FIRST TIME LISTENING TO PUNK ROCK 🤘 Sex Pistols, Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Buzzcocks, X-Ray Spex

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  • @kirawasareactor
    @kirawasareactor  3 роки тому +97

    PUNK ROCK PART 2 IS HERE!! i've already found a few gems in punk already.. will i find anymore in this video today?

    • @leeconway1000
      @leeconway1000 3 роки тому +7

      Bad Brains, a reggae band that played punk for fun. Big Takeover probably.

    • @XA351GT
      @XA351GT 3 роки тому +1

      Kira , you need to check out The Meatmen God's Bullies and The Lesbian Death Dirge. The lyrics of both songs are freaking great.

    • @electricwizard3000
      @electricwizard3000 3 роки тому

      Of course [except for the Buzzcocks choice], I would have chosen different tracks, but you get the general idea, and I'm glad you're doing this.

    • @trevordoolan5011
      @trevordoolan5011 3 роки тому +3

      Great Stuff 🤘
      If your lookin' into checking out other 'Woman in Punk' you could check-out --
      Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
      &
      Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild In The Country
      &
      Patti Smith - Horses
      Patti Smith - Piss Factory (1974)
      Patti Smith - Summer Cannibals (1996)
      🙏 Patti Smith is the 'Godmother Of Punk Rock'
      You really need to give Dead Kennedys another listen --
      Dead Kennedys - California Über Alles
      and / or
      Dead Kennedys - Holliday In Cambodia
      Don't think it matters much which song you listen to first, I reckon you will wanna hear the other one afterwards soon as...
      If ya wanna delve deeper into the origins of Punk Rock your could check-out --
      The Sonics - Psycho (1964)
      &
      The MC5's - The American Ruse (1970)
      &
      Iggy And The Stooges - Search And Distroy (1973)
      I use to have "What do I Get" recorded on to a Cassette Tape from the Radio, and I used to think the song said 'We're too arrogant, oh-oh, we're too arrogant..."
      Another Punk Rock band maybe worth checking out would be --
      Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
      and / or
      Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
      Finally I highly recommend checking --
      Fugazi - Waiting Room (Live)
      Kinda need to check out the 'Live Version', the perfect example of how people react to music !
      .

    • @trevordoolan5011
      @trevordoolan5011 3 роки тому +1

      Fugazi - Waiting Room
      Check the live version uploaded by ~ grazy321
      This live version is the perfect example of how people react to music !!!
      Just type into The UA-cam, should be able to find easily enough✌
      🤘

  • @marctoad
    @marctoad 3 роки тому +280

    More Misfits to check out: Last Caress, Hybrid Moments, Die Die My Darling, Theme for a Jackal, Skulls. Love your reactions!

    • @d-pod_L
      @d-pod_L 3 роки тому +8

      Misfits totally deserve a whole video reacting to these songs, can't wait to see Kira's reaction to last caress lyrics ;)

    • @Rafael-pi4md
      @Rafael-pi4md 3 роки тому +2

      @@anzebenko1768 i think she should've listened to the Static Age version of Teenagers From Mars

    • @МаксимЗудилин-б7и
      @МаксимЗудилин-б7и 3 роки тому +3

      I think she must listen Horror Business , Dig up her bones , Skulls(yeah) , Halloween , Some kinda Hate

    • @ghostofyourmom
      @ghostofyourmom 3 роки тому

      @Rafael The version of Teenagers From Mars that I first heard and became the "definitive" version for me was from Collection 1, which I think is this version in her video. The Static Age version is more polished, but slightly too even-tempo to my ears. I love the rawness more of the Collection version.

    • @nicholasromig5506
      @nicholasromig5506 3 роки тому +2

      @@МаксимЗудилин-б7и oh god can we not bring post-Danzig Misfits into this?
      Astro Zombies is an essential.

  • @punker-gamer-trucker-guy
    @punker-gamer-trucker-guy 3 роки тому +166

    Rest in peace Polystyrene. She def was a pioneer.

    • @puNk_head
      @puNk_head 6 місяців тому +2

      And Pete Shelley

    • @aotctd
      @aotctd 5 місяців тому

      Punk and Gaming ?
      That is like OPPOSITE Cultures
      lol

  • @Faerie_Kim
    @Faerie_Kim 3 роки тому +220

    Holidays in Cambodia is another Dead Kennedys classic

    • @Faerie_Kim
      @Faerie_Kim 3 роки тому +9

      Also darker 😉

    • @finnmoore4192
      @finnmoore4192 3 роки тому +5

      And chemical warfare and lynch the landlord

    • @johnnywarysex_aka_joosecannon
      @johnnywarysex_aka_joosecannon 3 роки тому

      Cesspools in Eden

    • @rawrmmmxd3247
      @rawrmmmxd3247 3 роки тому +2

      She’s probably not playing it because of the Nword. But it’s a really good song

    • @Faerie_Kim
      @Faerie_Kim 3 роки тому +1

      @@rawrmmmxd3247 I didn't realize it had the n word in it 😕

  • @MacGuffinExMachina
    @MacGuffinExMachina 3 роки тому +111

    Dead Kennedys were an influence on System of a Down despite the genre difference especially the satirical lyrics and kind of insane vocals. I would have picked Holiday in Cambodia instead of this song.

    • @gamwisesamgee7400
      @gamwisesamgee7400 3 роки тому +4

      I can kinda hear that, actually.

    • @victor-1761
      @victor-1761 3 роки тому +4

      I've always felt the same way about SOAD - the metal offspring of DK

    • @module79l28
      @module79l28 3 роки тому +1

      I would've picked any song but the overplayed Holidays In Cambodja.

    • @defeatstatistics7413
      @defeatstatistics7413 2 роки тому +3

      @@module79l28 yeah Chemical Warfare is the one I reckon

    • @orlandoking
      @orlandoking Рік тому

      Too Drunk To Fuck
      😂

  • @michaelbriefs9764
    @michaelbriefs9764 3 роки тому +164

    Kira, you are exactly right about the lyric on "Kill The Poor". The DKs love to be ironic and sarcastic to make fun of or criticize certain groups, like hypocritical people and the Military Industrial Complex and rich assholes, etc. They also make fun of stupid kids being idiots (listen to "Stealing People's Mail", for instance). Great stuff! Listen to some more DKs, to give yourself a wider perspective on their songs. They are very talented players.

