I'm no punk expert (yet) and I haven't heard all of these albums, thought he ones I have heard on the list, I really like. But for me, 'Damned Damned Damned" would be on the list for sure. Love it.
Back in the day we had John Peel who was our guide and mentor. He was our God and he showed us the way to the promised land, or the next best thing to hit music and especially the Punk scene. I remember listening late at night with the radio under my pillow being educated and then talking to my mates about what he had played the night before. The only other way to hear bands was to go and see them live which we also did on a regular basis. I was lucky my parents bought me a radio cassette player so I could tape the whole show and in 1980 (16th birthday) my parents bought me my first record player and the rest is history. Sadly most of my early records got battered and played to death, however when vinyl died a painful death I did manage to replace many of them, I never bought into digital cos Punk sounds "crap on the radio" in digital. SO yeah I have all those records and many more besides and seen most if not all live, some more than I can remember. Sham69, Bauhaus, Siouxsie, Crass, Anti Nowhere League, Killing Joke, PIL, The Damned, Cockney Rejects, Mac Lads, The Exploited, oh man far to many to even remember without thinking hard or looking on the shelves behind me.
Nice list. If I had to make my own, I'd probably include somewhere Siouxsie and the Banshees' The Scream and The Undertones first album. One band I couldn't quite get into was The Damned, and they are missing from your list, too.
All great picks, and they are also in my top ten, but The Jam really weren't a "Punk" band, but they had the punk spirit, and were accepted by the first generation of punk rockers. Some other bands you might like, judging from your top ten list would be The Saints, I'm Stranded, (Technically, Australian, but the album was such a hit in The U.K. they moved there for a time) the first Ultravox album, and Pure Mania by The Vibrators. An honorable mention would be A Can of Bees by The Soft Boys. Although not officially considered a "punk" band they did have a punk sound, and feel on this particular album. Imagine if Syd Barrett never left Pink Floyd, and they decided to jump on the punk band wagon. That would sum up A Can of Bees perfectly. Another honorable mention would be Screaming lord Sutch and Heavy Friends. Believe it or not, this album has people like Jeff Beck, Nicky Hopkins, and others, and for something from the late 60s-early 70s, it sounds like a Sex Pistols album. One more honorable mention would be On Parole by Motorhead. Most people think of Motorhead as a "Heavy Metal" band, but this album proves that they were just as punk as The Sex Pistols.
1. Sex Pistols-Never Mind The Bollocks 2. The Vibrators-Pure Mania 3. The Saints-Eternally Yours 4. U.K. Subs-Another Kind Of Blues 5. Crass-The Feeding Of The 5,000 6. The Vibrators-V2 7. Discharge-Why? 8. Napalm Death-Scum 9. The Lurkers-Fulham Fallout 10. Slaughter And The Dogs-Do It Dog Style Some honorable mentions that can move into the Top 10 but would definitely be in the Top 20. Here they are 11-20 but it is tough to rank them. 11. Thee Mighty Caesars-English Punk Rock Explosion 12. Rudimentary Peni-Death Church 13. The Radiators (From Space)-T.V. Tube Heart 14. Wire-Pink Flag 15. Conflict-It's Time To See Who's Who 16. The Damned-Damned Damned Damned 17. The Stranglers-Rattus Norvegicus 18. The Fall-Live At The Witch Trials 19. The Clash-The Clash 20. Sham 69-Tell Us The Truth
@@sebastianurtiaga9110 Yeah-I should have been more specific as I usually group them as European Punk Bands not just UK. But you are right again. What do you think of the list? Any I missed?
@@yokerecords803 The List, its OK, , i have most that records, but i dont get Thee Mighty Caesars record , the only difference, with my list, could be , position order.... My Top. it s The Clash, 77, The Damned 77, Sex Pistols 77, as well The Vibrators, Wire, The Stranglers, as well in 1979, Great Records, were out, " London Calling" , " Machinne Gun Etiquette", " Unknown Pleasure " , " 154 ", " The Undertones ", " A Different Kind of Tension " , , .. Greetings
Great list. Very had to pick 10 from so many great choices. For me I'd probably give The Splits and X-Ray Spex a demotion and add 999's debut album "999" and, although they got stick for bandwagon jumping and being older, The Strangler's "Rattus Norvegicus".
