VA - Punch Drunk
Shortly after the September 2011 attacks on the World Trade Center, an incident occurred within the Punk underground community that illustrates an unsettling hesitancy among purveyors of underground Punk (or “Street Punk”) culture to disseminate images that may be interpreted as “anti-American” or “unpatriotic”. Maximum Rock N Roll (MRR), a ‘zine that has been an integral part of Punk culture since the early 1980s, refused to run a TKO Records advertisement for the CD reissue of The Bodies’ EP Firepower Is Our Business. The ad, which really seems to be pretty tame, features a black and white image of the American flag with the Bodies’ logo placed on top of the stars and the words Firepower Is Our Business fitted across the stripes. MRR coordinator Mike Thorn explained to TKO that the use of the American flag in the ad made the MRR editors “uncomfortable” and that the ad would not appear.
In a letter to MRR, the TKO staff asserted that the freedom of self-expression is not only essential to American democracy, but also vital to the Punk movement. “Regardless of the current political situation, we refuse to succumb to any pressures, be it from extremists on the Idiot Left or the Idiot Right, to censor what these bands have to say”, wrote Mark Rainey, Mike Winter, and Alan Hynes of TKO Records. “TKO bands will sing about flying the flag or burning the flag, all in a celebration of the right to free speech that we enjoy as Americans” As a result of MRR‘s actions, TKO halted all advertising in MRR and the label no longer submits review material to the ‘zine.
It’s in this spirit of “right to free speech” that TKO — known as “the hardest working label in Punk” - released its installation in the label - Punch Drunk compilation series, Certainly, Punk has stood for many things over the years: anarchy, working-class politics, a do-it-yourself philosophy of making and distributing music, subversion of mainstream society, and the production of loud and raw Rock 'N' Roll for the slam -dancing, pogo-sticking pleasure of it. All of these ideas are contained in Punch Drunk, along with a few gems about the ups and downs of love and hanging out with your mates. Appropriately, most tracks tout the values of banding together to fight authority, supporting your comrades in the trenches of class warfare, and going against the mainstream. Several tracks are almost anthemic, urging Punks to come together to "Build a nation . . . In revolution, you can’t stand alone!”
In a letter to MRR, the TKO staff asserted that the freedom of self-expression is not only essential to American democracy, but also vital to the Punk movement. “Regardless of the current political situation, we refuse to succumb to any pressures, be it from extremists on the Idiot Left or the Idiot Right, to censor what these bands have to say”, wrote Mark Rainey, Mike Winter, and Alan Hynes of TKO Records. “TKO bands will sing about flying the flag or burning the flag, all in a celebration of the right to free speech that we enjoy as Americans” As a result of MRR‘s actions, TKO halted all advertising in MRR and the label no longer submits review material to the ‘zine.
It’s in this spirit of “right to free speech” that TKO — known as “the hardest working label in Punk” - released its installation in the label - Punch Drunk compilation series, Certainly, Punk has stood for many things over the years: anarchy, working-class politics, a do-it-yourself philosophy of making and distributing music, subversion of mainstream society, and the production of loud and raw Rock 'N' Roll for the slam -dancing, pogo-sticking pleasure of it. All of these ideas are contained in Punch Drunk, along with a few gems about the ups and downs of love and hanging out with your mates. Appropriately, most tracks tout the values of banding together to fight authority, supporting your comrades in the trenches of class warfare, and going against the mainstream. Several tracks are almost anthemic, urging Punks to come together to "Build a nation . . . In revolution, you can’t stand alone!”
Punch Drunk I (1999)
01 - The Forgotten - Fists Up!
02 - The Workin' Stiffs - Three Ring City
03 - Dropkick Murphys - You're A Rebel
04 - The Bodies - Pack Your Bags
05 - Loose Lips - Two Time Loser
06 - Reducers S.F. - Never Hear A Word
07 - Lower Class Brats - Live For Today
08 - Dead End Cruisers - Around This Town
09 - The Beltones - Fuck You Anyway
10 - Pressure Point - Claim The Night
11 - Anti-Heroes - Rich People Don't Go To Jail
12 - The Templars - Modern Day Ripper
13 - The Randumbs - Can't Drink Anymore
14 - Swingin' Utters - Teen Idol Eyes
15 - The Upsets - Tommy Gun Heart
16 - Electric Frankenstein - Takin' You Down
17 - The Truents - Crack On Your Shell
18 - Suburban Threat - American Punk
19 - Peter And The Test Tube Babies - 1.4.7.1.
20 - U.S. Bombs - The Captain
21 - Hidden Track
01 - The Forgotten - Fists Up!
02 - The Workin' Stiffs - Three Ring City
03 - Dropkick Murphys - You're A Rebel
04 - The Bodies - Pack Your Bags
05 - Loose Lips - Two Time Loser
06 - Reducers S.F. - Never Hear A Word
07 - Lower Class Brats - Live For Today
08 - Dead End Cruisers - Around This Town
09 - The Beltones - Fuck You Anyway
10 - Pressure Point - Claim The Night
11 - Anti-Heroes - Rich People Don't Go To Jail
12 - The Templars - Modern Day Ripper
13 - The Randumbs - Can't Drink Anymore
14 - Swingin' Utters - Teen Idol Eyes
15 - The Upsets - Tommy Gun Heart
16 - Electric Frankenstein - Takin' You Down
17 - The Truents - Crack On Your Shell
18 - Suburban Threat - American Punk
19 - Peter And The Test Tube Babies - 1.4.7.1.
