GUEST POST: J f'n' J's 100 Best Hardcore Punk Records!

Today we have a very special guest post by Chicago scenester, J f'n' J. He's played guitar in numerous chicago punk bands so you know he's qualified to make this list and set the rest of us straight. The rules are pretty much the same as my list: No compilations, no best of's, between 1976 and 1989, etc., etc. One difference is that J f'n' J allowed tapes in special circumstances where all my releases had to be vinyl. We hope to have more guest posts of the best 100 records (there's rumors that calbee is making a list and checking it twice...). Here goes - enjoy:

1. Crucifucks - Crucifucks

Best punk record of all time. Very antagonistic and very simple. Harsh yet perfect production by Spot. Best lyrics and you can't beat Doc's voice.

2. Bad Brains - ROIR

The record that invented Hardcore. Got every punk band to play fast. Luckily not every band to play reggae. I counted this as an official release because it was so widely distributed and ROIR is a self proclaimed "Cassette album" label.

3. Cro Mags - Age Of Quarrel

Toughest album in the world. Nobody can replicate it, not even they anymore.

4. HitlerSS/Tampax - split ep

Northern Italian obscurity. Totally DIY production musically and graphically. HitlerSS has sick guitar tones and terrific snotty vocals. Tampax are completely out of control and over the top. Timing means nothing to them yet everything works somehow. Perfect production, Lo-Fi yet you can actually hear whats going on. If an Alien came down from mars and wanted to know what "punk" was This would be the first record I'd play.

5. Black Flag - Jealous Again

Best record by this hard working and influential band. Chavo was their best singer.

6. Mentally Ill - Gacy's Place

This Deerfield, IL obscurity has the punkest guitar sound ever. Insane sounding vocals and ridiculous lyrics.

7. Misfits - Bullet

Static Age is the best record the Misfits ever recorded and it should have been their first LP. Unfortunately they split up the recording and this record was all that was available of these recordings during their career (Beware is considered a collection). They had a very unique style and sound and probably the best punk crooner ever. The lyrics aren't as dumb as most people think.

8. Skrewdriver - Back With A Bang

Only two songs on this one but BWAB has to be their best recording ever. Total anthem for their place and time. "I Don't Like You" B-side destroys the original version.

9. Skrewdriver - Hail the New Dawn

Very catchy anthemic songs played with spirit. Great guitar and driving drum sound. So catchy and every song consistently good as the next. Most people will tell you that "All Skrewed Up" is the better LP because it's safe to say so but i think this one is much better. Politically i do not side with this record just as much as i wouldn't let me daughter date GG Allin.

10. Misfits - Horror Business

Nothing beats the 'Teenagers From mars/Children In Heat' combo

11. GISM - Detestation

from Japan. Completely over the top musically and visually.

12. Negative Approach - ep

One of the best Midwest HC records. Every song is memorable and classic. Production is perfect. Sounds as vicious as the Exorcist cover looks.

13. Feederz - Ever Feel Like Killing Your Boss

These guys were as crazy off the stage as on. Complete social misfits and pranksters. Perfect example of being harsh and abrasive without depending on guitar distortion.

14. Infest - Slave

Great production from Spot again. Every song killer. These guys were one of the first to take HC to the next level.

15. Neos - The Matian Brain Squeeze

Totally relentless live studio recording. Great lyrics and layout. Very fast for its time

16. Poison idea - Pick Your King

Fast and furious. Every song a killer

17. The Kids - Naughty Boys

Both Kids records are perfect all the way through. One of the best live bands I've ever seen even years after their prime. I kinda like this 2nd more than the first.

18. The Kids - 1st LP

19. Afrika Korps - Music to Kill By

Members of the Gizmos and Slickee boys. Great humourous lyrics about sex drugs and and zits! super catchy songs

20. Agnostic Front - Victim In Pain

One of the best NYHC records. Perfect sound. Ugly yet tight.