Great list. Love all those albums though surprised no Damned on there. Or Stranglers, Gang Of four, UK Subs or Killing Joke but you only named 10 so... 🤷♂️
I am so happy to see the inclusion of Wire which gets forgotten in the USA. I saw their show at CBGB's and they kicked ass playing new material . They had a group called Ex Lion Tamer that opened for them that played Pink Flag in song order. I would of liked to see The Vibrators, and 999 on the list. Great job I love all your choices. I also saw X-Ray Specs at CBGB. It was a great time to be young and in Manhattan.
Not that it matters to a lot of people but the Sex Pistols are in the R&Rhof with the strength of that one studio album. No other band has ever, or most likely will never, get inducted with only one studio album. Very influential.
Very cool list and pretty much right in my wheelhouse.. I'm glad you included The Ruts, an overlooked favorite.. I would have to have the UK Subs - Endangered Species on there, and probably Buzzcocks - Love Bites in place of A Different Kitchen..
@@PrettyGreenVinylGuy Do you have the 1979 Green Vinyl copy by the Philadelphia Punk band, The Reds, titled The Reds.. that one is pretty cool on green vinyl.. great record ,too.
Great album by the Ruts , I have an other ruts album which is more of a John peel session partly live. Then there was Ruts DC, recorded in 1982 , a very fun reggae, electro funk post punk album produced by Dub reggae leggend Mad professor worth checking out. It was a tribute to Malcolm Owen a couple of years after his death. Those albums by the slits and the Buzzcocks and stiff little fingers who were a mix of Catholic and Protestants United together which was impossible in Northern Ireland back then I own too. Gang of four is worth checking out. I have all the clash albums. Awesome.
Man, I used to have So many great Peel Sessions records, ( those ones with all the black text on white covers listing all the bands that had their own Sessions, iirc. )
Great selection. So hard to whittle down to 10. I'd put the Stranglers Rattus Norvegis in somewhere too (if you like the comp you'd probably like that). Undertones 'Hypnotised' would be another. Worth checking out, as it had slipped under my radar, is Carbon/Silicon, which is Mick Jones from the Clash and Tony James from Gen X's more recent stuff together.
Exquisite bunch of records here Edwin, loving your description on SLF and the slits especially. Would love to own just about every one you showed on vinyl - probably only have pink flag on vinyl and another 4-5 on CD. Hard for me to pick 10 as I'm more a post-punker though!! Great stuff, cheers- Dean
I just subbed as your video is being emulated ( with credit ) by others. Any channel named after a Jam song is cool to me ! My favorite Jam song " The Butterfly Collector " Great list. I think Steve Lillywhite Produced That Ruts album , proving my theory that any contemporary top 10 list has a record Produced by him ! Ha Ha Ha by Ultravox & The Scream by Siouxsie & The Banshees Produced by him on my top 10 UK list. " Love Bites " my favorite Buzzcocks LP. See Ya !
Great picks, but you missed one of the most important UK punk bands ever, The Damned. Any UK punk best of list needs to have The damned 1st and or 3rd album on in. Their 1st album came out before the Pistols. It's a shame they're regularly not given the true credit they deserve.
Yes the gentleman below sums it up how it was with the John peel show ,I truly did the same,what I especially liked about is show was the sessions and the obscure records by bands from parts of usa,Canada or similar countries .anyway you made a great 👍 choice on your top 10 all super albums.I have them too been playing wire today.May be if you added another it could possibly be the adverts crossing the Red Sea.🤗
I know a lot of bands jumped on the Punk Bandwagon in the seventies, The Jam, The Stranglers,The Police,Elvis Costello.......they just sped everyth up a bit even though they were all already musically competent. But a Punk top ten without The Damned in it is pretty much unheard of ? Not a bad selection overall............... If NMTB isn’t everybody’s No1 then you never really got it !
The Scream Siouxie and the Banshees, Another Kind of Blues UK Subs, Teenage Warning Angelic Upstarts, Undertones Self Titled(From Derry and no mention?) Ultravox Self titled are all notable mentions.
