Good list mate! Didn't agree with some of it but that's MY OPINION! Enjoyed watching it though and obviously it's something that's dear to your heart as a lot of work has gone into it. Keep up the good work. Much appreciated.
good job. It's nice to see someone who has the balls to pick a group other than the Pistols or the Clash as the number one British punk band of all time..
@rjplamf61 Thanks for that, but it's something I genuinely believe!! ...all 4 are excellent bands tho and on another day, I might have put them in a 'slightly' different order!!
@andymac1873 You, like everyone else is entitled to your opinion! ....but you're wrong btw!! ...and I think you probably realise your faux pas by now i.e. Ramones = U.S.A. : )
@oister781 SLF are class and being 'Northern' Irish, still qualify for being on this all British list! ...no problems about your wee error about Clash/Pistols. I reckon the Clash already get lots of credit for Tommy gun as its a great song!! But the pistols however, don't for Lonely Boy, maybe cos it was wrote by cook/Jones after the proper band split up, thus not so cool?!?! ...my fav Buzzcocks tunes are 'I don't Mind', 'Love You More' and 'What Do I Get' for what it's worth!! :)
Stiff Little Fingers rock !!! I would personally have them at #1 or #2 even tho they are Irish but its your list,,,well done dude. And how come I never hear anybody give any credit to the Sex Pistols for their songs "Tommy Gun" and "Lonley Boy" ?? Them are my two favorites by them. Excellent list,,,,put together very well. Also, the song "Why cant I touch it" by the Buzzcocks is epic too.
@lazarrazvan Never considered them 'Punk' personally. See quite a way down in the comments below, for a long and heated debate on the subject! ..please don't get me started again on it, cos quite frankly I can't be arsed!!
@tedcontatoss Yes my list is in order of preferance! and as I say in the title "in my opinion", so that's why it is the way it is!! ..Eddie dioesn't make it as they never wanted to be part of the punk scene and most of their music was more akin to Pub Rock/R&B than the one or two punkier sounding songs they had! ..Penetretion and Siouxsie are in as in the 70's they were both at the forefront of punk and only took different directions at a later time (i.e. Goth, etc.)
@tedcontatoss I am currently compling an American list, but it is coming together slowly. However it should be done by the first quarter of the new year! ...thanks for the comments!!
@BigDuke921 Their 1st album was 'Inflammable Material' in 1979, but their best i.m.h.o. is 'Nobody's Heroes' from 1980 which features the brilliant 'Gotta Getaway' ..cheers!!
Great video saw all but 3 of the bands listed many several times.. My favourite punk band of all time was Raped. Also would have had 77-79 era Adam & the ants in the top 5.
great video. I'd have Wire- 1 2 XU, Eater- No Brains, and Slaughter and the Dogs- Cranked Up Really High. And I know they were transplants but Stranded by The Saints is really good too
@totalstranga Yeah, Eater and Slaughter just missed out on my list!! 12 xu is a stonewall punk song, but never considered wire to be punk personally. Love Stranded by the Saints, but unfortunately being Aussie's, they missed out too! ..thanx for the comment!!!
I just like to mention Motorhead.....Wait wait wait think about it before I get a hurl of abuse from anyone. Play either On Parole or the Debut 1977album LOUD before replying to me. Yes long hair , yes flared trousers,it must be remembered that up 1980 Motorhead had a largely Punk endorsement & they did not give a fuck
@kingofpunk1977 Yeah, I hear where you're coming from!! They should kinda make it on attitude in the same way that I included Dury based on attitude and not because of any archetypal punk credentials!! Plus they were great mates with the Damned, plus I love a lot of their stuff, plus I saw them a couple of years ago!!! ...ah, but I just couldn't do it!! ha ha!! Imagine the stick from the rest of the punk/ex punk community!! I'd be hung drawn and gobbed on!!!! ..cheers!!!
Ok mate nice video & I know your opinion but Slaughter & the Dogs or Adam & the AntZ are not there! Crumbs.Out of interest do you like Cyanide /Drones/Neon Hearts/Depressions/1977 Cock Sparrer/Cockney Rejects. Are Magazine/Joy Division/Bauhaus/Killing Joke/Pil/Pop Group/Wire/Gang of 4in the equation? Inspired to see Dury there. Totally agree that Pistols/Stranglers/Damned/Clash are the top 4. Carry on making more vids. Cheers
@kingofpunk1977 Cheers mate, good comment ...and in answer to you: Slaughter & the Dogs just missed out on the 25 and Adam & the Ants were part of the general New Wave I reckon! ...I liked most of the bands you mentioned but cock Sparrer just weren't for me. The rest you mention fall into either 'Post punk' or were bigger in the 80's than 70's thus didn't make it (imho!) ..I liked them all tho!! ..Cheers!!
splittin hairs there mate, i think we can class northern ireland as part of the british isles,,,anyways dont matter they are all superb, there also pleny you missed out but like you said all a matter of taste as to who you put where ehnothing like cranking it really high and listening to some decent music ... i luv it better than some of the shit today......well done mate
@fanniannii62 Cheers mate, I probs could have done a top 30 or 35 but it kinda dilutes the best bands, plus I was having trouble with space and getting a reasonable sample of the music for each band! ..cheers!!
spot on mate...well,,nearly....pistols gotta be number one, liked to hav seen the vibrators and the lurkers higher up and,,,,,,wer r slaughter and the dogs and wayne county and the electric chairs and at a push blondie,,,oh and the ramones.....still a punk at heart and listen to all my all stuff, seen most of em except the pistols still cant hav it all eh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,awesum post m8
@fanniannii62 Appreciate the comment mate (despite the U.S. bands included - keep an eye out as I'm in the middle of doing a U.S. top 20 punk bands of the 70's)
Great video mate, brings it all back. Saw about half of them back in the day.Saw the Pistols in a Gym at Brunel University, hour late all the had was a big pink plastic sheet with Sex pistols sprayed on it and a white light. Aced it blew us all away. Them the Blockheads and Siouxsie my favourites live. Cheers
@Stevesplatto So jealous!!! ..never saw them live, but would have killed to see that gig!! ...saw Mr Dury live not long before he died, great bloke, took no shit from anyone!! God bless him!