21. Sex Pistols - Never Mind..

The most overhyped punk band in the world but well worth it. Technically a better album than they and their fans would have you believe. Their US tour influenced more great bands than I can ever name. Plus I dig any singer who rolls their "R"s

22. Suicidal Tendencies - LP

Perfect record. Why did they think they could do it better?

23. Slaughter And The Dogs - Do It Doggie Style

Great rocking Punk record. A little bit of Oi mixed with some Ziggy era Bowie and Stooges.

24. Black Flag - Damaged

This would have been higher on the list but something about it always bugged me. Rise Above is one of the greatest songs ever but not enough to make this higher on my list

25. Youth Brigade - Sound And Fury (original)

Way better than the rerelease that would come out the same year. Great vocals and great sing alongs.

26. Dayglow Abortions - Out Of The Womb

Great hard hitting production. Sick record cover. Totally retarded lyrics and no respect for society. I like this better than the Feed Us A Feotus because of the art and the mastering.

27. Antidote - ep

Great guitar sound and breakdowns. One of the best pick slides ever recorded!

28. Raw Power - Screams From The Gutter

Killer record. Has more a punch than You Are The Victim and the soloing is over the top.

29. Child Molesters - Wir Lieben die Jugendich Madchen

These guys look and sounded exactly like you expect from a name like this. Fortunately it was all a joke but these songs rule. "Wholsale Murder" is one of my favorite punk songs ever. I think the solo to "I'm So Fucked Up" sounds like the guitar head is being dragged down a flight of stairs.

30. Flipper - Gone Fishin'

I like this record more than Generic. It’s a little more experimental and has a great sound. They did no wrong.

31. Bad Brains - Rock For Light

Great record but terrible production thanks to Rick Ocasek, surprisingly Someone should have turned up the bass. The remix of this album, the only one available now, is overprocessed and sped up. The original mix for 3 of these songs turned up on the I and I Survive 12" If the whole album was mixed that way it could have been my #1

32. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Great record. Probably should be higher on the list but I think I'm at the age now where I think Jello is a bit silly.

33. Minor Threat - 1st EP

One of the best 7""s of all time. Best guitar tone ever. Great vocalist.

34. Bruisers - Intimidation ep

One of the best oi records period.

35. GG Allin - Always Was…LP

Best record by this madman who's voice would later be destroyed by too much beer, smoke and poop.

36. Youth Of Today - We're not In This Alone

The original mix of this record is VERY different than the remix and is far superior. Totally ripping guitar sound and crazy drumming. Great lyrics too by an amazing frontman. Again should be higher on the list but I was never SxE.

37. Septic Death - Now that I Have The Attention…

Their 2nd album. THE craziest drum sound I've ever heard. Totally unique song structure. Great artwork, twisted vox and lyrics from everyone's favourite Metallica cartoonist.

38. Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster

Great songs very catchy. One of the first punk bands I ever heard thanks to Night Flight.

39. Meat Puppets - I LP

Totally relentless record. Most readers of Rolling Stone (and Nirvana) will tell you their 2nd album is the best but it is not. There is some great out of control guitar/vox on this record. Another masterpiece recorded by Spot.

40. Void/Faith - split LP

Void are a great band. Awesome guitar playing and out of control singer. No band should cover them. It's down here because although the Faith are good, they aren't great.

41. SSD - Get It Away

IMO the best Boston HC record. Very loud and full sound. Almost verging on crossover but not really. Glue is unbeatable.

42. The Boys - The Boys

Very underrated record. Extremely catchy songs on this UK one.

43. Radio Birdman - Radios Appear

A bunch of Australians who you think grew up in Detroit. Perfect record. Not abrasive but super catchy and every song perfect.

44. Uniform Choice - Screaming For Change

One of the first HC records I ever heard when it came out. Super catchy and a great guitar tone. Marred only by a spoken word poem at the end.

45. Redd Cross - Born innocent

This is a great rocking punk record. Should be higher on the list I suppose.