I would have to agree with ya on most of these picks with the exception of the Clash... the jam never did much for either . Fun list and showings! Keep rocking
@@user-wx9ky9lr1y I'm calling punk, punk. The Damned were definitely punk and obviously put out the first UK punk album. However, I've never heard The Undertones described as a punk band (they were more a guitar pop band) and the Stranglers were a band who just happened to be around at the same time.
You got me watching because you stated “only UK Punk bands”. Most non English people seem to chose The Pistols,The Clash,The Damned,The Ramones, a couple of New York CBGBs ‘Art School’ Bands and fill it up the remaining sports with 80’s (second coming) bands. Punk was brief, it stated around mid 1975 and was dead and buried before mid 79 some people even say it died with the last pistols gig in February of that year......... or before.
DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED or Etiquette fella! Agree with your #1 pick, still one of the most the most underrated albums. You need The Damend on there tho'... the first.
There are a couple of those albums I would not have picked. Thankfully during the time those bands were gigging I was able to see all of them (and unfortunately Gen X) except the Pistols. As for all the comments saying the Jam were not punk...if you were there I respect your views if you weren't down the front row pogoing keep your views to yourself.
Hi .. great video featuring fantastic albums .. the slits album I picked up quite recently and I love it the ruts are forgotten my most people something that I said was a great song by them .. I don’t have that buzzcocks on vinyl , I’ll pick it up when I see it in good condition.. I saw stiff little fingers in 1980 inflammable material is a classic .. Johnny was I always loved . The clash are one of my all time favourites.. sex pistols had to be number 1 ... thanks for sharing .. best wishes from Manchester 👍
Ruts, SLF and Wire were great bands. Several of these I have originals of. Clash’s best album was their first. I have both the US and UK originals of that.
Nice list but how can you leave out London Calling? So many bands including Green Day to REM have stated that album inspired them. Glad you put Inflammable material in as far to underrated, still touring, saw them last year and Jake has become a bit of a friend through a mutual friend who runs the SLF Fanclub over here. I have to agree with the below chap's comment also as Rattus Norvegicus is quality. I saw Hugh at a gig in St. Albans about 10 years ago and he is clean from the drugs but did we get pissed, cost me £60 in a cab home for goodness sake.
NMTB, The Clash, Vibrators V2, Penetration Moving Target, The Adverts Crossing TRS, Buzzcocks Another MiaDK, Damned DDD, Wire PF, Xray Spex GA, The Jam TitMW ( & The Ruts on CD). 10. That’s all I have not counting Costello, later Clash. Looking for Chelsea & UK Subs - Another Kind Of Blues. (not real common in the US)
Some good choices here. Yes, SLF's album is a UK album, but the band is Irish. That said, Inflammable Material is one of my 10 favorite punk LP's. Absolutely extraordinary! In my top 10 are GBH City Baby Attacked By Rats, Cockney Rejects Greatest Hits Vol 1 and Leatherface's Mush. Leatherface is the best punk band of the last 30 years IMO.
@@PrettyGreenVinylGuy unfortunately its in Ireland and SLF most definitely identify as an Irish band but brilliant album regardless. Top 10 in any geography.
If you look at the badge on Wellers lapel on The Jam album you’ll see it’s The Damned’s logo that was on Scabies bass drum skin at the time.....your re-issue looks a little printed dark so it might not be so obvious
I agree with the sex pistols and clash but prefer give em enough rope. And the damned but prefer machine gun etiquette 🤔 my top two albums are the ruts with the crack ( truly great album) and best of all is is stiff little fingers with their live album HANX.
Sorry not true most of the early UK punk bands were influenced by the Jamaican immigration to the UK of Ska and Reggae in the late 60`s early 70`s and was a combination of British mod and Jamaican Ska blue beat and rocksteady. Most of us had never heard of the Ramones until Blondie broke through into the UK charts and we learned about CBGB`s. That is why in the late 70`s early 80`s we had Mod,Punk,Reggae and Two Tone ska all in the charts at the same time.
Two more VC channels made Top 10 UK Punk Albums videos. They may not be in your wheel house so I thought I'd let you know about them. Eric Bauer GroundZero Salem Five videos that I know of. It is officially a thread.
