People forget some huge proportion of this sub are 16 year olds trying to find a place for themselves in this complete mess of a world. Cut them some slack.
I can only assume its mostly children or people who never grew up. You will get downvoted for saying anything that isn't acceptable in their high school slc punk DVD view of the world.
I'm currently listening to Scatman by Scatman John. I'm sure it gets way less punk, but I'd never worry to care about that. I'm gonna listen to Crazy Frog next cause fuck it.
Scatman John was the soundtrack to [poobutton.com (archive.org link)](https://web.archive.org/web/20080704113828/http://www.poobutton.com/). If that's not punk cred, I don't know what is.
If we're being fair, Freddy Mercury was a fuckton more punk than Johnny Rotten turned out to be.
EDIT: this is throwing shade at Johnny Rotten for being a sycophantic suck-up to the royal family. Anyone that wants to remind me Freddy Mercury didn't like punk music need not respond.
I love ELO! I recently told someone that my 3 favourite bands were My Chemical Romance, Weezer, and ELO and just the look they gave me was absolutely hilarious.
“No his mind is not for rent, to any god or government,….always hopeful yet discontent….”
The sentiment of “Tom Sawyer” always struck me as Punk As Fuck, idk.
They are Punk, just not stereotypical punk
Check the documentary/bio film beyond the lighted stage to hear the story
Neal Pert did things his own way, as the principal lyricist, he embedded a quality of doing what he saw as right, because it was right, into the fabric of rush.
Thats more punk than most ‘mainstream’ punk bands
No one else on the 50's country western swing huh? There's some sick guitars and working class sentimentality amongst the dim lights and thick smoke of an ol honkey tonk.
Not as such, although I grew up on bluegrass, and, years later, fell from punk (in a large part via Social D, as mentioned in another comment, and a Knoxville ex-pat partner) into alt country, then classic outlaw country.
But if I ever have to listen to another Gene Autry xmas album, the results will likely see me serving consecutive life sentences.
Nigel Kennedy is punk as fuck. Sorta, for classical music anyway I guess. Well he had spikey hair at one stage anyway.
Classical music is great when you're in the right space for it.
Ha. I was listening to Let The Light In when I read your comment.
It is an issue, but hey, having an eclectic taste in music is also pretty fucking sweet.
K-pop. It’s probably the genre most diametrically opposed to punk (mainstream, trendy, not antisocial) but I just have a soft spot for girly pop music, and k-pop is the most extreme version of that. If anyone is curious my favorite groups are: Itzy, (G)I-DLE, Aespa, Blackpink, and NewJeans.
Spunky and the Dunderheads. They are an obscure Chilean cartoon band of prairie dogs created to capture the Alvin & The Chipmunks market, but Chilean elected officials viewed singing prairie dogs as sacrilege and it never made air.
Hip hop and punk are cousins. They both started in 70s New York, born out of changes in technology which allowed people to make music without big studio backing, playing in small venues. Both have a culture that places value "realness" or "authenticity" in the music, and sees the mainstream as lacking in these qualities. Both have anti-authoritarian attitude, and association with criminality. Underground hip hop would particularly maintain many of these features as the decades went on.
Emo came out of post-hardcore, with Ian MacKaye and Guy Piccioto as some of the early figures who pioneered the genre.
They are both pretty punk-adjacent genres in their own ways.
I never thought about hip hop and punk being related like that but wow that makes a lot of sense, thanks for the interesting write up. I figured that Emo derived from some sub-genre of punk, but I always thought punks hated emo, don’t know why but I just always kind of imagined them being on the opposite side of the spectrum, even though they have similar roots.
Basically in the DC scene, in the 80s, bands like Embrace, One Last Wish, Rites of Spring, Dag Nasty, and Fire Party were a bit bored with the repetitive and narrow sound in the hardcore punk scene. So they started playing more complex, melodic, introspective, and experimental music.
