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[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

it’s still a fun era and easy to listen through

Posing the same question as I did to someone else - can you recommend an entry point or two? Heavy on the political/social messaging is fine with me, but a more understandable lyrical style than what I remember of a lot of those old punk bands would be preferred.

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Wikipedia has a decent list to get an entry point. At least for the big ones. Start following any of those through YouTube Spotify Etc and you'll get down into rabbit holes of small bands that only put out a few songs as live bootlegs that only five people in the world remember. Rabbit holes are always a good time.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago
[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Punk was a musical big bang of a sort. I spend most of my time in adjacent subgenre. Most people do without realizing it honestly. Postpunk, goth, new wave, alternative, and industrial all descend from it. As well as other genera like ska, psychobilly, and horror punk. Though I'd argue that a lot of the political sentiment today is in industrial and EBM. Alec Empire and Atari Teenage Riot 20 years ago were suuuper political. I mentioned KMFDM elsewhere, they go way way back to the early 80s. Even Trent Reznor and nine inch nails, very political. Even male model Marc Massive and his group Massive Ego. Really continues the political and social commentary.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you very much, I am saving this for reference!

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