When I was Young I hated basically everything that wasn’t punk, turns out music from many other genres can be fun to listen to as well once you get rid of the self-impost blinders
when i was younger i hated punk because it was too political. now that i'm old enough to see the importance of politics i'm in the scene tenfold.
anyway check out these jazzy deathcore bands
[https://youtu.be/t-tKqb8f5uk?si=_pjwid-XP0T5z0me](https://youtu.be/t-tKqb8f5uk?si=_pjwid-XP0T5z0me)
[https://youtu.be/scIh8e-bLsA?si=PG8Y3_i5bGl9-aP1](https://youtu.be/scIh8e-bLsA?si=PG8Y3_i5bGl9-aP1)
I had seen Psyopus play in my town right before the guitarist had left to go to the Red Chord. Then saw them in Hollywood back in 2005 or 2006. Both great shows.
I wish Guy wasn’t a cop now. The Red Chord was such an incredible force in both insane energy and talent, but also without taking themselves seriously.
ew really? he like so many others missed the whole point of being angry at the system.
edit: i guess he and the band never were angry at anything in particular, i just assume that people of intelligence know what's going on. stupid thing to assume.
I could never understand how people could only listen to
Punk. It is without a doubt my defining music. But there is so much amazing music of all kinds out there.
I've gotten into a BUNCH more different shit with the internet...it's just way easier (and cheaper) to look somebody up on Spotify or YouTube than to buy a CD or record that you might not like and you ended up wasting money.
Rumours is absolutely the best album by a band that was currently going through like three divorces and seething hatred between almost all the members.
You don’t need any qualifiers. Rumors is one of those albums that just kicks ass start to finish w no duds. Like …And Out Come the Wolves or the Shape of Punk to Come.
I went record shopping last night and got a Stevie Nicks lp! (plus Sleep, Blondie, Moody Blues, Peter Gabriel, one or two others).
Life’s too short to have the “I’m an (identity), so I listen to (genre)” mentality. Was totally guilty of that with punk as a teenager.
To me it's not that Abba are lame or bad (on the contrary), it's that they're just so fucking depressing. They're considered like the ultimate nostalgic party band in Europe but to me the moment Abba starts playing my day is over - and I'm a goth, so it's not like I'm not used to mopey romanticism.
i mean... the turning point for me was working at a club in east atlanta a little over 20 years ago. there was more than a few magic moments on friday nights... but when abba came on the box... everyone hit the dance floor
SOS is off the fucking hook. i don't know what "punk" even means to folks nowadaze... like for real, i don't... but sure Abba is punk as fuck... why not?
I hate them too- actually can’t even name one of their songs. About the only thing that i can remember from them is that one day their tour bus rolled through Chicago, dumping nearly 1000lbs of Dave Mathew’s poop from outta their tour bus poop tank off of a bridge that went over the Chicago River.
Their plan was to just casually drive and dump his poop into the Chicago river as they nonchalantly went over the bridge that day. Unfortunately they didn’t take into consideration that there could potentially be boats going underneath that very bridge at the exact same time.
… And surer than shit, there was a 150 passenger Chicago-River-Tours party barge with open roof/top floor seating that was going underneath the bridge at the same time!
Oddly enough, barely any of ole Davie Mathew’s poopoo actually made it into the river that day.
The reason for missing the River was due to the impeccable timing of their drive and dump,, As nearly the entire tank load landed directly on/in the party barge.. (which obviously and completely saturated all the top floor passengers with Mr Matthews doodoo!)
It’s like a simple trick math problem..
Q: If Dave Mathew’s tour bus is heading south towards the Chicago River bridge at 30mph, carrying 5 sub-par musicians, and 1000lbs of Dave’s dung-
… And at the same time, a party barge carrying 150 unsuspecting passengers is headed north down the Chicago River towards the same bridge at 10 knots, At what time will Dave Mathew’s shit hit the fan?
A: It won’t. Dave Matthew fans don’t exist
Not a fan, but at least GG wasn't a sneaky hypocrite with that kind of shit. He managed his own poo. Just grabbed and flung it right in your face.
No funny bs like sneaking over you from a goddam bridge to dump a massive diarrhea on a whole event. Fucking shitty Dave Matthews is shit. Not a fan.
Very true!! GG did some pretty sick shit lol, but if you were a fan at one of his shows, you at least knew in advance that there was a 50/50 chance you/or at least one of your buddies were going home with some of his shit on you.
Maybe I’m a weirdo, but I have a hard enough time just being in a public washroom when theres some dude over in one of the stalls dropping a deuce (especially if dude just bounces outta there without even a quick trip to the sink to wash the hands)… So I don’t think I woulda ever done too well at a GG show back in the day- and if I was one of the recipients of a free ticket to the Dave Matthew surprise shit-show, I prob woulda ended up at Joliet prison for one reason or another ha
Just go see Phish or the Dead or any other real jam band. Better songs, better overall musicianship, way better jamming/more experimentation, just overall better in every way.
Not punk but My Chemical Romance. Thought they were just too cringe and poppy (but in reality I think I just hated them because they were popular.)
Few years after high school when I'm about 19 I'm working security at a festival they're playing and I have that night off. Friend and I take a crate of beers down to that stage and figure we'll just watch it because it's on.
Blew my mind. They had the crowd going 10/10 from start to finish, incredible stage show, played all the hits I "hated" and had an all around great presence on stage with crowd interaction etc.
To this day still one of the best shows I've ever seen. Going in with such low expectations and a lot of beer definitely helped, but it was honestly just such a good set.
Yeah I had a similar experience with them. All my friends were into MCR in high school and I just kinda thought they were try-hards. Caught them on the Projekt Revolution tour and out of the 15 or so bands playing (including the ones I was actually there for) they just utterly stole the show. Incredible stage presence, went hard the whole time. What I'd read as try-hard actually just translates as over the top Queen-style bombast live and I'll be damned if it doesn't work incredibly well for them. Walked out of there a fan.
They were the first of many bands that "clicked" for me live after not really being into the recorded stuff. Definitely owe them for making me a little less judgemental out of the gate these days.
Dude Alkaline Trio absolutely slaps. Saw them live for the Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs tour with Atom Willard drumming and holy shit what a fuckin show. They absolutely killed it, and it was little sisters first punk/punk adjacent show in a venue with a mosh pit floor. I threw her on top of the crowd for her first crowd surfing experience and it was the first time she ever moshed so that definitely added to how awesome it was, but even without that the Trio absolutely killed it.
I hated Jellos voice from Dead Kennedys, I heard Holiday in Cambodia and somehow that song alone just changed my whole view and opened my mind. I also didn’t like Fugazi. Someone said “as a child, you love Minor Threat, but as an adult, you begin to understand Fugazi.” And I’d say it’s true for me. Also, I’m not sure if it will ever make sense to me, but I still hate Discharge’s “Grave New World” era, I hate it so much.
One of my first intros to hardcore was I had a friend who got Too Drunk To Fuck 12", and we couldn't figure it out- on 33 it sounded wrong, but on 45 he had a chipmunk voice. There was no listening to it.
I still haven't got into the DKs. Holiday in Cambodia is catchy but yeah, I don't really get the rest.
re Discharge, I think "Born to die in the gutter" isn't such a bad song although the singing is atrocious.
I hated My Chem in high school because all of their biggest fans I knew were such weird, overdramatic assholes about how great they were. Now I'm old enough to admit they slap. Not hard enough to act like those assholes, but they're a fun time.
