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American Post-Punk Discography 1980-1990
This discography is intended as a companion feature to "The Lost Generation," article that precedes it. I hope to
further illustrate exactly the milieu of bands I am attempting to pin down in "The Lost Generation," by providing
an extensive list of period albums that helped define the genre of American post-punk rock in the 1980s.
As this list was culled from my own collection, it is not intended to be a definitive, objective list. Rather, it reflects
those releases that captured the spirit of the era for me, and which inspired me to write "The Lost Generation."
I have included bands I like and, in most cases, limited their entries to include what I would call their best work. I have
also, for the most part, ignored 7" records, as any worthwhile list of 80's post punk 45's would be too huge an undertaking
for this little black duck at this time.
Although the vast majority of these albums are albums of the 80's, I have included a few earlier and later releases, where
appropriate. Inclusions from the 1970's include any album I feel strongly indicated a break from punk rock into a different
rockward path that would influence the flavor of 80s post punk. Inclusions from the 1990's include works by 1980's stalwarts
who were still adding to the underground rock lexicon, or records by newer bands that still fit snuggly into the 1980's underground
continuum.
Babes in Toyland
SPANKING MACHINE (Twintone 1990)
Bad Brains
I AGAINST I (SST 1986)
QUICKNESS (SST 1989)
Beat Happening
JAMBOREE (K/Rough Trade 1988)
Big Boys
WRECK COLLECTION (Unseen Hand 1988)
Big Black
ATOMIZER (Touch and Go 1985)
SONGS ABOUT F**KING (Touch and Go 1987)
Bird Songs of the Mesozoic
MAGNETIC FLIP (Ace of Hearts 1984)
Black Flag
IN MY HEAD (SST 1985)
WHO'S GOT THE 10 1/2 (SST 1986)
WASTED AGAIN (SST 1987)
Bomb
TO ELVIS IN HELL (World Records 1987)
Boss Hog
DRINKIN', LETCHIN', AND LYIN' (Amphetamine Reptile 1989)
COLD HANDS (Am. Rep. 1990)
Butthole Surfers
BUTTHOLE SURFERS (Alternative Tentacles 1983)
LIVEPCPPEP (Alternative Tentacles 1984)
PSYCHICPOWERLESSANOTHER MAN'S SAC (Touch and Go 1984)
Ciccone Youth (Sonic Youth and friends)
THE WHITEY ALBUM (Blast First 1988)
Cordelia's Dad
CORDELIA'S DAD (Okra 1989)
Cowboy Junkies
WHITES OFF EARTH NOW!! (Latent 1986)
THE TRINITY SESSION (RCA 1988)
The Cramps
GRAVEST HITS (IRS 1979)
PSYCHEDELIC JUNGLE (IRS 1981)
SMELL OF FEMALE (New Rose 1983)
BAD MUSIC FOR BAD PEOPLE (IRS 1984)
CAN YOUR PUSSY DO THE DOG? (New Rose 1985)
A DATE WITH ELVIS (Big Beat 1986)
Dead Kennedys
FRANKENCHRIST (Alternative Tentacles 1985)
Death of Samantha
WHERE THE WOMEN WEAR THE GLORY AND THE MEN... (Homestead 1988)
Dinosaur Jr.
