You may already have most of this stuff in your collection, but if you’ve missed a few releases here and there, this is the best thing to add to your library.
These dudes sound dangerous and in desperate need of victims to pummel, rob, and laugh at. This isn’t punk rock so much as hooligan rock. Highly recommended.
The Helgas are the natural replacement for your overused Social Distortion discs, and they don’t even need breaking in. Straight-ahead no-bull punk rock.
Most Americans don’t know McDick about the conflict in Northern Ireland, but we can appreciate the brains and balls it takes to write insightful punk songs.
Antona’s nasal emissions are annoying at times, but it allows comparisons to Jane’s Addiction with a sense of humor. More accurate is a groovier Minutemen.
Smartly avoids the dinosaur-sized mid-tempo stompers that permeated non-Brett albums, instead focusing on the kind of affectual, somber, minor-based melodies.