Showing posts with label Punk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Punk. Show all posts

Sunday, April 11, 2010

The Dickies - Great Dictations: The Definitive Dickies Collection (1989)


Before there was punk there was pop, but utilizing pop sensibilities in punk music? 

The Ramones and Buzzcocks immediately come to mind, but let's agree that there's no real starting point and those bands most likely fed off of each other as much as acted as a catalyst for each other.

So, in short- this is arguably, and I love to argue about music so come at me, the first true pop punk record of all time. 

Let's fight.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Shelter - Perfection Of Desire (1990)

Shelter is a hardcore punk band from New York City that rose out of the ashes of several other influential bands of that era- on this album we have lead singer Ray Cappo (from Youth Of Today) and Tom Capone, who would later go on to help start Quicksand


Shelter is unique in that they were the originators of the genre Krishnacore, which fused hardcore (and often a brand of melodic hardcore) punk to Krishna consciousness. One of my favorite bands of the early '90s.