Kerrang's "50 Greatest Punk Albums"

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The list was voted by readers of Kerrang! and published in a special called "Noise Pollution."

(From Wikipedia:) Kerrang! is a British music magazine. The magazine’s title is onomatopoeic and derives from the noise made by playing a power chord on an electric guitar. Kerrang! began life in June 1981 initially as a one off supplement in Sounds magazine devoted to the burgeoning New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene and the rise of other hard rock acts such as AC/DC (who adorned Kerrang!’s first cover). During the 1980s the readers of Kerrang! were privy to the first UK interviews with Guns N’ Roses and Metallica, and during the 1990s Kerrang! introduced its readers to Nirvana, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot. Green Day, Korn and System Of A Down. However Kerrang!’s most successful period came at the turn of the millennium with the advent of nu-metal.

  1. 1.

  2. 2.
    Dookie
    by Green Day

  3. 3.

  4. 4.
    Nevermind
    by Nirvana

  5. 5.
    Smash
    by Offspring

  6. 6.
    ...And Out Come The Wolves
    by Rancid

  7. 7.
    Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
    by Discharge

  8. 8.
    The Clash (U.K. Version)
    by The Clash

  9. 9.
    Machine Gun Etiquette - 25th Anniversary Edition
    by Damned

  10. 10.
    Ramones
    by Ramones

  11. 11.
    Punk in Drublic
    by Nofx

  12. 12.
    Repeater Plus 3 Songs
    by Fugazi

  13. 13.
    London Calling
    by The Clash

  14. 14.
    Enema Of The State
    by Blink 182

  15. 15.
    Fun House
    by Stooges

  16. 16.
    Damaged
    by Black Flag

  17. 17.
    Complete Discography
    by Minor Threat

  18. 18.
    Raw Power
    by Iggy Pop & Stooges

  19. 19.
    Undertones
    by Undertones

  20. 20.
    Americana
    by The Offspring

  21. 21.
    Rock for Light
    by Bad Brains

  22. 22.
    Love Bites
    by Buzzcocks

  23. 23.
    So Long & Thanks for All the Shoes
    by Nofx

  24. 24.
    Feeding of the 5000
    by Crass

  25. 25.
    Crack
    by Ruts

  26. 26.
    Hitler Bad, Vandals Good
    by The Vandals

  27. 27.
    Operation Ivy
    by Operation Ivy

  28. 29.
    Scream, Dracula, Scream!
    by Rocket from the Crypt

  29. 30.
    Punks Not Dead
    by Exploited

  30. 31.
    Age of Quarrel
    by Cro-Mags

  31. 32.
    Manic Compression
    by Quicksand

  32. 33.
    Milo Goes to College
    by Descendents

  33. 34.
    Sublime
    by Sublime

  34. 35.
    Static Age
    by Misfits

  35. 36.
    Let's Face It
    by Mighty Mighty Bosstones

  36. 37.
    Hello Rockview
    by Less Than Jake

  37. 38.
    Suffer
    by Bad Religion

  38. 39.
    Are Young & Good Looking
    by Dwarves

  39. 40.
    The Evil Powers of Rock 'n' Roll
    by Supersuckers

  40. 41.
    White Light, White Heat, White Trash
    by Social Distortion

  41. 42.
    Something to Write Home About
    by Get Up Kids

  42. 43.
    Nimrod
    by Green Day

  43. 44.
    El Diablo
    by Will Haven

  44. 45.
    Inflammable Material
    by Stiff Little Fingers

  45. 46.
    Scum
    by Napalm Death

  46. 47.
    Black Sails In The Sunset
    by AFI

  47. 48.
    Feel the Darkness
    by Poison Idea

  48. 49.
    Leather Bristles Studs & Acne
    by Gbh

  49. 50.
    Killing Joke
    by Killing Joke

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Created by Robot Co-op on Nov 30, 2005.
 

Comments

argh! — 1 year ago

This list is awful, I mean the majority of the list isn’t even punk, also how can inflammable material (one of the best punk albums ever made)be at 45, I mean come on behind the offspring, less than jake and green day which evidently aren’t even punk :@


Why this list sucks. — 5 years ago

This list is written as though the author has only ever heard 75 albums that are even vaguely connected to punk. The problem with these lists (ones published in major magazines and such), is that their written by people who don’t know jack-all about 80% of the punk scene, which is the stuff that never made any billboard countdown.

Seriously, Nirvana? What the fuck, man.


Chaincoker — 5 years ago

THESAINTS!!!

Only one of the most influential punk rock bands. Their third album “Eternally Yours” is way fuckin’ better than alot of that shit up there. And THEBRONX! Probably the best punk rock out of California since Bad Religion. (No Control?) And since when does extreme/grind metal qualify as punk? anyone? Anyhow, the editors should have specified it as “the-best-punk-rock,-not-including-postpunk.”


grrrr — 5 years ago

GODDAMN IT!!!!!!!! why is nirvana in a punk’s best? why is napalm death hear too? it’s grind core/death metal!! god its so far fromo being punk!!!!!!!!


The missing one — 6 years ago

appears to be Nirvana “Nevermind” at number four.

http://www.messandnoise.com/discussions/428309


50? — 6 years ago

Where is number 50?


also... — 7 years ago

If Sublime are punk, then I’m a ninja.


artists unlisted — 7 years ago

fresh fruit for rotting vegetables is by the dead kennedys and the age of quarrels is by the cro-mags. just so you know.




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