Side A
Artist	Song
Serpico	Rumble
Oblivians	Hey Chewbacca
Braid	Killing A Camera
Weston	Retarded
Gameface	Sweet Wreck
DRI	Money Stinks
7 Seconds	We're Gonna Fight
Snapcase	Zombie Prescription
That Dog	Minneapolis
Slap Of Reality	Just What I Needed
Jawbreaker	Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault
Samiam	She Found You
Minor Threat	Guilty Of Being White
Black Flag	White Minority
Bad Brains	Sailin' On
Descendents	Clean Sheets
Smoking Popes	Just Broke Up
All	She's My Ex
The Clash	Lost In The Supermarket
The Police	Can't Stand Losing You
Buzzcocks	Orgasm Addict
Superchunk	New Low
Wesley Willis	Cut The Mullet
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Weezer	In The Garage
The Replacements	Black Diamond
Germs	What We Do Is Secret
Naked Raygun	Soldier's Requiem
At The Drive In	Heliotrope
Fugazi	Waiting Room
Pixies	Debaser
The Get Up Kids	Don't Hate Me
The Promise Ring	Red & Blue Jeans
Sunny Day Real Estate	In Circles
Husker Du	Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
Big Black	Passing Complexion
Seaweed	New Tools
Squirrel Bait	When I Fall
Dag Nasty	Under Your Influence
Kingface	Like A King
The Replacements	Left Of The Dial
Mogwai	Punk Rock

Comment:

So my best friend and I have nothing in common other than the fact that we have a similar sense of humor and enjoy each other's company. He's a choiropractor, he reads car magazines, is a card carrying member of the Promise Keepers and his favorite bands are Kiss and M÷tley Crne. I'm a 30 year old guy who doesn't own a car and still hangs out in the back at all-ages shows.

So when he asked me to make him a mix to get him up to speed on this whole punk rock craze, I couldn't pass it up. And although it always ended up getting put on the back burner, I finally got around to making it this week.

I think's it's a pretty decent smattering of punk rock classics, proto-alterna quasi-hits, indie/emo new jacks, forgotten favorites, and the occasional cover/novelty to keep his attention. It's by no means a comprehensive primer in punk/indie/underground rock, but it's an okay place to start.

I had a lot of fun making this mix. I dusted off a lot of records that hadn't seen the light of day in years, and when I was finished, not only had I made my friend a halfway decent mix, but I had also ended up with something of a personal soundtrack for the last 15 years of my life.

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