American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986

The soundtrack to this excellent movie which documents American Punk from 80-86 with interviews and live video. The movie is a must see and you can get it through bittorrent here.

01 - Nervous Breakdown - Black Flag
02 - Out Of Vogue - Middle Class
03 - Pay To Cum - Bad Brains
04 - Fucked Up Ronnie - D.O.A.
05 - Red Tape - Circle Jerks
06 - Filler - Minor Threat
07 - I Remember - MDC
08 - Nic Fit - Untouchables
09 - Kill A Commie - Gang Green
10 - Boston Not L.A. - The Freeze
11 - Straight Jacket - Jerry's Kids
12 - Boiling Point - SS Decontrol
13 - Who Are You/Time To Die - Void
14 - Came Without Warning - Scream
15 - Friend Or Foe (1983) - Negative Approach
16 - Bad Attitude - Articles of Faith
17 - Think For Me - Die Kreuzen
18 - My Minds Disease - Battalion Of Saints
19 - I Hate Sports - 7 Seconds
20 - Brickwall - Big Boys
21 - I Was A Teenage Fuckup - Really Red
22 - I Hate Children (1980 Demo) - Adolescents
23 - Enemy For Life - YDI
24 - Runnin' Around - D.R.I.
25 - Don't Tread On Me (1982 Demo) - Cro-Mags
26 - Ha Ha Ha - Flipper

Rhino Records, 2006

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The Faith / Void - Split LP

This has to be one of the best split LP's ever. Two great Washington DC bands on one slab of vinyl make my ears and my brain very happy.

Dischord Records, 1982

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Youth Brigade - Sound & Fury

The L.A. band formed by 3 brothers originally from Canada who started B.Y.O records. This is the 2nd version of this album which has a different track listing and is supposed to be much better. Apparently the first was rushed and the band wasn't happy with the quality. I got see to them play once which was nice.

BYO Records, 1983

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Hickoids - We're In It For The Corn

Kick ass cow-punk from Texas with a sense of humour. I'm not really into country music but this is a great album with a distorted twangy country punk sound.

Toxic Shock,1987

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Minor Threat - First Two 7's

What can you say about Minor Threat other than they were completely fucking great. Who cares if they were straight edge, the music and the message were all good.

Dischord Records, 1984

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The Vandals - Peace Thru Vandalism

Another Classic! About the only Vandals album I listen to.

Epitaph Records, 1982

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Decry - Falling

Decry were one of my favorite bands. I searched for this album for years ( before ebay was around) and never came across a copy. I bought the "Complete Decry" CD but one of these days I'll get myself a copy of this on vinyl.

Toxic Shock Records, 1984

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Fear - The Record

This is a classic record, it is by far the best Fear album. I can remember sitting in my room listening to this when I was supposed to be doing homework.

Slash, 1982

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Bad Brains - S/T

In my opinion Bad Brains are one of the best hardcore bands ever. I got to see them live but not until the early 90's so HR wasn't in the band. I do have the cassette on ROIR but it might be a reissue. I've left out the reggae tracks off of this.

ROIR, 1982

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Detox - S/T

I was lucky enough to see these guys play. There was only about 20 people at the show and the bass player was so drunk he had to stand with his head against the wall so he wouldn't fall over! They supposedly broke into the stock room after the show and took a bunch of booze. I have 2 copies of this, one of which is still sealed!

Flipside Records, 1985

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Nip Drivers - Destroy Whitey

Wow, how much do I love these guys. I remember mowing my dad's lawn and listening to this on my walkman. This has to be one of my all time favorite albums. Unfortunately their next album "Oh blessed freak show" wasn't so good.

New Alliance Records, 1984

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