"i don't see their influence in any of the music i listen to"

Well what do you listen too? Because, as a reader of punknews, there's not much you could answer to make this sentence anything but insane.

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iamgodsongs (December 3, 2009)

i listen to mostly hardcore, doom, post-rock, sludge and crust, some screamo/ chaotic hardcore and dischord stuff and stuff that rips it off. i'll give you the fact that they influenced the dischord stuff, but i think there were way more prevalent influences. i'm not trying to flame, or talk shit on them. i even like joe strummers post clash work. i just do not like the clash.

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soundclash (December 3, 2009)

waht the hell is sludge?

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iamgodsongs (December 3, 2009)

mostly pessimistic, grimey doom influenced hardcore punk.

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AmericanRiot (December 3, 2009)

have you tried CLR? it will clear the grimey doom right out of your hardcore punk.

Calcium, Lime, Rust...CLR! available at eckers, walgreens and other fine retails.

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iamgodsongs (December 3, 2009)

haha hardcore punk minus doominess and grime = nike wearing youthcrew revivalist straightedge bullshit that i can not get behind. i like terrible production values.

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bish (December 3, 2009)

id say alot of the original hardcore bands would have been influenced by the clash

i think the clash really helped push through the ska/reggae sound into punk rock

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iamgodsongs (December 3, 2009)

true, but embarrassingly i 'm not into a whole lot of first wave hardore. and i despise ska with a passion.

This is the same thing I get frustrated with about people who hate the Beatles. The Clash did so many different things, so many different sounds and genres that I find it strange to not like any of it.

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AmericanRiot (December 3, 2009)

i understand the roll of the beatles in most bands i like, but why do i have to like them. a lot of bands i like were also inspired by u2, but i absolutely despise them. many were also inspired by springsteen, once again, see above.

the beatles weren't good at the rock n roller bit, they had their moments doing the pop bit, and the experimental bit wasn't good, let alone THAT good. the clash's departure point was london calling. i appreciate sandanista a lot (thanks to devoting 3 weeks to sandanista appreciation), but joe was right when he said it could have easily been an EP, and combat rock is not very good.

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veganboyjosh (December 3, 2009)

cut the crap!

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kevinskapunk (December 3, 2009)

You dare speak it's name? I thought everyone agreed to scrub that album from memory. I have one word for you: synth.

God awful.

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Pricey123 (December 3, 2009)

punCanoes should have used that comment

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the_other_scott (December 3, 2009)

To me it has nothing to do with who they inspired.

Weren't good at the rock n roller bit? Ever heard "Helter Skelter"? that song fucking slays. They played pop, rock, folk, weird shit, everything. I find it hard to believe that there's not any Beatles music that you like.

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AmericanRiot (December 3, 2009)

i never liked helter skelter, but they do have a small handful of songs i like or enjoy on some level (though most i've enjoyed secondhand through bands they've influenced). the rock n roller bit, by that i mean when they tried to play like chuck berry and all the 50s us stuff, it just didn't have that same passion in it. for the amount of output though, the songs i enjoy are few and far between.

iamgodsongs , The Clash are a lot better then any of your favorite bands.

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iamgodsongs (December 5, 2009)

jesus lizard > clash, sorry

I was just going to say something like that. UP THE RICH PUNX!