Was 8-10 years old when my dad showed me The Exploited - Fuck The USA. Called me over to the computer while I was playing video games. Buddy put it on, said “check this out” and went out for a smoke with my mom so I could watch it 🤣 I’ll never forget that, all these years later and he was in a Pennywise pit with me the other night 🤘🏻 Thanks Dad
@@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477 I definitely will. And you’re right! That’s something that’s always been common in my parents place growing up, we always told each other “I love you”. Lost my little sister when I was 14 and after that we needed to be strong and stick together! I appreciate everything my dad and mom have done for me! Really great people!
My favorite story of the Exploited I've heard was when they played that song in NYC, probably CBGB's. And Harley Flanagan tackled him on the stage. He kept his other skinhead bros at bay but told Wattie "watch where the fuck you are".😂🇺🇸
The documentary “New York 77”, makes a compelling argument that the same creative spark & circumstances that gave birth to HipHop culture, was also the catalyst for Punk Rock in NYC.
I feel like this is a no-brainer for anyone from this part of the country who's versed in underground history. Different artistic manifestations of the same struggles and emotions- Punk and Hip Hop will always be twin flames (Edit; when I say "this part of the country" I'm speaking as someone from the NY Metro area lol)
It's like that with metal to some degree too. But only the types of metal that are rooted in punk like thrash. That's why bands like Anthrax and Slayer have always been able to work with rappers and have it sound great.
their bassist is also tough. also, sucker is a good lad. in 2001 n 2002, before id go to school id email every band with contact info i could find, and sucker always wrote back. him and bart from antidote. oxymoron are one of [and maybe THE best in my opinion] the greatest oi punk bands in the genre. i frequently find myself wishing i had been born 5 years earlier and could've seen them in the 90s. bad co project are good, but just not the same.
@@FGP_Pro i dont think poser is even the right word. he just doesnt make good content. he constantly contradicts himself, focuses wayyy too much of spotify numbers, is ignorant towards feedback, and it all just feels so inauthentic. this channel however does things coming from pure passion and doesn't feel the need to water things down. we need more channels like this and not the punkrockmba!!!
@@kingink7964 A huge part of the punk aesthetic is making music for "us" people who don't fit into the corporate mold. Artists who could not get their art published and distributed. So, we did it ourselves. We made our own magazines, our own record companies, our own fashion. He is in it for the money, hence his MBA. He doesn't get the (counter) culture, he just pretends to. That pretending is the reason that his content is bad. As you said, "it all just feels so inauthentic" that is the definition of "poser", inauthentic.
I think he's knowledgeable, particularly around the business side of things, but he's one of those people who insists people into music he doesn't like must like it for some other reason, and spends most of his time moaning about bands and fans of those bands as a result.
I'm 41 now. Been a punk rocker/skinhead since I was 17 years old. Never let the music to dictate my political personal views...Even though I'm right wing person today (not a NAZI though)...still listen to PUNK ROCK from both sides of the political spectrum... Regardless of being right wing I like to listen to leftist bands like e.g. the Oppressed, Angelic Upstarts or The Clash, Crass, or Conflict....I think they play good music and f..cking great punk rock...I also listen to bands like Skrewdriver both punk stuff and nazi stuff...also Kill Baby Kill, Skullhead, No Remorse...or even Landser... MUSIC NEVER DEFINED MY POLITICAL VIEWS...I listen to all punk music...from leftists like Clash, Crass, Conflict, Oppressed, Angelic Upstarts, Los Fastidios, Belarusian Mister X (very SHARP band), through the classics like Cockney Rejects, Cock Sparrer, Sham 69, 4 Skins, The Exploited, G.B.H., Chelsea, The Boys, Generation X, Cyanide, 999, Combat 84, Condemned 84, Infa Riot, etc. and finishing with the bands like Skrewdriver, Skullhead, No Remorse...etc. It's only music at the end of the day....and you need to be a sad person if you let your personal or political views be influenced by the music you listen...
I'm not a punk, but a metalhead, female, going on 47. ABSOLUTELY LOVE D.R.I.'s Thrash Zone, I have a Greatest Hits album of The Ramones, one The Casualties album a two old Misfits albums and one Exploited album. Never been to a punk show yet, but hopefully one day when COVID is over. Acidez are cool too and Rancid. Peace! Wish they had punk emojis. 🤔😒🙄🤨😠👎🏻🥰🤗💖🇨🇦⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Heck, let's remember that metal as we know it is massively informed by punk. From NWOBHM to thrash to metalcore, the influence has come full circle so pivotally that it's hard to imagine where metal would be without it. I say we all owe a tip of that hat at bare minimum. 😎
went to Dropkick Murphys and Rancid this last September and it was a rockin show! my mom, an 80s kid, was having a blast too. nothing like running around the pit and falling on your elbow 😂
Screwdriver didn’t start as a racist band or even a skin band their label suggested they got into the new skinhead scene and then later they got into the whole nazi thing lots of bands are influenced by the first album it’s the only I’ll listen to and only band even close to nazi I’ll listen to
Yeah I know the story about that, but it doesn’t really excuse what they’d become when they did turn into nazis. I’ve actually never heard their first album, and personally I probably never will because of what they’re known for as a band and their later material.
@@thepunkhistorian6397 a lot of bands go far left, some quite deep into communism. Do you also boycott those bands? And if not, why? The 2 largest communist regimes (Russia and china) were each individually responsible for more death and suffering then the Nazis, I think Mao exterminated like 45 million people or something. Or do Asians not count as much as white Jews?
@@cakesodomy4358 to me the big difference is that communism as a concept doesn’t tell people to do cruel things but in history leaders abused the concept to do evil things while the believe system of Nazis actively encourage them to hate other people. Overall it’s important to always stay true to your own believes and think for yourself instead of getting your opinion dictated by a group.
I had a band from Los Angeles who’s first lp came out in 1982 called The Detonators. I’ve played with about 90 % of these bands, especially the early stuff that’s mentioned. I’ve toured with DOA as a Soundguy in the last few years. Just wanted to say that this video was extremely well done, not hyperbolic and all “worshipy”, which I greatly appreciate.
Hi their Punk historian, I just wanted to leave a quick comment that I enjoyed the content and I'm flattered and grateful for the shout-out to Patriot! All love and respect your way! Eddie
@EddieOakes - Love Patriot. We the people was a great record. There are not enough words for how awesome cohesion is. C.H.B.C. from another dead generation was another badass song.
Giving the Swingin' Utters a shout out and LP recommend just shows what a good job you do. Almost everyone overlooks them. Thank you, Subscribed. PS Perkele from Sweden is a good band that doesn't get exposure in the USA.
Agent Bulldogg from Sweden, Tammerfist from Finland Whalers from Norway Last Seen Laughing from Denmark Warrior Kids , West Side Boys and Kommintern Sect from France - all top notch
I was privileged enough to see The Adicts and they were amazing! GBH and Caustic Christ, Cocksparrer, Rancid, so many amazing bands. I can't even begin to tell ya how much "No Security" by Chaos UK influenced me and lead me to the crust and anarcho-punk scenes. Game changer for real. Oxymoron too. As a kid from the hood it was amazing to finally see music that gave af, had ideas, critiqued the world, explained why our lives were the way they are, and were pissed off about it. Wasn't into the Virus/Cheap Sex, Krum Bum wave at all. There were some killer bands around that era like Career Soldiers, Monster Squad, etc, but something about those cats and The Casualties just seemed fake asl.
