Punxploitation films (US variety)!

My favourite is actually Repo Man, because it satirises the punxsploition films so perfectly. "I blame... society..." "Society? You're just a white suburban punk like me!" or whatever that perfect exchange after the convenience store shoot-out was.

"What are you dressed for?" "Yeah man, where's the war?" "Up your ass."

I mean that's just so painful. Flea? The redeeming thing for me is that the girls from Decline I are in there with the bangs they have to lift up in order to drink.

Christiane F. is also out on DVD now (Regions 1 and 2), one of my all- time favorites. Unfortunately it's still bound to an 80s-caliber dubbing atrocity. The original German dubbing is pretty rough on its own, but the treble clarity is about 1000% improved over the English track. I recommend switching between the two when Bowie's songs come on.

I haven't.

"Lets go do some crime! or something."

I remember it being fairly ridiculous (I hadn't been intending to watch Quincy but I kind of got hooked waiting to see what new levels of mind-boggling hilarity it would reach), but that's about all I remember. Oh no! Punks have weird hair, listen to bad high-speed hairmetal sung by people with funny eyebrows, stab each other with icepicks, carve their arms up, and have crackrocks where their brains should be, and all because they started listening to punk! Oh yes! Quincy's assistant tells him how to slamdance! Oh God! Make it stop...

I think the Social D. film was "Another State of Mind." With Mike Ness smearing makeup on his eyes: "This represents society..." Classic.

Did this also have Youth Brigade in it? I think I saw it in a sociology class; what a horrible class that was.

Did this also have Youth Brigade in it? I think I saw it in a sociology class; what a horrible class that was.

I remember that infamous Quincy episode. I was 13 and had begun listening to local college radio stations (1983 being the height of hardcore). My mom made me watch, told me "this is what will happen to you if you keep listening to that noise!" I actually believed her, for about a year anyway. I was a dumb kid.

Anyone else that Star Trek movie, where Spock gives a Vulcan nerve pinch to some punk rocker with a Mohawk on the bus who had just given him the finger? I think it was the whales one ... if so, the only worthwhile part of that film.

And I desparately want to see that CHiPs episode Dave Q. talks about with Ralph Malf playing the punk/proto-black metal dude. Sounds absolutely hilarious.

Although I gotta say, 80's TV rules hands-down. I don't remember the show, but there were punks vs jocks in a yelling match, "punks rule!" "No! heavy metal!"

I also remember a Phil Donahue how where he had a bunch of "hardcore kids" in the audience & panel. I didn't know any of the bands they were talking about at the time - I think they were all NYC - I was more into the SST scene.

Best real punk moment on TV that I remember: Fear on S.N.L.

Was Union City punxploitation? Can't remember now.

Classic "punk" howler moment - Spike Lee's Son Of Sam movie.

I've always remembered this vividly for some reason; I believe the exact chant was, "Punk is junk! Heavy metal rules!" What the hell was this?

Damn sorry I missed that one.

Also featuring a great soundtrack on Enigma Records. Still own the vinyl. Should upgrade sometime.

Avoid the sequel, though. Simply doesn't live up to the original.

Oh, and the good punk band in the _Chips_ episode wasn't punk at all. They were new wave! Really. That's how you could tell they were the good guys...

I'm going with the standby --- Penelope Spheeris' "Suburbia" (not Not NOT! Eric Bogosian's "Suburbia") Sure, the acting's crap, the script is threadbare, but footage of vintage TSOL, DI and Stevo-era Vanadls (the only Vandals that matter)? Fuckin' classic, and if you disagree with me, you're just wrong.

I'd also like to cite "Downtown `81". While not strictly "Punk" (let along Punxploitation....whatever that may be), it is an invaluable time capsule of NYC in its early 80's, No Wave cross-polination period.

In terms of Punxploitation (which I'd take to mean a slightly exaggerated portrayal), I'd cite the "Mohawk Night" scene in Scorecese's criminally undersung "After Hours."

fave line: "We're not leaving without a FIGHT!!"

caroline coon was a consultant on it; probably explains the sue catwoman gear of the skunks and the similarities with the real-life clash/slits/subway sect tour coon travelled with.

Oh my God, somebody else has seen this, one of my favorite movies! Between Lords of the New Church, Jello Biafra, Sam & Dave, and Fishbone, it's got one of the highest musicians-to-actors ratio of any film ever! Not to mention John Cusack and Tim Robbins, two of my favorite actors before they were two of my favorite actors. The minute-and-a-half high five early in that film is unbeatable for 80s-riffic movie moments.

"Dick, don't be a Cunt!"

The early Troma film Mother's Day from 1980 has the murderous, feuding backwoods mama's boys--"Punk sucks!" "Fuck you, disco sucks!" "No, fuck you, punk sucks!", etc.

Quincy, M.E.
Next Stop, Nowhere
starring
Jack Klugman, Robert Ito, Garry Walberg
John S. Ragin, Joseph Roman, Val Bisoglio

Quincy investigates a bizarre connection between music and murder.

Thu Aug 28 12:00P VISN- Hallmark Channel
Fri Aug 29 02:00A VISN- Hallmark Channel

..Set VCR tonight.

...And what about "Over the Edge" with Matt Dillon? The soundtrack is definitely new wave and straight rock (Cars, Van Halen), but the movie -- local youths revolt and take over the "teen center" of their small town -- is crazy punk rock.

...And I may have missed it, but did anyone mention Alex Cox yet besides "Repo Man"? After "Sid and Nancy," he was always casting punkers in his movies (Flea, Lee Ving) to act in his movies.

...And what about the "Freaks and Geeks" episode where the bad boy Daniel Desario skips out on the Who show and subsequently becomes a punk? It obviously doesn't have any of the dated stuff that makes some of these things funny, but it's a great episode from a great show.

God, I could go on and on about this stuff. Make sure to rent "Out of the Blue" next time you're stuck in the video store and can't find anything worthwhile!!!

Finally the Hallmark Channel makes itself useful! Can't wait to finally see this.

Digitized copies direct from the TiVo hard drive will be made available through the usual channels