UK RELEASE ON THE 'YEAR ZERO' LABEL FROM 2010. THIS DOUBLE COMPILATION ALBUM WAS PUT TOGETHER BY 'KRIS NEEDS' WHO WAS THE SINGER OF THE GREAT PUNK BAND 'VICE CREEMS'.
AN INTERESTING IDEA, FOR SURE, WITH ECLECTICISM TO SPARE, KRIS NEEDS, THE EDITOR OF ZIGZAG MAGAZINE, COMPILES A DOUBLE-DISC FORAY INTO WHAT HE FEELS WAS THE INCEPTION OF PUNK ROCK (INCLUDING ’60S GARAGE, BONAFIDE PROTO-PUNK, GLAM ROCK, AVANT-JAZZ, AND… RAP?), FOCUSING LESS ON THE STYLE OF THE SELECTIONS, BUT MORE ON THE “ATTITUDE” OF THE PUNK TO COME, WHICH NOBODY HAS REALLY EVER FIGURED OUT, AND IS ENTIRELY SUBJECTIVE. FEATURING CLASSICS WE ALL KNOW (LOOK AT THE TITLE), OBSCURITIES THAT ARE WELCOME BUT HIT-AND-MISS, AND SOME COMPLETE HEAD-SCRATCHERS, FOLLOW ME ON A TOUR OF THIS INTRIGUINGLY PERPLEXING EXCURSION.
FEATURES
A1 The Standells– Dirty Water
A2 Gene Vincent– Bluejean Bop
A3 The Deviants – Garbage
A4 The Pink Fairies– Do It
A5 Mott The Hoople– Moon Upstairs
A6 The Monks– I Hate You
B1 Zolar X– Space Age Love
B2 Sun Ra– Rocket Number Nine
B3 MC5– Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa) Live
B4 The Up– Sisters Sisters (Sisters Rising) Live
B5 Death – Politicians In My Eyes
C1 David Peel & The Lower East Side– Up Against The Wall
C2 The Silhouettes– Get A Job
C3 Suicide– Do It Nice
C4 The Last Poets– On The Subway
C5 New York Dolls– Subway Train
C6 The Dictators– Teengenerate
D1 Dr. Feelgood– Roxette
D2 Peter Hammill– Nadir's Big Chance
D3 Can– Outside My Door
D4 The Hollywood Brats– I Need You
D5 The Saints– I'm Stranded
D6 Culture– Two Sevens Clash