20 - U.S. Bombs - The Captain
21 - Hidden Track
Punch Drunk II (2000)
01 - Reducers S.F. - Our Noise
02 - Dropkick Murphys - Soundtrack To A Killing Spree
03 - The Forgotten - Keep The Corpses Quiet
04 - The Workin' Stiffs - Last Plastic Hero
05 - The Beltones - Ain't No Life
06 - Filthy Thieving Bastards - Hopeless Vows
07 - Loose Lips - Jones Street Boneyard
08 - The Bodies - Innocent
09 - Those Unkown - To The Daunted And The Dispossessed
10 - Rhythm Doctors - Wha' Happen?
11 - The Generators - To All My Friends
12 - Sixer - Overlooking Edges
13 - Terminus City - My Castle
14 - ANTiSEEN - Suicide Boogie
15 - The Randumbs - Weekly World News
16 - The Bruisers - Society's Fools
17 - Chango Loco And Los Rudos - The Border Song
18 - Suburban Threat - Fight To Win
19 - Niblick Henbane - Bonehead
20 - The Templars - Violence
21 - The Vigilantes - No Destiny
22 - The Righteous - Give Peace A Kick In The Face
23 - Runnin' Riot - Alcoholic Heroes
24 - Thug Murder - Double Fist
25 - Cock Sparrer - Chip On My Shoulder (Live)
Punch Drunk III (2001)
01 - The Beltones - Better Than A Kick In The Head
02 - The Generators - Summer Of Unrest
03 - Reducers S.F. - Empty Bottles
04 - U.S. Bombs - Your Country
05 - The Forgotten - Your Generation
06 - The Partisans - So Neat
07 - Thug Murder - Sing Along Together
08 - Sixer - Tear It Down
09 - The Bodies - (Take You Out) Tonite
10 - The Stitches - Cars Of Today
11 - The Class Assassins - Uprise
12 - Guitar Gangsters - Safety Pin Through My Heart
13 - Niblick Henbane - Grin & Bear It
14 - Those Unknown - What We're Saying
15 - The Workin' Stiffs - Stiff Sentence
16 - Terminus City - Folsom Prison Blues
17 - Bonecrusher - Gotta Believe
18 - ANTiSEEN - Commando
19 - Limecell - Get The Bitch To Do It
20 - Electric Frankenstein - Already Dead
21 - The Riffs - Outta My Mind
22 - East Bay Chasers - One Way Ticket
23 - American Pig - Redneck Alphabet
24 - Bloody Mutants - Sup On
25 - Hard Skin - Down The Pub
26 - Angelic Upstarts– Two Million Voices (Live)
Punch Drunk IV (2002)
01 - The Generators - Operation Salvation
02 - Electric Frankenstein - You're So Fake
03 - The Class Assassins - Without Warning
04 - Last Target - What Caused The Problem?
05 - The Krays - Invincible
06 - Reducers S.F. - No Control
07 - The Riffs - Kicktime Suicide
08 - ANTiSEEN - Today Your Love... / Stromtrooper
09 - The Ritchie Whites - Human Bondage
10 - New York Rel-X - Proles
11 - Slaughter & The Dogs - Come On Let's Do It
12 - Those Unknown - For All Commons
13 - Limecell - Working Man's A Sucker
14 - The Forgotten - RRD
15 - Strychnine - Hate Finger
16 - Hollywood Hate - Lied
17 - Smogtown - Bourgeois Bohemians
18 - Bonecrusher - Stand Together
19 - Bottles & Skulls - War Machine
20 - Terminus City - Set Me Free
21 - Cocknoose - 29 Outlaws
22 - RPG - Stand Still Blues
23 - Bad Luck Charms - Rich Girl
24 - The Business - Do Anything You Wanna Do
Punch Drunk V (2003)
01 - The Cosmic Commander Of Wrestling - Intro
02 - The Riffs - Poison Boys
03 - The Stitches - Better Looks (When You're Dead)
04 - The Generators - Snaketown
05 - The Krays - Gone
06 - The Partisans - Reality T.V.
07 - The Boils - Stalag Days
08 - Adolf & The Piss Artists - This Is Your Law
09 - New York Rel-X - No Hope
10 - Emergency - Bomb's Still Ticking
11 - The Class Assassins - Taking The Fall
12 - Terminus City - Here We Go Again
13 - Tommy & The Terrors - On The Run
14 - Reducers S.F. - Jokes On Me
15 - The Wretched Ones - Nice Guys Finish Last
16 - ANTiSEEN - I Just Want To Have Something To Do
17 - Limecell - Rage
18 - Strychnine - I Gotta Get Drunk (Live)
19 - Hollywood Hate - I Am The Enemy
20 - Bonecrusher - The Good Life
21 - Smutt Peddlers - Rebatron Party
22 - U.S. Bombs - Art Kills
23 - Broken Bottles - Blondie
24 - The Crumbs - Hoboes
25 - The Butchers - Hard Lovin' Woman
26 - Radio One - Pipebomb Rebels
27 - Texas Terri & The Dogs - Shake Appeal
28 - Bad Luck Charms - Air Raid Rock
29 - Slaughter & The Dogs - I'm Mad (Live)
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