Top 3 Greatest Punk Bands

How about it, nerds? Name your top 3 and one runner up. No lame modern shit though, like of the past 5 minutes/years, whatnot. Influence. Mine-
Misfits (not the new shit-Danzig or die!)
Germs
Black Flag
runner up-Ramones

Excellent.

Miles Davis
The Kinks
MC5

black flag
subhumans (uk)
misfits (ahem, do i really need to say the original memberss and fuck jerry only)

Iggy and the Stooges
the Minutemen
Rocket From the Tombs/Pere Ubu

runner up:

tie - Suicide vs. the Wire

The Clash

The Ramones

The Sex Pistols

Special mention goes to Minor Threat




[Edited on Jul 02, 2003 by Beastie_Boy]

Iggy/Stooges

Ramones

Clash

Runner up: Sex Pistols

The Sonics
The Stooges
The Ramones

the New York Dolls
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Joy Division

runner up:

tie: Teenage Jesus and the Jerks vs. the Dictators

Ramones
Sex Pistols
Clash

Runner Up: X

mission of burma
mission of burma
and
mission of fucking burma
and that's all there is to it.

Wow- all that overkill on the Mission Of Burma has me reahing for my revolver.

Oh shit, i forgot, thanks to Moby that's not the line anymore.

Sham69
Misfits
Cockney Rejects

(no particular order)

The Clash
The Ramones
The Stooges

Britney Spears - (WOO! GO BRITNEY!)

Limp Bizkit - (These guys are like the most hard core punks evah!)

Beethoven - (Ol school punk, just check out the 'do)

Might not like this but....

Minor threat
Operation Ivy
Screaching Weasel


I know everyone looks at this thread as the beginnings of punk, but it can be said without these three, punk would have died.

3?????

Its impossible

Im gonna say some that deserve

STOOGES
RAMONES
CLASH
SEX PISTOLS
HEARTBREAKERS
TELEVISION

oh my god i have to pick just three! Ok!

Ramones
Misfits
The Clash

Whew!

I'd say...

The Damned
Subhumans
Black Flag

The Ramones

Screeching Weasel

Frankie Yankovic (because, dammit, polka is old people's punk rock!)

The Ramones
The Clash
Pansy Division

The Clash
The Damned
X

runner up - Stiff Little Fingers

[Edited on Jul 03, 2003 by Straybullitt]

Ramones.
The Saints.

Runner up (as too cool for punk) Magazine.

Clash

Ramones

Sex Pistols

Ramones
Clash
Sex pistols

honorable mention, Joy Division

BAD BRAINS

DEAD KENNEDY'S

MINUTEMEN