Playboy Manbaby - Criminals

    

  Just a quick update for the last day of 2025. Happy New Year everyone...

  Playboy Manbaby (https://www.facebook.com/PlayboyManbaby) it seems are not a band. They're a corporation. They're from Phoenix, Arizona. Despite releasing music for well over a decade, I don't think I've listened to them till now. But I'm liking what I hear.

  They've a new album coming out on January 6th. It'll be titled Violence. From the evidence presented by the already available tracks it'll be a creative mash up of genres. It sounds like it'll be a lively affair. You can find out more here :  https://playboymanbaby.bandcamp.com/album/violence

  I think this is my favourite track so far. It's called Criminals... 

Spent 7 thousand dollars on this self-defense class
So you can protect the 7 dollars in your wallet
They’re here to break into your house
They wanna steal your family photographs,
that’s a fact!

Criminals Criminals
Criminals Criminals

When the burglars come to Gilbert
They’re in for a big surprise
My assault rifles are ready
To literally blow their minds

Criminals Criminals
Criminals Criminals

Let me ask you, ask you honestly,
do you know your enemy?
Are the people who make less money than you,
are they your enemy?
Are the people who worship a different god,
are they your enemy?
Or is it those who make a profit off,
of human suffering?
Criminals

Criminals Criminals
Criminals Criminals

Just Some Punk Songs Top 100 Songs of 2025 : 50-1

 

50)  THE DISSIDENTS - Endless War

https://thedissidents.bandcamp.com/album/endless-war

49)  ACTIVE MINDS - Shamima

https://activeminds1.bandcamp.com/track/shamima

48)  BOVVER BAILEY - Round The Back Of The Azad

https://bovverbailey.bandcamp.com/track/round-the-back-of-the-azad

47)  DIRTY CHEETAH - Wake Me Up

https://dirtycheetah.bandcamp.com/track/wake-me-up-2

46)  PLEASER - Hey Girl

https://pleasercph.bandcamp.com/track/hey-girl-2

45)  HUNCH POWER - All I Do Is Survive

https://hunchpower.bandcamp.com/track/all-i-do-is-survive

44)  4FT FINGERS - Better Days

https://disconnectdisconnectrecords.bandcamp.com/album/better-days

43) RUDIMENTARY PASTE - That's Why She Lost Her Job As A Blue Peter Presenter

https://rudimentarypaste.bandcamp.com/track/thats-why-she-lost-her-job-as-a-blue-peter-presenter-2

42)  GRIT - Shoulder High

https://auvinyles.bandcamp.com/track/shoulder-high

41)  LEATHERMAN - Cigarettes Will Thrill U

https://leathermanridesfree.bandcamp.com/track/cigarettes-will-thrill-u-2

40)  COOTIE CUTIES - Red Flag

https://cootiecuties.bandcamp.com/track/red-flag

39)  GAS STATION BONER PILLS - Is Your Mother Single (Can Your Father Fight)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FqSYII5YEE&list=RD9FqSYII5YEE

38)  THE BAT CREEPS - Stay Puft

https://thebatcreeps.bandcamp.com/track/stay-puft

37)  THE LOCAL OFFENDERS - Our Local

https://thelocaloffenders.bandcamp.com/track/our-local

36)  ARMOURED FLU UNIT - Nothing Sticks

https://armouredfluunit.bandcamp.com/track/nothing-sticks

35)  DEAD PIONEERS - Mythical Cowboys

https://deadpioneers.bandcamp.com/track/mythical-cowboys

34)  DARK THOUGHTS - Slept Til 2

https://drunkensailorrecords.bandcamp.com/track/slept-till-two

33)  DIAZ BROTHERS - The Great British Fake Fake Toff

https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-great-british-fake-fake-toff

