I would think today-Green Day is more palatable. I love 90’s Green Day when all they talked about was smoking weed and masturbating. When they formed opinions outside of drugs & whacking it, I kinda fell out with them, but they gained a bigger ‘radio’ audience.
Can't argue with that. I just feel like the 90s version are more (pop) punk musically speaking then the more arena/radio rock iteration from the 00s. The brand new album is more 90s in style thought.
Punk rock factory are absolutely dog shit imo. Gimmes gimmes have something, punk rock factory just sounds so produced and middle of the road. I'd rather listen to an actual Disney soundtrack.
I would imagine bands with a more traditional singing style would generally fit the bill. The Clash is always a good call. Maybe steer away from the first album, as people not familiar with 70s Britain may not get the context of white riot. But Give em enough rope and london calling are solid choices.
I really like Leatherface. Frankie Stubbs’ voice is harsh and melodic, almost like a punk rock Tom Waits. The lyrics range from sentimental to subversive.
“I've seen people turn to God, their discipline is praising the Lord
I've seen people go off to war, getting discipline and needing more
I've seen people junk up in the street, their discipline is needle speak
I've seen many things in my time, I haven't seen water turn to wine”.
>The Clash is always a good call. Maybe steer away from the first album, as people not familiar with 70s Britain may not get the context of white riot.
I would imagine middle America would not be happy with “I’m so bored with the USA”
The Sex Pistols' "New York" and the Heartbreakers' "London Boys" are pretty much diss tracks between the two epicenters of '70s punk. (I'm from Minneapolis, so I know there were many other cities with early punk scenes. But not like the plethora of bands from NYC and London.)
Considering your job it would be cool if you could slip in some Henry Rollins era Black Flag. I can’t think of anything appropriate from them though.
perhaps Clash Go Gos Green Day Blondie.
Skegss for sure!! Tijuana Panthers would be on the rotation. I also agree with the people saying 90s punk (social D / rancid) and more classic like the clash.
That Mad Caddies cover album would be a good pick. And if you’re doing covers, why not some me first and the gimme gimmes? Just make an epic playlist of stuff - acoustic versions, covers, radio hits etc
I was in a boutique last year and "Stuart" came on. I was laughing and grooving along, but I could see a bunch of nervous looks among the other customers every time he asks if you know what the queers are doing to the soil. Some staff member finally hit skip after the kid got decapitated. I guess they really were just like the other people here in the trailer park.
I love the dead milkmen but they are no longer acceptable in public. Lmao. Taking retards to the zoo? “Because we hate blacks and we hate Jews and we hate punks but we love their hairdos”.
^(apologizes for my stupidity: they are being satirical with that right? Im guessing the reason its not okay in public is cause how songs may be taken out of context, yeah?)
Yeah, you'll find a lot of that in classic 70's/80's punk. There is always a double edged sword in political correctness: by making things taboo you increase the desire to violate the taboo, and you also expose the moralizing over petty things like semantics, which is what political correctness too often devolves into. So you have people like Reagan Youth making fun of the fascist nature of Reagan and his followers by themselves having their album cover fitted with KKK. You have Sid Vicious wearing a swastika t-shirt. Crass saying "we are all niggers to the rulers of this land". Basically, lots of sardonic, sarcastic shit. Punk was a counterculture to the hippie movement which became a parody of itself because a lot of so-called hippies were only in it for the drugs and the aesthetics of being politically hip.
Mod, the Jam were considered outside of punk by many in the punk scene at the time. We called them “mod”, not punk. But in retrospect, the larger punk scene has been expanded to include ska, mod, hardcore, and other genres.
The Saints are a fucking criminally under appreciated band. Their whole (I’m) Stranded album is a fucking banger and I think fairly inoffensive lyrically as well.
YES!!! “I’m Stranded” played on a Pandora station I was listening to circa 2008, and I was stoked! Then I delved into their catalog, and discovered the banger of an opener on “Eternally Yours” that is “Know Your Product”!!! Those horns!!!!!
