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1977 - Top Punk Album First Songs
AC/DC - Back In Black - An iconic riff and very cool rock n’ roll rhythm parts.
Adolescents - Amoeba - Classic OC punk song with a nice octave lead and great solo.
Agent Orange - Everything Turns Grey - One of Agent Orange’s best tracks with very cool rhythms and fun solo.
Alley Cats - Nothing Means Nothing Anymore
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right - A fun Beastie Boys song with a cool tremolo bar solo.
Biters - Hang Around - Excellent Glam-Punk jam with cool guitar parts.
Black Flag - Loose Nut - Driving rhythm guitar with a signature atonal Greg Ginn solo.
Black Flag - My War - A classic Black Flag riff with a great atonal lead part.
Black Sabbath - Paranoid - Classic Black Sabbath song with driving rhythms and a great solo.
Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind - A classic Bob Dylan Acoustic song with great chord changes.
Butthole Surfers - Who Was In My Room Last Night
Circle Jerks - I Just Want Some Skank / Beverly Hills
Circle Jerks - Paid Vacation - A great straight forward early hardcore rocker.
Circle Jerks - World Up My Ass - A fast-paced punk rocker with a frantic solo.
Clash - Brand New Cadillac - The Clash’s version of a cool rockabilly song by Vince Taylor.
Clash - Know Your Rights - A classic from the Clash with cool rhythms and a nice solo.
Cramps - Goo Goo Muck - A slow-paced psychobilly jam with some killer fills and rhythms.
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River - A fun blues-based rock song with a cool riff, lots of nice fills and a fun solo.
Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia
Dead Kennedys - Lets Lynch The Landlord - A nice surf-style guitar solo with a fun rhythm in the classic punk song.
Dead Kennedys - Police Truck - A classic punk song with great guitar rhythms and a nice solo.
Dead Moon - Ricochet - A fun rock/punk song with cool guitar fills and solo.
Dinosaur Jr - Feel The Pain - A Dinosaur Jr classic with fun rhythms and a great J Mascis Solo.
Dinosaur Jr - Raisins - A unique indie rock/punk song with interesting rhythm parts.
Fang - The Money Will Roll Right In
Fear - I Love Livin In The City - Classic early punk anthem with unique guitar fills and leads.
Fugazi - Merchandise - Excellent Fugazi song with unique rhythm guitar parts.
Fugazi - Waiting Room - A great bass line drives this great song by Ian MacKaye. Featuring some interesting guitar parts.
Germs - Lexicon Devil - Classic LA punk song with Pat Smears’ unique fills.
GBH - Knife Edge - Tough as nails, early hardcore song with an in your face solo.
Greg Ginn - How to play like Greg Ginn based on the solo to Jealous Again.
Hanoi Rocks - Tragedy - A glam rock classic with excellent fills and a cool solo.
Humpers - Mutate With Me - A cool rock n’ roll style punk song with octaves and a nice solo.
Iggy & The Stooges - Gimme Danger
Iggy & The Stooges - I Got A Right
Iggy Pop - Frenzy - A cool guitar riff and nice ascending solo.
Jesus Lizard - Mouth Breather - A cool power chord riff drives this Jesus Lizard classic.
Johnny Ramone - How to play guitar like Johnny Ramone and how to play Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones.
Johnny Thunders - You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory - One of Johnny’s best compositions with gorgeous fills.
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - All By Myself - Fun song with some classic Johnny Thunders fills and nice Walter Lure solo.
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Baby Talk - A great song with a shuffle rhythm and classic Johnny Thunders solo.
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Can’t Keep My Eyes On You
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - I Wanna Be Loved - A really fun rock n’ roll shuffle with cool riffs.
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Its Not Enough - A slow paced Johnny Thunders classic with some excellent melodic lead guitar.
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Pirate Love - A fun rock song with a cool riff, great fills and a nice outro solo.
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Too Much Junkie Business
Kurt Cobain - How to play guitar like Kurt Cobain from Nirvana, tips and tricks.
Leadbelly / Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Led Zeppelin - The Ocean - A great classic rock song with and iconic riff and fun rhythm parts.
Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun - A unique song with clean guitar runs.
Minor Threat - Betray - A fast hardcore song with a cool start/stop rhythm.
Minor Threat - Seeing Red - A fun, early-hardcore song.
Murder City Devils - 18 Wheels
New York Dolls - Chatterbox - A fun dolls song with some cool Johnny Thunders leads and Sylvain Sylvain fills.
New York Dolls - Puss N’ Boots
New York Dolls - Trash - One of my favorites by the Dolls with great Johnny Thunders leads.
Nirvana - About A Girl (Unplugged) - Acoustic version of the song as performed in their Unplugged show.
Nirvana - Milk It - A really cool riff drives this song with Kurt Cobain’s unique guitar leads.
Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice
Nirvana / David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World - Cool chord progressions with a killer guitar fill.
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Radio Birdman - Descent Into The Maelstrom
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop - How to play guitar like Johnny Ramones and how to play Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones.
Ramones - Commando - A simple but scorching classic from the Ramones.
Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) - A fun, easy to play Ramones holiday song.
Replacements - Waitress In The Sky - A fun acoustic song with clever lyrics and a blues rock backbeat.
Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers - A fun country-tinged acoustic Rolling Stones jam.
Screeching Weasel - My Right - Cool chord progressions and a nice lead part in this late 80’s punk song.
Sebadoh - License To Confuse - A fun riff and interesting chord changes.
Sex Pistols - EMI - A fun riff drives this punk solo with cool guitar fills and changes.
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen - One of the best by the Sex Pistols with Steve Jones signature-style of rhythm and leads.
Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun - Sex Pistols anthem with cool fills and solo.
Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock - Classic grunge rocker with a wall of fuzz and unique solo.
Smut Peddlers - If You’re Gonna Be Dumb - Cover of the Roger Alan Wade song from the Jackass 2 Soundtrack.
Smut Peddlers - Vernon Girl - A simple riff with a fun solo.
Spiderbait - Black Betty - A fun take on a blues classic in Drop D tuning, with some slide guitar.
Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog - Classic proto-punk song with a wild solo.
T Rex - Mambo Sun - A fun glam-rocker with cool leads.
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TSOL - Abolish Government/Silent Majority - A moderately easy song with some fun fills and rhythm parts.
Violent Femmes - Kiss Off - A fun acoustic jam with interesting breakdown parts.
Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song)
Weirdos - A Life Of Crime - A great rock n’ roll riff in this early punk classic with nice guitar fills.
Wipers - Youth Of America - Driving rhythm with great tension and cool guitar parts.
Wire - Ex Lion Tamer - A great post-punk song with fun rhythms and a nice chord progression.
X - Los Angeles - Early LA punk classic, with some cool Billy Zoom fills.