We spent nine hours at Punk Rock Bowling on Sunday, and a good chunk of our non-band-watching time was spent brainstorming—about acts we’d like to see play the Downtown festival, which haven’t (to the best of our knowledge) played before.
Our only requirements: that the bands fit in with the general Punk Rock Bowling sound (see: punk or derivations thereof), and that their key figures be living (no holograms allowed). So here they are, the (alphabetically ordered) laundry list compiled by Weekly editor Spencer Patterson, Sun sportswriter (and hardcore-a-holic) Case Keefer and Weekly contributor Chris Bitonti, who also plays in Vegas band Eliza Battle, which performed at the fest this year. And yes, we realize most these are unlikely to happen, ever.
Faded Grey
Oh, and don’t forget to add picks of your own in the comments section below. You never know when Punk Rock Bowling’s booking team might be looking.
AFI (1990s set)
At the Drive-In
Avail
Bad Brains
Bane
Boston Strangler
Billy Bragg
Buzzcocks
Caravels
Champion
Coliseum
Converge
Crass
The Exploited
Faded Grey
The Fall
Fear
fIREHOSE
Fugazi
Gang of Four
Gorilla Biscuits
Thee Headcoats
Peter Hook and the Light (performing the music of Joy Division)
Inside Out
The Jam
Lifetime
Mekons
Minor Threat
Mission of Burma
Misfits (with Glenn Danzig)
Modern Life Is War
The Modern Lovers
Moss Icon
Bob Mould (or hell, Hüsker Dü)
Operation Ivy
The Pogues
Iggy Pop
The Replacements
Rites of Spring
Rollins Band
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Patti Smith
Suicide
Television
Tragedy
Wire (performing Pink Flag)
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