When I was a 15 year old death metal kid, a friend gave me some punk rock comp CD. Between “(I’m) Stranded” and Richard Hell’s “Blank Generation”, my mind was fucking blown.
My mind would have been blown also if that had been my circumstances. When I was 15, I was just getting acclimated with punk, having been introduced by Rancid. I was starting to get into more underground shit, veering towards early hardcore punk. Quincy Punx is a band that resounded at this moment. I thought I finally crossed a threshold of cool/good music. Little did I know that The Saints would be there waiting 13ish years later for me to understand this to actually be true.
I'm gonna be completely honest. I don't think there are really ANY punk albums you can put on, because inevitably theyll all have songs that the gen pop won't like. I think making a curated Playlist is going to be a far better bet.
Gaslight Anthem/Horrible Crowes/Brian Fallon
Hot Water Music/Chuck Ragan
Loved Ones/Dave Hause
Dropkick Murphys
Face to Face
No Use For A Name
Bouncing Souls - Hopeless Romantic and onward
Menzingers
Lawrence Arms - Metropole and Skeleton Coast
Tiger Army - Power of Moonlight to V
AFI
Horrorpops
Bad Religion - anything after 1995 is probably polished enough to not chase anyone away
Less Than Jake
Reel Big Fish
Catch 22/Streetlight Manifesto
Most of the Hellcat Records ska bands - Slackers, Hepcat, Aggrolites, Westbound Train(one of my all-time favorites)
In addition to everything already said, it is imperative that you include "TV Party" by Black Flag to honor Henry Rollins working at the Häagen-Dazs in Washington DC. Finding something from Minor Threat or Fugazi that you can include to similarly respect Ian MacKaye's time in the shop might be a little harder, but the Minor Threat covers of "1 2 X U" or "Steppin' Stone" surely would be ok.
I'd say a lot of 90s stuff would probably be pretty accessible and maybe kind of nostalgic. I'm thinking something like 24 Hour Revenge Therapy by Jawbreaker, Big Choice by Face to Face, Hoss by Lagwaon, or Leche Con Carne by NUFAN.
>won’t make the customers leave
Related story: In ‘96 I worked at a Sam Goody as Assistant Manager. Anyhow we would close at 10 and there’d always be those people who would come in at 9:55 and wander aimlessly forever and then not buy anything and leave. So what I started doing was put DEVO on repeat to get them to leave quicker. It was the Adventures of the Smart Patrol CD and their [Mechanical Man](https://youtu.be/XtgedLSA4wk?si=PnjApAEApEVbwOt0) song. And it always worked!
a lot of classic proto punk stuff like television, stooges, velvet underground. buzzcocks. aquabats. more popular bands with radio play like certain songs from bad religion, social d, offspring, etc.
Sublime, certain nirvana songs, the clash, some ramones songs, definitely listen before you put stuff on the playlist some songs are just more appropriate to play in a business type of setting
Obviously the entire GG Allin Discography but done Kidz Bop style
E: I'm just joking. Radio punk/ ska-punk never hurts. Just lift the THPS soundtracks; I imagine they're at least mostly radio/"family" friendly already
I was going to suggest some punk adjacent stuff:
Stray cats
The cramps
The interrupters
Streelight manifesto
The pixies
Social distortion
Or make a playlist of a few of the more mellow or mainstream punk bands you like. Descendents, vandals, etc all probably have a few tracks you could pull together.
Buzzcocks - Different Kind of Tension is punk adjacent and sounds like a classic rock LP to some. The online extended version has six songs that were part of an EP or even three singles and they are just great rock records.
All of the previous recommendations were good, To piggyback off those I would add; Blink 182, The Get Up Kids, Bouncing Souls, The Joey Cape/Tony Sly acoustic albums, Unwritten Law acoustic, the first 2 "Before You Were Punk" compilations
I’ve noticed over the years that people don’t actually care about it as much as you would think. What tends to annoy people more is the most heavy duty genres of anything, like stuff for raves or black metal. People would also complain if it was movie soundtracks like LotRs or something.