32)  XRAY XEROXX - Johnny Rotten Is A Fascist Pig

https://richterscaleoxford.bandcamp.com/track/johnny-rotten-is-a-fascist-pig

31)  BACK TEETH - Time For The Forever Box

https://btlrr.bandcamp.com/track/time-for-the-forever-box

30)  PUBLIC FIGURES - Onto Something

https://publicfigures4eva.bandcamp.com/track/onto-something

29)  HAYWIRE - Summer Nights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnYhKHDMPwQ

28)  THE PRICEDUIFKES - Misty Step

https://thepriceduifkes.bandcamp.com/track/misty-step

27)  SPLIT SYSTEM - No Cops In Heaven

https://splitsystem.bandcamp.com/track/no-cops-in-heaven

26)  PARDON US - The (Deep) State Of Us 

https://pardonus.bandcamp.com/track/the-deep-state-of-us

25)  ABI OOZE - B Wif Me

https://abiooze.bandcamp.com/track/b-wif-me

24)  BLOWERS - Tony's In Hospital Again

https://blowersband.bandcamp.com/track/tonys-in-hospital-again

23)  LAMBRINI GIRLS - No Homo

https://lambrinigirlsband.bandcamp.com/track/no-homo

22)  BELLUM - Keroseno

https://mendekudiskak.bandcamp.com/track/092-bellum-keroseno

21)  THE PRIZE - From The Night

https://theprizemelbourne.bandcamp.com/track/from-the-night

20)  PRIVATE FUNCTION - Sucked In Fuckhead

https://privatefunction.bandcamp.com/track/sucked-in-fuckhead

19)  CHEAP PERFUME - Anytown USA

https://cheapperfume.bandcamp.com/track/anytown-usa

18)  NiiS - New Pig

https://niisla.bandcamp.com/track/new-pig

17)  YUNK - Housing Game

https://polzedelamort.bandcamp.com/track/housing-game

16)  SPLIT DOGS - Lafayette

https://splitdogs.bandcamp.com/track/lafayette

15)  SKINHEAD - Kill Yourself

https://skinhead.bandcamp.com/track/kill-yourself

14)  MK ULTRAS - Pray For Us

https://mkultras.bandcamp.com/track/pray-for-us

13)  SLAUGHTERHOUSE - Sick And Tired

https://sslaughterrhouse.bandcamp.com/track/sick-and-tired

12)  UNICORN DOGS - Boys Who Rape (Should Be Destroyed)

https://unicorndogs.bandcamp.com/track/boys-who-rape-should-all-be-destroyed-raveonettes

11)  THE UNKNOWNS - All Grown Up

https://theunknowns4.bandcamp.com/track/all-grown-up

10)  THE RIPTIDES - End Of The World

https://theriptides.bandcamp.com/track/end-of-the-world

9)   LOOSE LIPS - Don't Mess Me 'Round

https://staylooselips2.bandcamp.com/track/dont-mess-me-round 

8)   CRUELSTER - Jerks

https://convulserecords.bandcamp.com/track/jerks

7)   THE SCUTS - Miss Information

https://thescuts.bandcamp.com/track/miss-information

6)   GOLD CUP - The Piss Has Been Taken

https://goldcup.bandcamp.com/track/the-piss-has-been-taken

5)   ROXIE & THE RAZORBLADES - No More War No More Genocide

https://roxietherazorblades.bandcamp.com/track/no-more-war-no-more-genocide

4)  BIRD FIST - Mobbed Up And On The Piss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS6UHjxGjxU

3)  HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT - Jack's Been To The National

https://open.spotify.com/track/2nrYYWDdiyoffLgrlQW2r7  

2)   BLVCKHELICOPTERS - Unite Or Die

https://blvckhelicopters.bandcamp.com/track/unite-or-die

1)   HOME FRONT - Light Sleeper

https://arewenothomefront.bandcamp.com/track/light-sleeper

Just Some Punk Songs Top 100 Songs of 2025 : 100-51

 

It's that time of the year. Here's the Just Some Punk Songs annual chart. 100 songs, 100 bands, sorry to everyone who missed out (that's the hardest part of compiling these lists). 