@shedendboy1 Fair comment! ...I saw Arturo Bassick fronting the 'Big Art Peters' band in July at a beer festival!! They were really good, if a bit too Country & Western for my tastes!! ..got him to autograph my fest programme too!! Great bloke!!!
fair does mate,we are close on the top two,its all subjective anyway,pity there reverance isnt transmitted in the media,instead of all the pistols/clash fellatio,the clash coudnt sell out the local bus stop and the pistols were a boy band,aka bay city rollers,long live the stranglers....
@ricknblack Not a bad call! The Stranglers were my band for a while until I discovered the Damned!! Both bands still close to my heart, god bless em!!!
@billybadbrakes the bbc likes to take credit for playing these bands but they never did they hated them and wasnt till late 78 that they started playing select records at select times.,they had the monopoly as nationaly there was nothing else..,you are so right the likes of edmonds,blackburn dlt and co dictated what we listened to..their was one shining light though tucked away late at night and was often in trouble for daring to differ..John Peel..god bless you john xx
@59jimmyb Agreed! John Peel, hero to so many!!! ...spent many a night listening to his show and getting ideas to buy 45's at the record shops on the coming weekend!!
(SOME) Punks Before Punk (USA) - Eddie Cochran , Gene Vincent , Johnny Burnette , Link Wray , Stooges , Blue Cheer , Velvets , MC5 , Dolls , Sonics , Red Crayola with The Familiar Ugly , Elevators/Roky , Fred Cole , Seeds , Trashmen , Standells , Wailers , Chocolate Watchband , Mickey Lee Lane , ? and The Mysterians , Flamin' Groovies , Legendary Stardust Cowboy , Litter , Electric Prunes , Donny B. Waugh (Look him up.) . "We are a GERMAN band" Gary Burger. monks.
Punks before Punk (UK) Lord Sutch , Vince Taylor , Downliners Sect , Pretty Things , Jesse Hector , Third World War , John's Children , Deviants , Pink Fairies , Stack Waddy , TROGGS!!! , Creation , Syd Barrett , Slade , Lemmy , Arthur Brown (So , he can sing. He fits the bill.) , Edgar Broughton , Marc Bolan , Crushed Butler , Mick Ronson , Birds , Move , Johnny Kidd , Dave Berry , and , like it or not , The Father of DIY , Lonnie Donnegan.
@pfordsq To the Punks 'Before' list you could add The Seeds, The Standells, The Sonics, The Litter, 13th Floor Elevators and Kim Fowley!! ...love the name Crushed Butler!!! Never heard of that before!!!
@billybadbrakes Oh , absolutely , I would , and will , with your indulgence , put together an all - USA list , but the first list was meant to be UK - only. Crushed Butler was Jesse Hector's Power Trio , circa early 70's.
BLISTERING stuff , man. They wore flares , black tee - shirts AND Mod haircuts , but you know Jesse's sartorial style reflected his many musical stylings. You can find audio on them , on You Tube. I'm pretty sure no video exists, tho' I'd like to be proven wrong.
Pub Rock - Dr. Feelgood (DUH.) , Little Bob Story , Ducks Deluxe , Tyla Gang , Pirates , Lew Lewis , Eddie and The Hotrods , Count Bishops , Blast Furnace , ( Early ) Stranglers , Teenage Head , Real Kids , (Early) Cannibals , solo Wilko Johnson , mid - period Pink Fairies , 101'ers , (Comeback era) Downliners Sect , 9 Below Zero , Purple Helmets , Graham Parker , Brinsley Schwartz , Inmates , (Pre - hate) Skrewdriver , Motors , Gorillas. (Not necc.accurate or complete).
I agree with many of these choices , but , as you said , and as Pauline said "It's my choice , I'll take any chances...".Some of my other faves are Eater , X Ray Spex (I apologize if they're here and I missed 'em.) , Rezillos , Eddie and The Hot Rods (Call 'em Punk , call 'em Pub....They still rock , mate.) , and , well , a bunch of others. I think a top 25 Pub , US Punk and Punks before they were all Punks list (s) is in order....But , well done.
personally I think u should make it "punk bands of the 70s" I think its kinda ignorant to leave out the american scene which was a great influence on the punk musical scene, thats my opinion but after all it is ur video,
@misfitsfan28 Nothing to do with ignorance ...it's called choice! ...I chose to do a vid about British punk bands of the 70's, nothing more nothing less! ..If I'd chose to do a vid about U.S. punk bands I'd probably still have more idea who to include than you matey! ...having said that, the Misfits would definately make it!!!
@misfitsfan28 Neither!! ...I've had 'Chickenpox Sickbed' in my brain since I was your age and never got round to using it, so your welcome to have that if you want it!!!
Balderfookingdash, The Clash never sold old, your heroes toured the States first and failed. The Damned and Sham 69 were total joke material (still are) the only decent thing the Damned ever done was Mr Burns wearing a St Mirren top in the adverts for Smash it up. As for Dury and the Stanglers, they were already in place pub rock outfits about as punk as my dear departed Gran,,,,,,
@bongovonbudvar The Damned's manifesto from day one was "give us yer greenbacks, we wanna get rich!". While doin it, they were determined to get pissed have a good laugh and cause as much chaos as poss!! ...a manifesto that they still persue to this day, god bless em!! ...your dear old pals the Clash on the other hand made statements like we'll never appear on TOTP, I'm so bored with the U.S.A. and moaned about lack of career opportunities!!
