Quote Originally Posted by Premy View Post
Hold on one second.

Firstly the Newy boyz go hard, but "poster boys of Aussie punk" bitch please. Their first 2 albums were Hardcore and it's only this latest album that has been leaning towards the Punk scene. Calling these guys the poster boys is a slap in the face to the Aussie Punk/Grunge bands that have made the resurgence in the genre at the moment.

Not since the days of Jebediah, Gyroscope, Living End and Something for Kate has the Punk/Grunge scene been this strong. If anyone is the poster boys of Aussie Punk at the moment it would be Skegss or Dune Rats, there is an abundance of Aussie Punk bands at the moment and it is f'ing amazing.
A few things.

Hardcore is punk.

Trophy Eyes were an emo band, now they are a pop punk bad. They've never been hardcore, unless it was on their 1st EP which was 5 years ago.

Dune rats are a surfer/garage rock band, not punk. Plus they are terrible.

Skeggs are doing ok I guess, but they are too bogan for US audiences to really get into.

The only 2 Aussie punk bands who are doing better than Trophy Eyes right now are Luca Brasi and Violent Soho. But I think they've both peaked.

Trophy Eyes already charted on the US billboards on their 2nd album. Amity Affliction are dying down, Parkway drive are too far into the metal side of metalcore. So we really don't have any big bands on the Punk/Hardcore scene anymore. Hence my comments.