# Top 10 punk rock songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513 "2005-08-31T23:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Al\_Transom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@Al\_Transom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Transom)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/1 "2005-08-31T23:43:40Z")
So what are your top 10 faster/louder songs? Here are mine in no particular order Faster,Louder-Dictators Complete Control- The Clash Rock&Roll Nigger- Patti Smith Group No Fun- Iggy and the Stooges Seventeen-Sex Pistols Razors in the Night-Blitz The Oi Song- The Casualties Flares and Slippers- Cockney Rejects I’m not Afraid of the FBI- The Spits Orgasm Addict- Buzzcocks Oh one more thing, No emo songs please. ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/2 "2005-09-01T00:05:46Z")
You missed Kiss Me Deadly - Generation X I Want To Be Sedated - The Ramones Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedy’s Love Song - The Damned and since you are allowing pre punk (Iggy Pop) Lookin For A Kiss - New York Dolls Sorry couldn’t think of 10. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/3 "2005-09-01T00:05:48Z")
Can’t come up with a definitive top ten right now, but Minor Threat’s “Filler” is almost certainly #1. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/4 "2005-09-01T00:34:32Z")
> [@Al Transom](#): > > Complete Control- The Clash Hmm… I’d take White Riot over Complete Control. In fact, I’d take several others over Complete Control, as good as it is. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/5 "2005-09-01T01:23:05Z")
Mine: Wire - “12XU” Pere Ubu - “30 Seconds over Tokyo” Germs - “Lexicon Devil” Suicide - “Frankie Teardrop” the Clash - “lost in the supermarket” Los Reactors - “Dead in the suburbs” Husker Du - “Celebrated Summer” Bush Tetras - “Cowboys in Africa” Gang of Four - “Damaged Goods” Fear - “Beef Bologna” ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/6 "2005-09-01T01:29:07Z")
Perhaps you all can help me find the thrashiest song I have ever heard. Ridiculously fast, primitive guitars. Dates from about 1978. In French, perhaps by a French-Canadian group. Any guesses? ---
**Author:** ![liberty3701](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liberty3701](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty3701)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/7 "2005-09-01T01:45:36Z")
“I Hope You Get Drafted” The Dicks “Albright Monument Baghdad” Propaghandi “Struck a Nerve” Bad Religion (the song that got me into punk originally) “Dinkas When I Close my Eyes” Against All Authority “Clone” Avail “Wrecktheplanetfantastic” Dilinger 4 plus four more kick ass songs ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/8 "2005-09-01T01:50:48Z")
Lots of good choices so far, but I’d have to add my #1 favorite punk song, “Petroleum Distillation” by Fifteen, “Sound System” by Operation Ivy, and almost anything by the great Social Distortion… perhaps “Story Of My Life.” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/9 "2005-09-01T02:38:35Z")
Is there any K-tel or like it compilation of Punks Greatest Hits. I get a hankering for some punk but don’t want weeds. Just the good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/10 "2005-09-01T02:43:21Z")
> [@Oslo Ostragoth](#): > > Perhaps you all can help me find the thrashiest song I have ever heard. Ridiculously fast, primitive guitars. Dates from about 1978. In French, perhaps by a French-Canadian group. > > Any guesses? This is a wild stab in the dark but maybe **Voivod**? They were an incredibly speedy French-Canadian Thrash Metal group. I don’t think they started recording until the early '80s, though. I haven’t actually listened to any of their music for about 20 years so I may be a bit off in my recollections. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/11 "2005-09-01T03:35:30Z")
