All the punk bands I can remember who went by initials in the 1980s

DOA

the best of a bad lot

Voted DRI as I figured no-one else would

GI

Voted DRI as I figured no-one else would

really? a lot of people love dri.

will probably end up voting ssd but it's tempting to pull the lever for sod.

d.o.a. had the best songs

There are approximately 7 million bands you've missed off this poll.

I'm going for GBH cos City Baby Attacked By Rats >>> everything.

DRI for me too!

Where's X?

There are approximately 7 million bands you've missed off this poll.

I knew someone was going to have my hide about this. I got all the noteworthy ones. I mean, I'm pretty sure it's going to be DRI, DOA, or GBH. Who'd I miss?

CFA
YDI
AYS

...?

AOA, AYS, FUAL, ABH, APPLE, BGK, CIA, EATER, FU's, GISM, MIA, NOTA, ROTA.........

Overall I think I prefer the non-punk bands who went by initials in the '80s: REM, OMD, ABC, etc.

Beeeeeeeeeeee!

Deeeeeeeeeeee!

Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

NOFX?

A.O.D.'s "A.O.D vs. Godzilla" is a pretty great punk metal track too, tho' not quite up there with "City Baby"

the F.U.s were good too. This is an endeavor as impossible as listing all the sixties garage bands that went by The ___s

Millions of Dead Cops

Does PIL count?

DAF better than any of these.

What a fucking greaT question.
Seriously.
Has anybody mentioned A3I (Any Three Initials) - a parody of all those bands -featuring Will Shatter from Flipper I think

DRI - for me - for 'Dealing With it'

Do AOF count (Articles Of Faith)? They were actually quite good

Does anyone here have the record that M.I.A. did with a song called "Murder In A Foreign Place"? I looked on slsk for that for a long time and never came up with anything.

Hmm...looks like Alternative Tentacles reissued it on CD with a bunch of other stuff. Never mind.

SNFU - shout for the mounties

AG's. CH3. RF7. UXA. DIRT. KUKL. SYPH. And if you get into anarcho-crust 7"s, were there any bands without acronyms?

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

The M.I.A. record! "Lost Boys"!! I bought it through iTunes! I love ILM.

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If AOF had been in this poll I would have voted for them.

Aw, I missed this poll otherwise I would have voted for JFA.

Also, my first band (1984 Pomona punk) was called DUI

very short snappy poll that one.
raided the building- a quick ruck taking all comers - left town unscathed.

very apt.

Ah Channel Three ^- played their first two to death
JFA's instrumentals!!!

Oh won't anyone rep for T.S.O.L.?

Ah, I see one did! :)

No, but this is surely one of the most amazing punk bands ever:
M.I.A. "Lost Boys" CD

It's punk rock bliss right now.

ATV?

RIP DOA guitarist Dave Gregg. Apparent heart attack at age 54

what the fuck, they literally just played here on Saturday night

He left the band in 1988

http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/rip-dave-gregg-of-doa-and-real-mckenzies

Just saw “Something better Change “ film doc re Joey of DOA run for re-election to office on Burnaby Canada city council as a Green Party member @ AFI Silver w/ Q&A w/ director Scott Crawford & film participant musician Alec MacKaye;

Good and interesting doc (with some flaws ) that has lots of old school punk musicians offering nice words about Joey, some good old footage of D.O.A., his town's ex- Mayor bitterly criticizing him, his family talking about him, and Joey himself knocking on doors and being humble and honest about himself and trying to change things from both the outside and inside.