I find punk quite dull...so recommend me some punk!

I currently am limited to the Pistols and Black Flag.

Buzzcocks, Ramones etc. I know what I'm going to get; and I know that I find that style of songwriting redundant and just not very interesting (yes, I know that was the point in many ways).

So, what is there that boasts more than just three chords and general shoutyness?

 

Wire

 

Start with Horses.

 

Anything by Bobby Steele. His work with The Misfits is classic punk. Those early Undead records are lesser known but truly great punk.

Bobby Steele: Undead Misfit – Green and Black Music

 

The Minutemen
Husker Du
X
Gang of Four
Fear
Really Red
Dead Kennedys

 

this is just a question, not an attack ...
you like the sex pistols, but find the clash dull? (give 'em enough rope and london calling albums are in my head when i ask this)

 

Television (if you consider them punk)
the original Modern Lovers album
Richard Hell and the Voidoids' Blank Generation.

 

Bad Brains - Rock For Light

 

With that attitude you don't deserve punk rock.

 

The Misfits, The Damned and Dead Kennedys are favorite punk bands of mine, and they may fit your requirements.

 

The Queers
Dead Kennedys
Shonen Knife (not really a punk band but very punk influenced)

 

Did you even read his post? He doesn't even mention the Clash.

 

The Clash fits your requirements better than anyone else, they were the most developed punk band.
Reggae, ska, etc mixed with punk. Plus, politically charged lyrics.
After this, Siouxsie & the Banshees is also a good option (songs like Arabian Knights, Israel and Hong Kong Garden would have caused controversy if they were released today).

 

Sounds like you don't know what you're going to get with the Buzzcocks. Also, all of those bands use more than three chords - they're not blues rock after all.

 

A few favorites off the top of my head:

Nomeansno
Snuff
Naked Raygun
Circle Jerks
The Jam's first album
Crimpshrine
Rites of Spring
Screeching Weasel (Ramones-y, I guess, but better [and funnier] lyrics and a bit more variety)
NoFX
7 Seconds

 

Try some hardcore for a change.



There's a fourth chord in there somewhere. And even more general shoutyness!

 

Get the first two albums by the band X. No redundant songwriting there ! They sounded like nothing else before or since.

 

Penetration
Crass
Magazine
Joy Division
Bauhaus

 

X-Ray Spex, Germ Free Adolescence. Yes they only ever produced one album, but it's pure punk perfection from beginning to end.

3 other bands I'd recommend;
Generation X
The Adverts
The Ruts

 

Well, Black Flag and the Pistols are on the heavier end of the spectrum and they can be three chords and shouty, but you don't care for the Ramones and Buzzcocks, anything you are looking for specifically: production wise, male/female vocals, songwriting accessibility, UK/US/Aus/NZ, etc.,

 

Bad Religion
Lagwagon
Social Distortion
No Use For A Name
The Descendents
Face To Face

 

Another vote for X. They stood out from the rest.

 

If you like Black Flag, I'd suggest scoping out Flipper. For something (relatively) more modern, I don't think it gets much better than Refused's The Shape of Punk to Come.