What Is The Best Punk Album? 

that album is so good that it appeared twice in the bracket

The Clash actually had Bad Brains open for one of their shows during their 1981 run at the Bonds International Casio on Broadway. Other openers they picked included Lee Scrath Perry, Dead Kennedys, The Fall and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five!

so bad brains is canonically a 10?

That Minor Threat release has a very strong case for being the most quintessential hardcore album of all time, so as great as London Calling is for a *hardcore* bracket I would’ve gone with minor Threat.

TPAB is probably one of the best punk album ive ever heard.

The Clash got so good at music they arent considered punk

Man minor threat being beat first round was gut wrenching to watch

Minor Threat v. The Clash first round is brutal

I was waiting that entire video for you to take a sip of your drink Anthony

Bro the DISRESPECT for Damned Damned Damned, dude didn't even have to think about it

love bad brains but ain’t no way it would be even near perfect as london calling

Been watching this fool for 10 years and I’ve never been more proud than when he said My War was better than Damaged

that stooges record was literally the blueprint

I’ve been praying for a London calling classic review for 3 years now as it’s my favourite album of all time

Suicidal tendencies didnt even make it out the first round. Ouch

What about Wire’s Pink Flag? I mean it’s not the most punk album but it’s an absolutely classic that both Blur and Elastica ripped off.

Milo goes to college is so great it was on there twice.

been spinning a few of these records today, The descendants, Circle Jerks, Bad Brains.ight have to agree with the Bad brains. with that record containing some riffs that remind me of some stuff that some bands riffed on through death metal, the record is tight.

100 percent agreed that London Calling is a perfect album. One of my all-time favourite records.

honestly tough picking between those 3. whichever one im currently listening to is the pick

Your hardcore punk starter pack video a while ago put me on Bad Brains, and I've never looked back

Banned is DC is peak punk at its finest!

Calling Damaged overrated is your new worst take

London calling is not really a punk album but it’s definitely my favourite by quite a bit out of these, it’s a little unfair tho.

He’s said BF’s Damaged is overrated 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

man do an emo bracket too :)

For me is Dead Kennedys 'Plastic Surgery Disasters'

Dead Kennedys should’ve been here

We all know give me convenience or give me death is the best punk album.

Green Day - Father of all Motherf***kers

If London calling is a canonically a 10, the bad brains is 11/10 confirmed.

For me legacy of brutality is Misfits best record

Minor Threat. And GI by The Germs.

considering his albumoftheyear profile put london calling at a 10 i think it's safe to say he puts banned in dc at 11

London Calling is a perfect album if you don't listen for pure punk rock. Its more post-punk if anything, consider thr eclecticism.

Bad Brains over Raw Power is crazy, literally that's the godfather of Punk music.

Extremely fucked up to see minor threat shafted that hard

Impossible to seriously say "the Best" But my all time favorite , leaving out hardcore, is Generation X's debut, the British version.. As for HC tie between Bad Brains debut and Minor Threat's 2 ep's on 1 LP

The best punk albums are homework, alive 1997, discovery, human after all, alive 2007 and random access memories

I can’t even be mad at this one, i went int skeptical but melon kept the clash till it was time

Soooo if London Calling is a 10, but Bad Brains is even better, then is it a 10 as well?

No Fugazi?? I'm losing my mind rn

1. The Stooges 2. Black Flag 3. Suiсidаl Tendencies

Clash not hardcore guess it don’t matter all good music. Bad Brains 🤟😎🤟 I’ll add… Exploited - Horror Epics Varukers - Bloodsuckers GBH - Leather, Bristles, Studs Devo - Are We Not Men Circle Jerks - Wild In The Streets

Ramones self titled is the best punk album

As someone from D.C. proper, this excites me.

If someone asked me to pick between the Yellow Album and London Calling I would have one of those robot breakdowns where I go "ERROR ERROR" and my head explodes

London Calling. Hands fuckin’ down!

New Rose is underrated af

man as much as i love milo, and it would have been a difficult decision for me too, i would have picked age of quarrel over it. also why is milo in the bracket twice??

