Rattus Norvegicus (album)
The Stranglers
April 15, 1977Best Punk Rock Albums
Explore Punk Rock albums, classic releases, hidden gems and influential records. This page helps music lovers discover albums connected by genre, sound and musical history.
Live at the Witch Trials
The Fall
March 16, 1979
One More Time...
Blink-182
October 20, 2023
The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
October 23, 2006
The Colour and the Shape
Foo Fighters
May 20, 1997
Songs from a Haunted Ballroom
Skids
June 4, 2021
The Singles (1991 The Clash album)
The Clash
November 4, 1991
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Sex Pistols
February 26, 1979
Gone Again
Patti Smith
June 18, 1996
Joy as an Act of Resistance
Idles
August 31, 2018
This Is the Modern World
The Jam
November 18, 1977
Supercharged
The Offspring
October 11, 2024
Dookie
Green Day
February 1, 1994
Street Hassle
Lou Reed
February 16, 1978
Subterranean Jungle
Ramones
February 23, 1983
Music for Pleasure
The Damned
November 18, 1977
The Runaways (album)
The Runaways
March 16, 1976
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
October 22, 2001
New Values
Iggy Pop
July 9, 1979
Inflammable Material
Stiff Little Fingers
February 2, 1979
Substance (Joy Division album)
Joy Division
July 11, 1988
Germicide (album)
Germs
June 21, 1981
Devil's Playground
Billy Idol
March 22, 2005
The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum
L7
February 25, 1997
Live in Detroit (The Stooges album)
The Stooges
March 23, 2004
Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash
The Replacements
August 25, 1981
Pretty on the Inside
Hole
September 17, 1991
The Lemonheads (album)
The Lemonheads
September 26, 2006
Pink Flag
Wire
November 25, 1977
Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
March 8, 1994
Valley of the Dolls
Generation X
January 26, 1979
They Could Have Been Bigger than the Beatles
Television Personalities
December 20, 1982
Kick Out the Jams
MC5
February 16, 1969
Spiral Scratch
Buzzcocks
January 29, 1977
The Beacon Street Collection
No Doubt
March 25, 1995
Blondie 4(0) Ever
Blondie
May 12, 2014
Outlandos d'Amour
The Police
November 17, 1978
I Should Coco
Supergrass
May 15, 1995
Album
Joan Jett
July 12, 1983
So Good It Hurts
The Mekons
January 4, 1988
Nina Hagen in Ekstasy / In Ekstase
Nina Hagen
February 10, 1985
Too Much Too Soon
New York Dolls
May 10, 1974
Vitalogy
Pearl Jam
November 22, 1994
Up the Bracket
The Libertines
October 14, 2002
The Plan
Tubeway Army
September 26, 1984
Generation Terrorists
Manic Street Preachers
February 10, 1992
Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
Dead Kennedys
June 19, 1987
Fugazi (EP)
Fugazi
November 23, 1988
Night on the Sun
Modest Mouse
December 20, 2000
Trapped Animal
The Slits
October 6, 2009
Death Party
The Gun Club
April 13, 1983
With the Lights Out
Nirvana
November 23, 2004
Big Beat from Badsville
The Cramps
December 17, 1997
The Eyes of Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
September 23, 2003
Pretenders II
The Pretenders
August 7, 1981
In Cold Blood
Johnny Thunders
December 2, 1983
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
November 10, 1978
Gluey Porch Treatments
Melvins
December 18, 1987
Accelerate (R.E.M. album)
R.E.M.
