By: Eric Weisbard

Frances Faye’s FRANCES AND HER FRIENDS

By: Mimi Lipson

The Shaggs’ MY PAL FOOT FOOT

By: Adam McGovern

Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s BRAIN SALAD SURGERY

By: Jonathan Lethem

The Monkees’ YOUR AUNTIE GRIZELDA

By: Lucy Sante

The Count Five’s PSYCHOTIC REACTION

By: Lynn Peril

The Pleasure Seekers’ WHAT A WAY TO DIE

By: James Parker

The Modern Lovers’ SHE CRACKED

By: David Cantwell

? and the Mysterians’ 96 TEARS

By: Nicholas Rombes

Yoko Ono’s MOVE ON FAST

By: Mandy Keifetz

The Trashmen’s SURFIN’ BIRD

By: Joshua Glenn

Favorite proto-punk records, c. 1964–1973

By: Mike Watt

I saw the dils many times starting in 1977, driving up to hollywood from my pedro town to see gigs w/d boon and georgie.

By: Lynn Peril

“Love’s another sterile gift, another shit condition.”

By: Chelsey Johnson

In seventh grade, I flung myself into the social machine.

By: Vanessa Berry

If a sugar bag could be a punk accessory, anything could be.