#1003 Green Day – American Idiot

Green Day is one of the bands that I used to listen to back in the day. American Idiot was their seventh studio album and of course I had it on MP3. Originally they were recording their next album Cigarettes and Valentines, but the master tapes were stolen so they decided to start over. Wise […]

#792 Rocket From The Crypt – Scream, Dracula, Scream!

I have never heard of early 90s punk band Rocket From The Crypt. I think punk was on a third wave or should we call it the materialism wave by this time. Punk was no longer underground. Bands like Green Day brought it out of the dark pubs into the mainstream radio. Yet, I have […]

#785 Green Day – dookie

Green Day‘s dookie came out in 1994; it was their first major label album. Fans were angry. They had become sellouts. “Punks do not join major record labels.” They became one of the the most successful bands in the USA. I liked them from the first time I heard them, but I did not realise […]

#770 Offspring – Smash

Of course I have heard of Offspring and their third album Smash, but I never actually heard the music. I had no idea that they were a punk band. The songs I liked the most were “Genocide” “Something to Believe In“, “Not the One“, and “What Happened to You?” One of the reviews from the […]

#487 X – Wild Gift

X started as a punk band in 1977. They had a couple of minor hits in the 80s, but they did not hit it big. Wild Gift is their second album. My only thought throughout the album was “is this punk?”. It does not sound like punk to me, at least not enjoyable punk. I found […]

#453 The Specials – Specials

The Specials debut album Specials was produced by Elvis Costello. The album is filled with Ska, reggae, 2 Tone, and elements of punk rock. I must admit that reggae is not a favourite genre of mine. I can only handle it in small doses. Hopefully, with a mixture of different styles of music it will […]

#424 X-Ray Spex – Germ-Free Adolescent

I have never heard of X-Ray Spex. Sometimes I like when I hear a band from the past, but sometimes things are better left unheard. I hope the album Germ-Free Adolescents is the former case. I know they are supposedly a punk band with a female lead. That could be disastrous. Oh wow! I hated this […]

#420 The Saints – Eternally Yours

The Saints‘s Eternally Yours is the second album from the band who came from a land down under. Oddly, I have never heard of them, but they are given a lot of credit for punk outside of the U.S.A. This album had more of a R&B-driven sound and according to the band it confused people. […]

#404 The Adverts – Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts

Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts is the first album from English punk band The Adverts. They had one of the first female punk icons Gaye Advert. I think they had it correct when they wrote a song called “One Chord Wonders“. The music in the first two songs sounds almost exactly the same to me. The […]

#343 Patti Smith – Horses

Patti Smith‘s Horses is the only appearance of the female punker on the list. This is her debut album. I do know a song by her “Because the Night” which was co-written by Bruce Springsteen. It is on her third album Easter. This album, I have never heard any of the songs until today. Her […]