h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

'Mediocre Generica' (originally to be called 'Shoot the kids at school') by Leftover Crack was a pretty good album, and was released last year. And I do quite like 2001's 'Suburban Blight' by F-Minus too.

Holiday in Cambodia always guaranteed a bit of a kick-up for the Dr Martin boys at the end of the School disco (Special Brew in the Organ Seat)

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Ouch.........my head.

PP

My musical evolution ...

Anti-Nowhere League

The Damned - oh yes, maybe considered commercial by the punk snobs, but the sound's good.

Cocteau Twins, never thrash - perhaps crossing the punk-goth rubicon.

Sisters of Mercy

Kylie

Isn't the problem here that punk was more about three-minute two-chord do-the-business-then-f***-off singles rather than whole albums? Albums were what Pink Floyd did.

I have a particular fondness for Stranglers 'Gospel According to the Meninblack'...very ahead of its time so therefore it bombed.
Currently listening to The Hives 'Your new Favourite Band'
Its worth a listen.

1. NMtB - obviously the most important by a country mile.
2. Violent Femmes ( not sure if it is truely punk but defo. the right time ) and my fave by a long straight.

I heard the Pistols and then The Clash before I heard the Stooges or Ramones but the album that stands out as my 'first taste' of punk:

Never Mind the B*****s - The Sex Pistols

Favourite:

Grin and Bear it - The Ruts
or
Nocturne - Siouxsie and the Banshees

I think Vibes has got it right, it was about singles. In fact punk helped bring singles back into favour. Some bands managed to do one great song and little else of any consequence. So you could end up with a large singles collection with hardly two records by the same band e.g.
Gary Gilmore's Eyes - The Adverts
Action Time & Vision - ATV
Shot by both Sides - Magazine

As for B----cks, that was mainly a collection of previously released singles and b-sides anyway. Anyone remember Babylon;s Burning by The Ruts

Yes - it's always the singles that come to mind rather than the albums, at least for the earlier stuff. And often they weren't on the albums either eg Gary Gilmore's Eyes.

But having said that, The Scream is brilliant and it's the non-single stuff that makes it so. Who would have thought that Siouxie would still be going though?!

While we're at it, has anyone mentioned the Jam yet?! Or the Undertones? Is Teenage Kicks still John Peel's favourite record of all time?

This thread prompted a little research yesterday once I'd dragged myself away from the PC, among which was the Violent Femmes' Hallowed Ground. I think we should allow it, aliasJohn, if only for Country Death Song...

And if we're going to broaden the scope to include what some might call New Wave, well then you have the entire oeuvre of Elvis Costello to choose from. I'd probably go for Imperial Bedroom. Maybe.