@bongovonbudvar ...first chance they got they played Tiswas instead of TOTP, fell in bed with the U.S. going on tour with Bo friggin Diddley and playin Shea Stadium and generally turnin their back on punk (and rock in general) and fannying on with latin, rap and reggae amongst others. Basically a bunch of turn-coat lyers with very little credibility!! ...don't get me wrong, I loved the Clash! First 3 albums are great! But I always took their cod politics with a large pinch of salt!! : )
Sandanista onwards is far from crap, The Clash are the greatest band, punk or otherwise, ever. To even have the Stranglers, Sham 69, Ian Dury or the Rich Kids in such a list is a joke, though not as much a joke of your top pick.........
@bongovonbudvar The Clash sold out by late 79 and went working for the yankee dollar, totally against everything they said they wouldnt do!! ...Not good!!! ...to even suggest the Damned, Stranglers, Sham 69 and Ian Dury shouldn't be in a British top 25 Punk Bands of the 70's, is unbelieveble!!! It's made me realise you haven't got a clue what your talking about! ...I'd be interested to find out who you would replace them with???
Undertones just too poppy to make it into a punk top 10, so position justified! ...Jam revealed their true Mod credentials by early 79, so they too drop down any punk list! ...Pistols 'most iconic' agreed!! Best?! naaahhh!!! ...my vid is looking at the best British Punk bands by close of play 31st Dec 1979, so the Clash transcending punk is irrelevant. To be perfectly honest 'Sandinista' onwards was just pure tripe so if that's transcending punk, you can have it!!!
Classic - good work....Not sure about the Rich Kids....but any band with a drummer called Manic Esso has got to go in the top 10 ....and don't get me started on Pauline Murray's voice :-)
@billybadbrakes Ahhh sorry. I just saw top 25 punk bands aNd read the list. I was gonna mention the dead kennedys until I read the description. Good day to you sir.
Excellent...a few of my favs missing (Slaughter & the Dogs? ) and not my order but good stuff all the same. You couldn't do a list like this of the US bands from 76-77....there would only be about 5 we'd heard of!
@wire23 Thanks very much!!! ...just had a look at the vid, you won't believe this but I've seen that one before!! Excellent stuff! ..I left a comment!! ...Cheers!!
@MrJockstrap77 ...Undertones were a punk band early on I reckon, maybe with a slightly poppy bias toward the end of the seventies?! ...for the rest, what can I say, maybe if I had a top 30 they would have all got in?! ...cheers Jock!!!
1st class list Billy, you got the top 3 bang on except Stranglers in my list would be 1 Damned 2, But as you say each to there own, Just wondered why The Boomtown Rats were not in your list,
@tomjane1517 ..They were from Eire, so not technically British (British Isles maybe?!) ...also, they made it pretty clear at the time, on vinyl and in concert (according to my bro, who saw them), that they weren't punk and didn't want anything to do with the movement!! ...despite sounding to the rest of the world just like a power pop/punk band!!!! ha ha!!
Listen folks, I don't mind anyone expressing their views on my video or about Punk music in general, but just remember, they are only views!! There's no rights or wrongs! One person's No.1 is another person's 101!! ..the only fact, is that there are no facts!! ...so don't be a 1st class prick like 'MikeHoncho42' below, trying to pass his un-informed drivel off as fact, cos I won't stand for it!! ...Remember, make up your own mind and definitely don't be told what to do!!!
Utterly laughable. Why arent the sex pistols number 1? Why isnt the Clash in the top 3? Even worse than understating the best is leaving them out. Where is the Fall? or Crass? The Damned number 1? only noteworthy thing they did was Machine Gun Etiquette, and that's on the fringes of 70s British punk. If you want to find 70s British punk bands that stick to the sound and attitude, dont pay any attention to this video.
@billybadbrakes U mad bro? Also, they recently invented this awesome thing called the hypothetical question. Read up on it; it's really quite amazing.
@MikeHoncho42 Yeah and they also invented this thing called the 'Profile Picture' and 'video uploads' ....you wanna come out of the shadows man and stop behaving like some weak pussy, passing judgement on other peoples vids when you havent got the balls to do you own!!! Faggot!
@billybadbrakes Yup. You caught me. I'm afraid to do things on youtube because I know that 12 year olds who know how to use a video program will "pass judgement" on me. Fucking tool.
@MikeHoncho42 Listen Faggot! Go grow a pair of balls, get your pic up, then post your top 25 punk bands and let me rip into it!! ...until then, go shove your half-baked views back up yer ring-piece, from whenst they came! ...have a nice day pussy! ; )
ha ha wot a fakin rotter! are you sure it wasnt pink rock you meant?as far as slaughter & the dogs, the drones, ultravox (to a point,"young savage"eg) wire,the fall,your top 10 was fukin bad enough with the clash and pistols 4 & 3 ? im sick of being sick, its no fun,if i was cranked up really high,& bone idol for 48 hours id watch bingo masters break out & i aint been to no music school.im no liar so dont dictate or try for complete control,i did you no wrong its nasty nasty boredom b'dum b'dum
Good list mate! Didn't agree with some of it but that's MY OPINION! Enjoyed watching it though and obviously it's something that's dear to your heart as a lot of work has gone into it. Keep up the good work. Much appreciated.
tago69mago 4 days ago
@tago69mago Thanks for the good words!!! Cheers!
billybadbrakes 1 day ago
THE DAMNED!!!
TheAxeMixa 2 weeks ago
@TheAxeMixa Yaay!!
billybadbrakes 4 days ago
Even though they are an incredible band i don't think slf would like being called british very much.
