The songs that got you into punk.

[Crowe41]

What where the first songs you heard that got you into punk music?

For me it was Violins by Lagwagon and Summer of '69 by MxPx.

[oddwithoutend]

"Ruby Soho" by Rancid got me into punk.

[lonelysuperstar]

Chick Magnet by MxPx.

[cirerelleum]

listening to my sisters punk music down the hallway. after listening i felt...open.

[AussieBoy]

dammit by blink-182

or leaving home by jebediah

[GamabuntaSS]

Was Alkaline Trio considered Punk back when Maybe I'll catch Fire came out?

[Justin_stacy]

Kerplunk was the first true punk album I ever bought, but it wasn't until Dookie that I really got into the genre. Welcom to Paradise, When I Come Around, She, Longview....that's my 'punk foundation.

[seraph1214]

"Basket Case" by Green Day and "Leave It Alone" by NOFX.

[AsItFallsApart]

The Shape Of Punk To Come
Stranger Than Fiction

[Bob Payne]

Operation Ivy - Bombshell
Choking Victim - 500 Channels
Rancid - Timebomb (even though it's more of a ska song)

[timb89]

come out and play - offspring

[JJtrackie716]

[quote=AussieBoy;50674392]dammit by blink-182

or leaving home by jebediah[/quote

Dammit is what got me as well lol

[FueledByRock]

California Über Alles - Dead Kennedys
I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones

[on a frequency]

does goldfinger count? i heard spokesman on the thps4 soundtrack and from there started listening to some random punk and skater rock type bands.

[RetardedInLove]

The whole No Control album by Bad Religion is pretty much the reason I listen to the music I do.

[Jumpoff]

Wrong Way by Sublime, I think.

[aerofan11]

Green Day I guess. When I was younger I loved everything they did. As I got older I liked different punk bands such as Blink 182 etc.

[shit stroll]

nofx - bob

[Un'Aria Ancora]

MXPX for sure.

[shit stroll]

MXPX for sure.
which song?

[SwiftSilentDead]

Rancid - Maxwell Murder
AFI - Two of A Kind

[Un'Aria Ancora]

which song?

I guess that was the thread title huh?
Party, My House, Be There.

[pleasedontpanic]

New Found Glory - Better Off Dead

As ridiculous as it sounds, that song literally changed my life.

[themercurylift]

for me it would have to be
Unwritten Law - Teenage Suicide

[wuduprod]

Rancid - Journey to the End of the East Bay

[murrich]

Train in Vain - The Clash

Thank you Almost Round 3.

[joeag1985]

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[Jake Denning]

Sum 41, MxPx, Offspring

[Jaimehere]

The Offspring, when i first saw their music video for Pretty Fly(For A White Guy) video me laugh as a kid and made me sing along too xD

[Paulb-182]

Dumpweed by blink, Americana by The Offspring and Minority by Green Day

[TheOtherAndrew]

NOFX - The Longest Line
Black Flag - No Values
Bad Religion - The Numbers Game

[EndSerenading]

Minor Threat - Filler

[SLoT]

Basket Case.

[EndSerenading]

Basket Case.

yea i guess i could say that too. The first tape I ever owned was Green Day dookie when I was in 5th grade and I didn't get into Minor Threat until 6th. But it was Minor Threat that really "got me into" punk I would say because when I heard Green Day I just really liked it, but when I heard Minor Threat I said "wow I must get more of this kind of music"

[SLoT]

yea i guess i could say that too. The first tape I ever owned was Green Day dookie when I was in 5th grade and I didn't get into Minor Threat until 6th. But it was Minor Threat that really "got me into" punk I would say because when I heard Green Day I just really liked it, but when I heard Minor Threat I said "wow I must get more of this kind of music"
Right. My point exactly. If it weren't for Basket Case I wouldn't like what I like now. I wouldn't have led the musical adventures that I've lead. I would say Basket Case got me into punk, but it was MxPx that took me through a lot of it after that.

[PenThrive]

Generation X - "Kiss Me Deadly"

[dancelukedance]

Big Bang - Bad Religion
Like The Angel - Rise Against
Dammit - Blink 182
Makes No Difference - Sum 41

[fueledbyvictory]

Probably something by Blink, Sum 41, or MxPx. My friend's mom bought him Take Off Your Pants and Jacket when we were in like fourth grade, and I loved it. And I remember hearing "Everything Sucks" by MxPx on FUSE once.

[Jali]

Well I don't consider any of the things any of you put down punk except for Bad Religion and, maybe, the Offspring (but only early on).

I suppose the first punk band I got into was FEAR, I think this song was probably the one that did it for me:
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[jeremyc]

You're not punk, and I'm telling everyone

[Jali]

You're not punk, and I'm telling everyone
Ew, Jawbreaker were like the beginning of the end in my books, they weren't terrible but they marked the start of the transition from punk to the bowling for soup shit that came about later on. I guess it was about then-ish that punk lost its balls.

