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  1. 1
    Rock music, Punk rock, Pop punk
    New York City, Forest Hills
    Acid Eaters, Rocket to Russia, Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits, The Chrysalis Years, Blitzkrieg Bop, Animal Boy, Weird Tales of the Ramones, Anthology: Hey Ho, Let's Go!, Halfway to Russia, Lifestyles of the Ramones, All the Stuff (and More), Volume 2, It's Alive 1974-1996, Poison Heart, R.A.M.O.N.E.S., Mondo Bizarro, We're Outta Here, The Best of The Ramones, Subterranean Jungle, Ramones Mania, You Don't Come Close, Leave Home, Loco Live, Greatest Hits Live, All the Stuff Volume 1, It's Alive, Best of the Chrysalis Years, Too Tough to Die, Halfway to Sanity, NYC 1978, Weird Tales of the Ramones, Europe 1992, Ramones, Ramones Mania Vol. 2, Masters of Rock, End of the Century, Pleasant Dreams, ¡Adios Amigos!, It's Alive, Birthday Bash, Road to Ruin, Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits, Essential, Sheena Is a Punk Rocker, Real Cool Time, Masters of Rock: Ramones, Brain Drain, Do You Wanna Dance?, Hey Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology, Ramones Mania 2, Greatest Hits More
    Philips Records, Beggars Banquet Records, Sire Records, Chrysalis Records, Radioactive Records More
  2. 2
    Heavy metal, Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Horror punk
    Lodi
    Project 1950, Monster Mash, Static Age, Bullet, American Psycho, Box Set, Psycho in the Wax Museum, Land of the Dead, Walk Among Us, Legacy of Brutality, Heroes of Danzig, Bullet, Untitled Misfits Album, Day the Earth Caught Fire, Collection II, Famous Monsters, 3 Hits From Hell, Beware, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Die, Die My Darling, Collection I, Earth A.D., Don't Open 'Til It's Doomsday/Day the Earth Caught Fire, Cuts from the Crypt: 1996-2001, Horror Business, Halloween, Evillive II, Evilive, 12 Hits From Hell, Music From the Upcoming Famous Monsters, Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood / Evilive, Beware, Cough/Cool, Box Set, The Devil's Rain, Beware and the Rest More
    Roadrunner Records, Caroline Records, Plan 9
  3. 3
    New Wave, Punk rock, Pop punk, Power pop
    Manchester, Bolton
    BBC Sessions, The Peel Sessions, All Set, Sell You Everything, The Complete French Suites & Overture in French Style (disc 1) (feat. Glenn Gould), Driving You Insane, Live At The Roxy Club April '77, Product, A Different Kind of Product, I Don't Mind the Buzzcocks, Spiral Scratch, Alive Tonight, Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Harmony in My Head, A Different Kind of Tension / Parts 1, 2, 3, Reconciliation, Wish I Never Loved You, Part 1, Orgasm Addict, Do It, Live, Ever Fallen in Love? Buzzcocks Finest, Beating Hearts: Manchester Apollo 1978, Buzzcocks, Love You More, Singles Going Steady, Modern, Flat-Pack Philosophy, Live Tension, Small Songs with Big Hearts: London Rainbow '79, French, Songs in a Different Time, The Complete Singles Anthology, A Different Kind of Tension / Singles Going Steady, A Different Kind of Tension, Chronology, Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?), Everybody's Happy Nowadays, I Don't Mind, Operators Manual, Parts 1-3, Paris: Encore du pain, Entertaining Friends: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon March 1979, Lest We Forget, Time's Up, 30, Operator's Manual: Buzzcocks best, Promises, What Do I Get?, Part 2, Part 3, Love Bites / Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Love Bites, Trade Test Transmissions More
    EMI, I.R.S. Records, Cooking Vinyl, ROIR
  4. 4
    Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Straight edge
    Washington, D.C.
