PUNK RECS

BEAR WITH ME HERE

This is not meant to be a complete list, and in fact I'll be including more links when I can. Check out the musicshit page for links to actual music blogs that are dedicated to spreading good music to everyone they can!

THE FIRST TO DO IT

DEATH

CLASSIC PUNK (70’s)

  • The Clash
  • The Sex Pistols
  • The Ramones
  • The Damned
  • The Buzzcocks
  • X-Ray Spex

80’S HARDCORE

  • Minor Threat (created the straight edge scene) Bandcamp
  • Bad Brains
  • Black Flag
  • Millions of Dead Cops (MDC)
  • Bad Religion
  • Dead Kennedys
  • JFA (more skate punk than hardcore but it’s fast and raw)
  • Aus Rotten
  • Poison Idea
  • Subhumans
  • Limp Wrist Bandcamp
  • The Circle Jerks

90’S SKA PUNK

  • Operation Ivy (arguably created ska punk in general)
  • Choking Victim (crack rock steady)
  • Mighty Mighty Boss Tones
  • Big D & The Kids Table (This band just got better and better over the years, even creating a new genre blend which they refer to as “stroll.” Super worth checking out)
  • Smash Mounth (I know, I know. Listen to Fush Yu Mang and your life will be changed forever. It’s fucking good)
  • Reel Big Fish
  • Less Than Jake

90’S AND 2000’S POP PUNK

  • Green Day (is a good band)
  • Blink-182 (is a fun band)
  • The Ergs!
  • Face To Face
  • The Bouncing Souls
  • NOFX (This is gonna get me zonked, but NOFX is a fucking pop punk band)

90’s POST PUNK

  • Fugazi (Ian McKaye of Minor Threat)
  • Farside (Listen to The Monroe Doctrine all the way through oh my GOD what an incredible fucking album)

90’s Riot Grrrl

HONORABLE MENTIONS

  • Chumbawumba (is a punk band)
  • The Cramps (Surfy Slutty Spooky Goodness)
  • NAUSEA (Crust)
  • Dropkick Murphys
  • Flogging Molly
  • The Pogues

FOLK PUNK (On the punky side)

CONTEMPORARY “classic” PUNK

CONTEMPORARY SKA PUNK

I’m just gonna link to the Bad Time Records Bandcamp. Go through their roster, every band’s a banger!

  • The Interrupters
  • Rotten Reputation Bandcamp
  • The A-Ok’s Bandcamp
  • Bitch’n’Dudes (Fucking wild ska-crust-jazz-hardcore-reggae dub goodness. First time I pitted at one of their shows I nearly passed out from dancing so hard) Bandcamp
  • Escape From The Zoo Bandcamp
  • Bomb The Music Industry! (and Jeff’s solo stuff to boot!) Quote Unquote Records Page (This page doesn't include their album Scrambles, which is a personal favorite of mine, but if you scroll down the albums section on the QUR website you'll find it)
  • The Rotten Blue Menace Bandcamp
  • Lo Cash Ninjas (Native Shipwreck crack rock steady) Bandcamp
  • Night Gaunts (space ska from New Zealand) Bandcamp
  • Corrupt Vision (Noisy Anti-ska from California) Bandcamp
  • Streetlight Manifesto

CONTEMPORARY HARDCORE

SKATE PUNK

CONTEMPORARY POP PUNK

  • Real Tree (good fun queer pop punk) Bandcamp
  • Mission Accomplished (put out a fun EP very Blink) Bandcamp
  • Iron Chic (The most triumphant and climactic music written with guitars for their first two full length albums. “You can’t stay here” dives into depression and introspection and the last song ends on a hopeful banger. One of my all-time favorite bands. The Constant One is a fucking masterpiece) Bandcamp
  • Sarchasm (like a trans Green Day that sings about sad stuff but makes you wanna scream along the whole time) Bandcamp
  • RVIVR (Same vibes as Iron Chic, but also very Trans and Queer) Bandcamp
  • American Pinup (What if Paramore played some ska stuff sometimes?) Bandcamp
  • Atomic Lights
  • Bad Cop/Bad Cop
  • The Beat Seekers (Diet Rise Against) Bandcamp
  • Davey Dynamite (and Friends) (HOLY SHIT is a good fucking album) Bandcamp
  • Choked Up Bandcamp

OTHER COOL SHIT THAT’S VERY PUNK BUT DOESN’T MAP NEATLY ONTO ANY ONE STYLE

  • Mannequin Pussy (GOOD SO GOOD HOLY SHIT) Bandcamp
  • The Menzingers (We're getting old, friends) Bandcamp
  • Plasma Canvas (The gayest Band in the world) Bandcamp
  • Pocket Vinyl (Piano Punk) Bandcamp
  • PUP (Are they, like, atually okay?) Bandcamp
  • Rise Against
  • Rozwell Kid (These dudes and fun and kinda weird and i love them lots) Bandcamp
  • Slumped Bandcamp
  • Against Me!
  • Community Couch Bandcamp
  • Seed Bomb Bandcamp
  • Control Top Bandcamp
  • Culture Abuse (First EP was Hardcore, First Album was good mid tempo punk, their second album they got a little psychedelic with it. all worth checking out) Bandcamp
  • Cymbals Eat Guitars Bandcamp
  • The Dirty Nil (Good fuckin' Rock and Roll!!) Bandcamp
  • FIDLAR
  • Screaming Females (Riff Queen) Bandcamp
  • Hüsker Dü

OTHER WEBSITES YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

No Time Records DIY label from Southern California, distros some wild fucking punk, noise, metal, ska, and folk punk. Hella cool webstore.

Qoute Unqoute Records Jeff Rosenstock's DIY label. all the music is free to download. Take them up on that, there's a bunch of fucking gems on their roster.

Sophie's Floorboard Sophie's Floorboard is a music blog that I have been visiting for almost five years now. So much of my music taste has come from reading the entries and just giving bands a chance. I owe much of my personal taste, my influences, and to a certain degree the music that I make, to this blog. Check it out, you'll be surpised with what you find!