TheAxeMixa 2 weeks ago
@TheAxeMixa Not sure why not?! ..Northeren Ireland is in the UK (Britain) after all!
billybadbrakes 4 days ago
Happy 100,000 views to me!!!! :)
billybadbrakes 3 weeks ago
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thatchislett 2 weeks ago
good job. It's nice to see someone who has the balls to pick a group other than the Pistols or the Clash as the number one British punk band of all time..
rjplamf61 4 weeks ago
@rjplamf61 Thanks for that, but it's something I genuinely believe!! ...all 4 are excellent bands tho and on another day, I might have put them in a 'slightly' different order!!
billybadbrakes 3 weeks ago
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thatchislett 2 weeks ago
JUST MY OPINION BUT YOUR LIST IS POOR ! THE CLASH WERE THE GREATEST PUNK BAND EVER AND WHERE WERE THE GODFATHERS OF PUNK ? THE RAMONES ?
andymac1873 1 month ago
@andymac1873 keep up lad, the ramones are american,this is the top twenty five BRITISH punk bands! (in his opinion)
therotatingchinmen 4 weeks ago 4
@therotatingchinmen Cheers RCM love it!!!
billybadbrakes 3 weeks ago
@andymac1873 You, like everyone else is entitled to your opinion! ....but you're wrong btw!! ...and I think you probably realise your faux pas by now i.e. Ramones = U.S.A. : )
billybadbrakes 3 weeks ago
My bad,,,I got ahead of myself. I meant to say The Clash sang Tommy Gun. I'm an idiot,,,
oister781 1 month ago
@oister781 SLF are class and being 'Northern' Irish, still qualify for being on this all British list! ...no problems about your wee error about Clash/Pistols. I reckon the Clash already get lots of credit for Tommy gun as its a great song!! But the pistols however, don't for Lonely Boy, maybe cos it was wrote by cook/Jones after the proper band split up, thus not so cool?!?! ...my fav Buzzcocks tunes are 'I don't Mind', 'Love You More' and 'What Do I Get' for what it's worth!! :)
billybadbrakes 1 month ago
Stiff Little Fingers rock !!! I would personally have them at #1 or #2 even tho they are Irish but its your list,,,well done dude. And how come I never hear anybody give any credit to the Sex Pistols for their songs "Tommy Gun" and "Lonley Boy" ?? Them are my two favorites by them. Excellent list,,,,put together very well. Also, the song "Why cant I touch it" by the Buzzcocks is epic too.
oister781 1 month ago
What about JOY DIVISION? I think they deserve a place in this Top!
lazarrazvan 2 months ago
@lazarrazvan Never considered them 'Punk' personally. See quite a way down in the comments below, for a long and heated debate on the subject! ..please don't get me started again on it, cos quite frankly I can't be arsed!!
billybadbrakes 1 month ago
@lazarrazvan da fuq? joy division?
esti nebun bai.
ak1ra1609 4 weeks ago
Everytime I see something like this I feel I was born in the wrong time
Juan36793 2 months ago
hard work you did
I'm sorry to disappoint you but I
I disagree with you
tedcontatoss 2 months ago
@tedcontatoss Thanx ..hey, takes all sorts!!
billybadbrakes 2 months ago
@billybadbrakes
Please tell me, by chance, this list is in order of importance of the bands?
if so, that´s why i dont agree with that at all
and you put in your list PENATRATION, SIOUXSIE
but forgotten eddie and hot rods
and how about american punk bands ?
and new wave , have you ever listed your top bands ??
thanks
best wishes
tedcontatoss 2 months ago
@tedcontatoss Yes my list is in order of preferance! and as I say in the title "in my opinion", so that's why it is the way it is!! ..Eddie dioesn't make it as they never wanted to be part of the punk scene and most of their music was more akin to Pub Rock/R&B than the one or two punkier sounding songs they had! ..Penetretion and Siouxsie are in as in the 70's they were both at the forefront of punk and only took different directions at a later time (i.e. Goth, etc.)
billybadbrakes 2 months ago
@tedcontatoss I am currently compling an American list, but it is coming together slowly. However it should be done by the first quarter of the new year! ...thanks for the comments!!
billybadbrakes 2 months ago
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tedcontatoss 2 months ago
Great selection, I would personally have moved around the top 5 but there you go all about opinions, as for Johnny Moped FFS lol
SwestImp 2 months ago
@SwestImp Hey nowt wrong with Johnny Moped! Cycledelic is a brill album!! :)
billybadbrakes 2 months ago
Jesus, I'm 50 now and I'm singing along to all the songs! Happy days.....
MondayDrinker 2 months ago
@MondayDrinker Attitude will keep you young mate!! ..happy days indeed!!
billybadbrakes 2 months ago
What is the stiff little fonger's best album ?
BigDuke921 3 months ago
@BigDuke921 Their 1st album was 'Inflammable Material' in 1979, but their best i.m.h.o. is 'Nobody's Heroes' from 1980 which features the brilliant 'Gotta Getaway' ..cheers!!
billybadbrakes 2 months ago
@billybadbrakes best live album is hanx
BLACKFURRYRAT 2 months ago
@BLACKFURRYRAT Agreed!!!
billybadbrakes 2 months ago
brilliant
bostedclog 3 months ago
Great video saw all but 3 of the bands listed many several times.. My favourite punk band of all time was Raped. Also would have had 77-79 era Adam & the ants in the top 5.
Geoff (ashford,Middlesex).
rockchick1963 3 months ago
@rockchick1963 Thanx mate!!
billybadbrakes 3 months ago
I like your opinion. My 1st time to hear of a lot of the bands.
austintxlivemusic 3 months ago
@austintxlivemusic Thanx!! Keep watching and listening!!!
billybadbrakes 3 months ago
great video. I'd have Wire- 1 2 XU, Eater- No Brains, and Slaughter and the Dogs- Cranked Up Really High. And I know they were transplants but Stranded by The Saints is really good too
totalstranga 4 months ago
@totalstranga Yeah, Eater and Slaughter just missed out on my list!! 12 xu is a stonewall punk song, but never considered wire to be punk personally. Love Stranded by the Saints, but unfortunately being Aussie's, they missed out too! ..thanx for the comment!!!
billybadbrakes 4 months ago
I just like to mention Motorhead.....Wait wait wait think about it before I get a hurl of abuse from anyone. Play either On Parole or the Debut 1977album LOUD before replying to me. Yes long hair , yes flared trousers,it must be remembered that up 1980 Motorhead had a largely Punk endorsement & they did not give a fuck
kingofpunk1977 4 months ago
@kingofpunk1977 Yeah, I hear where you're coming from!! They should kinda make it on attitude in the same way that I included Dury based on attitude and not because of any archetypal punk credentials!! Plus they were great mates with the Damned, plus I love a lot of their stuff, plus I saw them a couple of years ago!!! ...ah, but I just couldn't do it!! ha ha!! Imagine the stick from the rest of the punk/ex punk community!! I'd be hung drawn and gobbed on!!!! ..cheers!!!
