in 78 support the Rich Kids . Influential.l!!?? Did you make that up yourself 😂😂
@srodgers66
6 ай бұрын
@@gmantramp404 Yeah, what do you do? Just copy what everyone else tinks? ":could barely play". You didn't really get punk did you.
@gmantramp404
6 ай бұрын
@@srodgers66 Nah I'm a real punk from 77 and I don't copy anything but I'm slightly wrong. Lets just say that they're a shite reggae type act cuz they weren't really punk
@srodgers66
6 ай бұрын
@@gmantramp404 we'll agree to disagree, but they did the best Peel Session ever in my opinion.
@anglosaxon5874
6 ай бұрын
The Stranglers, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure and The Undertones should have been in the top 10.
@rubyreign3759
4 күн бұрын
Absolutely love the Adverts
@YB-st1nh
6 ай бұрын
Why are the anti nowhere league not on this list..they're a fabulous punk band..well worth a mention...generation x and the toy dolls..
@PUNKinDRUBLIC72
6 ай бұрын
Crass,Conflict SUB HUM ANS, Discharge, Rudimentary Peni etc. was the best of punk.Pissed over Ramones etc. (Who I love!)😍😍😍😵💫
@petercoe8175
6 ай бұрын
Discharge, awesome.
@zittyrrrs7082
6 ай бұрын
If you want to try a perfect punk cover try Johhny Was by SLF 😁👍
@jemwand2530
6 ай бұрын
The Ruts were one of the most musically accomplished of the "Punk" groups and well beloved by Henry Rollins.
@mintywebb
6 ай бұрын
Listen to In the City.
@marcfeakins1158
6 ай бұрын
That list doesn't even scratch the surface. There were so many more in the late 70's. Possibly the biggest revolution in music ever.
@planekrazy1795
6 ай бұрын
You want New Bands with a Punk Edge check out: Magazine (I Love You You Big Dummy) Discharge (Realities of War) The Stranglers (No More Heroes) 999 (No Pity) Siousie and the Banshees (Hong Kong Garden) Possibly some are a little more sophisticated than you might like but are of the time.
@rufus1346
6 ай бұрын
How did 999 not make this list? And Siouxsie Sue was so cool!
@mrharry448
6 ай бұрын
I get it now, but at the time of you were British, The Ramones just sounded like every other big haired soft metal US band. The idea that they were 'Punk' in the way that UK acts were 'Punk' was just silly
@irish66
6 ай бұрын
I heard of Gary Gilmore and I'm not even American. But I confess I am a big movie fan and first heard of him through a mini series called The Executioners song in which Tommy Lee Jones played him. It's on youtube in decent quality and is well worth checking out.
@sameebah
6 ай бұрын
I have records (singles and albums bought in period) from all of these groups, having been guided towards punk by the radio shows of John Peel. I'm pleased to see Crass made the list. So many good bands didn't make this selection - The Drones, Slaughter & The Dogs, The Outcasts, Eater, The Unwanted, Wire, The Lurkers, The Fall, The Rezillos . . . The Jam and Buzzcocks (post Howard Devoto) were 'New Wave' rather than Punk.
@Ffinity
6 ай бұрын
I was too young for this, but my dad loved it. Wish you were still here dad!
@allanbridgewater259
6 ай бұрын
Cant believe The Skids were not on the list .
@aglloyd5951
6 ай бұрын
The Stranglers?
@CIMAmotor
6 ай бұрын
Not punk.
@keithreynolds
6 ай бұрын
Rattuss Norvegicus. The link between the pub rockers and punk… also Motörhead. There are quite a few ways to define punk aren’t there.
@letztekrankheit
6 ай бұрын
Don't forget that outside of punk in those days (Siouxsie & the Banshees were punk to begin with btw) came gothic music. Alien sex Fiend, Bauhaus, Christian Death (Rozz Williams USA), Sisters of Mercy, The Cure, The Mission, Fields of the Nephilim or more recently London after Midnight and Faith and the Muse (but they are both Americans).
@davidgoodfellow2384
5 ай бұрын
This guys voice is amazing can he not tell me a bedtime story I'd be asleep in minutes
@stevenhorn5106
5 ай бұрын
There were a lot of obscure bands too. One of my favourites were London.
@easycyber42
6 ай бұрын
Stiff Little Fingers still going strong, just been to see them 4 times in the last 3 weeks and they deliver every single time. As has been mentioned on here, they get name checked in the movie High Fidelity and were a massive influence on the likes of Green Day. So many good bands on this list and you could have loads more…
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