The Sex Pistols, I means honestly, they were banned in UK!!!

i love em all. but the sex pistols are the best.

The Clash is my favorite on this list but I prefer the Ramones. I don't think there really is a "greatest" punk band of all time. If the question is based on who had the most influence then Iggy and the Stooges, the New York Dolls and the Ramones all should be on this list.

Exactly what im talking about with the Ramones debate the ramones music is Rock And Roll- Dispite what they influenced Thats like saying the New York Dolls Are punk because they inspired the ramones- or the rolling stones are punk because they inspired the new york dolls. there music is Rock and Roll there attitude is rock and roll. They are A Rock and Roll Band That is the reason why they are not on the list.

You don't know what your talking about, at all. The Dolls were the first band to be referred to as punk. They were cross dressers, get it "punk"? That's where the name came from jagoff. Just for the sake of argument I'll embrace your "punk is attitude" argument. I never heard Buddy Holly sing a song called beat on the brat. I never heard Chuck Berry sing a song called the KKK took my baby away. I never heard Elvis sing about heroin.

ok this is my View of Punk Rock Musicly

Don't give a fuck. I just saw Swingin' utters at an actual punk rock show saturday night. I didn't see you there. I don't rely on you tube for my view of punk rock. I actually hangout in the scene. I'm not a faggot fucking poser like you.

current count on ticket stubs to date4/11/09... 187 stubs... since i was 13 dude i know straight edge kids that are more "punk" than you. Im not worried about how "punk" you think you are or I am... and fuck the Scene thats were all the "True Punks" are huh. hanging out at a coffee shop with emo kids... fuck the scene.

Hahahaha you save your stubs? What are you trying to prove? Listen boyo, I was going to shows when you were in diapers. Saying fuck the scene proves what a poser you are. Yeah I'm sure theres a huge straight edge scene in Empire michigan, I bet theres kids with x's on their hands on every street corner. You're such a little pussy. If I ever see you at a show in Detoit you're bitch ass is going to henry ford for an overnight trip. You've banned yourself from Detroit. I'm not kidding. I'm going to hurt you.

Oh please. Just come with it son. I will destroy you. Thats A Promise. Your the most pathetic excuse of a poser ive ever seen, go hang out with the scene kids and be a Fucking fudge packer. Have you ever protested in an open riot. I have. Have you ever been stabed for the way you look I have. Have you ever Fucked Freely infront of a Post office. I Have. My actions in life make me Scene free I creat my Own scene, I don't need encuragement from morons like yourself. who dont realy understand the meaning of being a punk who, still belive that it has to do with a scene when PUNK ROCK DIED IN THE 90'. i Listen to old punk rock but the music isn't what makes me me. Its the shit iv done and the shit i do as a person that defines me not a Faggot Ass scene thats is about Commercializing and Building revenue. FUCK THE SCENE. Fuck empire Come on over to Flint were i realy live. You'll See how much shit you talk.

Wow, not a fan of punctuation, spelling or grammar are you? None of the things you just listed have anything to do with punk rock. Riots? Where? What fucking riot were you ever a part of? Fucking in front of the post office? Gimmie a fucking break. Not that it matters, but I've fucked on the side of St. Patricks Cathedral in New York fucking city. I don't use that as a claim to fame, my self esteem isn't derived from the places I've fucked. You talk a lot of shit bro but I don't see you putting your money where your mouth is. Name a show and I'll be there to take your bitch ass to school. Name a fucking show motherfucker. My name is Kevin Kemp and I live at 2170 East Jefferson, De-fucking-troit Michigan. I'm a white guy living in the blackest city in America[...]

Punk died in the 90's? Why didn't I get the memo? I mean, I go and see Rancid, NOFX, Bad Religion, the Damned, 7 Seconds, the Circle Jerks, the Misfits, Dropkick Murphy's, the Vandals, Social Distortion, the Suicide Machines and many, many others, and not one of them has the decency to tell me that punk is dead and that going to shows isn't punk rock, on account of punk's deadness. Bummer. Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman, Dave Vanian and the others are going to be pissed when they find out they're posers. They must be, since punk died.

Only posers go see bands they like! The true punks sit in their moms basement and smoke pot all day in Flint Michigan, Americas toughest city!

Go to a protest once. Thats punk. it stoped being about the music when Lables started running the "Punk Scene." There for Punk Is dead it lives in people like me who fight the Masses right dickweed i Own my House its a two story and i have a job that pays for my Habbits like going to show or smoking pot. FUCK TALKING ABOUT BANDS FROM NOW ON. "Punk" Is attitude now. New music isnt punk. Its Bullshit. Go Jerk Off in Your peice of shit Appartment and bitch about life some more with all your cool Scene friends.

