Great video, man! Growing up I listened to many of the bands listed here, with Cock Sparrer being one of my favorites. Oi! and punk in general will always have a special place in my heart. Glad I found this channel!
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.
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.
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".😂🇺🇸
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.
@@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.
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 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.
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.
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?
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.
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 😂
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
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. 😊😆
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 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.
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. 😎
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.
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!
Great video! Super comprehensive!! It definitely brought back a lot of memories. Through my early 20s I was in a street punk band called ‘Counteractive’ from Indiana. Such an amazing time getting to play with and see so many of these great bands!
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.
This is a very good video. This guy really knows his stuff when it comes to punk. So listen up kid's , it's time for "Punk Rock101" . So don't be late to class! Oi! Thanks for the fun video. Cheers from Bridgetown Ca. SGV/ USA! 🍻🇺🇸
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!
Brah thanks. I've seen the list, and we literally said Discharge at the same time. That's a band I found by streaming and became a favorite years ago. You just put me up on The Varukers, and I must thank you for that. I love their sound and will delve deep into the discography.
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
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...
Thank you so much! I grew up during the days of the Casualties, Unseen, Global Threat, etc and its great seeing them get the credit they deserve. Love your stuff. Keep it up!
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!
Bro, I love your stuff and am so glad you elaborated on differences between Oii and StreetPunk. You've definitely done your homework and am stoked to see content like yours available. BTW BRO----- NICE BATTLE VEST!!!! Regards and keep pumping out Punk content . Maybe something on OiCore or the Lookout Records era bands from Gilman Street/ East Bay.
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 was at blitz last and true show with all band members and I can tell you, they were class and we all knew what punk was about that night. I’ll never forget how great we all felt and everyone was just raised from being poor young and angry. Nobody could give us a toss and we felt alive.
Swingin' Utters "Streets of San Francisco" is an all time classic. Noi!se and Grade 2 are some of my current favs. The Oi/skinhead scenes are really producing some great bands world wide right now.
Don't forget the classic Brazen Heads EP "Here's to Swimmy with bull legged women" Also, most the bands listed in this video are just not good musicians. Like come on, we all listened to bad bands at some point, but this was a mega list of just bad bands that literally all sound the same. And I'm sorry, but Cock Sparrer just sounds like Pip farting into a snare drum.
Thanks for the video! This style of Punk has been helping me a lot this Holiday season, and I learned about some awesome bands to check out. Happy holidays mate
Hey, amigo! A friend sent this to me, as he saw a Born To Lose Easter egg. Me and some of those boys are working on a new project, but I enjoyed this video, I’ve come to dig the channel. Best. Today and every.
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
Ik really like these punk documentary chanals. Cool to see one about OI!. Most people shy away from the subject, yet this was a part of my youth and the punk scene. Mind you, I'm from 94 and grew up in a town without any scene at all. OI! Encaptures the feeling you live trough when you grow up in a shitty (ex)industrial town without any clubs. Street fights, beer and work. It's not the best excistance, but it is live and that's what makes it true and ring my heart. Dope for you to cover the subject!
Swinging Utters definitely in my top 5 Punk bands of all time. Skate Punk is what I love to play & listen to since I was like 13. I truly believe that the album that changed everything is Bad Religion SUFFER! I do enjoy your videos & wish to learn more about older Punk Rock bands. Good job & keep it up, good stuff!
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
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.
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.
Wow great job that’s a lot of work! A few minutes into it I was wondering if you were going to mention the bruisers. And you did! I have two of their T-shirts!
The 90's street punk and oi scene on the East coast of the US was Glorious. The Bruisers, Dropkick Murphys, Ducky Boys, The Virus, Casualties, Unseen, Showcase Showdown, Pinkerton Thugs, and so many more.
