[sully777]

First punk album I ever heard was my sister's album and 8-Track of Horses by The Patti Smith Group. That was the summer of 77 or 78. My sister played those two versions until there were hisses and cracks in the sound.

The song "Horses" was odd but the song "Gloria" was straight forward kick @ss defiant rock at its finest esp. Patti's intro:

Jesus died
for somebody's sins
BUT NOT MINE...

I was 9-10 years old and thought: DAMN! You'll never hear that on WPLJ. But WNEW played it. The song was catchy but I had no idea what she was singing about at that age.

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Now pound for pound, my favorite punk band was The Ramones because they never took themselves too seriously like the Sex Pistols and The Clash. How can you with songs like "Beat On The Brat", "Chainsaw", and a remake of the Ronettes song "Baby, I Love You". Real punk was fun, loud, and psychotic but happy.

[warsaw44]

Thank you for mentioning the Clash!
Excellent group although I was far too young to have ever seen them in concert. I did see Joe Strummer in concert one night totally by surprise. He filled in for Shane MacGowan after the Pouges gave him the heave ho on one of their last tours. Strummer came out on stage and said " hello! My name is Joe Strummer. I'm filling in for Shane. if that doesn't work for you, well - leave " - and then broke into a song with the band. I don't even remember what the hell the song was because I could not believe I was seeing Joe Strummer right in front of me. It just blew me away.
speaking of the Pouges. They have their place somewhere within the Punk anthology. Another of my favorite bands.

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By the way....not exactly Punk but if anyone has a copy of the Silicone Teens cover of Red River Rock please FReep mail me. That early electronic piece is found on the " Planes Trains and Automobiles " sound track but the damned soundtrack always sells for more than I am willing to pay on ebay. Retail prices on other sites for the CD are rather high as well.