intothepit83: First Punk Band

intothepit83 04.06.10	Remember, punk wasn't just about the music. It was an image. A battlecry. A revolution Hell, they say the Kingsmen's "Louie, Louie" was the first song to ever incorporate any elements of what was soon to be labled "punk", and that was back in the early 60's. So let's see how musically inclined sputnik really is.
Athom 04.06.10	I was thinking of MC5 and the Kinks when i saw this on the main page so one of them
theacademy 04.06.10	pfsh next thing youre gonna tell me Atreyu isnt real metalcore. PFSH.
intothepit83 04.06.10	pfsh next thing you're gonna tell me is that you have good taste in music pfsh
Satellite 04.06.10	Punk is a widely encompassing genre that has evolved over the years. It's lame to say that just because a band doesn't dress or act a certain way that they're fake. I got into punk because I fucking hate that attitude.
Emim 04.06.10	Was just reading an article about this a while back... Can't remember which it was though.
Satellite 04.06.10	I mean, sure, bands like Simple Plan and Good Charlotte obviously only defined themselves as "punk" because it was commercially viable at the time, so I'll agree with you if that's the point you're trying to make.
intothepit83 04.06.10	i might not have made it clear, but unfortunately the way of the world looks at image before substance. i'm not saying that the music shouldn't be all about the sound. in fact, i believe the opposite. however, when you think of punk, you don't think of 4 nicely dressed young men with huge diamonds in their ears with an $80 haircut. you think of leather jackets, smoking cigarettes, doing heroin, and absolute chaos, in the music and their lives. that was the point i was trying to get at
theacademy 04.06.10	satellite just owned the shit outta this list and the entire intothepit genre-centric ideology...
Satellite 04.06.10	Praise from Caesar.
Satellite 04.06.10	"you think of leather jackets, smoking cigarettes, doing heroin, and absolute chaos" Fuck that. I think punk rock is about raw self-expression, not following some archetypal lifestyle of self-destruction.
Yotimi 04.06.10	As far as punk as it's defined today, I'd say the first true punk song was "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks.
Yotimi 04.06.10	^but they weren't a punk band, just saying
intothepit83 04.06.10	i agree satellite, i'm just putting out a general consensus amongst the populace i have already discussed this with.
Satellite 04.06.10	k gotcha
MrPunkRocker 04.06.10	2,4,5,9,10 are great, but I'm not familiar with the other ones.
Inveigh 04.06.10	I'd probably go with MC5 as the first punk band, but You Really Got Me is considered by many to be the first punk song. It's all so damn subjective though. You could do this with any genre, not just punk.
eternium 04.06.10	The first true punk band was The Ramones. The rest influenced them and other punk artists, therefore leading to the creation of punk rock.
ConsciousLife 04.06.10	I lot of early rock'n'roll was quite raw, which seems punk even now when you listen. I'd say The Ramones were the first outright punk band, though.
AliW1993 04.06.10	From a UK perspective the first band that played punk were the Damned. The first true punk band were probably the Ramones though Id say
Urinetrouble 04.06.10	wehre the hell is the clash. they were one of the first and thewy innovated punk
Ire 04.06.10	lol click on death
ohnoestehmusik 04.06.10	Step 1 : Wikipedia Step 2: Create List, attempt to sound pretentious Step 3 : Fail
Buccaneer 04.06.10	I've been listening to the Stooges a lot lately. Fucking love Search and Destroy
Mr_Coffee 04.06.10	who the fuck cares which one is the first punk band?
theacademy 04.06.10	stop beating up on him, man. he's a simple kid and he shut up after satellite raped his world view.
jesusjuice1179 04.06.10	Mc5 was definitely the first punk band, the Kinks had one song that was truely punk, the whole MC5 disoc is punk so I'd go with them redundant comment was redundant
WhiteNoise 04.06.10	You guys are ALL wrong, Louis Armstrong was the first punk rocker!
RobotFrank 04.06.10	Nice list. Kingsmen and the Kinks were rock bands that had a strain of what would be punk in their sound. MC5 was a bluesy/hard rock band that was very heavy and sloppy, but I'm not willing to say they were the first punk band. They certainly helped built the foundation and expedite the process. The same can be said for The Stooges. The New York Dolls had all the ingredients and the sound was dead on. I'd like to give them the credit (mostly 'cause I love em) but I wont. The Ramones and The Sex Pistols made the sound famous, but they didn't create punk rock. I feel punk ARRIVED with Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power in 1973. That album is punk as fuck.
Mr_Coffee 04.06.10	Mozart was fucking punk
theacademy 04.07.10	na mozart was metal. gershwin was punk.
RobotFrank 04.07.10	buddy holly was punk rock.
intothepit83 04.07.10	theacademy- i laugh at the fact that you believe your insults have any place on here. a musical dimwit amongst elitists. shouldn't you be home doing your homework anyways? i hear the special ed classes are getting even more difficult. is it hard counting how many fingers you have on one hand, or do you need the teacher's help?
theacademy 04.07.10	^^thirty-something year old tries too hard at internet insults, inspires pity. WITNESS THE MAGIC!
intothepit83 04.07.10	you do realize that no one cares what you say, right? they laugh and point in pity whenever you show up. also, it's 20-something
intothepit83 04.07.10	Thank motocross!! I hope you choke on that fat dick you still have in your mouth!
intothepit83 04.07.10	i'm a mr pibb man myself
IRAI 04.07.10	good thing you dont need your mouth to type. that dick in his mouth does nothing, NOTHING!
Masochist 04.07.10	I don't know. If you want the first PUNK punk, you have to go with The Ramones, IMO. The rest are PROTOpunk, so I don't know if I'd consider any of them the first TRUE punk band...but if you think it counts, then The Kinks or MC5 would probably be it. Think of it in terms of building a house: bands 1-8 were the ones who dug out the hole and shaped how it would be, but it was the Ramones who laid the foundation for the entire thing (them and The Clash and the Pistols, etc.). So the answer to your question would be dependent upon whether you think the bands who shaped the movement count as PART of the movement, or whether you think there had to have been something substantial to build the movement upon. I think #2, so I think the first punk band was The Ramones. But then again...there may have been some others that started before them that I don't know about.
Inveigh 04.07.10	Dr. Pepper is better cause that motherfucker got his degree. Someone should tell Mr. Pibb you can't drop out of school and go straight to making soda.
intothepit83 04.07.10	dr pepper is just a fuckin over-achiever at least mr pibb tells the truth and is true to himself. plus, mrs pibb is fuckin smokin
Inveigh 04.07.10	yeah, I guess Mr. Pibb should get some points for keeping it real.
Yotimi 04.07.10	Hedberg ftw
intothepit83 04.07.10	plus, i heard dr pepper does back-ally abortions. i'm pro-life(unless the kid is really, really ugly)
Inveigh 04.07.10	we have a winner: Yotimi
intothepit83 04.07.10	oh, that's right. that's a hedberg bit. lol, completely flew right over the top of my head