The Clash is one of my favorites too and I don't even agree with their politics. Of course if I let that be a primary criterion for enjoying music there wouldn't be much left to listen to.
I wasn't huge on punk growing up, though I was familiar with the bigger names in the scene during the '80s: Dead Kennedys (Jello Biafra grew up in Boulder), Black Flag (Henry Rollins is still one of my favorites), Husker Du. I still have Husker Du's Warehouse on cassette; they're probably considered sellouts since they signed with Warner Bros., but they were still one of the best American punk bands of the decade. I have more of an affinity for California punk bands than those from the east (D. C. especially, which was like ground zero for hardcore punk in the U. S.).
Green Day are probably sellouts too but I do enjoy their music, and their new album is excellent. Very much spiritual successors to The Clash, although not quite so radical in their politics.
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Date: 2009-06-05 02:24 pm (UTC)I wasn't huge on punk growing up, though I was familiar with the bigger names in the scene during the '80s: Dead Kennedys (Jello Biafra grew up in Boulder), Black Flag (Henry Rollins is still one of my favorites), Husker Du. I still have Husker Du's Warehouse on cassette; they're probably considered sellouts since they signed with Warner Bros., but they were still one of the best American punk bands of the decade. I have more of an affinity for California punk bands than those from the east (D. C. especially, which was like ground zero for hardcore punk in the U. S.).
Green Day are probably sellouts too but I do enjoy their music, and their new album is excellent. Very much spiritual successors to The Clash, although not quite so radical in their politics.