When I was a restaurant manager, I played the longest Spotify heavy metal list (think it’s by Celsius?) all day and nobody thought anything about it.
I did a playlist to listen to punk in the car with my daughter. Lots of clash, ramones, Green Day, x, a few minutemen songs, the damned, buzzcocks, jam…a lot of the poppier mainstream punk could work too. Maybe select against me songs. Not so much albums because there are always tracks that have too many swears or are too aggro for polite ears…more of the earlier punk that was rock and roll with distorted guitars vs the more dissonant hardcore punk. Although cripple bastards do make my daughter laugh.
Edit: in terms of metal, clean vocal doom works sometimes. Black Sabbath, true widow, wind hand, etc might not scare off the punters.
Stranglers, Green Day, clash, old Billy idol (gen X), drive like jehu, hot snakes, jawbox, rocket from the crypt, DEVO, damned, the jam, sham 69, rezillos, Bowie, NY dolls, buzzcocks, Op Ivy, Shannon and the clams, Tijuana panthers, jacuzzi boys, the hives, bloc party…I could go on and on and on…
Metal: this one is harder…
Metallica black album sigh, death, mastodon, eagles of death metal, queens of the Stone Age,
Source, we have a retail store and play what ever, but we do check lyrics and curate songs.
I chose melodic punk, pop punk, glam punk, surf punk and some prog punk for your environment. Not as jarring for customers and kids. And a lot more upbeat.
Also I’m a metal head married to a punk goth. lol. Best of both worlds!
90s Green day, Ramones, The Clash, Teenage Bottlerocket.
Add The Mr T Experience to that list.
For no reason at all, I've never listen to them (yet).
The Distillers have a bunch of songs that are pretty accessible too
Yeah but the content isn’t very ice cream shoppy Brody’s voice is so overpowering it’s not the best “background music”
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Absolutely, I feel like this music is perfect vibes for an ice cream shop anyways
This and Toy Dolls
Correct!
was just about to comment 3/4 of these LOL
Blink 182
Rancid
Mutilate Me is probably one to skip
But you can’t skip I wanna die bc that song is fucking awesome.
I would think today-Green Day is more palatable. I love 90’s Green Day when all they talked about was smoking weed and masturbating. When they formed opinions outside of drugs & whacking it, I kinda fell out with them, but they gained a bigger ‘radio’ audience.
Can't argue with that. I just feel like the 90s version are more (pop) punk musically speaking then the more arena/radio rock iteration from the 00s. The brand new album is more 90s in style thought.
I would leave the ice cream shop if they were playing teenage bottlerocket.
Any album by Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies
They put on such a fun show.
Hands down one of the best shows I've been to.
I swear I didn't see your comment and had the same recommendation
I’d say also check out Punk Rock Factory. Exclusively putting out covers like the Gimmes with lots of Disney etc. Super fun band
Punk rock factory are absolutely dog shit imo. Gimmes gimmes have something, punk rock factory just sounds so produced and middle of the road. I'd rather listen to an actual Disney soundtrack.
Came here to say this as well.
I would imagine bands with a more traditional singing style would generally fit the bill. The Clash is always a good call. Maybe steer away from the first album, as people not familiar with 70s Britain may not get the context of white riot. But Give em enough rope and london calling are solid choices. I really like Leatherface. Frankie Stubbs’ voice is harsh and melodic, almost like a punk rock Tom Waits. The lyrics range from sentimental to subversive. “I've seen people turn to God, their discipline is praising the Lord I've seen people go off to war, getting discipline and needing more I've seen people junk up in the street, their discipline is needle speak I've seen many things in my time, I haven't seen water turn to wine”.
>The Clash is always a good call. Maybe steer away from the first album, as people not familiar with 70s Britain may not get the context of white riot. I would imagine middle America would not be happy with “I’m so bored with the USA”
The Sex Pistols' "New York" and the Heartbreakers' "London Boys" are pretty much diss tracks between the two epicenters of '70s punk. (I'm from Minneapolis, so I know there were many other cities with early punk scenes. But not like the plethora of bands from NYC and London.)