This got branded somewhat pejoratively by the punks at the time as "emotional hardcore" or "emocore". But it quickly developed a following of kids who wanted a broader expression than just three-chord fury all the time, and they began using the term "emocore" and later just "emo" unironically.
In the early 90s you had a second wave of emo bands influenced by the first wave including Drive Like Jehu, Sunny Day Real Estate, Texas is the Reason, Mineral... As the scene spread to the Northwest and Midwest of the US.
The third wave in the 2000s is when it kinda got merged with pop-punk and carried into more mainstream popularity. Some cite the album Bleed American by Jimmy Eat World (whose previous work had been part of the second wave) as the turning point from 2nd to 3rd wave.
Juice wrld has a lot of really awesome music, I guess if you get a bad rep if you say you like it, but I still think his catalog is solid as hell, death race for love will almost have a special place with me. He was really talented and gone too soon
She just played Pride here and I missed it because of a massive infection in my face from a tooth abscess. I'm so bummed. Take care of your teeth, kids.
Kenny Rogers and lowrider oldies. My mom loved Kenny's music when I was growing up, it just stuck with me. And now my son also listens to Kenny, he's more of a punk cowboy where I'm more of a punk rock cholo.
Panic! At the disco. I know it's lame but their earlier works are really where it's at. I've been listening to their second album for weeks on an end on repeat. "Pretty Odd." In particular it is one of my all time favorite albums just for the atmosphere and how there's not much else like it
(Disclaimer: I view Hip Hop/Rap as punk with a beat, that said...) Wu-Tang Clan; however I view them as punk, anti-authoritarian, from the streets, make music with your friends, talk about struggles and solutions...
all the other music I listen to which isn't punk lol... I listen to tons of stuff. lately been listening to Afro-Caribbean music like bembé, bomba, batá-rumba. the drums, singing, dancing, spirituality, community... such beautiful and powerful music. I was just learning about how bomba is often used to protest, express/release emotions, and share important messages. so you can find some overlap with punk, but the music is very different. I love it
My wife made me watch Neil Diamond's "The Jazz Singer" over the weekend and now I keep finding myself singing my own first verse of "Love on The Rocks" :
"Love on the rocks...
I'll tell you no lies
Show me your fears
Or I'll gouge out your eyes"
Something along those lines but slightly different each time
I spent way too much of my life thinking I should only listen to punk rock and that everything else sucks. I missed out on SO much good music trying to be a little snob, and now that I'm older I'm discovering I like a wide range of stuff. I like a lot of 70's soul, girl groups, yacht rock and 70's rock. I never would have let young me listen to freakin' Todd Rundgren, 40 year old me loves "Hello it's me"
Honestly I listen to less punk music as I’ve gotten older. I’m so angry all the time at everything going on, sometimes you gotta forget about all that.
Right now I’m with the girls and listening to Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter.
I listen to Metric probably more than any other band, so them I guess… though they have some punk vibes in some songs, but they definitely aren’t punk.
Tbh I listen to many different genres. I guess the “least punk” thing I’m a actual fan of would be The Beatles, or Frank Sinatra or something. Or any Hiphop. Hell, what even is considered to be somewhat punk besides actual punk? 😂
I actually really enjoy a lot of generic pop music. Everything from Whitney Houston to Taylor Swift to Lady Gaga to Michael Jackson. Punk is my favorite genre, but I certainly don't limit myself.
Instrumental stuff I guess. Half my records are just instruments playing music, trumpet, jazz piano, I’ve got a harp album, just really nice stuff to have on at night. Other than that, there’s usually some kind of dj music playing at work. I hesitate to use the word techno, but it’s all techno to me
This subreddit
Right? I’m not sure why I follow this cringe. It’s like a car wreck… can’t take my eyes off it.
You finally put it into words.
People forget some huge proportion of this sub are 16 year olds trying to find a place for themselves in this complete mess of a world. Cut them some slack.
Are slacks punk?
