Essential Punk-Classic Punk Rock Music

Essential Punk

Classic Punk Rock Music – Essential punk CDs | punk that has been reissued on CD – Includes the Minutemen, Flipper, Government Issue, JFA, 7 Seconds, TSOL – Why are these band essential? The bands we have listed are essential because they created punk music that was completely their own sound – Bands that followed these bands often list these early, ground breaking bands as an influence – These bands provided the foundation for many of the bands that followed – The bands are from the early years of punk, from 1977 to the mid 80s | classic punk, list of punk cds, best punk cds, popular punk music, greatest punk bands, recommended punk cds.

Bad Brains – 1977 – Present

Formed in Washington DC and quickly became a popular hardcore band. They later moved to NYC and released some of their greatest music, including the 1983 Rock for Light. Throughout their releases they changed their sound from the loud and fast hardcore, to a fusion of rock and reggae. Early releases had reggae songs and [...]

Mission of Burma – 1979-1983

From: Boston, MA Record Label: Ace of Hearts, and then Matador Recommended Releases: Vs. – this was their only complete album, released in 1982. Signals, Calls and Marches was an EP released in 1981, and The Horrible Truth about Burma in 1985, which is a live album, released after the band broke up. Mission of [...]

The Minutemen – 1980-1985

From: California Record Label: SST Records and New Alliance Records Recommended Releases: What Makes a Man Start Fires(1983), Double Nickles on the Dime(1984) Music: Their sound is quite unique in the early 80′s punk sound. To some their sound is like a folk/punk mix, no ‘power chords’. Other Interesting Facts: Their song ‘Corona’ is played [...]

List of Classic Punk CDs

Essential Punk CDs Minutemen – Project Mersh Vol 1 36 Tracks Year: 1981-83 This is actually Punch Line (1981) and What Makes a Man Start Fires (1983) on one CD. These songs will stay with you forever. Flipper – Album – Generic Flipper 9 Tracks Year: 1982 Vocalist Will Shatter died in 1987 Nothing new [...]

Starvation Army – 80s Punk

One of those pre-grunge punk bands. They wrote some great punk rock songs in the 80s and early 90s. From Cleveland Ohio. Their music sound doesn’t fit into your typical loud and fast punk like GBH, Discharge, Minor Threat, or DRI. Some of the records this band released: Mercenary Position LP – Rave RecordsExecution Style [...]