    • @dirtface8462
      @dirtface8462 3 роки тому +4

      For sure! Insight one of my favs

    • @mattjohn4731
      @mattjohn4731 3 роки тому +6

      Yes I recommend more DK because they're so provocative but also Educational! The singer named himself Biafra, which was a locale of a massacre that most people (including me) don't know about. I saw him speak about the corrupt evil system for 5 hours once! Which is too long but I am a seeker of knowledge and the US media fills us with disinformation. Biafra is a great American educator!

    • @DaveAnchovies
      @DaveAnchovies 3 роки тому +1

      some of the non-super-political songs were penned by short lived second guitarist 6025. Possibly "Kill" but definitely "Forward to Death" "Insight" "Stealing Peoples Mail" or "Funland at the Beach"

    • @Owlyross
      @Owlyross 3 роки тому +5

      Holiday in Cambodia is sheer brilliance

    • @georgesomeone7725
      @georgesomeone7725 3 роки тому +1

      IIRC "Stealing People's Mail" was written about the FBI intercepting Jello Biafra's mail due to his political views. That may still qualify as stupid kids.

  • @Faerie_Kim
    @Faerie_Kim 3 роки тому +86

    X-ray Spex were awesome. Another great song of theirs is Identity.
    Poly Styrene was a legend. A real icon.

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo 3 роки тому +101

    You could do a whole episode on just the Buzzcocks. Pete Shelley was a criminally underrated talent.

    • @angusmcwhorter9012
      @angusmcwhorter9012 3 роки тому

      I agree 100%.

    • @radicaladz
      @radicaladz 3 роки тому +1

      There's also the excellent Shot by Both Sides by Magazine, the band Devoto and Shelley started after the Buzzcocks disbanded.

    • @TheFairway8
      @TheFairway8 Рік тому +2

      @@radicaladz not to pick holes but Magazine was formed by Devoto. Pete Shelley stayed with Buzzcocks and became the main singer. One could argue they did share the writing of the riff Shot by both Sides however as the same riff is used on Lipstick b side to Promises by Buzzcocks. Magazine good shout out though. John Mc geogh was a phenomenal guitarist especially in the post punk vein

    • @josevilla8648
      @josevilla8648 Рік тому

      @@TheFairway8 JM was always my favourite banshees guitarist, Magazine track I love the best has to be The Light Pours Out of Me

    • @monstrogro666
      @monstrogro666 3 місяці тому

      RIP to him

  • @gh41996
    @gh41996 3 роки тому +52

    Hybrid Moments by Misfits is such an energetic song, I highly recommend!

  • @matthewwarbasse6621
    @matthewwarbasse6621 3 роки тому +49

    X-Ray Spex is the most underrated band in rock history. The whole album of Germfree Adolescents is phenomenal, but the track Art-I-Ficial is their pinnacle IMHO.

    • @jabberthebut
      @jabberthebut Рік тому +2

      Cliche and Poser are real gems

    • @elcid1390
      @elcid1390 Рік тому +2

      Identity is a fucking bop, too. That whole album is a monster.

  • @seandail1879
    @seandail1879 3 роки тому +62

    Dead Boys, New York Dolls, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, The Dickies, The Exploited, GBH, are all classics that have somewhat different sounds. Keep up the reactions. Cheers

    • @buzzbomb67
      @buzzbomb67 3 роки тому +1

      Dickies are so fun! Great songs, and my fave is actually their cover of the Human Beinz version of Nobody Like Me :)

    • @shirak23
      @shirak23 3 роки тому +3

      Yes, definitely anything off of Blank Generation by Richard Hell and the Voidoids

    • @seandail1879
      @seandail1879 3 роки тому +1

      @@buzzbomb67 sheesh. They cut deep and off with their covers in the best way.

    • @buzzbomb67
      @buzzbomb67 3 роки тому +2

      @@seandail1879 definitely … nothin wrong with doing the popular stuff but more often than not, many of the deep cuts are better anyway lol

    • @seandail1879
      @seandail1879 3 роки тому +1

      The Hannah Barbera of punk rock

  • @paulsalinas1524
    @paulsalinas1524 3 роки тому +71

    Never heard X-Ray Spex until today. Definitely a blast to the face. Awesome!

    • @kirawasareactor
      @kirawasareactor  3 роки тому +6

      glad you enjoyed them!

    • @jediciah37
      @jediciah37 3 роки тому +25

      Their album Germ Free Adolescents is a classic. The lead singer Poly Styrene has a voice to just belts out power. Check out The Day the World Turned Dayglo.

    • @bjhellstream
      @bjhellstream 3 роки тому

      Love that song from the first second when I bought it in the late seventies.

    • @punkoid76
      @punkoid76 3 роки тому +3

      @@jediciah37 her solo album from 1980, Translucent, is criminally under appreciated. She had a beautiful voice as well as being a powerhouse of punk.

    • @robertoneill2761
      @robertoneill2761 3 роки тому +9

      Polystrene and X-Ray Spex were a class above the rest of the bands here. So under rated.

  • @dragonmac1234
    @dragonmac1234 3 роки тому +31

    I was in my early teens in the late 70's, so Punk was my type of music (and still is to some degree 40+ years later). Poly Styrene (the singer with X-Ray Spex) was (in my opinion at least) a pioneer we sadly lost too soon. I remember God Save The Queen being banned, although that happened with a lot of the Sex Pistols music. I still occasionally listen to Dead Kennedys and Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables is still one of my favourite albums.

