4 Forgotten Punk Albums That Deserve a Reissue, and Some That Already Have

There are many hardcore punk albums that have been lost to time, ending up forgotten by anyone who wasn’t there when the scenes were just developing. It makes it hard for new punks to learn about the roots, where it all came from. Some physical albums have been digitized and uploaded to YouTube, while others have earned formal reissues. Here are four examples of forgotten punk albums that either need a reissue, or recently got one.

‘Stains’ — The Stains

The Stains’ only LP is Stains from 1983, released on SST Records. The East-L.A. punks were groundbreaking all the same, meshing punk and metal way before that was something anyone wanted to do. Their sound was sludgy and purposefully sloppy, but still fast and thrashy. Essentially, they bridged the unknown gap between punk and metal and h