Nicholas Pellįresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (1980)
All of this pointed toward the shape of hardcore to come. It's also four phenomenal young musicians, growing from high school angst ("Guilty of Being White") into more nuanced, and indeed mournful material ("Cashing In" and "Salad Days"). The 45-minute discography isn't just a blaze of white-hot hate - though there is plenty of that (see "Filler," "I Don't Wanna Hear It" and "In My Eyes"). Those who weren't into The Sex Pistols, or weren't quite satisfied by groups like the Dead Kennedys, The Ramones or Sham 69, were often able to find what they were looking for in Minor Threat. But on standouts like "Anarchy in the U.K." and "God Save the Queen," Bollocks' true refrains are anti-establishment cynicism and sarcasm widely welcomed in the class-ridden Britain that spawned it. The Pistols' sole studio full-length is a mid-tempo rock record distinguished by belligerent, vitriolic hooks and Johnny Rotten's tremulous sneer. Though not Britain's first punk album (The Damned's Damned Damned Damned appeared eight months earlier), Never Mind the Bollocks was the one that gatecrashed the nation's mainstream, debuting at number one despite being banned by major retailers. With each listen, you're 15 again, fist clenched and smiling. Suffer signaled a shift toward melody for Bad Religion and laid the groundwork for everything that the group (and a generation of lesser skate-punk acolytes) would ever write: oohs-and-ahhs, PSAT vocabulary words, and that forbidden beat. "I make a difference, too," sings Greg Graffin in the last line of opener "You Are the Government." It's easy to imagine the words shouted by the kid on the cover art, raising his fist in enflamed rejection - of Christianity, of Southern California, of suburbia. Even the ballads that the studio forced Iggy to put on the record (like "Gimme Danger") exude strains of the dark emotional menace that would follow. This album is so punk that it would still terrify your mom a little bit if she just saw the album sleeve sitting on your coffee table, what with its ghost-like, shirtless Iggy Pop in face makeup. Never mind that the record was mixed like a high school basement tape by David Bowie, or that it was recorded as catharsis for the band's cresting drug-induced nightmare. Those who say The Stooges' Raw Power is not really punk should shut it. For the first time, the establishment had to recognize the genre as a voice for social change. The Clash was a major turning point for punk. Enter three lads from London, who managed to channel the collective anxiety of the country's disenchanted youth, courtesy of Joe Strummer's madder-than-hell, politically charged lyrics and Mick Jones' machine gun guitar riffs. The economy was in the pits and the outlook was bleak. Singer Glenn Danzig, whose voice is the most masculine in all of punk rock, compiled and edited this collection of songs from several different performances and recording sessions, stitching together The Misfits' strongest and spookiest record. That these shout-alongs deal exclusively in B-movie guts and gore is an added bonus.
The Misfits' first official full length consists of pummeling hardcore couched in the melodic style of late '50's and early '60s rock 'n roll. And for those of you wondering, yes, Milo did go to college.
Don't let the rapidfire 15 songs in just over 22 minutes fool you, Milo Goes To College's vulnerable (if occasionally snotty) lyrics courtesy of Milo Aukerman and its riffs at times feel like all-out assault. Southern California has proven exceptionally fertile ground for punk rock music, and one of our finest moments came with the debut of South Bay maniacs The Descendents. I hope you enjoy this collection and I will be releasing further collections in the near future. Regardless of any album rankings.these are truly MUST OWN albums for anyone interested in Punk. The included are considered by many to be some of the top essential Punk albums of all time.