  • @LucTonnerre2000
    @LucTonnerre2000 3 роки тому +27

    Next punk video you do MUST include one of the most important and influential punk bands ever, the DESCENDENTS. They had/still have a totally different approach mixing punk with their surf sound background while writing lyrics about girls, coffee or fishing. Milo, the singer, is a scientist and had to choose between his career as a musican and life dedicated to science which he ultimately did but came back many years later. So I would recommend their debut album "MILO GOES TO COLLEGE, for many one of the best punk albums of all time. Listen to classics like "Suburban Home", "Bikeage" or one of my all time favourites "Hope". Without the Descendents, there wouldn't have been bands like NOFX, Green Day, Blink 182 or other big names of the genre. They're simply my most favourite punk band of all time and I'm so happy they still play shows and release great records. I even named my little son Milo because of them. I'm sure you will like them.

    • @TFEnright5
      @TFEnright5 3 роки тому +1

      Totally agree. The Descendents are the best!

  • @alanknotts1844
    @alanknotts1844 3 роки тому +12

    Crass were probably the most influential punk band along with the Pistols. Stations of the Crass is probably the most unique albums I've ever heard.

    • @mikeb7379
      @mikeb7379 8 місяців тому +1

      Blimey! I thought I was the only person to have ever liked Crass? I had Nagasaki Nightmare on 12", (still do), and it/I drove my mates mad?

  • @revjim123
    @revjim123 3 роки тому +38

    Never heard that X Ray Specs song before, that is the stuff right there! Gonna go listen to that whole album as soon as I finish watching this

    • @kirawasareactor
      @kirawasareactor  3 роки тому +6

      my dad's best friend apparently loves the whole album! never knew!!

    • @Kerbalf
      @Kerbalf 3 роки тому +7

      @@kirawasareactor It's got some real riot grrl vibes to it. Love them.

    • @Xcalator35
      @Xcalator35 3 роки тому

      @revjim123 You wont be disappointed!

    • @beano1eye
      @beano1eye 3 роки тому

      @@Kerbalf pfftt Riot girl was 15 years to late!

    • @chrisqueen8710
      @chrisqueen8710 3 роки тому +2

      I saw them back in 78 in Birmingham, at the Odeon

  • @sickemgrrrl
    @sickemgrrrl 3 роки тому +15

    I LOVE X RAY SPEX! I’m glad that more people are finding out about them. They’re so amazing and underrated.

  • @ronaldmilner8932
    @ronaldmilner8932 3 роки тому +14

    Fantastic reaction to "Oh Bondage Up Yours"! The Band, led by Poly were kids!! 16, 17 yr old kids, and the whole album is KILLER!! You must dig deeper!!

  • @dennypayne
    @dennypayne 3 роки тому +12

    I love the "happy" sound of the Misfits while delivering some really bizarre lyrics - "Skulls" is a good example for sure. Well...a lot of them are :-D

  • @jamesoblivion
    @jamesoblivion 3 роки тому +11

    Please react to Stiff Little Fingers. A vital but oft overlooked first wave punk band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. So many great songs to choose from, from kids basically growing up in a war zone. Alternative Ulster and Suspect Device are probably their best known tracks, but if I had to suggest just one song, it would probably be Tin Soldiers.

  • @bsheffield87
    @bsheffield87 3 роки тому +16

    I was JUST listening to X-Ray Spex earlier today. They're phenomenal! Been listening to them for almost 20 years now!
    Also, you said Buzzcocks were a little more lowkey. They definitely are. They're one of the original progenitors of what we now call Pop Punk. Without them, we probably wouldn't have gotten Descendents, Green Day, or Blink 182 as we know them. All praise be to the Buzzcocks on high.

    • @marysweeney7370
      @marysweeney7370 3 роки тому +1

      Completely agree.

    • @MrJett1971
      @MrJett1971 3 роки тому +1

      And without The Ramones, there would’ve been no Buzzcocks…

  • @doydivision3984
    @doydivision3984 3 роки тому +5

    Dead Kennedy’s have a lot of dark songs as well. I highly recommend their songs, “California Uber Alles” and “Police Truck” great doomsday like tone to them.

  • @Krustenkaese92
    @Krustenkaese92 3 роки тому +34

    "It's a song made for my tastes in music. It is loud. It is strong in delivery. Her voice is killer. It has so much emotion to it. You can tell she's mad."
    Why did she ever think she wouldn't like metal. She just described it lol :D

    • @kirawasareactor
      @kirawasareactor  3 роки тому +12

      HAHAHAHAHAAHAH legit i ask myself this question every DAMN DAY

  • @MrJakeTucker
    @MrJakeTucker 3 роки тому +12

    The Pistols track. Did you notice there's no chorus? Also, when Lydon says "made you a moron", he's saying made the listener a moron. He's not calling the Queen a moron, which was what the UK press thought at the time.

    • @bjhellstream
      @bjhellstream 3 роки тому +2

      Not really. Royalism made you a moron.

    • @punkoid76
      @punkoid76 3 роки тому +5

      @@bjhellstream the lyrics a pretty self explanatory, how anybody gets it wrong is beyond me.

  • @michaelbriefs9764
    @michaelbriefs9764 3 роки тому +10

    THE DKs!!! I love the Dead Kennedys! I saw them in concert, in Washington D.C., in 1982. They played with Minor Threat, among others, and it was the wildest concert I've ever been to in my life! They Mosh pit was like...they weren't people anymore but a swarm of angry bees! Haha! I was watching from the balcony section and it was like, "nope, I'm not going in there!" Haha! But the band was awesome. The gig was also almost shut down because of Fire Code violations so all the fans had a sit-down protest! Jello Biafra, the lead singer of the DKs, had to come out and talk to the crowd to keep us cool/calm (so we would riot or anything) and they ended up giving the band 45 minutes to jam!! It was awesome! You should do "Drug Me" by the Dead Kennedys! It will blow you away!

  • @Reani71
    @Reani71 3 роки тому +9

    Some more punk rock classics from bands you didn't check out in any video by now:
    The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet
    The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
    Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer
    Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
    UK Subs - Stranglehold
    Generation X - Ready Steady Go
    Eddie & the Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do
    Sham 69 - If The Kids Are United
    Fugazi - Waiting Room
    Hüsker Dü - I Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely
    Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World
    The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes
    The Stranglers - No More Heroes
    The Saints - Stranded
    Skids - The Saints Are Coming
    The Heartbreakers - Born to Lose
    Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation
    The Vibrators - Baby Baby

  • @johnschaeffer7008
    @johnschaeffer7008 3 роки тому +24

    Yeah you picked like the one outlier in Dead Kennedys entire catalogue. I really really think California Uber Alles should be their redemption song. It's dark and menacing and sounds very different from just about any other punk band.