Ok so I think your really missing the origin of Oi! You've got the timeline backwards in a few areas. Skinheads came out of the Jamaican music and 100% started there in the scene. That scene didn't come from street punk and Oi. Quite the opposite. The reggae or SKA movements came first then Punk then Oi. the SHARPS didn't show up till much much later after the nazi movement came in and tried to steal the skinhead culture. In between there you had the Mods, suedeheads, etc. But Oi really came about from the Jamaican roots into the punk movement when the Jamaicans were basically forced out . Oi was less political (spare a few bands like combat 84) than punk for sure so you are right there but thats because of its roots. Its roots being really one of the first multi cultural movements. Many early skins were black. As far as Oi being left wing......that's the farthest thing from the truth. Nazi skins have more in common with the reds than any original skinhead movement. Commies and nazis are two sides of the same left wing coin. I have a hard time understanding how the same people that would lump Mao, Pol Pot, Stalin and MArks into the same left wing ideology could then turn around and throw hitler to the right. the guy was a national socialist and fascism is just socialism with private ownership. The creator of fascism (Gentile) wasn't right wing he was a leftist trying to solve the flaws in socialism. BTW most leftist socialist/communist nations are fiercely nationalist. So that's not the deciding factor is something is right wing. Time to set the record straight and get your terminology right. Nazi skins weren't the result of the Sharp movement the sharp movement was the result of bonheads stealing the culture. Oh and as for Skrewdriver. Their early stuff is that of legends. Every self respecting trad skin or punk had skrewdriver on LP early on before they went stupid.
Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica.....yes, tell us all about all the Jamaicans wearing Harrington, flight or Donkey jackets, Fred Perrys, Docs, Crombies, Ben Sherman and Lonsdale....that is British working class and mod gear. Yes...ska and reggae did its bits of course and a bit of the rudeboy fashion that the mods sort of had adapted but come on....skinhead in a British subculture. I myself love the Jamaican music, my house is full of Trojan, Pama, Coxsone, Island (etc labels) records and I myself have been a skinhead for 30 years but....skinhead is a British working class subculture at large. Jamaicans didnt invent it. And also, your timeline of things is so off. It clear that you know a bit about the whole skinhead cult and it's music but you have misunderstood quite a few things and as I said-your timeline is way off.
Templars are always incredible, anything Lenny Lashley touched was gold,Junto from Washington , The Take from New York, Reducers SF , .45 Adapters, and Concrete Elite are some of my faces and are all necessary listening.
Reducers sf and the Harrington saints are fantastic. Plus darkbuster a weakness for the spirits is a must for anyone into punk along with 22 songs you'll never want to hear again.
@@paddyoflaherty2519 Hell yeah! Reducers SF! I remember when they originally went by The Reducers, right? Then there was another band with the same name?
Thank you. If anything, the patriotic anthems caused right wing accusations if anything. Ps . Oxblood. You showed mac on stage with the templars , def worth a mention
Noting Skrewdriver isn't getting people into Skrewdriver. It's a necessary part of this story. It's like having a sushi buffet while ignoring food safety. Nowadays I think it's more important than it's been since Hitler died. This segment brings me back. I was going to shows in Atlanta from 98ish to 2014. It was dominated by streetpunk/oi! and I've probably seen Anti Heroes more than any other band. One of my favorites from that era was ironically (since I started with the subject) Adolf and the Piss Artists. Notable also were Time Bomb 77, The Despised, Man's Ruin, Terminus City, The Breakaways, and Bloody Sods. Ironically ska never took hold in Atlanta with as many skinheads as there were.
Atlanta in the late 90's and early 2000's was a treasure trove. All of the bands you named were awesome, and Zero Hour from Adolf and the Piss Artists is still one of my absolute favorite albums ever. Another one is still No Holds Barred, although I lost the CD of their split with Terminus City years ago and that still makes me sad. One of the best times I ever had in my life was heading down from Long Island to the Masquerade going to the Beer Olympics.
@@danielkrall6501 I was probably there. I went to most of them for 4 years. Promote Chaos was the most wild. I got assaulted in an Urban Riot pit. Since I looked like a crusty and was unaware they had a song called "burning squatters". Good times and now all that area is practically unrecognizable. At least we got to be there.
There are some amazing newish skinhead rock n roll bands out there, haymaker, lions law, booze and glory, the skinflicks.. too many to mention but these are my personal favourites especially haymaker, I like anything Tim steinfort puts his hands on, amazing!
its great that someone outside the uk talked about this and didnt just instantly call it right wind and racist, im from the same place as the angelic upstartssi so its good to hear them mentioned plus i really enjoy this stuff.
Inciting violence against the neo-Nazis, real or perceived, should be exactly why you dislike them. Your ideas alone should be better than theirs and violence is why they have bad ideas to begin with. I would just form a better argument and discuss the issues at hand like murder and racism instead of telling people they're lucky to stab them because their ideas (seemingly anything contrary to theirs) are better. This is the down fall of punk rock in that intellectualism and reasonability fly out the window. In my mind this reduces us to retards and fascists who can't see the forrest through the trees because they're too caught up in the esthetic rather than the ideas, whatever they were to begin with. Furthermore, I get your point if you do subscribe to anarchism because the seven pillars of anarchism have one being anti-intellectualism, which makes my head spin and side with or sympathize with no one on this point because it reduces the two to animals who don't reason, have knowledge or common sense.
First off, you’re looking way too deep into something I was really trying to be funny with. But at the same time, do you really think the Neo Nazis are going to respond to anything other than violence? Because I don’t. And if throwing them out of our shows physically is what we have to do to keep them out of our scene, so be it. Im not going to waste my energy trying to reprogram someone who’s mind is already backwards enough to endorse a belief system as morally fucked as Nazism. And no, I do not endorse Anarchism at all
I'm a bit different. I would bait someone with their physical safety as a reminder why they should just mind their business when they see an identifiable NS skin at a show or anywhere else. They should breathe a deep sigh of relief that WE aren't deciding to play the bullies. They seem to think EVERY Nazi skin is just gonna be pushed out the way with no resistance. What's their plan when it doesn't quite go their way. I'd say advisedly, get a few fights under your belt with a MODERATELY challenging opponent before you go trying to fight Nazis. You'll find out quick it's alot different than beating up Trump supporters in MAGA hats.
Great video, Jack! Street punk (we called it UK82 back in the day) is one of my favorite subgenres w/Discharge and The Exploited at the top of the list. I hate parsing bands into genres, but I also love the Subhumans. I was a college station DJ at the time (hardcore/thrash) and got a lot of flak playing some of these songs on the radio. All these years later, and I still jam out to this shit. Thanks for the work...keep it up!
I'm old enough to be the cool uncle who saw all the bands you talked about in your video, (Although I only saw the ones that actually made it to the states) and as an old skool first generation punker, your history is pretty accurate. You got potential, kid.
Here in Brazil we have a very important oi!/street band for ALL brazilian punk scene. This band is called Garotos Podres. Check "Anarkia oi!" and "Subúrbio Operario" from Garotos Podres!
