Henry Rollins' Top-20 Punk Albums

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Kory wrote:
03 Jul 2019, 1:17pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 7:56pm
Kory wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 7:48pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 7:20pm
Kory wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 7:10pm


Maybe he genuinely doesn't think that anything past '82 is as good as anything on this list. Could be a top 20 would yield later stuff.
It just seems weird that he wouldn't rate anything by his contemporaries (Minutemen excepted) as good as the Class of 77(ish). No Dead Kennedys? No Husker Du? No Minor Threat? I have to think that he was being really selective in terms of criteria.
It could totally be that he doesn't like any of his contemporaries. I know I don't like any of mine.
:lol: Maybe. But it'd be a rather striking assessment that nothing he nor his contemporaries did compared favourably with the people who came, like, five-ish years earlier.

edit: re. Heston's comment :lol: :lol:
I suppose I'm sort of throwing out the idea that because he was part of the scene it could be that he felt the other bands were just there and nothing to write home about (or rather, that nothing that they or Black Flag did could possibly measure up to the first wave), or even that he felt in direct competition with them and didn't like them.
It's possible. Admittedly, I'm no fan of BF or HR, but I'm unaware whether he's jaundiced towards his generation's work vis a vis punk's initial wave.
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Re: Henry Rollins' Top-20 Punk Albums

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revbob wrote:
03 Jul 2019, 6:47am
Heston wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 7:55pm
Kory wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 7:48pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 7:20pm
Kory wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 7:10pm


Maybe he genuinely doesn't think that anything past '82 is as good as anything on this list. Could be a top 20 would yield later stuff.
It just seems weird that he wouldn't rate anything by his contemporaries (Minutemen excepted) as good as the Class of 77(ish). No Dead Kennedys? No Husker Du? No Minor Threat? I have to think that he was being really selective in terms of criteria.
It could totally be that he doesn't like any of his contemporaries. I know I don't like any of mine.
Jesus, you're like a more contemporary version of Revbob.
Hey! That doesn't sound like a compliment.
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There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Jul 2019, 1:49pm
Kory wrote:
03 Jul 2019, 1:17pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 7:56pm
Kory wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 7:48pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 7:20pm


It just seems weird that he wouldn't rate anything by his contemporaries (Minutemen excepted) as good as the Class of 77(ish). No Dead Kennedys? No Husker Du? No Minor Threat? I have to think that he was being really selective in terms of criteria.
It could totally be that he doesn't like any of his contemporaries. I know I don't like any of mine.
:lol: Maybe. But it'd be a rather striking assessment that nothing he nor his contemporaries did compared favourably with the people who came, like, five-ish years earlier.

edit: re. Heston's comment :lol: :lol:
I suppose I'm sort of throwing out the idea that because he was part of the scene it could be that he felt the other bands were just there and nothing to write home about (or rather, that nothing that they or Black Flag did could possibly measure up to the first wave), or even that he felt in direct competition with them and didn't like them.
It's possible. Admittedly, I'm no fan of BF or HR, but I'm unaware whether he's jaundiced towards his generation's work vis a vis punk's initial wave.
We all know the best bands from that era are X and Circle Jerks anyway.
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Kory wrote:
03 Jul 2019, 3:46pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Jul 2019, 1:49pm
Kory wrote:
03 Jul 2019, 1:17pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 7:56pm
Kory wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 7:48pm


It could totally be that he doesn't like any of his contemporaries. I know I don't like any of mine.
:lol: Maybe. But it'd be a rather striking assessment that nothing he nor his contemporaries did compared favourably with the people who came, like, five-ish years earlier.

edit: re. Heston's comment :lol: :lol:
I suppose I'm sort of throwing out the idea that because he was part of the scene it could be that he felt the other bands were just there and nothing to write home about (or rather, that nothing that they or Black Flag did could possibly measure up to the first wave), or even that he felt in direct competition with them and didn't like them.
It's possible. Admittedly, I'm no fan of BF or HR, but I'm unaware whether he's jaundiced towards his generation's work vis a vis punk's initial wave.
We all know the best bands from that era are X and Circle Jerks anyway.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Jul 2019, 3:52pm
Kory wrote:
03 Jul 2019, 3:46pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Jul 2019, 1:49pm
Kory wrote:
03 Jul 2019, 1:17pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 7:56pm


:lol: Maybe. But it'd be a rather striking assessment that nothing he nor his contemporaries did compared favourably with the people who came, like, five-ish years earlier.

edit: re. Heston's comment :lol: :lol:
I suppose I'm sort of throwing out the idea that because he was part of the scene it could be that he felt the other bands were just there and nothing to write home about (or rather, that nothing that they or Black Flag did could possibly measure up to the first wave), or even that he felt in direct competition with them and didn't like them.
It's possible. Admittedly, I'm no fan of BF or HR, but I'm unaware whether he's jaundiced towards his generation's work vis a vis punk's initial wave.
We all know the best bands from that era are X and Circle Jerks anyway.
You got it!
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:shifty:
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT (I have that album on cassette for some reason).
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Kory wrote:
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(I have that album on cassette for some reason).
I had it on cassette back in the day. I've probably downloaded it for completionist purposes, but I know I haven't listened to it.
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I think its a decent list and I'd probably have about half those on my list. But I really couldn't argue against his choices .

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