SteveXFR

Hold on, Malcolm McLaren invented punk (or so he claims) and Ramones pre dated the Sex Pistols therefore they cannot be punk. Unless of course Malcolm McLaren was full of stinky poo.

Ramones were the first band ever to featured in Punk magazine which was the origin of the name of the genre so I can't really argue with that. Their music was just simple rock songs played fast and then twice as fast again live.

Black Flag, Stooges, Bad Brains, Misfits, Circle Jerks, Fear. Definitely all punk. RHCP were never punk. Neither were Green Day

Punk has always had a heavy side, even in the early days, Black Flag and Bad Brains started before punk had kicked off in Britain and some of the Sooges stuff was close to hardcore in the early 70s. British punk was maybe a bit more melodic than US punk

Mine is a year old Epiphone so the strap button in on the back of the neck. It's still got a massive head stock with tuning machines which look pretty heavy so neck dive is still a thing but not as severe as older Gibsons.

I have got a vegan strap, the Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein signature strap by Heavy Leather. It's not great material and doesn't taste good.

They have some nice looking options. It's a shame those crazy Germans have used their own language instead of the Queens English. I'm sure Google translate will give me a suitably ropey translation.

Not all punk is just root notes https://youtu.be/e5Wxn37Tt1Y There's plenty more like this.

I'm looking for a longer strap, something around 56" to 58" and because I play a Thunderbird it needs to be suede or something grippy to help with the neck dive that other thunderbird players say doesn't exist. Any suggestions?

Were there any punk bassists who didn't use a P or J bass?

Holy stinky poo I forgot about that song. That's awesome.

Two of the stranglers drink at my mates local where its over £5 a pint. That's not punk.

Have you ever tried down tuning that mandolin, putting on a ton of gain and smashing out some heavy riffs? We tried it with an electric violin left in a practice room and to be honest, it sounded terrible.

Journey To The End Of East Bay is my favourite Matt Freeman bass line. I've not managed to play it quite at full speed. If I slow it down to 95% it's fine but that last few bpm is just too fast.

I'll agree with that. I love Misfits but it's Doyles guitar parts and Danzigs vocals are what made them great. Doyles solo stuff is really good as well, It's pretty much a modern version of Misfits but a bit more metal

Good tip. I forgot how good Fat Mike's bass lines are. He's quite underrated I think.

I really love listening to all kinds of punk but although it's fun to play I struggle to find any really interesting punk bass lines. There are a few exceptions like Rancid and some of Anti Flags ska influenced songs. Are there any really great punk bass lines that really stand out?

Ramonas played our local punk festival a couple years ago and to be honest, I thought their original stuff was better than their Ramones covers.

It's a bit coincidental that the woods we're told give the best tone are the most expensive and rarest raw materials. Imagine how much less money they would make if MDF or plywood were the best woods for tone.

I used to hear similar arguments in mountain bike racing. Considering we were smashing down a mountain side cover in rocks at 30mph people would argue that their carbon frame was more forgiving or the titanium shock spring gave more of a linear spring rate or their 2mm wider rim was too stiff. It was all bollocks and they all knew it. It was basically just excuses for buying the fanciest, latest kit at daft prices or excuses for being slow. I think its tge same with instruments to a point.

British Leyland only lasted 11 years and they were on strike most of that time.

I saw Corrosion of Conformity live once and Pepper Keenan admitted on stage to smoking the devil's lettuce. Myself and several others formed a prayer circle in front of the stage to pray for his soul and his recovery from the terrible addiction. I say prayer circle, it might have been a circle pit.

Fair point but they did make one new engine about 15 years ago. I rode a Harley once and absolutely hated the experience!

It's pretty poor that their work is virtually given away by Spotify. It's easy to see how bad it is, when I was a teenager in the 90's if I wanted to listen to my favourite band I had to go to HMV and but the album for £12 and Id buy a couple a week. Now I can pay £10 a month for unlimited access to millions of songs. I still like buying a physical copy of records but I'm very much in the minority.

I can't think of another industry where a manufacturer could make basically the same product for 70 years with nothing more than minor tweaks.