46. COC - Technocracy

Only 3 songs on this (the 4th being a joke…I think?) but it’s a great record. Slick production, major label and long songs but I still love it. Great packaging too. Most people choose Animosity over this but I prefer Simon Bob's voice to Mike Dean. Call me crazy.

47. Stalin - Stop Jap

One of the best Japanese punk records ever. Super catchy, great frontman.

48. Users - Sick Of You

2 songs with THE best guitar tone ever. Not rocket science which is why it's down here.

49. Germs - Lexicon Devil

Great lyrics and great sound. I prefer this over the LP's too slick production. Slick is not what I think of when I wanna hear the Germs.

50. Brats - 1980

Pretty unknown band outside of Denmark (before the internet at least) This was pretty much Mercyful Fate before king Diamond joined. It's a great mix of punk and NWOBHM. Catchy songs and a great cover design too.

51. Iron Cross - Skinhead Glory

52. Rezillos - Can't Stand The Rezillos

53. Unnatural Axe - They Saved Hitler's Brain

54. Deep Wound - ep

55. PF Commando - Manipulerade Mangon

56. DOA - Hardcore '81

57. Heart Attack - Keep Your Distance

58. Koro - ep

59. Life Sentence - Life Sentence

60. Ruts - The Crack

61. Blitz - Voice Of A Generation

62. Sham 69 - Tell Us The Truth

63. Stimulators - Loud Fast Rules

64. Swiz - Swiz

65. Lewd - Kill Yourself

66. Vile - Solution

67. Warzone - Lower East Side Crew

68. Reagan Youth - 1st LP

69. DMZ - DMZ

70. Fear - The Record

71. Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today

72. Hubble Bubble - Hubble Bubble

73. Larm - ep

74. Generation X - 1st LP

75. Samhain - November Coming Fire

76. Dicks - Kill From The Heart

77. Dow Jones & the Industrials - Can't Stand The Midwest

78. United Mutation - Fugitive Family

79. FU's - My America

80. Gauze - Equilizing Distort

81. X Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescence

82. Angry Samoans - Back From Samoa

83. Die Kreuzen - Cows and Beer

84. Gasoline - Killer Man

85. Husker Du - Everything Falls Apart

86. Mad - I Hate Music

87. Damned - Damned Damned Damned

88. Saints - I'm Stranded

89. SS - SS

90. The Next - Make It Quick

91. DRI - 22 Song ep

92. Underdog - Vanishing Point

93. Authorities - Soundtrack For Trouble

94. Bl'ast - Power Of Expression

95. Circle jerks - Group Sex

96. Token Entry - Jaybird

97. Fartz - World Full Of Hate

98. Comes - No Side

99. Nervous Eaters - Just Head

100. Dead Kennedys - In God We Trust

All of the 100 Greatest Hardcore and Punk Records...

Here are the rules I've given myself:

1. All these records had to be released as vinyl

2. Up to two albums by any one artist (rarely)

3. Released between 1976 and 1989

4. No compilations or collections of previously released songs - So No 'Flex your head' (a compilation), No Black Flag's 'The First Four Years' (a collection of previously released eps), No Agnostic Front's 'Live at CBGBs' (live records if more than half of the songs aren't unreleased at the time the record came out).

5. While I definitely give credit for being influential, it's a personal list of my taste. The Sex Pistol's Never Mind the Bollocks is very low on the list and there are no Ramones records on there. I know - blasphemy.

The Records:

1. The Crucifucks - self titled 12" (1984)

The greatest Punk record of all time? I think so.

2. The Cro-Mags - Age of Quarrel 12" (1986)

If the Crucifucks is the greatest punk record, this is the greatest Hardcore record. Simply amazing.

3. Youth of Today - We're Not In This Alone 12" (1988)

Youth crew hardcore's magnum opus. Very positive.

