The Top 30 Greatest Punk Songs

[Pander Opiate]

1. Green Day - Basket Case

2. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks

3. The Clash - London Calling

4. The Prodigy - Firestarter

5. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

6. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK

7. Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen

8. Green Day - American Idiot

9. Alkaline Trio - Private Eye

10. Green Day - LongView

11. The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop

12. The Clash - White Riot

13. The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love

14. At The Drive In - One Armed Scissor

15. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American

16. Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster

17. Rancid - Ruby Soho

18. Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia

19. Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant

20. The Ramones I Wanna Be Sedated

21. Refused - New Noise

22. Bad Religion - American Jesus

23. NOFX - Stickin In My Eye

24. AFI - Days of The Phoenix

25. Capdown - Ska Wars

26. The Clash - White Man in Hammersmith

27. The Damned - New Rose

28. The Offspring - Come Out and Play

29. Pennywise - Bro Hymn

30. Fugazi - Waiting Room

It was for the Lock Up, which is usually a decent punk music show on Radio 1 and voted for by their listeners. Blitzkrieg Bop should have been in the top ten. I'm not even going to comment on Smells like Teen Spirit and Firestarter (the only upside for Prodigy being on there is that DJ Mike Davies refused to play it)

[Guest Wrestling_Man]

As much as I like Nirvana, I don't agree with them being on that list. The top spot should either belong to The Clash or The Ramones.

[Skummy]

No Stooges makes me cry.

As does the fact that the rest of the list is shit.

[Big Tuna]

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American should not have been on that list. It's a good song, but not nearly one of the best of all time.

[The Kraig]

The fuck? Some of those band don't even have a punky side. From the good bands they did choose, they took a lot of crappier songs. I declare this list void, due to complete incompetance.

AND Radio 1 can suck my cock.

[VerbalPuke]

Yeah, that list is absolutely horrid. Since when is Prodigy a punk band?

Where are bands like Bad Brains, Husker Du, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, Richard Hell and Voidoids, The Cramps, or the Dead Boys? I could come up with a nicer list than that, and it would cover alot more areas of punk rock as opposed to this list.

Although, I am shocked that the Undertones managed to take the number two spot.

[Guest Booker T & The MG's]

Although, I am shocked that the Undertones managed to take the number two spot.

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[JoeMimic]

I'm not a punk music fan but any list that has a song that just came out with in the last year in the top ten usually to me deems the rest null and void as is the cse with american idiot by Green Day.

[stokeriño]

Of all of Green Day's songs, I have never liked Basket Case. Yet somehow I knew, I knew as I clicked on the thread that it would be, and there it was.

Bastards.

[YI]

Green Day 3 times in the top ten... Now that's the list shat on. I don't like Green Day so it might influence my decision but calling the piece of shit Basket Case the greatest punk song of all time is horrible. I love Alkaline Trio but there's no reason at all they should even be on the list, let alone in the top 10. Nirvana and The Prodigy can fuck off. No Operation Ivy makes me a sad panda. Pennywise being 29 is a kick to the balls to me. Pennywise were one of the bands which steamed the transition to the 'new punk' sound. Without them (And others, don't get me wrong), there would be none of the 'skate punk" / "New Punk" bands. And "Bro Hymn" is the shit, it's a fucking classic for a sing-along. I can't be bothered to comment on the full list (I normally hate people bitching at lists, and now i'm doing it Pot...Kettle...Black to me.) however the lack of Strung Out is a like a dagger to the heart...... I'm only kidding. As much as i'm fucking obsessed by them (Not in a trecking around the globe, huntng them with knives kind of way) they have no place in the Top 30 punk songs ever.

BASKET CASE!!!! FUCKING, BASKET CASE!!!! I understand it's a catchy song, but eugh.

[Liam]

Anyone who thought that there would be anything other than

a)punk rock

or b)old UK punk

at the top of this list obviously don't know what the Radio 1 listener is like.

[YI]

Anyone who thought that there would be anything other than

a)punk rock

or b)old UK punk

at the top of this list obviously don't know what the Radio 1 listener is like.

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Edited June 16, 2005 by Funk Odyssey

[Liam]

Anyone who thought that there would be anything other than

a)punk rock

or b)old UK punk

at the top of this list obviously don't know what the Radio 1 listener is like.

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They have Green Day 3 times in the top 10. I don't want to know what a Radio 1 listener is like. I could bear with Green Day being in the list, even in the top ten. Hell even winning. But 3 times. And top with Basket Case as well. It's one of those songs I can't bear to listen too all the way through.

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Well, my basic point was that it isn't as if the poll was from Punk Lovers magazine, or something like that. The people voting are generally people who like middle of the road music or commerical stuff, and to be honest, I'm surprised about some of the bands that made the final 30, as I didn't even think they would make it.

Oh yeah, and Kraigy, this is voted for by the listeners, so you can't really blame Radio 1 in the end, I guess.

[Guest Pirate Chasin' Booty]

Greenday are boring as shit.

[YI]

Anyone who thought that there would be anything other than

a)punk rock

or b)old UK punk

at the top of this list obviously don't know what the Radio 1 listener is like.

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They have Green Day 3 times in the top 10. I don't want to know what a Radio 1 listener is like. I could bear with Green Day being in the list, even in the top ten. Hell even winning. But 3 times. And top with Basket Case as well. It's one of those songs I can't bear to listen too all the way through.

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Edited June 16, 2005 by Funk Odyssey

[Liam]

Anyone who thought that there would be anything other than

a)punk rock

or b)old UK punk

at the top of this list obviously don't know what the Radio 1 listener is like.

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They have Green Day 3 times in the top 10. I don't want to know what a Radio 1 listener is like. I could bear with Green Day being in the list, even in the top ten. Hell even winning. But 3 times. And top with Basket Case as well. It's one of those songs I can't bear to listen too all the way through.

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Well, my basic point was that it isn't as if the poll was from Punk Lovers magazine, or something like that. The people voting are generally people who like middle of the road music or commerical stuff, and to be honest, I'm surprised about some of the bands that made the final 30, as I didn't even think they would make it.

Oh yeah, and Kraigy, this is voted for by the listeners, so you can't really blame Radio 1 in the end, I guess.

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I was joking with that comment. Other than the stuff about Green Day. I used to ignore them, but now wherever I turn they're there. And Mudda has the idea.

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I knew you were joking, but I know some people wouldn't know what kinda music Radio 1 played, so just thought I'd be more obvious, I guess.

[GoGo Yubari]

For some reason every other week I seem to be saying "this is the dumbest list I have ever seen in my life."

And yeah. This is one of the dumbest lists I have ever seen in my life. "Basket Case" is a good song but no way does it deserve to be anywhere near the top spot. Jimmy Eat World, the Prodigy and At the Drive-In are not punk rock in any way, shape, or form (I mean, Nirvana is at least heavily inspired by punk, even if they shouldn't be here either). And "American Idiot" is an awful, awful song. Christ.

[Steeb]

Greenday are boring as shit.

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[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Ahhhhh "London Calling" by The Clash...Brilliance.

[FunkAsPuck]

Yeah, i've listened to the Lock Up before, mainly because they played a lot of bands I liked, the only show that I have listened to that actually bothered to play Refused on several occasions.

But that list is shit.