  Don't worry too much about the positions. I thought number 1 was better than number 100 (I'm sure others will disagree) but on another day many of the placings could easily be different. It's just a case of me saying "Here's 100 great songs from 2025, check out what you haven't yet heard."

100) SODA POPS - Wish You Were Here

https://sodapopsgogo.bandcamp.com/track/wish-you-were-here

99)  VISTA BLUE - Can't Lose

https://wearevistablue.bandcamp.com/track/cant-lose-2

98)  ANTI-EVERYTHING - Crime Factory Model 

https://antieverything.bandcamp.com/track/crime-factory-model

97)  THE CORDS - Fabulist 

https://thecordsband.bandcamp.com/track/fabulist-2

96)  THE REMOTE CONTROLS - Jail For The Holidays 

https://theremotecontrols.bandcamp.com/track/jail-for-the-holidays

95)  DR SURE'S UNUSUAL PRACTICE - No Pigs

https://drsuresunusualpractice.bandcamp.com/track/no-pigs

94)  TOMMY - Totally Obsessed

https://tommympls.bandcamp.com/track/totally-obsessed

93)  YOUR HETEROSEXUAL VIOLENCE - House Outside The World

https://yourhv.bandcamp.com/track/house-outside-the-world-2

92)  KLOBBER - London 

https://takethecityrecords.bandcamp.com/track/london

91)  PUNTER - Bone To Pick

https://drunkensailorrecords.bandcamp.com/track/bone-to-pick

90)   TWO TONNE MACHETE - Home

https://twotonnemachete.bandcamp.com/album/home

89)  IRKED - Fuck Friday 

https://irked1.bandcamp.com/track/fuck-friday

88)  BRITISH BIRDS - Drunk Dancing To The Ramones 

https://britishbirds.bandcamp.com/track/drunk-dancing-to-the-ramones

87)  DEATHCAT - Your Stupid City 

https://sockhead.bandcamp.com/track/your-stupid-city

86)  THE SNAGS - White Russians In Kreuzberg

https://takethecityrecords.bandcamp.com/track/white-russians-in-kreuzberg

85)  RIFLE - No King 

https://rifleldn.bandcamp.com/track/no-king

84)  THE OXYS - The Idiot Box

https://theoxysatx.bandcamp.com/track/idiot-box

83)  THE SLEEVEENS - Downtown

https://thesleeveens.bandcamp.com/track/downtown

82)  FIRST ATTACK - On The Other Side

https://mendekudiskak.bandcamp.com/track/087-first-attack-on-the-other-side

81)  MILLER LOWLIFES - Learn My Worth

https://millerlowlifes.bandcamp.com/track/learn-my-worth-3

80)  THE BUSH DOOFS - Train Replacement

https://thebushdoofs.bandcamp.com/track/train-replacement

79)  MINI SKIRT - Squeeze Down

https://miniskirt666.bandcamp.com/track/squeeze-down

78)  SYMPOS - Boots & Ballads

https://sympos.bandcamp.com/track/boots-ballads

77)  AUTOMATIC LOVERS - Boston Brats

https://wapshoowaprecords.bandcamp.com/track/boston-brats

76)  FOXY - Already Gone

https://rumbarrecords.bandcamp.com/track/already-gone

75)  LAUNDRY BATS - Nightmare

https://hozacrecords.bandcamp.com/track/nightmare

74)  TEE VEE REPAIRMANN - Bad News

https://teeveerepairman.bandcamp.com/track/bad-news

73)  BUREAU DE CHANGE - Office Chair

https://bureaudechange.bandcamp.com/track/office-chair

72)  TAKERS & USERS - Trouble In Bubbles

https://takersusers.bandcamp.com/track/trouble-in-bubbles

71)  THE DOLLHEADS - Burger  King Is Hiring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTA8F3PG4hE

