Though it featured some of the scene’s major bands (The Dicks, Dead Kennedys, D.O.A., Crass and even Butthole Surfers, whose content rarely reflected their politics), - P.E.A.C.E. stood for “Peace, Energy, Action, Cooperation, Evolution.” The cast compiled showed the international scope of left-wing punk/hardcore, with over 50 bands from across the globe spread across two LPs. Benefit CompilationĪssembled by MDC’s Dave Dictor and the staff of left-leaning punk zine Maximum RockNoll, P.E.A.C.E.
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punk primer, with a title track from Iggy Pop, plus modern classics from Black Flag (“TV Party”), Fear (“Let’s Have A War”), Suicidal Tendencies ( “Institutionalized”) and the Circle Jerks turning in a hilarious lounge parody of their own, “When The Shit Hits The Fan.” It became a staple of any trashed-out ‘’80s punk house or apartment. Cox curated a soundtrack that served as an incredible U.S. Wacky high jinks ensue involving radioactive isotopes, aliens and the U.S. Repo Man starred Emilio Estevez as angry suburban punk rocker Otto, who falls into a job as an automobile repossession agent trained by crusty vet Harry Dean Stanton. This was the opening salvo of an incredible filmography for indie director Alex Cox. Two compilation albums made it onto our best punk albums of 1984 list. Read more: The 15 punk albums of 1978 that still rock today Various – Repo Man soundtrack Teaming up with early producers Ed Stasium and Tommy “Ramone” Erdelyi (their original drummer) and installing new drummer Richie, Joey and Dee Dee provided some of their toughest material, such as “Wart Hog” and “Mama’s Boy.” It turned out serious Ramones was great Ramones. Hardcore must have made them feel redundant. Their last three albums saw them teamed with ill-fitting producers (Phil Spector, 10cc’s Graham Gouldman), a desperate drive for radio hits now motivating proceedings. The band who defined punk to the world early on appeared increasingly irrelevant through the ’80s. Read more: These 15 punk albums from 1982 continue to bring the fire to this day Ramones – Too Tough To Die And HC outfits across the world wondered if metal was now an option. That and the band having grown their hair long before embarking on My War ‘s accompanying tour puzzled the fuck outta Mohican youth, who could no longer slam to molten jams such as “Scream.” But the title track was as punk as anything Black Flag had ever released. So they worked on material with new drummer Chuck Biscuits (ex-D.O.A.), emphasizing the heavy-metal/free-jazz influences emergent on Damaged. Black Flag – My WarĪ legal dispute with Unicorn Records kept Black Flag from releasing anything for over two years. Since this writer can’t find locate Stinson-era live footage of “I Will Dare,” here’s some nice ‘n’ raw live audio with a great pic of Bob in a mini-skirt. Who else pens lines such as, “How do you say I miss you/To an answering machine?” Or the dare of a hook from “Unsatisfied”: “Look me in the eye/Then tell me that I’m satisfied…” Lead guitarist Bob Stinson, his teenage brother Tommy on bass and drummer Chris Mars supplied more rock ’n’ roll swagger than the entire hardcore scene could muster.
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Paul Westerberg wrote possibly the best songs of this (or any) time in “Answering Machine,” full of emotional, lyrical depth. Read more: These 15 punk albums from 1981 have some of the year’s best music The Replacements – Let It BeĮvery Replacements release was going from strength to strength, as was seemingly every record-of-the-day originating from Minneapolis. Some of Minutemen’s most deathless music is spread across these sides, such as the Jackass theme song “Corona” and the autobiographical “History Lesson Part 2.” CD and digital streams miss key tracks (“Little Man With A Gun In His Hand”), but this is still Minutemen’s definitive work. There’s no coherent storyline-just 45 songs in 81 minutes, recorded with new producer Ethan James. Meanwhile, San Pedro, California’s punk-funk unit Minutemen decided they’d get a double album, too. It encompassed psychedelia, folk, ’60s jangle pop and hardcore. Now came this double-album narrative of a troubled teen leaving an abusive home, joining the military, finding love, losing her to drugs and then discovering it’s all a dream. Witness guitarist/vocalist Bob Mould’s title track to the previous LP Everything Falls Apart and drummer/vocalist Grant Hart’s “Diane” on Zen’ s EP antecedent Metal Circus.
Hüsker Dü’s 1983 already was jangly and melodic without sacrificing punkiness. Starting off the best punk albums of 1984 list is the world’s first punk opera, 20 years before Green Day‘s American Idiot.