You get what you deserve

Big Star 'Radio City' (1974)
Brilliant, addictive, definitively semipopular, and all Alex Chilton--Chris Bell, his folkie counterpart, just couldn't take it any more. The harmonies sound like the lead sheets are upside down and backwards, the guitar solos sound like screwball readymade pastiches, and the lyrics sound like love is strange, though maybe that's just the context. Can an album be catchy and twisted at the same time? - Robert Christgau

Squeal appeal!

The Revillos 'Where's The Boy For Me?/The Fiend' 7" (1979) and 'Motorbike Beat/ No Such Luck' 7" (1980)
These first two Revillos singles really make you want to pogo, certainly matching the sublime punk of their previous effort with a little more added pop. Enjoy the ride!

Black

La Peste (1996)
Truth be told, I had never heard of La Peste until this release on Matador Records back in the 90's... An excellent overview of their short life span. Too bad they didn't get much studio time, but what little they did record is all top notch. Here you get "Better Off Dead", their one and only 7", along with live tracks recorded at The Rat in '79 and a few Ric Ocasek produced demos.

Fucker

The Brian Jonestown Massacre 'Take It From The Man!' (1996)
With this, the BJM weave a path from the mid 60's on through to the early 70's glam, creating a sound that shows their influences and yet creates something completely original. Straight up and down!

What will you play tonight?

The Adverts 'One Chord Wonders' 7" (1977)
Something heavy or something light... something to set your soul alight... we don't give a damn... see what punks can do!

Oo Chang-A-Lang

Girls In The Garage Volume 1 CD (199?)
A medley of punk from the mid-60's?! These are the girls you need.

Gobbing on punk rock

Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias 'Snuff Rock' EP 7" (1977)
The piss-colored vinyl makes this piss-take of punk rock all that much better... and "Gobbing On Life" rocks!

"Snuff Rock" was the record-breaking musical play presented at London's Royal Court Theatre and Round House, and was famous for the role of the comic disc jockey played by Les Prior. The accompanying EP, "Snuff Rock", released on Stiff Records, poked fun at the punk rock phenomenon, targeting the Sex Pistols ("Gobbing On Life"), The Damned ("Kill") and The Clash ("Snuffin' Like That") as well as a myriad of reggae bands in "Snuffin' In A Babylon". For once, the Albertos' act was successfully transferred to vinyl. - wikipedia

Howlin'!

English Freakbeat Volume 2 (1989)
The second installment of freaky, limey, 60's punkers, appropriately subtitled "Wailin' R&B; from folks who wouldn't know a progressive blues jam from a sitar." 7 pounds of potatoes may come between you and your love, but it shouldn't keep you from grabbing this!

Rocking weird

Crime 'First Blood' 7" (1989)
Three previously unreleased studio tracks from August 10th 1979, produced by Huey Lewis (pre Huey Lewis and the News fame) and Shaun Hooper. Crime had 3 recording sessions at Different Fur, with known recordings surviving from 2 sessions. These are the only tracks to surface from these recordings. - Crime discography

Hanky panky

Tommy James & The Shondells 'Short Sharp Shots' 10" (1983)
Bubblegum, bubblegum on a disc, how many tracks do you wish? 8? Okay then...

When I start moving I don't wanna stop

The Nipple Erectors 'King Of The Bop/Nervous Wreck' 7" (1978)
After a couple nips I needed some erecting, I think I'm going barmy! So here, it's their debut.

Shane's brain is in his pants!

The Nips 'All The Time In The World/Private Eye' 7" (1978)
First he erected nipples and then just nips before Shane MacGowan moved on to The Pogues. This screaming single is their finest, in my opinion, with "All The Time" being one of my top favorite garage punkers of all time (pun intended)!

The trip

Goldmine Presents: Garage Sale! cassette (1985)
A compilation of mid-80's garage rockers on the famous ROIR cassette label. Some big names like The Fuzztones, Pandoras, Tell-Tale Hearts, Gravedigger V, etc. as well as some goofy stuff like Widfang's "Like Ringo." Fun rockin', I tell no lies!

Tired of the same old shit?

The Bayonettes 'Stuck In This Rut/Sour' 7" (2006)
I know nothing about this band other than that they are from Toronto. They play catchy punk and have a female singer. They hate work. They think optimism fades with every hour. Looks like I do know a few things about them and you should too. More info here.

