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Anarcho-punk 1979
Total political punk: collectives, self-releasing and militant pacifism. It laid down the DIY ethic the underground still runs on.
- Heaviness
- 4
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 4
- Where from
- United Kingdom
- Tempo
- 150-200 bpm
- Song length
- 2-4 min
- Written about
- Anarchism, War and the state, Feminism, Animal rights
- Vocals
- Shouted
Why this one
| You said | Anarcho-punk | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shouting, but I can still hear the words When someone is singing, what should come out? | shouted | 100% | ×3 |
| Light How much weight do you want behind it? | 4 out of 10 | 80% | ×2 |
| Quick and driving What pace? | 7 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| Anger at something real What should the words be about? | Anarchism, War and the state, Feminism, Animal rights | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 95% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, about 1 out of 8. Anarcho-punk leads the next by 3 points. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Ramones, Ramones 1976
Ramones - Ramones. Fourteen songs in twenty-nine minutes, not a wasted note.
- 2The one to put on first
Crass, The Feeding of the 5000 1978
Crass - The Feeding of the 5000. Not pleasant listening, and never meant to be.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Punk rock, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Anarcho-punk's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Thrash metal 80%
NWOBHM plus hardcore punk: palm-muted riffs, brutal tempos and lyrics about war and society. The first truly extreme branch.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 5 steps from Anarcho-punk.
The way into Thrash metal -
Rap rock 74%
Rapped vocals over rock riffs. The Run-DMC and Aerosmith collaboration opened the door; Rage turned it into a political weapon.
5 steps from Anarcho-punk, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Rap rock
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- Light put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Death metal, Brutal death metal, Sludge metal. Worth 2 of 8.
- Anger at something real put 108 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Alternative rock, Black metal, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 8.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.