I'm not going to be able to number them, only picking these albums was difficult enough. I chose the albums that I felt grabbed my attention quickest.

The Replacements - Sorry Ma! Forgot To Take Out The Trash!
Bad Religion - Against The Grain
The Clash - Sandinista!
Television - Marquee Moon
NOFX - So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes
Pennywise - Pennywise
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Ramones - Ramones
The Dead Boys - Young, Loud & Snotty
The Offspring - Smash

There is a disturbing lack of Negative Approach in this thread.

I love that version of ''Lost Cause'' on Total Recall.

pretty varied list here:

pennywise
less than jake -
the ramones
the clash - london calling
dead milkmen - big lizard
Sex pistols - nevermind the bollocks
Anti flag
Dead kennedys
Bad religion
rancid

My Top 10 Punk Albums
 

1- Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers- LAMF (1977)
2- Sex Pistols- Never Mind the Bollocks (1977)
3- New York Dolls- New York Dolls (1973)
4- Adolescents- Adolescents (1981)
5- Sham 69- That's Life (1978)
6- The Damned- Damned Damned Damned (1977)
7- Black Flag- My War (1984)
8- Circle Jerks- Wild In the Streets (1982)
9- Husker Du- New Day Rising (1985)
10- The Replacements- Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash (1981)

What are your favorite albums?

I didn't see this and accidentally started another top 10 thread. But here are mine again.

1- Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers- LAMF (1977)
2- Sex Pistols- Never Mind the Bollocks (1977)
3- New York Dolls- New York Dolls (1973)
4- Adolescents- Adolescents (1981)
5- Sham 69- That's Life (1978)
6- The Damned- Damned Damned Damned (1977)
7- Black Flag- My War (1984)
8- Circle Jerks- Wild In the Streets (1982)
9- Husker Du- New Day Rising (1985)
10- The Replacements- Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash (1981)

Hey guys, I'm new here correct me if I do anything wrong.

1. Vaya by At the Drive-In
2. Potemkin City Limits by Propagandhi
3. Jersey's Best Dancers by Lifetime
4. Unicornography by The Falcon
5. White Trash... by NoFX
6. S/T by Bad Brains
7. Generic Album by Flipper
8. My War by Black Flag
9. In on the Killer Taker by Fugazi
10. Floral Green by Title Fight

I just posted this on that other thread but:

1. Vaya by At the Drive-In
2. Potemkin City Limits by Propagandhi
3. Jersey's Best Dancers by Lifetime
4. Unicornography by The Falcon
5. White Trash... by NoFX
6. S/T by Bad Brains
7. Generic Album by Flipper
8. My War by Black Flag
9. In on the Killer Taker by Fugazi
10. Floral Green by Title Fight

I still bave exploring to do in punk, but...


1. Never Minfd the Bullocks
2. The Shape of Punk to Come by the Refused
3. Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü
4. Disintegration by The Cure
5. London Calling by The Clash
6. marquee moon by television
7. Pornography by The Cure
8. Gunmetal Eyes by Lardo
9. Bored! by Bored!
10. American Idiot by Green Da

Something like that. I really like Post genres.

1. Wire - Pink Flag
2. Black Flag - My War
3. Gang of Four - Entertainment
4. Television - Marquee Moon
5. Flipper - Generic
6. The Descendents - Milo Goes to College
7. Adolescents - Adolescents
8. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
9. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
10. Wipers - Is This Real?

Close, maybe. Certainly in no order, though.

Shape Of Punk to Come is definitely one of the best in the genre. Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent is very good as well.

I love that you both have Marquee Moon on there.
Awesome album.

Yessir! One of my favorites of all time.

My friend gave me a flash drive with a bunch of stuff I regularly listen to and that was on it. I sadly deleted the files from that album to make room for my stuff to give back, and have yet to listen. I apoligize for missing out on the experience. I'll probably stumble over it when I find time to get into more post-punk.

