One of many issues in searching for a consensus on the best punk album ever is that if you happen to ask ten rock followers for his or her definition of punk rock you will get ten completely different solutions.
To some purists, ‘punk’ begins and ends with England’s Class of ’77 – The Damned, The Conflict, The Intercourse Pistols, Buzzcocks – whereas others argue that the true spirit of punk rock existed earlier on the opposite facet of the Atlantic with The Stooges, MC5, Ramones and the New York Dolls, all subsequent bands being merely a dilution of the unique sound.
There are additionally these – and this can be an age-related argument, admittedly – who will establish punk’s most interesting hour because the early-to-mid ’90s with the emergence of Inexperienced Day, Rancid, NOFX, The Offspring, and SoCal scene elders Dangerous Faith, whereas for one more (youthful) era, it is Blink-182, Sum 41 and Paramore who’re held up as scene gods.
An older era, nonetheless, might sneer at these upstarts, and cite Black Flag, Germs, Minor Menace, Useless Kennedys, DOA and their hardcore brethren because the important punk rebels, with the definitive releases. Or you might preserve that the influential Sub Pop, or Dischord, or SST, or Contact & Go labels launched the style’s most important information, by way of artists equivalent to Massive Black, Nation of Ulysses, Bikini Kill or Minutemen.
Personally, I do know individuals who’d argue till their dying breath that The Crack by The Ruts, or Stiff Little Fingers’ Inflammable Materials, or the primary, self-titled Killing Joke album are the best punk information you will ever hear. However… have these individuals heard Randy The Band or Blood Guts & Pussy, or The Form Of Punk To Come or Leisure earlier than selecting these hills to die on? Perhaps, perhaps not.
Not straightforward, is it?
So that is the place you are available in. Kindly inform us within the feedback under what YOU assume is the best punk document ever, and why.