billybadbrakes 4 months ago
Ok mate nice video & I know your opinion but Slaughter & the Dogs or Adam & the AntZ are not there! Crumbs.Out of interest do you like Cyanide /Drones/Neon Hearts/Depressions/1977 Cock Sparrer/Cockney Rejects. Are Magazine/Joy Division/Bauhaus/Killing Joke/Pil/Pop Group/Wire/Gang of 4in the equation? Inspired to see Dury there. Totally agree that Pistols/Stranglers/Damned/Clash are the top 4. Carry on making more vids. Cheers
kingofpunk1977 4 months ago
@kingofpunk1977 Cheers mate, good comment ...and in answer to you: Slaughter & the Dogs just missed out on the 25 and Adam & the Ants were part of the general New Wave I reckon! ...I liked most of the bands you mentioned but cock Sparrer just weren't for me. The rest you mention fall into either 'Post punk' or were bigger in the 80's than 70's thus didn't make it (imho!) ..I liked them all tho!! ..Cheers!!
billybadbrakes 4 months ago
@billybadbrakes Thanks for your reply. Have heard Are You Receiving by Killing Joke The Capital Radio Session Version...This is so Pistols like
kingofpunk1977 4 months ago
@kingofpunk1977 Hadn't heard it!! Yeah very pistols like, if a few production techniques into the future!! Cheers!!
billybadbrakes 4 months ago
splittin hairs there mate, i think we can class northern ireland as part of the british isles,,,anyways dont matter they are all superb, there also pleny you missed out but like you said all a matter of taste as to who you put where ehnothing like cranking it really high and listening to some decent music ... i luv it better than some of the shit today......well done mate
fanniannii62 4 months ago
@fanniannii62 Cheers mate, I probs could have done a top 30 or 35 but it kinda dilutes the best bands, plus I was having trouble with space and getting a reasonable sample of the music for each band! ..cheers!!
billybadbrakes 4 months ago
Stiff Little Fingers aren't British, they're Irish.
drunkpunkism 4 months ago
@drunkpunkism Are you making a political statement there, or are you just bad at geography?!?!
billybadbrakes 4 months ago
@billybadbrakes my bad, I realised the mistake of that comment after I posted it.
drunkpunkism 4 months ago
oh and wire......
fanniannii62 4 months ago
spot on mate...well,,nearly....pistols gotta be number one, liked to hav seen the vibrators and the lurkers higher up and,,,,,,wer r slaughter and the dogs and wayne county and the electric chairs and at a push blondie,,,oh and the ramones.....still a punk at heart and listen to all my all stuff, seen most of em except the pistols still cant hav it all eh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,awesum post m8
fanniannii62 4 months ago
@fanniannii62 Its British bands, ramones and blondie are american.
drunkpunkism 4 months ago
@fanniannii62 Appreciate the comment mate (despite the U.S. bands included - keep an eye out as I'm in the middle of doing a U.S. top 20 punk bands of the 70's)
billybadbrakes 4 months ago
Great video mate, brings it all back. Saw about half of them back in the day.Saw the Pistols in a Gym at Brunel University, hour late all the had was a big pink plastic sheet with Sex pistols sprayed on it and a white light. Aced it blew us all away. Them the Blockheads and Siouxsie my favourites live. Cheers
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Stevesplatto 4 months ago
@Stevesplatto So jealous!!! ..never saw them live, but would have killed to see that gig!! ...saw Mr Dury live not long before he died, great bloke, took no shit from anyone!! God bless him!
billybadbrakes 4 months ago
The Lurkers are Number 1 in my book. Should be Higher in your list, But thats your opinion.
shedendboy1 4 months ago 2
@shedendboy1 Fair comment! ...I saw Arturo Bassick fronting the 'Big Art Peters' band in July at a beer festival!! They were really good, if a bit too Country & Western for my tastes!! ..got him to autograph my fest programme too!! Great bloke!!!
billybadbrakes 4 months ago
fair does mate,we are close on the top two,its all subjective anyway,pity there reverance isnt transmitted in the media,instead of all the pistols/clash fellatio,the clash coudnt sell out the local bus stop and the pistols were a boy band,aka bay city rollers,long live the stranglers....
ricknblack 5 months ago
some great bands,some shite,but the stranglers piss all over the lot of em,even though the dammed are quality...good list
ricknblack 5 months ago
@ricknblack Not a bad call! The Stranglers were my band for a while until I discovered the Damned!! Both bands still close to my heart, god bless em!!!
billybadbrakes 5 months ago
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59jimmyb 5 months ago
@billybadbrakes the bbc likes to take credit for playing these bands but they never did they hated them and wasnt till late 78 that they started playing select records at select times.,they had the monopoly as nationaly there was nothing else..,you are so right the likes of edmonds,blackburn dlt and co dictated what we listened to..their was one shining light though tucked away late at night and was often in trouble for daring to differ..John Peel..god bless you john xx
59jimmyb 5 months ago
@59jimmyb Agreed! John Peel, hero to so many!!! ...spent many a night listening to his show and getting ideas to buy 45's at the record shops on the coming weekend!!
billybadbrakes 5 months ago
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TheFrankjohnsonmusic 5 months ago
This is my era . Good start still missing a few
1977punksnotdead 5 months ago
(SOME) Punks Before Punk (USA) - Eddie Cochran , Gene Vincent , Johnny Burnette , Link Wray , Stooges , Blue Cheer , Velvets , MC5 , Dolls , Sonics , Red Crayola with The Familiar Ugly , Elevators/Roky , Fred Cole , Seeds , Trashmen , Standells , Wailers , Chocolate Watchband , Mickey Lee Lane , ? and The Mysterians , Flamin' Groovies , Legendary Stardust Cowboy , Litter , Electric Prunes , Donny B. Waugh (Look him up.) . "We are a GERMAN band" Gary Burger. monks.
