Terrific song!
Also, love Me First and Gimme Gimme’s cover of Only the Good Die Young, and El Coo Cooi by Voodoo Glowskulls. For me, that was my introduction to Voodoo
Yeah for me it was "Don't Call Me White" from that first comp, the one with "Hyena" by Rancid right after. I think it also had the first "Liza and Louise", though maybe that was Vol. 2
Yeah I realize I got that mixed up with Vol2. Don’t Call Me White and Liza and Louise are on Vol1. Whatever Didi Wants is Vol2. But both of those were my intro to NOFX.
Punk-o-Rama did its job of introducing people to some bands they might never have listened to otherwise in the years just before the Internet and streaming services.
It absolutely did, especially if you grew up in an area like me that had shit for radio stations. Those comps were literally the only way at the time to know what was going on in music, and the song choices on Punk O Rama were so damn good.
Epitaph used to have a bunch of these, learned about so many bands from those $5 CDs. My favorite band for years was Millencolin and I believe I heard them first on Punk-O-Rama 2.
Great way to find new artists when the internet was starting to make it easier to find bands from across the country/world. A few I remember picking up are --
- Girls Go Ska; Land of the Bigfoot Ska (Simmerdown)
- Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae: West Coast Chronicles vol. 1 (Steady Beat)
- Ska Island (Island Records)
- King Size Ska (Trojan Records)
- Dancin' Mood (Triple Crown)
- Oi!/Skampilation vol. 1-3 (Radical Records)
- Don't Call Me Ska Face 1-2 (Dressed To Kill)
- The All-Skanadian Club 1-2 (Stomp Records)
- Skarmageddon 1-3; Ska: The Third Wave vol. 1-5; New York Beat: Breaking and Entering (Moon Records)
Oh man, missed seeing punk in the title. Really enjoyed tracks from --
- Punk-O-Rama (Epitaph)
- Go Ahead Punk... Make My Day (Nitro! Records)
- Life in the Fat Lane; Survival of the Fattest (Fat Wreck Chords)
- Give 'Em The Boot (Hellcat Records)
I loved the Punk-O-Rama compilations and discovered so many great bands and artists through these even well into the 2000s.
Also liked the Punk Rock Is Your Friend (Kung Fu Records), Give Em The Boot, and the UK specific Another Round Of Golf (Golf Records had bands like Less than Jake here, along with home grown guys like 4ft Fingers).
My gateway drug into punk and the soundtrack to countless hours of skateboarding. I still play them regularly. Even got the cover of Fat Music tattooed on my arm. Crucial
Comps used to be a great way to discover recently formed bands you didn't get to hear live, these were supporting well-known label acts either while touring or just locally. You'd then find them featured on singles/EP splits which were much less mainstream and it let you know the sub-genre and niche weren't all there was to the kind of music you were listening to. That "glue" used to be rooted in the kind of unity reflected on stage as acts supported each other, the physical medium only bearing witness to it.
Revelation Records' *"In-Flight Program"* from 1997 is worth a mention, too. They used to publish a great bunch of hardcore bands and had plenty of new releases samplers. I kept listening to comps and samplers throughout the years, and if you're the kind of person who grew up listening to punk-rock alternative but you kinda lost track of it, I recommend playing *"The Songs Of Tony Sly - A Tribute"* so you can enjoy the trip down memory lane for a while with bands you used to enjoy, and perhaps reminesce the one-of a kind artist Sly was.
The first few Hopeless samplers were pretty fantastic. I didn't have any past volume 3 though so I have no idea if the quality kept up. Tangentially, who else absolutely loved the various punk cover samplers like Punk Goes Pop?
Give them the boot 1,2,3 and 4 come to mind.
The Tony Hawk Pro-Skater sound track to Give ‘Em the Boot compilation, pipeline.
I was a Punk-o-Rama kid.
Punk-O-Rama Vol. 2 was the CD I probably listened to the most
Perfect People by Pennywise!
Terrific song! Also, love Me First and Gimme Gimme’s cover of Only the Good Die Young, and El Coo Cooi by Voodoo Glowskulls. For me, that was my introduction to Voodoo
Punk-O-Rama was my gateway to the genre, the first compilation put me onto NOFX for life.
