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Description of Skate Punk

 
Skateboarding and Punk are a natural match. Both rely on aggressiveness, rebellion and (to an extent) being loud, fast and unruly. As a subgenre, Skate Punk grew from the music professional skateboarders listened to and championed-sometimes the skaters' own bands. Soundtracks to skateboarding videos often consist of the featured skaters' favorite songs, helping attach a particular Punk sound to skateboarding. In the 1980s, Southern California Hardcore bands such as TSOL, Circle Jerks and Bad Religion were captured on compilations by skater bible Thrasher Magazine, providing a soundtrack for skaters around the globe. Today's Skate Punk is fast, melodic and poppy Punk carried by simple, rapid 4/4 drum beats and blazing guitars.
 

Top Skate Punk Tracks

 
Play Track Artist Price
1. All The Small Things blink-182
$1.29
2. I Miss You blink-182
$1.29
3. What's My Age Again? blink-182
$1.29
4. Self Esteem The Offspring
$1.29
5. Miss Murder AFI
$0.99
6. Dammit (Dirty Edit) blink-182
$1.29
7. First Date blink-182
$1.29
8. Adam's Song blink-182
$0.99
9. Come Out And Play The Offspring
$1.29
10. Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) The Offspring
$0.99
11. The Kids Aren't Alright The Offspring
$0.99
12. I Miss You blink-182
$1.29
13. The Rock Show blink-182
$1.29
14. Feeling This blink-182
$0.99
15. Why Don't You Get A Job? The Offspring
$0.99
16. All The Small Things blink-182
$1.29
17. What's My Age Again? blink-182
$1.29
18. Girl's Not Grey AFI
$0.99
19. Infected Bad Religion
$0.99
20. Gotta Get Away The Offspring
$1.29
21. Silver And Cold AFI
$0.99
22. Prelude 12/21 AFI
$0.99
23. Anthem Part Two blink-182
$0.99
24. What's My Age Again? blink-182
$1.29
25. Always blink-182
$0.99
26. Sorrow Bad Religion
$1.29
27. Adam's Song blink-182
$0.99
28. Stay Together For The Kids blink-182
$0.99
29. Down blink-182
$0.99
30. Love Like Winter AFI
$0.99
31. Dammit blink-182
$1.29
32. The Leaving Song Pt. 2 AFI
$0.99
33. Man Overboard (Album Version - Tom Lord-Alge Remix) blink-182
$0.99
34. Bad Habit The Offspring
$1.29
35. Adam's Song blink-182
$0.99
36. Dumpweed blink-182
$0.99
37. Not Now blink-182
$0.99
38. Josie (Radio Edit) blink-182
$0.99
39. Turning Japanese No Use For A Name
$0.99
40. Carousel blink-182
$0.99
41. 21st Century (Digital Boy) Bad Religion
$0.99
42. Affliction AFI
$0.99
43. Going Away To College blink-182
$0.99
44. M+M's blink-182
$0.99
45. Feeling This blink-182
$0.99
46. All The Small Things blink-182
$1.29
47. Linoleum NOFX
$1.29
48. New Dark Ages Bad Religion
$0.99
49. The Rock Show blink-182
$1.29
50. Los Angeles Is Burning Bad Religion
$1.29
 

Skate Punk Key Albums

 
Another Wasted Night
(Explicit) $9.99
Collection 1982-1985
$7.99
Damaged
$8.99
Land Of The Free?
$9.99
Punk In Drublic
$9.99
The Only Beer That Matters
$8.99
The Skinny Elvis
$8.99
Two Things At Once
$8.99

 

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Skate Punk Key Artists

 
Bad Religion

The architects of what's
now known as the SoCal
Skate Punk sound, as heard
in countless video games
and skateboard movies. B...

Big Boys

Influential to both Hardcore
and early Skate Punk, the
Big Boys incorporated an
unorthadox Funk rhythm
into their Punk noise. The...

Black Flag

Formed in 1977, Black Flag
were one of the earliest,
best, and most important
hardcore bands. Raymond
Pettibon, the artist respon...

Circle Jerks

Led by one-time Black Flag
singer Keith Morris, the
Circle Jerks are a staple of
Old School L.A. Punk. With
raunchy lyrics and thrash...

Descendents

The Descendents first
formed in 1979. Their
infectiously catchy pop
melodies helped lay the
foundation for pop-punk....

Face to Face

This legendary SoCal skate
punk band lasted for 13
loud, fast years. Their first
big hit, "Disconnected," was
featured in the movie "Ta...

Lagwagon

Lagwagon were at the
forefront of the California
skate-punk revival in the
early '90s. The band
combines a melodic singin...

Millencolin

Since '88, these Swedes
have expertly imported the
SoCal Skate Punk sound, as
refined by NOFX and similar
bands.

NOFX

NOFX are responsible for
more sound-alike SoCal
Skate Punk groups than any
band since Bad Religion.
NOFX formed in 1983. Don...

Pennywise

Along with NOFX and Bad
Religion, Pennywise have
become a staple of the
Southern California Skate
Punk scene. Pennywise is...

SWA

Ten Foot Pole

Once known as Scared
Straight, this SoCal Skate
Punk band has perfected
the common blazing guitars
and melodic vocal sound.

The Offspring

Following Nirvana's success,
Offspring rocketed into the
charts in 1994 with their
catchy, crunchy Punk
sound. The Offspring's 19...

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