 70)  DICK MOVE - Scared Old Man

https://dickmove2.bandcamp.com/track/scared-old-men

69)  THEE HEADCOATEES - He's Gonna Kill That Girl

https://damagedgoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/track/hes-gonna-kill-that-girl

68)  THE OIDZ - Jackin Off In The UFO

https://theoidz69.bandcamp.com/track/jackin-off-in-the-u-f-o

67)  PEGGING MITCHELL - International Men's Day

https://peggingmitchell.bandcamp.com/track/international-mens-day

66)  TWAT UNION - Singer Of The Band

https://twatunion.bandcamp.com/track/singer-of-the-band

65)  SICK THOUGHTS - Me And My Guitar

https://sick-thoughts.bandcamp.com/track/me-and-my-guitar

64)  CONTROL FREAKS - Don't Bug Me

https://sweettime.bandcamp.com/track/dont-bug-me

63)  PANIC SHACK - Tit School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oz026k2fck

62)  SLEAFORD MODS Ft. GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE & BIG SPECIAL - The Good Life

https://sleafordmods.bandcamp.com/track/the-good-life-feat-gwendoline-christie-big-special

61)  THE PINGERS - One More Beer

https://thepingers.bandcamp.com/track/one-more-beer-2

60)  BRATAKUS - Final Girls

https://bratakus.bandcamp.com/track/final-girls-2

59)  BIG MESS - Terry

https://bigmessdk.bandcamp.com/track/terry

58)  GIMP FIST - History Repeats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4P0A-Sulvc

57)  SCOWL - B.A.B.E.

https://scowl831.bandcamp.com/track/b-a-b-e

56)  SCENE KILLERS - Church And Hate

https://brassneckrecords.bandcamp.com/track/church-and-hate

55)  COLD MEAT - Artificial Energy

https://staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/track/artifical-energy

54)  END IT - Could You Love Me?

https://flatspotrecords.bandcamp.com/track/could-you-love-me

53)  LOS PEPES - New Christians

https://wandarecords.bandcamp.com/track/new-christians

52)  CONFLICT AND BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH - Cut The Crap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMjaFgs6PZs

51)  PROBLEM PATTERNS - I'm Fine And I'm Doing Great

https://problempatterns.bandcamp.com/track/im-fine-and-im-doing-great-2

BLVCKHELICOPTERS - All I Want for Xmas

  

  Happy Christmas everybody. 

  Here's a festive tune from one of the shining lights of 2025.

  There may be AI heavily involved in Michael Maus' Blvckhelicopters project but I guess the genie's out of the box now and there ain't no putting it back. So if you're going to use it, use it to create something that little bit special. 

https://blvckhelicopters.bandcamp.com/track/all-i-want-for-xmas

  This is All I Want For Xmas... 

I don't want a lot for Christmas
My list only includes one thing
An armed rebellion against the state
Dancing around the guillotine

All I want for Christmas
Is a world without the state
Raise the black flag high
When tyrants die we celebrate
All I want for Christmas
Is a world without the state
Raise the black flag high
When anarchy wins we celebrate

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
Every politician on a cross
And police dying in the street

We'll have rebellion on Christmas night
Unified people armed in the moonlight
March down to Washington DC
And drag politicians out into the street

The Control Freaks - Don't Bug Me

  

  I've not added too many updates this last week or two as I've been busy looking back over the year to sort out two "Best Of" shows and a Top 100 chart. Always a time consuming task (and always frustrating as no matter how long I spend on it I always seem to miss something out). 

  One band that won't be overlooked are The Control Freaks (https://www.facebook.com/ControlFreaksSF). The San Francisco garage punkers are fronted by the legendary Greg Lowery (Supercharger, The Rip Offs, The Infections, Zodiac Killers and Rip Off Records). 

