I am trying to listen to more punk rock. i need some recomendations. THe only punk bands i like outside of all the hardcore i listen to are Stiff Little Fingers, Flamethrower, andRefused.

the misfits
the casualties
the ramones
the clash
the sex pistols
dead kennedys
bad religion
the stooges
start with the beginning before working your way up to the newer crappier music

um....

dead kennedys
the crow mags
the clash
sex pistols
television
misfits
bad religion
the stooges
X
the germs
social distortion
circle jerks
the business
sham 69
black flag
bad brains
dropkick murphys
circle jerks
ducky boys
dead boys
turbonegro
defiance
strike anywhere
from ashes rise
tragedy
choking victim
leftover crack
meganoidi
the exploited
against all authority
strung out
mission of burma
wire
motorhead
void
big boys
rancid
velvet underground
ramones
buzzcocks
the damned
nimwits
poison idea
husker du
avail
minor threat
us bombs
operation ivy
lars fredriksen and the bastards
cockney rejects
depression
raised fist
sixgun radio
fear
rnc
suicide machines
murphy's law
subhumans
nofx
river city rebels
ny dolls
babes in toyland
propagandhi
crass
distillers
adverts
the descendant
siouxsie and the banshees
speed dealer
afi
flogging molly
refused
the unseen
tsunami bomb


Constantly updated official list of bands everyone should check out!

by, mErc

The Clash
The Ramones
Television
Dead Kennedys
The Circle Jerks
The Dictators
Social Distortion
Black Flag
The Germs
X
Hüsker Dü
The Decendents
Fear
The Distillers
The Misfits
The Exploited
The Damned
The EX
Crass
Conflict
The Exploited
The Dead Boys
The Adverts
Bad Brains
Buzzcocks
The Fall
The Dils
The Zeros
Bad Religion
The Dickies
The Weirdos
Wire
The Saints
Pattie Smith
X-Ray Spex
The Vibrators
Pere Ubu
Minor Threat

The Homosexuals - One of the least known bands and more experimental than punk. But you have to throw in a band that never toured or played live and whose first recording came out 5 years after their break up. All they did when they were a band for 3-4 years was find ways to sneak in and record at a studio their friends worked in. There recently is a 3cd set released of everything they recorded. And that includes the tape cassette release that only had 10 copies that were ever made.

A few of the Proto-Punk or Punk.....depending on who you ask, that is.


The Velvet Underground
The Stooges
MC5
NY Dolls


Is that enough or is more needed?

what more is there to say, if you can check out all of the bands mentioned you will be doing well. I will think of some that haven't been mentioned:

Poison Idea: seeing you have a metal background you could like these dudes they are from the umm heavier side of punk, in more ways than one.

Dayglow Abortions
The subhumans
Discharge
GBH
UK Subs
The hardons
Massappeal
Nofx
Murphy's Law
The Angry Samoans
Agent Orange
Bullet Lavolta
No Reason
Creeping Jesus

Seeing you are into metal you could check out some crossover stuff like:

MOD
SOD
Suicial Tendancies
Cromags
DRI
corrosion of conformity

My two favourite punk bads though have been mentioned above they are

The bad Brains and The Dead Kennedys

siouxsie and the banshees
tsunami bomb

sonic youth

Thats a good list!

fine be cool and include bands already listed, i had a good deal of what was already posted up there but then took it out...guess im not cool

I didnt get any of that...