Classic Punk

This is Skate Punk Anthems! 40 pop punk throwback smashes packed into a 2CD set!
We all get nostalgic sometimes, so what better way than to listen to some of the greatest pop punk anthems of all time! There's classic punk tracks from some of punk's biggest artists including Blink-182, Fall Out Boy, Sum 41, Wheatus, Len, 30 Seconds To Mars, Alient Ant Farm and so much more! There's also classic artists from the Australian scene including Grinspoon, Regurgitator, Gyroscope, Eskimo Joe and heaps more!

Includes ‘pioneers’ like Cock Sparrer, Slaughter & The Dogs and Menace via flag bearers like Angelic Upstarts and Cockney Rejects through to Oi! legends The Business, 4- Skins, Last Resort and Infa-Riot and not forgetting lesser known bands like Criminal Class, Subculture and Case. It’s all killer and no filler!

Containing the band's first 5 classic albums, this collection serves as the ideal extended introduction for new fans, while offering an easy way to bolster or complete collections for existing fans. Starting with 1979's ‘Three Imaginary Boys’, it continues through to ‘Seventeen Seconds’, ‘Faith’, ‘Pornography’ & concluding with 1984's ‘The Top’.

NOW Music proudly presents NOW That’s What I Call Punk & New Wave - a collection encapsulating the spirit of the times, and of the movement that changed the course of mainstream pop music.89 tracks across 4 CDs, present the era’s most iconic artists, including The Clash, Blondie, Ramones, U2, Buzzcocks, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Adam & The Ants, The Jam and The Cure.‘London Calling’ by The Clash, The Undertones’ breakthrough hit ‘Teenage Kicks’, and Buzzcocks ‘Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)’, kick off the first disc - alongside classics from The Stranglers, Siouxsie And The Banshees and Ramones.The late 70s and early 80s saw an explosion of punk and new wave groups and artists moving from the underground to mainstream chart success. No.1s from The Jam with ‘Going Underground’, ‘Brass In Pocket’ by Pretenders, The Boomtown Rats’ ‘Rat Trap’, Dexys Midnight Runners’ ‘Geno’, and Ian Dury & The Blockheads’ ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’ are all here, as well as top 5 hits from Squeeze, Lene Lovich, Joe Jackson and Patti Smith.The genre also gave the first crossover success for bands that became the biggest acts in music during the late 70s and early 80s, including The Police, U2, The Cure, Blondie, all featured – along with two tracks from Adam & The Ants’ breakthrough album ‘Kings Of The Wild Frontier’, with the title track and ‘Dog Eat Dog’.True unique masterpieces of song-writing and performance that sound as fresh today as they did then include Iggy Pop’s ‘Lust For Life’, The Members’ ‘Sound Of The Suburbs’, Joy Division’s ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’, and ‘Rock Lobster’ from The B-52’s.Brilliant covers flooded the charts – bringing new arrangements and different perspectives to established tracks, including The Slits’ cover of the Motown classic 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine’, ‘Money’ by The Flying Lizards, Blondie’s ‘Hanging On The Telephone’ and ‘Denis’, and ‘I Only Want To Be With You’ by The Tourists.A fantastic collection of unique tracks that summarize an incredible time for music.

Announcing the Optimo Music launch party for:
Cease & Resist - Sonic Subversion & Anarcho Punk In The UK 1979-86
Featuring DJs playing a selection of Anarcho Punk records; Q&A Panel featuring a number of significant figures from the scene and two exclusive photography and archival exhibitions.

This collection features the Dublin band’s six original albums – The Boomtown Rats (1977), A Tonic For The Troops (1978), The Fine Art Of Surfacing (1979), Mondo Bongo (1980), V Deep (1982) and The Fine Art Of Surfacing (1984) – and all come packaged in card wallets. The CDs will feature the bonus material included with previous reissues.
The Boomtown Rats were at their peak in the late 1970s when they notched up two UK number one singles with Rat Trap and I Don’t Like Mondays, but by 1984 their popularity was declining rapidly and Bob Geldolf would subsequently become more famous for Band Aid and Live Aid than as a member of the Boomtown Rats.
Despite this, Geldolf announced earlier this year that the Rats have reformed and they will be touring the UK and Ireland in October and November 2013. This box set and a new ‘best of’ – Back to Boomtown: Classic Rats Hits – are released to coincide with the tour.

2016 five CD set containing a quintet of classic studio albums packaged together in a new slim-line slipcase from the punk rock/new wave pioneer Graham Parker. Featuring the albums Howlin' Wind, Stick To Me, Squeezing Out Sparks, The Up Escalator and Struck By Lightning.

The album "Anti-Nowhere League - Punk Singles & Rarities 1981-84 (2001)" is a compilation of early recordings from the British punk rock band, Anti-Nowhere League. This album includes the band's earliest and most influential works, showcasing their unique blend of aggressive music and controversial lyrics.The album includes many of the band's classic singles such as "Streets of London," "So What," "Woman," and "Let's Break the Law," as well as rarities and B-sides that are difficult to find on other releases. These tracks provide a glimpse into the early years of the band and their raw, unapologetic sound that helped define the punk rock genre.