    • @unkindestcut
      @unkindestcut 3 роки тому +8

      I would go with Holiday in Cambodia. I just love the intro to that one.

    • @nigeldepledge3790
      @nigeldepledge3790 3 роки тому +1

      My fave DK song was always Drug Me. If Kira thought God Save The Queen was fast, that one would blow her mind!

    • @FreakinSweet86
      @FreakinSweet86 3 роки тому +1

      This Could Be Anywhere is pretty dark. Government Flu has a somewhat menacing tone to it too but I'd say a majority of their "darker" sounding stuff is on Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

    • @MrFishdude1984
      @MrFishdude1984 3 роки тому +1

      I kill Children or Stealing Peoples Mail or the two songs off that album that have always done it for me ever since I was little

    • @soysaucefool
      @soysaucefool 3 роки тому +1

      Honestly, DK is all about juxtaposition, dark lyrics, over like surf, and western movies. I really don't think they're dark musically at all. I mean, of course there are things like I am The Owl, or Soup is Good Food.

  • @marcharley6465
    @marcharley6465 3 роки тому +4

    That was a good selection of songs for a punk newbie to react to. I'm glad X Ray Spex were included because they're often overlooked. Other X Ray Spex songs that are well worth checking out are "Identity", "The day the world turned dayglo" and "Germ free adolescence".

  • @kevinmuzerMetalMind64
    @kevinmuzerMetalMind64 10 місяців тому +1

    That Entire Sex Pistols record is Golden Era Punk. All great songs. Vocals guitar. Drums,,Great Energy by you girl ✔ ✅ Loving your fun cute resctions. Reliving my punk years eith you!!! KIRA Rocks....

  • @Kevin6059
    @Kevin6059 3 роки тому +13

    Fun stuff! We wore out that Pistols album in college, along with prog, hard bob and classical (we were music majors and were all over the place). Another band to check out is Johnny Rotten's band after the Sex Pistols, called Public Image Ltd. (I'd go for Annalisa or Albatross).

    • @nicholasromig5506
      @nicholasromig5506 3 роки тому +1

      I second checking out Public Image, I know you're into post punk stuff and I think that's Johnny's better and more interesting band. Pistols were fine but Johnny was REALLY itching to play something weirder

    • @Xcalator35
      @Xcalator35 3 роки тому

      PIL is great (specially the early stuf) but is not for everybody.

    • @marcribe6483
      @marcribe6483 3 роки тому

      Yes! Listen to Public Image Limited (PiL). 'This Is Not A Love Song' is a great introductory song. Saw PiL live in mid eighties (88 probably).

  • @evegasse6999
    @evegasse6999 3 роки тому +2

    I was already into punk but the first time I heard Dead Kennedys (it was Kill the Poor too because it's the first song on the album), it totally blew my mind and 20+ years later, they're still one of my favourite bands.

  • @millerhxc
    @millerhxc 3 роки тому +9

    X-Ray Spex are one of the most underrated bands ever....but then I'm a sucker for punk with saxophones. Poly was a queen RIP

    • @chrisfarmer8993
      @chrisfarmer8993 2 роки тому

      You need to check out Viagra Boys!!!! incredible modern punk with horns.

    • @elevenseven-yq4vu
      @elevenseven-yq4vu Місяць тому

      The self-titled album by Polish punk band Dee Facto has a couple of great sax songs on it. Check them out!

  • @sputhoor96
    @sputhoor96 3 роки тому +6

    Whoa that bondage song was awesome! Never expected sax in a punk song

    • @kirawasareactor
      @kirawasareactor  3 роки тому +2

      legit how did they pull that off so perfectly?

    • @RudyCantGame
      @RudyCantGame 3 роки тому +3

      Listen to The Sonics for some punk with sax

  • @stephentame6608
    @stephentame6608 3 роки тому +6

    I was 15 in 77 and the whirlwind that was British Punk saved my life as an out of control teenager in a kids home I knew the mixed up emotions and anger I felt were perfectly normal and I thrived in the music and the dingy venues that sprang up everywhere
    Yea 77 to 79 were insane

  • @iamspartacus6713
    @iamspartacus6713 3 роки тому +1

    ahh well done reviewing those brilliant songs.just a note to say never lose that cheeriness,it shines like gold and is very infectious!

  • @garycoates4987
    @garycoates4987 3 роки тому +3

    sex pistols and x-ray spex always make me so happy, just got my vax shot too so I'm in a good mood now ty so much for this reaction

  • @steveross3429
    @steveross3429 3 роки тому +6

    Don't miss out on The Ruts - Babylon's Burning or Jah War (punk reggae) - both are awesome songs.

  • @ronaldmilner8932
    @ronaldmilner8932 3 роки тому +6

    For your next Punk Rock video consider "You got my number" by the Undertones, "Waiting Room" by Fugazi, and last but not least "My Right" by Screeching Weasel

  • @dougparkhurst279
    @dougparkhurst279 3 роки тому +5

    I can't tell you how healing it is for this 50yo scenosaur to watch a young'un in the throes of the same rush I got when I first heard God Save The Queen in 1984. :D

  • @RampinUp46
    @RampinUp46 3 роки тому +3

    Highly recommend for pt. 3:
    Dead Boys - What Love Is or All This and More
    Rudimentary Peni - The Cloud Song or Mice Race
    Germs - Lexicon Devil or No God
    Dickies - Gigantor or Infidel Zombie
    GBH - Time Bomb or Knife Edge
    Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms 'Round a Memory or All By Myself
    Crass - Securicor or Bata Motel

  • @lutorrejazz
    @lutorrejazz 3 роки тому +3

    Really enjoyed this video, Kira. I take the liberty to recommend some more bands if you're into for a third punk part. This is my underground punk (early hardcore and anarcho) picks:
    Minor Threat - 'Salad Days'
    Crass - 'Do They Owe Us A Living'
    The Ex - 'The Sky Is Blue Again'

  • @iDEATH
    @iDEATH 3 роки тому +5

    Cool to see you getting to more punk! As much as I love metal (and that is a lot) and all it's virtuosity, punk (but definitely not pop-punk) with it's pure passion and rough edges, has a special place in my heart.
    If you want some darker Dead Kennedys, try Moon Over Marin, off Plastic Surgery Disasters. It's may favourite song by them.