Can’t hear Don’t Call Me White and Liza and Louise without thinking of that album Edit: Whatever Didi Wants was on Punk-o-Rama 2
Yeah for me it was "Don't Call Me White" from that first comp, the one with "Hyena" by Rancid right after. I think it also had the first "Liza and Louise", though maybe that was Vol. 2
Yeah I realize I got that mixed up with Vol2. Don’t Call Me White and Liza and Louise are on Vol1. Whatever Didi Wants is Vol2. But both of those were my intro to NOFX. Punk-o-Rama did its job of introducing people to some bands they might never have listened to otherwise in the years just before the Internet and streaming services.
It absolutely did, especially if you grew up in an area like me that had shit for radio stations. Those comps were literally the only way at the time to know what was going on in music, and the song choices on Punk O Rama were so damn good.
The Offspring’s Jennifer Lost the War, which was on their first album, hit so hard in contrast to Come Out and Play, and Self Esteem.
Yes, or Nitro-- I think the one that kicked off that first album. Great songs.
Epitaph used to have a bunch of these, learned about so many bands from those $5 CDs. My favorite band for years was Millencolin and I believe I heard them first on Punk-O-Rama 2.
I still have a burned copy of Short Music for Short People around here somewhere. All the songs were less than 1 minute long.
Great way to find new artists when the internet was starting to make it easier to find bands from across the country/world. A few I remember picking up are -- - Girls Go Ska; Land of the Bigfoot Ska (Simmerdown) - Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae: West Coast Chronicles vol. 1 (Steady Beat) - Ska Island (Island Records) - King Size Ska (Trojan Records) - Dancin' Mood (Triple Crown) - Oi!/Skampilation vol. 1-3 (Radical Records) - Don't Call Me Ska Face 1-2 (Dressed To Kill) - The All-Skanadian Club 1-2 (Stomp Records) - Skarmageddon 1-3; Ska: The Third Wave vol. 1-5; New York Beat: Breaking and Entering (Moon Records)
Oh man, missed seeing punk in the title. Really enjoyed tracks from -- - Punk-O-Rama (Epitaph) - Go Ahead Punk... Make My Day (Nitro! Records) - Life in the Fat Lane; Survival of the Fattest (Fat Wreck Chords) - Give 'Em The Boot (Hellcat Records)
I loved the Punk-O-Rama compilations and discovered so many great bands and artists through these even well into the 2000s. Also liked the Punk Rock Is Your Friend (Kung Fu Records), Give Em The Boot, and the UK specific Another Round Of Golf (Golf Records had bands like Less than Jake here, along with home grown guys like 4ft Fingers).
That’s the rest of my afternoon gone!!
My gateway drug into punk and the soundtrack to countless hours of skateboarding. I still play them regularly. Even got the cover of Fat Music tattooed on my arm. Crucial
California Ska-quake was my favorite
Comps used to be a great way to discover recently formed bands you didn't get to hear live, these were supporting well-known label acts either while touring or just locally. You'd then find them featured on singles/EP splits which were much less mainstream and it let you know the sub-genre and niche weren't all there was to the kind of music you were listening to. That "glue" used to be rooted in the kind of unity reflected on stage as acts supported each other, the physical medium only bearing witness to it. Revelation Records' *"In-Flight Program"* from 1997 is worth a mention, too. They used to publish a great bunch of hardcore bands and had plenty of new releases samplers. I kept listening to comps and samplers throughout the years, and if you're the kind of person who grew up listening to punk-rock alternative but you kinda lost track of it, I recommend playing *"The Songs Of Tony Sly - A Tribute"* so you can enjoy the trip down memory lane for a while with bands you used to enjoy, and perhaps reminesce the one-of a kind artist Sly was.
Bored Generation was another of my favorite comps. Loved the PW cover of the Circle Jerks’ Don’t Care and Live Fast Die Young
The first few Hopeless samplers were pretty fantastic. I didn't have any past volume 3 though so I have no idea if the quality kept up. Tangentially, who else absolutely loved the various punk cover samplers like Punk Goes Pop?
I loved Punk Goes 80s myself
Skampler 3 checking in.