Thursday, June 26, 2014

10 Punk rock songs to play if you're an alien who just landed on earth.

Punk rock! It's all about turning the volume up (to 11!) giving the middle finger to the system, and expressing your most primal teenage angst. So it got me to thinking…if you happened to be an alien who's space ship just touched down on earth and you wanted an introduction to punk rock with the top 10 songs to get started, what would your play list look like? Since this is such a likely scenario, (obviously) I prepared my top 10 punk rock playlist. I tried to take the best artists and songs that gave a proper representation of the musical art form. Oh, and in the spirit of breaking all the rules, my top 10 list has 11 songs! Now click on the songs to hear them on YouTube and take me to your leader!  


1. The Clash


2. Ramones


3. Sex Pistols

(or we can easily go with God Save the Queen.)


4. Dead Kennedys


5. Iggy Pop and the Stooges


6. Rancid
Olympia, Wa
(thanks to Craig, "Junior Bong" for this one)


7. Green Day


8. Violent Femmes


9.The Only Ones



10. The Buzzcocks


11. Dead Milkmen
Punk Rock Girl

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How'd we do?  Any suggestions?  What else would be in your top 10?  

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