Please feel free to post what you consider to be great punk songs in this topic, and by “punk songs” use your imagination, having in mind what MOJO magazine offered in 2005 as “Mojo’s 50 Greatest US Punk Tracks”:
*1955 – 1967 – Prehistoric Punks
1) The Phantom – Love Me (1958)
2) Gene Maltais – The Raging Sea (1959)
3) Link Wray – Jack the Ripper (1961)
4) The Trashmen – Surfin’ Bird (1963)
5) The Kingsmen – Louie Louie (1963)
6) Hasil Adkins – She Said (1964)
7) The Sonics – Psycho (1965)
8) Randy Alvey and the Green Fuz – Green Fuz (1966)
9) The Seeds – Pushin’ Too Hard (1966)
10) The Count Five – Psychotic Reaction (1966)
11) The 13th Floor Elevators – You’re Gonna Miss Me (1966)
12) Love – 7 and 7 Ls (1966)
13) The Velvet Underground – Sister Ray (1967)*
Further Listening:
Outcasts – 1523 Blair
Swamp Rats – Louie Louie
? and the Mysterians – 96 Tears
The Music Machine – Talk Talk
Sons of Adam – Baby Show the World
The Standells – Dirty Water
Nobody’s Children – Good Times
Zakary Thaks – Bad Girls
The Other Half – Mr. Pharmacist
Rocky and Riddlers – Flash and Crash
Bobby Fuller Four – I Fought the Law
The Monks – I Hate You
*1968 – 1978 – Down on the Street
14) The Stooges – 1969 (1969)
15) MC5 – Kick Out the Jams (1969)
16) New York Dolls – Personality Crisis (1973)
17) The Dictators – The Next Big Thing (1975)
18) Television – Little Johnny Jewel (1975)
19) The Electric Eels – Agitated (1975)
20) Patti Smith – Gloria (1976)
21) The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop (1976)
22) The Germs – Forming ( 1977)
23) The Dead Boys – Sonic Reducer (1977)
24) The Misfits – Attitude (1978)
25) Devo – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (1978)*
Further Listening:
Flamin’ Groovies – Teenage Head
Jonathan Richman – Road Runner
Rocket from the Tombs – Ain’t It Fun
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers – Chinese Rocks
X – We’re Desperate
The Eyes – Don’t Talk to Me
The Weirdos – Destroy All Music
Pere Ubu – 30 Seconds over Tokyo
Jayne County – If You Don’t Want to Fuck Me, Fuck Off
The Zeros – Wild Weekend
Dils – I Hate the Rich
Suicide – Ghost Rider
Crime – Hotwire My Heart
*1978 – 1983 – Going Underground
26) Black Flag – Nervous Breakdown (1978)
27) The Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles (1979)
28) The Dickies – Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song) (1979)
29) The Bad Brains – Pay to Cum (1980)
30) The Adolescents – Amoeba (1980)
31) The Cramps – Garbage Man (1980)
32) The Gun Club – She’s Like Heroin to Me (1981)
33) Minor Threat – I Don’t Wanna Hear It (1981)
34) Flipper – Sex Bomb (1982)
35) The Descendents – I’m Not a Loser (1982)
36) Fear – Let’s Have a War (1982)
37) Husker Du – Everything Falls Apart (1983)*
Further Listening:
The Plugz – La Bamba
The Skulls – Builfding Models
The Dicks – Hate the Police
Geza X – Mean Mr Mommy Man
Rik L Rick with Negative Trend – Mercenaries
TSOL – Abolish Government
Black Randy and the Metro Squad – I Slept in an Arcade
The Circle Jerks – Group Sex
The Big Boys – TV
Social Distortion – Another State of Mind
Suicidal Tendencies – Institutionalized
*1984 – 2005 – Every Loser Wins
38) Agnostic Front – Your Mistake (1986)
39) Minutemen – Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing (1984)
40) Sonic Youth – Death Valley’69 (1985)
41) The Lemonheads – Second Chance (1987)
42) Bad Religion – You Are (the Government) (1988)
43) Mudhoney – Touch Me I’m Sick (1988)
44) Nirvana – Sliver (1990)
45) NOFX – Don’t Call Me White (1992)
46) Green Day – Basket Case (1994)
47) The Offspring – Come Out and Play (1994)
48) At the Drive-In – One Armed Scissor (2000)
49) The White Stripes – Fell in Love with a Girl (2001)
50) The Blood Brothers – Cecilia and the Silhouette Saloon (2003)*
Further Listening:
Big Black – Kerosene
Butthole Surfers – Lady Sniff
Pussy Galore – Pretty Fuck Look
Scratch Acid – Mary Had a Little Drug Problem
Youth of Today – No More
Fugazi – Margin Walker
The Jesus Lizard – Gladiator
Bikini Kill – Rebel Girl
Rancid – Time Bomb
The Bronx – White Tar
Hot Snakes – Brain Trust
Sleater Kinney – Entertain
Starting the thread with a song not from USA, but from USSR :D :