4. Bad Brains - Rock For Light 12" (1983)

The greatest band of all time - arguably invented hardcore. Note: the Roir tape wasn't considered because it wasn't released on vinyl. Rock for light is better anyway.

5. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotten Vegetables 12" (1980)

Kill the Poor, California Uber Alles, Holiday In Cambodia, Let's Lynch The Landlord, Chemical Warfare to name a few songs - all classics - on this album. Need I say more.

6. Suicidal Tendencies - self titled 12" (1983)

'All I wanted was a Pepsi' may just be the most famous lyrical punk phrase.

7. Minor Threat - self titled 7" (1981)

They weren't the first or the last - but what a record. Invented the term straight edge.

8. Black Flag - Jealous Again 12" (1980)

I'm a big Rollins fan for sure, but this is my favorite Black Flag record.

9. Misfits - Walk Among Us 12" (1982)

Their debut album - 5 years after their first single - might just be their finest work.

10. Descendents - Milo Goes To College 12" (1982)

Pop Punk godfathers. Chicks like this stuff, too.

11. Circle Jerks - Group Sex 12" (1980)

14 songs under 16 minutes and not a dud among them (maybe the jokey-joke title track).

12. Dag Nasty - Can I Say 12" (1986)

Very influential to the melodic hardcore and emo stuff out today. But that's not the reason it's so high on the list. The reason it's so high on the list is that it is so amazingly good. 23 years later and it doesn't sound very dated. Groundbreaking album.

13. Exploited - Punk's Not Dead 12" (1981)

Debut album by these english cartoon punks. They're still around today and have had countless releases, but if you told me this was the only thing you had by them, I would say you have a pretty solid Exploited collection. This is punk.

14. The Feederz - Ever Feel Like Killing Your Boss 12" (1984)

Now this is the punk spirit I'm talking about. Sandpaper cover, olivia newton john cover song, and odes to anal sex with jesus.

15. Dead Kennedys - In God We Trust 12" (1981)

Dead Kennedys at their most hardcore. Nazi Punks - Fuck Off!

16. Germs - (GI) 12" (1979)

Only studio album by these LA punk legends.

17. Black Flag - Damaged 12" (1981)

This record is harsh. Introduced the world to Henry Rollins - It's been nice.

18. MDC - Millions of Dead Cops 12" (1982)

Classic hardcore album takes on the cops, war, corporate amerika, rednecks, Mcdonalds, and (of course) John Wayne.

19. Skrewdriver - Hail to the New Dawn 12" (1984)

Certainly the most controversial choice on this list. This band is the most infamous band in punk rock. Just having this record on my list will have people calling me a nazi. Lyrically less racist than the average SOD or MOD record.

20. DOA - War On '45 12" (1982)

Only 8 songs and 3 or them are covers - but this rocks.

21. GG Allin & the Jabbers - Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be 12" (1980)

Already a sociopath and he was just getting started.

22. Uniform Choice - Screaming For Change 12" (1986)

Kind of started the wave of straight edge youth crew stuff of the late '80s. This record's so great you can look past the lyrics stolen from a greeting card and the spoken word piece.

23. Rollins Band - Life Time 12" (1987)

I can't decide if this record or Damaged is Henry Rollins' peak. Burned Beyond Recognition.

24. Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today 12" (1989)

Who doesn't love this record? If this had come out in 1995, they would of been bigger than Green Day.

25. Bruisers - Intimidation 7" (1989)

This 4 song 7" might be the best American oi! record ever released. Maybe the best oi! record period.

26. Youth Brigade - Sound and Fury 12" (original version) (1982)

Confusing release as they released a record of the same name a year later with some of the same songs re-recorded and some songs left off with some new songs put on. Even more confusing for people living in the digital age is that the original version has been re-released (sans 'Something's Gonna Change') as 'Out of Print' and the second version under the name 'Sink with California'. In either case, they're both good, but this is more raw and doesn't have some of the silly songs (a rap song, a parody sung to children) that plagued the second version.