I'm 41 now. Been a punk rocker/skinhead since I was 17 years old. Never let the music to dictate my political personal views...Even though I'm right wing person today (not a NAZI though)...still listen to PUNK ROCK from both sides of the political spectrum... Regardless of being right wing I like to listen to leftist bands like e.g. the Oppressed, Angelic Upstarts or The Clash, Crass, or Conflict....I think they play good music and f..cking great punk rock...I also listen to bands like Skrewdriver both punk stuff and nazi stuff...also Kill Baby Kill, Skullhead, No Remorse...or even Landser... MUSIC NEVER DEFINED MY POLITICAL VIEWS...I listen to all punk music...from leftists like Clash, Crass, Conflict, Oppressed, Angelic Upstarts, Los Fastidios, Belarusian Mister X (very SHARP band), through the classics like Cockney Rejects, Cock Sparrer, Sham 69, 4 Skins, The Exploited, G.B.H., Chelsea, The Boys, Generation X, Cyanide, 999, Combat 84, Condemned 84, Infa Riot, etc. and finishing with the bands like Skrewdriver, Skullhead, No Remorse...etc. It's only music at the end of the day....and you need to be a sad person if you let your personal or political views be influenced by the music you listen...
When I was in 6th grade, Green Day Dookie was popular. Big deal, right, but if not for that, I wouldn't have been led to a show flyer that had Rancid on it, then after And Out Come the Wolves and a Give 'em the Boot compilation down the punk rock rabbit hole I went. As much as GD makes me cringe now, they were responsible for my punk rock education.
oh boy, sharps are a doozy from most people i know that survived the 80s and 90s punk scenes nobody liked sharps, they were basically a gang at that point
One of the best shows I ever been to was oxymoron the business pistol grip and drop kick was just great seek alot of other great bands to and alot i wish i would of seen!
Some of the best street punk is choking victim and left over crack...I remember the first time I ran into some sharps I didn't understand the movement at all and still don't lol
I'd just like to thank you for not mentioning the Oi! Scouts when you got to 90's Streetpunk. I'm so tired of hearing about those posers. To answer your question in the end though, definitely the 90's NHJxOI scene (I'd say you should have touched on that more but maybe I'm biased because I grew up in it, as well as it's "sister scene" in NYC at the time with Oxblood and the Templars). One could do a whole video on Headache Records and the invaluable influence of all the bands on there (especially Niblick Henbane, Those Unknown, and the Wretched Ones you briefly mentioned). But all in all great vid, and it would be one of a few I'd show to people if they asked me "What is Oi!?"
Mate...l know ya sed uve left a lot of bands out...but no Partisans & Chron Gen!?! Idve had both in before the Adicts. And in 79 l don't really think punk bands were inspired by metal (lm 100% sure)...they hated us..we hated them... Motorhead get a tick cos they supported the Damned on their way up btw, do you have little birds called sparrows in the US? It's Cock Sparrer like arrow..but arra. Enjoyed the walk down 'Alcoholic Memory Lane'...still into it.. neighbours luv me! Thanks mate!
I was in a Melodic Oi! Band in the 00s on The Casualties guitarist Jake's label, Charged Records called The Agrestix. Can find our stuff on YT, we were influenced by NOFX, Oxymoron, and much of what you discussed, especially 86' UK stuff. Love all this footage you found! While I love many types of music, and was very young back then, Ska and reggae and 90s punk is my love, Oi and Street is next up. And while I love the aesthetic, I did always not enjoy the expectation to wear the uniform lol. As much as I loved it. Great stuff man!
Nice video, I remember last time I was locked up got in a huge argument with some bone head because he was trying to say the guys from Minor Threat formed Globel Threat lol. Now we both know what the guys did after Minor Threat, Fugazi, Dag Nasty, And Bad Religion besides Globel Threat is a British deal not American you would have to be def to think they are the same guys from Minor Threat.
My first oil album was the good, the bad,and the 4skins. It had just come out on import. Funny thing was I played it to some acdc fans they said my God this is testosterone overload.
I was a teenager in Edinburgh in the early 1980s and The Exploited were regarded as fairly ridiculous albeit they had a great guitarist in the shape of Big John.
I came up with the Lower Class Brats and Krum-Bums. I remember when we were all just playing for our girlfriends and the sound guy. Really good buddies of mine. Good to see them mentioned.
From someone who experienced some of your subject matter first hand, I’m very impressed with your knowledge considering that most of this occurred well before you were born. Thanks for keeping this stuff alive.
SO happy to see a video about street punk! Can't wait to check out some of the non-US bands I haven't heard of and you included a lot of my underrated faves. I kind of think it's worth talking about how The Casualties are one of the biggest names in the genre and in punk as a whole despite their music being pretty heavy/not as "accessible" - they did Warped Tour, had a song in a Tony Hawk game, and it really paid off for them.
The casualties! Hell's yes! Back in the late 90s early 2000s my first punk rock band played a show with them at a tiny dive bar/hall in Grand Rapids, Mi lol. I had been wearing a Blatz beer t-shirt and one of the members came up and we chatted about the bands blatz and filth being cooler than the beer lmfao!! Anyways, he ended up buying the shirt from me for like $10-$15 bucks. 😊😆
you dont to endorse rac bands, however fyi the business played with the die-hards, also vicious rumours and intensive care, the oppressed played with condemned 84, the damned played with the ovaltinees ,etc etc
WOW! This was phenomenal! I always love a good historical video especially about music and this does not disappoint. What I really appreciated was your acknowledgement of the ridiculous Nazi punk movement. It was awful it did (and still is) happen. I also liked your approach for not naming those s*** bands, but still posting a warning sign for them. That whole scene just made going to punk shows as a person of color a f******* nightmare (metal has this problem as well) I will say they inspired a pretty good DK song though. 😉. Thanks again.
Hahahaha, I've always said that the Dead Kennedy's set the gold standard for how to disassociate yourself from racism,... if you truly want to disassociate. Racists know that vague and weak denials are meaningless, and that racist groups will frequently deny their racism,... looking at you magaland,... but the DKs left no room for doubt.
@@Entropy4All YES!!! 100% Yes! Lol. I couldn't agree more. A LOT of entertainers could take a page from DK. Because weak denial is why I f****** HATE Pantera and Slayer to this day! Which hurts because I really enjoyed a lot of their music, but I'd NEVER go to one of their shows JUST because of the crowds they draw and don't seem to mind drawing especially Pantera.
@@khrashingphantom9632 100% agree also. Musically, Pantera were one of the best bands ever but wasn't there an incident where Phil was ranting on stage about hating minorities or something (I think it was after Dimebag was killed and Phil was either solo or singing with another band)? Then he tried to fix it by saying that he had forgotten to take his meds? Very weak denial which all racists know means that he was being sincere on stage and simply putting up a thin veil of plausible deniability with his 'explanation'. I don't know if Dimebag was a racist or if Vinnie or Rex are but I 100% consider Phil to be a racist.
@@khrashingphantom9632 Slayer isn't even racist.... Angel of Death is not, and far from, being a nazi song. It doesn't glorify the violence if you listen to the lyrics carefully, but to show how far nazi racism led to those monstrous acts of violence committed by Josef Mengele.
One thing I think I would have talked about were the Southall riots in 1981 and how that shaped a lot of the politics of that time period. And you could spend a week talking about all the Bank Holiday riots. All political, but about class, not race. And I do think it is worth noting the civil war that was fought coast to coast against the nazis. If you were active during that time, it was a big deal.