Seen a few USA punk reviews, ironically the most commercially successful punk band in the UK were the Stranglers by a country mile. They were also the band with the hardest reputation. probably what goes against them is that they were incredibly good musicians but for me Rattus and Black and White blow away anything by any other punk band.
Just saw you picked Inflammable Material...as guitarist for SLF,thanks!
So awesome that you commented! 😎
Wow Henry! I saw you play live so many times. I still have Inflammable Material on vinyl, such a great album.
SLF. never disappoints …always good live
Timeless first album
Anything by The Stranglers is always a must in a UK Punk collection
Absolutely
They weren't really punk...
But they were (are) awesome.
Well you can forget their last album 😬
couldn't agree more
@@gmantramp404 their last album Dark Matters is awesome.
I'm no punk expert (yet) and I haven't heard all of these albums, thought he ones I have heard on the list, I really like.
But for me, 'Damned Damned Damned" would be on the list for sure. Love it.
It would be my number one.
Back in the day we had John Peel who was our guide and mentor. He was our God and he showed us the way to the promised land, or the next best thing to hit music and especially the Punk scene. I remember listening late at night with the radio under my pillow being educated and then talking to my mates about what he had played the night before. The only other way to hear bands was to go and see them live which we also did on a regular basis. I was lucky my parents bought me a radio cassette player so I could tape the whole show and in 1980 (16th birthday) my parents bought me my first record player and the rest is history. Sadly most of my early records got battered and played to death, however when vinyl died a painful death I did manage to replace many of them, I never bought into digital cos Punk sounds "crap on the radio" in digital. SO yeah I have all those records and many more besides and seen most if not all live, some more than I can remember. Sham69, Bauhaus, Siouxsie, Crass, Anti Nowhere League, Killing Joke, PIL, The Damned, Cockney Rejects, Mac Lads, The Exploited, oh man far to many to even remember without thinking hard or looking on the shelves behind me.
I was a punk in the UK in ‘77, for me the Clash would be number 1 but saying that you’re 10 are gems
The Stranglers and The Undertones should have made the list. Two unfathomable omissions.
Suspect Device, got to be one of the best opening riffs.
Nice list. If I had to make my own, I'd probably include somewhere Siouxsie and the Banshees' The Scream and The Undertones first album. One band I couldn't quite get into was The Damned, and they are missing from your list, too.
Great list. Machine Gun Etiquette from the Damned is one I would add as well as Rattus Norvegicus
All great picks, and they are also in my top ten, but The Jam really weren't a "Punk" band, but they had the punk spirit, and were accepted by the first generation of punk rockers. Some other bands you might like, judging from your top ten list would be The Saints, I'm Stranded, (Technically, Australian, but the album was such a hit in The U.K. they moved there for a time) the first Ultravox album, and Pure Mania by The Vibrators. An honorable mention would be A Can of Bees by The Soft Boys. Although not officially considered a "punk" band they did have a punk sound, and feel on this particular album. Imagine if Syd Barrett never left Pink Floyd, and they decided to jump on the punk band wagon. That would sum up A Can of Bees perfectly. Another honorable mention would be Screaming lord Sutch and Heavy Friends. Believe it or not, this album has people like Jeff Beck, Nicky Hopkins, and others, and for something from the late 60s-early 70s, it sounds like a Sex Pistols album. One more honorable mention would be On Parole by Motorhead. Most people think of Motorhead as a "Heavy Metal" band, but this album proves that they were just as punk as The Sex Pistols.
1. Sex Pistols-Never Mind The Bollocks
2. The Vibrators-Pure Mania
3. The Saints-Eternally Yours
4. U.K. Subs-Another Kind Of Blues
5. Crass-The Feeding Of The 5,000
6. The Vibrators-V2
7. Discharge-Why?
8. Napalm Death-Scum
9. The Lurkers-Fulham Fallout
10. Slaughter And The Dogs-Do It Dog Style
Some honorable mentions that can move into the Top 10 but would definitely be in the Top 20. Here they are 11-20 but it is tough to rank them.
