See also
- Lists of albums
- Mystic Records, a label specializing in compilation albums
- Punk rock subgenres
This is a list of punk rock compilation albums. Compilation albums played a particularly vital role in the development of new punk rock bands, since relatively few local bands had a large enough audience to justify their own albums.
| Album | Released | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Youth Report | 1982 LP, 1994 CD | Bomp! Records | Mostly Southern California hardcore |
| The Blasting Concept [1] | 1983 LP | SST Records [1] | SST artists, mostly Southern California hardcore |
| Can of Pork [2] | 1992 2xLP, 1994 CD | Lookout! Records [2] | 29 bands mostly from California. Also features bands from other parts of the U.S. |
| The Decline of Western Civilization (soundtrack) | 1981 LP, 1996 CD | Warner Bros. | Live performances from the movie. Mostly L.A. hardcore. |
| Fat Music | Various 1994-2010 | Fat Wreck Chords | Various bands on the Fat Wreck Chords roster |
| Flex Your Head | 1982 LP, 1993 CD | Dischord | 11 bands from the Washington D.C. hardcore scene |
| Flipside Vinyl Fanzine | 1984 LP, 1993 CD | Flipside Records | 3-record set. The 2-CD version omits a few songs. Hardcore. |
| Hell Comes to Your House | 1981 LP, 1998 CD | Time Bomb/Bemis Brain | Side 1 hardcore, side 2 deathrock |
| Let Them Eat Jellybeans! | 1981 LP | Alternative Tentacles | Side 1 hardcore, side 2 various genres. |
| Nardcore | 1984 LP, 2002 CD | Mystic Records | Hardcore from Oxnard, California. An example of Mystic's "local" records. |
| International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation | 1984 2-LP, 1997 2-CD | R Radical Records (1984) New Red Archives (1997) | 55 punk and hardcore bands from 13 countries around the world. |
| New York Thrash [3] | 1982 cassette, 1998 CD | ROIR [3] | CD has additional tracks. Punk and hardcore. |
| Not So Quiet on the Western Front | 1982 LP, 1999 CD | Alternative Tentacles | 47 bands, mostly Northern California hardcore. |
| Punk-O-Rama [4] | Various 1994-2005 | Epitaph Records | Series of low-cost albums featuring Epitaph artists. Early issues are mostly punk. |
| Punkzilla | Various 2001 | Nitro Records | Compilation album consisting of songs by bands on Nitro Records. |
| Red Scare Industries: Ten Years Of Your Dumb Bullshit | Various 2014 CD & LP | Red Scare Industries | 17 artists from the Red Scare roster, unreleased material |
| Rock Against Bush | Various 2004 | Fat Wreck Chords | Punk rock songs against George Bush. |
| Rodney on the ROQ | Various | Posh Boy Records | Series of three. Punk and New Wave as popularized by the radio program. |
| Something to Believe in | 1984 | BYO Records | 17 Bands, mostlry early 80's hardcore |
| Streets | 1977 LP | Beggars Banquet Records | Early punk compilation (mostly from UK) |
| The Thing That Ate Floyd | 1988 LP, 2002 CD | Lookout! Records | East Bay punk and hardcore. |
| This Is Boston, Not L.A. | 1982 LP | Modern Method Records | Early Boston hardcore. CD version also includes the Unsafe at Any Speed compilation EP. |
| Turn It Around! | 1987 2x 7", 1991 12" | Maximumrocknroll Very Small Records | 12 bands from the 924 Gilman Street project in Berkeley, California. |
| Album | Released | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw War (The World Of Punk) [5] | 1983 CS | Xcentric Noise Records | International compilation with bands from Brazil, Canada, Finland, Holland, Italy, Norway, and the U.K. |
The Clash were an English rock band that formed in London in 1976 and were key players in the original wave of British punk rock. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they used elements of reggae, dub, funk, ska, and rockabilly, and they contributed to the post-punk and new wave movements that followed punk. For most of their recording career, the Clash consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Joe Strummer, lead guitarist and vocalist Mick Jones, bassist Paul Simonon, and drummer Nicky "Topper" Headon.
NOFX is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983. Bassist/lead vocalist Fat Mike, rhythm guitarist Eric Melvin and drummer Erik Sandin are original founding and longest-serving members of the band, who have appeared on every release by the band, although Sandin departed briefly in 1985, only to rejoin the following year. El Hefe joined the band in 1991 to play lead guitar and trumpet, rounding out the best-known iteration of the lineup.
Ramones is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, released on April 23, 1976, by Sire Records. After Hit Parader editor Lisa Robinson saw the band at a gig in New York City, she wrote several articles about the group and asked Danny Fields to be their manager. Fields agreed and convinced Craig Leon to produce Ramones, and the band recorded a demo for prospective record labels. Leon persuaded Sire president Seymour Stein to listen to the band perform, and he later offered the band a recording contract. The Ramones began recording in January 1976, needing only seven days and $6,400 to record the album.
The Dickies are an American punk rock band formed in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, in 1977. One of the longest tenured punk rock bands, they have been in continuous existence for over 40 years. They have consistently balanced catchy melodies, harmony vocals, and pop song structures, with a speedy punk guitar attack. This musical approach is paired with a humorous style and has been labelled "pop-punk" or "bubble-gum punk". The band have sometimes been referred to as "the clown princes of punk".
