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The Crack

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by: Ruts

Release Date July 09, 1990
This album goes down as one of my all time greats and I am amazed at how little attention it gets. It's packed full of awsome tracks like "Dope for Guns" and "Somethin' that I said" and of course Babylon's burning. Full of raw punk energy with a good layer of reggae inspired rhythm. It captures the ambience of the times with songs like SUS and Jah Wars.
I was lucky enough to be in the crowd at the Marquee when the last tracks were recorded. What a night and what a band. They would wipe the floor with most of todays offerings.

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Twice Upon a Time

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by: Siouxsie & The Banshees

Release Date March 07, 1995
Siouxsie and the Banshees were always one of the most enigmatic bands to come out of the punk movement. They were about the last of the London bands to get a record deal, and they only really stayed with the punk theme for the first 2 albums.

This isn't quite the classic that 'Once Upon a Time' was, but it still has some great tracks on it. From the shoe-staring deliberate 'Melt' through the studio-perfect 'Cities in Dust' and on to the fantastic dance-beats of 'Kiss them for Me' this album shows a band evolving at a rate that few others could match.

There are a couple of down points though, like the over-orchestrated 'Dazzle' and a couple of other weak tracks, but overall a damn-good album.

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Hanx

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by: Stiff Little Fingers

Release Date October 22, 2001
I'm only just getting into punk music i have albums by the ramones 7 the clash(well i borrowed them). I have been into music for 3 years now, and i have mainly been into the heavy metal scene. My dad really likes this band and i borrowed this album of him, and i must say this is a realy good live album. The atmosphere is brilliant, and the band clearly love what they do. The bonus interview is very interesting mainly for the fans. The songs are performed really well, i love the drummer on this album. I havnt heard them in studio as this is the only album i have by stiff little Finger i must start collecting them. This is a brilliant start to this band. The songs are memorable, the production for a live album is really good. So yes this is a ... Read More:

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Beat Surrender

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by: The Jam

Release Date May 18, 1993
I bought this as a gift and the person I bought it for absolutley loves it and tells me I need to get my own copy!

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Leave Home: Remastered and Expanded

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by: Ramones

Release Date June 25, 2001
First of all: how amazing are these Rhino reissues of the Ramones' albums? I mean this one has more bonus tracks than original album tracks! Fantastic value, as the Ramones' albums on their own were very short. These reissues use the original album covers, come in slipcases, and the booklets all contain lots of contemporary pictures of the band, and excellent new sleevenotes (by different people for each album), and also print the lyrics! They're the best!

The bonus tracks on this album are a (complete, I assume) Ramones live performance at the ROXY from December 1976, with songs from the (fantastic) first album as well as from the second album itself. Joey introduces most songs with such comments as "This is for all you salsa fans" ... Read More:

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Damned Damned Damned

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by: The Damned

Release Date February 26, 2008
I'm old enough to remember the raw excitement of this album when it first hit the stores and it still feels as fresh more than 30 years on. The "wall of sound" generated by Scabies thrashing the drums for all he's worth, Sensible's hyperactive bass work and James's turbo-charged guitar is the perfect backdrop for Vanian's vampire-on-speed vocals. It documents one of punk's finest moments, but more than anything else is a classic slice of rock 'n roll. The original vinyl sported the enigmatic phrase "Made to be played loud at low volume." My advice is, play it loud and jump around. If this doesn't get you moving, you're deader than un-dead.

CD-Charts Position 77
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The Las Vegas Story

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by: The Gun Club

Release Date October 18, 2004
The Gun Club's `The Las Vegas Story' is one of my favourite albums from the 1980s- I have been gutted since my lovely tape copy (with bonus track Secret Fires) fell apart a few years ago.


The Gun Club had already been through a few incarnations, their late great leader Jeffrey Lee Pierce present and correct. Following the classic `Fire of Love', `Miami', and `Death Party' releases the band settled down with the classic union between Pierce and guitarist Kid Congo Powers. Powers had been in an earlier version of the Gun Club known as Creeping Ritual and had been taught to play by Pierce, co-writing `For the Love of Ivy' on `Fire of Love' prior to Powers joining the Cramps for the classic `Psychedelic Jungle' & `Smell of Female' ... Read More:

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2nd Album

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by: Suicide

Release Date October 01, 1999
Are Suicide in fashion again?- I forget. Here Blast First follow up the deluxe double cd issue of Suicide's debut with its follow-up.

The second bonus disc is of interest- recorded in Suicide's formative years at the Musuem for Living Artists in 1975. It's proof that bands aren't always brilliant straight away- but on these First Rehearsal Tapes are found the roots of Suicide. The opening Speedqueen relates as much to the DIY-production common to Lee'Scratch'Perry's work in the 70s (see The Upsetter's Bird in Hand to contrast the percussive sound). Suicide's themes and sound are becoming apparent- a world where Alan Vega croons Sci-Fi inflections like a 21st Century Elvis, while Martin Rev stirs up a minimal maelstrom behind him. Suicide beat ... Read More:

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Spunk

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by: Sex Pistols

Release Date February 26, 2008
If you're after THE album to own as a Classic either of The Pistol's themselves, or Punk music as an era in our rock history, then look no further than this.
Down here in what many would regard as 'sleepy old Dorset,' we were as on the ball in 1977 as the rest of the UK with this album. Word went around about the bootleg record stall at Wimborne Market having copies of 'Spunk,' so nipping out from work 5 minutes early one lunch hour on market day to get one was the order of the day.
The sleeve notes in the booklet with this 'official' CD release say it was going for a fiver, but the stall-holder at the market sold his for a tenner, and with the buzz going around about it, it was the 'must-have' LP of the day and if he'd asked fifteen you'd have ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 80
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New Boots and Panties [2CD Deluxe Edition]

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by: Ian Dury

Release Date September 27, 2004
Suddenly, amongst the maelstrom of punk's legion of anti-heroes emerged Ian Dury, part Fagin, part music hall master of ceremonies, part Oliver Reed at his most young and menacing. Backed by a band of peerless musicians, his tongue-in-cheek lyrics sat well against a wonderfully understated bass and drum backing, with the odd parping saxophone thrown in for good measure. The tracks follow each other thick and fast, from the humour of "Wake Up And Make Love With Me", the barnstorming rock of "Sweet Gene Vincent", the touching sentiment of "My Old Man", the vaudeville of "Billericay Dickie" and "Clevor Trever" (sic) to the quasi-punk pastiche of "Blockheads". This album is a triumph.

Also included are the marvellous (and underrrated) single "What A ... Read More: