Comments on: US vs. UK: Punk Rock Throwdown (Vote Today!)

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:20:43 +0000

Only US punk band I really adore from that list is The Ramones although I love Black Flag and all the hardcore bands being mentioned. However Clash will always be the greatest punk band of all time hands down

By: ****you

****you — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:21:07 +0000

(I am from the Uk)
The only Us person I like is Blondie but she doesn’t even compare to the clash. Punk rock is about revolution where as the Clash and the Sex Pistols did a better job.
P.S. Green Day stinks.

By: ****you

****you — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:18:52 +0000

The only Us person I like is Blondie but she doesn’t even compare to the clash. Punk rock is about revolution where as the Clash and the Sex Pistols did a better job.
P.S. Green Day stinks.

By: TrixRabbi

TrixRabbi — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:53:11 +0000

Black Flag? Anyways, US proved more important overall to punk by numbers. Plus, The Stooges were American.

By: Harry the Bastard

Harry the Bastard — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:28:04 +0000

Making me choose between the Damned and Dead boys was a hard job.Two brilliant bands,but Dead Boys are my all time fave band.Young,Loud and Snotty gets my vote.Plasmatics were a great band,so were the Sex Pistols,The Clash,Ramones.ARRGH!!!.I can’t make up my mind.I’m gonna call it a draw!

By: Ricky Ten Sleep

Ricky Ten Sleep — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:13:20 +0000

Yeah Punk Rock is dead! It died with Sean Fightmaster. (see S.L.C. Punk) So long my friend We all miss you.

By: Bat Cave Punk

Bat Cave Punk — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:11:32 +0000

I´m from Finland and played in some local punk bands at the late 70´s. Here no-one had ever heard about punk bands before the Clash and the Pistols. Specially the Pistols made the whole thing as crazy as it was and even the finnish media was interested about the things around the band. The punk movement was also real strong here, I think it was in the UK too, but not so much in the US.

Today it´s different. The kids seem to know much better the Ramones than those british bands and thats ok for me. My opinion is that punk rock was born in the US, but the peak was in the UK and there was a lot of good punk bands in the other languish areas too, but you don´t know them.

By: secretplans

secretplans — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:28:13 +0000

Tell you what, you put some punk on that list and I’ll vote.

By: kriss

kriss — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:06:49 +0000

uk marketed better?lets not forget should i stay or go sucks!sex pistols deep purple dressed like punk fashion designers,punk attitude starts with jerry lee lewis meet iggy and culture reveloution.uk made punk more political.the who first super group not punk!like the ramones or not thats the first distinctive punk rythem.

By: RomanianPunk

RomanianPunk — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:50:12 +0000

What about Dead Kennedys?
Or Misfits!
Punk Rock will always be better in United States!

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By: Doug S.

Doug S. — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:30:37 +0000

I that there is NOT enough HARDCORE. The bands in the poll are pretty much punk-lite, with the exception of The Dead Boys and The Plasmatics.
There are many great bands missing in this thread (Black Flag; Skrewdriver; Fear; The Crass; Fang; Exploited and D.R.I.). This debate could go on infinitively without ever being
resolved. In my opinion, the U.S. has the edge. We have the angry, drunk and pissed angle all covered. We have more to be pissed off at what with the Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations screwing up our country.

By: Tony Daygo-ini

Tony Daygo-ini — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:37:51 +0000

There’s not enough hardcore punk on here, where American punk began to shine IMO. Otherwise I don’t find it fair. Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Subhumans, and Choking Victim are sorely missing.

And who the hell voted Blondie over the Clash?

By: amber

amber — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:32:00 +0000

they missed some good bands