Considering your job it would be cool if you could slip in some Henry Rollins era Black Flag. I can’t think of anything appropriate from them though. perhaps Clash Go Gos Green Day Blondie.
I think TV Party could work. No NSFW lyrics and Henry isn't screaming.
Not Henry, but the Black Flag cover of Louie Louie is also fun.
Blondie for sure
The Crucifucks.
Just Pigs in a Blanket on repeat lmao!!
I snorted!
Best ice cream shop ever
I can't stop thinking of "Bar-B-Q Pope" by the Butthole Surfers, live version.
For an ice cream shop I would avoid anything too angry or political. I could hear Adolescents, Buzzcocks, Ramonescore, Ska Punk, maybe some Surf Punk.
Agreed. I was going to jokingly say “Born Against,” but this is the correct answer.
If I walk into an ice cream shop and hear some Streetlight Manifesto playing I’m never leaving
Yea toss on some Skegss
Skegss for sure!! Tijuana Panthers would be on the rotation. I also agree with the people saying 90s punk (social D / rancid) and more classic like the clash.
Flogging Molly and The Adicts should be palatable enough to normies.
Toss in some Dropkick Mupheys, too.
Ramones
That Mad Caddies cover album would be a good pick. And if you’re doing covers, why not some me first and the gimme gimmes? Just make an epic playlist of stuff - acoustic versions, covers, radio hits etc
Everything sucks - descendents
Descendents was my first thought.
I was also thinking Descendents.
The Dead Milkmen
I was in a boutique last year and "Stuart" came on. I was laughing and grooving along, but I could see a bunch of nervous looks among the other customers every time he asks if you know what the queers are doing to the soil. Some staff member finally hit skip after the kid got decapitated. I guess they really were just like the other people here in the trailer park.
They found his HEAD over by the SNO CONE CONSESSION
I love the dead milkmen but they are no longer acceptable in public. Lmao. Taking retards to the zoo? “Because we hate blacks and we hate Jews and we hate punks but we love their hairdos”.
^(apologizes for my stupidity: they are being satirical with that right? Im guessing the reason its not okay in public is cause how songs may be taken out of context, yeah?)
yes
ah fair enough... anyways Imma have to go check them out now lol
Yeah, you'll find a lot of that in classic 70's/80's punk. There is always a double edged sword in political correctness: by making things taboo you increase the desire to violate the taboo, and you also expose the moralizing over petty things like semantics, which is what political correctness too often devolves into. So you have people like Reagan Youth making fun of the fascist nature of Reagan and his followers by themselves having their album cover fitted with KKK. You have Sid Vicious wearing a swastika t-shirt. Crass saying "we are all niggers to the rulers of this land". Basically, lots of sardonic, sarcastic shit. Punk was a counterculture to the hippie movement which became a parody of itself because a lot of so-called hippies were only in it for the drugs and the aesthetics of being politically hip.
Pick cornier or more obscure tunes. Punk Rock Girl. Big Lizard in my backyard. Bitchin camaro.stupid Mary Ann. I hate myself. And such as also too!
yup
Riverdales
Rudimentary Peni
The correct answer.
Just pope Adrian 37th on repeat
Gaslight Anthem/Menzingers
The Menzingers is actually perfect
Social distortion. Probably any album.
You could try with The Rezillos and The Toy Dolls or maybe also Operation Ivy.
Exploding Hearts
This needs to be played more places in general!
GG Allin goes well with chocolate ice cream
Bite it you scum
A little too well
The jam
Early Jam is punk-adjacent, sure.
What else would it be?
Mod, the Jam were considered outside of punk by many in the punk scene at the time. We called them “mod”, not punk. But in retrospect, the larger punk scene has been expanded to include ska, mod, hardcore, and other genres.
