VIVE LE PUNK TOP 10s 2009

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