Whats your favourite albums from the first Punk era 76-80 ?

[Andy Butler]

I love the first Clash album...so much damn energy...and it sounds today more like an English garage band than so called punk.

[Thee Strawberry Mynde]

The Clash 'London Calling', '2,000,000' Voices' by the Angelic Upstarts and 'The Crack' by The Ruts.

It's a shame that Malcolm Owen died so young as The Ruts were a great band also RIP to Ruts guitarist Paul Fox who sadly passed away last year. :-9

Also the Angelic Upstarts near seem to get the recognition they deserve which is probably due to the fact that they come from the North East of England and not hip London. Although thinking about it '2,000,000 Voices' might of come out in 1981 rather than 1980. :-/

[Lost Soul]

Oh Christ I forgot about the Upstarts in my original reply! I'll add I'm an Upstart by The Angelic Upstarts if we're having songs and singles too. Again, gimme an extra year and I'll also take 2 million Voices.

I still don't get The Clash or The Ramones though.

[Ed Post-Mortem]

I can't believe it took that long for someone to mention "Damned Damned Damned". Easily on of my favorite records EVER

[Mike]

Have to agree with most of whats been listed already, especially the Ramones, Boys, Vibrators. But barely making the 1980 cutoff I'll add DOA "Something Better Change", Red Rockers "Condition Red". Also, I really like the Dead Boys "We Have Come For Yor Children" LP. And does DMZ qualify? That first Sire LP is punk in my book. Also was Eater's "The Album" mentioned? Another fave of mine.

[Pete The Gripper (aka Dgrador)]

Just adding to an already great list here...

Stiv Bators - Disconnected
The Joneses - Criminal History
The Dictators - Blood Brothers
The Demics
Pretenders 1 and 2
Lester Bangs - Birdland
The Cramps - Ohio Demos
The Dickies - The Incredible Shrinking Dickies
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
The Viletones
The Buzzcocks
The Heartbreakers - LAMF
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - 1st 2 albums
Teenage Jesus and The Jerks
The Diodes
Simply Saucer
The Plugz
The Droogs

ok I'll stop now.

[Hayley]

My favorite record of all time is The Ramones self titled.

[whatwave dave]

Somebody finally mentioned The Undertones....1st LP is just so perfect!
Heard somewhere that you saw The Demics at The Ridout....lol....

[Andy Butler]

yeah! the first Ramones started it all really......the ultimate garage band album...and first punk album.

I wanted to mention Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks too originally....maybe seems a bit too obvious...but really that was a classic..without them where would punk be.

[Justin K.]

Wire's Pink Flag and the first couple Ramones albums are probably my favorites.

[Lord Muck!!]

Quite right! Its 'Damned Damned Damned' for me. But let's face it, punk was better at singles than albums

[Lord Muck!!]

No one mentioned Rattus Norvegicus!

[Pete The Gripper (aka Dgrador)]

Dave, I assume that you're alluding to THIS GIG.

Here's the band I was in at the time:

We also played the Blue Boot before it became The Cedar Lounge, where a brawl broke out during our set, and while the bouncers were dealing with it, someone opened the back door, and all the tables and chairs got loaded into a truck and whisked away, ha!

We also got sued for burning down the Royal Hotel in Tillsonburg, but that's another story.

BTW that's the same Fender P-bass that I play today.