According to Sirius: Anarchy! It's nothing but vintage and new punk rock music.My Experience: Turned the radio channel, and to my surprise...a new channel! Just like I had no idea that Lithium existed, I had no idea that the simply-named Punk existed, either. I was excited to listen to it...and to see how it differed from my normal punk resource, Faction.
I think that I got more of a true punk experience from listening to Punk (although I do think they need to come up with a new name). While I prefer what I now deem to be "punk-lite," this gave me a look at the roots of the genre, with a lot more classic and "true" punk than I've really been exposed to. One interesting thing I noted, though...punk music tends to be a lot more brief and to the point than other genres. For example, on average, I get to listen to five songs, maybe six, on my ride into work. With Punk, I logged in ten songs...almost twice as many (and on a normal driving day).
In Synch: I was in a pretty upbeat mood on Friday, when I listened to this, so getting to tune into Punk was a pretty good match for how I was feeling.
Sample Playlist:
- The Ramones, Rockaway Beach
- Dropkick Murphys, Who is Who
- Inside Out, Sacrifice
- Orange, Stars
- Fear, Gimme Some Action
- T.S.O.L., Property is Theft
Verdict: This was a close call...while I didn't get to hear a lot of the punk that I like on this channel, I did hear stuff that was more true to the genre, so I decided to bookmark it and ed-u-ma-cate myself on it.
2 comments:
That's an interesting distinction -- and I could see you needing to "be in the mood" for the harder-core punk channel... But nice to have it, rather than as you say ONLY punk-lite.
I still think they need a better name for the channel, though. Like 'Pierce.'
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