Fantano in his Jonathan Davis outfit today

bad brains is a PERFECT album, no band ever matched the energy of the 70’s and early 80’s of the bad brains

A lot of Americans here who don't seem to know the difference between punk and hardcore punk.

Damaged is definitely not overrated tho melon

I love London Calling but that album is like only 30% punk mixed with 10 other different genres, people need to stop calling it "Hardcore Punk"

Bad brains were incredible live!!

Bad Brains and Milo are GOATED

I dont think you can rank genre-defining Hardcore albums and not bring up Discharge's Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing. The brutality, the speed, the cheap and stripped down production, there was nothing like it before those guys. Discharge changed everything, and if they were on this bracket they would be my number one

Propagandhis how to clean everything is up there. I like that there was more of a focus on riffage than your typical punk band, the message is clear and unapologetic, for 1993 the production was quite good too. Yea, the vocals are still terrible it's punk.

I gotta say I agree 10,000 gecs is the best punk album of all time 🔥🔥🔥

Didnt expect him to be wrong but cant blame him for trying

How is London Calling not a punk album as much as Minor Threat?!

You immediately failed with The Clash over Minor Threat.

Minor Threat and Circle Jerks were robbed

The dismissal of minor threat like that is shocking

Picking iggy and the stooges over black flag is crazy to me. And I fucking love the stooges. To me that flag album is the perfect hardcore album, before they slowed it down and spawned sludge metal and grunge. Granted the stooges made the blueprint, but still… It feels weird imo to call damaged overrated when compared to my war; I see them as both 10’s. But ig I’m a huge flag fan and a huge Rollins fan, so naturally I gravitate towards that stuff. Stooges also hella underrated as a punk band

germs we must bleed sounds like spongebob

Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables didn't even appear, that's what i call a crime.

All these albums are good. But I will say if you're a fan of punk... Circle Jurks has an underrated discography. So check them out. All these albums on here are good.

Where's Double Nickels?

That would be Double nickels on the dime by the minutemen

London calling is great, but it is not a punk album and does not belong here.

Dicey -but you saved it

man i don’t know nun of deez albums man

Saying Damaged by Black Flag is overrated is such a music snob thing to say

The Day the Country Died by Subhumans blows every single one of these records out of the water.

Stiff little fingers- inflammable material 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤘🍻😎🍺🇬🇧🙏🎧

Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing is the correct answer

Why did this list low key offend me? MINOR THREAT IS WORSE THAN THE CLASH!?!!!!?!!??!

single going steady - Buzzcocks

Descendents shouldn't even be in this conversation.

but the descendents is a more upfront catchy punk record

Raw Power is the god father of punk album

Milo on each side of the bracket?

Bad seeding. Final round should have been Minor Threat and Bad Brains. Neither out punks the other, photo finish for Bad Brains on musicality.

Cro Mags over Fear? Yeah, no. Nothing sounds like that Fear record to this day.

Deep Sweden - Maiden Prague

The Saints ‘ (i’m) Stranded’

Minor Threat bro

Ah, London Calling- all the best punk rock albums contain zero punk rock songs. Shrugging off Fear and choosing the senseless Darby Crash comedy hour over the rock solid circle jerks speaks for itself.

I used to be an A student, I never used to complain. I used to be a truant, but I'm still the same.

Bad Brains is a better hardcore punk album but London Calling is just so obviously better as an album in general.

How many times does the descendants have to lose!? 😂

bracket is an L for being a "Best punk album" bracket without Feeding of the 5000, Stations of The Crass, Penis Envy, or even Yes Sir, I Willl on it.

Anthony, what about blink 182? You like punk, they invented punk!

My War is not way better. It's not even close to being as good as Damaged. Side 1 of My War is mediocre punk tracks (with the exception of the title track). Side 2 is good, but not as good as the stuff on Damaged

W My War take

He has a giant steel mug.

Was never a clash fan. I prefer the ramones first four records over any clash album.

Soul Glo "The Ni**a in me is me" 10/10