The Germans Bands: "Pöbel und Gesocks" , "Berliner Weisse" , "Die Lokalmatadore" , "Martens Army" and the powerful "Die Kassierer" and in english language : Evil Conduct, Booze & Glory, Cock Sparrer, Discipline, Discharger, Haymaker, and a whole lot more Bands from Hardcore , Punk and Metal
U have a good knowledge on the old and the new streetpunk and oi buddy, that there is no doubt.. but I have to say if you are going to talk about 80s Oi. U really need to explain the differences on both sides.. or else your music blog/vid is basically incomplete. Keeping in mind i like the far right about as much as Bernie Sanders does. I was a sharp skin, first wave in 1988-89 in England. Sharp was created in NYC by what we would now call "traditional skinheads". What nowadays new gen non racist skins call themselves. Sharp originally was a crew put together by a non racist skinhead called Marcus Pacheco, with a black skinhead and a Jewish American skin called Mike Kreitman. And even an ex white power skin. U can see them all on a 1988 Geraldo show on ytube. Sharp pretty much grew from there. I found out about it from reading couple Nyhc fanzines in 88".There is no such thing as "punk skins" unless u r talking about "skunks" which are not 100% skins as such, they are hybrid skin-punks. Bit common in early 80s uk, but not now. No such thing as "nazi punk bands". Nazi or white power oi is known as RAC = rock against communism and or white power nationalist rock. (Some RAC is non racist. About 98% is white power though).It split from oi round mid 80s to form its own right wing scenes. When Sham did a rock against racism gig etc. Skrewdriver was the first all skinhead band ,then came 4skins in 79" (non racist as a band even if Hodges was a member of BM). Then came London Branch, and Ovaltinees who were openly right wing in lyrics before Skrewdriver.(Ian Stuart of Skrewdriver basically started the neo nazi skin movement with his political group and record label Blood and Honour in UK, around 1985. ) The Opressed started up around 82(basically first anti racist oi band) The Press from Ny supported the first wave of SHARP they were also, all proper skinheads, not "skinhead punks". Roddy Moreno of Oppressed brought sharp back from NYC to UK in 89.Roddy was a skinhead from 1969. I reclaimed skinhead from 206 -2019. Back to punk again. Not trying to bust your balls here man. Just want to see u get the facts straight so u can amend the info later hopefully. The early ska and skinhead reggae dance hall scene, skinhead scene blew up in the 60s not the 80s. 2tone ska did blow up in the 80s with 80s "ska skins". But has basically zero to do with oi scene. Cocksparrer started playing in 75'. And technically oldest oi band. But did not get the oi tag til they released Shock troops lp in early 80s.
Partisans are awesome, as I was into punk longer and got over having to have everything fast I really started to appreciate The Time Was Right LP for being slower and more melodic.. i still love GBH and the Varukers but some bands like Special Duties I just cant really stand listening to now days I dont know why.
Of all the many bands I sent cash to by mail for a tape or 7" in the 90's, The Casualties are the ONLY ones to not send me anything. Even GG sent stuff. Fuck them!
the year was 1994, i was visiting a friend in the UK. i was 15. i bought a Terrorizer magazine which had a promo cassette in it. on it, Total Chaos with Pledge your defiance. Boom, little me got hoocked. also on that cassette were Bolt Thrower with Rememberence. this cassette literaly changed my life
Hi brother! John from Iron Cross here. Thank you for your work.
The Pist! Favorite of mine
There's a lot of bands mentioned in the video that I really like. Good stuff.
4:32 oh so scary, you look like someone i wouldn't mess with. not a nerd at all 😂
Cheers! Too the old school punks! C.H.S.F/m.p.d.s
Was 8-10 years old when my dad showed me The Exploited - Fuck The USA. Called me over to the computer while I was playing video games. Buddy put it on, said “check this out” and went out for a smoke with my mom so I could watch it 🤣 I’ll never forget that, all these years later and he was in a Pennywise pit with me the other night 🤘🏻 Thanks Dad
Tell your Dad how much you love him. I’ve no doubt you’ve told him, but always nice to hear again.
@@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477 I definitely will. And you’re right! That’s something that’s always been common in my parents place growing up, we always told each other “I love you”. Lost my little sister when I was 14 and after that we needed to be strong and stick together! I appreciate everything my dad and mom have done for me! Really great people!
Your dad sounds fucking solid man, good shit
@@voidofhope6259 He definitely is, wouldn’t be the man I am today with him! Been to so many shows and met so many people because of him too 🤘🏻
My favorite story of the Exploited I've heard was when they played that song in NYC, probably CBGB's. And Harley Flanagan tackled him on the stage. He kept his other skinhead bros at bay but told Wattie "watch where the fuck you are".😂🇺🇸
The documentary “New York 77”, makes a compelling argument that the same creative spark & circumstances that gave birth to HipHop culture, was also the catalyst for Punk Rock in NYC.
I feel like this is a no-brainer for anyone from this part of the country who's versed in underground history. Different artistic manifestations of the same struggles and emotions- Punk and Hip Hop will always be twin flames
(Edit; when I say "this part of the country" I'm speaking as someone from the NY Metro area lol)
It's like that with metal to some degree too. But only the types of metal that are rooted in punk like thrash. That's why bands like Anthrax and Slayer have always been able to work with rappers and have it sound great.
I'm so glad oxymoron got a mention.. highly underrated band, fantastic writing, and probably one of the best drummers of the genre.
Very true. Oxymoron is my fav. Streetpunk/oi band
their bassist is also tough. also, sucker is a good lad. in 2001 n 2002, before id go to school id email every band with contact info i could find, and sucker always wrote back. him and bart from antidote.
oxymoron are one of [and maybe THE best in my opinion] the greatest oi punk bands in the genre. i frequently find myself wishing i had been born 5 years earlier and could've seen them in the 90s. bad co project are good, but just not the same.
Not hard to be the best streetpunk drummer of all time. Most can't play at all.
@@SxSxG666 fuck that. double kicks are easy, but oxymorons drummer really was in another league. just like Tony from red alert, on guitars. outliers.
@@teiwaztim1482 True Björn seperates from other drummers of the genre. He is the one eyed among the blind ;)
honestly dude you're what punkrockmba thinks he is, but better. great content man, been binging it a bit lately
Totally agree, PRMBA is such a poser.
@@FGP_Pro i dont think poser is even the right word. he just doesnt make good content. he constantly contradicts himself, focuses wayyy too much of spotify numbers, is ignorant towards feedback, and it all just feels so inauthentic. this channel however does things coming from pure passion and doesn't feel the need to water things down. we need more channels like this and not the punkrockmba!!!
@@kingink7964 A huge part of the punk aesthetic is making music for "us" people who don't fit into the corporate mold. Artists who could not get their art published and distributed. So, we did it ourselves. We made our own magazines, our own record companies, our own fashion. He is in it for the money, hence his MBA. He doesn't get the (counter) culture, he just pretends to. That pretending is the reason that his content is bad. As you said, "it all just feels so inauthentic" that is the definition of "poser", inauthentic.
I think he's knowledgeable, particularly around the business side of things, but he's one of those people who insists people into music he doesn't like must like it for some other reason, and spends most of his time moaning about bands and fans of those bands as a result.
man I was thinking the same thing. That's why this guy needs to be bigger
All Skrewed Up is a great early street punk album.all jokes aside.
Skrewdriver had some great songs
Ofcourse it is...and whoever tries to deny it is a c.u.n.t! First Skrewdriver album is an undeniable classic! End of story!
I'm 41 now. Been a punk rocker/skinhead since I was 17 years old. Never let the music to dictate my political personal views...Even though I'm right wing person today (not a NAZI though)...still listen to PUNK ROCK from both sides of the political spectrum...
Regardless of being right wing I like to listen to leftist bands like e.g. the Oppressed, Angelic Upstarts or The Clash, Crass, or Conflict....I think they play good music and f..cking great punk rock...I also listen to bands like Skrewdriver both punk stuff and nazi stuff...also Kill Baby Kill, Skullhead, No Remorse...or even Landser...
