fuck, get your definition of punk right, we are not talking about emo or pop,
my favourite band (and im serious) are the clash and good riddance,
the best punk bands ever would have ot be the clash, the ramones, iggy pop, misfits, black flag, minor threat, sex pistols, and many others
the early bands set the stage, iggy pop was playing in the clubs before the ramones, but the ramones gave punk a name, sex pistols and the clash opened up the brits to the scene, minor threat promotoed the whole straight edge scene, black flag was better when rollins joined (in my opinion) , misfits are awesome no matter, although danzig by himself is good too, if only they wouldnt put mother in every single skate vid... haah
and like good riddance is good beacuse they havent sold out, they stil make political music, pennywise sold out so they are no longer one of the best, i also think the murphys are one of the best because they have such a fun live show filled with energy, same with flogging molly, i know im missing some, anti flag is good too they promote many things with which i can agree, and there are more too
bands like saves the day and stuff are emo, they might be a godo emo band but you seriously can't compare them too somethin like the clash...
don't do sleep and get 8 hours of drugs