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Originally Posted by Janszoon
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I second that ew
I don't listen to much punk but here's my top ten.
Gogol Bordello
I'm a huge fan of the blending of styles and the way these guys have mixed Eastern European style polka with Western punk is truly a fun experience. I can't help but tap my foot and try to keep up with Eugene Hutz's impressive spitfire, heavily accented singing.
Stiff Little Fingers
My dad was the one to get me into these guys by buying me a vinyl copy of
Inflammable Material for my 17th birthday. The second the opening chords to "Suspect Device" came on it was really love at first listen.
Darkest of the Hillside Thickets
Sure I'm partly biased because my last boss was the guitarist for this band but holy sh
it are they fun to listen to and see live. Most of their music contains tongue-in-cheek homage to Horror legend H.P. Lovecraft, almost always performing a show on his birthday (August 20th).
Streetlight Manifesto
My knowledge of ska was pretty limited before I heard these guys, sure I knew of
The Specials and
Madness but I never really built up on that. Ska was just something I would listen to occasionally, but it wasn't until I was sent
A Call To Arms by
Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution (Which later went on to become Streetlight Manifesto) that I started to take the genre seriously. Since then I've been slowly developing my tastes and finding new artists like
Catch 22 and
Ska P.
Choking Victim
Sure they broke up after a day of recording but what a day that must've been.
No Gods, No Managers may be their only full length album but it's one of those albums that truly rocks on so many levels. The bass intro on the first track "500 Channels" is one of the catchiest and awesome introductions to a punk song. Of course the ever so catchy song "Crack Rock Steady" is always able to put me in a good mood.
Leftover Crack
Didn't see this one coming eh? Well if you're not informed,
Leftover Crack consists of Stza and Ezra Crack from
Choking Victim.
Leftover Crack tend to be far more politically motivated, however they do also do a lot of songs about social issues. The song that really cemented them on my good side was their song "Nazi White Trash".
D.O.A.
If you're from Vancouver then you're required by law to like these guys so it's kind of out of my control. One of the grandfather hardcore punk bands and essentially the "hardcore punk Ambassadors" of Canada they have earned their place in history.
Flogging Molly
These guys are just fun to listen to, far more serious than their American counter-parts the
Dropkick Murphys and have released more in the way of full albums.
The Real McKenzies
Yet another Vancouver based Celtic group, however rather than focusing on Irish heritage these guys are pure Scots, or at least Nova Scotian Scots. Almost always performing in their family tartans these guys are supposedly a blast to see (at least my mom seemed to enjoy herself when she saw them).
ArnoCorps
Newcomers to my music collection but my god are these guys just fun to listen to. They like to think of themselves as action adventure punk rock, which to me sounds like they've played too much D&D.