5 ALBUMS FROM THERE
SUFFER
BAD RELIGION
The seminal album of melodic hardcore, skate punk, or whatever you want to call it. Without Suffer, we would have never known about NOFX, Pennywise, Lagwagon, and all those punk bands that didn't scare the average Spanish suburban kid. Melodies and almost academic lyrics from Professor Greg Graffin, lyrics we didn't understand at all, but that didn't really matter.
PUNK IN DRUBLIC
NOFX
If you grew up in the '90s in Donosti, you've seen this band's logo on t-shirts, sweatshirts, etc., more times than you've seen your grandparents. The bastard children of Bad Religion, this album is the official soundtrack of the mid-'90s for many of us who are over 40. I didn’t realize the wordplay with the syllabic alteration until 20 years and not a few public drunken nights later.
FRESH FRUIT FOR ROTTEN VEGETABLES -
DEAD KENNEDYS
Euskalifornia Über Alles. What for many is the Nevermind the Bollocks of the Californian West Coast didn't create a societal cataclysm like the Pistols' album did, but the Dead Kennedys' debut is sharper and has a more biting social critique. On top of that, Jello Biafra makes you laugh and tells you to fuck off to any authority that insults your intelligence, in equal measure. Or even better, he tells them to go to Cambodia.
KING FOR A DAY
FAITH NO MORE
No, we’re not talking about the latest Burger King promo. This album pulled us out of the shoe-punk and hammering metal rut. An album that suddenly flirts with bossa nova in one track, only to hit you with some death metal screams from the great Mike Patton in the next. If you ask US for a perfect album in terms of composition, We can’t think of a better answer. We like it so much it almost borders on obsession.
...AND OUT COME THE WOLVES
RANCID
Another classic for anyone who grew up in the '90s. The perfect mix of '70s punk revival, melodies flirting with pop-punk, and a street attitude even more raw than their Bay Area neighbors, Green Day. The cover, seen a million times on t-shirts and patches, is the crowning achievement of one of the most successful bands in the history of Californian punk on a global scale.