You're not even making sense anymore. You never really were but now it's just getting to be funny. When you grow some balls, let me know where you're going to be so I can show you what a pussy you are. I'm not gonna argue with you anymore because you talk a lot of trash but you don't man up when it counts. You're a keyboard tough guy. You're a total joke. You don't even realize how many people are laughing at you right now.

you dont even realize how much i dont give a shit.

Strange. I've been to protests more than a few times. All I saw were stinky hippies. Not sure why anyone would think that that's the new punk, or that punk rock (note the rock in the title, denoting music) was no longer about the music. To quote an old school punk (who is still about as punk as they come)

Kick the kick drum, increase the weight of the sound
the dialogue of maximum decibels is enough to move the fucking ground
Well I amplify the rage of a class that's thought inferior
the message in the volume, the songs a carrier
Unwritten rules
Rules understood
Unwritten rules
Booming out the speakers in the amps in the hood
I like to drink beer, play music and go to shows
it's not about paying your dues when your doing it out of love
I'm not a jaded junkie running dry (hell no)
I don't know anything else, be playing until I die
Unwritten rules
Rules understood
Unwritten rules
Booming out the speakers in the amps in the hood

It is now, always has been and always will be about the music. To borrow another quote, When I got the music, I got a place to go.

Ha, exactly. What does music have to do with a genre of music on a poll about music?

Nothing. Why are you still talking about music? He asked which punk band was the best, and that has nothing to do with music. Besides, music is attitude, or maybe punk is, or...or...well, fuck you anyway! Grrr!

Ohhh you can drink im proud i Don't need a legal age to drink because i do it anyways Murf who owed skellitones use to give me all of the booze i wanted.

Are you retarded or something?

i would say the Ramones...yeahhhh....the clash went commercialized...fame went to their heads...

as did the ramones, other wise you wouldn't be able to buy there shit at hot toppic. I fuckin hate hot toppic

Dude, you can buy almost any of the bands on this list at Best Buy (GG Allin being the exception). Where you can buy a bands CD's is definitely not an indication of their punk rock-ness. I remember picking up Gorilla Buiscuits LP's at Harmony House (a local mainstream record store from before the internet killed that kind of store). I'm pretty sure I've seen Crass at Best Buy. While I think they suck, there is no questioning whether they are punk rock.

yeah i fuckin hate mainstream though, 90 percent of the band i listen to are local. the other ten pecent arn't very popular anyways

I've been to huge shows with 20,000 people there (alternative shows, from back when alternative was an actual alternative) and shows where at the end, the band stops playing and sits down on the edge of the stage, with the 20 people who came to see them and the singer asks "anybody got a smoke?" I like the smaller shows better, but some of the big ones have been pretty good, too. Like I said, whether or not a bands merchandise can be bought at Hot Topic or Best Buy really doesn't say a lot about whether or not they've gone mainstream. I still see Crass T-Shirts at Hot Topic. I've hung with the local bands, had more than a few of them play in my basement. It's good to see some of them get some recognition from people outside of Detroit, especially since when I've run into some of those dudes in the pit at other shows, they're still the same guys. My opinion is and always has been, if a band is good, why the hell should they have to work at the local 7-11? Just to satisfy some kids that they haven't sold out? If they're still playing the same music and getting paid to do it, fuck anyone who tries to call them sellouts.

agreed but when they have other people wright there music because they signed to a label thats the shit i hate.

I haven't seen too many bands do that that came from the punk scene. The pre-fab "punk" pop singers that major record labels try to sneak by us, maybe, but the bands that were playing small shows before they got to the bigs? No, not too many of them play other peoples songs, unless it's a cover or something.

i wouldnt know, i have never gone to hot topic
...and Johnny hated the radio and such, as for the clash they went from punk to disco...and then they were all played on the radio...that's what i meant

I don't know if the Clash really changed a whole lot. They always had a pretty heavy reggae influence to their music (like a lot of early punk bands).. I don't think they went disco, I think that the reggae and ska influences came through more as time went on. Disco was always just one of the many offshoots of reggae music (one that sucked, but still...) Bands don't have to sell out for their sound to evolve.

Where the f*ck are the Ramones?

the ramones are rock. not punk

Really? That's not what Legs McNeil thought when Punk Rock started in the Bowery with the Ramones being the most prominent band in the scene.

Thank you!

ahhh fuck it

REEEEAAAALLLYYY..... HA

And that means what exactly? Do you even know who Legs Mcneil is? I posted that a week ago and your best response, a week later is "REEEEAAAALLLYYY..... HA"? You're gonna have to do better than that. You manage to look like more of an idiot everytime you post.

... ... .... ..... .. .... . ..._ .._.. thats morris code. figgure it out its what i think of you.

figgure it out? Are you trying to look like an idiot? The sad thing is that you actully had to edit that. I'm so gonna beat the christ out of you if I ever see you at a show. You have talked internet shit to the wrong guy. See ya in the pit.