upvote cause I hadn't seen this before.

but Youtube video should get a thumbs down because they called Nirvana a punk band.

@WeedandWeirdness

do you identify with a video so strongly as to become offended and/or irritated if someone downvotes?

@chicchorea actually showed respect by stating this video wasn't his deal.many here don't,they just downvote.

to say that chicchorea's original comment was intended to be insulting and rude may be true,but it is a presumption,with zero evidence to support your presumption.

i took it as him being a smart ass and berating himself for lacking the discipline to make it to the end of the video before down-voting.

my claim is also a presumption,based on very little.
which of our presumptions are more valid?

you seem a decent sort,and this is just a misunderstanding.
i am with @chicchorea and @newtboy on their opinions on this band.

i would say punk has changed,but i have been digging these guys for awhile:
http://videosift.com/video/downtown-boys-americas-most-exciting-punk-band

to each their own,all based on their talents and proclivities.i look forward to your video submissions @WeedandWeirdness

Kind of reminds me of this band I was in a couple years back. We were booked to play this hipster library in L.A. (Yes, these things exist) and our band's singer/leader is stammering his intros and not playing to whatever crowd is actually there, the guitars are out of tune even though we spent hours preparing and tuning, and the drums are drowning out the rest of the instruments.

God, the acoustics in that place, and the look on the face of the person who booked us. Horror. Utter horror. I was wearing an Iron Maiden shirt with hair down to my tits, a look of insanity, me-against-the-world on my face.

Someone in the audience was like, "What the fuck is this shit?"

But I'm not Bill Burr and I' NOT in any mood to admit my faults, I just came back from 2 drinks over my limit at a bar around the corner, and I'm fucking done with hipsters. Suddenly our FOLK band goes into overdrive and becomes a punk band. I start smashing the drums with my sticks faster and faster, letting the rest of the band catch up, "Fuuuuuck you. You want some rock n' roll? Here's some fucking rock n' roll." Our singer is timid at first, but the guitarist is an anarchist and looks at me like, "YEAH! Let's do this!" Adrenaline and alcohol made it so I didn't even need to know what I was doing any more. We just played the same songs except faster and angrier.

People are disgusted by the sound and the entire place empties.

Later on as we're packing up, the guy I told to fuck off comes up to us with his pals and starts harassing us. Turns out, he was the guitarist of the band that was on before us. And everyone loved this guy. I stared at him and just said, "Fuck you." And he immediately replied, "No, fuck you!" I don't remember how many fucks were given but it was quite the juvenile display. We just packed up and left with "fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck" in our wake.

As we're walking to the van our band leader says, "Well, that went okay I think, you know given the circumstances, I think that showed off our energy."

Yeah no shit huh, go figure...just another TV-programmed-pop-culture-distracted-zombie-town-BUt yer better, you don't buy-into programming.....Personally dug the punk band wearing mixed garb and the front-man on guitar with the Gibson SG (drummer in sombrero)....now they're goin'
places

What I want to know is, how does a punk band called Pussy Riot end up performing in a cathedral in the first place? And hooliganism? Who gets charged with that anymore, next I expect to see someone hauled in for lollygagging.

Punk Bands being jailed for Hooliganism - ain't that a Riot!

UPDATE 9:55 am: All three women have been sentenced to two years in prison, starting from the date of arrest in March. Shouts of "shame! shame!" could be heard in the courtroom.

The three long-detained members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been found guilty of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred," following a five-month case in Moscow that had become both controversial and inspiring around the world.

A number of people have been arrested outside of the courtroom, including chess champion-turned-political activist Garry Kasparov, according to the Guardian, who are live-blogging the verdict.
Reuters are streaming the case (which is, of course, in Russian) here. If you're in Britain, the BBC are sporadically returning to the case, which they're broadcasting with live English translation.

Pussy Riot were jailed in March on grounds of "hooliganism," after a February 21 flash-performance at Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral, wherein the group shouted an anti-Putin "punk prayer".
Amnesty International declared Pussy Riot "prisoners of conscience" and noted they faced the danger of being sent to labor camps where they would be at risk of physical and sexual abuse.

I started off with MJ and the Beach Boys at age 5. Then around 2nd grade it was Vanilla Ice & MC Hammer. Then 3rd it became Ice-T, NWA, Ice Cube. 4th grade it became Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse. 5th Grade it was Kyuss, Jesus Lizard, Melvins, Nirvana. 6th grade it was local punk bands, Lookout! Records, Minor Threat, Rancid... 7th grade I delved into the heart of Legendary DIY underground punk music. Ebullition records (Econochrist, Born against, Downcast, Spitboy, Iconoclast, Los Crudos), , Gravity Records (Heroin, Angel Hair, Antioch Arrow, Clikatat Ikatowi), Dischord (Fugazi, Hoover, Rites of Spring). The list goes on and on. The next ten years were all about underground hardcore/punk/noise/power-violence/sludge/grind/doom.

Then I moved to San Francisco. LOL. I'm an Aquarius. AQUARIUS RECORDS!!!!! I still listen to some of that stuff from time to time. A LOT of it was way ahead of it's time. These kids these days can't hold a candle to genuine, innovative, raw DIY music.

yeah and where's Avril Lavigne?!>> ^TheFreak:

Yeah, right? Where's the Green Day?
>> ^Sagemind:
I didn't hear one Punk Band on that album!
Top 100 Punk Bands as voted by MusicianForums.com

Yeah, right? Where's the Green Day?

>> ^Sagemind:

I didn't hear one Punk Band on that album!
Top 100 Punk Bands as voted by MusicianForums.com

I didn't hear one Punk Band on that album!

Top 100 Punk Bands as voted by MusicianForums.com

They are not for the weak. >> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Those are some hardcore punk bands, maaaan.

Those are some hardcore punk bands, maaaan.

Man, that looks like a good time! I bet Westboro had a good time; you know they're all a bunch of "fags" on the inside.

Upvote for the guy eating the burrito with the "Millions of Damned Christians" shirt on. Subliminally, it was read in my mind as "Millions of Dead Christians" (after MDC the legendary punk band if you for some reason don't fucking get it) and I was like "Oh no he duh ehnt!" and rewound and saw that it was just "damned" haha! Awesome shirt regardless.

*Had a look at their wiki page and I guess they were never known as Millions of Dead Christians" but "damned" was one of them. Here's a list of what they went by and you'll see why I was confused:

Millions of Damn Christians
Multi-Death Corporation
Millions of Dead Children
Millions of Dead Chickens
Millions of Dead Congressmen
Millions of Dead Contractors
Marine Death Corps
Missile Destroyed Civilization
Metal Devil Cokes
Millions of Dead Capitalists
Mariah Death Cult
Misguided Devout/Damned Christians
My Dog Charley (Toronto, 1988)
MILFS Date Cougars
My Dead Child
Magnus Dominus Corpus (2004)
Male Dominated Culture
Millions Of Demonstrators in Cairo

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Not a bad cover - but Kurt is spinning in his grave. I've always wondered about the title - what does "Smells Like Teen Spirit" mean? I suspect that Miley Cyrus smells like teen spirit.

Edit: via Wikipedia:

Cobain came up with the song's title when his friend Kathleen Hanna, at the time the lead singer of the Riot Grrrl punk band Bikini Kill, spray painted "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on his wall. Since they had been discussing anarchism, punk rock, and similar topics, Cobain interpreted the slogan as having a revolutionary meaning. What Hanna actually meant, however, was that Cobain smelled like the deodorant Teen Spirit, which his then-girlfriend Tobi Vail wore.