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    Posted: December 13 2014 at 11:03
Sex Pistols vs. Minor Threat

Perhaps the first punk band in the UK, Sex Pistols have become a symbol for punk on the whole. They only released one full-length studio album (Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols), but it stands as one of the giants in punk rock.


One of the most influential hardcore punk bands, Minor Threat has also become a symbol for punk as a whole, especially with singer Ian McKaye creating his own label, distributing his own music, and promoting his own music, thus creating the DIY ethic by which many punk bands subsequent lived. They also only released one full-length studio album (Out of Step), which also stands as a monument in punk rock.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2014 at 11:15
As a rule I tend to like Hardcore much more than punk but voting against the Pistols is just crazy Wacko 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2014 at 11:18
same.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2014 at 11:29
I love both. Can't choose yet.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2014 at 11:38

There is only one answer to this just for NeverMind the Bollocks.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2014 at 11:59
Pistols
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2014 at 14:43
Sex Pistols by a margin.  Minor Threat's alright once in awhile, but I prefer Fugazi (Ian Mackaye's longest-lasting band).


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2014 at 23:02
Don't like the Sex Pistols.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2014 at 23:16
Like both.

But Minutemen crush both of them, and not by a little. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2014 at 23:27
I've been a Sex Pistols fan since I was 9. Never Mind the Bollocks is a 10/10 album for me. Minor Threat I've been a fan of for less than a year. Their complete discography is great but not worthy of 10 stars.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2014 at 23:42
Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Like both.

But Minutemen crush both of them, and not by a little. 
Minutemen will get their chance to shine, just you wait. Wink

Welp. Still can't choose. I love both. But since Minor Threats losing pretty badly, I'll give 'em a nudge.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 14 2014 at 07:27
Minor Threat, easily. Their intensity and passion are hard to match. The Sex Pistols did have a great album, but the whole band concept was basically a put-on, whereas Threat were serious and committed. Louder, faster, and more musical.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 14 2014 at 07:52
Minor Threat.
Punk & hardcore bands covering classic tunes was always gimmiky to me, but Minor Threat's rendition of Steppin' Stone was just so raucous and wild that I still love it to this day. I got kinda burnt on the Sex Pistols years ago.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 14 2014 at 19:25
Minor Threat. They're a very dry, not so liked band to my ears, but the Pistols are ruined by how over the top Lyndon whined their lyrics. Very much a shame.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 16 2014 at 16:21
Sex Pistols, mainly for their legacy though. The production on their album is brilliant though, still stands up. Why could Chris Thomas do that while he was with Procol Confused

Love all the punk polls, by the way!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 16 2014 at 16:25
^Thanks. They're going to progress in to post-punk and other offshoots soon (polls every weekend), so stay tuned!
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