11. Thee Mighty Caesars-English Punk Rock Explosion
12. Rudimentary Peni-Death Church
13. The Radiators (From Space)-T.V. Tube Heart
14. Wire-Pink Flag
15. Conflict-It's Time To See Who's Who
16. The Damned-Damned Damned Damned
17. The Stranglers-Rattus Norvegicus
18. The Fall-Live At The Witch Trials
19. The Clash-The Clash
20. Sham 69-Tell Us The Truth
THE SAINTS, Australia , Not UK
@@sebastianurtiaga9110 Good point Sebastian. I associate the great Saints with those bands but you are absolutely right!
@@yokerecords803 And.... The Radiators ( From Space ) IRELAND, They did were not, mate ?
@@sebastianurtiaga9110 Yeah-I should have been more specific as I usually group them as European Punk Bands not just UK. But you are right again. What do you think of the list? Any I missed?
@@yokerecords803 The List, its OK, , i have most that records, but i dont get Thee Mighty Caesars record , the only difference, with my list, could be , position order.... My Top. it s The Clash, 77, The Damned 77, Sex Pistols 77, as well The Vibrators, Wire, The Stranglers, as well in 1979, Great Records, were out, " London Calling" , " Machinne Gun Etiquette", " Unknown Pleasure " , " 154 ", " The Undertones ", " A Different Kind of Tension " , , .. Greetings
Great list. Very had to pick 10 from so many great choices. For me I'd probably give The Splits and X-Ray Spex a demotion and add 999's debut album "999" and, although they got stick for bandwagon jumping and being older, The Strangler's "Rattus Norvegicus".
I would have fitted the first Vibrators in there myself!
Great list. Love all those albums though surprised no Damned on there. Or Stranglers, Gang Of four, UK Subs or Killing Joke but you only named 10 so... 🤷♂️
I am so happy to see the inclusion of Wire which gets forgotten in the USA. I saw their show at CBGB's and they kicked ass playing new material . They had a group called Ex Lion Tamer that opened for them that played Pink Flag in song order. I would of liked to see The Vibrators, and 999 on the list. Great job I love all your choices. I also saw X-Ray Specs at CBGB. It was a great time to be young and in Manhattan.
Not that it matters to a lot of people but the Sex Pistols are in the R&Rhof with the strength of that one studio album. No other band has ever, or most likely will never, get inducted with only one studio album. Very influential.
Great video, Police and Thieves was by Junior Marvin produced by Lee Perry.
Sung by j marvin.
Very cool list and pretty much right in my wheelhouse.. I'm glad you included The Ruts, an overlooked favorite.. I would have to have the UK Subs - Endangered Species on there, and probably Buzzcocks - Love Bites in place of A Different Kitchen..
Would love to find UK Subs on vinyl.
@@PrettyGreenVinylGuy Do you have the 1979 Green Vinyl copy by the Philadelphia Punk band, The Reds, titled The Reds.. that one is pretty cool on green vinyl.. great record ,too.
Yes , Nice choice. However, I'd drop The Slits and replace with Stranglers VI .. first album.... Greetings from New Zealand.
So glad you picked Clash debut album over any of their follow ups. Bollocks is also my favourite.
Great idea for a video. I still need to add several of these to my collection...especially that Jam debut and Stiff Little Fingers!🎶🙌✌️✌️
Must Haves Hanna. You can't have to many Jam records.
Great album by the Ruts , I have an other ruts album which is more of a John peel session partly live. Then there was Ruts DC, recorded in 1982 , a very fun reggae, electro funk post punk album produced by Dub reggae leggend Mad professor worth checking out. It was a tribute to Malcolm Owen a couple of years after his death. Those albums by the slits and the Buzzcocks and stiff little fingers who were a mix of Catholic and Protestants United together which was impossible in Northern Ireland back then I own too. Gang of four is worth checking out. I have all the clash albums. Awesome.
That Ruts CD of their Peel Sessions is superb . Better than The Crack because it has 3 putstanding songs not on The Crack.
Man, I used to have So many great Peel Sessions records, ( those ones with all the black text on white covers listing all the bands that had their own Sessions, iirc. )
Great selection. So hard to whittle down to 10. I'd put the Stranglers Rattus Norvegis in somewhere too (if you like the comp you'd probably like that). Undertones 'Hypnotised' would be another. Worth checking out, as it had slipped under my radar, is Carbon/Silicon, which is Mick Jones from the Clash and Tony James from Gen X's more recent stuff together.
