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Black punk bands?

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midwest_rep
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Do they exist? I was just thinking about this after reading the Kanye West thread. I've never seen a punk band where the lead singer is black, do they exist? I would think punk music would be a good outlet for black people, they do have a lot to be mad about after all.
Hootie from Hootie and Blowfish don't count, because I hate that guy
Oct 6 2005 5:49PM
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skisquaw@420
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i never thought of that
Oct 6 2005 5:50PM
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crooks
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isnt a guy in bloc party black?
Oct 6 2005 5:53PM
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bmxican_89
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black hockey players?
Oct 6 2005 5:59PM
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crooks
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no niggas ski either
Oct 6 2005 6:00PM
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Ghost
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There's a local punk band around here called Love Equals Death who's lead singer is black. It's crazy, because he sings like he's white and sounds exactly like Davey Havoc from AFI.
Oct 6 2005 6:01PM
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timmi
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my buddy is black, has an afro, but is an emo... its weird
Oct 6 2005 6:11PM
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skogenjake
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yeah the bloc party singer is, but they arent punk...
Oct 6 2005 6:21PM
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johanblaze
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what a racist thing to say.
Oct 6 2005 6:23PM
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Jrich23
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Bad Brains for punk

Chris Samuels for Skiing

and I know there are a few hockey players like Jerome Ingilna (or whatever his name is) and Mike Grier (I think)
Oct 6 2005 6:35PM
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midwestskier69
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sevendust? i think thats the band. lead singer = black.
Oct 6 2005 7:05PM
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jarossamdb7
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since when the fuck is bloc party punk?!?

punk:
Bad Brains

newer semi-shitty punk:
Whole Wheat Bread

shitty "punk":
yellowcard has a black drummer

check out: http://www.roctober.com/roctober/blackpunk1.html

i know that the lead singer of Spearhead, Michael Franti, likes punk music and used to be in a sort of punk-noise-hiphop band.
Oct 6 2005 7:20PM
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crooks
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i just thought of bands that have black lead singers
Oct 6 2005 7:25PM
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matthasaurusrex
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i thought you meant those blaack wristnbands punks wear...
Oct 6 2005 7:27PM
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wiglaf
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god forbid is a metal band with 2 blacks guys
Oct 6 2005 8:34PM
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freestyle_rich
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^skindred is a metal band with a black jamacian singer
Oct 6 2005 9:09PM
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keasbynights
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i can only think of bad brains. this band whole wheat bread is all black too.
Oct 6 2005 10:06PM
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skitheslopes
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whole wheat bread, all black punk band, way good too. i saw them at the streetlight show. they were so awesome, they call there bass player skeet and he has platnium fronts that say skeet, its hillarious.
Oct 7 2005 12:11AM
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Spam_Man_1500
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haha, so many ska bands with black leads. but punk bands? i don't think i've seen it before!
Oct 7 2005 4:24AM
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jarossamdb7
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Atari Teenage Riot.

noise-electro-punk, their dj was black.
Oct 7 2005 2:29PM
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strongmark
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the dirtbombs' lead singer is black, theyre like garage rock, kinda like the stooges, but a little heavier. theyre real good, and that black dude rocks out with the best of em.
Oct 7 2005 2:42PM
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t3shellvenom
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guitar player from billy talent who'se hair looks like a skyscraper
Oct 7 2005 2:56PM
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invisman
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A member of Dead Kennedys is black, but not the lead singer.
Oct 7 2005 3:35PM
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hucker22
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ya all i can think of is bloc party, and they arnt very good, i wouldnt call that singing
Oct 7 2005 3:41PM
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icecreamsandwich
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the end..they are a metal band from toronto...they have a black bass player...and rosesdead (hardcore band) have a black drummer and guitarist. thats all i can think of for now....im sure there are a bunch more though.
Oct 7 2005 4:38PM
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TwinTipRider
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Gym class heros has a black getar player hes really good
Oct 7 2005 6:00PM
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l337
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the drummer un the dead kennedys
Oct 7 2005 7:23PM
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lj5
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Bad Brains!!! there one of the best punk bands and everyone in the band is black, there also one of the hardest and fastest. the bands you all mentioned are not punk.
Oct 7 2005 10:30PM
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b-ladd
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someone already said drummer for DK's, Bad Brains mentioned a bunch of times... one of the dudes from Scream, I think it was the singer, although I've never heard any of their stuff
Oct 7 2005 11:13PM
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forfun
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BAD BRAINS! anyone know why they have so many rasta-related lyrics?
Oct 7 2005 11:43PM
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b-ladd
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^^I hope your kidding. they're all rastas. dur.
Oct 7 2005 11:45PM
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l337
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THE DEAD KENNEDYS AND BAD BRAINS ARE THE MOST INFUENCAL PUNK BANDS OUT THERE AND THEY HAVE BLACK PEOPLE IN THEM. SOME MORE THEN OTHERS.
Oct 8 2005 9:43AM
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Itsbackfliptime
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you know how many times somebody has said a band isnt punk in this thread? 3,453 times.
Oct 8 2005 11:52AM
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skitheslopes
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as for ska, it used to be that white people were the minorities in ska, well that was back jamaica. then in the uk it was about 50/50, now in america its less color diverse, but you still see more diverse crowds at ska shows than anything else.

PS: the toasters only have 3 black guys
Oct 8 2005 3:46PM
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Balgus
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lead singer of

killswitch engage is black...however its not punk
Oct 8 2005 5:57PM
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rk1080
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building better bombs is a rock/punk band from minneapolis and the screamer is black....hes also a kick ass MC by the name of P.O.S.
Oct 8 2005 6:03PM
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b-ladd
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Theres a lot of latinos in punk. First two that pop in my head are the Casualties and Union 13.
Oct 8 2005 6:35PM
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downhillracerfry
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EL PUS dont know if they're punk, but they're sic anyways...
Oct 8 2005 8:35PM
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Ski_Punx
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BAD BRAINS

they are pretty sick!
Dub reggae, and Hardcore punk.
Classic!



www.skipunx.com

SpX
Oct 8 2005 10:21PM
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Adamskinick
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Donald Brashear on the Philly Flyers(Represent!) is black. I mean his name's Donald, but so what?
Oct 8 2005 11:04PM
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seemeski
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yeah I think he was the drummer or something.
and leftover crack has some latinos or someone.
Oct 9 2005 12:35AM
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t3shellvenom
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wtf. the bloc party kicks amazingly much ass
Oct 9 2005 12:49AM
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Leckett
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there are blck hockey players. i cant remember his name but he used to be a goalie for calgary flames (not sure if he still is...probably not), but his aunt or mom or something lives in my neighborhood and about 5 years ago he came to our community day and signed autographs.
Oct 9 2005 9:33AM
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skitheslopes
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whole wheat bread is all black
Oct 9 2005 3:13PM
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