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Please feel free to post what you consider to be great punk songs in this topic, and by “punk songs” use your imagination, having in mind what MOJO magazine offered in 2005 as “Mojo’s 50 Greatest US Punk Tracks”:
*1955 – 1967 – Prehistoric Punks
1) The Phantom – Love Me (1958)
2) Gene Maltais – The Raging Sea (1959)
3) Link Wray – Jack the Ripper (1961)
4) The Trashmen – Surfin’ Bird (1963)
5) The Kingsmen – Louie Louie (1963)
6) Hasil Adkins – She Said (1964)
7) The Sonics – Psycho (1965)
8) Randy Alvey and the Green Fuz – Green Fuz (1966)
9) The Seeds – Pushin’ Too Hard (1966)
10) The Count Five – Psychotic Reaction (1966)
11) The 13th Floor Elevators – You’re Gonna Miss Me (1966)
12) Love – 7 and 7 Ls (1966)
13) The Velvet Underground – Sister Ray (1967)*
Further Listening:
Outcasts – 1523 Blair
Swamp Rats – Louie Louie
? and the Mysterians – 96 Tears
The Music Machine – Talk Talk
Sons of Adam – Baby Show the World
The Standells – Dirty Water
Nobody’s Children – Good Times
Zakary Thaks – Bad Girls
The Other Half – Mr. Pharmacist
Rocky and Riddlers – Flash and Crash
Bobby Fuller Four – I Fought the Law
The Monks – I Hate You
*1968 – 1978 – Down on the Street
14) The Stooges – 1969 (1969)
15) MC5 – Kick Out the Jams (1969)
16) New York Dolls – Personality Crisis (1973)
17) The Dictators – The Next Big Thing (1975)
18) Television – Little Johnny Jewel (1975)
19) The Electric Eels – Agitated (1975)
20) Patti Smith – Gloria (1976)
21) The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop (1976)
22) The Germs – Forming ( 1977)
23) The Dead Boys – Sonic Reducer (1977)
24) The Misfits – Attitude (1978)
25) Devo – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (1978)*
Further Listening:
Flamin’ Groovies – Teenage Head
Jonathan Richman – Road Runner
Rocket from the Tombs – Ain’t It Fun
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers – Chinese Rocks
X – We’re Desperate
The Eyes – Don’t Talk to Me
The Weirdos – Destroy All Music
Pere Ubu – 30 Seconds over Tokyo
Jayne County – If You Don’t Want to Fuck Me, Fuck Off
The Zeros – Wild Weekend
Dils – I Hate the Rich
Suicide – Ghost Rider
Crime – Hotwire My Heart
*1978 – 1983 – Going Underground
26) Black Flag – Nervous Breakdown (1978)
27) The Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles (1979)
28) The Dickies – Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song) (1979)
29) The Bad Brains – Pay to Cum (1980)
30) The Adolescents – Amoeba (1980)
31) The Cramps – Garbage Man (1980)
32) The Gun Club – She’s Like Heroin to Me (1981)
33) Minor Threat – I Don’t Wanna Hear It (1981)
34) Flipper – Sex Bomb (1982)
35) The Descendents – I’m Not a Loser (1982)
36) Fear – Let’s Have a War (1982)
37) Husker Du – Everything Falls Apart (1983)*
Further Listening:
The Plugz – La Bamba
The Skulls – Builfding Models
The Dicks – Hate the Police
Geza X – Mean Mr Mommy Man
Rik L Rick with Negative Trend – Mercenaries
TSOL – Abolish Government
Black Randy and the Metro Squad – I Slept in an Arcade
The Circle Jerks – Group Sex
The Big Boys – TV
Social Distortion – Another State of Mind
Suicidal Tendencies – Institutionalized
*1984 – 2005 – Every Loser Wins
38) Agnostic Front – Your Mistake (1986)
39) Minutemen – Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing (1984)
40) Sonic Youth – Death Valley’69 (1985)
41) The Lemonheads – Second Chance (1987)
42) Bad Religion – You Are (the Government) (1988)
43) Mudhoney – Touch Me I’m Sick (1988)
44) Nirvana – Sliver (1990)
45) NOFX – Don’t Call Me White (1992)
46) Green Day – Basket Case (1994)
47) The Offspring – Come Out and Play (1994)
48) At the Drive-In – One Armed Scissor (2000)
49) The White Stripes – Fell in Love with a Girl (2001)
50) The Blood Brothers – Cecilia and the Silhouette Saloon (2003)*
Further Listening:
Big Black – Kerosene
Butthole Surfers – Lady Sniff
Pussy Galore – Pretty Fuck Look
Scratch Acid – Mary Had a Little Drug Problem
Youth of Today – No More
Fugazi – Margin Walker
The Jesus Lizard – Gladiator
Bikini Kill – Rebel Girl
Rancid – Time Bomb
The Bronx – White Tar
Hot Snakes – Brain Trust
Sleater Kinney – Entertain
Starting the thread with a song not from USA, but from USSR :D :