I believe you can find a full album upload on YouTube if you're interested in going that direction. Granted sometimes listening to albums on YT can be a bit annoying.

Anyway, its definitely worth the time to check out.

OH CRAP. I forgot my real 1. Unknowm pleasures

1) Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
2) Crass - Pens Envy
3) Nomeamsno - Sex Mad
4) Bad Brains - s/the
5) Nomeamsno - Wrong
6) Minor Threat - Complete Discography
7) Crass - Feeding of the 5000
8) Propagahndi - How to Clean Everything
9) Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bullocks
10) Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

That's just straight punk stuff though. There are a few post punk, post hardcore, folk punk, jazz punk/whatever records that would probably be up there.

I don't agree with 10 being Dead Kennedy's, that record should be at least 5. But all those albums are serious punk starting kits.

I just dig their second record a little bit more.

He's about to give me another load, I'll request he put it on there again.

Propagandhi is the bee's knees. One of the coolest transitions I've ever seen a band make. Personally I think Potemkin City Limits is their best effort and one of the best post-hardcore/crossover thrash albums of all time.

Has anyone here mentioned Ramones?

Honestly, I never really like Ramones, as heritical as that sounds.

Overrated band. The albums after there debut were much better, and tolerable.

Death was the first true punk rock band, and wether they were well-known or not their influence rippled through the underground to create the first wave sound.

Ramones always seemed really arrogant and image-obsessed to me as well. If there's one thing I truly hate about punk it's the fashion stereotypes.

So who do you think was the original band?

"The Ostrich" by the Primitives came out in 1964. Not that it matters.

Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves
NOFX -The War on Errorism
Bad Religion - Recipe for Hate
Suicidal Tendencies - self titled
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Descendents - Milo Goes to College
Social Distortion - self titled
Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster
Angry Samoans - Back from Samoa
Sick of it All - The Last Act of Defiance ...this just came out last year but I love it.

Niiice list. Agent Orange and Germs are legends.

Exactly. That was the first time I listened to them. Regardless of how old they are it was a good first impression.

my ever changing list....

10. Smut Peddlers - ISM
09. Wipers - Is This Real?
08. X - Los Angeles
07. 7 Seconds - Walk Together, Rock Together
06. Fang - Landshark/Where the Wild Things Are
05. Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today
04. The Co-Dependents - 13 Golden Love Songs
03. Crass - Christ the Album
02. Subhumans - The Day The Country Died
01. Rudimentary Peni - Death Church

this will obviously change in 10 minutes :)

Great one

hometown heroes

would probably add the Crew to that list as well :)

Not a bad selection!

Haven't listened to their newest, but they definitely got better with age. Death to Tyrants from '06 is the one that rocks my **** the hardest. Love them right along with Madball as quality meathead NYHC.

****, I guess I should come up with my own list. I love me some punk, but I'm much more of a metal guy, so a lot of my favs would be on the metal side of punk. If nobody gives Marquee Moon a second thought, then I think old school metalcore should be up for grabs.

1. Arkangel - Dead Man Walking
2. Converge - Jane Doe
3. Magrudergrind - Magrudergrind
3. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here Are the Sex Pistols
4. Unbroken - Life.Love.Regret.
5. Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
6. Madball - Set It Off
7. Sick of It All - Death to Tyrants
8. Black Flag - Damaged
9. X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents
10. Ramones - Ramones

Honorable Mention: Charles Bronson - Youth Attack

IMO, the term punk came in 1976, so Ramones was the first real punk band. Anything else was influence. I've listened to a lot of proto-punk, and to me its not the same.

Also, Marquee Moon's art punk, so it, like metalcore, counts.

Nope. It was more minimalistic. Resembled a skull and crossbones slightly, but I can't be sure. Rites of Spring is great however.

But the Ramones were also just one band in a tiny scene of very different bands with little to no recognition, until the Sex Pistols and the English punk scene brought attention, numbers, and a recognizable sound to the genre.

Whoever you want to say was the first punk band that sounded like a punk band, the Sex Pistols started punk.