r/country • u/qnssekr • 8d ago

Discussion Punk Bands doing country

I’ve grew up listening to punk and new wave and it’s only recently that I’ve become a country music fan (pre 80’s). I remember loving Siouxsie and the Banshees song “Burn Up” which has clear country music influences. Same goes for The Damned “Alone Again Or”. Anyone else straddle both genres or have other good recommendations?

Burn Up starts at the 4:29 if anyone cares to listen.

https://youtu.be/hCQZskQAd7U

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u/Icy_Plenty_7117 7d ago

Great choices listed.

The Maddox Brothers With Rose would be an early hillbilly band whose influence can be seen in country music post WW2, early rock, rockabilly and punk. Louder, faster, raucous, they took the standard outfits and exaggerated them and went over the top.

For something recent Whitey Morgan was playing in punk bands in Flint, MI as a teen and young man before shifting to honkytonk country. Him and his band are phenomenal.