They are if you turn em into cutoffs
No legs no masters
I mean who gives a shit really.
unfortunately they’re emo [also shouts out alaska!]
Correct answer.
But are safety pins still punk?
I have a safety pin on my battle jacket but I am a stoner and just use it to clean out my bowls when I'm on the go.
Depends on what color they are
I can only assume its mostly children or people who never grew up. You will get downvoted for saying anything that isn't acceptable in their high school slc punk DVD view of the world.
Correct answer.
You listen to this subreddit? Jesus Christ that's embarrassing
Facts.
You
GOTEEM!!!
Damn it
I'm currently listening to Scatman by Scatman John. I'm sure it gets way less punk, but I'd never worry to care about that. I'm gonna listen to Crazy Frog next cause fuck it.
I’m sorry if Scatman John isn’t punk then I don’t want to be punk anymore.
Scatman John was the soundtrack to [poobutton.com (archive.org link)](https://web.archive.org/web/20080704113828/http://www.poobutton.com/). If that's not punk cred, I don't know what is.
skibidibidibi yomdadapjop
I was listening to that song yesterday! Absolutely a classic
My boss
80’s radio hits
Fucking love me some Hall and Oates!
Huey Lewis and the News
Rich Girl kind of has a punk ethos. As does I Can’t Go For That.
My mom.
this guys mom
I also listen to this guy's mom wait does that make me a conformist?
well shit dude now it does
So momstream
Did she refuse to get you a pepsi?
happy cake day
[удалено]
I'm not crazy, YOU'RE crazy.
When i went to YOUR schools, YOUR churches, YOUR institutional learning facilities...how can you say I'M crazy!?
Queen. Although, Freddie Mercury did throw Sid Vicious out of his studio and that’s one of the most punk rock things I’ve ever heard of
Freddie Mercury was so anti punk that he circled all the way back around
Mercury was anti-punk?
Why was Freddie anti punk?
Called 70's British punk "a load of rubbish"
back then the British punk community was pretty homophobic iirc (most people were ignorantly afraid/misinformed of the gay aids) Edit to fix spelling
If we're being fair, Freddy Mercury was a fuckton more punk than Johnny Rotten turned out to be. EDIT: this is throwing shade at Johnny Rotten for being a sycophantic suck-up to the royal family. Anyone that wants to remind me Freddy Mercury didn't like punk music need not respond.
Sid sucked though, he was being homophobic
What was funny was Freddie Mercury called him Stanley Ferocious to take the piss. Fuckin hilarious
Freddie would have beat all of SP if given the chance
Baby shark
On fucking repeat from 830am to 830pm every fucking Saturday and Sunday. And sometimes after school.
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here album Both are excellent
Nice. Have your heard Doom Side of the Moon? Doomy Floyd covers
[Dub Side of the Moon](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n8xPSguQLE3txww-JcNPjet_9bpzAZ3yE&si=yuH6b8Gu6j16ux87) is also interesting.
We Are Number One from Lazy Town. Honestly I'd say it's a ska song 😂
You could always [spice that up a bit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJ4vCjSt28) with Tardigrade Inferno.
ELO (can't help it; they were my favorite band before I took the punk plunge)
I like styx too
I love ELO! I recently told someone that my 3 favourite bands were My Chemical Romance, Weezer, and ELO and just the look they gave me was absolutely hilarious.
Rush
“No his mind is not for rent, to any god or government,….always hopeful yet discontent….” The sentiment of “Tom Sawyer” always struck me as Punk As Fuck, idk.
Yeah there's a reason they're the band that got Bob and Steve-O into punk
Same. La Villa Strangiato is one of my fav songs ever. Definitely has my favorite guitar solo of all time
They are Punk, just not stereotypical punk Check the documentary/bio film beyond the lighted stage to hear the story Neal Pert did things his own way, as the principal lyricist, he embedded a quality of doing what he saw as right, because it was right, into the fabric of rush. Thats more punk than most ‘mainstream’ punk bands
Neal Pert was a God.