Love the Stranglers, "Feline"
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Great collection but the damned and the stranglers. Should be in there.
Het Scott, I agree, but I only have a Stranglers Comp and sadly no Damned. I need to fix that. Thanks for watching
Every one a classic! Great video. Cheers. John
Love your Top 10! I'll have to dig deeper into some of them. But, The Damned & Killing Joke for sure!!
Damned damned damned should of been in this without any doubt.
I saw Vinyl Richie post his response to you first and just watched this. Nice. I added to the thread just now....thanks for starting this
Enjoyed it very much great collection, would love some of them!! Love the Beatles picture on your wall!!
Stiff Little Fingers for me,great album,great band.Alternative Ulster was a great track
Exquisite bunch of records here Edwin, loving your description on SLF and the slits especially. Would love to own just about every one you showed on vinyl - probably only have pink flag on vinyl and another 4-5 on CD. Hard for me to pick 10 as I'm more a post-punker though!! Great stuff, cheers- Dean
If you like Vinyl, i got lots of ;-)
I just subbed as your video is being emulated ( with credit ) by others. Any channel named after a Jam song is cool to me ! My favorite Jam song " The Butterfly Collector " Great list. I think Steve Lillywhite Produced That Ruts album , proving my theory that any contemporary top 10 list has a record Produced by him ! Ha Ha Ha by Ultravox & The Scream by Siouxsie & The Banshees Produced by him on my top 10 UK list. " Love Bites " my favorite Buzzcocks LP. See Ya !
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Great picks, but you missed one of the most important UK punk bands ever, The Damned. Any UK punk best of list needs to have The damned 1st and or 3rd album on in. Their 1st album came out before the Pistols. It's a shame they're regularly not given the true credit they deserve.
Educational to say the least. The clash would definitely be in my top 10 I saw that jam record recently at a record show.
Great records man, love 'em.
Great selection, I have that Ruts album but haven't listened to it for about 3 years now. Must dig it out. Thanks Edwin!
Yes the gentleman below sums it up how it was with the John peel show ,I truly did the same,what I especially liked about is show was the sessions and the obscure records by bands from parts of usa,Canada or similar countries .anyway you made a great 👍 choice on your top 10 all super albums.I have them too been playing wire today.May be if you added another it could possibly be the adverts crossing the Red Sea.🤗
what no damned ?
I know a lot of bands jumped on the Punk Bandwagon in the seventies, The Jam, The Stranglers,The Police,Elvis Costello.......they just sped everyth up a bit even though they were all already musically competent.
But a Punk top ten without The Damned in it is pretty much unheard of ?
Not a bad selection overall...............
If NMTB isn’t everybody’s No1 then you never really got it !
The Scream Siouxie and the Banshees, Another Kind of Blues UK Subs, Teenage Warning Angelic Upstarts, Undertones Self Titled(From Derry and no mention?) Ultravox Self titled are all notable mentions.
I would have to agree with ya on most of these picks with the exception of the Clash... the jam never did much for either . Fun list and showings! Keep rocking
Give The Jam a chance. Fantastic group
I would put Slaughter and the Dogs and Damned into this list, maybe also Eddie and the Hot Rods, but great top 10 anyway, great choices. Cheers
Hey Edwin, can't argue with one and two. I don't have a lot of punk albums. I do love the Stranglers though.
I would have shown the Stranglers but I only have a comp.
Edwin!!! Wow…. We went to high school together at NDSS. What a surprise. You look good bud.
Glaring omissions Stranglers Undertones and dammed debuts all belong in the top 10 if not Top 5‼️‼️👍
Sure but I didn’t have them in my collection at the time of filming. You’ll be happy to know I’ve since added The Dammed debut.
GBH,GANG OF FOUR,PENETRATIONS,NUCLEAR SOCKETS,DISCHARGE,EXPLOITED , VIBRATORS,THE RUTS,THE REZILLOS etc...
Undertones were not punk at all and Stranglers were not that punk.
