Here are the rules I've given myself:
21. GG Allin & the Jabbers - Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be 12" (1980)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:
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.
2 comments:
Reagan Youth. good one. Youth Brigade is high up on my list as well. How could they take "Violence" off for the re-release...and how could they think they could rap?
I think they wanted to be more positive for the re-release. They took all songs that pertained to being violent such as 'full force' and (of course) 'violence'. Just my theory.
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