MUSIC NEVER DEFINED MY POLITICAL VIEWS...I listen to all punk music...from leftists like Clash, Crass, Conflict, Oppressed, Angelic Upstarts, Los Fastidios, Belarusian Mister X (very SHARP band), through the classics like Cockney Rejects, Cock Sparrer, Sham 69, 4 Skins, The Exploited, G.B.H., Chelsea, The Boys, Generation X, Cyanide, 999, Combat 84, Condemned 84, Infa Riot, etc. and finishing with the bands like Skrewdriver, Skullhead, No Remorse...etc.
It's only music at the end of the day....and you need to be a sad person if you let your personal or political views be influenced by the music you listen...
@@Smalec77 I'm right there with ya. I like it all from Anarcho punk to RAC. KBK is fuckin'awesome!
@@petepersimmons7938 My man! ;))
I'm not a punk, but a metalhead, female, going on 47. ABSOLUTELY LOVE D.R.I.'s Thrash Zone, I have a Greatest Hits album of The Ramones, one The Casualties album a two old Misfits albums and one Exploited album. Never been to a punk show yet, but hopefully one day when COVID is over. Acidez are cool too and Rancid. Peace! Wish they had punk emojis. 🤔😒🙄🤨😠👎🏻🥰🤗💖🇨🇦⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Heck, let's remember that metal as we know it is massively informed by punk. From NWOBHM to thrash to metalcore, the influence has come full circle so pivotally that it's hard to imagine where metal would be without it. I say we all owe a tip of that hat at bare minimum. 😎
@@sirfizz6518 I don't really care about much else. Not that I don't care. I just absolutely love music overall, primarily metal. 🤔🥰🤗💖🇨🇦😎🤘🏻🖤🎶
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went to Dropkick Murphys and Rancid this last September and it was a rockin show! my mom, an 80s kid, was having a blast too. nothing like running around the pit and falling on your elbow 😂
Because you said to stay away from Nazi punk I wanna know more. Would have been better to just not say anything.
It's not all bad but shhhh, don't tell anyone
Exactly lmao
I mean it pretty much sounds exactly like Oi Punk or Street Punk but a lot more racist
Check out Skrewdriver's "All Skrewed Up" lp and "Back with a Bang" ep. Really good jams before they got too politicky
Screwdriver didn’t start as a racist band or even a skin band their label suggested they got into the new skinhead scene and then later they got into the whole nazi thing lots of bands are influenced by the first album it’s the only I’ll listen to and only band even close to nazi I’ll listen to
Yeah I know the story about that, but it doesn’t really excuse what they’d become when they did turn into nazis.
I’ve actually never heard their first album, and personally I probably never will because of what they’re known for as a band and their later material.
@@thepunkhistorian6397 a lot of bands go far left, some quite deep into communism. Do you also boycott those bands? And if not, why? The 2 largest communist regimes (Russia and china) were each individually responsible for more death and suffering then the Nazis, I think Mao exterminated like 45 million people or something. Or do Asians not count as much as white Jews?
@@cakesodomy4358 to me the big difference is that communism as a concept doesn’t tell people to do cruel things but in history leaders abused the concept to do evil things while the believe system of Nazis actively encourage them to hate other people. Overall it’s important to always stay true to your own believes and think for yourself instead of getting your opinion dictated by a group.
I had a band from Los Angeles who’s first lp came out in 1982 called The Detonators. I’ve played with about 90 % of these bands, especially the early stuff that’s mentioned. I’ve toured with DOA as a Soundguy in the last few years.
Just wanted to say that this video was extremely well done, not hyperbolic and all “worshipy”, which I greatly appreciate.
I remember The Detonators.
I saw you play in Edmonton, Canada in a church basement probably '85 ish, small world.
Hi their Punk historian, I just wanted to leave a quick comment that I enjoyed the content and I'm flattered and grateful for the shout-out to Patriot! All love and respect your way! Eddie
@EddieOakes - Love Patriot. We the people was a great record. There are not enough words for how awesome cohesion is. C.H.B.C. from another dead generation was another badass song.
Giving the Swingin' Utters a shout out and LP recommend just shows what a good job you do. Almost everyone overlooks them. Thank you, Subscribed. PS Perkele from Sweden is a good band that doesn't get exposure in the USA.
Wearing their shirt now 👊
Shaved for Battle by Stars and Stripes is one of the best of the late 80's and the same label released The Bruisers first 7"
THE BEST US Oi album ever. ;)
Agent Bulldogg from Sweden, Tammerfist from Finland Whalers from Norway Last
Seen Laughing from Denmark Warrior Kids , West Side Boys and Kommintern Sect from France - all top notch
The Devotchkas are another good all-female group to check out for anyone that’s interested. 😁
I was privileged enough to see The Adicts and they were amazing! GBH and Caustic Christ, Cocksparrer, Rancid, so many amazing bands.
I can't even begin to tell ya how much "No Security" by Chaos UK influenced me and lead me to the crust and anarcho-punk scenes. Game changer for real. Oxymoron too. As a kid from the hood it was amazing to finally see music that gave af, had ideas, critiqued the world, explained why our lives were the way they are, and were pissed off about it.
Wasn't into the Virus/Cheap Sex, Krum Bum wave at all. There were some killer bands around that era like Career Soldiers, Monster Squad, etc, but something about those cats and The Casualties just seemed fake asl.
Ok so I think your really missing the origin of Oi! You've got the timeline backwards in a few areas. Skinheads came out of the Jamaican music and 100% started there in the scene. That scene didn't come from street punk and Oi. Quite the opposite. The reggae or SKA movements came first then Punk then Oi. the SHARPS didn't show up till much much later after the nazi movement came in and tried to steal the skinhead culture. In between there you had the Mods, suedeheads, etc. But Oi really came about from the Jamaican roots into the punk movement when the Jamaicans were basically forced out . Oi was less political (spare a few bands like combat 84) than punk for sure so you are right there but thats because of its roots. Its roots being really one of the first multi cultural movements. Many early skins were black. As far as Oi being left wing......that's the farthest thing from the truth. Nazi skins have more in common with the reds than any original skinhead movement. Commies and nazis are two sides of the same left wing coin. I have a hard time understanding how the same people that would lump Mao, Pol Pot, Stalin and MArks into the same left wing ideology could then turn around and throw hitler to the right. the guy was a national socialist and fascism is just socialism with private ownership. The creator of fascism (Gentile) wasn't right wing he was a leftist trying to solve the flaws in socialism. BTW most leftist socialist/communist nations are fiercely nationalist. So that's not the deciding factor is something is right wing. Time to set the record straight and get your terminology right. Nazi skins weren't the result of the Sharp movement the sharp movement was the result of bonheads stealing the culture.
Oh and as for Skrewdriver. Their early stuff is that of legends. Every self respecting trad skin or punk had skrewdriver on LP early on before they went stupid.
Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica.....yes, tell us all about all the Jamaicans wearing Harrington, flight or Donkey jackets, Fred Perrys, Docs, Crombies, Ben Sherman and Lonsdale....that is British working class and mod gear.
Yes...ska and reggae did its bits of course and a bit of the rudeboy fashion that the mods sort of had adapted but come on....skinhead in a British subculture.
I myself love the Jamaican music, my house is full of Trojan, Pama, Coxsone, Island (etc labels) records and I myself have been a skinhead for 30 years but....skinhead is a British working class subculture at large. Jamaicans didnt invent it.
