NOFX- the brews
as the only kid in your town who was jewish, this song was the best thing that ever happened to you.
fenix tx- threesome
you didn’t want to admit that you liked this song, but you totally pumped up the jams on the weekends when you were bleaching your hair and dancing around to distract from the searing pain.
atom and his package- punk rock academy
listen. this doesn’t even need an explanation. it just doesn’t. this song rules. no past tense, because it still rules. you made a lot of bad/weird decisions in high school, but this was not one of them. you could probably erect a church of atom and pray to his package every day and be totally justified because he wrote this song and you will never ever be able to repay him.
yellowcard- sureshot
OH MY GOD IS THAT A VIOLIN? I JUST SHIT MY PANTS BECAUSE I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING. THIS IS COMPLETELY NEW INFORMATION.
rival schools- travel by telephone
obviously the best game for playstation, and the awesome band who opened up for your favorite band last weekend. you bought the t-shirt, which some girl you barely know borrowed and lost. high school’s a bitch.
further seems forever- the sound
FSF post-carrabba made you feel guilty, but if you didn’t love this song you probably had no soul and didn’t deserve to listen to it anyway. so. good.
mxpx- punk rawk show
you didn’t have no place to go, so you too longed to go to a punk rawk show.
from paul:
In 1998, you were still getting grounded and doing chores for your mom. When Dude Ranch came out, you thought it was so cool that Tom DeLonge was singing about it. Luckily for your fandom, the internet wasn’t really a thing yet, so you had no idea that Tom was 21 years old when he wrote, sang, and recorded to tape those lyrics, making it kind of creepy, or at the least really lame.
the new amsterdams- picture in the paper
you couldn’t wait to pick up the new vagrant records another year on the streets comp. the first one was so hip, you needed to see what came next. this is what came next.
five iron frenzy- get your riot gear
remember how many christian bands you accidentally liked in high school, because for whatever reason all of the all-ages punk and ska shows were ALWAYS christian? oh well. this shit ROCKED, even if you had to go to the bathroom during the group prayers between sets.
