So one of my friends recently started schooling me in Punk, and she started me off with the Ramones 1976 self titled album. I really like it, and I can just about guarantee you've already heard some of these songs, even if you didn't connect them with the Ramones at the time. Also, Green Day just came out with a new album that, I recommend that one too, and also their back catalog. She also recommended a book called Please Kill Me, which is an oral history of the punk scene, but it's hard to follow if you don't already know who the key players are. But if you're willing to look things up as you read, it might be interesting?
Small counterpoint with a caveat:
Caveat: I do like Green Day.
Counterpoint: Green Day is to punk as Space Mountain is to the Apollo program.
Green Day is safe for general consumption & fun, commercially successful.
Punk is risky, dangerous, and not really a lucrative proposition.
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So one of my friends recently started schooling me in Punk, and she started me off with the Ramones 1976 self titled album. I really like it, and I can just about guarantee you've already heard some of these songs, even if you didn't connect them with the Ramones at the time. Also, Green Day just came out with a new album that, I recommend that one too, and also their back catalog. She also recommended a book called Please Kill Me, which is an oral history of the punk scene, but it's hard to follow if you don't already know who the key players are. But if you're willing to look things up as you read, it might be interesting?
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Probably also ought to listen to Punk is Dead by Crass
Definitely Punk is Dead. That's the song this game namechecks. Anything by Crass really.
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Small counterpoint with a caveat: Caveat: I do like Green Day. Counterpoint: Green Day is to punk as Space Mountain is to the Apollo program. Green Day is safe for general consumption & fun, commercially successful. Punk is risky, dangerous, and not really a lucrative proposition.