Rolling Stone have put together a list of the Top 40 Punk Albums. No London Calling, but Enema of the State? I knew I was an absolute punk.
Punk rock started in 1976 on New York’s Bowery, when four cretins from Queens came up with a mutant strain of blitzkrieg bubblegum. The revolution they inspired split the history of rock & roll in half. But even if punk rock began as a kind of negation — a call to stark, brutal simplicity — its musical variety and transforming emotional power was immediate and remains staggering. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Ramones’ toweringly influential self-titled debut, we’ve compiled a list of the 40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time.
- Ramones – Ramones
- The Clash – The Clash
- Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols
- The Stooges – Funhouse
- Gang of Four – Entertainment!
- Wire – Pink Flag
- Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
- Black Flag – Damaged
- X – Los Angeles
- Nirvana – Nevermind
- The Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady
- Patti Smith – Horses
- Hüsker Dü – Zen Arcade
- Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
- New York Dolls – New York Dolls
- Descendents – Milo Goes to College
- Television – Marquee Moon
- Green Day – Dookie
- Bad Brains – Bad Brains
- X-Ray Spex – Germfree Adolescents