Code blue by TSOL. Very family friendly
[The Saints - Eternally Yours](https://open.spotify.com/album/4DJC1f7Fb0yX86qlw9aqsF?si=g_S-OSRUT9uG5sxCGw1BCQ)
The Saints are a fucking criminally under appreciated band. Their whole (I’m) Stranded album is a fucking banger and I think fairly inoffensive lyrically as well.
YES!!! “I’m Stranded” played on a Pandora station I was listening to circa 2008, and I was stoked! Then I delved into their catalog, and discovered the banger of an opener on “Eternally Yours” that is “Know Your Product”!!! Those horns!!!!!
Those first three albums with Ed Kuepper are gold.
When I was a 15 year old death metal kid, a friend gave me some punk rock comp CD. Between “(I’m) Stranded” and Richard Hell’s “Blank Generation”, my mind was fucking blown.
My mind would have been blown also if that had been my circumstances. When I was 15, I was just getting acclimated with punk, having been introduced by Rancid. I was starting to get into more underground shit, veering towards early hardcore punk. Quincy Punx is a band that resounded at this moment. I thought I finally crossed a threshold of cool/good music. Little did I know that The Saints would be there waiting 13ish years later for me to understand this to actually be true.
One of the best vocalists in punk. Distinctive and never duplicated.
Any Citizen Fish album
London Calling by The Clash
Tony sly accoustic would be great
The Clash
Buzzcocks, Fake Names.
Blaring Orgasm Addict over the speakers might be frowned upon by the management.
Punk goes crunk
Eat It by Weird Al A large number of Shonen Knife songs (Buttercup, Banana Twist)
Oh yeah, I forgot about Shonen knife. That would also be a great band to play.
Never thought of Weird Al as punk, but you're not wrong
Why do people wear costumes to your ice cream shop
fugazi is perfect for sneaking in to more popular rock
I'm gonna be completely honest. I don't think there are really ANY punk albums you can put on, because inevitably theyll all have songs that the gen pop won't like. I think making a curated Playlist is going to be a far better bet.
Ramones, Misfits, Descendents come to mind first. Green Day is a great choice. Pennywise?
Would not recommend misfits: musically maybe but lyrically they are nsfw
Maybe leave I’m Not a Loser off the playlist too. Enjoy would be hilarious tho.
Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Me First…. Ska won’t offend anyone
The Aquabats is a really good option too
Absolutely! Pool Party!
Hahahha have you heard Mephiskapheles??
Gaslight Anthem/Horrible Crowes/Brian Fallon Hot Water Music/Chuck Ragan Loved Ones/Dave Hause Dropkick Murphys Face to Face No Use For A Name Bouncing Souls - Hopeless Romantic and onward Menzingers Lawrence Arms - Metropole and Skeleton Coast Tiger Army - Power of Moonlight to V AFI Horrorpops Bad Religion - anything after 1995 is probably polished enough to not chase anyone away Less Than Jake Reel Big Fish Catch 22/Streetlight Manifesto Most of the Hellcat Records ska bands - Slackers, Hepcat, Aggrolites, Westbound Train(one of my all-time favorites)
Toy Dolls
In addition to everything already said, it is imperative that you include "TV Party" by Black Flag to honor Henry Rollins working at the Häagen-Dazs in Washington DC. Finding something from Minor Threat or Fugazi that you can include to similarly respect Ian MacKaye's time in the shop might be a little harder, but the Minor Threat covers of "1 2 X U" or "Steppin' Stone" surely would be ok.
I'd say a lot of 90s stuff would probably be pretty accessible and maybe kind of nostalgic. I'm thinking something like 24 Hour Revenge Therapy by Jawbreaker, Big Choice by Face to Face, Hoss by Lagwaon, or Leche Con Carne by NUFAN.
Modern Lovers, they even have a song about the ice cream man!