March 31, 2008
Beat Crazy
The Joe Jackson Band
October 10, 1980
The Specials (album)
The Specials
October 19, 1979
Rid of Me
PJ Harvey
April 26, 1993
Kill City
Iggy Pop and James Williamson
November 12, 1977
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
January 23, 2006
Made to Be Broken
Soul Asylum
January 18, 1986
Painkillers (EP)
Babes In Toyland
June 22, 1993
The Lords of the New Church (album)
The Lords Of The New Church
July 5, 1982
Divide and Exit
Sleaford Mods
May 19, 2014
24 Hour Party People(Soundtrack)
Happy Mondays
April 9, 2002
Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Devo
August 28, 1978
Give 'Em Enough Rope
The Clash
November 10, 1978
Smash
The Offspring
April 8, 1994
Horses
Patti Smith
November 10, 1975
All Mod Cons
The Jam
November 3, 1978
Revolution Radio
Green Day
October 7, 2016
Cut the Crap
The Clash
November 4, 1985
Too Tough to Die
Ramones
October 1, 1984
Acid Eaters
Ramones
December 1, 1993
The Singles (2007 The Clash album)
The Clash
June 4, 2007
Damned Damned Damned
The Damned
February 18, 1977
California
Blink-182
July 1, 2016
Waitin' for the Night (album)
The Runaways
October 7, 1977
The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts
My Chemical Romance
September 23, 2016
Peaceful Times
Skids
June 28, 2019
Burning Cities
Skids
January 12, 2018
So, Who's Paranoid?
The Damned
November 17, 2008
No More Heroes
The Stranglers
September 23, 1977
Setting Sons
The Jam
November 16, 1979
Ignition
The Offspring
October 16, 1992
Warsaw
Joy Division
December 18, 1994
Super Black Market Clash
The Clash
October 26, 1980
May Death Never Stop You
My Chemical Romance
March 25, 2014
Woodstock 1994 (Green Day album)
Green Day
April 13, 2019
What We Do Is Secret (EP)
Germs
December 16, 1981
The Essential Clash
The Clash
March 11, 2003
Dark Matters
The Stranglers
September 10, 2021
Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
Blink-182
June 12, 2021
The Story of the Clash, Volume 1
The Clash
February 29, 1988
Go for It (Stiff Little Fingers album)
Stiff Little Fingers
April 17, 1981
Mondo Bizarro
Ramones
September 1, 1992
Flogging a Dead Horse
Sex Pistols
February 8, 1980
It's Alive
Ramones
April 30, 1979
Conspiracy of One
The Offspring
November 14, 2000
Ramones (album)
Ramones
April 23, 1976
The Black Album
The Damned
November 3, 1980
The Clash (album)
The Clash
April 8, 1977
Slap-Happy
L7
August 24, 1999
Cheshire Cat
Blink-182
February 17, 1995
GI (album)
Germs
October 12, 1979
Spunk (Sex Pistols bootleg album)
Sex Pistols
October 9, 1977
The Very Best of Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
August 2, 1999
Bad Reputation
Joan Jett
January 23, 1981
No Going Back (Stiff Little Fingers album)
Stiff Little Fingers
August 11, 2014
21st Century Breakdown
Green Day
May 15, 2009
Pleasant Dreams
Ramones
July 20, 1981
BBC Sessions
Green Day
December 10, 2021
The Black Parade Is Dead!
My Chemical Romance
July 27, 2008
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello
March 17, 1978
A Different Kind of Tension
Buzzcocks
September 21, 1979
Grave Disorder
The Damned
August 21, 2001
Generation X
Generation X
March 17, 1978
Brain Drain (album)
Ramones
May 23, 1989
Foo Fighters (album)
Foo Fighters
July 4, 1995
The Holy Bible (album)
Manic Street Preachers
August 30, 1994
Metallic K.O.
