FAKE PUNK

Randall

Fake punk is the best punk and deserves its own thread.

Randall

fake punks letting you know they are punk

Ben Lyon

Fake new wave

Mor

Ben Lyon Fake new wave

Love Square Pegs.

Also this:

Gimmie Sopor

There are a lot of great songs that rip off Ça Plane Pour Moi. The best one was made by the Belgian studio act Les Marylenes. I always play it when I'm DJing.

Luc At Tomorrow

Gimmie Sopor I'm pretty sure Les Marylènes were French, not Belgian. IIRC they were the chorus girls for the famous Parisian mainstream pop/rock band Martin Circus, who also had another popular fake punk/punxploitation band named Bulldozer. I also play Les Marylènes every time I DJ, and it's a guaranteed head-turner!

Guy Lombardont

Gimmie Sopor

Guy Lombardont
11/10

Randall

Guy Lombardont an all time classic.

Ryan Leach

Guy Lombardont That Fancy Rosy record is the first one that sprung to mind.

filthqueen666

What about real punks pretending to be fake punks

Uptown ruler 666 420

Randall

these comps are top notch and I'm really surprised to see they are for sale on discogs since they are 100% boots

sicboy

Randall it seems that boots don't get flagged as "blocked from sale" unless people consciously report them to discogs

Josh

Randall these comps are top notch

Is that punk Roger Daltrey?

Al Dorado

Randall that Marie Marie track on the French LP is one of my fav fake punk tracks.
The production team behind it remade the song a couple of years later for Canadian release with a different singer, different verses and a different solo. The track is slightly slower but it is the same backing track and chorus (and theme obviously). For shit and giggles I synced up the two songs in a DAW with Marie Marie on panned to one channel and Suzy panned to the other. Anyway, here's the remade Canadian version

Rapid Adapter

Just re-d/l'ed the Downliners efforts there pertaining. An mp3 blog in 2025 with still working download links? It's an xmas miracle.

https://dieordiy2.blogspot.com/2014/04/fu2-depressions-punk-rock-beat-records.html?m=1

sixbigboys

In the early days of Garbage in My Heart, I devoted a couple of episodes to fake punk. I hate how I sound back then, but the playlists are still pretty solid. First set of both shows is new (at the time) stuff, then I cover fake punk, fake fake punk, and dum dum punk:

Episode 4 - Fake Punk
https://www.buzzsprout.com/208359/episodes/830096

Episode 21 - More Fake Punk
https://www.buzzsprout.com/208359/episodes/1319017

Guy Lombardont

Although im not going to post them for obvious reasons the romper stomper soundtrack has some very convincing studio band Oi tunes