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.

[whatwave dave]

that's the one....lol.....so what year is that pic from? Sounds like you played all of the classy joints around SW Ontario...lol...

[Pete The Gripper (aka Dgrador)]

That pic is from January 1977, which indeed makes it punk as fuck. LOL

[THEE SHAME CLUB]

Uh, how about LAMF!!! Thunders! Pagans too!
Sumiji

[Johnny Singles]

Just cause no one’s mentioned it, The Fall’s Grotesque (After the Gramme) (just sneaking in Nov 1980)

Also, I really do think that Never Mind the Bollocks might well be the most overrated album ever,
all mouth n’ no trousers…

[Rev. Norb]

I say, in no particular order, 1st Clash album ((US version)), "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols," 1st Generation X album ((US version as well)) and then if i have to keep it at five ((which, come to think of it, nobody told me i had to do)) i would include "Leave Home" and "Rocket to Russia." Then i would sneak the 1st Ramones LP in there when nobody was looking.

[Rev. Norb]

Oh yeah and the first Saints album.

[Rev. Norb]

...and Eater and the Heartbreakers "Live at Max's" and X-Ray Spex and "Singles Going Steady" and the first Dickies album and...oh, what's the use...

[Gringo Starr]

Here are a few choice highlights from around about the time frame your talking about:

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1972
New York Dolls 1973
The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! 1975
Patti Smith Horses 1975
Ramones 1976
Dead Boys Young Loud And Snotty 1977
Television Marquee Moon 1977
Suicide 1977
Damned, Damned, Damned 1977
The Saints I'm Stranded 1977
Never Mind the Bullocks Here's the Sex Pistols 1977
The Clash 1977
The Jam This Is the Modern World 1977
Can't Stand The Rezillos 1978
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo 1978
X Ray Specs Germ Free Adolescents 1978
The Undertones 1979
The Specials 1979
The Buzzcocks Singles Going Steady 1979
Dawn Of The Dickies 1979
The Crawdaddys Crawdaddy Express 1979
The Cramps Songs The Lord Taught Us 1980
X Los Angeles 1980
Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables 1980
Talking 'bout Thee Milkshakes 1981
The Gun Club Fire of Love 1981

These are for me, some of thee most important punk recordings from the 70's/ealy 80's period. But by no means a complete list.

[THEE SHAME CLUB]

Yes, Love that Suicide album. How about The Screamers!?

[Gringo Starr]

Although The Screamers were one of thee most influential bands from the Los Angeles punk scene, they never made a record as far as I know. One of the most undocumented but most revered bands of their time! They are known to have been a big influence on The Dead Kennedy's. Also notable on the L.A. Masque scene are bands such as The Weirdos (records came out in the 80's), The Germs, The Skulls, The Bags, The Eyes, The Dils, The Zeros, The Mau Maus, and Catholic Discipline. Many of these bands did not record or released posthumous records in the 80's or 90's. Don't let anyone ever tell you that Los Angeles didn't have a meaningful Punk scene! My first concert EVER was Middle Class + Phillip Blues + The Gun Club at a roller rink in the San Fernando Valley around 1981 or so. I was 16 years old. I cannot discount the effect Rodney Bingenheimer's radio show had on me in the 80's. This guy would play Black Flag and follow it up with The Seeds! It all fell into place in my mind after hearing a show like his. Punk had a long history that was being written even as I lived and breathed. 'Nuff said.....

[Dratsum]

"Crass - The Feeding of the 5000..." God that album was pissed off.

[Thee Strawberry Mynde]

I missed off The Television Personalities debut album 'And Don't The Kids Just Love It' which if I'm right came out in 1980. It's good to see that Dan Treacy is still making music today.