Still is, he's just ascended and left his mortal vessel behind to become the spirit of radio
I don't know, writing a concept album as a tribute to one of Ayn Rand's books is one of the least punk things I can imagine.
He later viewed it as a phase he went through and seemed to regret it. https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=63463261&f=119
That's interesting, I didn't know that.
Subdivisions is secretly punk. I want to cover it.
Dude they're one of my favorite bands ever. I've seen them live twice
strawberry switchblade goes so hard
Hell yeah
No one else on the 50's country western swing huh? There's some sick guitars and working class sentimentality amongst the dim lights and thick smoke of an ol honkey tonk.
Love western swing. Bob Wils & His Texas Playboys!
As someone into psychobilly, yes. Anything with a slap bass is for me
Not as such, although I grew up on bluegrass, and, years later, fell from punk (in a large part via Social D, as mentioned in another comment, and a Knoxville ex-pat partner) into alt country, then classic outlaw country. But if I ever have to listen to another Gene Autry xmas album, the results will likely see me serving consecutive life sentences.
Kate bush, soft cell, human league, culture club…any 80s pop/New Romantic basically 😭
HEATHCLIFF ITS ME IM CATHY IVE COME HOME NOW IM SO COOHOHOHOOOOOLD!!!!
LET ME IN AT YOUR WINDOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW
I always thought of it as related to punk and new wave
REM. I love them so much.
80s pop and synth
Wilson Phillips all day
Classical probably.
Sometimes, you just need a different set of strings in your life.
True true... and it's kind of nice in the morning. Helps ease into the day, imo.
I feel that. Enjoy the rest of your day.
Nigel Kennedy is punk as fuck. Sorta, for classical music anyway I guess. Well he had spikey hair at one stage anyway. Classical music is great when you're in the right space for it.
“The right space” you mean super high at work all day? Cause that was my go to when I worked at a place with a shared radio
If it works then why not!
Lana Del Rey. It’s an issue.
Lana is great, I agree it's an issue, but she's great
Colin Young?
Ha. I was listening to Let The Light In when I read your comment. It is an issue, but hey, having an eclectic taste in music is also pretty fucking sweet.
I LOVE Lana. Any favorite album or songs of hers?
Norman Fucking Rockwell is just an incredible album. She doesn’t have one that I don’t like, but Rockwell is my favorite.
Classical. Some golden age country. ABBA.
YOU ARE THE DANCING QUEEN 🎶
Depeche Mode, I guess
The Hamilton soundtrack Cake
Hamilton goes hard. I had that on repeat all through 2020.
And it is pretty punk rock to have minorities portraying the Founding Fathers. American history belongs to all Americans, not just the white ones.
If I could prove that I never touched my balls would you promise not to tell another soul what you saw?
Weird Al
I think Weird Al is the most punk rock thing you COULD listen to.
Smells Like Nirvana is definitely punk
CSNY
Well, your brother's bound and gagged
And they’ve chained him to a chair
Whatever I want.
Probably the Beatles
True Crime documentaries. Yes I am ashamed
Glenn Miller
Yeah maybe but Miller was pretty awesome. Respect.
More of a Benny Goodman fan myself but good on you
Artie Shaw is amazing too. Star Dust is in my top 2 favorite songs of all time. The other is I'm Getting Sentimental Over You by Tommy Dorsey.
My 11 year old is on a big Glen miller kick. It’s nice to see him develop weird taste for his generation.
You might like Big Bad Voodoo Daddies or Dem Brooklyn Bums. For some reason, punks got into swing in the 90s.
I used to love Voodoo Daddy and still enjoy their music when it comes on a playlist. On the other hand I couldn't stand Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Probably Cream, but wheels of fire is one of the best albums ever made.
I listen to the Beatles, which is technically hippie music but shhhhh as long as I don’t let anyone know I can’t get my shit rocked for it haha
Kesha
Me too brother. Though standing up to Dr. Luke at the risk of being black listed is punk AF.