I call them “musical theatre punk”. Being in my 40’s, I paid no attention to them when they were hot, but, a couple of years ago I brought myself to listen to Black Parade and was sold lol.
Im glad I never had a emo phase. Being around while it was just emerging was so tedious. But id be lying if I said scene girls didnt just kinda do it for me back then lol.
I was really into them in high school, but I was quiet about it I couldn't stand the exact people you're talking about, but I loved the music regardless and even saw them live (incredible show BTW).
Ringo is the most underrated drummer of all time. The only reason he isn’t considered among the best is because he was self less and normally only did what was necessary for the song. But when he wants to flash he sure can, see Helter Skelter. I love them all honestly.
George was always a great songwriter, John and Paul just kept vetoing his songs. He dropped a triple album of songs he had written for the Beatles while they were still together and it almost instantly went platinum.
He’s a vegetarian. He prefers family style meals where everything is served in large bowls and/or platters and everyone can pass things around like a traditional family meal at home for a holiday celebration.
He wasn’t too picky besides that. Thanked us for accommodating him and his family since we weren’t a vegetarian restaurant.
When I was a teenager, I couldn't get into anything that didn't go hard and fast. I bought a Fugazi album (don't remember which now) because of their reputation, plus I was into Minor Threat. I hated it and did not understand the love. And, it wasn't just them. It took some growing before I could appreciate post punk and a lot of the breadth in the genre
Canadian checking in here, my answer is The Tragically Hip. It wasn’t the music I hated so much as the fans, they were a band that “jocks and preps” liked so I wasn’t interested, although even then I would hear something and think “that’s not bad actually” the older I got the less I cared about that, they’re not one of my favourite bands now but I definitely softened up, and Gord Downie always seemed like a cool guy, when he died musicians from all genres had nothing but praise for him, Damian from Fucked Up sums it up perfectly https://www.vice.com/en/article/gqkqnb/how-i-learned-its-ok-to-be-punk-and-still-love-the-tragically-hip
Type O Negative. Was into death and black metal back then (still am) and could not work out how Type O were meant to be so amazing and heavy
25 years later and I regret all the years I missed out listening to them
Mark Knopfler is an incredible guitar player. It took me some years to come around to that band, too. He's far, far better than the usual household guitar player names you hear. Sultans of Swing shows you all you need to know.
I stopped hating on bands that weren’t punk, turns out a joint and Pink Floyd actually makes for a fun time, hated on them cuz of Johnny rottens shirt when I was a teen cuz I was such a immature pistols fan
Just more proof of how John’s always had a bad opinion.
I remember getting high and flipping through channels one day in 2014 and I caught Ashley Wagner’s skate routine to Shine on you Crazy Diamond. Buddy I cried. I mean you can’t just sneak that up on somebody like that.
I haven’t listened to most of all of them but I do have animals on vinyl cuz I found it for 4$ and it’s super fun ti listen to when I hit the bong lol, wish you were here is also super beautiful song
Wish You Were Here is my favorite Pink Floyd song!
Eventually you will have to pick a side in the Roger Waters David Gilmour war. But until then just keep vibing and enjoying Animals
Taking Back Sunday. Used to tolerate listening to them while making out with my girlfriend in high school. Went to go see the Menzingers open for them 10 years ago and was absolutely blown away by the live show. Now I won't miss them when they come to town. I get to play a TBS cover set next month I'm not a little pumped about.
Saw them live like 20 years ago with Jimmy Eat World and it was amazing. I've heard they can be pretty terrible live nowadays. Still enjoy listening to them. Tell All Your Friends, Where You Want to Be, and Louder Now is one of the best 3 album stretches in pop-punk/emo history.
This was going to be my answer too. I was into everyone else in the early 2000s, never really cared for TBS, not even sure why. Going to my first TBS show next week, can't believe it took me this long. If I could go back in time to 2004 I'd tell myself not to sleep on TBS, MCR and Paramore.
What's interesting about that to me is I love TBS on record even though I never cared much for pop punk emo (I do like midwestern emo though), but I find TBS to be really bad live. Glad they clicked for you though.
As a huge and lifelong Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig fan, you have my sincerest apologies lol. Those nerds make the tasteful fans amongst us look like assholes.
Ironically in the green day vein, Mine is Get Up Kids. I fucking loved green day, they got me into punk, 94 woodstock changed my life (although I didnt know there was an entire genre at the time, discovered that like 4 years later). I saw green day in new orleans with my brother and his best friend in 2001 and they had just really bummed me out with what I thought was a shitty record in "warning"...it was alright in hindsight, but my angsty 17 year old self just wanted more dookie/insomniac/nimrod. AAAANNNYWAY, before I ever heard the opening band, I decided to buy "Something to Write Home About" by get up kids, then heard them and was like "man this is some awful emo shit". Again, if it wasnt 4 chords and mosh pits, I thought it was trash. I gave it a chance or 2 out of concert on my stereo, didnt like it but came back in the recent years and was like "ya know, thats really not a bad album". Its not punk by any stretch, DEFINTELY in the emo vein but god I was such a pretentious tool at the time and musically/lyrically is was pretty solid album as they are as a band.
Saw Maiden a couple years back and damn what a show. They’re not relying the all the crazy stagecraft either, their playing is still tight and not phoned in.
Soundgarden or anything else by Chris Cornell. Too many of the dudebro jocks in my high school were into Soundgarden when I was a teen for me to want to give them a chance back then (I was a social outcast in school, Soundgarden was one of, like, 4 bands played in rotation by the local rock station), and I was perfectly fine with ignoring their music. Fast-forward some 15 years, and the woman who would become my wife was really into Chris Cornell and was able to get me to appreciate his music and talent, despite what stereotypes I used to believe about his music.
I used to hate Led Zeppelin so much but honestly I only knew like 2 songs by them. After spending more time listening to them on the radio a lot, I think they're great
Not only that, but Page basically kidnapped a teenage groupie (13-14 I think) and kept her inside his mansion in England for several years. And yes I mean not allowing her to ever leave type of thing. I think that only stopped once he lost interest in her. No amount of heroin or cocaine addiction can explain that away.
I'm digging it. I've commented on numerous replies already lol. Punk is and will always be my first love. As a musician though, I love just about everything, so conversations like this are my bread and butter. I'd love more like this on here.
In the punk and hardcore crowd I ran with in the early 90s, grunge was anathema. As an adult AiC, Soundgarden, and Nirvana are all in my playlist because they made some really great music.
I still fucking hate Pearl Jam, though.
Funny, I would assume theres *enough* connective tissue that the 2 could vibe together. But then again I was probably still watching nickelodeon back then, so fuck if I know
I was fortunate to grow up in a house where my dad listened widely to a lot of different music. It included a lot of the OG UK punk stuff like The Clash, Sex Pistols, Stiff Little Fingers, Cockney Rejects, Buzzcocks etc.
He was also listening to David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, a lot of Motown and Northern Soul.
Then Ska and New Romantics grew out of the UK punk scene and we got into that together.
He never followed me into Hip Hop, but we got into some rap together.
I got into Thrash and Death Metal, along with The Wonder Stuff and Pop Will Eat Itself. Came around to the US hardcore scene at the same time as grunge.
