cross-posted from: https://retrofed.com/c/ask@piefed.social/p/2118592/what-are-some-of-your-favourite-rock-punk-bands-around-the-world
I’m currently listening to BTR (Bulgarian), Kino (Russian), Luke (French), the pillows (Japanese), Bjornarna (Swedish), Nova Koma (Latvian), Melt-Banana (Japanese), Republika (Polish), Ornatos Violeta (Portuguese), Starshooter (French), Chewie (Scottish), Jufkamental (Bosnian), Kult (Polish), Die Toten Hosen (German), Die Artze (German), and Ska-P (Spanish)!
In my opinion, it’s better to listen to all the best bands from everywhere rather than a mixed bag of American and British ones. Plus, they all have their own unique flavour on top of the traditional rock/punk styles, so it’s fun to listen to them!
What are some of your favourite rock/punk bands outside of the U.S. and England? I would also like to listen to some from outside Europe (I have a few Japanese ones, but that’s about it)
Hinds are from Spain https://hinds.bandcamp.com/album/leave-me-alone - they did a great show when I saw them
Arguably not rock or punk, but
I adore this doom from Australia. Holy serpent - Endless. https://holyserpentband.bandcamp.com/album/endless
More doom, from Belgium: https://wolvennest.bandcamp.com/album/the-dark-path-to-the-light
Australia had been producing some absolutely killer punk and pub rock bands over the past while. Some of my favorites are The Chats, Amyl and the Sniffers, Ratsalad., The Gutter Girls, Mod Con, and Flangipanis.
From Japan: Otoboke Beaver.
From the Philippines: Tiger Pussy.
From Ireland: An Slua, Sprints, Gurriers, Nerves, Bucket, and some classic punk bands like Stiff Little Fingers, and The Radiators.
From Scotland: Cowboy Hunters, and Soapbox.
From France: Camera Silens, Rixe, Syndrome 81, Zone Infinie, and Tchernobyl.
Moscow death brigade
I am very much not in the punk scene, all these names look like someone just made them up.
Still had fun reading, so ty
I mean, all band names are made up in the end of the day. A lot of them are based on various pop culture references (think characters in movies or TV shows), for instance, the French band Luke’s name comes from the American movie “Cool Hand Luke”, none of the members are actually called Luke.
Die Toten Hosen literally means “the dead trousers” in German, and it’s slang for “boring” (though their music is the opposite of that!), while Die Ärtze means “the doctors” in German.
Ska-P is short for “ska punk” which is a mix of ska and punk (and it’s an awesome genre to listen too!)
Kino is Russian for “cinema”, and there’s a variant of the “absolute cinema” meme that instead used a picture of Viktor Tsoi (the GOAT) with the words “absolute Kino”
Honningbarna
Edit: saw too late they shouldn’t be from USA or uk, anyways I listen to: Destroy Boys, amyl and the sniffers, dead pony, pixies, lambrini girls, mannequin pussy, warmduscher, viagra boys…
I’ve made a Spotify-Playlist with my favorite german punksongs back then when I still used it. It’s pretty much my main genre. Maybe you can find some cool bands there.
