Definately not. ^


Definately do...
Sham69 - 'Tell Us The Truth' and 'That's Life'.
Tracks like, 'Borstal Breakout'/'Angels With Dirty Faces' and 'Hurry Up Harry'.

The Stranglers - 'Rattus Norvegicus'/'No More Heroes'/'Black and White' and 'The Raven'.

The Skids- 'Scared To Dance' Top tracks...'Into The Valley' and 'The Saints Are Coming'.

Also, The Ruts, Slaughter And The Dogs, Angelic Upstarts and The U.K. Subs.
The Dickies weren't bad either.
Early Joy Division (aka Warsaw) and V2.

All The above bands had credibility in the late 70's.

Songs From the Forbidden Zone has one good song on it.

The Monks and The Sonics are two great bands for some really early proto-punk.

Adam & The Ants debut album Dirk Wears White Sox is a really good album ,totally different to anything else he ever did, but I can see why people would be put off from listening to it.

heh i like it, and your not to say it isn't good. eaxcept for the last tracks? wtf

I've never heard it. The whole Ant Music thing put me right off.
Songs like 'Stand And Deliver' and knowing Malcolm McClaren was behind it all was the final straw.
I'll check that out. Who knows, it may put the whole thing in another light.
Never given that a chance either...same reasons I stated to Urban.

My memories of the Punk scene in Britain are still clear in my mind. As I recall, no punk worth his salt would have taken Adam Ant seriously.

he wasn't really punk..new wave.. its funny =/ *meh*

The Slits - Cut
The Clash - Essential Clash
Black Flag - The First Four Years
The Gun Club - Fire of Love
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Iggy & the Stooges - Raw Power
Patti Smith - Horses
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico and White Light/White Heat

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation. I love the alternation between the guys voice and the womens voice that's original.

Great album...but in this context I kind of have to say...WHA???

Are you saying it's a precursor to punk or something?

Id say that its pure garage rock which birthed punk and the lyricism is on another level to most punk/garage bands.

Bob Dylan was a total punk back then, have you ever seen Don't Look Back.