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speaking music firsts - what was everyone's first punk/new wave? ( if you can remember/if it applies )

Posted by JenBro Aug 13 '09, 22:17

mine was the Cars - I'll never forget hearing Living in Stereo followed by My Best Friends Girl and of course - Just What I Needed ... and thinking to myself - what is this shit? I kinda like it - but don't think I should? I wish I could remember who toured with them as the opening act.

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first heard could have been the Sex Pistols, but maybe Gary Numan, Ian Dury, Boomtown Rats, the Clash, Squeeze, Generation X, Ramones -- nm - zork Aug 13, 22:39
Probably The Ramones but it's hard to say. Could have been a number of groups... - Krusty Aug 13, 22:36
Punks, you want punks, the Who, rolling stones when they were stoned, ok, I guess the Clash -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 22:34
Deche Mode -- nm - Stacy Aug 13, 22:33 4
- ggrrr...Depeche Mode -- nm - Stacy Aug 13, 22:33 3
  - 101 tour? -- nm - Mop Aug 13, 22:54
  - I think that was the warm up act ... after being a big Genisis/Supertramp/Journey - etc. fan ( remember N. Michigan ) - the concert seemed like - JenBro Aug 13, 22:41 1
    - heh -- nm - Stacy Aug 13, 22:44
I think I saw Elvis Costello before I saw the Clash and a few other bands -- nm - peglegpete Aug 13, 22:27
I think it may have been The Damned "Neat Neat Neat" - amoxy Aug 13, 22:22
song? Clash, Train In Vain mebbe -- nm - farmer ted Aug 13, 22:20 11
- or Pretenders, Brass In Pocket. that was pretty early too -- nm - farmer ted Aug 13, 22:23 10
  - since when is the Pretenders new wave or punk? -- nm - Stacy Aug 13, 22:32 9
    - "Precious" was pretty hard core - amoxy Aug 13, 22:39
    - since they were formed. -- (link) - farmer ted Aug 13, 22:35
    - having grown up during that period, they were definitely know as new wave. -- nm - zork Aug 13, 22:34 6
      - never thought of them as such and I grew up then as well, just thought of them as modern rock. -- nm - Stacy Aug 13, 22:39 5
        
        but i think you are younger than me, and i was used to the stadium style rock of the 70s. the Pretenders were quite different from that -- nm - zork Aug 13, 22:43 4
        
        I was born in 1971 -- nm - Stacy Aug 13, 22:45 3
        
        '65. I was watching Don Kirchner's Rock Concert when you were in kindergarten ;-) -- nm - zork Aug 13, 22:47 2
        
        by kindergarten I was listening to Pink Floyd, and a bunch of other rock my parents listened to, no punk or new wave for me til later. -- nm - Stacy Aug 13, 22:48 1
        
        know what song my older sibs played that I grew SICK of it played so much? Rod Stewarts Maggie May ... GAHHHHHHH -- nm - JenBro Aug 13, 22:53
you're asking first punk/nw song heard? can't recall first heard but my first concert was the Ramones -- nm - zork Aug 13, 22:19 1
- and toronto back then was the best north american city for "New Music" so we heard everything here first. -- nm - zork Aug 13, 22:22

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