    Complete Discography, First two 7"s on a 12", Out of Step, First Demo Tape, Minor Threat, Salad Days, Minor Threat, In My Eyes, First Demo Tape, Screaming at the Wall More
    Dischord Records
  5. 5
    Rock music, Punk rock, Pop punk, Ska punk
    Notting Hill
    Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, This Is England, The Call Up, I Fought the Law, The Cost of Living E.P., The Singles, Complete Control, Return to Brixton, Super Black Market Clash, Know Your Rights, Train in Vain, The Singles, Should I Stay or Should I Go, Should I Stay or Should I Go?, The Clash, Sandinista!, Combat Rock, The Essential Clash, Bankrobber, English Civil War, Black Market Clash, Singles Box, London Calling, The Story of the Clash, Volume 1, Live at Bond's Casino, Clash on Broadway, Capital Radio One, The Magnificent Seven, Il grande Rock, The Vanilla Tapes, Rock the Casbah, The Singles, From Here to Eternity: Live, Remote Control, The Singles, The Call Up / The Magnificent Dance, The Ultimate Collection, Crucial Music: The Clash Collection, Hitsville U.K., Should I Stay or Should I Go? / Rush, London Calling, The Clash: Live At Shea Stadium, Clash City Rockers, Solid Gold, Tommy Gun, The 12" Mixes, This Is Radio Clash, Cut the Crap, 1977 Revisited, Train in Vain / Bankrobber, (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais, White Riot, Give 'Em Enough Rope More
    Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Columbia Records
  6. 6
    Punk rock, Anarcho-punk, Hardcore punk, Skate punk, Psychobilly, Thrashcore More
    San Francisco
    Nazi Punks Fuck Off, Milking the Sacred Cow, The Early Years Live, Plastic Surgery Disasters, Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust, Inc., Bedtime for Democracy, Live at the Deaf Club, Bleed for Me, A Skateboard Party, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, Kill the Poor, Halloween, Mutiny on the Bay, The 1978 Demos, Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death, Live at DMPO's on Broadway, Too Drunk to Fuck, In God We Trust, Inc., Skateboard Party '82, 1982: Germany, Holiday in Cambodia, Best Of, Frankenchrist, California über alles More
    Alternative Tentacles, I.R.S. Records, Cherry Red, Manifesto Records
  7. 7
    Heavy metal, Punk rock, Hardcore punk
    Hermosa Beach
    Loose Nut, Damaged, I Can See You, The First Four Years, Wasted Again, Who's Got the 10½?, TV Party, The Process of Weeding Out, Spray Paint (Live), Everything Went Black, Annihilate This Week, Family Man, Louie Louie, Live at the On Broadway 1982, Slip It In, Minuteflag, My War, In My Head, The Complete 1982 Demos Plus More, Damaged / Jealous Again, Six Pack, Nervous Breakdown, Live '84, Who's Got the 10½?, Jealous Again More
    SST Records
  8. 8
    Rock music, Hard rock, Blues-rock, Punk rock, Experimental rock, Glam rock, Psychedelic rock, Punk blues, Garage rock, Acid rock, Protopunk More
    Ann Arbor
    Live in Detroit, Night of Destruction, Open Up and Bleed!, Michigan Palace 10-6-73, Rough Power, Original Punks (disc 1), 1970: The Complete Funhouse Sessions, Metallic K.O., Original Punks (disc 2), Original Punks, Metallic K.O. (disc 1), (I Got) Nothing, The Stooges, I'm Sick of You!, Metallic K.O. (disc 2), Head On, Secret Plan, My Girl Hates My Heroin, Year of the Iguana, Escaped Maniacs, Night of the Destruction, Gimme Some Skin, Double Danger, Studio Sessions, The Weirdness, Open Up and Bleed, Wild Love, Raw Power, Telluric Chaos, Live At Whiskey A Go-Go, California Bleeding, Search and Destroy: The Detroit Studio Out-takes, Raw Power, I Got a Right, Fun House, Penetration: The Best of the Legendary Demo & Rehearsal Recordings, I Got a Right, Heavy Liquid, Rubber Legs, I'm Sick of You!, 1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions, Raw Power Live: In the Hands of the Fans, The Stooges: Deluxe Edition, You Don't Want My Name... You Want My Action More
    Columbia Records, Elektra Records, Virgin Records
  9. 9
    Alternative rock, Hard rock, Blues-rock, Rockabilly, Punk rock, Pop punk, Hardcore punk, Skate punk, Cowpunk More
    California, Orange County
    White Light White Heat White Trash, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes (Deluxe Edition), Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll, Mainliner, Live at CBGB's, Mainliner: Wreckage From the Past, Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell, Prison Bound, Social Distortion, Greatest Hits, 1945, Live at The Roxy, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, Social Distortion, Social Distortion's seventh studio album, Live in Orange County, Mommy's Little Monster, Sick Boys - Live at the Country Club, Reseda, CA - 23 June 1990, Greatest Hits More
    Sony Records, Epic, Epic Records, Epitaph Records, Posh Boy Records, Restless Records, Time Bomb Recordings, Sony 550 Music More
  10. 10
    Alternative rock, Jazz fusion, Heavy metal, Roots reggae, Punk rock, Thrash metal, Hardcore punk, Crossover thrash, Reggae More
    Washington, D.C.
