Given away with the NME on 18 June 2005. The day I turned 42 years old.
From the blurb :-
Anger is an energy growled John Lydon, formerly Johnny Rotten, figurehead of the first generation of punk. And those words rang just as true last year when Green Day decided to return to the source for their seventh album and use punk for the purpose it was invented for – protest. The whole world rediscovered its inner safety pin and, to celebrate, Billie Joe, Mike and Tre have hand-picked this exclusive free CD, especially for you. There’s vintage trailblazers and nu-school whippersnappers alike. But most of all, it features three chords and the truth. All together now : 1! 2! 3! 4!
mp3: My Chemical Romance – Give ‘Em Hell, Kid
Taken from the album ‘Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge’ (2004)
mp3: The Distillers – Drain The Blood
Taken from the album ‘Coral Fang’ (2003)
mp3: Generation X – Kiss Me Deadly
1978, Chrysalis Records Ltd.
mp3: Operation Ivy – Knowledge
Taken from the album ‘Operation Ivy (1989)
mp3: AFI – The Days Of The Phoenix
Taken from the album ‘AFI’ (2004)
mp3: The Stooges – I Got A Right
Recorded in 1972 but not released until 1977
From the album ‘Back In The USA’ (1970)
mp3: Alkaline Trio – Back To Hell
Taken from the album ‘Crimson’ (2003)
mp3: Deftones – Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
Taken from the album ‘Around The Fur’ (1997)
mp3: Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles
Taken from album ‘Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables’ (1990)
Taken from the album ‘Title Of Record’ (1999)
mp3: Flamin’ Groovies – Golden Clouds
Originally released in 1968
mp3: Stiff Little Fingers – Tin Soldiers
Originally released in 1980
Taken from the album ‘American Idiot’ (2004)
Not the usual stuff you normally find around these parts, albeit some of the old skool punks have had the occasional mention.
I’ve never been comfortable with the likes of Green Day and their contemporaries being labelled as punk acts. I just don’t see them at all in that light.
The CD can be had for 49p plus P&P over at Discogs.
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