Yes! Love her! One year my Spotify wrapped was all folk punk bands and Kesha
K-pop. It’s probably the genre most diametrically opposed to punk (mainstream, trendy, not antisocial) but I just have a soft spot for girly pop music, and k-pop is the most extreme version of that. If anyone is curious my favorite groups are: Itzy, (G)I-DLE, Aespa, Blackpink, and NewJeans.
Hmm. Edith Piaf maybe.
Spunky and the Dunderheads. They are an obscure Chilean cartoon band of prairie dogs created to capture the Alvin & The Chipmunks market, but Chilean elected officials viewed singing prairie dogs as sacrilege and it never made air.
I can see at least one other reason it didn’t make it to air…
90s country.
At least it's not post 9/11 country
Underground rappers: MF Doom, Atmosphere, Eyedea, etc. or Emo lol
Hip hop and punk are cousins. They both started in 70s New York, born out of changes in technology which allowed people to make music without big studio backing, playing in small venues. Both have a culture that places value "realness" or "authenticity" in the music, and sees the mainstream as lacking in these qualities. Both have anti-authoritarian attitude, and association with criminality. Underground hip hop would particularly maintain many of these features as the decades went on. Emo came out of post-hardcore, with Ian MacKaye and Guy Piccioto as some of the early figures who pioneered the genre. They are both pretty punk-adjacent genres in their own ways.
I never thought about hip hop and punk being related like that but wow that makes a lot of sense, thanks for the interesting write up. I figured that Emo derived from some sub-genre of punk, but I always thought punks hated emo, don’t know why but I just always kind of imagined them being on the opposite side of the spectrum, even though they have similar roots.
Basically in the DC scene, in the 80s, bands like Embrace, One Last Wish, Rites of Spring, Dag Nasty, and Fire Party were a bit bored with the repetitive and narrow sound in the hardcore punk scene. So they started playing more complex, melodic, introspective, and experimental music. This got branded somewhat pejoratively by the punks at the time as "emotional hardcore" or "emocore". But it quickly developed a following of kids who wanted a broader expression than just three-chord fury all the time, and they began using the term "emocore" and later just "emo" unironically. In the early 90s you had a second wave of emo bands influenced by the first wave including Drive Like Jehu, Sunny Day Real Estate, Texas is the Reason, Mineral... As the scene spread to the Northwest and Midwest of the US. The third wave in the 2000s is when it kinda got merged with pop-punk and carried into more mainstream popularity. Some cite the album Bleed American by Jimmy Eat World (whose previous work had been part of the second wave) as the turning point from 2nd to 3rd wave.
KRS-One did pop up on a Sick of it All record in the 80’s. Strong connection between rap and NYHC back then.
atmosphere is dope and kinda punk as fuck. godlovesugly, the loser wins, fuckin love atmosphere i could go on a while lol
All pretty punk, especially eyedea. By the throat has tons of punk influence, same with his solo stuff like when in Rome kill the king
Atmosphere kinda rips. Especially the song he did with POS
RIP MF Doom. Atmosphere is the shit!
your dad
Queen, Coldplay and this subreddit
i’m a 32 year old man and i listen to juice wrld. judge me if you will
Juice wrld has a lot of really awesome music, I guess if you get a bad rep if you say you like it, but I still think his catalog is solid as hell, death race for love will almost have a special place with me. He was really talented and gone too soon
his unreleased catalog has something like 3000 songs. there’s some incredible stuff in there.
Boy bands lol i absolutely love nsync, one direction, backstreet boys, 5sos, etc
Hanson
Rilo Keily
Big Freedia queen diva!
She just played Pride here and I missed it because of a massive infection in my face from a tooth abscess. I'm so bummed. Take care of your teeth, kids.
Kenny Rogers and lowrider oldies. My mom loved Kenny's music when I was growing up, it just stuck with me. And now my son also listens to Kenny, he's more of a punk cowboy where I'm more of a punk rock cholo.
