A massive look at the huge legacy
of North American punk in the late 70s – culled together from scenes in New York, Ohio, Boston, and LA – plus other surprising spots around the country – as artists were working separately, but together, to completely reinvent both the sound
of the nation, and the way that records were made! Because
of the geographic range
of the scenes, US and Canadian acts had a great sense
of variety – the sometime wit
of LA, the noisier experimentation
of Ohio, oddball creations
of San Francisco, and searing artistic side
of New York – all brought together here with a range
of other styles too. The package is great, and includes so many artists we'd forgotten about, next to giants
of the field who are still completely crucial today – brought together in a book-style package with 130 tracks and very detailed notes – in support
of work from groups who include X, Adolescents, Flesh Eaters, Lyres, The Jetsons, Slickee Boys, Feelies, Bush Tetras, Suburban Lawns,
Mission Of Burma, The Bizarros, Nervous Rex, The Dickies, Pagans, The Last, Mars, Devo, Destroy All Monsters, Avengers, Residents, Pere Ubu, Suicide, and dozens
of others!