@@paddyoflaherty2519 hell yeah they were. "Not Enjoyin it" is always in Rotation. I'm always sad I never got to experience the Philly Scene too much but the parts I did were pretty awesome
Just to put my 2 cents in on bands that don't get enough credit from the 90's that I didn't hear mentioned: Violent Society, Blanks 77, Lower East Side Stiches, The Ducky Boys, The Trouble, The Templars, Oxblood, One Man Army, The Pist, Adolf and the Piss Artists, The Forgotten...and I'm sure I'm missing many more. As far as one band that was mentioned (albeit briefly) and totally doesn't get nearly enough credit, OXYMORON is absolutely a must listen. Fuck the 90's, Here's our Noize is one of the greatest albums ever written. Makes me miss Asbury Park and the Berkley Hotel. Those who know, know.
I had an LP by The Pist back then, nobody I saw really listened to them and yes IMO Oxymoron is one of the (and my fav) band from the 90s with probably a global threat being 2nd to me. Those 2 bands to this day I can listen to all the time where some bands now get annoying after a while. The Subversives are another great band, i refer to them as thr USAs Oxymoron. If you havent heard them I have their LP uploaded on my channel, know your enemy is probably my fav song off the LP
I was going to say that you must be from the East Coast… Than you mentioned Asbury Park and confirmed it. The 90’s were cool. The Boils, Bomb Squadron, The Bristles… Lots of “B” bands…
Very fun channel! My favorite bands were Distillers, AFI, Tiger Army, Misfits (you see the trend) - very melodic with strong imagery. I like the rough and rowdy working class stuff too, but I liked the more fantasy-based, quasi-goth punk stuff too.
I got into the street punk scene in the early to mid 90's. Violent Society, The Boils, Showcase Showdown, the Wretched Ones, The Suspects were my favorite bands. I miss going to shows on Lancaster ave in west philly.
Omar was a great dude! It was a shock when he died. He was fun to talk to and could be so hilariously random. He even would do benefit concerts a lot for things like friends with cancer, etc.
As a 51 yr old dyed in the wool Street Punk/ Oi merchant, I'm quite surprised that I didn't hear the name Dead Kennedy's. They always fitted in nicely with Discharge, the Exploited, Broken Bones and ANWL when we were pissing our parents off in the '80's!
Great video, man! Growing up I listened to many of the bands listed here, with Cock Sparrer being one of my favorites. Oi! and punk in general will always have a special place in my heart. Glad I found this channel!
Hi brother! John from Iron Cross here. Thank you for your work.
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 ;)
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.
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".😂🇺🇸
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.
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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- Störkraft
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- Offensive weapon
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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
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.
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
Man it’s like living my teenage and 20’s all over again.
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 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?
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 👊
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?
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.
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. ;)
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 😂
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
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. 😊😆
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!
Saw this on my recommended page and already fukkin' love the channel
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.
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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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.
I come out of each video with so many bands to watch. Thanks a lot!
I’ve always been a fan of this form of punk music, and was certainly happy to finally come across this very well done documentary. Way to go, bud. 👍
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.
All these bands fucking suck donkey balls besides Skinflicks lol
This was a great watch! I was stoked to see the buds in NOi!se and several of my Pirates family get a nod. Cheers!
NOI!SE.. hell yeah..
Oi Oi Oi from Orange County California
Great video! Super comprehensive!! It definitely brought back a lot of memories. Through my early 20s I was in a street punk band called ‘Counteractive’ from Indiana. Such an amazing time getting to play with and see so many of these great bands!
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.
Oxblood, The Wolverines, Haymaker, Discharger, Narrow Views and Agnostic Front are some of my favorites.
Nice vid. My fave genre of music. Speaking of favourite genres of music, Id love to see a Crass Course on the Trallpunk genre
This is a very good video. This guy really knows his stuff when it comes to punk. So listen up kid's , it's time for "Punk Rock101" . So don't be late to class! Oi! Thanks for the fun video. Cheers from Bridgetown Ca. SGV/ USA! 🍻🇺🇸
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!
Bro- Klasse Kriminal, Acidez, Litmus Green, Negro Terror...love that you got some deep cuts in your videos. Mad props, keep it up!
This perfectly describes every weekend, every Wednesday and all summer of my life from 1994-2001.
Brah thanks. I've seen the list, and we literally said Discharge at the same time. That's a band I found by streaming and became a favorite years ago. You just put me up on The Varukers, and I must thank you for that. I love their sound and will delve deep into the discography.
