Friday 25 March 2011

Prog Punk Collection

To the surprise of some people punk music isnt just three chord thrash. There are a few punk bands who definitely tried to integrate some rock opera elements into their music. Here's a little selection of some of the more prog punk tracks. There's a fair mix of different styles, from hardcore to anarcho to punk though there was only a few bands who were more likely to do these kind of songs. Obviously it's not really prog but they're not your average punk songs either.

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Rats [Subhumans]
02) Dear Coach's Corner [Propagandhi]
03) Target/Mr Disney/War [Zounds]
04) Sweden (All Quiet On The Eastern Front) [The Stranglers]
05) Smash It Up (Parts 1 & 2) [The Damned]
06) The Malcolm Opera [Splodgenessabounds]
07) Riot [Dead Kennedys]
08) Exercise #4 / Plain Speaking [Th'Inbred]
09) Reality Whitewash [Crass]
10) They (The Eternal Myth & Paradox) [Antisect]
11) Supporting Caste [Propagandhi]
12) From The Cradle To The Grave [Subhumans]
13) Man (Reproduce] [Reality Control]
14) I Just Can't Be Happy Today [The Damned]
15) Moving Away From The Pulsebeat [The Buzzcocks]
16) Down In The Sewer [The Stranglers]
17) Last Will & Testament [Propagandhi]

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Note: If the above links don't work try the following from mediafire...
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5 comments:

  1. That's a pretty damn cool collection, mate!

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  2. Thanks for that and come to that thanks for your blog and all the great stuff on!!

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  3. Cheers you two :) Glad you like it.

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  4. Some of my favourite tracks from the anarcho-punk era with Cradle To The Grave being the all time anarcho-prog classic though honourable mention has to go to Anti-Sect and Zounds.

    As for the 'punk' side of things I would go with the Buzzcocks track where Pete Shelley let his kosmische side shine and I only wish they had used that as a spring board to future sonic explorations but alas its now nostalgia tours and teenage simulacra screaming "Have You Ever Fallen In Love"...ugh.

    Totally agree with The Damned tracks but I think you have missed out the best "prog-punk" track of all time, the two epic versions of 'Curtain Call" they did...I have them both kicking around in 320 if you do not have them, just leave a comment or for that matter if anyone else wants to hear both versions...

    As far as "live" prog-punk goes it has to be The Subhumans circa 1984 though Black Flag were also getting pretty "progged-out" at the same time...and though Amebix and Anti-Sect were pretty "musical" for want of a better word, thats more the metal than prog imo.

    Great post, a wonderful way to discover your blog via a Here & Now search!

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  5. Nice one, thanks man.

    Good shout on Curtain Call as well, didn't think of that one. Though I haven't actually got a copy of The Black Album *adds it to my wanted list*

    I didn't use any Amebix 'cos they didn't really fit the 'vibe' of the rest of the comp.

    Basically I started with the ultimate prog-punk track 'From The Cradle To The Grave' (to this day it's still a favourite of mine) and then worked from there :)

    Glad you liked it.

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