@@dluap569161 depends what you are calling punk? Stranglers and Undertones were 100% punk‼️‼️
@@user-wx9ky9lr1y I'm calling punk, punk. The Damned were definitely punk and obviously put out the first UK punk album. However, I've never heard The Undertones described as a punk band (they were more a guitar pop band) and the Stranglers were a band who just happened to be around at the same time.
My favorite genre, fantastic stuff.
Great picks. mine would have included. Gang of 4… Killing Joke. The Fall…
You got me watching because you stated “only UK Punk bands”.
Most non English people seem to chose The Pistols,The Clash,The Damned,The Ramones, a couple of New York CBGBs ‘Art School’ Bands and fill it up the remaining sports with 80’s (second coming) bands.
Punk was brief, it stated around mid 1975 and was dead and buried before mid 79 some people even say it died with the last pistols gig in February of that year......... or before.
Buried by 79 is a myth
just change the Slits' album with the first DAMNED's one...and your list gonna be pretty perfect !
No Damned-album on this list? Well, I'll be Damned! 🙂
DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED or Etiquette fella! Agree with your #1 pick, still one of the most the most underrated albums. You need The Damend on there tho'... the first.
Great top 10, love these albums.
Stranglers? Ian Dury ? Damned ? Undertones ? Joy Division?
I like undertones jimmy jimmy perfect cousin Mars bar get over you lol
nevermind came out in my senior high school year, I used that Kurt Cobains 50 favorite album article as a guidebook for stuff to try for a few years
Loving Sam The Sham and X-Ray Speck. 🎉
Pink Flag is timeless
Not a bad top 10, but I would make room for Damned Damned album, The Undertones and 999 first as well as The UK Subs A Different Kind of Blues.
U2 October playing in the background me thinks. Didnt realise Strange -REM was a cover- off Life's Rich Pageant album.
nice setup mate
the reggae sound was called ska
The Crack excellent,Babylon top10!!
There are a couple of those albums I would not have picked. Thankfully during the time those bands were gigging I was able to see all of them (and unfortunately Gen X) except the Pistols.
As for all the comments saying the Jam were not punk...if you were there I respect your views if you weren't down the front row pogoing keep your views to yourself.
I'd love to know what your other top UK Punk albums are- those you don't have on vinyl.
The Damned and the Stranglers for sure.
and Cockney Rejects.
4 in the Slits
Greeting from Liverpool. Great selection
Coincido con todos tus gustos, te recomiendo a Los VIOLADORES ( Banda punk argentina) abrazo.
Love if when yank with a pic of the beatles pop kids in back ground tells me what the top punk albums are.
He's an anglophile
You sure picked 10 Goods. I approve of all 10
Hi .. great video featuring fantastic albums .. the slits album I picked up quite recently and I love it the ruts are forgotten my most people something that I said was a great song by them .. I don’t have that buzzcocks on vinyl , I’ll pick it up when I see it in good condition.. I saw stiff little fingers in 1980 inflammable material is a classic .. Johnny was I always loved . The clash are one of my all time favourites.. sex pistols had to be number 1 ... thanks for sharing .. best wishes from Manchester 👍
Thanks Rob. You've great taste in music!!
Astronomer- Patrick Moore.
And on the xylophone…..
Kia ora (hello) from Aotearoa new zealand my 16 year old son is called Strummer Clash Palace
One and two spot on though. SLF good shout too.
Any of Wire's first three albums could be on this list. I'd also include Swell Maps' Jane from Occupied Europe
It's X Ray Spex, as in specks.
Ruts, SLF and Wire were great bands. Several of these I have originals of. Clash’s best album was their first. I have both the US and UK originals of that.
Listen to "Comfort to me" by Amyl and the Sniffers. Fantastic punk album.
The Ruts Peel Sessions album containing all their 3 sessions, is even better than The Crack.
I need to hear 'Twelve By You' by Wire
Great selection. Too bad it had to be only 10. Missing Gang of four - entertainment
Nice list but how can you leave out London Calling? So many bands including Green Day to REM have stated that album inspired them. Glad you put Inflammable material in as far to underrated, still touring, saw them last year and Jake has become a bit of a friend through a mutual friend who runs the SLF Fanclub over here. I have to agree with the below chap's comment also as Rattus Norvegicus is quality. I saw Hugh at a gig in St. Albans about 10 years ago and he is clean from the drugs but did we get pissed, cost me £60 in a cab home for goodness sake.