I'm glad you didn't leave out The Wretched Ones! -Dragon Rapid
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
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! ;))
Thank you so much! I grew up during the days of the Casualties, Unseen, Global Threat, etc and its great seeing them get the credit they deserve. Love your stuff. Keep it up!
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 just found your channel and have already watched all your videos. really great stuff! cant wait for more mate :)
Thanks!!
False gestures for a devious public by the blood is a phenomenal album
Amen mate...
Bro, I love your stuff and am so glad you elaborated on differences between Oii and StreetPunk. You've definitely done your homework and am stoked to see content like yours available. BTW BRO----- NICE BATTLE VEST!!!! Regards and keep pumping out Punk content . Maybe something on OiCore or the Lookout Records era bands from Gilman Street/ East Bay.
Lookout records is a video idea I’ve had in my back pocket for a while now
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.
NEGATIVE APPROACH!
Great vid, I'm old, but still learned about some bands that I have missed. Liked and subscribed.
Takes me back to all the nights I spent at City Gardens watching whoever was there. Those early Bouncing Souls shows were awesome
I'm Italian and I'm really happy to see Klasse Kriminale mentioned in this video. I'm really proud of the Italian scene.
"This Is My Life"
No Remorse
I was at blitz last and true show with all band members and I can tell you, they were class and we all knew what punk was about that night. I’ll never forget how great we all felt and everyone was just raised from being poor young and angry. Nobody could give us a toss and we felt alive.
I'm so happy I found your channel
I can't believe you have a clip of Mac going on stage with the Templars... That blew my mind.
Also great you're teaching people about Iron Cross.
I’m just going to say my favorite Street Punk band is Noi!se great lyrics and music imo
I really appreciate you making these videos.
Just found this channel and love it. It’s like the punk rock mba but you actually know what your talking about
Phun phact...I grew up near The Exploited's guitarist, Big John Duncan. Lovely big fella.
Swingin' Utters "Streets of San Francisco" is an all time classic.
Noi!se and Grade 2 are some of my current favs.
The Oi/skinhead scenes are really producing some great bands world wide right now.
Don't forget the classic Brazen Heads EP
"Here's to Swimmy with bull legged women"
Also, most the bands listed in this video are just not good musicians. Like come on, we all listened to bad bands at some point, but this was a mega list of just bad bands that literally all sound the same.
And I'm sorry, but Cock Sparrer just sounds like Pip farting into a snare drum.
Hardcore , punk and oi!
Thanks for the video! This style of Punk has been helping me a lot this Holiday season, and I learned about some awesome bands to check out. Happy holidays mate
Loving your content, dude!
Massive love for an Aussie band shout out! 🇦🇺
Don't encourage violence. Scumbags deserve only ridicule and shame. never violent action.
I don't care if it's Slayer, Motorhead or Bad Religion. Just like Lemmy said "it's all just rock n roll music"
I'm shocked that this thing was produced and Uploaded and viewed without anybody ever mentioning the band Cobra from Japan
The Devotchkas are another good all-female group to check out for anyone that’s interested. 😁
Went on a binge of your vids im glad to see someone covering the scene
Hey, amigo! A friend sent this to me, as he saw a Born To Lose Easter egg. Me and some of those boys are working on a new project, but I enjoyed this video, I’ve come to dig the channel. Best. Today and every.
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
big shout out for dropping the best belfast punk band to grace the streets runnin riot! rip big Colin deserves an episode himself
Great band, Colin is much missed.
".....the incredibly under qualified Punk Historian"; & "nerd out on some bands I f*cking love": 😹
I'm in; new subscriber!!
Great work with this video 10/10. Greetings from sweden
Ik really like these punk documentary chanals. Cool to see one about OI!. Most people shy away from the subject, yet this was a part of my youth and the punk scene. Mind you, I'm from 94 and grew up in a town without any scene at all. OI! Encaptures the feeling you live trough when you grow up in a shitty (ex)industrial town without any clubs. Street fights, beer and work. It's not the best excistance, but it is live and that's what makes it true and ring my heart.
Dope for you to cover the subject!
