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They were rowdy, rebellious and volatile, but Shane MacGowan and co built their catalogue to last – as the best Pogues songs attest.

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Harnessing the lyrical brilliance of Irish folk and the aggressive snarl of punk, The Pogues’ frontman Shane MacGowan created a unique style.

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Unlike many punk tunes, the best Stranglers songs got a grip on the charts, earning them an enormous fanbase which remains loyal to this day.

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Shining in the glow of the punk revolution, Television’s 1977 debut album, ‘Marquee Moon’, illuminated the way for new wave and post-punk.

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Recorded prior to the release of ‘Unknown Pleasures’, Joy Division’s Peel Sessions debut showed how rapidly the group were evolving.

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Cathartic yet catchy, Joy Division’s debut single, Transmission, showed the group morphing into one of post-punk’s most important bands.

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Ramones’ sublime third album, ‘Rocket To Russia’ didn’t shoot the group to fame and fortune, but it remains one of punk’s seminal records.

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The Replacements’ third album, ‘Let It Be’, was a ‘dumb-smart’ leap for a band that legions of listeners would soon take to their hearts.

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Released a decade after their breakthrough, Ramones’ ‘Halfway To Sanity’ album was the work of a group that ‘remained hungry’.

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So good they recorded it twice, Joy Division’s She’s Lost Control is a stark post-punk classic that still sounds like the future.

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