DaN McKee<p>I’m keen to find some more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punk</span></a> folk on here but realise the word means so many different things to people. So was wondering what punk <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> means the most to you? Who are the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bands</span></a> that you come back to time and time again? </p><p>For me I’m forever marked by the childhood induction into the scene through a holy trinity (to me) of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeadKennedys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeadKennedys</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadReligion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadReligion</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenDay</span></a> that gave me an enduring love for political, thoughtful, but melodic and harmony-strewn music with a good dose of introspective personal stuff thrown in for good measure. </p><p>Becoming a punk in the mid-90s, of course <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUseForAName" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoUseForAName</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BouncingSouls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BouncingSouls</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rancid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rancid</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Descendents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Descendents</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lagwagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lagwagon</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nofx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nofx</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Propagandhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propagandhi</span></a>, etc. became the soundtrack, but I also had <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMeansNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMeansNo</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackFlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackFlag</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SNFU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNFU</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheClash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheClash</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Subhumans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Subhumans</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CitizenFish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenFish</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ActiveMinds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActiveMinds</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crass</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OiPolloi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OiPolloi</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MinorThreat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorThreat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ramones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ramones</span></a> and the local bands on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Birmingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Birmingham</span></a> and UK scene to broaden my tastes. Had a big pop-punk love affair after touring Italy with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheManges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheManges</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StinkingPolecats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StinkingPolecats</span></a> which led to inevitable obsessions with all things <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LookoutRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LookoutRecords</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MTX</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScreechingWeasel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScreechingWeasel</span></a>, etc.) and all those influences still stick with me today (even if some of the lyrics and songs - and band members - occasionally need some disavowing!).</p><p>More recent bands I love include <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Idles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Idles</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheWonderYears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheWonderYears</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheBobbyLees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBobbyLees</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pup</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MobinaGalore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobinaGalore</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pears</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarOnWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarOnWomen</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheHomelessGospelChoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheHomelessGospelChoir</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheMuslims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheMuslims</span></a> (band), <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RottenMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RottenMind</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadCopBadCop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadCopBadCop</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheVenemousPinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheVenemousPinks</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheLindaLindas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheLindaLindas</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiFlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiFlag</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JeffRosenstock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffRosenstock</span></a>, etc…</p><p>Who else should I be listening to?</p>