246: Give The People What They Want

On Gang Green’s debut 7″, released in 1984, Chris Doherty screams on the song “Sold Out”: “There’s one easy way to get that money — give the fucking people what they want!” Well, this is it. One R-rated hour — and 31 songs — of punk rock goodness from the class of ’77 through ’80s hardcore and beyond. Bands include the Angry Samoans (pictured), The Dils, Zero Boys, T.S.O.L. Gaunt, The Saints, Dag Nasty, The Dickies, Flipper, Bad Brains, X-Ray Spex, Big Boys, Descendents, D.O.A., UK Decay, Black Flag, and lots of obscure and forgotten gems. If you’re feeling the tension of the upcoming election, loosen up with this batch of chaotic fun.

Playlist

  1. Zero Boys — New Generation
  2. Angry Samoans — My Old Man’s A Fatso
  3. X-Ray Spex — Obsessed With You
  4. The Endtables — Circumcision
  5. The Gears — Teenage Brain
  6. Bum-Kon — Go Die
  7. The Thought Criminals — So All The Superheroes
  8. The Dils — Class War
  9. Radio Birdman — Do The Pop
  10. Billy Synth And The Turn Ups — I Wanna Be Your Dog
  11. Gray Matter — Flash In Time
  12. Bad Brains — Pay To Cum
  13. D.O.A. — Woke Up Screaming
  14. Husker Du — Let’s Go Die
  15. Stiff Little Fingers — Suspect Device
  16. Flipper — Ha Ha Ha
  17. The Dickies — Hideous
  18. Jerry’s Kids — Desperate
  19. Descendents — Hope
  20. The Vibrators — Sulphate
  21. The Jam — Art School
  22. Lemonheads — So I Fucked Up
  23. Black Flag — Revenge
  24. Overkill — Burn The School
  25. Dag Nasty — Under Your Influence
  26. UK Decay — For My Country
  27. T.S.O.L. — Property Is Theft
  28. Big Boys — Frat Cars
  29. Gaunt — USA
  30. Wire — Surgeon’s Girl
  31. The Saints — Lost And Found