so, i’ve been thinking about doing this for quite some time and i’ve been slowly putting it together over the past couple months. which means that i’m fairly sure i’m not forgetting glaringly obvious additions to the list. and yes, i know that i have two against me! records. well, eff you. i couldn’t decide which i liked better. so they’re a package deal in my book. they are in no particular order. and EVERYONE knows that top ten lists have 11 items. duh.
- propagahndi : less talk, more rock
- refused : the shape of punk to come
- by the grace of god : perspective
- minor threat : discography
- snapcase : progression through unlearning
- operation ivy : discography
- against me! : as the eternal cowboy / reinventing axl rose
- saves the day : through being cool
- at the drive in : in / casino / out
- kid dynamite : kid dynamite
- sleater-kinney : dig me out
so what are yours? please add them in the comments. [click on the number next to the headline “top ten records”]
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Currently playing in iTunes: Slurring The Rhythms by Against Me!
Originally published at: http://sbb.me/b3dS1
Shane Becker 
I’ll give you my top ten most important albums…these albums changed/saved my life and made me who I am today:
(in no particular order)
01. Nirvana – Bleach
02. They Might Be Giants – s/t
03. Screeching Weasel – Boodgadaboogadaboogada
04. Gorilla Biscuits – s/t
05. Propagandhi – Less Talk More Rock
06. Candiria – Surrealistic Madness
07. Mr. Bungle – s/t
08. V/A – Soundbomin’ 2
09. Vandals – The Quickening
10. Green Day – 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hour
Honorable mention:
01. Cypress Hill – Black Sunday
02. Dead Kennedys – In God We Trust Inc.
03. Dead Prez – Let’s Get Free
04. Between the Buried and Me – Silent Circus
05. Earth Crisis – Destroy The Machines
06. Hagfish – Rocks Your Lame Ass
07. NOFX – Punk In Drublic
12. Nuclear Rabbit – Vicuna
13. Teen Idols – s/t
ps. Have you seen that car add with CIV’s “Can’t Wait One Minute More”? It made me wanna throw up. gross.
Here are my top “ten” most important albums. They changed/saved my life and made me who I am today. Of course there are boat loads more, but these are the top ten (in no particular order):
01. They Might Be Giants – s/t
02. Nirvana – Bleach
03. Screeching Weasel – Boogadaboogadaboogada
04. Gorilla Biscuits – s/t
05. Mr. Bungle – s/t
06. Various Artists – Soundbombing 2
07. Green Day – 1039 Smooth
08. Snapcase – Progression Through Unlearning
09. Propagandhi – Less Talk More Rock
10. Candiria – Surrealistic Madness
11. Bad Religion – Suffer
n8.
i feel like all of these make perfect sense to me for you. we overlap a bit and that makes sense. if i made a ‘mixtape’ using just those records i would see you in chord and drum beat.
xo.
01. The Weakerthans – Left and Leaving
02. Refused – The Shape of Punk to Come
03. Propagandhi – Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes
04. A.F.I. – Black Sails in the Sunset
05. The Mountain Goats – Tallahassee
06. The Misfits – American Psycho (I know, I know, but I’m being honest)
07. The Misfits – Static Age
08. Emperor – IX Equilibrium
09. Saves the Day – Stay What You Are
10. NOFX – Punk in Drublic (It’s my first punk album, kinda started everything)
6lack sa66ath, masters of reality
screeching weasel, kill the musicians
propagandh, less talk more rock
DRI, thrashzone
converge, petitioning the empty sky
weakerthans, fallow
rage against the machine, (self-titled)
dead kennedys, frankenchrist
dissection, storm of lights bane
bouncing souls, argyle 7″
top ten records in no particular order probably is…
TRIAL- are these our lives
SAGE FRANCIS- personal journals
BOUNCING SOULS- hopeless romantic
AGAINST ME- reinventing axl rose
ACID BATH- when the kite string pops
MISFITS- earth ad
DEAD KENNEDYS- bedtime for democracy
GORILLA BISCUITS- s/t
MURDER CITY DEVILS-in name and blood
RISE AGAINST- the unraveling technically since thats what got me started listening to them but their newest record “siren songs of the counter culture” is their best
OPERATION IVY- discography (of course)
In no particular Order.
1. Refused – The Shape of Punk to Come.
2. HORSE the Band – R. Boralax
3. Godspeed you Black Emperor! – F#A#oo
4. Mono – Formica Blues
5. Rachel’s – Selenography
6. A Silver Mt. Zion – He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corners of Our Rooms
7. From Ashes Rise – NIghtmares
8. Minor Threat – Discography
9. Scholastic Deth – Revenge of the Nerds EP
10. Misfits – Static Age
Some of these I don’t really listen to anymore, but they’re still really important to me.
1. Trial – Are These Our Lives?
2. Gorilla Biscuits – Start Today
3. Unbroken – Life. Love. Regret.
4. Defiance, Ohio – Share What Ya Got
5. Against Me! – Crime/Axl Rose
6. Minor Threat – Discography
7. Refused – The Shape of Punk to Come
8. Operation Ivy – Energy
9. Youth of Today – Disengage ep
10. Discount – Half-Fiction
I left so much out, like the bands that introduced me to this music in the first place – green day, saves the day, and later on earth crisis, good clean fun, strife, chain, the pist, tragedy….and current favorites like rosa and the pipebomb. Top ten, booo.
If shane can add more, than I feel I can add just three more.
Black Eyes – Black Eyes
At the Drive-in – Relationship of Command
Stars of the Lid – Gravitational Pull Vs. the Desire for an Aquatic Life
….and that’s that.