_Blitzkreig Bop_ - The Ramones _Los Angeles_ - X \*See You In The Boneyard \* - The Flesheaters \*The Next Big Thing \* - The Dictators \*Marquee Moon \* - Television \*Love Comes In Spurts \* - Richard Hell and the Voidoids \*Heart of Darkness \* - Pere Ubu _The Modern Wor_ld - The Jam \*Coup D’Etat \* - The Circle Jerks \*Pretty Vacant \* - The Sex Pistols Not so much a definitive top 10 for me just the first 10 I could think of that I would call essential punk songs. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/12 "2005-09-01T04:10:47Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Lots of good choices so far, but I’d have to add my #1 favorite punk song, “Petroleum Distillation” by Fifteen, “Sound System” by Operation Ivy, and almost anything by the great Social Distortion… perhaps “Story Of My Life.” I’d put “Mommy’s Little Monster” way ahead of “Story of my Life” for punk songs. We’re also missing the Dead Kennedys’ “Holiday in Cambodia,” the Misfits “Die Die My Darling,” and Black Flag’s “TV Party.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/13 "2005-09-01T04:24:29Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > We’re also missing the Dead Kennedys’ “Holiday in Cambodia,” Someone already said that, but so far, no “California Uber Alles.” ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/14 "2005-09-01T04:47:22Z")
SEX PISTOLS _Anarchy In The UK_ SHAM 69 _Angels With Dirty Faces_ THE CLASH _Complete Control_ THE DAMNED _New Rose_ SAINTS _I’m Stranded_ STIFF LITTLE FINGERS _Gotta Gettaway_ THE DEAD KENNEDYS _California Uber Alles_ THE JAM _In The City_ RADIO BIRDMAN _Aloha Steve And Danno_ RAMONES _I’m Against It_ THE REZILLOS _Flying Saucer Attack_ BUZZCOCKS - Harmony In My Head\* 1978 was the year of Frenchie PLASTIC BERTRAND _Ca Plane Pour Moi_ ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/15 "2005-09-01T05:29:08Z")
My favorite Ramones song has always been Bonzo Goes To Bitburg. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/16 "2005-09-01T05:53:12Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Is there any K-tel or like it compilation of Punks Greatest Hits. I get a hankering for some punk but don’t want weeds. Just the good stuff. Other’s may not agree, but Rhino’s _'No Thanks! The ’70s Punk Rebellion_’ looks good. I don’t have it, but assume it’s a collection of their out of print D.I.Y punk series compilations. If it’s $65 price tag isn’t in your budget, the seperate CDs are available on [half.com](http://half.com) [Rhino D.I.Y Punk from the UK, NYC, Boston & LA discs](http://search.half.ebay.com/rhino-d-i-y_W0QQqueryZrhinoQ20dQ2eiQ2eyQQmZmusic) Hmm, after careful deliberation & reflection, starting with #1 (the best) #1: **The Fall** - Rowche Rumble _(Stunned the Fall haven’t gotten a mention yet)_ #2: **The Damned** - New Rose _(Seconded)_ #3: **Buzzcocks** - Orgasm Addict _(Thirded)_ #4: \*\*The Jam \*\* - The Modern World _(Seconded)_ #5: **DKs** - Too Drunk To Fuck _(Better than CA Uber Alles & Holiday in Cambodia)_ #6: **X** - Los Angeles _(Seconded)_ #7: **MC5** - Kick Out The Jams _(Proto-punk’s been mentioned by a few already - Fuck Hudsons!)_ #8: **D O A** - Disco Sucks _(In 1979, alot more than just disco sucked)_ #9: **Ramones** - Rockaway Beach _(Had to include at least 1 NYC Band)_ 10: **Reagan Youth** - Jesus Was A Communist ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Transom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@Al\_Transom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Transom)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/17 "2005-09-01T05:57:37Z")
There was a French band called The Lou’s who were around in 78 ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/18 "2005-09-01T06:09:06Z")
almost everything in this thread seconded and thirded. The Fall - “Frightened” FUCK YES on “TV Party,” too. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/19 "2005-09-01T06:24:20Z")
Can’t assemble a top 10 list at the moment, but I’d probably but NOFX’s The Decline near number one. ---
**Author:** ![marky33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@marky33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marky33)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513/20 "2005-09-01T06:28:48Z")
1. Into the Valley **The Skids** 2. Moon Over Marin **Dead Kennedys** 3. Tension **Killing Joke** 4. Big A Little A **Crass** 5. All Set to Go **Hard Ons** 6. 27 Days **Leaving Trains** 7. Holidays in the Sun **Sex Pistols** 8. Melody Lee **The Damned** 9. Babylon’s Burning **The Ruts** 10. White Riot \*\*The Clash \*\* [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-punk-rock-songs/319513.md?page=2)