    Rise, Black Dots, Rock for Light, Spirit Electricity, Build a Nation, I Against I, Love Is the Answer, Pay to Cum!, Quickness, Live, Live at CBGB's 1982, I & I Survived (dub), Bad Brains, The Youth Are Getting Restless, The Omega Sessions, Live, Banned in D.C.: Bad Brains Greatest Riffs, The Early Years, God of Love, A Bad Brains Reunion Live from Maritime Hall, Attitude: The ROIR sessions, Live at the Fillmore 1982, Omega Sessions, Pay to Cum LP (1979-1981) More
    SST Records, Epic, Warner Bros. Records, Maverick Records, Victory Records, Epic Records, Caroline Records, Megaforce Records, ROIR More
  11. 11
    Alternative rock, Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Post-hardcore
    Minneapolis-St. Paul
    Flip Your Wig, In a Free Land, Zen Arcade, Metal Circus, New Day Rising, Ice Cold Ice, Ice Cold Ice, Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely, Sorry Somehow, Land Speed Record, Warehouse: Songs and Stories, The Living End, Eight Miles High / Makes No Sense at All, Everything Falls Apart and More, Could You Be the One?, Could You Be the One?, Candy Apple Grey, Everything Falls Apart, Eight Miles High, Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely, Makes No Sense at All, Statues / Amusement More
    SST Records, Warner Bros. Records, New Alliance Records
  12. 12
    Post-punk, Punk rock, Gothic rock
    London
    Damned, Damned, Damned, The Collection, Eternally Damned: The Best of the Damned, The Light at the End of the Tunnel, The Black Album, Fun Factory, Live Shepperton 1980, Final Damnation, Anything, Light at the End of the Tunnel, Lively Arts, Little Miss Disaster, Totally Damned, The Best of the Damned, I'm Alright Jack and the Beanstalk, Boxed, Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976–1987, The Best of the Damned, MCA Singles A's & B's, New Rose, Live Anthology, Play It at Your Sister, Molten Lager, Testify, Gigolo, Neat Neat Neat: The Alternative Anthology, The Super Best of The Damned, Punk Generation: Best of Oddities & Versions, The Shadow of Love, The Chaos Years: Rare & Unreleased 1977-1982, Tales From the Damned, David Vanian and the Phantom Chords, Wait for the Blackout, Best of Volume 1½: The Long Lost Weekend, The Worst of The Damned, Damned Busters, Dozen Girls, Smash It Up, Live: The School Bullies, The Radio One Sessions, Live at Newcastle, Eloise, Anything, The Best of the Damned: Total Damnation, From the Beginning, Generals, The Peel Sessions, In Dulce Decorum, Disco Man, Not of This Earth, Not the Captains Birthday Party?, White Rabbit, Grave Disorder, The Damned discography, The Peel Sessions, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Alone Again Or, Shut It, Phantasmagoria, Sessions of the Damned, Strawberries, The Captain's Birthday Party: Live at the Roundhouse, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Looking at You, Neat Neat Neat, Friday 13th EP, Live, Machine Gun Etiquette, Gun Fury, The Peel Sessions, Problem Child, Thanks for the Night, Live at the Lyceum Ballroom 1981, Live at Woolwich Coronet, Live at the 100 Club, Ballroom Blitz - Live at the Lyceum, Mindless, Directionless Energy: Live at the Lyceum 1981, Noise: The Best of the Damned Live, Fiendish Shadows, Love Song, Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976-1987, The Black Album, Music for Pleasure, The Best of the Damned: Marvellous, Lovely Money, The Black Album, Chiswick Years, Live At The 100 Club, Chiswick Singles, Grimly Fiendish, Is It a Dream, There Ain't No Sanity Clause, The Pleasure and the Pain, Super Best Collection, Born to Kill, So, Who's Paranoid?, Skip Off School to See the Damned, The Pleasure and the Pain (Disc 1), Damned But Not Forgotten, Neat Neat Neat, Prokofiev More
    Nitro Records, Stiff Records, Bronze Records, Chiswick Records
  13. 13
    Rock music, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Blues-rock, Punk rock, Psychedelic rock, Rock and roll, Garage rock, Acid rock, Protopunk More
    Detroit
    Kick Out the Jams, Back in the USA, Looking at You / Borderline, Purity Accuracy, Power Trip, Big Bang: The Best of the MC5, The Big Bang: The Best of the MC5, '66 Breakout!, Extended Versions: The Encore Collection, Teen Age Lust, Greatest Hits Live, Live 1969/70, Starship, Ice Pick Slim, Thunder Express, Looking At You, High Time, Black to Comm, Babes in Arms, American Ruse, Vintage Years, Power Trip More
