Most SAVAGE punk bands

[Nick X]

The Stooges were always kind of my basis for what punk should sound and look like and honestly, the Dead Boys were really the only first wave band (to me) that approached the vocal and physical ferocity of Iggy...Radio Birdman and The Saints may have been a close second but were pretty tame and later, The Germs were pretty damn raw.

 

Can you guys suggest any other punk bands (preferably from the first wave or early hardcore scene) that have that kind of spit and blood delivery, rather than the more tuneful Ramones/Buzzcocks vibe.

[Mike]

 

Satan's Rats - "You Make Me Sick". The Motards from Texas did a great cover of this in the 90's

 

[John Battles]

Yeah , I like Slaughter and The Dogs , also Eater , Lurkers , and even lesser - knowns like The Drones , Users , Killjoys (Keith Rowland from Dexy's Midnight Runners , Gil Weston from Girlschool), Suburban Studs , etc. . There was another band called The Raped , all younger than Eater , and very rough and raw sounding.     I saw Slaughter and The Dogs a couple of times on the comeback trail , They rocked. The Adverts , too , got by on a minimum of musical ability. That's not a putdown , their songs were great , but , they were limited , even by "Punk " standards.

BUT , the band who put the boot in all their "Arses" was'nt considered a Punk band at all. The Pirates.   The Troggs and The Downliners Sect also experienced a mini - resurgence in the wake of The UK Punk movement. The Troggs even did a few non - Oldies club tours , here in the States , which they should be doing , now.
Nick X said:

I love that song "Situations" by Slaughter and the Dogs but it's more of a powerpop tune than what I was referring to in the opening of this thread. I have the album 'Do it Dog Style', I'll have to give it another spin.

Dad Swamp said:

slaughter and the dogs were a great early band check out "Where have all the boot boys gone" Crass were probably the most uncompromising of the british bands, The "feeding of the five thousand " still sounds great over 30 years later" Do they owe us a living " and "Banned from the roxy" are particular favourites, also Steve Albini's Big Black are well worth a listen particulary "Kerosene" . Killing Joke's "Whats This For" sounded pretty brutal when it first came out.

[John Battles]

The Viletones killed. Even Steve Leckie's "Reunion" CD is pretty f'in rockin'. Just because they had a proper producer , did'nt mean they could'nt stand up to the likes of The Dead Boys (Who also had a proper producer.) . Easily their Canadian counterparts.
Brian T. Kirchner said:

How about The Viletones or The Sinisters?

Nick X said:

I love that song "Situations" by Slaughter and the Dogs but it's more of a powerpop tune than what I was referring to in the opening of this thread. I have the album 'Do it Dog Style', I'll have to give it another spin.

Dad Swamp said:

slaughter and the dogs were a great early band check out "Where have all the boot boys gone" Crass were probably the most uncompromising of the british bands, The "feeding of the five thousand " still sounds great over 30 years later" Do they owe us a living " and "Banned from the roxy" are particular favourites, also Steve Albini's Big Black are well worth a listen particulary "Kerosene" . Killing Joke's "Whats This For" sounded pretty brutal when it first came out.

[Mike]

Skrewdriver - "I Don't Like You"

I'm always hesitant in bringing up their name due to all that ugly racist crap Ian Stuart's later incarnation of the band was responsible for. But, this is a hell of an album/ep with a very snotty, raw, almost folkiness quality to it at times. They may be gods amongst the white power types, but that Nazi stuff has kept their name from rarely being uttered or their songs included on any punk retrospectives.

 

[Alex Alvandian]

The Dogs - Slash your face.  Savage.

 

[Dead Boy]

The Stiffs - Fuck You

The Subhumans - Fuck You

 

"The Eater Chronicles" is highly recommend!

[ernest batson]

In St. Paul, back in the early 80's, there was a band called "The Attack" who were an amazing Stooges clone. I used to work in the stock department at a major store in that town and often saw the lead singer who would be coming back from physical therapy! Now we both work as librarians in our respective cities(minneapolis for me and st paul for him).

[Brian T. Kirchner]

Although it wasn't the original line-up, the Viletones' Saturday Night/Sunday Morning is a great live lp. There wasn't any of their output that I didn't like. I only got to see them once--they were opening for Johnny Thunders at (I think) the Horseshoe Tavern back in '85.

[John Battles]

Some younger people are impressed that I even saw Thunders , but , WITH The Viletones? There's no"Only" in that sentence. Did'nt know about the live album.  Hope I can find it , some day.  Their myspace had or has some really good , more recent , live footage....Leckie's people contacted me a month or two ago , because I sent him a message....Three years ago ! But , they were very gracious , regarding the delay. When Johnny played in Chicago for the last time , in '89 , well...it was'nt very good. There were moments. But , a friend saw him in Vancouver the week before of after , backed by members of Teenage Head , and he said that it was everything Johnny should have ever been.  

Brian T. Kirchner said:

Although it wasn't the original line-up, the Viletones' Saturday Night/Sunday Morning is a great live lp. There wasn't any of their output that I didn't like. I only got to see them once--they were opening for Johnny Thunders at (I think) the Horseshoe Tavern back in '85.

[John Battles]

Yes , highly recommended. I made the mistake of not buying that Live album when it briefly appeared...I got in touch , very briefly , with Andy Blade , a few years ago. He seems like a good cat. Eater was unique , not just for their ages , they also had an unusual sound for the time. That guitar sound , especially....Other UK Punk bands were influenced by Glam , too , but were probably much more closeted about it. 

Dead Boy said:

The Stiffs - Fuck You

The Subhumans - Fuck You

 

"The Eater Chronicles" is highly recommend!

[Brian T. Kirchner]

Yeah, I should have mentioned that Teenage Head were backing up Thunders. At the conclusion of the Viletones set Steve announced that he was going to smash a Gibson Les Paul onstage.He destroyed the guitar but it wasn't a Gibson--just a cheap knock-off. The Thunders set was amazing. Johnny had joints in his mouth through the whole set and would occasionally crouch down to do lines of coke off his amp. The next night we got to see The Forgotten Rebels at Larry's Hideaway. It was my first trip to Toronto, accompanied by Ricky Rat & his girlfriend. It was a weekend that I'll never forget.

[Mr Yates]

Melbourne band The Sick Things fit the bill 

By the way Chris Bailey drunk on cheap port is a very scary sight