27. Reagan Youth - Youth Anthems For The New Order 12" (1984)

Great packaging. Only 7 songs but nothing is missing. Fun Fact: The 1994 movie, Airheads stars a band called the Lone Rangers, played by Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, and Brendan Fraser, who take over a radio station to get their song played. Their song is their version of the Reagan Youth classic Degenerated.

28. Fear - The Record 12" (1982)

A classic. My favorite style of punk - the 'fuck you' kind.

29. Rich Kids on LSD - Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare 12" (1987)

Great album. I loved the comic book that came with it. Did I mention that packaging counts.

30. Dicks - Peace? 7" (1984)

The Dicks were awesome. This one has a theme - It's against war.

31. 7 Seconds - Walk Together Rock Together 12" (1985)

Only 7 songs long. 5 of them are great, 99 red balloons for the girls, and a sort-of rap song.

32. Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster 12" (1983)

Not a dud on here. Whatever happened to these guys? I thought that they could of 'made it'.

33. Iron Cross - Skinhead Glory 7" (1982)

American skinhead classic. Crucified.

34. Warzone - Lower East Side Crew 7" (1987)

Tired of all the slick production these new bands like Fallout Boy have - well here's your answer. Why is this out of print?

35. Agnostic Front - Victim In Pain 12" (1984)

Recently reissued on bridge 9 records on vinyl with it's awesome original packaging. I remember seeing this when I was pretty young and I didn't know what to make of it. They seemed like the real deal and kind of scary. This was about 'the streets'. What would Jello think?

36. Flipper - Generic 12" (1982)

Debut album by... nevermind, you wouldn't understand anyway.

37. Dayglo Abortions - Feed Us A Fetus 12" (1985)

The cover was a drawing of Ronald and Nancy Reagan with a plate in front of them with an bloody aborted fetus on it - ready to be eaten. What's more punk than that?

38. Crimpshrine - Quit Talkin' Claude 7" (1989)

The best of Gilman street bands. I consider this pop punk. If only Greenday sounded more like this...

39. FOD - Shatter Your Day 12" (1986)

Yes, the highest rated Boston Hardcore record on this list is FOD. Blasphemy.

40. Avengers - We Are The One 7" (1977)

Three of their best songs on one 7" slab of vinyl.

41. Swiz - self titled 12" (1988)

spurned ex of Dag Nasty replies with diatribe… I'll face you straight to hell.

42. Clash - London Calling 12" (1979)

I'm not the biggest Clash fan, but this one works.

43. Poison Idea - Kings of Punk 12" (1986)

The title of the record says it all.

44. Negative Approach - self titled 7" (1982)

This 10 song 7" has been voted best hardcore 7" by numerous entities. I don't have it that high, but I understand what they're talking about.

45. Ruts - The Crack 12" (1979)

Amazing debut record. Too bad the singer died and they went all reggae after this.

46. Antidote - Thou Shalt Not Kill 7" (1983)

Ahead of its time. Probably more of a blueprint for future NYHC than Victim in Pain by Agnostic Front.

47. Youth of Today - Break Down The Walls 12" (1986)

The record cover alone was groundbreaking. This was the first record cover I remember with a live action shot. I remember going to a record store and trying to find a good album just by how good the artwork was and how good the name was. I got some winners and I got some duds. After this record, you could walk into a record store, and if you saw a picture of muscly guys with real short hair (or shaved) screaming on stage… well, you weren't going to get some alternative jazz fusion when you put it on the turntable. How many record covers copied this formula.

48. Articles of Faith - What We Want Is Free 7" (1982)

Debut 7" of influential chicago hardcore band.

49. Sick of it All - Blood, Sweat, and No Tears 12" (1989)

Sick of it All are legends, and this is their best. What's not to like about it.

50. Slapshot - Back on the Map 12" (1986)

Boston Hardcore? More Oi! than hardcore. Only 7 songs, but it did really put Boston back on the map.