DINOSAUR JR. (SST 1987)
BUG (SST 1988)
Dream Syndicate
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES (Ruby 1982)
Dwarves
HORROR STORIES (Coxx 1985)
Embrace
EMBRACE (Dischord 1987)
Feelies
CRAZY RHYTHMS (Coyote 1986)
NO ONE KNOWS (Coyote 1986)
ONLY LIFE (A&M 1988)
Fiendz
FIENDZ (Black Pumpkin 1989)
fIREHOSE
fIREHOSE (SST 1986)
Flesheaters
FOREVER CAME TODAY (Ruby 1982)
DESTROYED BY FIRE (SST 1987)
Flipper
GENERIC FLIPPER (Subterranean 1981)
Fugazi
FUGAZI (Dischord 1988)
MARGIN WALKER (Dischord 1988)
REPEATER (Dischord 1989)
Half Japanese
CHARMED LIFE (50 Skidillion Watts 1988)
Happy Flowers
FLOWERS ON 45 (Homestead 1984)
Honor Role
RICTUS (Homestead 1989)
Husker Du
ZEN ARCADE (SST 1984)
JFA
JFA (Placebo 1983)
Kinghorse
KINGHORSE (Caroline 1990)
Leaving Trains
SLEEPING UNDERWATER SURVIVORS (SST 1991)
Meat Puppets
N A CAR 7" (SST 1991)
MEAT PUPPETS (SST 1982)
MEAT PUPPETS II (SST 1983)
UP ON THE SUN (SST 1985)
Melvins
OZMA (Boner 1989)
Minutemen
DOUBLE NICKELS ON THE DIME (SST 1984)
THREE WAY TIE FOR LAST (SST 1985)
Mudhoney
SUPERFUZZ BIGMUFF (Subpop 1988)
MUDHONEY (Subpop 1989)
Nirvana
BLEACH (Subpop 1989)
NEVERMIND (Subpop/Geffen 1991)
Pain Teens
BORN IN BLOOD (1990)
Phantom Tollbooth
PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH (Homestead 198?)
Pixies
COME ON PILGRIM ( 4AD 1987)
SURFER ROSA (4AD 1988)
DOOLITTLE (4AD 1989)
Pussy Galore
SUGAR SHIT SHARP (Caroline 1986)
RIGHT NOW! (Caroline 1987)
DIAL M(Caroline 1989)
HISTORIA DE LA MUSICA ROCK (Caroline 1990)
Pylon
BEEP/ALTITUDE/FOUR MINUTES EP (DB 1982)
R.E.M.
CHRONIC TOWN (IRS 1982)
MURMUR (IRS 1983)
RECKONING (IRS 1984)
FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION (IRS 1985)
LIFES RICH PAGEANT (IRS 1986)
DEAD LETTER OFFICE (IRS 1987)
DOCUMENT (IRS 1987)
EPONYMOUS (IRS 1988)
GREEN (Warner Bros. 1988)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (EMI 1984)
Replacements
HOOTENANNY (Twin/Tone 1983)
LET IT BE (Twin/Tone 1984)
TIM (Sire 1985)
PLEASED TO MEET ME (Sire 1987)
DONT TELL A SOUL (Sire 1989)
R.M.F
ROUTE 666 (no label 1988)
Royal Crescent Mob
OMERTA (Moving Target 1987)
Saccharine Trust
PAGAN ICONS (SST 1981)
SURVIVING YOU ALWAYS (SST 1982)
Salem 66
YOUR SOUL IS MINE, FORK IT OVER 1983-1987 (Homestead 198?)
Snake Nation (C.O.C. offshoot)
SNAKE NATION (Caroline 1989)
Snakes
HAPPY (Adult Swim/Dischord 1990)
Soundgarden
ULTRAMEGA OK (SST 1988)
LOUDER THAN LOVE (SST 1989)
Sonic Youth
SONIC YOUTH (Neutral 1982)
DEATH VALLEY 69 (Homestead 1985)
EVOL (SST 1986)
SISTER (SST 1987)
DAYDREAM NATION (Blast First 1988)
Squirrel Bait
SQUIRREL BAIT (Homestead
SKAG HEAVEN (Homestead
Timbuk3
GREETINGS FROM TIMBUK3 (IRS 1986)
Tragic Mulatto
CHARTEUSE TOULOUSE (Alternative Tentacles 1990)
Violent Femmes
VIOLENT FEMMES (Slash 1982)
HALLOWED GROUND (Slash 1984)
THE BLIND LEADING THE NAKED (Slash/Warner 1988)
Volcano Suns
NAKED AT THE BUY SELL AND TRADE (Homestead 198?)
Vox Pop
MORE DRUGS THAN ELVIS (no label, recorded 1980)
White Zombie
GOD OF THUNDER EP (Caroline 1989)
V/A
WAILING ULTIMATE (Homestead 198?) Compilation featuring Salem 66, Big Black, Dinosaur, Squirrelbait, etc.
HUMAN MUSIC (Homestead 1989): An international compilation, with tracks by Live Skull, Half Japanese, American Music Club,
Bastro, Antietam, Yo La Tengo, Membranes, Tall Dwarves, The Clean, My Dad is Dead, and a host of others.
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