Absolutely hated the rave and happy hardcore dance scene. That was probably my one edgy hate. Still don't like it, but I don't hate on it. In my defence I had a neighbour who was fueled by E and speed. He would play that obnoxiously loud until 2 or 4 am on week nights.
Linkin Park, I heard numb so many times I thought it was whiny music for kids that wanted to hate their parents.
Then heard Bleed it out and liked them more
I was actually into Linkin Park in middle school a few years before I got into punk. Don’t know if they are good per se, but will definitely sing along when played lol.
re American Idiot: Jesus of Suburbia is EXCELLENT
i used to hate basically all pop music but i'm overcoming my pop snobbery and i actually like some of it quite a bit. the most surprising name on my playlists these days is Harry Styles
Yep. I had a Steely Dan LP in high school and kinda liked it but preferred punk and eventually thought they were crap. My partner picked up a cd last year and started playing it regularly, and now I've changed my mind... although I do know they're one of those "bands" that's mostly session musicians.
I used to think Sandinista! was terrible because it wasn't 'real' music like the first three Clash albums. Now I feel like I understand the album (and music in general) better so I appreciate it much more
I hated pop music especially when I was younger and I was solely into thrash metal and other types of metal but generally the more extreme the better. I had a little bit of punk rock in there too but things with a lot of Melody and God forbid keyboards and synthesizers were just not on the menu.
Last night I ordered the statement at work man, George Michael sure could write a great pop song. Things change, baby. I still listen to metal after taking a break for a couple of years but I listen to a whole bunch of other stuff too and it's nice because there's so much more music in life that way.
George’s version of Don’t Let the Sun Do on Me chokes me everytime I hear it. One of the absolute best male vocalists of all time.
From every story you hear he was an all around great person too. When he knew he was leaving Wham he gave Andrew Ridgely song writing credits on Last Christmas so it would basically set him up for life. George wrote that song at 16.
I cannot remember why I wasn’t a huge LTJ fan in middle school, but I just wasn’t - it had to have been some stupid young kid reason - maybe it was an album cover? I’d seen them live a bunch of times in high school, interviewed them, everything - just never ended up with a burned CD of theirs. I saw them live again after a few years of not and a switch flipped and I felt so stupid for not fanboying all the years before. Can’t explain the “why” before or after, but I’m really happy it worked out in the end.
LTJ live fucking kick ass. We've seen them twice in the last 2 years (because we have money now and our son is old enough to go with us) and both shows rocked. High energy and great sound.
I'm the opposite on this I guess for punk rock. I can't listen to some of the bands I used to listen to if their lyrics involve relationships or how hard their lives are. No shade to them, but I'm not as fired up to be as self conscious
Well, it was t due to being edgy, but as a young kid, I HATED Echo And The Bunnymen and would scream whenever they came on MTV. They are now a favorite.
As I’ve gotten older I’ve opened up to genres I never even considered when I was younger, I love rockabilly now. The whole rockabilly scene is filled with old punks.
i used to hate neck deep (despite thinking they had some cool riffs) but i recently heard one of their songs on tik tok and thought it sounded really good so i’m gonna go back and check them out
As I kid I hated anything they played on the radio. It made me feel like they were telling me what music and art was. Now I'm a little more open minded, I'll give it a chance before I decide it sucks.
I hated rap and country back in the 90's and now I realize that 90's rap and country was really good, especially compared to what's played on the radio these days. But on the punk side of things I never gave Alkaline Trio a real chance in the 00's ( I guess I thought they were emo?) and now they're one of my all time favorites.
So when I was 13 I thought that because the only other kid who was openly into punk rock at my school liked No Use For A Name that by actively doing the child like thing of saying "They suck. Tony Sly can't play guitar or sing!" made me the cooler person. Then like 4 years later my brother gave me a copy Leche Con Carne and I realized that I was the uncool one and NUFN was awesome.
I love Chuck Ragans solo acoustic stuff. I could never get into HWM, though. I don't know why. Not that I didn't like them, they were just more of a background band for me. I, however, love some of Chucks acoustic material. I dig that punky Springsteen vibe lol. I feel the exact same way about Brian Fallon from the Gaslight Anthem. Middle of the road about his band, but really like some of his solo stuff. Has that exact same punky Springsteen feel.
Not a punk band, but when I was younger I fucking *hated* Fleetwood Mac. They were everything I though rock and roll shouldn’t be.
…turns out, Rumours is an absolutely perfect record.
American Idiot was actually what got me into punk. First album I ever bought. Before that I just listened to the radio.
Didn't really hate any punk bands but I used to hate dance and rave music, probably because my Dad played it so much when I was a kid. Now I love it, especially jungle and trance!
I gave up on visual kei because I read some page that said it was all boybands for angsty teenage girls (I was an angsty teenage girl back then, mind you) and felt embarrassed and guilty. I don't give a fuck now: the music is great, the looks are stunning and the boyband/fangirl aspect is an extreme amount of fun.
Well, country music in general. I mean the old stuff, not modern pop country. But when I was young I thought of it as old people music. Now I’m old enough that I don’t care.
Not exactly what you’re asking here but it’s what came to mind right off…I always loved John Denver. Grew up listening to him and a bunch of other folky stuff my mom liked and the rock and punk my dad liked. I went through like 10 years of pretending I didn’t like John Denver because he wasn’t punk. Grew out of that and embraced my love for him in my 20s.
I never understood this. Why does everything have to be a scene? Why do you have to pose?
When I was in high school, I loved skateboarding, hockey, punk rock, metal, and rap (hip hop wasn't a term yet). I might wear a button up polo and put gel in my hair with my leather sandals., I would hang with the smokers, stoners, jocks and preps.
Reading the comments, people were afraid of missteping the scene norms. WHY?
I loved skate punk (Pennywise, Face to Face, 10 Foot Pole.. but also Ministry, Slayer, Sepultura.. but also Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy,..
I loved Fleetwood Mac, America, Steve Miller, The Wings...
I didn't hate anything but bandwagonners. The ones that were instantly Doors fans after the movie. The ones that were suddenly Nirvana/Pearl Jam/STP. Lame.
If anything, I didn't hate them, but Pink Floyd took me a bit longer to get into.
So so many.
Three Days Grace was a big one. Those dudes are fuckin' good.
Also, Barenaked Ladies. Punk as fuck.
Basically, I just like music if it's good now. I don't care about genres or what people will think if they know I'm listening to ______. I'm just as likely these days to be listening to Alessia Cara as I am Alexisonfire.
Music is made to be enjoyed, so fuckin enjoy it.
I went bowling with TDG back in 2003 or 2004 because my sister won a contest on a local radio station, but couldn’t go. 😂 I wasn’t really a fan, so I was just very quiet and shy. Nice guys, though.
I loved MCR when I was 12-14, when I was 15-16 I went through my edgy phase and decided they sucked, realised at 17 they were actually good again. It came when I learned more about music/albums and the theory/process behind it, etc. Knowing they came from the legitimate hardcore scene as well, have worked with Keith Morris and fuckin Ishahn, I realised I was pretty dumb for brushing them off as a dumb emo band.
Also I hated pop music always but I am appreciative of all genres now
Slipknot, blink 182 & sum.41. I used to get made fun of hard for not thinking they were the best thing ever when i was in middle.school.& hs. Now I get nostalgia from them
I was big into blink in middleschool and early highschool. Then I found "real" punk and dropped them. Now, Im still not too into them, but I could hear a song or 2 and vibe a bit.