    • @kirawasareactor
      @kirawasareactor  3 роки тому +5

      legit i've never liked pop punk either really.. i try. especially growing up in the 2000s. but punk just does everything right everytime!

  • @7evenStoriesUnder
    @7evenStoriesUnder 3 роки тому +4

    Super glad you reacted to Dead Kennedys - they're my favourite band of all time and you're really right about the lyricism and irony of the song. DK's entire schtick is irony, sarcasm and very dry humour. Their vocalist Jello Biafra is a genius lyricist. If you're looking for darker songs by them they have plenty, I suggest their song Holiday in Cambodia. It's probably their most famous track in the mainstream, and is very dark. It's about the Cambodian dictatorship of the Khmer Rouge and the arrogance of western "charity" relief. Forest Fire is another good song from their next album that's also on the darker side. Either way they're such a great band, they drew influence from so many genres and styles of music that their entire catalog is really essential listening because they did so much in such a short period of time.

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 3 роки тому +5

    🎶 " Some People Think 🤔 , Little Girls Should Be Seen & Not Heard , But I Say ... Oh Bondage Up Yours !! 1 2 3 4 " 🎶 🎷

    • @kirawasareactor
      @kirawasareactor  3 роки тому +3

      one of my favourite song intros ever now hahah

  • @erikcartman2749
    @erikcartman2749 2 роки тому +2

    I was never really into punk but the misfits is still one of my favorite all time bands! Especially when Glenn Danzig fronted them he's got a wide vocal range definitely should listen to more of their other songs. You should check out his solo stuff as well.

  • @cutter1009
    @cutter1009 3 роки тому +5

    Another GREAT reaction. Misfits are great. Anothet American band you should checkout are the Cramps. Then we can move you on to psychobilly music 😊

  • @kevinadamson5768
    @kevinadamson5768 11 місяців тому

    Love your fresh outlook and reaction to hearing these punk bands for the first time. I had the same reaction when I was a 15 year old kid in 1977. Still have my records and still go to gigs and I'm 61.😊

  • @bmhernandez8798
    @bmhernandez8798 3 роки тому +6

    You have to love Poly Styrene! Great Vid. If you like Poly and you like dark music you would probably enjoy some of the early Siouxsie and the Banshees singles.

    • @thomasalexand
      @thomasalexand 3 роки тому +1

      The singles were nothing compared to the album The Scream. The guitar playing once heard would never be forgotten.

  • @NegoClau
    @NegoClau Рік тому

    Love your energy towards these songs. I love when people smile so genuinely and giddily to such songs that are meant to be angry and visceral. Seeing a young girl like you relate to songs as old as the 1970's is really a breath of fresh air.
    Subscribed.

  • @Blisteryn
    @Blisteryn 3 роки тому +4

    The lyrics in punk rock music are the best!

  • @iainbaillie7376
    @iainbaillie7376 3 роки тому +2

    Great reaction. Managed to finally see the Pistols at the 30th anniversary of Never Mind The Bollocks at Brixton Academy in 2014. They didn't disappoint. Also managed to see The Buzzcocks in 2018 in Norwich not long before the wonderful Pete Shelley passed away. So many great pop songs. Unfortunately X-Ray Spex were not around long enough for me to see, but who can forget that unmistakable voice of Poly Styrene. The Dead Kennedy's made a big impact in the UK in 1980 with great singles, inc. Holiday in Cambodia from the amazing debut album Fresh Fruit from Rotting Vegetables. Never have been able to get into The Misfits.

  • @RudyCantGame
    @RudyCantGame 3 роки тому +4

    You were right about The Dead Kennedys song being from the point of the rich. Definitely react to their lyrics more, because they have a lot of meaning and sometimes double meanings.

  • @Sinyckle
    @Sinyckle 3 роки тому +2

    Soup is good food is my favorite Dead Kennedys song. It’s about humans being replaced by machines in the workplace and was ahead of its time

  • @jamesmcnally1253
    @jamesmcnally1253 3 роки тому +3

    If you want to more female punk ,you should definitely listen to early Siouxsie,first 2 albums ,or vice squad with Becky bondage and the slits,do an all girl punk reaction

  • @Ca11mero
    @Ca11mero 3 роки тому +2

    Cock Sparrer is another interesting one, if I remember correctly they were supposed to be the big punk export but the label decided last minute to pick Sex Pistols instead. Their song "Take 'em All" is about that I assume :).

  • @LetsGoMetsGo33
    @LetsGoMetsGo33 2 роки тому +1

    I watched both punk reaction videos, fun. Let me recommend some more for ya:
    Richard Hell & the Voidoids- Blank Generation.
    The Saints- I’m Stranded.
    The Runaways- Cherry Bomb.
    X- Los Angeles.
    The Cramps- Human Fly.
    The Adverts- Gary Gilmore’s Eyes.
    Wayne County- F*ck Off.
    Dead Boys- Sonic Reducer.
    The Germs- Forming.
    The Dickies- Banana Splits.
    Generation X- Kiss Me Deadly.
    Blondie- X Offender.
    Devo- Mongoloid.
    Talking Heads- Psycho Killer.
    Vibrators- London Girls.
    Bad Brains- Banned in D.C.
    Discharge- Fight Back.
    Sham 69- Lost on Highway 46.
    Crass- Do they Owe Us a Living?
    Tuff Darts- (Your Love is like) Nuclear Waste.
    Undertones- Teenage Kicks.
    Fear- I love living in the city.
    D.O.A.-Fucked Up Ronnie.
    New York Dolls- Personality Crisis.
    Heartbreakers- Chinese Rock.