Swinging Utters definitely in my top 5 Punk bands of all time. Skate Punk is what I love to play & listen to since I was like 13.
I truly believe that the album that changed everything is Bad Religion SUFFER!
I do enjoy your videos & wish to learn more about older Punk Rock bands.
Good job & keep it up, good stuff!
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.
Yo big ups for including those pub rock bands
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!
Dude you have done an outstanding job with this. Fucking well done
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.
Damn, I’m finally watching these..
Nice work, Jack……….Zest rules…(the Seattle Zest!…haha)
Glad to see Swingin Utters get a special shout out
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
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
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’m glad you mentioned Hudson Falcons
Thank you for including the hudson falcons! Super under rated band
Wow great job that’s a lot of work! A few minutes into it I was wondering if you were going to mention the bruisers. And you did! I have two of their T-shirts!
Really good video. Got all the right bands name checkered. Street punk /oi still is relevant today as it ever was.
Happily subbed! Thanks for putting this out there! Please tell us more about The Casualties!
The 90's street punk and oi scene on the East coast of the US was Glorious. The Bruisers, Dropkick Murphys, Ducky Boys, The Virus, Casualties, Unseen, Showcase Showdown, Pinkerton Thugs, and so many more.
Violent Society and The Boils from philly were great bands.
@@paddyoflaherty2519 hell yeah they were.
"Not Enjoyin it" is always in Rotation. I'm always sad I never got to experience the Philly Scene too much but the parts I did were pretty awesome
Lower class brats and krum bums
Just to put my 2 cents in on bands that don't get enough credit from the 90's that I didn't hear mentioned: Violent Society, Blanks 77, Lower East Side Stiches, The Ducky Boys, The Trouble, The Templars, Oxblood, One Man Army, The Pist, Adolf and the Piss Artists, The Forgotten...and I'm sure I'm missing many more. As far as one band that was mentioned (albeit briefly) and totally doesn't get nearly enough credit, OXYMORON is absolutely a must listen. Fuck the 90's, Here's our Noize is one of the greatest albums ever written.
Makes me miss Asbury Park and the Berkley Hotel. Those who know, know.
I had an LP by The Pist back then, nobody I saw really listened to them and yes IMO Oxymoron is one of the (and my fav) band from the 90s with probably a global threat being 2nd to me. Those 2 bands to this day I can listen to all the time where some bands now get annoying after a while. The Subversives are another great band, i refer to them as thr USAs Oxymoron. If you havent heard them I have their LP uploaded on my channel, know your enemy is probably my fav song off the LP
I was going to say that you must be from the East Coast… Than you mentioned Asbury Park and confirmed it.
The 90’s were cool. The Boils, Bomb Squadron, The Bristles… Lots of “B” bands…
I just found your channel. The Adicts mention alone earned the subscribe, looking forward to checking out your other stuff.
This is great! I have been reliving my hardcore days the past 6months or so & have been looking for bands that I hadn't heard or discovered.
I’m 55 and still listen to punk rock every day 👍
Very fun channel! My favorite bands were Distillers, AFI, Tiger Army, Misfits (you see the trend) - very melodic with strong imagery. I like the rough and rowdy working class stuff too, but I liked the more fantasy-based, quasi-goth punk stuff too.
It's nice to see the Hudson Falcons get a mention.
Funny to see how Americans see UK punk so many things wrong in this video
I got into the street punk scene in the early to mid 90's. Violent Society, The Boils, Showcase Showdown, the Wretched Ones, The Suspects were my favorite bands. I miss going to shows on Lancaster ave in west philly.
Good stuff man!! Big hey from an old punk in Chicago
Omar was a great dude! It was a shock when he died. He was fun to talk to and could be so hilariously random. He even would do benefit concerts a lot for things like friends with cancer, etc.
As a 51 yr old dyed in the wool Street Punk/ Oi merchant, I'm quite surprised that I didn't hear the name Dead Kennedy's. They always fitted in nicely with Discharge, the Exploited, Broken Bones and ANWL when we were pissing our parents off in the '80's!
They will get an entire video of their own
@@thepunkhistorian6397 good man!
I've seen DK's & broken bones at the Olympic autotorium in the 1983.