And also, your timeline of things is so off. It clear that you know a bit about the whole skinhead cult and it's music but you have misunderstood quite a few things and as I said-your timeline is way off.
Templars are always incredible, anything Lenny Lashley touched was gold,Junto from Washington , The Take from New York, Reducers SF , .45 Adapters, and Concrete Elite are some of my faces and are all necessary listening.
Reducers sf and the Harrington saints are fantastic. Plus darkbuster a weakness for the spirits is a must for anyone into punk along with 22 songs you'll never want to hear again.
I'm digging the love Reducers SF are getting here. Was always on of my favorite bands.
@@paddyoflaherty2519 Hell yeah! Reducers SF! I remember when they originally went by The Reducers, right? Then there was another band with the same name?
Don't encourage violence. Scumbags deserve only ridicule and shame. never violent action.
4:13 original skins weren’t left wing. They were apolitical.
Thank you. If anything, the patriotic anthems caused right wing accusations if anything.
Ps . Oxblood. You showed mac on stage with the templars , def worth a mention
Mexico 🇲🇽 punk bands like acidez
Check out Thug Murder from Japan
Saw them in Dublin supporting the Dropkicks in the early 2000's
Noting Skrewdriver isn't getting people into Skrewdriver. It's a necessary part of this story. It's like having a sushi buffet while ignoring food safety. Nowadays I think it's more important than it's been since Hitler died.
This segment brings me back. I was going to shows in Atlanta from 98ish to 2014. It was dominated by streetpunk/oi! and I've probably seen Anti Heroes more than any other band. One of my favorites from that era was ironically (since I started with the subject) Adolf and the Piss Artists. Notable also were Time Bomb 77, The Despised, Man's Ruin, Terminus City, The Breakaways, and Bloody Sods.
Ironically ska never took hold in Atlanta with as many skinheads as there were.
Atlanta in the late 90's and early 2000's was a treasure trove. All of the bands you named were awesome, and Zero Hour from Adolf and the Piss Artists is still one of my absolute favorite albums ever. Another one is still No Holds Barred, although I lost the CD of their split with Terminus City years ago and that still makes me sad. One of the best times I ever had in my life was heading down from Long Island to the Masquerade going to the Beer Olympics.
@@danielkrall6501 I was probably there. I went to most of them for 4 years. Promote Chaos was the most wild. I got assaulted in an Urban Riot pit. Since I looked like a crusty and was unaware they had a song called "burning squatters". Good times and now all that area is practically unrecognizable. At least we got to be there.
There are some amazing newish skinhead rock n roll bands out there, haymaker, lions law, booze and glory, the skinflicks.. too many to mention but these are my personal favourites especially haymaker, I like anything Tim steinfort puts his hands on, amazing!
Crown Court, Force Major, and Lions Law are my personal favorites of the newer bands right now.
Skinflicks aren't a new one though. They're just -finally- back in the game ;)
Evil Conduct is dope too
Booze and Glory? Skinhead rock n roll? They are as much a punk band today as Status Quo is one.
The last resort
Can't believe they weren't mentioned either
@@petepersimmons7938 or the 4 skins
@@potatofry1237 another classic oi band that shouldn't be overlooked
its great that someone outside the uk talked about this and didnt just instantly call it right wind and racist, im from the same place as the angelic upstartssi so its good to hear them mentioned plus i really enjoy this stuff.
Inciting violence against the neo-Nazis, real or perceived, should be exactly why you dislike them. Your ideas alone should be better than theirs and violence is why they have bad ideas to begin with. I would just form a better argument and discuss the issues at hand like murder and racism instead of telling people they're lucky to stab them because their ideas (seemingly anything contrary to theirs) are better. This is the down fall of punk rock in that intellectualism and reasonability fly out the window. In my mind this reduces us to retards and fascists who can't see the forrest through the trees because they're too caught up in the esthetic rather than the ideas, whatever they were to begin with.
Furthermore, I get your point if you do subscribe to anarchism because the seven pillars of anarchism have one being anti-intellectualism, which makes my head spin and side with or sympathize with no one on this point because it reduces the two to animals who don't reason, have knowledge or common sense.
First off, you’re looking way too deep into something I was really trying to be funny with.
But at the same time, do you really think the Neo Nazis are going to respond to anything other than violence? Because I don’t. And if throwing them out of our shows physically is what we have to do to keep them out of our scene, so be it. Im not going to waste my energy trying to reprogram someone who’s mind is already backwards enough to endorse a belief system as morally fucked as Nazism.
And no, I do not endorse Anarchism at all
You just got palmahanderlized
I'm a bit different. I would bait someone with their physical safety as a reminder why they should just mind their business when they see an identifiable NS skin at a show or anywhere else. They should breathe a deep sigh of relief that WE aren't deciding to play the bullies. They seem to think EVERY Nazi skin is just gonna be pushed out the way with no resistance. What's their plan when it doesn't quite go their way. I'd say advisedly, get a few fights under your belt with a MODERATELY challenging opponent before you go trying to fight Nazis. You'll find out quick it's alot different than beating up Trump supporters in MAGA hats.
Well said
Funny to see how Americans see UK punk so many things wrong in this video
USA .. Crucifix … saw them supporting Discharge .. great band great first album ..
UK.. Anti Sect
Disorder
Anti System
All pretty good for their time.
saw anti-system live a month ago
Great video, Jack! Street punk (we called it UK82 back in the day) is one of my favorite subgenres w/Discharge and The Exploited at the top of the list. I hate parsing bands into genres, but I also love the Subhumans. I was a college station DJ at the time (hardcore/thrash) and got a lot of flak playing some of these songs on the radio. All these years later, and I still jam out to this shit. Thanks for the work...keep it up!
I'm old enough to be the cool uncle who saw all the bands you talked about in your video, (Although I only saw the ones that actually made it to the states) and as an old skool first generation punker, your history is pretty accurate. You got potential, kid.
I'm old enough to be your little cousin who would bring over blank tapes and neg you to fill them up.
You calling yourself a punker tells us everything we need to know
@@rosema7909 Any questions?
Here in Brazil we have a very important oi!/street band for ALL brazilian punk scene. This band is called Garotos Podres. Check "Anarkia oi!" and "Subúrbio Operario" from Garotos Podres!
Oxblood, The Wolverines, Haymaker, Discharger, Narrow Views and Agnostic Front are some of my favorites.
I'm 41 now. Been a punk rocker/skinhead since I was 17 years old. Never let the music to dictate my political personal views...Even though I'm right wing person today (not a NAZI though)...still listen to PUNK ROCK from both sides of the political spectrum...
Regardless of being right wing I like to listen to leftist bands like e.g. the Oppressed, Angelic Upstarts or The Clash, Crass, or Conflict....I think they play good music and f..cking great punk rock...I also listen to bands like Skrewdriver both punk stuff and nazi stuff...also Kill Baby Kill, Skullhead, No Remorse...or even Landser...
MUSIC NEVER DEFINED MY POLITICAL VIEWS...I listen to all punk music...from leftists like Clash, Crass, Conflict, Oppressed, Angelic Upstarts, Los Fastidios, Belarusian Mister X (very SHARP band), through the classics like Cockney Rejects, Cock Sparrer, Sham 69, 4 Skins, The Exploited, G.B.H., Chelsea, The Boys, Generation X, Cyanide, 999, Combat 84, Condemned 84, Infa Riot, etc. and finishing with the bands like Skrewdriver, Skullhead, No Remorse...etc.
