Punk Bands With Three Letter Acronyms - Who's the Best?

More than any other genre, punk has over-indulged itself in 3 letter acronyms or TLA's. Who was the first? DRI, MDC, JFA? Nope, you have to go back even further than that to find the progeny of TLA punk, MC5! Sure, they were rock, glam, but they were most certainly punk too. MC5 was the first, but they were by no means the last.

Here is a whole post devoted to the long-lost art of three letters to name your punk band! If I've missed any, just comment and I'll update the post.

In a kind of order of importance, here goes.

1. AFI. Love their new stuff or hate their new stuff, Davey and the boys have shattered any barriers that once existed in the genre. For that reason alone, they deserve first billing. Another reason, it's some of the more creative and innovative punk rock ever!
2. DRI. Dirty Rotten Imbeciles came out of Texas like a shot from a blast furnace. Angry, hyper-paced, politically charged hardcore and eventually crossover thrash metal.
3. GBH. In my mind, the leaders of the punk rock British Invasion along side peers Broken Bones, Exploited, UK Subs, Discharge and the under-sung English Dogs.
4. FU's. Hey, that counts, right? Before they were Straw Dogs, Fu's were part of a vibrant Boston punk scene in the early 80's. "Do We Really Want To Hurt You?" was a great punk album and while peers like Gang Green might have garnered more notoriety, this band played way better, far grittier hardcore punk.
5. BGK. This one might surprise some of you, but this Dutch band was way before its time. This was blistering, angry hardcore, like you might expect to find coming from the States in the early 80's.
6. RKL. Rich Kids on LSD. God love 'em. "Riches To Rags" is a terrific punk release. To this day, "Give It Up" is one of my most memorable punk songs from the 90's!
7. JFA. Jody Foster's Army. "We Know You Suck" is a classic. It compiles the bands first two releases. This was California skate rock at its best. I say California because it seemed like they were playing in SoCal every other weekend, but they might have been from elsewhere in the Southwest. Their cover of The Ventures "Walk Don't Run" is wonderful. This band is loaded with anger and rebellion and was probably one of the first real skate punk bands.

That's it. That's my list. Go ahead, ask the one question you all know you want to ask if you were listening to punk in the 80's???? Where is MDC? Nowhere. Never was a fan, it's OK if you were, I am not. I just never really got it.

There you have it. The moment I click submit, I am going to remember one more, but I think this is a pretty accurate and fair list. Let me know what you think? LTR

Tell me what you think, vote for the best below!