| | Punk-O-Rama 2 CD
Photographers: Jesse Fischer ; Lisa Johnson ; Glen E. Friedman; Adam Deluca; Jimmy Hole. The second in Epitaph's sampler series, this record was the first to come with the low price cap. While it's a great, inexpensive introduction to the label's heavyweights -- Bad Religion, Pennywise, NOFX, Rancid -- and has some classic punk vets that joined the Epitaph roster -- Descendents, T.S.O.L. -- it contains only one previously unreleased song, DFI's "Thought Control." Later installations feature more unreleased material, but this one has a gem that helped launch the all-star cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, a rare cut of Billy Joel's "Only the Good Die Young." Underground icons Voodoo Glow Skulls, Millencolin, New Bomb Turks, and Down By Law round out an album that never lets up. ~ Ron DePasquale Punk-O-Rama 2 Songs | 1. | Coffee Mug - Descendents |
| 2. | Perfect People - Pennywise |
| 3. | Cashed In - Pulley |
| 4. | Only the Good Die Young - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes |
| 5. | Mutate With Me - The Humpers |
| 6. | Sidekick - Rancid |
| 7. | Bullion - Millencolin |
| 8. | Coo Cool, El - Voodoo Glow Skulls |
| 9. | Hate - The Joykiller |
| 10. | Code Blue - T.S.O.L. |
| 11. | Whatever Didi Wants - NOFX |
| 12. | Gruesome Gary - Down by Law |
| 13. | Just to Get Away - Poison Idea |
| 14. | Thought Control - D.F.L. |
| 15. | Don't Have the Cow - SNFU |
| 16. | Give You Nothing - Bad Religion |
| 17. | Jukebox Lean - New Bomb Turks |
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