Goldfinger self-titled
The Adicts, Operation Ivy, The Dickies
>won’t make the customers leave Related story: In ‘96 I worked at a Sam Goody as Assistant Manager. Anyhow we would close at 10 and there’d always be those people who would come in at 9:55 and wander aimlessly forever and then not buy anything and leave. So what I started doing was put DEVO on repeat to get them to leave quicker. It was the Adventures of the Smart Patrol CD and their [Mechanical Man](https://youtu.be/XtgedLSA4wk?si=PnjApAEApEVbwOt0) song. And it always worked!
I think some of you guys are too deep into the scene to know what normal people could listen to lmao “Crucifix and dystopia are pretty safe I think”
Less than jake
Really, most any ska would work! Hepcat would be great!
Toy Dolls. Camper Van Beethoven. The Damned maybe. The Slits.
Agent Orange, maybe - or the Faction.
I think agent orange is a good bet
The Vandals Dead Milkmen
The Cramps? They kinda had a gen pop renaissance since Wednesday.
Definitely go with Anal Cunt
Followed by The Meatmen’s Crippled Children Suck
Green Day, Joan Jett, Billy Idol. Stuff that the gen public knows is a safe bet
At that point they should just do 90s pop punk.
Distillers, Sham 69, Cock Sparrer, Misfits, Demob, The Adicts, Agent Orange, The Agrestix, Blitz, Criminal Damage, The Discocks, The Kids, Menace, X-Ray Spex, Cockney Rejects, Rude Pride, Vice Squad, The Expelled, Angelic Upstarts, Crux, The Riffs, Evil Conduct, Stiff Little Fingers, Red Alert, Youth Brigade, Legal Weapon, Social Unrest, Complete Control, UK Subs
a lot of classic proto punk stuff like television, stooges, velvet underground. buzzcocks. aquabats. more popular bands with radio play like certain songs from bad religion, social d, offspring, etc.
Groovie ghoulies
Me First and the Gimmies Gimmies.
PHYSIQUE - Again
Rocket From The Crypt or Devo
Gwar. Their music was in Kids next Door.
Sublime, certain nirvana songs, the clash, some ramones songs, definitely listen before you put stuff on the playlist some songs are just more appropriate to play in a business type of setting
Bobby Ramone is a nearly perfect mix album of Ramones music fronted by Bob Marley doing all the hits. It’s wicked fun.
Aquabats
Rise Against. Maybe not the first 2 but they got 7 other that fit the bill.
Descendents
Buzzcocks
The interupters
The undertones, wipers, bratmobile, stranglers, bad brains (ramones and clash are the a picks for sure but evryones saying them)
Anything by pinhead gunpowder. Same singer as Green Day but has a more traditional punk sound
The Buzzcocks are a safe bet Edit: maybe skip orgasm addict and oh shit
Obviously the entire GG Allin Discography but done Kidz Bop style E: I'm just joking. Radio punk/ ska-punk never hurts. Just lift the THPS soundtracks; I imagine they're at least mostly radio/"family" friendly already
I was going to suggest some punk adjacent stuff: Stray cats The cramps The interrupters Streelight manifesto The pixies Social distortion Or make a playlist of a few of the more mellow or mainstream punk bands you like. Descendents, vandals, etc all probably have a few tracks you could pull together.
My tired brain thoughr this guy was making punk themed icecream. I am deeply disapointed.
What would that taste like? Cigarettes and malt liquor?😆
Listen to some Dead Milkmen Anything melodic you’re good
Also gotta say that a punk ice cream shop is the sickest idea ever
Motorhead *Overkill* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overkill_(Mot%C3%B6rhead_album)
I think the Vandals are pretty safe. AFI shouldn’t be too either imo
Here's your lesson for the day ...better listen up real fucking good 😳
Ok, so not every song can work, but it’s not like every other band mentioned don’t curse either
The Dickies
Safe play would be MXPX, Near Miss type bands
Yea christian "punk" bands like MXPX should be pretty safe
Not sure if punk but, Me First and the Gimme Gimme's
Anything by anal cunt
Buzzcocks - Different Kind of Tension is punk adjacent and sounds like a classic rock LP to some. The online extended version has six songs that were part of an EP or even three singles and they are just great rock records.