51. Misfits - Horror Business 7" (1979)

52. The Fartz - World Full Of Hate 12" (1982)

53. Naked Raygun - All Rise 12" (1985)

54. D.I. - Team Goon 12" (1983)

55. GG Allin & the Aids Brigade - Expose Yourself to Kids 7" (1988)

56. Bad Religion - Suffer 12" (1988)

57. Gang Green - Another Wasted Night 12" (1986)

58. Husker Du - Zen Arcade 12" (1984)

59. JFA - Blatant Localism 7" (1981)

60. Mentally Ill - Gacy's Place 7" (1979)

61. Judge - Bringin' It Down 12" (1989)

62. Bhopal Stiffs - E.P.A. 12" (1988)

63. Government Issue - The Fun Just Never Ends 12" (1985)

64. Adolescents - self titled 12" (1981)

65. Toxic Reasons - God Bless America 7" (1984)

66. SNFU - If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish 12" (1986)

67. Blitz - Voice of a Generation 12" (1982)

68. Fang - Landshark 12" (1982)

69. Subhumans (UK) - The Day The Country Died 12" (1983)

70. Operation Ivy - Hectic 7" (1988)

71. The 4-Skins - The Good, the Bad & the 4-Skins 12" (1982)

72. Corrosion of Conformity - Technocracy 12" (1987)

73. Underdog - The Vanishing Point 12" (1989)

74. Screeching Weasel - Boogadaboogadaboogada! 12" (1988)

75. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols 12" (1977)

76. Weirdos - We Got the Neutron Bomb 7" (1978)

77. Gray Matter - Take It Back 12" (1986)

78. Flipper - Love Canal 7" (1981)

79. TSOL - Dance With Me 12" (1981)

80. MDC - Multi Death Corporation 7" (1983)

81. Half Off - The Truth 12" (1987)

82. Damned - Damned Damned Damned 12" (1977)

83. American Standard - Wonderland 12" (1989)

84. Leatherface - Cherry Knowle 12" (1989)

85. Unity - You Are One 12" (1986)

86. Bl'ast - Power of Expression 12" (1986)

87. Buzzcocks - Spiral Scratch 12" (1977)

88. Subhumans (canada) - self titled 12" (1979)

89. Lemonheads - Hate Your Friends 12" (1987)

90. Attitude Adjustment - American Paranoia 12" (1986)

91. GISM - Detestation 12" (1984)

92. SS Decontrol - The Kids Will Have Their Say 12" (1982)

93. Chelsea - self titled 12" (1979)

94. Agent Orange - Living In Darkness 12" (1981)

95. GBH - City Baby Attacked By Rats 12" (1982)

96. Life Sentence - self titled 12" (1987)

97. Business - Suburban Rebels 12" (1983)

98. M.I.A. - Murder in a Foreign Place 12" (1984)

99. D.R.I. - Dirty Rotten EP 7" (1983)

100. BGK - Nothing Can Go Wrogn! 12" (1986)

The100 greatest Hardcore and Punk Records 31-40 (part 4)

Here are the rules I've given myself:

1. All these records had to be released as vinyl

2. Up to two albums by any one artist (rarely)

3. Released between 1976 and 1989

4. No compilations or collections of previously released songs - So No 'Flex your head' (a compilation), No Black Flag's 'The First Four Years' (a collection of previously released eps), No Agnostic Front's 'Live at CBGBs' (live records if more than half of the songs aren't unreleased at the time the record came out).

5. While I definitely give credit for being influential, it's a personal list of my taste. The Sex Pistol's Never Mind the Bollocks is very low on the list and there are no Ramones records on there. I know - blasphemy.

The Records:

31. 7 Seconds - Walk Together Rock Together 12" (1985)

Only 7 songs long. 5 of them are great, 99 red balloons for the girls, and a sort-of rap song.

32. Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster 12" (1983)

Not a dud on here. Whatever happened to these guys? I thought that they could of 'made it'.

