Punk... A Genre That Made Popular Again In The 1990s Thanks To TheOffSpring

The OffSpring helped bring, 'Punk' in to the 1990s!

I would say that between the early to mid 1990s what was popular was, 'Grundge', and as the middle turned in the final years of the 1990s, as well the final days of the new millennium, that it finally turned over to Goth for some, and R&B for others...

But I would say (and this was true for a couple of different genre's that found this to be true... There is just one that I was thinking of that really was unfairly underrated that really did a nice job of keeping us kids entertained... That being Punk!

Punk... Now in the past Punk was a super star, in the 70s and 80s with bands like, 'Pink Floyd', you could say Punk really carved out a nice niche for it's.
Well by the 90s, they were still doing good, but not the same as it was when, 'Dead Kennedy's' were producing such amazing albums as, 'Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables' (1978)...

Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables was an amazing album that came out during the heyday of the Punk genre in the 70s! 

The fortunes of the world of punk in the 1990s began to change though with bands such as, 'The Offspring'... I mean these guys began producing some truly amazing music that would make it's way in to the hearts and minds of not just the music world, but also in the world of movies and TV...

A couple of classic examples of this of course being there appearance in 1997's classic Horror/Comedy, Idle Hands (1997), when in the dance scene, you can see The Offsrping clearly as the band that is playing at the concert hall... Also another great example of this is when they did a song for the classic 1998 soundtrack for the movie, 'The Faculty'!

There are a lot of great examples of punk out there, but to there credit, I do believe that The Offspring helped bring the world of Punk to the final years before the new millennium!

Dead Kennedy's: California Über Alles (1979) - Song Review

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You know I will be honest and say that a lot of the bands that I have listened to that have either broken up, or have had enough of the band die, that they ended up disappearing, I have found that most of the time that they have done some truly amazing music  to the point where even though they may not be making any more music, they are still doing well enough that the music that is left, I am just pleased with!

There  so far has been only 2 bands that I have thoroughly missed after they disappeared in to history! The first one being, 'White Zombie'... Well fortunately since Rob Zombie is still making music, and thus the loss is lessened... Another band is the, 'Dead Kennedys'... Well at least before they reformed in 2001!

The truth is, is I haven't heard any of their new stuff, but the hardcore punk that they did in the music of the good ole days was truly impressive... I mean besides the fact that their music just generally rocks... Their generally negative lyrics were done so well that they could sing about just about anything, and it would be a truly kick ass experience... And you know what? California Über Alles (1979) is just one of those songs!

[caption id="false" align="aligncenter" width="300"] California Über Alles... A truly awesome song![/caption]

Written by: Jello Biafra & John Greenway for their 1980 album, 'Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables', this song created some interesting parallels between, 'Nazism', '1984' & other forms of new world dangers, it was done in such a way that was completely amusing... And although I imagine like, 'The Beatles', 'Helter Skelter' found a dangerous meaning in this song... The concept of violence in media is just nonsense... And this song is  actually entertaining enough that I found this song to be extremely fun, and have no ulterior motive!

In the end, this song is well worth it, and if you are punk fan,  then this is definitely one that is worth checking out... Well I think so anyway!

http://youtu.be/eIqESwzCGg4