Various Artists

Punk University Vols. 1 & 2

Oglio Records

Another nice pair of punk comps cds, this time from a specialty imprint of Capitol. These offer a mixed bag of British and American punk and a wider chronology - from really early (Ramones) to eighties punk. Could've done without the lesser Iggy Pop tracks, - including the one he whored out to a bourgeois sea cruise line! All in all, a pretty nice mixed bag of early punk music. There's probably nothing here that would turn the heads of most punk collectors, but it is nice to have Suicidal Tendencies best song (maybe only) alongside something by The Toy Dolls, any day.

I think the Punk University motif was an attempt to cash in on the mid-nineties generi-punk resurgence, but thankfully, like a lot of similar comps, doesn't include any Green Day or Offspring, et al.



Punk University Vol. 1:

1. Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized
   
2. Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict
   
3. 999 - Homicide
   
4. The Ramones - Beat On The Brat
5. Vandals - Ladykiller
   
6. Adolescents - Amoeba
   
7. Circle Jerks - Wild In The Streets
   
8. Redd Kross - Annette's Got The Hits
   
9. X - Los Angeles
10. Fear - New York's Allright If You Like Saxophones
    
11. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
    
12. Killing Joke - Eighties
    

Download Vol 1



Punk University Vol. 2:

1. X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage, Up Yours!
2. The Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant
3. The Germs - Lexicon Devil
4. The Buzzcocks - Something's Gone Wrong
5. The Dickies - Gigantor
6. X - White Girl
7. Iggy Pop - I'm Bored
8. T.S.O.L. - Dance With Me
9. Circle Jerks - When The Shit Hits The Fan
10. Agent Orange - Bloodstains
11. G.B.H. - No Survivors
12. Generation X - One Hundred Punks

Download Vol. 2