[Jali]

Well I don't consider any of the things any of you put down punk except for Bad Religion and, maybe, the Offspring (but only early on).
Black Flag - No Values
And black flag, they are definitely punk! Missed that one lol.

[Regards]

Minor Threat - Discog.

[the andyspecial]

slayer - decade of aggression (not all that punk according to some, but shared the same values)
bad religion - suffer (you are the government in particular)

[Crowe41]

And black flag, they are definitely punk! Missed that one lol.

Ya I knew putting "songs that got you into punk" was a little vague considering everyone's differing opinions of what punk is. Maybe I should have put songs that ultimately got you to AP.net.

just an aside...not trying to stir up a debate but you would consider early Offspring punk and not NOFX and Lagwagon? Interesting.

[MrOctober430]

millencolin and lagwagon

pretty much the whole tony hawk pro skater deal

[EndSerenading]

Well I don't consider any of the things any of you put down punk except for Bad Religion and, maybe, the Offspring (but only early on).

I suppose the first punk band I got into was FEAR, I think this song was probably the one that did it for me:
hCQRCxnL0wQ

wait what? you don't consider Generation X to be punk? You don't consider Minor freaking Threat, imo the best punk band of all time, to be punk? I agree there is a lot of stuff in here that I don't really consider punk, but certainly you jest that Bad Religion and Offspring are the only two real punk bands listed? (I see you at least later listed Black Flag).

[pacificsound]

I started listening to (good) punk when i started listening to the album "Explode" by The Unseen. The song that stuck out was False Hope or Tsunami Suicide.

[monamia]

It probably was Wake Me Up When September ends by Green Day.

[apresnuledeluge]

All of Land of the Free? by Pennywise. I loved that shit when I was 12.

[_Sumeet_]

Good Charlotte in fifth grade, no lie.
But then what REALLY got me excited about the genre was Green Day's music. I'm sure this is the same for countless others.

[Jali]

Ya I knew putting "songs that got you into punk" was a little vague considering everyone's differing opinions of what punk is. Maybe I should have put songs that ultimately got you to AP.net.

just an aside...not trying to stir up a debate but you would consider early Offspring punk and not NOFX and Lagwagon? Interesting.

Tbh I'm not sure about Lagwagon but I don't really consider NOFX a punk band, but I'm not too sure why, maybe because its "skate-punk" which I like to ignore. I will say this though, NOFX are very punkish live. I prefer a good old fashioned riot but what they do is good too and still very punk.

Okaaaaay so I guess they are a punk band.
Doesn't mean I like em though

[Jali]

wait what? you don't consider Generation X to be punk? You don't consider Minor freaking Threat, imo the best punk band of all time, to be punk? I agree there is a lot of stuff in here that I don't really consider punk, but certainly you jest that Bad Religion and Offspring are the only two real punk bands listed? (I see you at least later listed Black Flag).

I do actually consider Minor Threat to be punk, I just forgot to write that one down. Generation X strike me more as a band playing punk than a punk band, they were completely without attitude. They were lacking that extra bit of punch.

[shit stroll]

X-)

[xAnti-Violentx]

The Exploited - Sid Vicious Was Innocent
i still remember how i was searching for some shit about Sid Vicious and then i came across this song. i knew in a second that's something i've always wanted to hear.

[Jali]

The Exploited - Sid Vicious Was Innocent
i still remember how i was searching for some shit about Sid Vicious and then i came across this song. i knew in a second that's something i've always wanted to hear.
Yeah, it really was a shame when Wattie (frontman of the exploited) turned out borderline racist.

[murrich]

Well I don't consider any of the things any of you put down punk except for Bad Religion and, maybe, the Offspring (but only early on).

I suppose the first punk band I got into was FEAR, I think this song was probably the one that did it for me:
hCQRCxnL0wQ

Yes, as if the Clash are punk.

[Jali]

Yes, as if the Clash are punk.
Once again, forgot to list them. Obviously I wouldn't claim that the clash weren't punk!

[DejaNew]

One Way Window-MxPx

[kearn1tm]

Because I'm not at all removed from the cliched userbase of this site, I was in love with Take This to Your Grave (and still am, removed from guilt) around the fall of '03. It lead me to contemporary powerpop/scene music, which lead me to this site, which lead me to New Beat by Refused via a video posted her around '05, which lead me to other stuff, which eventually lead me to the first wave of punk (mid '70s) and the stuff it spawned from (protopunk, blues).

I dig that fucking Fall Out Boy.

[Misogynist]

Choking Victim- 500 Channels
Hyena- Rancid