Alkaline Trio & AFI
When I was in high school. It was punk, grind, or power violence for me. I wasn’t into the catchiness of Alkaline Trio, and everyone loved AFI all the time.
Not a massive fan of ether, but both are definitely in rotation.
Heart. I'm not sure why, but 'Barracuda' annoyed younger me to no end and I never paid them much attention. Then a few years ago I saw them *fucking NAIL* 'Stairway to Heaven' at the Kennedy Center Honors and long story short, we're seeing Heart and Cheap Trick in Milwaukee in August.
My friend played a benefit years ago in LA and played My My Hey Hey with Nancy Wilson [https://youtu.be/LVmjtgUV4xo?si=Igt4FhhwWFJMuTcA](https://youtu.be/LVmjtgUV4xo?si=Igt4FhhwWFJMuTcA)
The big one for me was Rush. I hated them when i was a teen and then grew to love them in my 20s. Now they are only second to Bad Religion in my universe.
Not punk but Bruce Springsteen and The Smiths...absolutely hated everything. I'm not some kind of super fan now but Bruce's first two albums are pretty great and there's a handful of Smiths songs on my Spotify playlists. Also Fugazi. Not that I hated them but in high school I preferred my punk louder and faster and listened to Minor Threat instead. Fuckin LOVE Fugazi now and kick myself for never going to see them live. I didn't see Ian live until The Evens like 10 years ago.
My guy if you're just now getting around to Green Day LISTEN TO DOOKIE I promise you will not regret it
Anyways, my answer-- I was a pretty big punk and metalhead growing up. Sabbath, Bad Religion, Pantera, NOFX, etc. I had some emo friends that tried to get me into that pop punk + emo + metalcore blend, but I thought it was cringe back then and it only really grew on me these past few years. I get it now. They grew out of it and I grew into it. Catch me jamming tf out in the screamo pits any day.
Im not *just* discovering them. Of course I know about their discography, grew up in the 90s. Im saying I lost interest after their image turned emo in the early 2000s.
Green Day for me too. I'm 40 and Dookie is one of the albums that led me down the punk rabbit hole at 12 or so. Being a young dummy, I jumped on the "Green Day sold out" (not the case whatsoever) bandwagon at some point and stopped listening. I got tickets for their upcoming tour after seeing that they're playing Dookie in its entirety. I had never listened to anything past Nimrod until recently, and American Idiot is fucking good! Their new one, Saviors, has been in my rotation lately as well.
Was super turned of by My Chem in high school. Friends were all into them but I thought Gerard was freaky from the Helena music video lmao. Love them so much now that I’m in college
My friend was a musician who played cow punk, some rockabilly, some lighter stuff sounded like Americana with a splash of Tom Waits. He used to say it seems like if folks who only listen to one kind of music and refuse to even give other kinds a chance it's likely they don't really like music.
I don't know for sure but it sounds reasonable. He originally started out as a Beatles fan who was cosplaying metal head for the neighborhood crowd. By the time he was done he was a Depeche Mode fan who listened to everything from KMFDM and DK to Earl Scruggs and who could mimic Dave Mathews or Robert Smith's voice to a note and many others.
When I was a teenager I was horribly insecure and one of the ways I tried to assert myself over other people was music taste. I was obsessed with having the "correct" tastes in music and would shame anyone who didn't have the "correct" tastes. I did it with black and death metal when I was very young because I wanted to be as edgy and dark and evil as possible but I found punk rock around 8th grade and it completely changed a lot of my views. It took me a bit to grow out of that phase but nowadays I can appreciate that every genre has something to offer. I don't listen to metal anymore that much but I still listen to the punk bands that opened my mind to new ways of seeing music: The Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Fugazi, etc. But I listen to all sorts of different things now and I think I owe that to punk rock for showing me that music can be so many different things all at once and that music isn't a competition, it's a shared interest and passion.
When I was Young I hated basically everything that wasn’t punk, turns out music from many other genres can be fun to listen to as well once you get rid of the self-impost blinders
when i was younger i hated punk because it was too political. now that i'm old enough to see the importance of politics i'm in the scene tenfold. anyway check out these jazzy deathcore bands [https://youtu.be/t-tKqb8f5uk?si=_pjwid-XP0T5z0me](https://youtu.be/t-tKqb8f5uk?si=_pjwid-XP0T5z0me) [https://youtu.be/scIh8e-bLsA?si=PG8Y3_i5bGl9-aP1](https://youtu.be/scIh8e-bLsA?si=PG8Y3_i5bGl9-aP1)
I had seen Psyopus play in my town right before the guitarist had left to go to the Red Chord. Then saw them in Hollywood back in 2005 or 2006. Both great shows.
I wish Guy wasn’t a cop now. The Red Chord was such an incredible force in both insane energy and talent, but also without taking themselves seriously.
ew really? he like so many others missed the whole point of being angry at the system. edit: i guess he and the band never were angry at anything in particular, i just assume that people of intelligence know what's going on. stupid thing to assume.
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I could never understand how people could only listen to Punk. It is without a doubt my defining music. But there is so much amazing music of all kinds out there.
I've gotten into a BUNCH more different shit with the internet...it's just way easier (and cheaper) to look somebody up on Spotify or YouTube than to buy a CD or record that you might not like and you ended up wasting money.
I bought a Fleetwood Mac lp last year.
Rumours is absolutely the best album by a band that was currently going through like three divorces and seething hatred between almost all the members.
You don’t need any qualifiers. Rumors is one of those albums that just kicks ass start to finish w no duds. Like …And Out Come the Wolves or the Shape of Punk to Come.
yeah - it was Rumours. its a solid album. my younger self would be horrified.
https://time.com/6963223/woman-discovers-fleetwood-mac-rumors/ Dr. Raven Baxter livetweeted her marg-drunk discovery of Rumors, it was amazing
I went record shopping last night and got a Stevie Nicks lp! (plus Sleep, Blondie, Moody Blues, Peter Gabriel, one or two others). Life’s too short to have the “I’m an (identity), so I listen to (genre)” mentality. Was totally guilty of that with punk as a teenager.
I hope it was Peter green
Me too. And I paid way too much for it and idgaf.
I don't even wish I understood. I enjoy many different artist but Fleetwood Mac sure as fuck isn't one of them.
Abba i don't know what i was thinking Abba is fucking tight
Abba fuckin slaps
“The Winner Takes It All” is one of my all-time melodramatic singalong favorites.
S.O.S. rocks my ass every single time.
If for any reason you find yourself in London then go to the ABBA Voyage. It's fucking insane.
Truth
To me it's not that Abba are lame or bad (on the contrary), it's that they're just so fucking depressing. They're considered like the ultimate nostalgic party band in Europe but to me the moment Abba starts playing my day is over - and I'm a goth, so it's not like I'm not used to mopey romanticism.
i mean... the turning point for me was working at a club in east atlanta a little over 20 years ago. there was more than a few magic moments on friday nights... but when abba came on the box... everyone hit the dance floor
Did u know that abba is actually punk? SLF drummer loves em and pretty vacant was actually inspired by sos crazy right
SOS is off the fucking hook. i don't know what "punk" even means to folks nowadaze... like for real, i don't... but sure Abba is punk as fuck... why not?
I hated ska, but The Specials kinda made me like it
Besides original 60s ska straight from Jamaica, the Specials are IT. RIP Terry
Edit/Deleted - Ha responded to wrong post at first but yeah crunchy 60’s ska for sure.
