Various - Blank Generation: US/Canadian Punk And Its Aftershocks 1975-1981 cd box

despite all of their impressive retrospective box sets for UK punk, post-punk, mod/powerpop & indiepop, Cherry Red hadn't done one for the American scene yet; this 5-disc set in a handsome box handily fixes that, and though it paints in admittedly broad strokes, it still touches on most of the key scenes/artists and adds a fair amount of obscurities, as well! Tracklisting: Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation The Ramones - Rockaway Beach Television - Friction The Modern Lovers - Someone I Care About The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks The Dictators - Cars and Girls The Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer The Dogs - John Rock The Brats - Be a Man Crime - Hot Wire My Heart Poly Styrene Jass Band - Drano In Your Veins Pere Ubu - Final Solution Killer Kane Band - Mr. Cool Marbles - Red Lights Sneakers - Condition Red Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds Suicide - Rocket USA The Suicide Commandos - Match/Mismatch Patti Smith Group - Pissing In A River Mirrors - Shirley John Berenzy - Vice Ve