Well my favourite band is Frenzal Rhomb, by some margin. As Carch above said, ignore lindsay basically and his sh*t on the radio/tv and they are a damn fine band who have released some excellent albums (anything other than shut your mouth and sans souci really). I went and saw them on friday night at the Metro, absolutely packed house, such a good atmosphere to the gig. Seeing them again in a couple of weeks in the gong.
Other bands i like include
Older sh*t
- The Descendents - pretty much all modern skate/surf/pop punk owes these guys
- Dead Kennedys - brilliant band, especially fresh fruit for rotting vegetables, raw, powerful and meaningful
- Stiff Little Fingers
- The Damned
- The Clash - altho im not their biggest fan they have some undeniably great songs, especially complete control and guns of brixton
- Black Flag
- Minor Threat - altho the last two are more early hardcore
Newer stuff
- Bad Religion - arguably the most important punk band of all time, second favourite band after Frenzal and brilliant lyrically and musically
- NOFX - still a pretty good bad, at their peak from ribbed - so long and thanks for all the shoes
- Pennywise - Used to love these guys, got over them a bit to be honest, thye havent released a good album since straight ahead and their best stuff was earlier than that
- Rancid - very hit and miss, and out come the wolves was brilliant and earlier stuff very good, life wont wait sucked and invincible wa spretty sh*t as well
- Strung Out - complex, good lyrics, great band IMO
- Propagandhi - f**kin brilliant band, saw them earlier this year in Wollongong
Aussie Stuff
- The Meanies - love this band, havent got enough of their stuff but they are very good
- Nancy Vandal - saw them supporting frenzal the other night, hilarious
- The Saints - where it all began
- Bodyjar - veteran melbourne band, pretty good for some light hearted tunes
- Hard-ons - another good sydney band
Short Fast Loud also has alot of good aussie punk stuff every week
Ska/celtic punk
- Dropkick Murphys - one of my favourite band and one of the best live bands around
- Less Than Jake
Reel Big Fish etc
