Richard Hell and The Voidoids formed in 1976 by Richard Hell (formerly of Television, and Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers on bass and vocals, Marc Bell on drums, with Robert Quine and Ivan Julian both playing guitar. They only released three-full length albums, but they released a bunch of EPs, splits and singles. Filled with horns, pianos and just about any other instrument they can get their hands on. He’s also still part of the double act at the front of Alkaline Trio. Richard Hell has gone back to writing poetry and Robert Quine committed suicide in March, 2004, One of the many Hellcat Psychobilly bands.

It was at this point that punk rock became nearly synonymous loud, angry, bands playing 3-power chord songs. Some, however, such as The Ramones and The Voidoids continued to perform and release albums. While the counter-culture shared and still shares many similarities to the radical leftist counterculture of the 60s, it is often much more nihilistic and angry in attitude, and therefore antagonistic towards what remains of that particular counterculture. There was a period of time when pop punk was in the zeitgeist, and Saves the Day got swept up in that fervor. Here we hail the top 10 hardcore punk bands for their sound, fury and DIY ethic, which have influenced newer genres. Wire's ever changing sound distanced them from the pack of early punk-rock. For instance, Thomas Miller's stage name, Tom Verlaine, was taken from the poet Paul Verlaine, and Richard Hell's appearance (which was later copied by the The Sex Pistols and therefore became regular punk dress) was based on a picture of Arthur Rimbaud.
His life was a mess, his mother died in a car accident and his wife was sexually abused and killed. Even Nirvana themselves didn't care at all about Nevermind's sales, and were extremely uncomforted by all of their new fans, few of whom resembled those who they used to play for at underground rock shows. Jimmy Eat World was almost caught in an awkward spot, as its breakthrough album, “Bleed American,” came out right around the time of the 9/11 attacks, which swiftly got it rebranded as a self-titled album. Bred from the oppressive Reagan/Thatcher world era, The Exploited were angry, anti-authority, outspoken punks looking to change something. Ole! Anti-Flag's poppy and political songs have gotten many started on punk. How this band does it amazes me. Several grunge bands also displayed simultaneous interest in The Beatles and The Velvet Underground. From the snotty attitude, on- and off-stage violence, aggressive instrumentation, overt sexuality and political confrontation of artists such as The Who, the Rolling Stones, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, The Velvet Underground, Alice Cooper, The Stooges, the MC5, The Deviants, and the New York Dolls to English pub rock scene and even British glam rock and art rock acts of the early 1970s, including David Bowie, Gary Glitter and Roxy Music. Emo and pop punk often go hand in hand, and a lot of people consider The Get Up Kids one of the progenitors of the rise of emo. Punk had always been popular with college radio stations, but as of late the college rock scene was dominated by more technically advanced bands, such as R.E.M., known as Punk Rock]] bands. Many groups over the years have combined the propulsive sensibilities of punk with the bright sheen of pop.

1978 saw the release of Road to Ruin by The Ramones, Young, Loud, and Snotty by The Dead Boys, and L.A.M.F. With scenese sprouting up in New York, LA, and other places, it was only a matter of time before Canada had it's own punk scene going. This band was very powerful and also not very open-minded as many anarcho bands were.

"Successfully unsuccessful since 1989." However, in retrospect, the Sex Pistols seemed to believe in anarchy both as chaos and a way to cause controversy, leading to better record sales, as opposed to an actual political theory. Which is playing pure, unbridled punk rock. While it never had the success of Blink, it had a successful run of its own. And if this is the last from this band, it will be a sad day.

By the demise of the band, Wire had been a huge influence on post-punk and indie bands well into the next decade. In the beginning, it was made up of bands that could be considered many different rock sub-genres, but what they all had in common was that they were stripped down to basic vocals, guitar, bass, and drums, as opposed to the progressive … Jawbreaker didn’t necessarily find mainstream success but just went ahead and influenced a bunch of pop punk bands that followed in its wake.
Wire was also a eccentric live act, often playing songs that weren't even recorded yet, not ones fans were expecting to hear. It would have fit in perfectly in the pop punk scene of the early 2000s. It was also about this time that the scene in California was taking shape. The album was an unexpected success, due to heavy airplay of the music video for the single Smells Like Teen Spirit on MTV. Depending on what one personally considers "the punks". Punk vocals and hardcore breakdowns with an occasional ska riff and many catchy horn lines. While more and more bands were copying The Stooges inspired punk rock of The Ramones, there were still a good number of bands being called punk that played much more avant garde, yet still stripped down, rock (these bands would later be known as New Wave, though must people think of the more "pop" bands of the era upon hearing the word new wave). Pearl Jam had the most mainstream sound of the "Big Four" grunge bands, combining 70s hard rock with a darker and slightly more experimental edge. http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=383319. The most original punk band out there today. No Wave was different from regular punk in that it took very little influence rock 'n' roll other than the energy and rebellion, and this was often taken to the extreme by No Wave.