Silver bullet!

The Briefs 'Hit After Hit' (2000)
Hit after hit of catchy punk rock. Retro, yet up to date. Get yourself a new pair of shoes and pogo!

Motorboat to hell

100 Flowers LP (1983)
The Urinals hinted at what would become 100 Flowers. While they don't have the ack ack ack of the Urinals, these fella's press the point with a salad of speech and an all sexed up attitude. Musically, I could describe them as Mission of Burma filtered through Wire, but I might be lying. John Talley-Jones and Kjehl Johanson eventually joined with The Last's Vitus Matare in the occasionally interesting Trotsky Icepick. Now, get horizontal!

Black hole...

The Urinals 'One' and 'Two' 7"s (1979, 1980, 198?)
ACK!...a pair of bootlegs with all the officially released singles, the Happy Squid Sampler track, plus 3 live covers (including the thoroughly trashed "Jetson's Theme") from who knows when. Starting out as a hologram of a punk band in 1978, their sound developed a little more pop as time and musical skills progressed (eventually becoming 100 Flowers). I'm partial to the crude, underproduced sound and vision of the first two EP's, but everything here is excellent!

10 $ Pleasures

Panic '13' (1978)
Back from a haitus... with some primitive Dutch "treat." These Nederlanders can be occasionally dodgy musically and lyrically, but this red vinyl plaat still has plenty of good punk to offer. They just wanna be loved!
Find a bit of info here as well as some pics taken when they played CBGB's.

Skunk, sonically speaking!

MC5 'Babes In Arms' (1983)
Originally released on the cassette-only label ROIR, this collection of rare outtakes, alt. mixes and other assorted odds and ends is still one of my favorite MC5 releases. The version of "Shakin' Street" on here blew my mind way back when and continues to, even now. Gotta keep moving!

Happyville

The Outsiders 'CQ' (1968)
Their 2nd and final full length finds these Dutchmen headed in an experimental direction. Not a bad thing when combined with their already solid R & B garage rock sound. They probably just took more drugs to make music to take more drugs to. Fine by me.
Read more about CQ here.

Won't Someone Stop My Mind

The Angry Samoans 'Inside My Brain' 12" (1980)
This is the album that started it all! Right from the opening guitar chords of "Right Side of My Mind" to Metal Mike's high-pitched vocals -which always sound funny when he's trying to come across all angry, "Inside My Brain" is a non-stop psycho analysis backed up by blaring, tongue in cheek anthems suitable for all those who can't seem to express their anger. - allmusic

Oh it's such a shame

Jay Reatard 'Blood Visions' (2006)
A classic of retardo pop punk proportions! RIP Jay...

Can't Bring Me Down

Black Lips 'Ain't Comin' Back' 7" (2002)
What do you do when your sixteen and in deep shit? You're looking out at the world from the strip-mall and the detention hall, from the basement and the cul-de-sac and it just looks like there is a wall around you. Everybody tells you and your friends that you're going nowhere, that your lives are already ruined. What the fuck do you do?
You hang around and smash stuff and get high and try to be a bad-ass, that's what you do. You steal and drink and smash up the car your mom gave you and pull your pee-pee out in public. You work at sandwich shops and fast-food joints and try to screw private school girls because they think your tough and the girls at your school think your gay because you pretended to give your friend a blowjob at the junior prom. You fuck it all up as ugly and as dirty as you can because, why the fuck not?
Your parents and teachers and sandwich-shop supervisors look at you and think, "What happened to the kid? He has all the advantages in the world and he has chucked it all in the shitter. Doesn't he believe in the inherent goodness of our enlightened society? Doesn't he believe in any thing at all?"
It is this question, the question of belief, nay, the question of faith, that is the crux of the matter. It is this question that was asked of the Black Lips. And the Black Lips have answered it. They have answered it in their songs and in their actions. They have answered it for every shit-assed, burned-out brat that staggers out of the suburbs. They have answered it resoundingly and continue to answer it.
- http://black-lips.com/p/biog

