The Top 50 "Punk" Records?: Accusing KERRANG Of Extreme Douchebaggery
For some reason, certain magazines always feel the need to rank the “best” records of all time at some point during the year. Usually, the music elitist in all of us comes out with guns blazing, pointing out all the blatant miscues and bullshit opinions of the magazine’s writers. But, I must stay KERRANG’s latest laughable attempt of chronicling the greatest “punk” records may be the biggest foul yet . Let’s take a look, shall we.
- 50. Killing Joke — Killing Joke (1980)
- 49. G.B.H. — Leather, Bristles, Studs and Acne (1981)
- 48. Poison Idea — Feel the Darkness (1990)
- 47. A.F.I. — Black Sails in the Sunset (1999)
- 46. Napalm Death — Scum (1987)
- 45. Stiff Little Fingers — Inflammable Material (1979)
- 44. Will Haven — El Diablo (1997)
- 43. Green Day — Nimrod (1997)
- 42. The Get Up Kids — Something to Write Home About (1999)
- 41. Social Distortion — White Light White Heat White Trash (1996)
- 40. Supersuckers — The Evil Powers of Rock ‘N’ Roll (1999)
- 39. Dwarves — Are Young and Good Looking (1997)
- 38. Less Than Jake — Hello Rockview (1998)
- 37. Bad Religion — Suffer (1988)
- 36. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones — Let’s Face It (1997)
- 35. The Misfits — Static Age (1978)
- 34. Sublime — Sublime (1996)
- 33. The Descendents — Milo Goes to College (1982)
- 32. Quicksand — Manic Compression (1995)
- 31. Cro-Mags — Age of Quarrel (1986)
- 30. The Exploited — Punks Not Dead (1981)
- 29. Rocket From the Crypt — Scream Dracula, Scream! (1995)
- 28. Refused — The Shape of Punk To Come (1998)
- 27. Operation Ivy — Energy (1989)
- 26. The Vandals — Hitler Bad, Vandals Good (1998)
- 25. Crass — Feeding of the 5000 (1978)
- 24. The Ruts — The Crack (1979)
- 23. NOFX — So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes (1997)
- 22. Buzzcocks — Love Bites (1978)
- 21. Bad Brains — Rock for Light (1983)
- 20. The Offspring — Americana (1998)
- 19. The Undertones — The Undertones (1979)
- 18. The Stooges — Raw Power (1973)
- 17. Minor Threat — Complete Discography (1989)
- 16. Black Flag — Damaged (1981)
- 15. The Stooges — Fun House (1970)
- 14. Blink-182 — Enema of the State (1999)
- 13. The Clash — London Calling (1979)
- 12. Fugazi — Repeater (1990)
- 11. NOFX — Punk in Drublic (1994)
- 10. Ramones — Ramones (1976)
- 9. The Damned — Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
- 8. The Clash — The Clash (1977)
- 7. Discharge — Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing (1982)
- 6. Rancid — …And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
- 5. The Offspring — Smash (1994)
- 4. Nirvana — Nevermind (1991)
- 3. Dead Kennedys — Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
- 2. Green Day — Dookie (1994)
- 1. Sex Pistols — Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
“Dookie” as the second best punk album of all-time?!?! Are you kidding me? THE OFFSPRING AT NUMBER 5! Blink 182 at 14. THE CLASH AT NUMBER 9! I don’t care if I sound like a snob; I find this list rather insulting. It gets even more blasmphous towards the top 20.
Has the magazine ever heard of, oh, I don’t know…The Minutemen? X ? 7 Seconds anyone? Agent Orange, Circle Jerks, Big Boys, Negative Approach, Dead Boys, Screeching Weasel? Maybe the Adolescents? Dillinger 4 perhaps? The Germs ? I could go on and on. Sure, you are not going to please everyone but I think you would find a hard time finding anyone who supports atleast half of the list. I really want to have a conversation with the person who came up with this list because I am fairly certain they are tripping serious balls. Oh, wait, this is KERRANG we are talking about? Why am I really getting mad about this when I think about it. Who even gives a shit about their publication?
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Mate, this was voted for by Kerrang readers, not compiled by the magazine itself. Yes, a bunch of bands that you like didn’t make the list. But lots of bands that other people like didn’t make the list.
To be honest, I used this list to find bands like Fugazi, the Stooges, Crass and Quicksand. It’s not a crime because it took me a little while longer to find 7 Seconds.
Both Greenday and Offspring deserve their records to be in the top 10. Only closed minded “tru punx” with really narrow definitions of what punk is would have a problem with that.