Mine was actually their Self Titled, but every Pennywise album until Straight Ahead is my favorite. Straight Ahead and after started to lose it for me. Once Jim left, it was never the same.
followed by WOOOOO - WOOOOOHHHHH - WOOOOOOOOOOOO between every song. At least thats how it looks when they play Punkrock Holiday where I've seen them twice
To all my friends, present past and beyond Especially those who weren't with us too long Life is the most precious thing you can lose While you were here, the fun was never ending Laugh a minute was only the beginning Canton, Colvin, Nichols, Keith, Tony this one's for you
For awesome 90’s/00’s era punk bass I’d recommend Bouncing Souls Bryan Kienlen is an absolute weapon, both rhythmically and musically. Manthem, True Believers and Hopeless Romantic are some of their biggest tracks. Would highly recommend checking them out!
Man, I got my first and only tattoo when I was in highschool, Pennywise logo. 22 years have passed and everybody said I'll change my tastes in music. They were wrong! Still listening day by day to punk, it's my diesel fuel. PS. You're great man! Cheers! ❤
at 52 my musical taste has definitely become more diverse, but I still listen to everything I grew up on the most. First time I saw PW was in 92 and I still listen to them on a regular basis. They always make it into my playlists.
My first but not only tattoo was the Pennywise logo. My first punk rock album that wasn't greenday/offspring/rancid or the older classics was Pennywise. I heard Dying to Know from the first Punk-O-Rama and I was hooked.
Your channel is the best thing happening on RU-vid right now! You are covering all the great bands that grew up listening to. For the record: Randy was Jason’s bass teacher.
Highly suggest Bad Religion soon if you're going through the greats of Punk Rock, Jay Bentley is a great bassist and great dude. Better off Dead and Turn on the Light are probably the best examples of his skills.
I've always considered Pennywise the better version of The Offspring. Unknown Road feels like a faster (and better) Ignition. Same with About Time and Smash.
It is pop punk... who cares? Nothing wrong with more "popish or skate punk" like NOFX, Lagwagon, No use for a name etc... it's all pop music. I don't understand why people think it's a bad thing.
"Same old Story" from About Time, I was 14, it was life changing. Smash from the offspring, Dookie, Punk in Drublic, Stranger than Fiction etc etc. 94/95 were good years. btw, RU-vid is flooded with "x teacher reacts" videos but yours are the only ones I watch through. Keep it up!
Still need to get to some of those! Definitely feel like 9/10 songs lately are from the mid 1990s, ha! That’s so nice of you to say - means a lot! Glad to have you here, man! 🙏🏼
This is awesome. Pennywise is one of the bands I've listened to the most. Interestingly, after a long period of abstinence from punk music, I'm listening more and more again and enjoying this music even more (and differently). Thank you for that!
I was a big Pennywise fan in high school. After graduating, I enlisted in the Air Force after being given less optimal options. Toward the end of basic training, we were allowed to shop at the commissary and I was excited to see a new Pennywise album. I bought it on cassette as I only had a Walkman and dug into it right away. It wasn't until Bro Hymn did the penny drop that I realized the bass player had died and what I was listening to was basically a funeral.
I actually told the folks on Patreon that this entire time, I had never heard of ALL. I dug through my old music library on a hard drive, and found an Untitled track that turned out to be "Honey Peeps" by ALL. I just sat in confusion for like 3 minutes because I thought it was a Less Than Jake track for 20 years now. I can sing every lyric to it, it's so funny. Highly considering just doing a bass cover of it on here, because I remember it being way too difficult for me trying to learn it at 15. Little did I know, I've been hearing Karl's playing for over half of my life...but just that one song at the time!
@@LowEndUniversity All is so damn good. Breaking Things has Karl doing some great bass galloping. “Original Me”, “Right”, “Stick”…such good songs of that album. “Million Bucks” on Pummel. I like the albums where Chad is the lead singer 🤷🏻♂️
When you say punk with a thrash sound you are now starting to venture into the hardcore punk area. If you like the thrash style of punk look into Suicidal tendencies. I think you need to check out Dag Nasty
Hell yeah!!! One of my favorite bands. Bro Hymn definitely has their most recognizable bass riff. It's simple, but memorable. They do the song every concert as a tribute to Jason Thirsk.
