10 Near Perfect Punk Rock Albums

10. Milo Goes To College - Descendents (1982) 

If this album came out during the 90's, this group would have become the reining kings of pop punk. The first record from the Descendents was a mixture of hardcore, bubblegum pop and garage rock. They blended any and all styles that appealed to them, into songs so short, that if you blink you're likely to miss them. These guys took what the Ramones had started and ran with it.

The album's title refers to vocalist, Milo Aukerman, decision to head off to college. The songs make the young age of the band even more apparent. They're filled with all the juvenile posturing that goes hand in hand with youth.

Instead of railing against the government, or hounding on about some kind of social injustice, these guys wrote snappy songs about their daily lives. The carefree joy of being young was their source material. Romance, popularity, getting drunk and trying to form a personality were all topics they covered. It's the sound of both youthful innocents and youthful ignorance, masterfully compounded into twenty minutes of teenage bravado.