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sketchyjoe · 03-24-2005, 05:40 PM

51.The Germs - (MIA)
A very average punk album from a very average punk band that has been elevated to the realms of greatness because they're singer was a stupid junkie who OD'd by whining Sid-Vicious idolising, death-worshipping morbidly obsessed stupid 14 year olds like Fat Mike.

52.Propagandhi - Less Talk, More Rock
"Less Talk, More Rock" is a more feeble attempt compared to their first "How To Clean Everything" in 1993. Propagandhi however proves their progressive thrash with their melodic, fast, and quick witted songs. Although it's their weakest album it is still a very quality album and Propagandhi conveys their message through the same way as their other albums. Songs like "Refusing To Be A Man" and "Anchorless" keep the songs varied and have a slower beat to them. Truly a classic album but not as well done as the others they released.

53.Subhumans - The Day The Country Died
"And it all went quiet in the city."- Subhumans - Subvert City. That is how more or less the action a human takes after hearing this album. The Day The Country Died is a blast of intelligent lyrics, fast music, and unrelenting energy. The album never lets up. From the end of "All Gone Dead" when you hear the chants of 'It is fucking war!' to the ambience closing out the record, the album is just a brutal shot in the face for punk music. Combining amazing anarcho lyrics and incredibly catchy instrumental melodies, The Day The Country Died is sure to live on forever as one of, if not the, essential anarcho release.

54.Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat
Over a decade on from they're brilliant debut Mommy's Little Monster, Social D proved that bands don't always deteriorate with age. Well produced, some say too well produced, this album retained the band's original punk ethic and hard-rocking spirit. Tight and muscular, this album is definitely worth the effort.

55.The Filaments - What's Next
This is the second full length by this band and you can easily see a change of their sound. While the first album was absolutely street punk with a hard sound and just with some (not very abundant) horns, this second album is street punk too but not so rough, more varied, carefully well produced and with an ska approach. This is a good album to start listening to them and then to move to their other songs. This album has much more horns than the first, the songs are catchier and it is, in my opinion, more original and their finest album. I absolutely recommend it to fans of ska, ska-core, street punk and punk in general because I think all of you can like it. Certainly a great record. I suggest you to listen to these songs: Western double standards, Bastard Coppers, B.P.C.

56.The Damned - Damned, Damned, Damned
The debut from the grandfathers of UK punk rock was one of the most influential punk albums. The album art alone shows what these guys are all about: just fucking around and doing what they want.. Its an amazing album that helped define the early years of punk along with Ramones and the Sex Pistols. The album opens with the classic Neat Neat Neat, easily one of the best punk songs of the era. The cd has a good mix of faster paced and more mellow songs such as Feel The Pain. After this album and its follow up (Music For Pleasure) their sound mellowed and after that The Damned would slowly step away from punk into more goth rock type music.

57.Social Distortion - mommys little monster
Long overdue, Social Distortion's debut release, Mommy's Little Monster, is a powerhouse of punk-influenced rock and roll. The band was around for just about four years before releasing this album. The majority of bands around at the same time didn't even survive that long. But pretty much every owner of this album surely knows that it was definitely worth the wait. The album is pure gold from start to finish. Like nothing else at the time, the band managed to combine punk and rock & roll perfectly. Many others have tried to imitate, but no one can come close to the sheer brilliance in which this band combined the two genres in Mommy's Little Monster. Featuring punk rock anthems like "Anti-Fashion" and "Mommy's Little Monster", this album shaped the band to be one of the premier forces in punk history

58.Descendents - Milo Goes to College
The album that helped set the blueprint for the pop-punk genre. The Descendent created a furiously fast album featuring lyrics that mattered to them and fronted by the titular Milo, this album made simple lyrics mean something while retaining a stupid sense of humour. Songs like Parents, Suburban Home and I'm Not A Punk really connected with it's teenage audience who felt confused in a modern America. This album is undoubtedly a classic and essential for anyone who listens to pop-punk.

59.Buzzcocks - Singles going steady
Releasing a album packed full of the band's catchiest singles is ideal, but challenging for a band like The Buzzcocks. Ideal for the reason that the Buzzcocks made some of the single most coolest, catchiest, and infectious tunes of their time. Challenging for the reason that it couldn't have been an easy task choosing only 16 tracks and knowing that so many others were left out. However, the songs were apparently well-chosen. Singles Going Steady was the result of the choosing, and has become arguably the best Buzzcocks release. It is certainly one of the most popular. From the simple Ramones-esque songs like "Orgasm Addict" to the slightly more complex and technical "Ever Fallen In Love?" The Buzzcocks compiled songs that will be stuck in your head for the rest of your life into one disc.

60.Fear - The Record
Fear were obnoxious and loud and they didn't care. The debut classic, The Record introduced their blues-influenced punk sound with catchy-music and sublime lyrics that range from the pointless (Beef Baloney) to political (Let's Have A War) to the brilliantly offensive (New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones), Fear typified the in your face punk attitude perhaps better than any other band and The Record was their best album by far. Fronted by Lee Ving, some say fear's party-oriented ethic betrayed the point of punk but how can you resist the album that told us that 'New York's alright if you've got Tuberculosis', if you want to get pumped up and laugh with some classic 80s hardcore punk, The Record is the record you want.

