Best early American punk lp.

[Moparmark]

I,ve heard many early U.S punk lp,s and most are great,but the one I still love the best is Fear-The record.How about you outposters you got a favorite early U.S punk lp?Or do you dislike this era and type of music?

[Borneojimy]

I couldn't possibly name just one, this is probably my favorite style of music. A few of my faves are:
Black Flag "Jealous Again"
Circle Jerks "Group Sex"
Shattered Faith "Bootleg" (OK, it's new, but it was all recorded before 82)
Adolescents s/t
Black Market Baby "Senseless Offerings"
Toxic Reasons "Bullets For You"
on & on & on..........

[WoodlandParkPunk]

The Ramones first album is in a class by itself.

I also liked The Dead Boys - Loud and Snotty
and The first Suicidal Tendencies album.

[Frau_Blucher]

Yup, The Ramones self-titled is so in a class by itself, you almost can't have this conversation until you accept that first.

Then I'd say Dead Kennedy's "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" - wow! It and X's "Los Angeles" that same year fueled the whole punk scene out west. Black Flag's "Damaged" is seminal as well. All four aforementioned are in my top albums list.

I don't know if the east coast caught this later wave as much. My brother-in-law's more east-coast oriented record collection would indicate the Tuff Darts, The Runaways, Dead Boys, Television etc had already been there and done that but not quite in as classic a high-speed pure punk manner as X, DKs, etc.

[waukena]

Ya can't have this discussion without the Ramones, of course...but you also can't have it without Patti Smith and the New York Dolls...

'Piss Factory' came out in 1974 for Jeebus sake and The Dolls were already solo...David Johansen, Syl Sylvain, Johnny Thunders, by 1975...

but through it all, give me Iggy and the Stooges 'Raw Power' anytime...too early for punk? Nah...

[dearly beloved]

any of The Ramones first few albums

Black Flag - all the orignal singles later compiled on The First Four Years

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruits For Rotting Vegetables

The Misfits - Beware The Misfits

The Germs - (GI)

Black Flag - Damaged

Not So Quiet On The Western Front - Northern CA HC/punk compilation- not a proper album but a beautiful and raw piece of US punk history.

Negative Approach - Tied Down

Reagan Youth - Youth Anthems

Agnostic Front - Victim in Pain

Flex Your head - another regional documentation of early HC/punk, in this case the DC area scene.

Crucifix - Dehumanized


I could go on for paragraphs, but these are the ones that come to me immediately.

[Frau_Blucher]

[quote][i]Originally posted by waukena[/i]
<br>Ya can't have this discussion without the Ramones, of course...but you also can't have it without Patti Smith and the New York Dolls...

'Piss Factory' came out in 1974 for Jeebus sake and The Dolls were already solo...David Johansen, Syl Sylvain, Johnny Thunders, by 1975...
[/quote]
No question about that Waukena. But Patti, the Doll's, etc were a lot more than punk though. They and the Stooges, Modern Lovers, etc heralded in the whole new wave era. I bin them somewhat differently than the whole Chuck Berry-on-speed-with-Tourettes classic punk thing.

[waukena]

yeah, no doubt...so ok...then I'll go with The Dictators 'The Dictators Go Girl Crazy'

[firefall]

Some of my favourites
Dead Boys-young,loud and snotty
Shirts-s/t
Tuff Darts-s/t(ok,more glam than punk)
Channel 3-I've got a gun
Pere Ubu-modern dance
Pagans-street where nobody lives(compilation)
Rik Agnew-all by myself(ex Adolescents)
Dictators-manifest destiny
Screamers-in a better world(two cd anthology of these brilliant electro-punks)...

[Grunch]

Fear - The Record
Youth Brigade
Minor Threat
Avengers (with Penelope Houston)
DK's - Fresh Fruit...

Many others, but these 5 I always listen to the most

[SwampThing]

I know it cam out later (82?) but I alwasy liked Mommy's Little Monster by Social Distortion.

[waukena]

[quote][i]Originally posted by SwampThing[/i]
<br>I know it cam out later (82?) but I alwasy liked Mommy's Little Monster by Social Distortion.
[/quote]
yeah, this s important here too...what are we classifying as early?

I'm 44 and have been around forever, so early to me is 1975-76

Thoughts?

[Ollie Stench]

A few that haven't ben mentioned yet:

The Lewd - American Wino
Husker Du - Everything Falls Apart
The Pagans - Pink Album
The Nuns - s/t
UXA - s/t
Kraut - An Adjustment To Society
The Meatmen - We're The Meatmen And You Suck
Toxic Reasons - Independance

[ExRat]

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
Jad Fair - Calling All Girls EP7
Tuff Darts - Tuff Darts!
Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
Dictators - The Dictators Go Girl Crazy!
Dickies - The Incredible Shrinking Dickies

[Quite Life]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Ollie Stench[/i]
<br>A few that haven't ben mentioned yet:

The Lewd - American Wino
Husker Du - Everything Falls Apart
The Pagans - Pink Album
The Nuns - s/t
UXA - s/t
Kraut - An Adjustment To Society
The Meatmen - We're The Meatmen And You Suck
Toxic Reasons - Independance
[/quote]

Great Answers Ollie

Toxic Reason????
I saw them at the Mab


I would start off with

The Avengers
The Nuns
Flipper-Generic Album



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