  • @kitcorpse
    @kitcorpse 3 роки тому +6

    Next you need to react to Fear - New York Is Alright, X - Telephone, Circle Jerks - World Up My Ass, Minor Threat - Straight Edge, Agent Orange - Blood Stains, and TSOL - Code Blue.... somewhere down the road you should react to the Toy Dolls! I dunno if she should delve into the anarcho- scene with Cr@ss

  • @dariknight27
    @dariknight27 3 роки тому

    It was legitimately exciting to hear you reacting to these songs. I know those feels and it's why I keep coming back to punk rock after discovering these same songs. We share the same enthusiasm so I'm looking forward to more from you!

  • @matthewmorey8310
    @matthewmorey8310 3 роки тому +19

    Ah! Some more California punk bands would be cool. Rancid, Operation Ivy, Descendents, Bad Religion, AFI, NOFX, Tiger Army, and The Adolescents. You already listened to Dead Kennedys but if you're going to do another song of theirs, I'd recommend Holiday in Cambodia.

    • @BradMurray
      @BradMurray 3 роки тому

      Some Rancid would be great -- LA River, St. Mary, Motorcycle Ride....

    • @matthewmorey8310
      @matthewmorey8310 3 роки тому +1

      @@BradMurray oh man... I don't hink those songs really represent Rancid fairly; maybe Motorcycle Ride. It would have to be Time Bomb, Fall Back Down, Poison, Roots Radicals... etc.

    • @icepick1514
      @icepick1514 2 роки тому +2

      TSOL, Agent Orange,

  • @blastdamage
    @blastdamage 3 роки тому +1

    Surprised no one's mentioned Crass yet. Classic anarcho-punk, Penis Envy is one of my favourite punk albums of all time.

  • @MrSirusDvirus
    @MrSirusDvirus 3 роки тому +3

    Stranglers: peaches, the saints: this perfect day, ruts: staring at the rude boys, oh and the anti nowhere league, siouxsie and the banshees.. All classic stuff 😉

  • @batekush5352
    @batekush5352 3 роки тому

    Love how much you are enjoying punk. These bands mean a whole lot to me & many people ❤️

  • @josh0g
    @josh0g 3 роки тому +13

    Poly Styrene. Absolute legend. Young Black woman who was just like, "yeah, I'm going into the white male dominated zone, and you're going to have to deal with it because I'm not giving you any respect you don't earn."

  • @vinceparham9180
    @vinceparham9180 3 роки тому

    I absolutely love your positivity toward punk. As an old punk myself, you’re having the exact reaction now that I did as a 12-year-old kid in 1983. Thank you for these videos!

  • @MacGuffinExMachina
    @MacGuffinExMachina 3 роки тому +5

    DK has more dark sounding stuff, sometimes edging into horror like with This Could be Anywhere and Holiday in Cambodia. Listening to this first is like when people's intro to Pixies is Here Comes Your Man. Not the best song to represent their overall sound.

  • @kevinmuzerMetalMind64
    @kevinmuzerMetalMind64 10 місяців тому +1

    Buzzcocks are so catchy! Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain loved them. Operator's Manual by Buzzcocks great album!!

  • @sputhoor96
    @sputhoor96 3 роки тому +4

    You will love death metal. Chromatic riffs. Very dark. You'll just have to get used to the heaviness.

  • @millerhxc
    @millerhxc 3 роки тому +2

    The algorithm led me here...and now I'm subscribed. Keep up the good work.
    Would be cool to see you do some more hardcore punk like Bad Brains, Sick Of It All, Gorilla Biscuits and 7 Seconds.
    Also, if you like X-Ray Spex now, you might also like the song New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones by the band Fear. Similar vibe. And Fear are a great band in general.

  • @independenceltd.
    @independenceltd. 3 роки тому +3

    The Dead Boys should definitely be in the next reaction. Rancid is a good "newer" punk band, and MC5 is another Stooges-era, pre-punk band.

    • @DaveAnchovies
      @DaveAnchovies 3 роки тому

      Rancid and their $70 tickets are garbage. You want real current punk, Hank Wood and the Hammerheads, Tyvek. Real deal. poppier stuff Marked Men, Radioactivity, thee Oh Sees, Jay Reatard Rancid, Inc. not so much...

  • @johngeer4557
    @johngeer4557 2 роки тому +1

    Love both the punk video's you did. I must say Dead Kennedy's, and Black Flag are two of my all time favorites. DK, might be the most punk band of all time. To me they are unequalled, while all these bands are awesome, DK in my mind had they better lyrics and attitude in delivery. California Uber Allis is just a massive statement and is worth you time to check out. Black Flag is more for when you want to eff schit up, get into a mosh pit and start swinging elbows without being mad at anybody in particular. Now i want to drop a little gem on ya mate. "Crass" with a huge list of band members over many albums, different sounding songs, Quick pop up shows in odd places, this is just a crazy band of the time frame. "big hands" is one of my favorites, but if your not a fan, keep listening as every punk fan will find at least one of their songs to their liking. Hopefully one day you will do progressive punk (Cure, REM, B52's, Smiths, Pixies, They Might be Giants, Dead Milkmen, and Talking heads and bands of the sort) and a little Gem slightly off the beat here, DRI. When punk and metal meet you Get DRI- Suit and tie guy.

  • @michaelbuhl4250
    @michaelbuhl4250 3 роки тому +3

    You should put some Australian punk in the next one. "(I'm) Stranded" by The Saints and either "Descent into the Maelstrom" or "Aloha Steve and Danno" by Radio Birdman would be good ones.

    • @michaelbuhl4250
      @michaelbuhl4250 3 роки тому

      @Charles J. The first couple of albums are great forgotten punk albums. Their later albums are also great, but they are less punk and more conventional rock.

  • @user-tk4gr9zo7t
    @user-tk4gr9zo7t 3 роки тому

    omfggg I haven’t heard some of these songs in a minute but I’m so happy 💖 loved this reaction

  • @jacksonbacon2112
    @jacksonbacon2112 3 роки тому +3

    You should listen to JFA “skateboard anarchy” The Faction “skate and destroy” and Agent Orange “ bloodstains” some of the best 80s punk bands

  • @sjfvet519us
    @sjfvet519us 3 роки тому +1

    Some female punk bands/singers you might enjoy are 1) X, 2) Nina Hagen, 3) Lene Lovich, 4) The Slits, 5) Lydia Lunch, 6) Au Pairs, 7) Siouxsie and The Banshees, 8) Crass, 9) The Plasmatics, 10) Poison Girls.

