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40oz. to Freedom

40oz. to Freedom is the 1992 debut studio album by the Long Beach, California ska punk band Sublime, released on Skunk Records, produced by Miguel Happoldt, blending punk, reggae, dub, and hip-hop.

Against the Grain (Bad Religion album)

Against the Grain, Bad Religion's fifth album (Epitaph, November 23, 1990; 17 songs, 35 minutes), closes the Suffer/No Control trilogy, was cut at Westbeach Recorders, and was the last with drummer Pete Finestone.

Americana (The Offspring album)

Americana is the fifth studio album by American punk rock band the Offspring, released in 1998 and featuring the hit "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)".

Born to Kill (album)

Born to Kill is Social Distortion's eighth studio album, released May 8, 2026 on Epitaph. Produced by Dave Sardy and Mike Ness, it is the band's first album in 15 years, delayed by Ness's 2023 tonsil cancer treatment, with guests Lucinda Williams and Benmont Tench. Not to be confused with The Damned's 1997 compilation of the same name.

Cartoon Darkness

Cartoon Darkness is the third studio album by Australian punk band Amyl and the Sniffers, released October 25, 2024 on Virgin and Rough Trade. Produced by Nick Launay at Studio 606 and Sunset Sound, 13 tracks, 33:46, Metascore 81.

Combat Rock

Combat Rock is the fifth studio album by the Clash, released in 1982 and known for "Should I Stay or Should I Go" and "Rock the Casbah".

Cut the Crap

Cut the Crap is the sixth and final studio album by the English punk band the Clash, released in 1985 and disowned by Joe Strummer.

Damaged (Black Flag album)

Damaged, released December 5, 1981 on SST Records, is Black Flag's debut LP and its first with singer Henry Rollins; MCA refused distribution as 'anti-parent', and the Unicorn lawsuit barred the band from using its name.

Double Album (NOFX album)

Double Album is NOFX's fifteenth studio album, released December 2, 2022 on Fat Wreck Chords. A 10-track companion to 2021's Single Album, it completes a planned double album, followed by Half Album in 2024.

Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood

Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood is the Misfits' 1983 hardcore punk album, the last with Glenn Danzig, released on Plan 9, produced with Spot, featuring Robo, later expanded with the Die, Die My Darling EP tracks.

End of the Century

End of the Century, the Ramones' fifth studio album (1980, Sire), produced by Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios; their highest-charting US album at No. 44, with the UK No. 8 hit "Baby, I Love You."

For Love of Grace & the Hereafter

For Love of Grace & the Hereafter is the sixth studio album by Danish post-punk band Iceage, released 29 May 2026 on Mexican Summer; recorded in a week at Silence Studio, Sweden, with singles Star, Ember, and The Weak.

For the People (Dropkick Murphys album)

For the People (Dropkick Murphys album) is the thirteenth studio album by the American Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys. Released in 2025, it is a politically charged set of original material.

Frankenchrist

Frankenchrist: 1985 third album by Dead Kennedys, released on Alternative Tentacles; slowed, melodic punk whose H.R. Giger 'Penis Landscape' poster triggered a 1987 obscenity trial of Jello Biafra, ending in dismissed charges.

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables is the 1980 debut album by Dead Kennedys, released on Cherry Red in the UK and Alternative Tentacles in the US, recorded at Mobius Music, San Francisco, with cover art of police cars burned in the 1979 White Night riot.

Give 'Em Enough Rope

Give 'Em Enough Rope is The Clash's second studio album, released November 10, 1978 on Epic/CBS, produced by Sandy Pearlman, first LP with drummer Topper Headon, voted Album of the Year by Sounds, Rolling Stone, and Time.

Growing Up (The Linda Lindas album)

Growing Up is the 2022 debut album by Los Angeles punk band The Linda Lindas, released April 8 on Epitaph Records, produced by Carlos de la Garza, featuring the viral song Racist, Sexist Boy.

Heavy Petting Zoo

Heavy Petting Zoo (vinyl: Eating Lamb) is NOFX's sixth studio album, released January 1996 on Epitaph, produced by Ryan Greene and NOFX. Known for its controversial sheep cover art banned in Germany, it reached No. 63 on the Billboard 200.

Horses (album)

Horses is Patti Smith's 1975 debut album on Arista, produced by John Cale at Electric Lady Studios with a Mapplethorpe cover; a poetry-punk landmark in the National Recording Registry and Grammy Hall of Fame.

I Got Heaven

I Got Heaven is the fourth studio album by Philadelphia punk band Mannequin Pussy, released March 1, 2024 on Epitaph; 10 tracks, about 30 minutes, produced by John Congleton.

Ixnay on the Hombre

Ixnay on the Hombre, The Offspring's fourth studio album, released February 4, 1997 on Columbia; debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200; produced by Dave Jerden; singles include All I Want and Gone Away.

Leave Home

Leave Home is the Ramones' second studio album, issued on Sire in early 1977, produced by Tony Bongiovi and Tommy Ramone; noted for "Pinhead," the pulled "Carbona Not Glue," and its 2017 40th-anniversary deluxe reissue.

London Calling

London Calling, third studio album by The Clash (Strummer, Jones, Simonon, Headon), double LP released 14 December 1979 UK and January 1980 US, produced by Guy Stevens at Wessex Studios, spanning punk, reggae, rockabilly, soul, funk and R&B.

Looking for People to Unfollow

LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW is the second album by Australian punk and alternative artist Ecca Vandal, released May 22, 2026 on Loma Vista; recorded in Richie Buxton's Melbourne bedroom, it earned seven 2026 ARIA nominations.

Lust for Life (Iggy Pop album)

Lust for Life is Iggy Pop's second solo studio album, released in 1977 on RCA Records and co-written and produced by David Bowie in West Berlin after The Idiot. Contains the title track and The Passenger; revived by Trainspotting in 1996.

My War

My War (1984) is Black Flag's second album on SST Records; its slow, sludgy side two, featuring Nothing Left Inside, Three Nights, and Scream, helped spawn sludge metal, grunge, and stoner rock.

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols is the Sex Pistols' 1977 debut and only studio album, recorded at Wessex Studios, produced by Chris Thomas, charted at UK number 1, won an obscenity case, and shaped punk rock history.

No Obligation

No Obligation is the second studio album by The Linda Lindas, released in 2024. The 12-track record blends punk, garage rock, and power pop, drawing a consensus score of 74.42.

Ramones (album)

Ramones (album): Ramones, American punk rock band's self-titled 1976 debut on Sire Records, recorded in a week for $6,400; 14 songs, peaked at 111, later gold and Rolling Stone's #1 punk album.

Rancid (1993 album)

Rancid (1993) is the punk band Rancid's debut full-length album, released May 10, 1993 on Epitaph Records. Fifteen tracks in 34:06, recorded at Westbeach Recorders, distinct from the 1992 EP and Rancid 2000.