    Elektra Records, Rhino Entertainment, Atlantic Records
  14. 14
    Punk rock, Pop punk, Hardcore punk, Skate punk, Melodic hardcore
    Hermosa Beach
    I'm the One EP, Live Plus One, Cool to Be You, Two Things at Once, I Don't Want to Grow Up, Milo Goes to College, ALL, Everything Sucks, Liveage, Fat, Bonus Fat, 'Merican, Sessions, Clean Sheets, Hallraker, Somery, When I Get Old, I'm the One, Enjoy+, Ride the Wild / It's a Hectic World, Enjoy! More
    SST Records, Fat Wreck Chords, Epitaph Records, New Alliance Records
  15. 15
    Alternative rock, Post-punk, Punk rock, Experimental rock
    London
    A Bell Is a Cup Until It Is Struck, It's Beginning to and Back Again, Behind the Curtain: Early Versions 1977 & 78, So and Slow It Grows, Read & Burn 02, Eardrum Buzz, Coatings, Third Day, The Ideal Copy, Life in the Manscape, Pink Flag, Turns and Strokes, Dot Dash, A Question of Degree, Snakedrill, 1985-1990: The A List, The First Letter, Send, Read & Burn 03, Mannequin, 154, The 15th, Wire Play Pop, Chairs Missing, Ahead, Vien, Silk Skin Paws, PF456 Redux, Kidney Bingos, Manscape, The Scottish Play, Read & Burn 01, Document and Eyewitness, The Peel Sessions Album, Wire on the Box: 1979, Live at the Roxy / Live at CBGB Theatre, Map Ref. 41°N 93°W, Object 47, Our Swimmer, Outdoor Miner, In Vivo, Ambitious (Middlesex Gorge), Red Barked Tree, On Returning (1977-1979), The Drill, Crazy About Love More
    Mute Records, Pinkflag, Harvest Records
  16. 16
    Alternative rock, Post-punk, Punk rock, Funk-rock, Hardcore punk, Experimental music More
    San Pedro
    Double Nickels on the Dime, My First Bells, The Punch Line, Georgeless, Post-Mersh Vol. 1, What Makes a Man Start Fires?, Post-Mersh, Volume 3, Paranoid Time, Post-Mersh Vol. 3, Bean-Spill EP, Ballot Result, 3-Way Tie (for Last), Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat, Introducing the Minutemen, Joy, Post-Mersh, Volume 1, Post-Mersh, Volume 2, Project: Mersh, The Politics of Time, Tour-Spiel EP, Post-Mersh Vol. 2, Minuteflag More
    SST Records, New Alliance Records
  17. 17
    Punk rock, Pop punk
    Huntington Beach
    When in Rome Do as the Vandals, Look What I Almost Stepped in..., Hitler Bad, Vandals Good, The Vandals Play Really Bad Original Country Tunes, Hollywood Potato Chip, Internet Dating Superstuds, Sweatin' To the Oldies: The Vandals Live, Peace Thru Vandalism, Live on KFPK, Slippery When Ill, Shingo Japanese Remix Album, Fear of a Punk Planet, Sweatin' to the Oldies: The Vandals Live, Live At The House Of Blues, Peace Thru Vandalism / When in Rome Do as the Vandals, Live at the House of Blues, When in Rome Do as the Vandals / Peace Thru Vandalism, Fat Club 7", BBC Sessions and Other Polished Turds, Sheena Is a Punk Rocker 7", One For The Ages, The Quickening, Play Really Bad Original Country Tunes, Look What I Almost Stepped in..., Live Fast Diarrhea, Oi to the World!, The Vandals / Assorted Jelly Beans split 7", Christmas With The Vandals: Oi to the World! More
    Nitro Records, Epitaph Records, Triple X Records, Restless Records, Kung Fu Records More
  18. 18
    Post-punk, Punk rock, Anarcho-punk, Art punk, Noise rock, Art rock, Free improvisation More
    Epping
    Penis Envy, Stations of the Crass, Who Dunnit?, Yes Sir, I Will, Reality Asylum, The Feeding of the 5000, The Feeding of the 5000 (The Crassical Collection), Bullshit Detector, Volume 2, Christ: The Album, Ten Notes on a Summers Day, Sheep Farming in the Falklands, Merry Crassmas, Ten Notes on a Summer's Day, You'll Ruin It for Everyone, Acts of Love: Fifty Songs to My Other Self, You're Already Dead, The Feeding of the 5000, Christ: The Bootleg, Christ – The Album, Nagasaki Nightmare, Best Before... 1984, How Does It Feel? More
    Small Wonder Records, Crass Records
  19. 19
    Rock music, New Wave, Punk rock, Power pop
    London
    Alone in the Night, Even Serpents Shine, Why Don't You Kill Yourself? The CBS Recordings, Out There in the Night, Baby's Got a Gun, You've Got to Pay, The Peel Sessions, Baby's Got a Gun, Remains, Darkness and Light, Special View, The Only Ones, Another Girl Another Planet, Lovers of Today, The Big Sleep, Live at the BBC, Live in London, Silent Night / Baby's Got a Gun, The Peel Sessions Album, Trouble in the World, The Immortal Story More
    Columbia Records, CBS

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