VIVE LE REVOLUTION!
Vive Le Punk's top ten albums of the year (in no particular order 'cause they're ALL good!)
The Wolfmen - MARRIED TO THE EIFFEL TOWER (Howl)
The Cute Lepers - SMART ACCESSORIES (Damaged Goods)
Magazine - LIVE AND INTERMITTENT (Wire Sound)
Rancid - LET THE DOMINOES FALL (Hellcat)
X-Ray Spex - LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE (Year Zero)
Urban Voodoo Machine - BOURBON SOAKED GYPSY BLUES BOP AND STROLL (Gypsy Hotel)
The Living End - WHITE NOISE (Co Op)
The Jim Jones Revue - HERE TO SAVE YOUR SOUL (Punk Rock Blues)
The Specials - LIVE AT THE MOONLIGHT CLUB (2 Tone)
WRITERS' TOP 5s
Hugh Gulland
1) The Drones - HAVILAH (ATP)
2) X-Ray Spex - LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE LONDON 2008 (Year Zero)
3) The Singing Loins - UNRAVELING ENGLAND (Damaged Goods)
4) The Tropics Of Cancer - INTRODUCTION TO A RUMOUR (MGO)
5) Magazine - LIVE AND INTERMITTENT (Wire Sound)
SIMON NOTT
1.The Mutilators - SHE PUT THE BABY IN THE MICROWAVE (Stroked and Bored)
2.The Coffin Nails - THE DEAD DON'T GET OLDER (Greystone)
3.The Astro Zombies - CONVINCE OR CONFUSE (Drunkabilly)
4.Thee Crucials - GIVE ME...A KEG...OF BEER (Kaiser)
5.Various - MAINSTREAM MUSIC IS SHIT (TNS)
IAN CHADDOCK
1) Teenage Bottlerocket – THEY CAME FROM THE SHADOWS (Fat Wreck)
2) Dear Landlord– DREAM HOMES (No Idea)
3) Propaghandi – SUPPORTING CASTE (Hassle)
4) Chuck Ragan – GOLD COUNTRY (SideOneDummy)
5) The Shitty Limits – BEWARE THE LIMITS (Boss Tuneage)
ALEX OGG
1.The Bomb - SPEED IS EVERYTHING (No Idea)
2.Propaghandi - SUPPORTING CASTE (Hassle)
3.Ravonettes - IN AND OUT OF CONTROL (Fierce Panda)
4.Cute Lepers - SMART ACCESSORIES (Damaged Goods)
5.Flipper - REISSUES (Domino)
Eugene Big Cheese
1) Rancid - LET THE DOMINOES FALL (Hellcat)
2) New Model Army - TODAY IS A GOOD DAY (Attack Attack)
3) Teenage Bottle Rocket - THEY CAME FROM THE SHADOWS (Fat Wreck)
4) The Damned - SO, WHO’S PARANOID (The English Channel)
5) The Vibrators - UNDER THE RADAR (Captain Oi!)
Neil Anderson
Killing Joke - THE GATHERING PART ONE (Killing Joke)
Magazine - TOUCH & GO ANTHOLOGY 02.78 - 06.81 (Virgin)
New York Dolls - 'CAUSE I SEZ SO (ATCO)
Gallows - GREY BRITAIN (Warner Bros)
Anti-Flag - THE PEOPLE OR THE GUN (Side One Dummy)
Andy Peart
1. Pama International - PAMA OUTERNATIONAL
2. Rancid - LET THE DOMINOES FALL
3. The Skints - LIVE BREATHE BUILD BELIEVE
4. The Specials - LIVE AT BRIXTON ACADEMY (Sunday Times giveaway)
5. Madness - THE LIBERTY OF NORTON FOLGATE