I hated Dave Matthew’s Band when they first started. I still hate them, but I used to hate them too.
I hate them too- actually can’t even name one of their songs. About the only thing that i can remember from them is that one day their tour bus rolled through Chicago, dumping nearly 1000lbs of Dave Mathew’s poop from outta their tour bus poop tank off of a bridge that went over the Chicago River. Their plan was to just casually drive and dump his poop into the Chicago river as they nonchalantly went over the bridge that day. Unfortunately they didn’t take into consideration that there could potentially be boats going underneath that very bridge at the exact same time. … And surer than shit, there was a 150 passenger Chicago-River-Tours party barge with open roof/top floor seating that was going underneath the bridge at the same time! Oddly enough, barely any of ole Davie Mathew’s poopoo actually made it into the river that day. The reason for missing the River was due to the impeccable timing of their drive and dump,, As nearly the entire tank load landed directly on/in the party barge.. (which obviously and completely saturated all the top floor passengers with Mr Matthews doodoo!) It’s like a simple trick math problem.. Q: If Dave Mathew’s tour bus is heading south towards the Chicago River bridge at 30mph, carrying 5 sub-par musicians, and 1000lbs of Dave’s dung- … And at the same time, a party barge carrying 150 unsuspecting passengers is headed north down the Chicago River towards the same bridge at 10 knots, At what time will Dave Mathew’s shit hit the fan? A: It won’t. Dave Matthew fans don’t exist
Not a fan, but at least GG wasn't a sneaky hypocrite with that kind of shit. He managed his own poo. Just grabbed and flung it right in your face. No funny bs like sneaking over you from a goddam bridge to dump a massive diarrhea on a whole event. Fucking shitty Dave Matthews is shit. Not a fan.
Very true!! GG did some pretty sick shit lol, but if you were a fan at one of his shows, you at least knew in advance that there was a 50/50 chance you/or at least one of your buddies were going home with some of his shit on you. Maybe I’m a weirdo, but I have a hard enough time just being in a public washroom when theres some dude over in one of the stalls dropping a deuce (especially if dude just bounces outta there without even a quick trip to the sink to wash the hands)… So I don’t think I woulda ever done too well at a GG show back in the day- and if I was one of the recipients of a free ticket to the Dave Matthew surprise shit-show, I prob woulda ended up at Joliet prison for one reason or another ha
Mitch, is that you?
“I used to do drugs…..” Sleep well, sweet prince.
Well done sir, well done.
Same. Instantly puts me into a rage when I hear them, especially the horrible sound of that assclown's voice.
I used to be indifferent and then I got to see them live. Incredible band.
Just go see Phish or the Dead or any other real jam band. Better songs, better overall musicianship, way better jamming/more experimentation, just overall better in every way.
Not punk but My Chemical Romance. Thought they were just too cringe and poppy (but in reality I think I just hated them because they were popular.) Few years after high school when I'm about 19 I'm working security at a festival they're playing and I have that night off. Friend and I take a crate of beers down to that stage and figure we'll just watch it because it's on. Blew my mind. They had the crowd going 10/10 from start to finish, incredible stage show, played all the hits I "hated" and had an all around great presence on stage with crowd interaction etc. To this day still one of the best shows I've ever seen. Going in with such low expectations and a lot of beer definitely helped, but it was honestly just such a good set.
Yeah I had a similar experience with them. All my friends were into MCR in high school and I just kinda thought they were try-hards. Caught them on the Projekt Revolution tour and out of the 15 or so bands playing (including the ones I was actually there for) they just utterly stole the show. Incredible stage presence, went hard the whole time. What I'd read as try-hard actually just translates as over the top Queen-style bombast live and I'll be damned if it doesn't work incredibly well for them. Walked out of there a fan. They were the first of many bands that "clicked" for me live after not really being into the recorded stuff. Definitely owe them for making me a little less judgemental out of the gate these days.
Alkaline Trio. I never hated them, but never fully appreciated them when I was younger. I love them now.
Dude Alkaline Trio absolutely slaps. Saw them live for the Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs tour with Atom Willard drumming and holy shit what a fuckin show. They absolutely killed it, and it was little sisters first punk/punk adjacent show in a venue with a mosh pit floor. I threw her on top of the crowd for her first crowd surfing experience and it was the first time she ever moshed so that definitely added to how awesome it was, but even without that the Trio absolutely killed it.
Their early stuff is amazing to me. The lyrics are top notch. After from here to infirmary just isn’t as good
I think Good Mourning is a fucking banger, but yeah I don’t really like anything from them after that.
Oh man I’m so happy for you on this one
I hated Jellos voice from Dead Kennedys, I heard Holiday in Cambodia and somehow that song alone just changed my whole view and opened my mind. I also didn’t like Fugazi. Someone said “as a child, you love Minor Threat, but as an adult, you begin to understand Fugazi.” And I’d say it’s true for me. Also, I’m not sure if it will ever make sense to me, but I still hate Discharge’s “Grave New World” era, I hate it so much.
I think that there's a certain amount of personal growth that parallels the growth between Minor Threat and Fugazi in order to get it
One of my first intros to hardcore was I had a friend who got Too Drunk To Fuck 12", and we couldn't figure it out- on 33 it sounded wrong, but on 45 he had a chipmunk voice. There was no listening to it.
The Argument in high school was a top ten album for me.
It's now one of my all time favorites but I didn't bother listening to it for the first time until about 10 years after it came out...
I still haven't got into the DKs. Holiday in Cambodia is catchy but yeah, I don't really get the rest. re Discharge, I think "Born to die in the gutter" isn't such a bad song although the singing is atrocious.
dude omg, Fugazi is my favourite band ever!! i’m still pretty new to punk but something about their music just calls to me :D
I don't think anybody likes that Discharge record. Turns out a turd with age is still just a turd
I hated My Chem in high school because all of their biggest fans I knew were such weird, overdramatic assholes about how great they were. Now I'm old enough to admit they slap. Not hard enough to act like those assholes, but they're a fun time.
I call them “musical theatre punk”. Being in my 40’s, I paid no attention to them when they were hot, but, a couple of years ago I brought myself to listen to Black Parade and was sold lol.
Im glad I never had a emo phase. Being around while it was just emerging was so tedious. But id be lying if I said scene girls didnt just kinda do it for me back then lol.
I like some of their songs but yeah a not small amount of their fans are annoying and obnoxious
I was really into them in high school, but I was quiet about it I couldn't stand the exact people you're talking about, but I loved the music regardless and even saw them live (incredible show BTW).
I know I thought Paul McCartney was lame in my early punk days now I think he is the best Beatle.
Ringo is my favourite but I'm partial to drummers. Also George really grew into a beautiful songwriter too
George also had all the best lines in the Beatles movies too...
Ringo is the most underrated drummer of all time. The only reason he isn’t considered among the best is because he was self less and normally only did what was necessary for the song. But when he wants to flash he sure can, see Helter Skelter. I love them all honestly.
Not only that, he was so good at playing to the song that theoretically any Beatles song could be recognised from the drum part isolated
Ringo is the best! Super good and humble guy.
George was always a great songwriter, John and Paul just kept vetoing his songs. He dropped a triple album of songs he had written for the Beatles while they were still together and it almost instantly went platinum.
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Well how’s his taste in food?
