rtbuck
Senior Member
The Stooges (Raw Power is a great album and was my favorite Stooges but nowadays I have to say that Iggy and the Stooges Funhouse album is my favorite (so many great tunes like Loose, TV Eye, 1970, Down on the Street) Stooges self titled first album is great too
MC5 (Of course that debut Live album is a must have with Kick Out the Jams and the tune opening the album which is a cover of the 1962 Jerry Lee Lewis hit “Ramblin’ Rose. MC5’s version may actually be closer to the 1965 version by Ted Taylor but other than those 2 songs it’s easy to get lost with the rest of the tunes on the live album so I would recommend their Back in the USA album with songs like High School, Teenage Lust,Lookin at you, Shakin Street and a super fast and fun version of Chuck Berry’s Back in the USA)
New York Dolls (One of my Top 3 bands along with Kiss and Alice Cooper…) I can’t recommend just one album by the NY Dolls so I have to recommend both of their 1970’s albums(the self titled debut is a must have with no weak songs at all…stand out tracks are “Personality Crisis”, “Lookin for a Kiss”, “Bad Girl”, “Trash”, “Jet Boy”, and a cool cover of Bo Diddley’s “Pills”…. Their 2nd Album “In Too Much Too Soon” is another classic with all great tunes including “Babylon”, “Who are the Mystery Girls”, “Puss n Boots”, the classic Johnny Thunders tune “Chatterbox” which features guitarist Johnny Thunders on lead vocals, a cool cover of Sonnyboy Williamson’s “Don’t Start me Talkin” and the phenomenal closing track “Human Being”
The Ramones (Rocket to Russia is such a great album all around and like the NY Dolls debut every tune on this album is great(of course the Ramones self titled debut is another great record all the way through) on Rocket to Russia stand out tracks are “Rockaway Beach”, “Sheena is a Punk Rocker”, “Teenage Lobotomy”, “Cretin Hop”, “We’re a Happy Family” & a couple of cool cover tunes with the Trashmen’s “Surfin’ Bird” and Bobby Freeman’s “Do You Wanna Dance”
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers(Ex NY Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders and drummer Jerry Nolan along with ex Demons guitarist Walter Lure & bassist Billy Rath(who replaced Richard Hell) created what I feel is by far the Greatest Punk Rock & Roll album of all-time with “LAMF”. If drugs didn’t get in the way this band would have been Huge. Their sound is similar to the Ramones at times but with scorching lead guitars by Johnny and Walter. Stand out tracks are the entire album including: “Born to Lose”, “Chinese Rocks”, “One Track Mind”, “I Love You”, “Can’t Keep my Eyes on You”, “Let Go”, “All by Myself”, and a fun Punk version of the Contours “Do You Love Me”)
Richard Hell and the Voidoids (Blank Generation is a great record by Richard Hell featuring his Punk Anthem “Blank Generation”, “Love Comes in Spurts”(Both of these songs come from his days with the Heartbreakers and “Love Comes in Spurts” is actually written by Hell and Lure and Lure changed the lyrics and the tune became “One Track Mind” on the Heartbreakers LAMF album), “I’m Your Man”, and “Down at the Rock and Roll Club”
Patti Smith Group(I have to say Smith’s album “Horses” is a classic album in the Punk category. The recommended tracks off this album are “Gloria: In Excelsis Deo”which is a wild take on Van Morrison’s classic tune he performed with Them once it kicks in, “Redondo Beach”, “Horses”(This is such a cool tune similar to her version of Gloria where the song builds up and then explodes), and a kick ass live cover of the of The Who’s “My Generation” featuring the Velvet Underground’s John Cale on Bass)
Sex Pistols(Sure they got a lot of mileage off of Never Mind the Bollocks but I would recommend 1980’s compilation “Flogging a Dead Horse” because it not only features some of the great stuff off Bullocks but also features other tunes….Stand out tracks are “Anarchy in the UK”, “God Save the Queen”, “Pretty Vacant”, “Silly Thing” and a few cool covers such as “Stepping Stone”, “”No Fun”, “C’mon Everybody”, “Something Else”(both Eddie Cochran covers are sang by Sid Vicious along with a fun Killer version of Sinatra’s “My Way”
Johnny Thunders (So Alone is a real masterpiece of a solo album released by Thunders in 1978 featuring one of the greatest tunes ever written “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory”. Not a bad song on this record featuring Thin Lizzy bassist Phil Lynott on several tracks and stand out tracks besides the aforementioned tune would be a super cool cover of the Chantays instrumental “Pipeline”, a fun cover of the Shangri La’s “Give Her a Great Big Kiss”, “Leave me Alone”(Which is actually “Chatterbox” from his days with the NY Dolls), a couple of other Dolls tunes “Downtown” & “Subway Train” and I also have to mention a fantastic cover of Derek Martin’s “Daddy Rollin Stone” which features verse one sung by Thunders, verse 2 sung by Phil Lynott, and verse 3 features an amazing vocal by Steve Marriott)
