10 US Hardcore/Punk bands of the 80's worth talking about

[clash77]

List?

[77clash]

1. Descendents
2. Angry Samoans
3. Minor Threat
4. Naked Raygun
5. Circle Jerks
6. CH3
7. MDC
8. Adolescents
9. Kraut
10. The Freeze

[soulforce]

I don't want to talk about it.

[john stabb]

Seriously ... you'd pick The Freeze, MDC, or Angry Samoans Kraut over Dag Nasty, Youth Brigade, TSOL or G.I. That's just fuckin' sad.

[soulforce]

Black Flag
Bad Brains
Husker Du
Minor Threat
Dead Kennedys
Misfits
7Seconds
Scream
Minutemen
Articles of Faith

[77clash]

Seriously ... you'd pick The Freeze, MDC, or Angry Samoans Kraut over Dag Nasty, Youth Brigade, TSOL or G.I. That's just fuckin' sad.

I picked the bands I was listening to in high school.

[dave123]

If you are going with "worth talking about":

1. Mentors - always good for a convo
2. GG Allin and whatever band he had concocted
3. Dag Nasty - because it is always fun to discuss everything Dag related
4. Youth of Today - like them or not, everyone has an opinion
5. Vegan Reich - stirred up enough controversy to warrant an interesting conversation, weird old school ties to the anachro scene, reggae connection
6. Agnostic Front - from New York, skinhead roots, prison time, "hard" following... just some talking points
6. Warzone - one word... Raybeez
7. TSOL - Jack and his crew placed enough controversy around this band
8. Suicidal Tendencies - gang related following, intertwined with Dogtown, changes in style
9. Minor Threat - all around good guys who created a monster?

AND LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST...
10. Cro-Mags - one truly stellar record, two monster egos, krishna consciousness, metal, skinheads, MMA, stabbings, Stimulators, Burroughs, Meat is for Pussies,... amazing

[tango fistula]

Feederz
Crucifucks
Siege
Fang
Adrenalin O.D.
Social Unrest
Conflict (u.s.)
Dicks
Poison Idea
GG and The Jabbers

[tango fistula]

I always liked sketchy weirdos playing rock and roll WAY WAY more then la cross playing
clean cut health shake drinkers.

[dave123]

I always liked sketchy weirdos playing rock and roll WAY WAY more then la cross playing
clean cut health shake drinkers.

You have got to love music (doesn't have to be rock and roll) played by "sketchy weirdos." However, isn't it pretty cliche for "sketchy weirdos" to play rock and roll (or participate in some form of artistic expression)? Isn't it much more "unexpected" that a bunch of clean cut kids would decide to scream their heads off about how people should be more positive and live a clean lifestyle?

[tango fistula]

Nope...I've been to Boy Scout jamborees as a spectator and groups of
clean cut boys doing posi things has been a major part of my childhood.
I never wanted to hear that set to music.

[The Snake]

1. Black Flag
2. Circle Jerks (early period)
3. Adolescents (early period)
4. T. S. O. L. (with Jack)
5. Dead Kennedys
6. Descendents
7. Minor Threat
8. Husker Du
9. Unity
10. Youth Of Today

[johnnotkathi]

I have to say, John, I would also take MDC, The Freeze and the Angry Samoans over Dag and Youth Brigade.......and its not even a tough decision for me. MDC's first record is EPIC punk rock to me in music and lyrics - it says/does it all. Possible top 10 punk record of all time. The Angry Samoans are so fun/awesome I am not sure what else can be said. Inside my Brain and Back from Samoa are fantastic and better than anything Youth Brigade ever did. As far as the Freeze goes, their stuff on Boston not LA and Land of the Lost is great and I listen to it regularly now. I cannot put my finger on it but there is something about the Freeze that really strikes a chord w/me.

[JGJR]

MDC's first record is EPIC punk rock to me in music and lyrics - it says/does it all.

This.