NMTB, The Clash, Vibrators V2, Penetration Moving Target, The Adverts Crossing TRS, Buzzcocks Another MiaDK, Damned DDD, Wire PF, Xray Spex GA, The Jam TitMW ( & The Ruts on CD). 10. That’s all I have not counting Costello, later Clash. Looking for Chelsea &
UK Subs - Another Kind Of Blues. (not real common in the US)
Malcolm Owen not Plural 🤘
The Ramones, the New York Dolls and N 1 SexPistols all the Best Forever!
Now do it again minus generation X (wouldn’t get close) but with the undertones, how on earth can you leave this classic debut out??
Subhumans day the country died and the first Adverts album should definitely be in there!
I like adverts, apparently there are two subhumans bands so I get confused
@@leahflower9924 Yes, Canada, and UK,
Not a fan of X Ray Spex but like all the others. My top 10 would include some 80's Punk albums.
I just did a quick favorite UK Punk albums. Sex Pistols tops the list.
Hey Rich, thanks for watching. I'll check out your video right away.
@@vinylrichie007 Did you post it yet?
I have it on paper. I’ll make a video when my cough is gone.
I tried shooting a video but I coughed a couple of minutes in. I just stopped because I knew it would get ugly.
Some good choices here. Yes, SLF's album is a UK album, but the band is Irish. That said, Inflammable Material is one of my 10 favorite punk LP's. Absolutely extraordinary! In my top 10 are GBH City Baby Attacked By Rats, Cockney Rejects Greatest Hits Vol 1 and Leatherface's Mush. Leatherface is the best punk band of the last 30 years IMO.
SLF are from Belfast, which is unfortunately in the UK. Thanks for watching.
@@PrettyGreenVinylGuy unfortunately its in Ireland and SLF most definitely identify as an Irish band but brilliant album regardless. Top 10 in any geography.
If you look at the badge on Wellers lapel on The Jam album you’ll see it’s The Damned’s logo that was on Scabies bass drum skin at the time.....your re-issue looks a little printed dark so it might not be so obvious
I agree with the sex pistols and clash but prefer give em enough rope. And the damned but prefer machine gun etiquette 🤔 my top two albums are the ruts with the crack ( truly great album) and best of all is is stiff little fingers with their live album HANX.
Sorry that was for another account 😇
great taste
Good choice 👍
If crass isn’t on the list I’m gonna be upset lol😂
1. Sex Pistols-Never Mind The Bollocks
1,2 by U? Surgeon's Girl? What is our moderator discussing? Perhaps Beaches by the Manglers will clear his head... Alas, I feel a bit wired...
It's X-ray Spex. Not 'Spek'. Stopped watching after that - before we got to the Sek Pistols.
I guess I am a poseur.
and Billy Idols band Generation K :)
You said the Pistols influenced many of your other choices.....but The RAMONES influenced them all ..including the Pistols.
Ramones johnny thunders and Richard hells look
Sorry not true most of the early UK punk bands were influenced by the Jamaican immigration to the UK of Ska and Reggae in the late 60`s early 70`s and was a combination of British mod and Jamaican Ska blue beat and rocksteady.
Most of us had never heard of the Ramones until Blondie broke through into the UK charts and we learned about CBGB`s.
That is why in the late 70`s early 80`s we had Mod,Punk,Reggae and Two Tone ska all in the charts at the same time.
A Trip to Marineville is fabulous by Swell Maps..
I just uploaded my response.
Two more VC channels made Top 10 UK Punk Albums videos. They may not be in your wheel house so I thought I'd let you know about them.
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Five videos that I know of. It is officially a thread.
You've got some orbs going on in the room. Is the house haunted?
Haven’t you heard of Sham 69? The only true punk band and still around today in 2022. Listen Up mate!
Seen a few USA punk reviews, ironically the most commercially successful punk band in the UK were the Stranglers by a country mile. They were also the band with the hardest reputation. probably what goes against them is that they were incredibly good musicians but for me Rattus and Black and White blow away anything by any other punk band.