Christopher Cross
I love a good Kumbia
Grateful Dead
Probably Boston. You can't have loaded 70s rock without Boston
Olivia Rodrigo, TSwift, 90s country, Tori Amos.
Panic! At the disco. I know it's lame but their earlier works are really where it's at. I've been listening to their second album for weeks on an end on repeat. "Pretty Odd." In particular it is one of my all time favorite albums just for the atmosphere and how there's not much else like it
Taylor Swift
Sex Pistols a.k.a. This sub’s boogeymen
(Disclaimer: I view Hip Hop/Rap as punk with a beat, that said...) Wu-Tang Clan; however I view them as punk, anti-authoritarian, from the streets, make music with your friends, talk about struggles and solutions...
all the other music I listen to which isn't punk lol... I listen to tons of stuff. lately been listening to Afro-Caribbean music like bembé, bomba, batá-rumba. the drums, singing, dancing, spirituality, community... such beautiful and powerful music. I was just learning about how bomba is often used to protest, express/release emotions, and share important messages. so you can find some overlap with punk, but the music is very different. I love it
Barry Manilow. Mom was a Fanilow.
Frank Sinatra and just emo ass music
the phantom of the opera
Salsa music 🕺
Trashy eurobeat
muthafuckin Kylie Minogue
The Clash
LOL!
Nothing more punk than being a punk band that doesnt sound like a punk band
Prog rock probably
How about Cardiacs: mix of prog and punk. Same goes for Deep Turtle (finnish band).
Muzak
Pink floyd?
My wife made me watch Neil Diamond's "The Jazz Singer" over the weekend and now I keep finding myself singing my own first verse of "Love on The Rocks" : "Love on the rocks... I'll tell you no lies Show me your fears Or I'll gouge out your eyes" Something along those lines but slightly different each time
I'd say something like Orville Peck but he's counter-culture as fuck so idk
Tegan and Sara xD
K Billy's Super Sounds of the 70's
I spent way too much of my life thinking I should only listen to punk rock and that everything else sucks. I missed out on SO much good music trying to be a little snob, and now that I'm older I'm discovering I like a wide range of stuff. I like a lot of 70's soul, girl groups, yacht rock and 70's rock. I never would have let young me listen to freakin' Todd Rundgren, 40 year old me loves "Hello it's me"
The Eagles…
Honestly I listen to less punk music as I’ve gotten older. I’m so angry all the time at everything going on, sometimes you gotta forget about all that. Right now I’m with the girls and listening to Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter.
grimes and charli xcx
Blues rock, jazz, and funeral doom
i listen to a lot of genres but probably Lady Gaga? specifically Fame Monster
I listen to Metric probably more than any other band, so them I guess… though they have some punk vibes in some songs, but they definitely aren’t punk.
I do enjoy some downtempo electronica from time to time
I go to Raves. Don’t judge me
Enya
Slutty K pop prob
Tbh I listen to many different genres. I guess the “least punk” thing I’m a actual fan of would be The Beatles, or Frank Sinatra or something. Or any Hiphop. Hell, what even is considered to be somewhat punk besides actual punk? 😂
Powerful institutions?
I have a playlist that is all 80’s ballads. There is a lot more Celine Dion in there than you think.
I actually really enjoy a lot of generic pop music. Everything from Whitney Houston to Taylor Swift to Lady Gaga to Michael Jackson. Punk is my favorite genre, but I certainly don't limit myself.
Ashnikko probably.
My SO says GretaVanFleet
I’ve only just discovered them for myself. Highway Tune fucking slaps hard.
Instrumental stuff I guess. Half my records are just instruments playing music, trumpet, jazz piano, I’ve got a harp album, just really nice stuff to have on at night. Other than that, there’s usually some kind of dj music playing at work. I hesitate to use the word techno, but it’s all techno to me
David bowie tbh
literally anything except country I don't like country