So music and science fiction quite often go hand in hand. I mean, I dare anyone to listen to this

https://youtu.be/D7vS4z6ngQo

with their eyes closed and not picture some of the most fantastic SF of recent memory, thanks to Firefly, or even this hauntingly beautiful instrumental piece

https://youtu.be/2cymqAVPWuo

and not imagine, even for the briefest of moments, that those shadows moving in the half-light just outside your window really are the forerunners of a horde of Walkers...

There are a veritable shitload of bands though who identify themselves with a particular subgenre of science fiction, especially those subgenres featuring a punk suffix, and I suppose the most notable among them are the quite wonderful 'Steam Powered Giraffe.'

https://youtu.be/dDRHx4cPgbE

Another SteamPunk band, and one of my personal favourites (excluding, for the purposes of this exercise, the vast amount of thrash/black/death metal bands that would normally feature on that particular list of musical genius), are 'Abney Park,' named for that world famous cemetery in London.

https://youtu.be/P5aTGhdzLxQ

And let's be fair, this list most definitely would not be worth its salt without mention of 'The Clockwork Dolls!'

https://youtu.be/O6wwI2st7zA

There's also 'The Cog is Dead,' too, and they're rather fun I reckon

https://youtu.be/w1P_cebvdgQ

as well as 'Caravan Palace,' who bring a little DieselPunk to the mix with, well, whatever style of music you wanna' call this!

https://youtu.be/fBGSJ3sbivI

But my absolute favourites within the category of bands who do - or at least, kinda' do - identify with a subgenre of science fiction, punk or otherwise, are two metal bands who, if they really wanted to, could make PiratePunk an even bigger thing than it is.

Ladies and gentlemen I leave you with Turisas and Alestorm respectively!

https://youtu.be/Ift85e38H3M

https://youtu.be/ta-Z_psXODw

Now you might well be forgiven for thinking that this article has reached its end, but no... I received an email from angerbda which said basically, "dude, you gotta' check this motherfuckin' shit out!" - OK so it wasn't really close to that, but that was the gist... Anyways... In addition to the aforementioned bitchin' tunes, check out this pretty awesome video that AngerBra put together depicting a minuscule amount of punk found elsewhere!

How many 'punks,' can you count?

https://youtu.be/6JfqrcVLdo8