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