What is the best PUNK band Ever?
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you cant pick just one\nthe clash, and the sex pistols are amazing like has already been said.\nthe ramones, pil (johnny rotten from the sex pistols band), misfits, the list goes on and on
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YEAH!!! The Ramones rock they are the best band ever and the best punk band ever all of their songs rock especially Blitzkrieg Bop and all the band members rock Johnny, Joey, DeeDee , Tommy ,CJ , Marky , and Richie. \nLONG LIVE THE RAMONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! \nR.I.P. Johnny Joey and DeeDee
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Nearly 800 punk bands listed here, adding more every day.\n\nhttp://www.myspace.com/madsquid
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The Damned\nThe Buzzcocks\nThe Soviettes\nLush\nThe Saints\nX-Ray Spex
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I love them, 'Starke Zeiten' is their best album with all the good stuff on.  Hell raiser, Six-teens, Fox on the run etc. etc.
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Yeah Pink Floyd is the bomb no argument there but as far as the BEST. It has to be Earth, Wind, and Fire and the most unusual well that would be Parliament Funkadelic of course.
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Jimmy W had a good list going but that last comment showed a GREAT DEAL of ignorance.\n\nX\nSocial Distortion\nDead Kennedys\nBad Religion\nBlack Flag\nBad Brains\nMinor Threat\nFugazi\nSubhumans both the english and canadian versions\nCitizen Fish\nThe Pogues\nStiff Little Fingers\nCramps\nDead Boys\nNeurotics\n and naturally the Clash, Pistols, Damned, Ramones...
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Green Day, Feeder, Starsailor and Blink 182 are my favourites.
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The Ramones. No one is better!
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So many good bands...Slayer, Dio, Ozzy, Motley Crue, My Chemical Romance, Flyleaf, Alkaline Trio, Frank Zappa, King Diamond, Bauhaus, Thrice, AFI, Evanescence, The Offspring...I could list all day!
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OMG! there are sooo many! lol, but my favorites are: Panic! At The Disco, Green Day, Augustana, Blink 182, Bowling For Soup, No Doubt, Hawthorn Heights, and sooo much more! keep looking, and u'll find one like! :)
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Check out: www.gimmegimmes.com\n\nThe band "Me First and The Gimme Gimmes" takes old music and puts a punk flavor to it.\n\nThey are great.
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uh, lemme think...... GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREEN DAY IS THE BEST BAND EVER!!!!!!!!!! i think that pretty much explains my answer.
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oh yeah!\n\nPop/Punk/folk is pretty good. I'm not talking about the Good Charlottes, or the Ashlee Simpsons. \n\nI like Snow Patrol, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and Belle & Sebastian.. just to name a few!
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go back to the beginning. the first real punk band. the clash. the album is called london calling. they were the first. the punk of today is more neo punk. it is too stupid. punk had an important message in thier songs. it was more than just being rebllious. it was about being a free thinker bout being anti establishment for real reasons and about wantin gto bring about change and awareness not just dressing funny and dissing britney. go retro.
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Categorizing music from today's culture seems to become harder and harder with the release of each album.  We hear terms like "Country Rock, Adult Alternative, and Gangster Rap."  Every time you place a label on an album or artist someone else comes up with another label.\n\nAs for Green Day, given the two options you posted I would have to say Alternative Rock is the best fit.  Punk rock tends to have less vocals and strains more on the bands skills.  Alternative music consists of more rhythmic vocals and tunes.\n\nHope that helps.
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I hear you, I love old punk like Misfits, Black Flag, Minor Threat, The Clash, Cro-Mags, Bad Brains... that kind of stuff.\n\nI don't pay attention to new punk because most of it sucks but I kind of dig the Day-Glo Abortions.  Try them.