It's only music at the end of the day....and you need to be a sad person if you let your personal or political views be influenced by the music you listen...
Skrewdriver, No Remorse, English Rose, GBH, Brutal Attack, No Remorse....
Avalon; Kill Baby Kill; Skullhead; - Bull The Buffalos (Japan)
- Bound for Glory (Minnesota)
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- code 291 (Sweden)
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- Elite Terror (USA)
- English Rose
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- Legion 88 ( France)
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- Störkraft
- Les Vilains
- Offensive weapon
- Hais & Fiers
- Lemovice
Skrewdriver, Bound For Glory, Brutal Attack, No Remorse, Bully Boys, Last Resort, Condemned 84, KONKWISTA 88, Doc Evil, Blood Red Eagle, Troll Front, Legitime Violence, Offensive Weapon, Nessuna Resa, Feher Torveny, Bandiera De Combate, Brassic, Battle Cry
When I was in 6th grade, Green Day Dookie was popular. Big deal, right, but if not for that, I wouldn't have been led to a show flyer that had Rancid on it, then after And Out Come the Wolves and a Give 'em the Boot compilation down the punk rock rabbit hole I went. As much as GD makes me cringe now, they were responsible for my punk rock education.
oh boy, sharps are a doozy
from most people i know that survived the 80s and 90s punk scenes nobody liked sharps, they were basically a gang at that point
They amazingly managed to be stupider than the Nazi skins.
One of the best shows I ever been to was oxymoron the business pistol grip and drop kick was just great seek alot of other great bands to and alot i wish i would of seen!
I feel like telling a punk not to listen to something is incredibly counterproductive
Skrewdriver had some great jams
@@petepersimmons7938sadly
I don't care if it's Slayer, Motorhead or Bad Religion. Just like Lemmy said "it's all just rock n roll music"
Some of the best street punk is choking victim and left over crack...I remember the first time I ran into some sharps I didn't understand the movement at all and still don't lol
I'd just like to thank you for not mentioning the Oi! Scouts when you got to 90's Streetpunk. I'm so tired of hearing about those posers.
To answer your question in the end though, definitely the 90's NHJxOI scene (I'd say you should have touched on that more but maybe I'm biased because I grew up in it, as well as it's "sister scene" in NYC at the time with Oxblood and the Templars). One could do a whole video on Headache Records and the invaluable influence of all the bands on there (especially Niblick Henbane, Those Unknown, and the Wretched Ones you briefly mentioned).
But all in all great vid, and it would be one of a few I'd show to people if they asked me "What is Oi!?"
Man it’s like living my teenage and 20’s all over again.
Oxymoron were fantastic live
My fav streetpunk band along with the Blitz.
@@mehmetozguraydin8987 same here. I was lucky to see them back in 2002 at the Showcase in Corona, CA
Mate...l know ya sed uve left a lot of bands out...but no Partisans & Chron Gen!?! Idve had both in before the Adicts. And in 79 l don't really think punk bands were inspired by metal (lm 100% sure)...they hated us..we hated them... Motorhead get a tick cos they supported the Damned on their way up
btw, do you have little birds called sparrows in the US?
It's Cock Sparrer like arrow..but arra.
Enjoyed the walk down 'Alcoholic Memory Lane'...still into it.. neighbours luv me!
Thanks mate!
I was in a Melodic Oi! Band in the 00s on The Casualties guitarist Jake's label, Charged Records called The Agrestix. Can find our stuff on YT, we were influenced by NOFX, Oxymoron, and much of what you discussed, especially 86' UK stuff. Love all this footage you found! While I love many types of music, and was very young back then, Ska and reggae and 90s punk is my love, Oi and Street is next up. And while I love the aesthetic, I did always not enjoy the expectation to wear the uniform lol. As much as I loved it. Great stuff man!
"Left leaning views of the preexisting Oi! scene?" Hahaha! SHARP was reactionary to ALREADY EXISTING boneheads...
Nice video, I remember last time I was locked up got in a huge argument with some bone head because he was trying to say the guys from Minor Threat formed Globel Threat lol. Now we both know what the guys did after Minor Threat, Fugazi, Dag Nasty, And Bad Religion besides Globel Threat is a British deal not American you would have to be def to think they are the same guys from Minor Threat.
I would recommend Showcase Showdown for you. They were apart of that late 90s Boston scene wth Dropkick, Ducky Boys and the Bruisers. Also Blanks 77!
I’m that dude wearing skrewdriver shirts lol 😂 stay away spooky spooky 👻
hey people who listen to bob marley dont seem to feel bad about it
My first oil album was the good, the bad,and the 4skins. It had just come out on import. Funny thing was I played it to some acdc fans they said my God this is testosterone overload.
A global Threat is the best street band, hands down. Bryan’s lyrics are smart and if you haven’t heard his solo shit- well….do it!
I'm shocked that this thing was produced and Uploaded and viewed without anybody ever mentioning the band Cobra from Japan
I love all that shit but Rancid are my favorite from this whole spectrum by far
Timmeeeeeeeeeeee
Ska punk
@@BobGeanis Rancid is alot more than just ska punk though. Alot of different influences including some oi and street punk
great move giving a heads up to new punk listeners and 86ing the fringe sht-n@zi segment of punk history 🖖🏼
Rancid is pop punk, please don’t disrespect street punk by including that garbage
Kinda fall in and out of this sub-genre of punk... I fuck with The Restarts heavy though, that system error album still kicks ass.
Oh wow, an actual Punk Rock MBA. Sorry the name got taken by a dude who doesn’t even listen to punk. Great channel dude. Love the content
I too love the Swingin Utters and they always seem to be overlooked, the only band I wished you mentioned that you didn’t was The Beltones
Phun phact...I grew up near The Exploited's guitarist, Big John Duncan. Lovely big fella.
I was a teenager in Edinburgh in the early 1980s and The Exploited were regarded as fairly ridiculous albeit they had a great guitarist in the shape of Big John.
False gestures for a devious public by the blood is a phenomenal album
Amen mate...
I’m just going to say my favorite Street Punk band is Noi!se great lyrics and music imo
You tell a very one-sided story...no subscription from me.
Steve Whale of the Buiness rebranded Oi! into street punk GBH had nothing to do with it.
Anybody else noticed that this guy is a poser?
Great work with this video 10/10. Greetings from sweden
The Exploited 👍👍👍🤘🇷🇺🤘
I disagree skrewdriver had it´s moment. Good players
I came up with the Lower Class Brats and Krum-Bums. I remember when we were all just playing for our girlfriends and the sound guy. Really good buddies of mine. Good to see them mentioned.
I see that Born to Lose album art near the beginning of the video. You've got good taste.
And Bonecrusher, old Bone crusher with Raybo vox..
From someone who experienced some of your subject matter first hand, I’m very impressed with your knowledge considering that most of this occurred well before you were born. Thanks for keeping this stuff alive.
You probably should have mentioned Gary Bushell…
You should do a video on Crass or GBH, if you haven’t already
SO happy to see a video about street punk! Can't wait to check out some of the non-US bands I haven't heard of and you included a lot of my underrated faves. I kind of think it's worth talking about how The Casualties are one of the biggest names in the genre and in punk as a whole despite their music being pretty heavy/not as "accessible" - they did Warped Tour, had a song in a Tony Hawk game, and it really paid off for them.