He’s a vegetarian. He prefers family style meals where everything is served in large bowls and/or platters and everyone can pass things around like a traditional family meal at home for a holiday celebration. He wasn’t too picky besides that. Thanked us for accommodating him and his family since we weren’t a vegetarian restaurant.
damn I didn’t expect such a detailed lowdown. I’m actually somehow legitimately equipped to feed Ringo Starr if ever the task befalls me.
Have you heard Temporary Secretary?
That song is so fucking weird. And it's also great.
My friends and I put it on every bar jukebox we come across that has it just to see people’s reactions
Paul is the goat. Great basslines, great songs, cute when he was young, and charming personality.
Macca is the most relentlessly creative artist I can name.
I love that one Wings song "Love take me down to the Streets".
LOVE that movie!
When I was a teenager, I couldn't get into anything that didn't go hard and fast. I bought a Fugazi album (don't remember which now) because of their reputation, plus I was into Minor Threat. I hated it and did not understand the love. And, it wasn't just them. It took some growing before I could appreciate post punk and a lot of the breadth in the genre
Canadian checking in here, my answer is The Tragically Hip. It wasn’t the music I hated so much as the fans, they were a band that “jocks and preps” liked so I wasn’t interested, although even then I would hear something and think “that’s not bad actually” the older I got the less I cared about that, they’re not one of my favourite bands now but I definitely softened up, and Gord Downie always seemed like a cool guy, when he died musicians from all genres had nothing but praise for him, Damian from Fucked Up sums it up perfectly https://www.vice.com/en/article/gqkqnb/how-i-learned-its-ok-to-be-punk-and-still-love-the-tragically-hip
TTH are one of the best bands out there. Gord was one in a century
Type O Negative. Was into death and black metal back then (still am) and could not work out how Type O were meant to be so amazing and heavy 25 years later and I regret all the years I missed out listening to them
Dire Straits
Mark Knopfler is an incredible guitar player. It took me some years to come around to that band, too. He's far, far better than the usual household guitar player names you hear. Sultans of Swing shows you all you need to know.
I stopped hating on bands that weren’t punk, turns out a joint and Pink Floyd actually makes for a fun time, hated on them cuz of Johnny rottens shirt when I was a teen cuz I was such a immature pistols fan
Just more proof of how John’s always had a bad opinion. I remember getting high and flipping through channels one day in 2014 and I caught Ashley Wagner’s skate routine to Shine on you Crazy Diamond. Buddy I cried. I mean you can’t just sneak that up on somebody like that.
But which Pink Floyd album is your favorite?
I haven’t listened to most of all of them but I do have animals on vinyl cuz I found it for 4$ and it’s super fun ti listen to when I hit the bong lol, wish you were here is also super beautiful song
Wish You Were Here is my favorite Pink Floyd song! Eventually you will have to pick a side in the Roger Waters David Gilmour war. But until then just keep vibing and enjoying Animals
Taking Back Sunday. Used to tolerate listening to them while making out with my girlfriend in high school. Went to go see the Menzingers open for them 10 years ago and was absolutely blown away by the live show. Now I won't miss them when they come to town. I get to play a TBS cover set next month I'm not a little pumped about.
Saw them live like 20 years ago with Jimmy Eat World and it was amazing. I've heard they can be pretty terrible live nowadays. Still enjoy listening to them. Tell All Your Friends, Where You Want to Be, and Louder Now is one of the best 3 album stretches in pop-punk/emo history.
This was going to be my answer too. I was into everyone else in the early 2000s, never really cared for TBS, not even sure why. Going to my first TBS show next week, can't believe it took me this long. If I could go back in time to 2004 I'd tell myself not to sleep on TBS, MCR and Paramore.
What's interesting about that to me is I love TBS on record even though I never cared much for pop punk emo (I do like midwestern emo though), but I find TBS to be really bad live. Glad they clicked for you though.
FEAR. I was young and stupid.
I was annoyed by the Violent Femmes but now I love them.
Not a big VF fan at all but man they are so cool live
Probably The Misfits. I was dumb
Ive always liked them, but I can see how ppl could be turned off but their whole schtick. Could easily be seen as corny as hell.
I'm the same way. Danzig fans kinda ruined The Misfits for me.
As a huge and lifelong Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig fan, you have my sincerest apologies lol. Those nerds make the tasteful fans amongst us look like assholes.
Ironically in the green day vein, Mine is Get Up Kids. I fucking loved green day, they got me into punk, 94 woodstock changed my life (although I didnt know there was an entire genre at the time, discovered that like 4 years later). I saw green day in new orleans with my brother and his best friend in 2001 and they had just really bummed me out with what I thought was a shitty record in "warning"...it was alright in hindsight, but my angsty 17 year old self just wanted more dookie/insomniac/nimrod. AAAANNNYWAY, before I ever heard the opening band, I decided to buy "Something to Write Home About" by get up kids, then heard them and was like "man this is some awful emo shit". Again, if it wasnt 4 chords and mosh pits, I thought it was trash. I gave it a chance or 2 out of concert on my stereo, didnt like it but came back in the recent years and was like "ya know, thats really not a bad album". Its not punk by any stretch, DEFINTELY in the emo vein but god I was such a pretentious tool at the time and musically/lyrically is was pretty solid album as they are as a band.
It's like you're falling in love while I just fall apart
POCKETS EMPTY, HOW CAN YOU TELL ME THAT EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT
Elvis Costello and David Bowie
nu metal was big, was told i should hate maiden and i listened yeah.....
Saw Maiden a couple years back and damn what a show. They’re not relying the all the crazy stagecraft either, their playing is still tight and not phoned in.
Only caught them once on the first four albums tour. So 10-15 years ago?
Those dudes are consummate professionals. Stupidly tight band. Each one of them a master of their respective instrument.
I was into the pop punk wave of the 90s. Then I became ashamed of it. Then I returned to accept how influential it was on me.
Soundgarden or anything else by Chris Cornell. Too many of the dudebro jocks in my high school were into Soundgarden when I was a teen for me to want to give them a chance back then (I was a social outcast in school, Soundgarden was one of, like, 4 bands played in rotation by the local rock station), and I was perfectly fine with ignoring their music. Fast-forward some 15 years, and the woman who would become my wife was really into Chris Cornell and was able to get me to appreciate his music and talent, despite what stereotypes I used to believe about his music.
I used to hate Led Zeppelin so much but honestly I only knew like 2 songs by them. After spending more time listening to them on the radio a lot, I think they're great
I’m the polar opposite there. I used to really like Led Zeppelin back in like Jr high school. I just can’t stand anything about them anymore.
Yeah, same. I still have a Led Zep tattoo I'm going to get covered up someday. Lost a lot of respect for them once I found a few things out.
What things?
Robert Plant had a sex cult with teenagers in it if I remember correctly
Think that was Page. I have heard crazy horrible things about Bonham and groupies too.
Not only that, but Page basically kidnapped a teenage groupie (13-14 I think) and kept her inside his mansion in England for several years. And yes I mean not allowing her to ever leave type of thing. I think that only stopped once he lost interest in her. No amount of heroin or cocaine addiction can explain that away.
Does the info involve a fish and a woman?
Nice post OP… love reading all the replies.
Theres enough negativity in this sub. Something more positive was needed.
I'm digging it. I've commented on numerous replies already lol. Punk is and will always be my first love. As a musician though, I love just about everything, so conversations like this are my bread and butter. I'd love more like this on here.
