The Ruts were the greatest punk band of all time. Not many bands have produced an album without a single dud track. That album is "The Crack". Worth buying for "Babylon's Burning" alone. "Grin & Bear it" is also worth checking out, if only for the original version of "Staring at the Rudeboys". Their dabbling in reggae might put some people off, but this was a band that took it's music and it's politics seriously, unlike the Pistols.
I'd also highly recommend the Dead Kennedy's "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables". Their later stuff is best left unlistened to.
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