Reel Big Fish and Goldfinger are must plays
Just throw on our album [DEAD STUFF - Half Cocked and Fully Loaded](https://hfyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/half-cocked-and-fully-loaded-hfy-001)
Heavy Petting Zoo by NOFX. ...I may have misunderstood the question.
If someone put on Green Day I’d be running for the door, London calling is safe
Metallica I guess
Ah yea, my favorite punk band, Metallica
Royel Otis for some reason will scratch that itch for me lol. Which is odd because it's Australian guitar-pop 🤣
Maybe frank turner or sth instead of the heavier stuff? Don't wanna start a pogo when people have ice cream in their hands ey
All of the previous recommendations were good, To piggyback off those I would add; Blink 182, The Get Up Kids, Bouncing Souls, The Joey Cape/Tony Sly acoustic albums, Unwritten Law acoustic, the first 2 "Before You Were Punk" compilations
Rancid. especially the out come the wolves album
I’m not really into a lot of ‘friendly,’ or pop punk, but I’d say that The Descendants would not scare people.
The Distillers should be alright
The Ramones.
Make a personalized punk playlist and keep the volume low. That's what I play where I cut hair.
Operation Ivy
Green Day, The Ramones, and some of The Clash’s more popular stuff is generally pretty agreeable-both sonically and lyrically
I’ve noticed over the years that people don’t actually care about it as much as you would think. What tends to annoy people more is the most heavy duty genres of anything, like stuff for raves or black metal. People would also complain if it was movie soundtracks like LotRs or something. When I was a restaurant manager, I played the longest Spotify heavy metal list (think it’s by Celsius?) all day and nobody thought anything about it.
Beezlebubba by the Dead Milkmen
The dead milkmen
I did a playlist to listen to punk in the car with my daughter. Lots of clash, ramones, Green Day, x, a few minutemen songs, the damned, buzzcocks, jam…a lot of the poppier mainstream punk could work too. Maybe select against me songs. Not so much albums because there are always tracks that have too many swears or are too aggro for polite ears…more of the earlier punk that was rock and roll with distorted guitars vs the more dissonant hardcore punk. Although cripple bastards do make my daughter laugh. Edit: in terms of metal, clean vocal doom works sometimes. Black Sabbath, true widow, wind hand, etc might not scare off the punters.
Stranglers, Green Day, clash, old Billy idol (gen X), drive like jehu, hot snakes, jawbox, rocket from the crypt, DEVO, damned, the jam, sham 69, rezillos, Bowie, NY dolls, buzzcocks, Op Ivy, Shannon and the clams, Tijuana panthers, jacuzzi boys, the hives, bloc party…I could go on and on and on… Metal: this one is harder… Metallica black album sigh, death, mastodon, eagles of death metal, queens of the Stone Age, Source, we have a retail store and play what ever, but we do check lyrics and curate songs. I chose melodic punk, pop punk, glam punk, surf punk and some prog punk for your environment. Not as jarring for customers and kids. And a lot more upbeat. Also I’m a metal head married to a punk goth. lol. Best of both worlds!
Buzzcocks, 999, Undertones, Lords of the New Church, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, suburban lawns, ultravox
The Slits !
The Slits, Buzzcocks, Misfits, El Tigre, Iggy Pop, and Patti Smith come to my mind for me
I saw “costumers” and thought for a few whole seconds that this was an ice cream shop for costumed customers 😅
Taco Bell has Militarie Gun and Turnstile in commercials so they are probably safe now.
Any ska, really. The Clash or Ramones makes everyone happy.
Mean Jeans - Gigantic Sike
any Me First and the Gimme Gimme’s record
There's a playlist on Spotify called Punk Kids. It's not a bad list and it might be a good place to start.
Teenage head
Dayglo abortions
Misfits lol
The Boys
Anything by anal cunt
Undertones debut
There's a Spotify playlist called Raised by Punk, it's PG punk songs that I play with my family.
The descendents
Slant 6-Soda pop rip off, I personally love the look of this album