Totally! They we’re definitely my intro to harder Street Punk, Crust Punk, D Beat, Etc. Probably deserve a video of their own
@@thepunkhistorian6397 an interesting streetpunk band I found recently is the Whiskey Rebels. Definitely recommend checking them out
The casualties! Hell's yes! Back in the late 90s early 2000s my first punk rock band played a show with them at a tiny dive bar/hall in Grand Rapids, Mi lol. I had been wearing a Blatz beer t-shirt and one of the members came up and we chatted about the bands blatz and filth being cooler than the beer lmfao!! Anyways, he ended up buying the shirt from me for like $10-$15 bucks. 😊😆
Sad you missed Purgen from Russia. Amazing band!
you dont to endorse rac bands, however fyi the business played with the die-hards, also vicious rumours and intensive care, the oppressed played with condemned 84, the damned played with the ovaltinees ,etc etc
Allot of bands went from apolitical to hard right.
Best American punk band is by far The Dead Kennedys
WOW! This was phenomenal! I always love a good historical video especially about music and this does not disappoint. What I really appreciated was your acknowledgement of the ridiculous Nazi punk movement. It was awful it did (and still is) happen. I also liked your approach for not naming those s*** bands, but still posting a warning sign for them. That whole scene just made going to punk shows as a person of color a f******* nightmare (metal has this problem as well) I will say they inspired a pretty good DK song though. 😉. Thanks again.
Well he showed the cover of the Skrewdriver album, which is actually seen as the biggest nazi scum punk band of all time
Hahahaha, I've always said that the Dead Kennedy's set the gold standard for how to disassociate yourself from racism,... if you truly want to disassociate. Racists know that vague and weak denials are meaningless, and that racist groups will frequently deny their racism,... looking at you magaland,... but the DKs left no room for doubt.
@@Entropy4All YES!!! 100% Yes! Lol. I couldn't agree more. A LOT of entertainers could take a page from DK. Because weak denial is why I f****** HATE Pantera and Slayer to this day! Which hurts because I really enjoyed a lot of their music, but I'd NEVER go to one of their shows JUST because of the crowds they draw and don't seem to mind drawing especially Pantera.
@@khrashingphantom9632 100% agree also. Musically, Pantera were one of the best bands ever but wasn't there an incident where Phil was ranting on stage about hating minorities or something (I think it was after Dimebag was killed and Phil was either solo or singing with another band)? Then he tried to fix it by saying that he had forgotten to take his meds?
Very weak denial which all racists know means that he was being sincere on stage and simply putting up a thin veil of plausible deniability with his 'explanation'.
I don't know if Dimebag was a racist or if Vinnie or Rex are but I 100% consider Phil to be a racist.
@@khrashingphantom9632 Slayer isn't even racist.... Angel of Death is not, and far from, being a nazi song. It doesn't glorify the violence if you listen to the lyrics carefully, but to show how far nazi racism led to those monstrous acts of violence committed by Josef Mengele.
One thing I think I would have talked about were the Southall riots in 1981 and how that shaped a lot of the politics of that time period. And you could spend a week talking about all the Bank Holiday riots. All political, but about class, not race. And I do think it is worth noting the civil war that was fought coast to coast against the nazis. If you were active during that time, it was a big deal.
The Germans Bands: "Pöbel und Gesocks" , "Berliner Weisse" , "Die Lokalmatadore" , "Martens Army" and the powerful "Die Kassierer" and in english language : Evil Conduct, Booze & Glory, Cock Sparrer, Discipline, Discharger, Haymaker, and a whole lot more Bands from Hardcore , Punk and Metal
When talking about German punk you can’t forget „Schleimkeim“ :D
„Pisse“ is also a great newer German punk band with a bit of an Post Punk influence
you can't show Kassierer to Americans dude. Too much bare skin. ;-)
Prost!
Rancid should not be in the thumbnail
U have a good knowledge on the old and the new streetpunk and oi buddy, that there is no doubt.. but I have to say if you are going to talk about 80s Oi. U really need to explain the differences on both sides.. or else your music blog/vid is basically incomplete. Keeping in mind i like the far right about as much as Bernie Sanders does. I was a sharp skin, first wave in 1988-89 in England. Sharp was created in NYC by what we would now call "traditional skinheads". What nowadays new gen non racist skins call themselves. Sharp originally was a crew put together by a non racist skinhead called Marcus Pacheco, with a black skinhead and a Jewish American skin called Mike Kreitman. And even an ex white power skin. U can see them all on a 1988 Geraldo show on ytube. Sharp pretty much grew from there. I found out about it from reading couple Nyhc fanzines in 88".There is no such thing as "punk skins" unless u r talking about "skunks" which are not 100% skins as such, they are hybrid skin-punks. Bit common in early 80s uk, but not now. No such thing as "nazi punk bands". Nazi or white power oi is known as RAC = rock against communism and or white power nationalist rock. (Some RAC is non racist. About 98% is white power though).It split from oi round mid 80s to form its own right wing scenes. When Sham did a rock against racism gig etc. Skrewdriver was the first all skinhead band ,then came 4skins in 79" (non racist as a band even if Hodges was a member of BM). Then came London Branch, and Ovaltinees who were openly right wing in lyrics before Skrewdriver.(Ian Stuart of Skrewdriver basically started the neo nazi skin movement with his political group and record label Blood and Honour in UK, around 1985. ) The Opressed started up around 82(basically first anti racist oi band) The Press from Ny supported the first wave of SHARP they were also, all proper skinheads, not "skinhead punks". Roddy Moreno of Oppressed brought sharp back from NYC to UK in 89.Roddy was a skinhead from 1969. I reclaimed skinhead from 206 -2019. Back to punk again. Not trying to bust your balls here man. Just want to see u get the facts straight so u can amend the info later hopefully. The early ska and skinhead reggae dance hall scene, skinhead scene blew up in the 60s not the 80s. 2tone ska did blow up in the 80s with 80s "ska skins". But has basically zero to do with oi scene. Cocksparrer started playing in 75'. And technically oldest oi band. But did not get the oi tag til they released Shock troops lp in early 80s.
I agree with you.
Dude you weren't there in 82 I was
I listen to a lot of the early 80's UK bands, including Subs, rejects, exploited etc.. but must admit The Partisans lead the pack for me.
The Business, Blitz, The Ejected, Four Skins, Cock Sparrer, too many to name
Partisans are awesome, as I was into punk longer and got over having to have everything fast I really started to appreciate The Time Was Right LP for being slower and more melodic.. i still love GBH and the Varukers but some bands like Special Duties I just cant really stand listening to now days I dont know why.
To me Oi! Scouts are the best blend of both oi and street.
".....the incredibly under qualified Punk Historian"; & "nerd out on some bands I f*cking love": 😹
I'm in; new subscriber!!
Rancid is not punk. I dont care who their singer is or what band he was in before. If you think rancid is punk check out blink182 youll love em
Hahaha...
Man I hate Rancid..
the scam! fuck yeah, I've gigged with em a few times
I still have my GBH shirt from Midnight Madness tour in 90-91.saw them at City Gardens in Trenton with Agnostic Front & D.R.I.
Of all the many bands I sent cash to by mail for a tape or 7" in the 90's, The Casualties are the ONLY ones to not send me anything. Even GG sent stuff. Fuck them!
You forgot Niblick Henbane!
the year was 1994, i was visiting a friend in the UK. i was 15. i bought a Terrorizer magazine which had a promo cassette in it. on it, Total Chaos with Pledge your defiance. Boom, little me got hoocked. also on that cassette were Bolt Thrower with Rememberence. this cassette literaly changed my life
The exploited
Lets start a war..........