pfordsq 5 months ago
@rock4ever794 Thanx man!!
billybadbrakes 5 months ago
Punks before Punk (UK) Lord Sutch , Vince Taylor , Downliners Sect , Pretty Things , Jesse Hector , Third World War , John's Children , Deviants , Pink Fairies , Stack Waddy , TROGGS!!! , Creation , Syd Barrett , Slade , Lemmy , Arthur Brown (So , he can sing. He fits the bill.) , Edgar Broughton , Marc Bolan , Crushed Butler , Mick Ronson , Birds , Move , Johnny Kidd , Dave Berry , and , like it or not , The Father of DIY , Lonnie Donnegan.
pfordsq 5 months ago
@pfordsq To the Punks 'Before' list you could add The Seeds, The Standells, The Sonics, The Litter, 13th Floor Elevators and Kim Fowley!! ...love the name Crushed Butler!!! Never heard of that before!!!
billybadbrakes 5 months ago
@billybadbrakes Oh , absolutely , I would , and will , with your indulgence , put together an all - USA list , but the first list was meant to be UK - only. Crushed Butler was Jesse Hector's Power Trio , circa early 70's.
BLISTERING stuff , man. They wore flares , black tee - shirts AND Mod haircuts , but you know Jesse's sartorial style reflected his many musical stylings. You can find audio on them , on You Tube. I'm pretty sure no video exists, tho' I'd like to be proven wrong.
pfordsq 5 months ago
Pub Rock - Dr. Feelgood (DUH.) , Little Bob Story , Ducks Deluxe , Tyla Gang , Pirates , Lew Lewis , Eddie and The Hotrods , Count Bishops , Blast Furnace , ( Early ) Stranglers , Teenage Head , Real Kids , (Early) Cannibals , solo Wilko Johnson , mid - period Pink Fairies , 101'ers , (Comeback era) Downliners Sect , 9 Below Zero , Purple Helmets , Graham Parker , Brinsley Schwartz , Inmates , (Pre - hate) Skrewdriver , Motors , Gorillas. (Not necc.accurate or complete).
pfordsq 5 months ago
@pfordsq To the 'Pub' Rock list you could add, Roogalator, Kilburn & the High Roads, Gorillas, etc. Good idea's all the same!!
billybadbrakes 5 months ago
I agree with many of these choices , but , as you said , and as Pauline said "It's my choice , I'll take any chances...".Some of my other faves are Eater , X Ray Spex (I apologize if they're here and I missed 'em.) , Rezillos , Eddie and The Hot Rods (Call 'em Punk , call 'em Pub....They still rock , mate.) , and , well , a bunch of others. I think a top 25 Pub , US Punk and Punks before they were all Punks list (s) is in order....But , well done.
pfordsq 5 months ago
@pfordsq Love it!! Well said, you are one knowledgeable bloke!!
billybadbrakes 5 months ago
so much talent so many great memories! nice one! thanx
smmeegal 5 months ago
@smmeegal Thanks man!!
billybadbrakes 5 months ago
Sex Pistols #1
crazybuggybarmy 6 months ago
Great Vid and Great Bands ..Clash would be number 1 in my countdown..but your vid and your choices.. :-)
scodee 6 months ago
@scodee Cheers man!!
billybadbrakes 6 months ago
good upload man ;)
jordidwdw 6 months ago
@jordidwdw Cheers!!!!!
billybadbrakes 6 months ago
personally I think u should make it "punk bands of the 70s" I think its kinda ignorant to leave out the american scene which was a great influence on the punk musical scene, thats my opinion but after all it is ur video,
misfitsfan28 6 months ago
@misfitsfan28 Nothing to do with ignorance ...it's called choice! ...I chose to do a vid about British punk bands of the 70's, nothing more nothing less! ..If I'd chose to do a vid about U.S. punk bands I'd probably still have more idea who to include than you matey! ...having said that, the Misfits would definately make it!!!
billybadbrakes 6 months ago
@billybadbrakes lol too write, tell me wich name for a band sounds better E-bortions, or TV casualties
misfitsfan28 6 months ago
@misfitsfan28 Neither!! ...I've had 'Chickenpox Sickbed' in my brain since I was your age and never got round to using it, so your welcome to have that if you want it!!!
billybadbrakes 6 months ago
@billybadbrakes lol okay ill dedicate my bands too the old school punks : ) I guess the names I came up with sound too 2nd wave punk huh,
misfitsfan28 6 months ago
No Circle Jerks? *tear*
FunnyFishy22 6 months ago
@FunnyFishy22 I'm afraid they're from your country babes, not mine!! ...thus they don't make this vid!!
billybadbrakes 6 months ago
@billybadbrakes I think you might be right about that lol my bad :P
FunnyFishy22 6 months ago
@billybadbrakes plus its from the wrong century they came in like the 1980s Im pretty sure
misfitsfan28 6 months ago
wheres the clash?
inchwormgreen 6 months ago
@inchwormgreen See below!!
billybadbrakes 6 months ago
wheres the classh
bakerisking13 6 months ago
@bakerisking13 Number 4 ...fuckin wake up!!!!
billybadbrakes 6 months ago
Balderfookingdash, The Clash never sold old, your heroes toured the States first and failed. The Damned and Sham 69 were total joke material (still are) the only decent thing the Damned ever done was Mr Burns wearing a St Mirren top in the adverts for Smash it up. As for Dury and the Stanglers, they were already in place pub rock outfits about as punk as my dear departed Gran,,,,,,
bongovonbudvar 7 months ago
@bongovonbudvar The Damned's manifesto from day one was "give us yer greenbacks, we wanna get rich!". While doin it, they were determined to get pissed have a good laugh and cause as much chaos as poss!! ...a manifesto that they still persue to this day, god bless em!! ...your dear old pals the Clash on the other hand made statements like we'll never appear on TOTP, I'm so bored with the U.S.A. and moaned about lack of career opportunities!!