03-24-2005, 05:40 PM	#6
sketchyjoe GREAT GOOGA-MOOGA! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Desolation Row, London Posts: 16,271	51.The Germs - (MIA) A very average punk album from a very average punk band that has been elevated to the realms of greatness because they're singer was a stupid junkie who OD'd by whining Sid-Vicious idolising, death-worshipping morbidly obsessed stupid 14 year olds like Fat Mike. 52.Propagandhi - Less Talk, More Rock "Less Talk, More Rock" is a more feeble attempt compared to their first "How To Clean Everything" in 1993. Propagandhi however proves their progressive thrash with their melodic, fast, and quick witted songs. Although it's their weakest album it is still a very quality album and Propagandhi conveys their message through the same way as their other albums. Songs like "Refusing To Be A Man" and "Anchorless" keep the songs varied and have a slower beat to them. Truly a classic album but not as well done as the others they released. 53.Subhumans - The Day The Country Died "And it all went quiet in the city."- Subhumans - Subvert City. That is how more or less the action a human takes after hearing this album. The Day The Country Died is a blast of intelligent lyrics, fast music, and unrelenting energy. The album never lets up. From the end of "All Gone Dead" when you hear the chants of 'It is fucking war!' to the ambience closing out the record, the album is just a brutal shot in the face for punk music. Combining amazing anarcho lyrics and incredibly catchy instrumental melodies, The Day The Country Died is sure to live on forever as one of, if not the, essential anarcho release. 54.Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat Over a decade on from they're brilliant debut Mommy's Little Monster, Social D proved that bands don't always deteriorate with age. Well produced, some say too well produced, this album retained the band's original punk ethic and hard-rocking spirit. Tight and muscular, this album is definitely worth the effort. 55.The Filaments - What's Next This is the second full length by this band and you can easily see a change of their sound. While the first album was absolutely street punk with a hard sound and just with some (not very abundant) horns, this second album is street punk too but not so rough, more varied, carefully well produced and with an ska approach. This is a good album to start listening to them and then to move to their other songs. This album has much more horns than the first, the songs are catchier and it is, in my opinion, more original and their finest album. I absolutely recommend it to fans of ska, ska-core, street punk and punk in general because I think all of you can like it. Certainly a great record. I suggest you to listen to these songs: Western double standards, Bastard Coppers, B.P.C. 56.The Damned - Damned, Damned, Damned The debut from the grandfathers of UK punk rock was one of the most influential punk albums. The album art alone shows what these guys are all about: just fucking around and doing what they want.. Its an amazing album that helped define the early years of punk along with Ramones and the Sex Pistols. The album opens with the classic Neat Neat Neat, easily one of the best punk songs of the era. The cd has a good mix of faster paced and more mellow songs such as Feel The Pain. After this album and its follow up (Music For Pleasure) their sound mellowed and after that The Damned would slowly step away from punk into more goth rock type music. 57.Social Distortion - mommys little monster Long overdue, Social Distortion's debut release, Mommy's Little Monster, is a powerhouse of punk-influenced rock and roll. The band was around for just about four years before releasing this album. The majority of bands around at the same time didn't even survive that long. But pretty much every owner of this album surely knows that it was definitely worth the wait. The album is pure gold from start to finish. Like nothing else at the time, the band managed to combine punk and rock & roll perfectly. Many others have tried to imitate, but no one can come close to the sheer brilliance in which this band combined the two genres in Mommy's Little Monster. Featuring punk rock anthems like "Anti-Fashion" and "Mommy's Little Monster", this album shaped the band to be one of the premier forces in punk history 58.Descendents - Milo Goes to College The album that helped set the blueprint for the pop-punk genre. The Descendent created a furiously fast album featuring lyrics that mattered to them and fronted by the titular Milo, this album made simple lyrics mean something while retaining a stupid sense of humour. Songs like Parents, Suburban Home and I'm Not A Punk really connected with it's teenage audience who felt confused in a modern America. This album is undoubtedly a classic and essential for anyone who listens to pop-punk. 59.Buzzcocks - Singles going steady Releasing a album packed full of the band's catchiest singles is ideal, but challenging for a band like The Buzzcocks. Ideal for the reason that the Buzzcocks made some of the single most coolest, catchiest, and infectious tunes of their time. Challenging for the reason that it couldn't have been an easy task choosing only 16 tracks and knowing that so many others were left out. However, the songs were apparently well-chosen. Singles Going Steady was the result of the choosing, and has become arguably the best Buzzcocks release. It is certainly one of the most popular. From the simple Ramones-esque songs like "Orgasm Addict" to the slightly more complex and technical "Ever Fallen In Love?" The Buzzcocks compiled songs that will be stuck in your head for the rest of your life into one disc. 60.Fear - The Record Fear were obnoxious and loud and they didn't care. The debut classic, The Record introduced their blues-influenced punk sound with catchy-music and sublime lyrics that range from the pointless (Beef Baloney) to political (Let's Have A War) to the brilliantly offensive (New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones), Fear typified the in your face punk attitude perhaps better than any other band and The Record was their best album by far. Fronted by Lee Ving, some say fear's party-oriented ethic betrayed the point of punk but how can you resist the album that told us that 'New York's alright if you've got Tuberculosis', if you want to get pumped up and laugh with some classic 80s hardcore punk, The Record is the record you want. Last edited by sketchyjoe; 03-24-2005 at 06:00 PM.