  • @MostlyCloudy
    @MostlyCloudy 3 роки тому +4

    more misfits - London Dungeon, Vampira, All Hell Breaks Loose, Braineaters. Walk Among us is my faaaaaaaaavorite Punk album

  • @twiggphoenix3369
    @twiggphoenix3369 3 роки тому +2

    Misfits its a band of phases. I think you would like to react another phases of them. There are pretty good songs on each album released.

  • @nomaddamon100
    @nomaddamon100 3 роки тому +6

    I was so hoping the Dead Kennedys track was gonna be "Too drunk to f*ck", that's such a you tune... Maybe I'm a bit biased

  • @resurrectionwaiting9294
    @resurrectionwaiting9294 3 роки тому +1

    I recommend The Gits, "second skin" (live song). The Gits were on the brink of making it big, but their lead singer, Mia Zapata, was raped and murdered in 1993. Joan Jett made a tribute album with the remaining members of the band called Evil Stig (thats 'Gits Live'' backwards). The police eventually convicted the SOB who killed her, and he has since died. May his name be forgotten forever. May Mia be remembered by us all. The Gits were a great Seattle punk band.

  • @LordToddtastic666
    @LordToddtastic666 3 роки тому +6

    I am going to agree with the others here about your DK choice. I love this one, but there are definitely better choices. Jello Biafra takes no prisoners in his evisceration of society. Rich, poor, liberal, conservative... doesn't matter to him. If he sees it as foolish he calls it out. His new band, Guantanamo School of Medicine is okay, but the Kennedys rock! All your other picks were absolutely top notch. Still waiting for some Sham 69, New York Dolls, Dead Milkmen, or MC5. There's a ton of great stuff still out there, so keep discovering!

    • @FreakinSweet86
      @FreakinSweet86 3 роки тому +3

      Yes, Dead Milkmen FTW! Methodist Colouring Book is my favourite song of theirs

    • @LordToddtastic666
      @LordToddtastic666 3 роки тому

      @@FreakinSweet86 I have too many favorites from them, but I was raised in the Methodist church, so that one is hilarious to me!

    • @icepick1514
      @icepick1514 2 роки тому

      @@FreakinSweet86 I've always been partial to Dean's Dream

  • @kevinblake839
    @kevinblake839 3 роки тому +2

    Get Never Mind The Bollocks. It's one of the greatest albums in rock history with a guitar sound for the ages.

  • @jaimemrv385
    @jaimemrv385 3 роки тому +5

    Pistols are the greatest punk rock that ever existed

    • @feministadentata4041
      @feministadentata4041 3 роки тому

      Well... I like them too, but that might be a bit too much. :')

    • @jaimemrv385
      @jaimemrv385 3 роки тому

      @@feministadentata4041 what the girls reaction? Of course

    • @feministadentata4041
      @feministadentata4041 3 роки тому +2

      @@jaimemrv385 Nah, that the Pistols are the best punk rock band that ever existed. There are better ones and the Pistols were like a boyband in how they were formed.

    • @starlesseyes5713
      @starlesseyes5713 3 роки тому

      The Pistols are posers. And Johnny Rotten is a sellout. However, the Pistols are one of the most influential bands to the Punk genre. So they deserve credit for that. But they’re nowhere near the best punk band ever.

    • @jaimemrv385
      @jaimemrv385 3 роки тому

      @@starlesseyes5713 clearly u dont know anything about the pistols because they were born to fighr poser and a stupid regime in england back then, and the fact u say Jonhnny Rotten is a sellout is because u dont know a damm thing about him. He wasnt the biggest rock singer ever due to the fact he isnt a sellout

  • @xpedrox90
    @xpedrox90 3 роки тому +1

    If you make third part I would recommend listening to Bad Religion, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Fugazi, Operation Ivy and Stiff Little Fingers.

  • @davidviteris
    @davidviteris 3 роки тому +3

    Round 3: The Exploited, Youth of Today, Minor Threat, New York Dolls

    • @dariofernando5572
      @dariofernando5572 3 роки тому +3

      and the Bad Brains!!

    • @kirawasareactor
      @kirawasareactor  3 роки тому +2

      yes let's gooooo!!!

    • @davidviteris
      @davidviteris 3 роки тому

      @@kirawasareactor let's gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

    • @Blazinguns
      @Blazinguns 3 роки тому

      You might like “police truck” from the dead Kennedy’s. It’s got a darker tone. It’s about police officers going to accost people and beat them up while drinking on the job.

  • @sirloifior
    @sirloifior 3 роки тому +1

    Well done !!!
    We need a part 3 !!!!
    Check out :
    - ruts babylons burning
    - Icons of filth
    - crass

  • @BinnisRetro
    @BinnisRetro 3 роки тому +16

    Great picks :) ..except for the Dead Kennedys song...it's more of a jokey song really than the rest of their catalog. To Drunk to F**k, California Uber Alles, Police Truck, Holiday in Cambodia or a few others would really have captured Dead Kennedys better. DK are my personal favourite punk band and I never listen to Kill the Poor :P I think it's their worst song tbh.
    You should really check out Post-Punk at some point! Joy Division, Wire, The Fall, Gang of Four, Siouxsie, Television, early Cure.

    • @kirawasareactor
      @kirawasareactor  3 роки тому +5

      I love Cure & Joy Division. but yes would be great to check out some others I haven't heard. one of my favourite genres

    • @kirawasareactor
      @kirawasareactor  3 роки тому +6

      i'm keen to check out other dead kennedys tracks for sure and give them a second shot!

    • @thomas35835
      @thomas35835 3 роки тому +9

      @@kirawasareactor Good to hear! Holiday in Cambodia and California Uberalles are their classic tracks.