billybadbrakes 6 months ago
@bongovonbudvar ...first chance they got they played Tiswas instead of TOTP, fell in bed with the U.S. going on tour with Bo friggin Diddley and playin Shea Stadium and generally turnin their back on punk (and rock in general) and fannying on with latin, rap and reggae amongst others. Basically a bunch of turn-coat lyers with very little credibility!! ...don't get me wrong, I loved the Clash! First 3 albums are great! But I always took their cod politics with a large pinch of salt!! : )
billybadbrakes 6 months ago
@bongovonbudvar ya they did as soon as they hit the big label record, I would have a greatly bigger deal of respect for them if they didnt
misfitsfan28 6 months ago
Sandanista onwards is far from crap, The Clash are the greatest band, punk or otherwise, ever. To even have the Stranglers, Sham 69, Ian Dury or the Rich Kids in such a list is a joke, though not as much a joke of your top pick.........
bongovonbudvar 7 months ago
@bongovonbudvar The Clash sold out by late 79 and went working for the yankee dollar, totally against everything they said they wouldnt do!! ...Not good!!! ...to even suggest the Damned, Stranglers, Sham 69 and Ian Dury shouldn't be in a British top 25 Punk Bands of the 70's, is unbelieveble!!! It's made me realise you haven't got a clue what your talking about! ...I'd be interested to find out who you would replace them with???
billybadbrakes 7 months ago
The Mekons,The Adicts & The Outcasts ...
jphi30 7 months ago
@jphi30 ..I would suggest that all 3 were bigger in the 80's than the 70's, so didn't quite make it onto this list!
billybadbrakes 7 months ago
good list mate! I mostly agree
wildncrazymofo 7 months ago
Undertones just too poppy to make it into a punk top 10, so position justified! ...Jam revealed their true Mod credentials by early 79, so they too drop down any punk list! ...Pistols 'most iconic' agreed!! Best?! naaahhh!!! ...my vid is looking at the best British Punk bands by close of play 31st Dec 1979, so the Clash transcending punk is irrelevant. To be perfectly honest 'Sandinista' onwards was just pure tripe so if that's transcending punk, you can have it!!!
billybadbrakes 7 months ago
The Undertones and The Jam are both ridiculously low !
The Jam were not really a punk band in all due respects...But still, they are waaay too low on this list.
The Undertones ? Jeez. You put Sham 69 ahead of them ?? Pleeez ! Get real ! lol
And .. The Sex Pistols are and will always be the most iconic British punk band. And that's that !
The Clash transcended punk just like the Jam, and became bigger .. ..
Fab4Mitchum 7 months ago
Classic - good work....Not sure about the Rich Kids....but any band with a drummer called Manic Esso has got to go in the top 10 ....and don't get me started on Pauline Murray's voice :-)
lagowski 7 months ago
@lagowski Cheers!!! ...Pauline Murrays voice?! ..Good or bad????
billybadbrakes 7 months ago
@billybadbrakes amazing voice - none like it!
lagowski 7 months ago
@lagowski Agreed! ..only saw her and Penetration once, in 2007, but remember her voice well! Brill!!
billybadbrakes 7 months ago
no way man, Clash #1
CHUNKBARKLEY 7 months ago
@CHUNKBARKLEY In your opinion!?
billybadbrakes 7 months ago
Good selection ranging from hardcore thru to more poppy stuff.So many bands to choose from bound to miss out some favourites.
lladur50 7 months ago
@lladur50 Cheers man!!
billybadbrakes 7 months ago
all great bands .but not in that order.
MrQuincy63 7 months ago
crass crass crass?!?!?!!?
DenyVoidDead 7 months ago
@DenyVoidDead Crass were pretty miniscule in the 70's and didn't make the big break-thro until the 80's! ...thus not in this list!!
billybadbrakes 7 months ago
@billybadbrakes i guess how you look at it, i disagree with you but thats because im more biased towards crass lol, anyways this is a great list!!!
DenyVoidDead 7 months ago
Ramones?
jamjuice1a 7 months ago
@jamjuice1a American!!?!!?!!?!!
billybadbrakes 7 months ago
The subhumans should be in the top 10 but not even on the list.
silentsniper125 7 months ago
@silentsniper125 The Subhumans started in 1980 .....Read the title carfully!!!
billybadbrakes 7 months ago
@billybadbrakes Ahhh sorry. I just saw top 25 punk bands aNd read the list. I was gonna mention the dead kennedys until I read the description. Good day to you sir.
silentsniper125 7 months ago
Excellent...a few of my favs missing (Slaughter & the Dogs? ) and not my order but good stuff all the same. You couldn't do a list like this of the US bands from 76-77....there would only be about 5 we'd heard of!
IdleAl 7 months ago
@IdleAl Ha ha!! love it!!
billybadbrakes 7 months ago
The Sex Pistols and The Clash should be higher :D
Reaperss 8 months ago
Excellent choices love all the tracks and my no 1 would be New Rose iwill send you a link to my kids playing along to it
wire23 8 months ago
@wire23 Thanks very much!!! ...just had a look at the vid, you won't believe this but I've seen that one before!! Excellent stuff! ..I left a comment!! ...Cheers!!
billybadbrakes 8 months ago
999 at number 24!!! ?? Top ten easy
rudikeegan 8 months ago
@rudikeegan On a re-think, may have got in the top 20, but never top 10, too many other top notch bands! ..cheers!!
billybadbrakes 8 months ago
Great list exept sinse when were the undertones a punk band?.surely Wire and the Models, The Rings..Jock (the STRAPS)
MrJockstrap77 8 months ago
@MrJockstrap77 ...Undertones were a punk band early on I reckon, maybe with a slightly poppy bias toward the end of the seventies?! ...for the rest, what can I say, maybe if I had a top 30 they would have all got in?! ...cheers Jock!!!
