Your way in
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Both, trading off When someone is singing, what should come out? | shouted | 80% | ×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 |
| The seventies and eighties Does it matter when it was made? | 1979 | 100% | ×1 |
| The dark What should the words be about? | Anarchism, War and the state, Feminism, Animal rights | 0% | ×1 |
| No. Texture and force are enough. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 4 out of 10 | 70% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 77% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 6 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 10. Anarcho-punk leads the next by 1 point. 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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Emo 76%
Hardcore in which the lyrics turn confessional and the voice cracks. The term started as an insult and became an entire decade of fashion.
4 steps from Anarcho-punk, meeting it only at Punk rock.
The way into Emo -
First wave 76%
The bands that supplied the name and the themes, while still playing speed or thrash metal. Venom released the album that christened the genre.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Anarcho-punk.
The way into First wave
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
- Both, trading off put 72 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Alternative rock, Blues rock, Doom metal. Worth 3 of 10.
- Light put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Death metal, Brutal death metal, Sludge metal. Worth 2 of 10.
- The seventies and eighties put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Kawaii metal, New nu metal, Progressive metalcore. Worth 1 of 10.
- The dark put 119 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 10.
- No. Texture and force are enough. put 40 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Folk metal, Folk rock, Emo. Worth 1 of 10.
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.