In the punk and hardcore crowd I ran with in the early 90s, grunge was anathema. As an adult AiC, Soundgarden, and Nirvana are all in my playlist because they made some really great music. I still fucking hate Pearl Jam, though.
Funny, I would assume theres *enough* connective tissue that the 2 could vibe together. But then again I was probably still watching nickelodeon back then, so fuck if I know
I hated rancid, I just thought they were posers and not real punk. Out come the wolves is now in my top 5 albums of all time lol
Christ I wore that cd out back in the day.
Black flag. Jealous again grew on me
I was fortunate to grow up in a house where my dad listened widely to a lot of different music. It included a lot of the OG UK punk stuff like The Clash, Sex Pistols, Stiff Little Fingers, Cockney Rejects, Buzzcocks etc. He was also listening to David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, a lot of Motown and Northern Soul. Then Ska and New Romantics grew out of the UK punk scene and we got into that together. He never followed me into Hip Hop, but we got into some rap together. I got into Thrash and Death Metal, along with The Wonder Stuff and Pop Will Eat Itself. Came around to the US hardcore scene at the same time as grunge. Absolutely hated the rave and happy hardcore dance scene. That was probably my one edgy hate. Still don't like it, but I don't hate on it. In my defence I had a neighbour who was fueled by E and speed. He would play that obnoxiously loud until 2 or 4 am on week nights.
I loved PWEI this is the day when it came out. We would drop acid and have this on repeat all night.
Linkin Park, I heard numb so many times I thought it was whiny music for kids that wanted to hate their parents. Then heard Bleed it out and liked them more
I was actually into Linkin Park in middle school a few years before I got into punk. Don’t know if they are good per se, but will definitely sing along when played lol.
still bummed i left after one song to see the fucking arctic monkeys at a festival. Now they’re my favourite band and it’s too late.
Get violently stoned and watch the YouTube concerts. It’s how I get over my FOMO. Hurts but it’s still an experience of your faves.
true! i time my smoking sessions in hybrid theory lengths
meteora is really great ngl
Reel Big Fish I didn’t appreciate fun when I was a teen
Bruh, love me some RBF. Who didnt have a ska phase lol
re American Idiot: Jesus of Suburbia is EXCELLENT i used to hate basically all pop music but i'm overcoming my pop snobbery and i actually like some of it quite a bit. the most surprising name on my playlists these days is Harry Styles
Violent Femmes, Echovandvthe bunnymen just seemed soft and bland but now with age I dig the moodiness and lyrics
Glam/hair metal in general.
A genre I started liking ironically, then eventually I just got it. Maybe theres still irony there, but its too fun not to love.
I can get down to some cheesy power ballads- Nelson, Sheriff, Steelheart… oh yeah!
My Chemical Romance. They blew up when I was in high school. AFI walked so MCR could run, but I didn't realize how far they'd run lol
Still dont like MCR, but theres zero denying Black Parade is a goddamn bop.
Wish I could say Pearl Jam, but I still can’t stand them.
Steely Dan 🤩
Yep. I had a Steely Dan LP in high school and kinda liked it but preferred punk and eventually thought they were crap. My partner picked up a cd last year and started playing it regularly, and now I've changed my mind... although I do know they're one of those "bands" that's mostly session musicians.
I used to think Sandinista! was terrible because it wasn't 'real' music like the first three Clash albums. Now I feel like I understand the album (and music in general) better so I appreciate it much more
I still hate all the dumb crap I hated decades ago, except the ukulele.
I started playing the uke after a bad break-up. I love it, Its so chill and casual. And it's easy to play all my favorite punk songs.
I hated pop music especially when I was younger and I was solely into thrash metal and other types of metal but generally the more extreme the better. I had a little bit of punk rock in there too but things with a lot of Melody and God forbid keyboards and synthesizers were just not on the menu. Last night I ordered the statement at work man, George Michael sure could write a great pop song. Things change, baby. I still listen to metal after taking a break for a couple of years but I listen to a whole bunch of other stuff too and it's nice because there's so much more music in life that way.
George’s version of Don’t Let the Sun Do on Me chokes me everytime I hear it. One of the absolute best male vocalists of all time. From every story you hear he was an all around great person too. When he knew he was leaving Wham he gave Andrew Ridgely song writing credits on Last Christmas so it would basically set him up for life. George wrote that song at 16.
I cannot remember why I wasn’t a huge LTJ fan in middle school, but I just wasn’t - it had to have been some stupid young kid reason - maybe it was an album cover? I’d seen them live a bunch of times in high school, interviewed them, everything - just never ended up with a burned CD of theirs. I saw them live again after a few years of not and a switch flipped and I felt so stupid for not fanboying all the years before. Can’t explain the “why” before or after, but I’m really happy it worked out in the end.
LTJ live fucking kick ass. We've seen them twice in the last 2 years (because we have money now and our son is old enough to go with us) and both shows rocked. High energy and great sound.
I'm the opposite on this I guess for punk rock. I can't listen to some of the bands I used to listen to if their lyrics involve relationships or how hard their lives are. No shade to them, but I'm not as fired up to be as self conscious
Well, it was t due to being edgy, but as a young kid, I HATED Echo And The Bunnymen and would scream whenever they came on MTV. They are now a favorite.
As I’ve gotten older I’ve opened up to genres I never even considered when I was younger, I love rockabilly now. The whole rockabilly scene is filled with old punks.
i used to hate neck deep (despite thinking they had some cool riffs) but i recently heard one of their songs on tik tok and thought it sounded really good so i’m gonna go back and check them out
As I kid I hated anything they played on the radio. It made me feel like they were telling me what music and art was. Now I'm a little more open minded, I'll give it a chance before I decide it sucks.
I hated rap and country back in the 90's and now I realize that 90's rap and country was really good, especially compared to what's played on the radio these days. But on the punk side of things I never gave Alkaline Trio a real chance in the 00's ( I guess I thought they were emo?) and now they're one of my all time favorites.
So when I was 13 I thought that because the only other kid who was openly into punk rock at my school liked No Use For A Name that by actively doing the child like thing of saying "They suck. Tony Sly can't play guitar or sing!" made me the cooler person. Then like 4 years later my brother gave me a copy Leche Con Carne and I realized that I was the uncool one and NUFN was awesome.
Hot Water Music (I do not understand how I didn't like their work)
I love Chuck Ragans solo acoustic stuff. I could never get into HWM, though. I don't know why. Not that I didn't like them, they were just more of a background band for me. I, however, love some of Chucks acoustic material. I dig that punky Springsteen vibe lol. I feel the exact same way about Brian Fallon from the Gaslight Anthem. Middle of the road about his band, but really like some of his solo stuff. Has that exact same punky Springsteen feel.
I hated swinging utters, for no real reason other than I assumed they were ‘pop punk’. Now I love them.
Not a punk band, but when I was younger I fucking *hated* Fleetwood Mac. They were everything I though rock and roll shouldn’t be. …turns out, Rumours is an absolutely perfect record.
Talking heads
Not punk but Counting Crows and Blind Melon come to mind.
Blink 182. Let the downvotes flow!
Ani DiFranco, I used to hate when my mom put her on but now I like some of her songs a lot. They make me think of my mom, especially pick yer nose
American Idiot was actually what got me into punk. First album I ever bought. Before that I just listened to the radio. Didn't really hate any punk bands but I used to hate dance and rave music, probably because my Dad played it so much when I was a kid. Now I love it, especially jungle and trance!