billybadbrakes 8 months ago
Great list exept sinse when were the undertones a punk band?...Jock (the STRAPS)
MrJockstrap77 8 months ago
1st class list Billy, you got the top 3 bang on except Stranglers in my list would be 1 Damned 2, But as you say each to there own, Just wondered why The Boomtown Rats were not in your list,
tomjane1517 8 months ago
@tomjane1517 ..They were from Eire, so not technically British (British Isles maybe?!) ...also, they made it pretty clear at the time, on vinyl and in concert (according to my bro, who saw them), that they weren't punk and didn't want anything to do with the movement!! ...despite sounding to the rest of the world just like a power pop/punk band!!!! ha ha!!
billybadbrakes 8 months ago
@tomjane1517 Thanks, by the way!!! : )
billybadbrakes 8 months ago
i absolutely adore every single song on this playlist! you have excellent taste! :D
ThisIsEnglaaand 9 months ago
@ThisIsEnglaaand Thanx very much!! ...that's what I keep tryin to tell people but will they listen?!?! ...ha ha!!
billybadbrakes 8 months ago
@billybadbrakes Haha well they're the ones missing out :P It's better than the mainstream shit :D
ThisIsEnglaaand 8 months ago
nice list billy i would of course have slf at no. 1 :)
TheStifflittlefinger 9 months ago
@TheStifflittlefinger Thanks mate! ...Brilliant band. Gotta get away is one of my all time favourite songs!! It just builds and builds!!
billybadbrakes 9 months ago
rich kids.. midge ure pre ultravox shite..
SuperSpeckledhen 9 months ago
@SuperSpeckledhen He was a good song writer / guitarist. Full of punk energy!
billybadbrakes 9 months ago
Listen folks, I don't mind anyone expressing their views on my video or about Punk music in general, but just remember, they are only views!! There's no rights or wrongs! One person's No.1 is another person's 101!! ..the only fact, is that there are no facts!! ...so don't be a 1st class prick like 'MikeHoncho42' below, trying to pass his un-informed drivel off as fact, cos I won't stand for it!! ...Remember, make up your own mind and definitely don't be told what to do!!!
billybadbrakes 9 months ago 4
Utterly laughable. Why arent the sex pistols number 1? Why isnt the Clash in the top 3? Even worse than understating the best is leaving them out. Where is the Fall? or Crass? The Damned number 1? only noteworthy thing they did was Machine Gun Etiquette, and that's on the fringes of 70s British punk. If you want to find 70s British punk bands that stick to the sound and attitude, dont pay any attention to this video.
MikeHoncho42 9 months ago
@MikeHoncho42 One simple answer to your questions matey ...COS IT'S MY VIDEO!!!!!!
...Now go boil yer heed you un-informed fuckwit!!!
billybadbrakes 9 months ago
@billybadbrakes U mad bro? Also, they recently invented this awesome thing called the hypothetical question. Read up on it; it's really quite amazing.
MikeHoncho42 9 months ago
@MikeHoncho42 Yeah and they also invented this thing called the 'Profile Picture' and 'video uploads' ....you wanna come out of the shadows man and stop behaving like some weak pussy, passing judgement on other peoples vids when you havent got the balls to do you own!!! Faggot!
billybadbrakes 9 months ago
@billybadbrakes Yup. You caught me. I'm afraid to do things on youtube because I know that 12 year olds who know how to use a video program will "pass judgement" on me. Fucking tool.
MikeHoncho42 9 months ago
@MikeHoncho42 Listen Faggot! Go grow a pair of balls, get your pic up, then post your top 25 punk bands and let me rip into it!! ...until then, go shove your half-baked views back up yer ring-piece, from whenst they came! ...have a nice day pussy! ; )
billybadbrakes 9 months ago
@MikeHoncho42 sex pistols had only one album its pretty good but not the most ground breaking thing as far as punk goes
misfitsfan28 6 months ago
this video is pure gold!
ILOVER4NC1D 9 months ago
@ILOVER4NC1D Thanks for that man!!!
billybadbrakes 9 months ago
Buffff no se nos , hay algunas que las puedo admitir, pero Madness Nº1 y esa cancion no se, pero claro es tu opinión.
celticpride3377 9 months ago
@celticpride3377 Madness?????
billybadbrakes 9 months ago
ha ha wot a fakin rotter! are you sure it wasnt pink rock you meant?as far as slaughter & the dogs, the drones, ultravox (to a point,"young savage"eg) wire,the fall,your top 10 was fukin bad enough with the clash and pistols 4 & 3 ? im sick of being sick, its no fun,if i was cranked up really high,& bone idol for 48 hours id watch bingo masters break out & i aint been to no music school.im no liar so dont dictate or try for complete control,i did you no wrong its nasty nasty boredom b'dum b'dum
tedz50 10 months ago
@tedz50 Ha ha!! that made me chuckle!! ...however, the content is a pile of poo!!! (imho) ...thanx ; )
billybadbrakes 9 months ago
Pretty much accurate just get rid of the Jam and replace them with The Drones and bingo the definitive punk top 25 well done.....
Gnasher77 10 months ago
@Gnasher77 Fair comment, cheers man!
billybadbrakes 10 months ago
Ha Ha! I knew number one was gonna be the Damned, Billybadbrakes should have given me a clue. Glad to see the Clash last of the Big Three:-)
twistedspanner 10 months ago
@twistedspanner Ha ha, like it mate!!
billybadbrakes 10 months ago
Beautifully done! Tho I would change up the top 3, just my own opinion! :-)
1jediwitch 10 months ago
@1jediwitch Thank you!! ...go on then, tell me your top 3??
billybadbrakes 10 months ago
Great video, nice work.
samhain66 10 months ago
@samhain66 Thanks Mr Hain ...not approaching your work tho!
billybadbrakes 10 months ago
Very interesting and instructive video.I love punk-rock music of the 70 's.
Peyois 10 months ago