    • @linusfotograf
      @linusfotograf 3 роки тому +2

      @@kirawasareactor Government Flu, Trust your mechanic, Riot - These are darker, harder tracks. Their best imo

    • @sheddingmyvelvet
      @sheddingmyvelvet 3 роки тому +5

      @@kirawasareactor you gotta listen to holiday in cambodia.. quintessential dk song

  • @damianreid2452
    @damianreid2452 2 роки тому +1

    Btw, if you like the melodic sound of Buzzcock then try the album Singles Going Steady. It compiles all their single releases in one place, generally their more tuneful stuff. That said, all their studio albums are quite magnificent too of course.

  • @michaelbriefs9764
    @michaelbriefs9764 3 роки тому +3

    Kira, excellent reaction and excellent tunes! If you liked X-Ray Spec, you should listen to the Pretenders from their 1979 release (1st album)! There are two kick ass songs you should hear: 1) Precious and 2) Tattooed Love Boys. Such rockers!!! Chrissie Hynde is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist/song writer and you will LOVE HER!!

    • @kirawasareactor
      @kirawasareactor  3 роки тому +1

      thank you! i loved x-ray spex. :)

    • @annetta7793
      @annetta7793 3 роки тому

      @@kirawasareactor I was the first one to suggest this song to you, if you remember.

    • @gmantramp404
      @gmantramp404 3 роки тому

      Pretenders were about as punk as Blondie 🤣🤣🤣
      Commercial radio friendly crap
      🤣🤣🤣

    • @michaelbriefs9764
      @michaelbriefs9764 3 роки тому

      @@gmantramp404, well, they’re a great band…full stop. Moreover, that first album has some KILLER tunes on it, including Punk-style rockers. While I agree, they, much later, were more radio friendly, those first 2 or 3 albums are classics!

    • @michaelbriefs9764
      @michaelbriefs9764 3 роки тому

      @@kirawasareactor, by the way, the song called "The Wait" on that first Pretender's album is super fun too! it's Punk-y but it's also go Pop sensibilities too. Great stuff!! Honeyman Scott goes APE on that song!

  • @joshuaoverbey7998
    @joshuaoverbey7998 3 роки тому +1

    If you dig the Misfits, def check out Samhain. It's like the Misfits with a little more of a gothic vibe. "Black Dream" is a fave.

  • @bigwillcomics9968
    @bigwillcomics9968 3 роки тому +4

    Most people started with rock then punk then went to metal for more musicianship. I think your ready for more intense metal. Amon Amarth, Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Morbid Angel, and some Thrash for fun Exodus and Testament

  • @radicaladz
    @radicaladz 3 роки тому +1

    If there's ever a Part 3, The Wolfman recommends a few of the following, if you're going for a first impression, some that are maybe more deep cuts but are still vital to the understanding of the genre in my humble opinion:-
    Minor Threat - In My Eyes or Minor Threat (the self-titled song is basically their manifesto in music form)
    The Germs - Lexicon Devil
    Violet Femmes - Add It Up or Blister in the Sun
    Richard Hell - Blank Generation
    Joy Division - No Love Lost (there's a couple of different mixes of this, but either one is good)
    And most importantly, since you've already heard from the Godfather of Punk, Mr Iggy Pop of the Stooges, it's only fair that I recommend something from the Godmother as welll...
    Patti Smith - Free Money

  • @poppunkhistorian
    @poppunkhistorian 3 роки тому +2

    Sex Pistols were very courageous! Not like today's punk bands going along with the mob, those guys actually stood up for something!

  • @ronanderson6837
    @ronanderson6837 Рік тому

    Each and every one of these bands is classic for a reason

  • @Obitvary
    @Obitvary 3 роки тому +2

    In your previous video on the "Big Four" of Thrash, it's awesome that you took the time to pick a slower Slayer song even after doing a Patreon poll, South of Heaven is a great intro song. I think Metalheads just like watching reactions to Slayer's crazier songs. As an aside, You seemed to genuinely like the groovier and "shout-ey vocals" of Anthrax and if you could see yourself listening to similar music you might really like a lot of modern Hardcore (punk) and Crossover bands. The song structures are a mix of groove-based driving riffs with heavy breakdowns, shouted vocals and gang vocals, and a lot of energy. Hardcore is typically less complex than Metal and there is a lot of crossover between the two genres, but I find Hardcore to be catchier and easier to get into. If you're interested in music that sounds like the catchier parts of the Slayer and Anthrax songs you liked, plus a more refined sound than The Misfits or Dead Kennedys, I'd recommend checking out Hardcore on the side.
    Turnstile - Love Connection
    Rotting Out - Last Man Standing
    Ekulu - Unscrew My Head
    Dying Wish - Fragments of a Bitter Memory

  • @jasonbanuelos7569
    @jasonbanuelos7569 3 роки тому +1

    Germs :Richie daggers crime. X : Los Angeles

  • @tommysserpents
    @tommysserpents 3 роки тому

    More Misfits!! They need their own full video, and Static Age, or even Collection 1 would be awesome to see!

  • @thseed7
    @thseed7 3 роки тому

    I love the way you listen to music. Makes me happy.

  • @bencornish6910
    @bencornish6910 2 роки тому

    I so love your reaction to Bondage up yours….I actually did hear this when I was 14 at a very straight laced school & it absolutely blew my tiny mind!!

  • @josephramirez3688
    @josephramirez3688 3 роки тому +2

    Hybrid Moments from Misfits is one of the most perfect songs if you get a chance to listen to it.

  • @mskills27
    @mskills27 3 роки тому +1

    I love these punk reactions so much. If you do a part 3 I suggest you get into the 2nd wave of punk like 1980-87 ish). I definitely recommend Bad Religion, The Descendents, and Operation Ivy(which came a couple years later)

    • @mskills27
      @mskills27 3 роки тому

      Suggested tracks: Bad religion- Suffer or Anxiety Descendents - Bikage or Hope Operation Ivy (Later formed Rancid) - Sound System or Bombshell

  • @donmajestic5258
    @donmajestic5258 11 місяців тому

    Never seen anyone so enthusiastic about the music I love.