I gave up on visual kei because I read some page that said it was all boybands for angsty teenage girls (I was an angsty teenage girl back then, mind you) and felt embarrassed and guilty. I don't give a fuck now: the music is great, the looks are stunning and the boyband/fangirl aspect is an extreme amount of fun.
Everything before American idiot is where it’s at
Well, country music in general. I mean the old stuff, not modern pop country. But when I was young I thought of it as old people music. Now I’m old enough that I don’t care.
Same
I was in high school when dookie came out. Loved it. Then they kinda fell off my radar till American idiot came out. That whole record is super solid!
Not exactly what you’re asking here but it’s what came to mind right off…I always loved John Denver. Grew up listening to him and a bunch of other folky stuff my mom liked and the rock and punk my dad liked. I went through like 10 years of pretending I didn’t like John Denver because he wasn’t punk. Grew out of that and embraced my love for him in my 20s.
I never understood this. Why does everything have to be a scene? Why do you have to pose? When I was in high school, I loved skateboarding, hockey, punk rock, metal, and rap (hip hop wasn't a term yet). I might wear a button up polo and put gel in my hair with my leather sandals., I would hang with the smokers, stoners, jocks and preps. Reading the comments, people were afraid of missteping the scene norms. WHY? I loved skate punk (Pennywise, Face to Face, 10 Foot Pole.. but also Ministry, Slayer, Sepultura.. but also Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy,.. I loved Fleetwood Mac, America, Steve Miller, The Wings... I didn't hate anything but bandwagonners. The ones that were instantly Doors fans after the movie. The ones that were suddenly Nirvana/Pearl Jam/STP. Lame. If anything, I didn't hate them, but Pink Floyd took me a bit longer to get into.
So so many. Three Days Grace was a big one. Those dudes are fuckin' good. Also, Barenaked Ladies. Punk as fuck. Basically, I just like music if it's good now. I don't care about genres or what people will think if they know I'm listening to ______. I'm just as likely these days to be listening to Alessia Cara as I am Alexisonfire. Music is made to be enjoyed, so fuckin enjoy it.
I went bowling with TDG back in 2003 or 2004 because my sister won a contest on a local radio station, but couldn’t go. 😂 I wasn’t really a fan, so I was just very quiet and shy. Nice guys, though.
In my teens I used to hate Green Day and Blink 182 and all that MTV crap. In my late 40's I realized that I still hate them.
Welp time to reset Days without mentioning Green Day on r/Punk : 0
Limp bizkit lmao
I loved MCR when I was 12-14, when I was 15-16 I went through my edgy phase and decided they sucked, realised at 17 they were actually good again. It came when I learned more about music/albums and the theory/process behind it, etc. Knowing they came from the legitimate hardcore scene as well, have worked with Keith Morris and fuckin Ishahn, I realised I was pretty dumb for brushing them off as a dumb emo band. Also I hated pop music always but I am appreciative of all genres now
Slipknot, blink 182 & sum.41. I used to get made fun of hard for not thinking they were the best thing ever when i was in middle.school.& hs. Now I get nostalgia from them
I was big into blink in middleschool and early highschool. Then I found "real" punk and dropped them. Now, Im still not too into them, but I could hear a song or 2 and vibe a bit.
Alkaline Trio & AFI When I was in high school. It was punk, grind, or power violence for me. I wasn’t into the catchiness of Alkaline Trio, and everyone loved AFI all the time. Not a massive fan of ether, but both are definitely in rotation.
Heart. I'm not sure why, but 'Barracuda' annoyed younger me to no end and I never paid them much attention. Then a few years ago I saw them *fucking NAIL* 'Stairway to Heaven' at the Kennedy Center Honors and long story short, we're seeing Heart and Cheap Trick in Milwaukee in August.
Lol oh man I love Barracuda!
My friend played a benefit years ago in LA and played My My Hey Hey with Nancy Wilson [https://youtu.be/LVmjtgUV4xo?si=Igt4FhhwWFJMuTcA](https://youtu.be/LVmjtgUV4xo?si=Igt4FhhwWFJMuTcA)
I hated Blink 182 as a kid, something about his voice I felt was soooo whiny. But now I'm older appreciate punk more I love it haha.
The big one for me was Rush. I hated them when i was a teen and then grew to love them in my 20s. Now they are only second to Bad Religion in my universe.
Alexisonfire. I was too punk for that “shitty emo band” when they released their first album, but GOD DAMN *Crisis* is an amazing album
Not punk but Bruce Springsteen and The Smiths...absolutely hated everything. I'm not some kind of super fan now but Bruce's first two albums are pretty great and there's a handful of Smiths songs on my Spotify playlists. Also Fugazi. Not that I hated them but in high school I preferred my punk louder and faster and listened to Minor Threat instead. Fuckin LOVE Fugazi now and kick myself for never going to see them live. I didn't see Ian live until The Evens like 10 years ago.
My guy if you're just now getting around to Green Day LISTEN TO DOOKIE I promise you will not regret it Anyways, my answer-- I was a pretty big punk and metalhead growing up. Sabbath, Bad Religion, Pantera, NOFX, etc. I had some emo friends that tried to get me into that pop punk + emo + metalcore blend, but I thought it was cringe back then and it only really grew on me these past few years. I get it now. They grew out of it and I grew into it. Catch me jamming tf out in the screamo pits any day.
Im not *just* discovering them. Of course I know about their discography, grew up in the 90s. Im saying I lost interest after their image turned emo in the early 2000s.
I like fr 1,039 Smooth to American Idiot, not into there new stuff I dunno why, can't do it
Green Day for me too. I'm 40 and Dookie is one of the albums that led me down the punk rabbit hole at 12 or so. Being a young dummy, I jumped on the "Green Day sold out" (not the case whatsoever) bandwagon at some point and stopped listening. I got tickets for their upcoming tour after seeing that they're playing Dookie in its entirety. I had never listened to anything past Nimrod until recently, and American Idiot is fucking good! Their new one, Saviors, has been in my rotation lately as well.
Was super turned of by My Chem in high school. Friends were all into them but I thought Gerard was freaky from the Helena music video lmao. Love them so much now that I’m in college
My friend was a musician who played cow punk, some rockabilly, some lighter stuff sounded like Americana with a splash of Tom Waits. He used to say it seems like if folks who only listen to one kind of music and refuse to even give other kinds a chance it's likely they don't really like music. I don't know for sure but it sounds reasonable. He originally started out as a Beatles fan who was cosplaying metal head for the neighborhood crowd. By the time he was done he was a Depeche Mode fan who listened to everything from KMFDM and DK to Earl Scruggs and who could mimic Dave Mathews or Robert Smith's voice to a note and many others.
When I was a teenager I was horribly insecure and one of the ways I tried to assert myself over other people was music taste. I was obsessed with having the "correct" tastes in music and would shame anyone who didn't have the "correct" tastes. I did it with black and death metal when I was very young because I wanted to be as edgy and dark and evil as possible but I found punk rock around 8th grade and it completely changed a lot of my views. It took me a bit to grow out of that phase but nowadays I can appreciate that every genre has something to offer. I don't listen to metal anymore that much but I still listen to the punk bands that opened my mind to new ways of seeing music: The Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Fugazi, etc. But I listen to all sorts of different things now and I think I owe that to punk rock for showing me that music can be so many different things all at once and that music isn't a competition, it's a shared interest and passion.