"Bro Hym Tribute" from this album (actually a re-recording of an earlier version) was written by former bassist Jason Thirsk and the re-recording was done in his honor. It is an amazing singalong song that still serves as the closing number for almost all of their shows.
YES as someone who has been listening to Thrash for almost all my life and just recently started getting into Punk aswell, Pennywise is definitely my favorite band so far!! Good Riddance are quite similar, definitely another band you should review at some point🤘🏻🔥
i forget which bands youve already covered but id like to see you cover bad religion and or the offspring.. im not sure which songs would showcase their bass players best but maybe some of ur viewers who are more bass savvy can reply to this comment❤
There's a great documentary called 'The Other F Word' based on Jim Lindberg's (PW Vocalist) book about being a father while being in a punk band. The documentary follows him through a tour and also features many other top punk stars talking about their experience as parents while being working, touring musicians.
that is a fantastic movie. the bits with lars from rancid, josh freese from the vandals (and now the foo fighters), and jim dyeing his hair, such good snapshots of their lives.
Warped Tour '99 : Pennywise came on after Fenix*TX . The fun part was seeing the slower-moving fenix fans still around when Pennywise started. They were NOT prepared for the crowd's intensity many got caught in a quite raucus pit that formed. Hope they were ok lol.
Check out "Reclamation" by Bigwig. Definitely another "thrash-metal" influenced punk band Edit: Title track from the same record. Entire album is insane, but I haven't joined patreon yet, lol
Just curious do you have perfect pitch? or just really strong relative pitch. Amazing how easily you pick up on notes, phrasing and chord progressions.
Could never get into these guys really, the singer/lyrics hold em back for me. Looks like im the minority here so its nice to see others enjoying it. Cheers mang, cant wait for the next epi. Edit: Please do "Keep your mouth shut" by OFF!
This guys speaks my life. Grew up on Metal/Thrash and bands like Pennywise turned me more towards punk rock music. The punk style thrash has such a different feel than the old school thrash of Metallica, Anthrax.
Well now you have to do Bros Hymn. I remember reading an interview around the time this album came out and they were talking about how hard it was to find a bass player... Not because their stuff is overly complicated but just because they play so fast.
Pennywise is tops, and I owe a lot to ‘em. People are often times down on them for various reasons, but for me, they were the music (and words) I needed at 16 and as well into my 40s. Unknown Road and S/T in particular will always be in my rotation.
After this one i denetely felt in love fully With your channel, but BROH Hymn is the song dedicated to The first bassist Jason Mattew Thirsk , checking this one is a must Thank you! You are clever in understanding immediatly The songs !.. Society another gem from them With a bass introduction
I feel like skate-punk and thrash are so much closer in musical style than a lot of people acknowledge. Skate-punk was basically a more polished version of hardcore, but came out not long after crossover-thrash was becoming popular - and crossover was kinda like a lot rougher, less polished thrash. So if you take a genre, un-polish it and then polish it again, its not too hard to the step and similarities between thrash and skate-punk, certainly moreso than many other metal genres. Adding to that, there are a good chunk of punk bands in the 00s who sound waaay more metal than punk. A Wilhelm Scream, Adrenalized, Belvedere, Almeida to name a few....
Pennywise is one of the best live bands I have ever seen, regardless of the lineup. When Zoli took Jim's place before Jim came back, both shows are phenomenal. Highly recommend their live performances. They sound very close to the albums.
It's crazy how many bands and albums i think of as classics are ones that so many people never even heard of. And it's weird hearing someone call pennywise pop punk they were one of the heavier, faster bands of that era and really defined pure punk to me in that era
First CD I ever bought was Pennywise's "About time". Oh jeez that's almost 30 years ago 🥹 Thanks for the inspiration for what music to play, haven't heard them since ages. Had one of those moments where I couldn't figure out what I was up for 😂
Haha, this is my favourite Pennywise song and i didn't think anyone else really rocked with it so its great to see a comprehensive breakdown on the track!
Punk and hardcore is where all good parts of metal come from. Without punk rock and hardcore specifically we’d still all be listening to Black Sabbath style bands.