Maximumrocknroll, often written as Maximum Rocknroll and usually abbreviated as MRR, is a not-for-profit monthly online zine of punk subculture and radio show of punk music. Based in San Francisco, MRR focuses on punk rock and hardcore music, and primarily features artist interviews and music reviews. Op/ed columns and news roundups are regular features as well, including submissions from international contributors. By 1990, it "had become the de facto bible of the scene". MRR is considered to be one of the most important zines in punk, not only because of its wide-ranging coverage, but because it has been a consistent and influential presence in the ever-changing punk community for over three decades. From 1992 to 2011, it published a guide called Book Your Own Fuckin' Life.
The Lurkers are a British punk rock band from Uxbridge, West London. They are notable for being the first group ever on Beggars Banquet Records for whom they released two albums, the first of which charted in the UK Albums Chart, while five singles also charted in the UK Singles Chart.
"Blitzkrieg Bop", titled "The Blitzkrieg Bop!!" on its single release, is a song by American punk rock band Ramones, released in February 1976 as their debut single in the United States. It was the opening track on the band's debut album, Ramones.
Frank Portman, better known by the pseudonym Dr. Frank, is an American musician, singer, guitarist, and author. He is the singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, and has remained the only consistent member of the band since its formation in 1985, performing on ten studio albums and five EPs. He has also recorded and performed as a solo artist, releasing the album Show Business is My Life in 1999 and the EP Eight Little Songs in 2003. In recent years he has pursued a writing career in young adult literature, authoring the novels King Dork (2006), Andromeda Klein (2009), and King Dork Approximately (2014).
U.K. Subs are an English punk rock band, among the earliest in the first wave of British punk. Formed in 1976, the mainstay of the band has been vocalist Charlie Harper, originally a singer in Britain's R&B scene. One of the first hardcore punk bands, elements of rhythm and blues music - including harmonica - also remained an occasional element of their work.
Sloppy Seconds is an American, Ramones-influenced punk band sometimes referred to as a junk rock band from Indianapolis, Indiana, that started in 1984. They gained notoriety in the underground punk scene with gritty and controversial songs like "Come Back, Traci," "I Don't Want to be a Homosexual", "Janie is a Nazi", "I Want 'em Dead" and "So Fucked Up."
"Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" is a song by American punk rock band Ramones, released in 1977 through Sire Records. Written by front man and lead vocalist Joey Ramone it appears on the band's third studio album Rocket to Russia (1977). The song is well known for its early 1960s influence of surf rock and bubblegum pop that influenced Joey; it has since remained one of the band's most popular songs.
Parasites are an American pop-punk band. They were formed in the late 1980s by guitarist / singer Dave Parasite and bassist Ron Nole in New Jersey. Dave later relocated to Berkeley, California, and continued with a new lineup during the heyday of Lookout! Records and the Bay Area pop-punk revival.
The Ramones were an American punk rock band from New York City. Their discography consists of fourteen studio albums, ten live albums, sixteen compilation albums, seventy-one singles, thirty-two music videos and ten films. The band formed in early 1974, and upon signing with Seymour Stein of Sire Records, the Ramones released their self-titled debut album on April 23, 1976. Despite the recording process only taking a week and being on a budget of $6,400, the album has since become their most accoladed and iconic release. 1977's Leave Home was the band's follow up album, released less than a year later, also through Sire. While it was the first album to chart in the United Kingdom, it did not chart as well in the United States as Ramones, nor their third record, Rocket to Russia, which was released in late 1977. Road to Ruin was the band's fourth studio album and their first to feature a change in the band member line-up, with drummer Marky Ramone replacing Tommy Ramone.
Greatest Hits is a 2006 compilation album by the punk rock band Ramones. It was issued one year after the box set Weird Tales of the Ramones, and four years after the single-disc collection Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits. The album contains songs recorded during 1976–1989.
Unfun is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Jawbreaker, released in May 1990 through Shredder Records. After going through several names and a line-up change, Jawbreaker sent a copy of "Shield Your Eyes" to punk publication Maximum Rocknroll, which would later catch the attention of Shredder Records founder Mel Cheplowitz. Following the release of the Whack & Blite EP and the "Busy" single, members of the band returned to education. While this was occurring, they wrote material that would appear on their debut album, which was then recorded with producer Richard Andrews.
Jean Beauvoir is an American singer, bassist, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and entertainment executive. He came to prominence in the early 1980s with the punk group the Plasmatics and went on to work with Little Steven, Kiss, the Ramones and as a solo artist.
The Travoltas are a Dutch pop punk band from the Netherlands. With a sound that combines an energetic mix of the Beach Boys and the Ramones, the band is often referred to as 'The Beach Boys of punk rock'.
The Ramones were an American punk rock band formed in the New York City neighborhood Forest Hills, Queens in 1974. Known for helping establish the punk movement in the United States and elsewhere, the Ramones are often cited as the first true punk rock band. Although they never achieved significant commercial success, the band is seen today as highly influential in punk culture.
Rake It In: The Greatestest Hits is a greatest hits album by the punk rock supergroup Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. It was released on April 7, 2017, on Fat Wreck Chords. The album has songs from throughout their career, from their first release, the "Denver" 7" in 1995, to their last, Are We Not Men? We Are Diva! in 2014. The track selection was based on the live set list the band had developed over the course of its career.
The Chisel are an English punk rock band formed in London in 2020. Founded by former Arms Race members Nicholas Sarnella and Charlie "Chubby Charles" Manning-Walker, as well as Cal Graham, the band has released two studio albums and four EPs. Maximum Rocknroll writer Eric Anderson named them one of the leaders of "the new wave of Oi!".