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Bad Man loves punk. When a good punk goes bad, there’s cause for concern. This list features our punk brethren who have fallen from grace. Some have gone over to the “other” side (Heavy Metal), some have gone Pop. All now suck. These aren’t the obvious corporate sellouts the likes of Green Day and No Doubt - these people were all once solid viable punkers.
Glenn Danzig. Every little Goth girl has a Misfits hoodie. I’ve never seen anything much in that band, but at least they weren’t terrible. Glenn went on to do shit-ass Metal. I say good riddance.
Henry Rollins. Black Flag. Spoken Word. Currently residing in the Metal genre - yikes!
Johnny Rotten. What list of punk wouldn’t be complete without this guy? His work with The Sex Pistols is unmatched in the world of punk, and his post-punk first few albums with public image limited were legendary and ground breaking. Then he said fuck it and put out sometimes catchy pop shit, but always shit. How very punk of him, but it still sucks.
Dave Grohl. Nirvana was the official second coming of punk, and as such it was godlike. Kurt picked Dave because he hit the drums harder than anyone. Now he’s in Foo Fighters, quite possibly one of the worst “alternative” bands ever.
Dicky Barrett. Mighty Mighty Bosstones are just plain mighty bad. Dicky was once in real bands: Cheapskates and Toxic Toast. I don’t know them, but they HAVE to be better than Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Flea. Red Hot Chili Peppers suck. Flea, Michael Balzary, was in Fear. “Let’s Have a War”. It doesn’t get any better than that.
Billy Idol. Everyone knows his pop shit like “Rebel Yell”, but this guy was once in bands rubbing shoulders with Sid Vicious and Siouxsie Sioux. Member of the Bromley Contingent, Billy was all about the newly burgeoning punk scene and fashion. Then he somehow got off track and wrote really bad pop shit.
Greg Hetson. Bad Religion. I just don’t get. Never liked them never will. So Greg, why play with them when you are in the phenomenally better band Circle Jerks? Well, for your transgression you get added to this list of sellout elite.
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I just finished a book called Rip It Up & Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 by Simon Reynolds which I found to be very interesting. I understand your reasoning on Johnny Rotten, but will respectfully, disagree. I think he’s quintessentially punk in that he doesn’t give a bleep who thinks what about him.
I was just very glad you didn’t include Iggy on this list.
Also, I’m not sure you can blame Glenn Danzig for teenaged girls wearing Misfits stuff as they’ve probably never even heard a single song by them. It’s just “cool.”
Rollins’ spoken word is brilliant, and there’s no way I’d consider him a sell-out. His “metal” isn’t that good. I just like him for his spoken word.
And Glenn Danzig’s metal isn’t that good either. However, he trains with the Machado Brothers right now. He’s not good enough to compete full-time, but still, I rolled with them once and was over my head. I got to respect him just for that.
Rollins is only a sell-out in terms of his music not being punk. I think he’s a funny actor taking goofy roles just to be a dork, like a cop in that shitty Charlie Sheen movie “The Chase”. His tatts still blaze, and he’s mellowed out now, but he’s still cool.
Oh, and Fuck Danzig.
I’d rather not. Even I were gay, he’s too hairy.
I think you said it right - “Even I were gay…”. Nothing wrong with being honest, my Zombie friend.
Kathleen - I agree with you - I put Rotten just to piss him off, but I adore the man. p.i.l.’s first two albums are incredible bastions of post-punk pioneering achievement. The Sex Pistols album is one of the best ever recorded. Period.
And heaven’s no, I would never include Iggy.
After reading the postpunk book, I bought a bunch of postpunk CDs I didn’t have. Still need to get PIL’s. I had one on tape a hundred years ago.
I’ve seen The Stooges twice since April. Brilliant shows.
Kathleen - Right on, you’ve already heard it but go ahead and hold your breath in anticipation of the p.i.l. material, especially “2nd Edition”. Mind-blowing and legendary to say the least. Make sure you play it on a system with decent bass extension as it goes amazingly deep down there. I HATED it when a very trusted friend first turned me onto it - I loved their song “Rise” at the time, and was a sucka for the catchy 80’s post-punk-pop crap. Now I’m a little embarrassed upon hearing “Rise”. Both their first 2 records, and yes even their third (”Flowers of Romance”) are noteworthy, but I adore the 1rst two head over heels over that pounding stuff on the third.
If you don’t like Danzig, watch him get knocked out.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=htnBi5TH5g8&mode=related&search=