10 Hard Rock Debut Albums That Suck

10. 39/Smooth - Green Day

In all of punk, no other band has been both loved and hated as much as Green Day. For all of the fans they earned off the strength of albums like Dookie and American Idiot, there have always been those who prefer their old stuff before they "sold out." Then again, it's not like these guys were necessarily great right off the bat.

Across their debut record 39/Smooth, you can tell that these guys are just having fun trying to figure out what the hell they are. Whereas Billie Joe Armstrong has an impressive knack for writing melodies on I Was There and Going to Pasalacqua, the rest of the record is a bit too slipshot to actually be taken seriously. Even though Mike Dirnt delivers a killer bass performance as to be expected, the sloppiness of original drummer Al Sobrante really shows, as he trips over fills and always sounds like he's racing to keep up with the rest of the guys.

Even though Tre Cool would be brought in later, there was pretty much no chance of this iteration of Green Day actually succeeding out of the Bay Area punk scene with Al still in their ranks. While most of this record is just a passable punk release, all great acts have to take their baby steps somewhere.