Underground Babylon

The Decline Of Western Civilization Soundtrack (1980)
An American documentary film filmed through 1979 and 1980, the movie was directed by Penelope Spheeris about the Los Angeles punk rock scene. In 1981, the LAPD Chief of Police Daryl Gates wrote a letter demanding the film not be shown again in L.A. Over the years the film has gained cult status.
The film's title is possibly a reference to famous music critic Lester Bangs' 1970 two-part review of The Stooges' Fun House for Creem Magazine, where Bang quotes a friend who had said the popularity of The Stooges signaled "the decline of Western civilization." Another possibility is that the title refers to Darby Crash' reading of Oswald Spengler's "Der Untergang des Abendlandes" ("The Decline of the West").
Featuring concert footage of legendary Los Angeles punk bands, and interviews both with band members, the publishers of Slash, and with the punks who made up their audience, the film offers a look into a subculture that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time.
Eerily, the promotional poster for The Decline (and the record cover of the soundtrack album) featured a close-up frame of Germs singer Darby Crash supine on stage with his eyes closed. Crash died from a heroin-induced suicide shortly before the film was released (the poster was designed before his death). - wikipedia

Shake!! Shivaree

The Dirtbombs 'Horndog Fest' (1998)
Mick 'n his gang trash it up on their first longplayer. More lo-fi than future releases, this'll wreak havoc on your ear drums and have your heart burning with the deeps of love. Turn it up!!

Because I'm free

The Best of Metrobeat (1990)
More musically mayhem from Minnesota. This comp features tracks from the Metrobeat (and Peak) label around 1967-68. Metrobeat was formed by Mike Jann and David Anthony who were both closely associated with the Trashmen. In fact, David passed on the rights to issue "Surfin' Bird" for a mere $100! What you have here is a fine collection of pre-psyche garage n' roll from the midwest. Shake a tail feather!

Bird bath

The Trashmen 'Surfin' Bird' (1964)
"Surfin' Bird" is about as wacky and over the top as the idea of a surf band from Minnesota. But here it is along with 11 other numbers. Tube city!

Pure mania

The Vibrators 'V2' (1978)
Their follow-up to the classic 1st album. A little generic by comparison, but still worth a listen. It all went downhill from here...

Surfbeat!

What Surf II (1985)
Surfin' hits by oldies (Davie Allan, Pyramids, Sandy Nelson) and newbies (Agent Orange, Pandoras, Halibuts) alike! Released on punk label What? Records.

Anyone have the 1st What Surf to share?

Manish boy

David Bowie 'Early On (1964-1966)' (1991)
Before the glam and glitz of the 1970's Bowie released a handful of mid-60's singles under such names as Davie Jones & the King Bees, The Manish Boys, and Davy Jones & the Lower Third. These gems are collected here along with some outtakes from the same period. I dig everything on here and I say to myself: I pity the fool that doesn't get this one!

Golden clouds...

The Flamin' Groovies 'Sneakers' (1968)
Self-released on 10", the Groovies debut is a primitive, lo-fi bout of 50's rock n' roll played by San Francisco hippies. Lovetime!

Halibut stomp

The Halibuts 'Halibut Beach' (1984)
Released on punk label What? Records... Surf, ska and just the right amount of hanky panky. In 3-D! It's monster surfing time!!

Take a quaalude now (Re-Up)

Me Want Breakfast: The Dangerhouse Collection (1987)
When I bought this, I thought it was the real deal: finally a reissue compilation of singles and 'Yes L.A.' tracks from one of the finest late 70's punk labels, Dangerhouse Records. I found out later it was a bootleg (explains the somewhat sub-par fidelity), but I'm still happy just to have some of the rare tracks missing from my 7" bins. For this hdvns version I used the original 7"s whenever possible. Read the Dangerhouse story on break my face.

Happy endings

Bored Games 'Who Killed Colonel Mustard' (1982)
Posthumously released, this four-song punk rocker was the result of New Zealanders Shayne Carter (Straightjacket Fits, Dimmer) and Wayne Elsey (Stones, Doublehappys) joining forces with others in the late 70's. Elsey eventually grew bored (pun intended) and Terry Moore (later of The Chills) joined. They recorded this record and then broke up in 1981. Carter and Elsey would again play together in the Doublehappys, before Elsey was killed in a freak train accident.

Mighty Idy

DMZ (1978)
A flat out destroyer with plenty of bad attitude! 'nuff said.