The Stooges
May 31, 1976
The Hit List
Joan Jett
January 16, 1990
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
My Chemical Romance
June 8, 2004
Lexicon Devil
Germs
May 8, 1978
Up Your Alley
Joan Jett
May 2, 1988
Psychedelic Jungle
The Cramps
May 13, 1981
Dude Ranch
Blink-182
June 17, 1997
Kiss This
Sex Pistols
October 5, 1992
Giants (The Stranglers album)
The Stranglers
March 5, 2012
The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Elvis Costello
September 23, 1985
Singles Going Steady
Buzzcocks
September 25, 1979
Raw Power
The Stooges
February 7, 1973
The Weirdness
The Stooges
March 5, 2007
Sex Pistols (box set)
Sex Pistols
June 3, 2002
Blondie (album)
Blondie
December 1, 1976
Bricks Are Heavy
L7
April 14, 1992
Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
The Offspring
June 11, 2008
New York Dolls (album)
New York Dolls
July 27, 1973
Privilege
Television Personalities
February 15, 1990
Evil Spirits
The Damned
April 13, 2018
The Edge of the World
The Mekons
December 12, 1986
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
July 22, 1977
Adios Amigos (Ramones album)
Ramones
July 18, 1995
Every Loser
Iggy Pop
January 6, 2023
Pretenders
The Pretenders
December 27, 1979
Brutalism
Idles
March 10, 2017
The Offspring
The Offspring
June 15, 1989
Veni Vidi Vicious
The Hives
April 10, 2000
A Date with Elvis
The Cramps
December 26, 1986
Let the Bad Times Roll
The Offspring
April 16, 2021
Sweet Revenge
Generation X
April 14, 1998
Kerplunk
Green Day
December 17, 1991
The Mekons Honky Tonkin'
The Mekons
December 30, 1987
Road to Ruin
Ramones
September 22, 1978
Black and White (The Stranglers album)
The Stranglers
May 12, 1978
Hate Your Friends
The Lemonheads
June 22, 1987
Leave Home
Ramones
January 10, 1977
Strawberries
The Damned
October 7, 1982
Nude & Rude
Iggy Pop
October 29, 1996
Splinter
The Offspring
December 9, 2003
L7
L7
September 16, 1988
Animal Boy
Ramones
May 19, 1986
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
October 28, 1977
Incesticide
Nirvana
December 14, 1992
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
November 9, 1979
Clash on Broadway
The Clash
November 19, 1991
Nimrod
Green Day
October 14, 1997
Unbehagen
Nina Hagen
February 3, 1980
Lipstick Traces
Manic Street Preachers
July 14, 2003
Rocket to Russia
Ramones
November 4, 1977
Live Through This
Hole
April 12, 1994
Americana
The Offspring
November 17, 1998
Plastic Letters
Blondie
February 11, 1978
Darkadelic
The Damned
April 28, 2023
FreuD euch
Nina Hagen
November 4, 1995
Special Forces (Alice Cooper album)
Alice Cooper
September 1, 1981
Telluric Chaos
The Stooges
May 3, 2005
The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!)
Blink-182
November 7, 2000
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
My Chemical Romance
November 22, 2010
Days Go By
The Offspring
June 26, 2012
London Calling
The Clash
December 14, 1979
Insomniac
Green Day
October 10, 1995
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
My Chemical Romance
July 23, 2002
Halfway to Sanity
Ramones
September 15, 1987
I Get Along EP
The Libertines
September 1, 2003
Scared to Dance
Skids
February 23, 1979
Dig the New Breed
The Jam
December 10, 1982
Another Music in a Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
March 10, 1978
Ixnay on the Hombre
The Offspring
February 4, 1997
Love Bites
Buzzcocks
September 22, 1978
Ready to Die (The Stooges album)
The Stooges
April 30, 2013
Oh Lord! When? How?
The Hives
June 1, 1996
In the City (The Jam album)
The Jam
May 8, 1977
Changeup
Joan Jett
March 25, 2022
Not of This Earth
The Damned
November 11, 1995
Fontanelle (album)
Babes In Toyland
August 11, 1992
Hootenanny
The Replacements
April 29, 1983
Ramones Mania
Ramones
May 31, 1988
Barely Legal
The Hives
September 22, 1997
So Alone
Johnny Thunders
October 6, 1978
Tim
The Replacements
September 18, 1985
Say What You Will, Clarence... Karl Sold the Truck
Soul Asylum
August 24, 1984
Frankenchrist
Dead Kennedys
October 14, 1985
I Love Mekons
The Mekons
October 18, 1993
Ultra Mono
Idles
September 25, 2020
Que Sera Sera
Johnny Thunders
December 4, 1985