what was the first punk rock band u liked and how old were you?
“I was 10 my brother was 11, I bought a lurkers 7” he bought crass reality asylum 7”, he hated it and bullied me into swapping them, i’m 51 now and still have it 6000 miles away from where I got it“
“I stole a sex pistols tape from “wall to wall sound and video” at the KOP mall when i was 11, but i also stole a beach boys tape the same time”
“i guess it was DK on tony hawk’s proskater but the first punk show I went to was this band called the mops (Salem, OR).”
“i was in 5th grade when this kid introduced me to agent orange and circle jerks .... & everything turned grey forever“
“Sex pistols. Ramones. The Clash...and to impress some one the Misfits...Also i had a serious crush on Henry Rollins.”
“Wow I've never thought about this before, but technically it would be a mix of bands taped off of WZBT the college radio station of Gettysburg PA. I may even still have it in some box? It's pretty eclectic but for sure I recall it having Bad Brains, Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys. I must have been in 4th grade? Then during the summer between elementary and high school (we didn't have "middle school" in my rural PA town) I bought Black Flag's "Everything Went Black" because of the cover art, which was always a thing for me, and never looked back as I got fixated on tracking down all the bands on the flyers. I also around this time got Crass Records "A Sides" comp with Flux of Pink Indians, Rudimentary Peni etc.... blew my fn mind. I never heard Crass themselves until I was in my 20s and never liked them very much musically, ha! Back then in early hs years I would make punk mix tapes for my three or so friends and I would mail-order all this weird stuff because of trying to find the bands on the flyers.... so I had like the record The Stains and had a QUIT THE HUMAN RACE t shirt I hand-markered when I went into hs in 7th grade. PUNX 4 LIFE.”
“My dad had a roommate when I was 12 and he burned me copies of London Calling, Young Loud Snotty, Nevermind the Bollocks, and Germfree Adolescents and i never looked back“
“Dead Milkmen, sometime in high school. Then I moved to West Philly and met Joe and Rodney at a party and tried to be chill while my inner 15 year old was melting doooown.“
“Dead Kennedy’s in 9th grade. I really thought I was all alone in disliking authority before that moment. I always say punk saved my life. Part of it was definitely giving validation to my headspace.“
“Iggy Pop/The Stooges on vinyl with my dad. I was 8.”
“Crass, someone told me it was crust punk haha I was like 12.“
“Rancid. I heard them on THE RADIO. I was 11 and they were so fun.”
“the offspring! i think i was 8 or 9 years old. i liked the song pretty fly for a while guy bc i thought it was funny so i bought the cd and listened to it. track 1 is an intro but track 2 started playing and that song “have you ever” and i heard it and THEN my tiny little brain flipped out. the offspring was so much cooler than that silly hit song pretty fly for a white guy. i became obsessed and started buying their nitro records compilations bc the offspring would put unreleased tracks on them. so i learned bout all that late 90s skate punk.“
“Nofx. My best friend put "I heard they suck live" on a tape for me in 8th grade.“
“Maybe “circle jerks” from the movie Thrashin’ when I was 11. But the Subhumans (UK) were the first punk band that I totally fell in love with, I was 12-13“
“Green Day and Rancid on the radio the summer before 7th grade. The look, every bully gang in every 80s movie.“
“I think I was 14 when I bought a copy of Dead Kennedys “Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables” based on the band name, cover art, and song titles. I had never heard anything like it before, I actually thought it was gonna be more metal but it made me realize I liked punk too.”
“Anti flag, middle school”