33. Iron Cross - Skinhead Glory 7" (1982)

American skinhead classic. Crucified.

34. Warzone - Lower East Side Crew 7" (1987)

Tired of all the slick production these new bands like Fallout Boy have - well here's your answer. Why is this out of print?

35. Agnostic Front - Victim In Pain 12" (1984)

Recently reissued on bridge 9 records on vinyl with it's awesome original packaging. I remember seeing this when I was pretty young and I didn't know what to make of it. They seemed like the real deal and kind of scary. This was about 'the streets'. What would Jello think?

36. Flipper - Generic 12" (1982)

Debut album by... nevermind, you wouldn't understand anyway.

37. Dayglo Abortions - Feed Us A Fetus 12" (1985)

The cover was a drawing of Ronald and Nancy Reagan with a plate in front of them with an bloody aborted fetus on it - ready to be eaten. What's more punk than that?

38. Crimpshrine - Quit Talkin' Claude 7" (1989)

The best of Gilman street bands. I consider this pop punk. If only Greenday sounded more like this...

39. FOD - Shatter Your Day 12" (1986)

Yes, the highest rated Boston Hardcore record on this list is FOD. Blasphemy.

40. Avengers - We Are The One 7" (1977)

Three of their best songs on one 7" slab of vinyl.

The 100 greatest Hardcore and Punk Records 21-30 (part 3)

Here are the rules I've given myself:

1. All these records had to be released as vinyl

2. Up to two albums by any one artist (rarely)

3. Released between 1976 and 1989

4. No compilations or collections of previously released songs - So No 'Flex your head' (a compilation), No Black Flag's 'The First Four Years' (a collection of previously released eps), No Agnostic Front's 'Live at CBGBs' (live records if more than half of the songs aren't unreleased at the time the record came out).

5. While I definitely give credit for being influential, it's a personal list of my taste. The Sex Pistol's Never Mind the Bollocks is very low on the list and there are no Ramones records on there. I know - blasphemy.

The Records:

21. GG Allin & the Jabbers - Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be 12" (1980)

Already a sociopath and he was just getting started.

22. Uniform Choice - Screaming For Change 12" (1986)

Kind of started the wave of straight edge youth crew stuff of the late '80s. This record's so great you can look past the lyrics stolen from a greeting card and the spoken word piece.

23. Rollins Band - Life Time 12" (1987)

I can't decide if this record or Damaged is Henry Rollins' peak. Burned Beyond Recognition.

24. Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today 12" (1989)

Who doesn't love this record? If this had come out in 1995, they would of been bigger than Green Day.

25. Bruisers - Intimidation 7" (1989)

This 4 song 7" might be the best American oi! record ever released. Maybe the best oi! record period.

26. Youth Brigade - Sound and Fury 12" (original version) (1982)

Confusing release as they released a record of the same name a year later with some of the same songs re-recorded and some songs left off with some new songs put on. Even more confusing for people living in the digital age is that the original version has been re-released (sans 'Something's Gonna Change') as 'Out of Print' and the second version under the name 'Sink with California'. In either case, they're both good, but this is more raw and doesn't have some of the silly songs (a rap song, a parody sung to children) that plagued the second version.

27. Reagan Youth - Youth Anthems For The New Order 12" (1984)

Great packaging. Only 7 songs but nothing is missing. Fun Fact: The 1994 movie, Airheads stars a band called the Lone Rangers, played by Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, and Brendan Fraser, who take over a radio station to get their song played. Their song is their version of the Reagan Youth classic Degenerated.

28. Fear - The Record 12" (1982)

A classic. My favorite style of punk - the 'fuck you' kind.

29. Rich Kids on LSD - Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare 12" (1987)

Great album. I loved the comic book that came with it. Did I mention that packaging counts.

30. Dicks - Peace? 7" (1984)

The Dicks were awesome. This one has a theme - It's against war.