MC5 (Of course that debut Live album is a must have with Kick Out the Jams and the tune opening the album which is a cover of the 1962 Jerry Lee Lewis hit “Ramblin’ Rose. MC5’s version may actually be closer to the 1965 version by Ted Taylor but other than those 2 songs it’s easy to get lost with the rest of the tunes on the live album so I would recommend their Back in the USA album with songs like High School, Teenage Lust,Lookin at you, Shakin Street and a super fast and fun version of Chuck Berry’s Back in the USA)
New York Dolls (One of my Top 3 bands along with Kiss and Alice Cooper…) I can’t recommend just one album by the NY Dolls so I have to recommend both of their 1970’s albums(the self titled debut is a must have with no weak songs at all…stand out tracks are “Personality Crisis”, “Lookin for a Kiss”, “Bad Girl”, “Trash”, “Jet Boy”, and a cool cover of Bo Diddley’s “Pills”…. Their 2nd Album “In Too Much Too Soon” is another classic with all great tunes including “Babylon”, “Who are the Mystery Girls”, “Puss n Boots”, the classic Johnny Thunders tune “Chatterbox” which features guitarist Johnny Thunders on lead vocals, a cool cover of Sonnyboy Williamson’s “Don’t Start me Talkin” and the phenomenal closing track “Human Being”
The Ramones (Rocket to Russia is such a great album all around and like the NY Dolls debut every tune on this album is great(of course the Ramones self titled debut is another great record all the way through) on Rocket to Russia stand out tracks are “Rockaway Beach”, “Sheena is a Punk Rocker”, “Teenage Lobotomy”, “Cretin Hop”, “We’re a Happy Family” & a couple of cool cover tunes with the Trashmen’s “Surfin’ Bird” and Bobby Freeman’s “Do You Wanna Dance”
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers(Ex NY Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders and drummer Jerry Nolan along with ex Demons guitarist Walter Lure & bassist Billy Rath(who replaced Richard Hell) created what I feel is by far the Greatest Punk Rock & Roll album of all-time with “LAMF”. If drugs didn’t get in the way this band would have been Huge. Their sound is similar to the Ramones at times but with scorching lead guitars by Johnny and Walter. Stand out tracks are the entire album including: “Born to Lose”, “Chinese Rocks”, “One Track Mind”, “I Love You”, “Can’t Keep my Eyes on You”, “Let Go”, “All by Myself”, and a fun Punk version of the Contours “Do You Love Me”)
Richard Hell and the Voidoids (Blank Generation is a great record by Richard Hell featuring his Punk Anthem “Blank Generation”, “Love Comes in Spurts”(Both of these songs come from his days with the Heartbreakers and “Love Comes in Spurts” is actually written by Hell and Lure and Lure changed the lyrics and the tune became “One Track Mind” on the Heartbreakers LAMF album), “I’m Your Man”, and “Down at the Rock and Roll Club”
Patti Smith Group(I have to say Smith’s album “Horses” is a classic album in the Punk category. The recommended tracks off this album are “Gloria: In Excelsis Deo”which is a wild take on Van Morrison’s classic tune he performed with Them once it kicks in, “Redondo Beach”, “Horses”(This is such a cool tune similar to her version of Gloria where the song builds up and then explodes), and a kick ass live cover of the of The Who’s “My Generation” featuring the Velvet Underground’s John Cale on Bass)
Sex Pistols(Sure they got a lot of mileage off of Never Mind the Bollocks but I would recommend 1980’s compilation “Flogging a Dead Horse” because it not only features some of the great stuff off Bullocks but also features other tunes….Stand out tracks are “Anarchy in the UK”, “God Save the Queen”, “Pretty Vacant”, “Silly Thing” and a few cool covers such as “Stepping Stone”, “”No Fun”, “C’mon Everybody”, “Something Else”(both Eddie Cochran covers are sang by Sid Vicious along with a fun Killer version of Sinatra’s “My Way”
Johnny Thunders (So Alone is a real masterpiece of a solo album released by Thunders in 1978 featuring one of the greatest tunes ever written “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory”. Not a bad song on this record featuring Thin Lizzy bassist Phil Lynott on several tracks and stand out tracks besides the aforementioned tune would be a super cool cover of the Chantays instrumental “Pipeline”, a fun cover of the Shangri La’s “Give Her a Great Big Kiss”, “Leave me Alone”(Which is actually “Chatterbox” from his days with the NY Dolls), a couple of other Dolls tunes “Downtown” & “Subway Train” and I also have to mention a fantastic cover of Derek Martin’s “Daddy Rollin Stone” which features verse one sung by Thunders, verse 2 sung by Phil Lynott, and verse 3 features an amazing vocal by Steve Marriott)