Pennywise was constantly screaming out of my JVC shelf system in the 90s. Fletcher was the reason I got into guitar, he has a lot of great riffs. I still get chills from these songs. Skating to this in the 90s I would get so hyped up with adrenalin. My favorite thrashy song from them is "waste of time" from the album "about time"
When it comes to Punk Rock you can’t fade the California bands. Rancid/Operation Ivy, Bad Religion, NOFX, Black Flag, Circle Jerks.Come on, California was the sound of Hardcore.
A Word from the Wise, Pennywise, Unknown Road, About Time and Full Circle were their peak. Straight Ahead and Land of the Free weren't bad, but something changed.
HECK YEAH. Love this song. This used to be my favorite record ever about 20 years ago and while it's not quite anymore, it's still one of my favorites. Especially like the lyrics on this album, particularly the bridge/breakdown/whatever on Get a Life.
Pennywise is classic punk rock. This album is so good. The top 5 punk bands in the 90s for me that changed the game were Pennywise, Lagwagon, Ten Foot Pole, Rufio, and Offspring (Smash is one of the best albums). Obviously Vandals and NOFX were great too. But those others above are my favs. Can we get a clap for Byron on the drums, he is a beast. My drumming hero growing up.
If you want to explore those thrash roots in punk further, check out 80's crossover bands like D.R.I., R.K.L., and Murphys Law to name a few. The first merger of punk and metal!
The 90's was a great time to be a teenager and be into punk rock. Started a band with my best friend primarily because of Pennywise and NOFX, we covered bro hymn at one of our gigs. Its one of those songs anyone can join in without really needing to know the lyrics. One thing about punk rock is the unity it creates, nothing like it
Do Raised Fist (ignoring the guidelines) - Breaking me Up or Refused (The Shape of Punk to Come) - summerholidays vs punkroutine *great driving dirty bass on both tracks!!!
Just subbed through Firecracker by SO and was looking at the punkrock section of the channel to find my favorite bands and wondered which songs you would pick for each. First song that came to my mind for Pennywise was this very song. Most empowering punk rock song I've ever heard. Always thought despite their incredible love for Jason, this song was critical of his falling rock bottom. The lyrics fit so well to addicts and Jason was an alcoholic.
You should check out "Ignite" next. Great music, and technically probably the best vocalist punk has ever seen. He sang with Pennywise for a while too, while Jim was taking a break. "Bleeding" or "Fear is our tradition" would be my picks. I'd also like to see your reaction to BoySetsFire - Rookie. Not as significant band as Pennywise or Ignite, but that song is a banger with a pretty sweet bass line.
Bro you’ve got to review the band Mineral, the song is called Slower of their 1997 album “The power of failing”. I’m telling you this song won’t let you down. It’s incredible!! Keep up the great vids man! 🍻
I don't want to be that guy BUT Pennywise is the epitome of sk8punk. Hearing them be called pop punk gave me a nervous tick. Lol this is my fave album from them. Enjoy!
Congrats, you’ve now heard every Pennywise song 😂 JK….there’s just a running joke in the punk community that in a genre of similar sounding songs, Pennywise is the most “same-y” band of them all. Jokes aside…these dudes absolutely rip and have for a long, long time
I started watching you when you picked up punk and now I stop by for each video. Being 44, youre definitely hitting a lot of the stuff from my youth. Id love to see you branch out to some of the rockabilly, psychobilly, horrorbilly etc. Tiger Army, Stray Cats, Misfits, etc etc
Going through all the bands I grew up with. After you pointed out the tragic passing of Thirsk, reminded me of the passing of the drummer in 28 days, a band from here in Aus. They were going to break up and decided to write another album since he was the only one that wanted to continue. I fully recommend “What’s the Deal?” By them
Thank you. So very rare bands like pennywise, strung out, AFI, lagwagon etc. get any attention on RU-vid. I’d recommend you check out osker, millencolin, good riddance, no use for a name just to name a few!
FINALLY!!!!!!! Please do Bro Hymn, iconic punk song with sick bass lines! Pennywise has been in my workout soundtrack since teenage years! Cannot go wrong with! I'm stoked that you did it!
