Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned or Buzzcocks

[Deportivo Seagull]

Just been down memory lane. Anyone remember the Buzzcock's gig down the Top Rank when their equipment got destroyed after they refused to do an encore They said they would never play Brighton again. Bottom of the poll for me. Mancunian nobheads

Oh yes, my first gig ... 14 years old, quite an eye opener ...

Anyway, have to be the pistols for me as they were the 'first' but anyone from The Clash, SLF, Dammed, UK subs, Sham69, Menace will do.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

New York Slits for me, however as they are not on the poll....The Sex Pistols

 

[Dandyman]

Just been down memory lane. Anyone remember the Buzzcock's gig down the Top Rank when their equipment got destroyed after they refused to do an encore They said they would never play Brighton again. Bottom of the poll for me. Mancunian nobheads

Supported by Warsaw (later Joy Division & New Order) who got bottled off stage.

 

[aftershavedave]

the clash for me, buzzcocks second.

heady days!

 

[looney]

The UK Subs

Clash/pistols tie.

The Damned?

The stranglers.

 

[London Calling]

The Clash. Songs at the cutting edge. Their influence their presence was the base for bands such as SLF, the Alarm etc.

Rotten took the limelight in the Pistols but Matlock wrote the quality songs, so what did they do?

Replace Matlock with the knob viscious.

 

[Brixtaan]

Sex Pistols for me as they had the most immediate arresting effect but granted the Clash probably over a long period of time.

If we're talking about historically important 'alternative' bands though would everyone agree Velvet Underground were the first and shaped everything?

 

[Skintagain 1983]

Damned at the top rank in palace shirts - nutters

Dirty, Croydon lovin', Palarse supportin', #*&%#@%$£#@%$ !!!!



REFUSED EVER TO BUY THEIR RECORDS OR SEE THEM LIVE... EVEN GAVE AWAY MY TICKET JUST BEFORE EAST ANGLIA UNI GIG AFTER SEEING ONE OF THEM WITH A PALARSE SCARF!!!!

Good tunes though!

 

[Hiney]

Tough one this. Saw them all apart from The Buzzcocks. Musically The Clash were way out in front but NOTHING could beat the RAW energy of a Pistols gig.

 

[Pavilionaire]

The Sex Pistols were the best at BEING punk and produced arguably the biggest impact album in British music history, but The Clash were more musically talented.

Saw The Pistols live at Party At The Palace a couple of years ago and they still rock.

 

[coventrygull]

Gary the singer joined King Kurt after the cheesey bits finished and they were the were the offal chuckers. I cannot remember any dead animals at Cheesey bits gigs.

Lots of flour and Beer chucking though

 

[coventrygull]

Supported by Warsaw (later Joy Division & New Order) who got bottled off stage.

They weren't bottled off if i remember. I think we chucked plastic beer mugs

 

[Dandyman]

They weren't bottled off if i remember. I think we chucked plastic beer mugs

One memory from that gig is of people walking up to the station with bits of the Buzzcocks' drum kit and various cables and other odds & sods.

 

[culvers]

I'm with everyone else nearly, the Clash vastly superior. The Sex Pistols can koff

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Has to be The Clash

 

[coventrygull]

And no mention of Brighton's finest "Wrist action"

I suppose its got to be the Clash but there were so many great bands in those days

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Between Clash or Buzzcocks, went for Clash.

 

[zefarelly]

buzzcocks by a country mile

Sex pistols. just hype really

Clash, outrageously overated

the Damned, good, but never quite had the strength and depth of the Buzzcocks

 

[coventrygull]

buzzcocks by a country mile

Sex pistols. just hype really

Clash, outrageously overated

the Damned, good, but never quite had the strength and depth of the Buzzcocks

True the Clash may have been overated but live they were awesome. Still get a tingle down my spine when I watch the live gig footage on my "Rude boy " DVD.

The same goes for Sham 69. They may have gone a bit wank towards the end but in the early days their live performance was well bloody dangerous

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

The Sex Pistols for me. They looked and sound fantastic. Never Mind The Bollocks is one of the, if not the, greatest rock album of all time. Tremendous snarling energy, passion and disdain.

The Clash are also quality but for me can't reach the peak of The Sex Pistols.

The Buzzcocks had some wonderful, wonderful tunes but were they really punk? Ever Fallen in Love (with someone you shouldn't have)? Come on now, how is that punk? A great song, but punk?

As for The Damned. To be honest I find them pretty rubbish. I can't think of a single song of theirs that I'd call a classic.

Stiff Little Fingers were another quality punk band. 'Wasted Life' is an absolute belter.