  They've just ensured that 2025 finishes off in fine style by releasing a new album (their 4th). It's out now (vinyl & digital) on Sweet Time Records and it's titled TV Generation.  https://sweettime.bandcamp.com/album/tv-generation

  If you're already familiar with the band you'll pretty much know what to expect. Garage punk royalty doing what they do best. A dozen songs; catchy and fun and not a duff one amongst them. 

  The band have released a few promo videos so I'll highlight one of those songs today. Duel vocals from Greg and rhythm guitarist Amy Munoz and a nagging riff, this is Don't Bug Me... 

Hard Skin - You Won't Get Better Than This

  

  Today's song originally came out in 2024 but I'm posting it today as it's on a great new compilation album. 

  Hard Skin were founded in 1996. They're unfortunately now calling it a day. But they leave us with 30 years worth of anthemic oi! gold. 

  They first featured on this blog in 2014 https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2014/02/hard-skin-make-my-tea.html

  They bow out today with a track from the 69 song compilation titled Ceasefire? There Ain't No Fucking Ceasefire!

  It's a comp that features a great line up of bands. It's available as a name your price download and all proceeds go to a very good cause (which you can read about on Bandcamp).

https://activeslaughter.bandcamp.com/album/ceasefire-there-aint-no-fucking-ceasefire

  This is You Won't Get Better Than This...

Yunk - Housing Game

  

  Here's a great song I've just stumbled across from a band that's new to me. 

  Yunk are from Bilbao and their bio says; "A new punk and noise band from Bilbao with vibrant guitars and catchy pop melodies. An EP full of epic anthems that will make any skinhead's hair grow, sound like a cross between JJ & the A's and The Men"

  They've just released a Self Titled ep on Symphony Of Destruction Records and it's a blast. 4 tracks of melodic punk from a band I hope we'll hear much more from. 

http://www.symphonyofdestruction.org/shop/index.php?id_product=2557&controller=product&id_lang=1

https://symphonyofdestruction.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-9

https://yunk.bandcamp.com/album/s-t

  I think this is my favourite song, it's called Housing Game...

I woke up this morning
The rent is through the roof
And i can't find a place while banks are laughing
and housing IS a game

We are left in the dirt
We are left in the dirt

They build their wealth on despair while we struggle just to breath the air

I want my own
You don't need It
I want my own
You don't need It

They are the suits and vultures
The ones buying the streets
Leaving people on their own and flipping our lives for hotel suites

We are left in the dirt
We are left in the dirt

They build their wealth on despair while we struggle just to breath the air

I want my own
You don't need It
I want my own
You don't need It

Empty buildings
Boarded Doors
While the rich keep screwimg for more (X2)

4ft Fingers - Better Days

    

  Welcome back guys, it's been a while. 

  Cheltenham melodic punk quartet 4ft Fingers have long been one of my favourite bands. Great music and equally as good live shows. But it's been 17 years since their last release (2008's New Beginnings Of Old Stories album) and it's been 11 years since they featured on here :  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2014/04/4ft-fingers-emergency-manoeuvre.html

  Happily they've announced a new album that'll be out next year on Disconnect Disconnect Records. 

  It can be a worry when a band has been away for so long. Are they going to be as good? Happily the answer seems to be a resounding yes. 

  Here's the first single from the album. The sound of a band that's matured but have kept their edge. This is Better Days...  

Pegging Mitchell - International Men's Day

  

  Imagine if the BBC's Riot Women wrote a song about men moaning about how hard done by they are. It might sound something like this. 

  Pegging Mitchell (https://www.facebook.com/pegging.mitchell) are a new band from Worcester. They've just released a debut single. It's proof that bands can be angry but still have fun. They still want to take aim at the typical targets but they're going to have a laugh whilst they do so. 

  And it's pretty obvious they can write a catchy tune to go with their well thought out lyrics. 

  You can find the single here : https://peggingmitchell.bandcamp.com/track/international-mens-day

  This is for all those hard done by blokes, it's called International Men's Day... 

The Local Offenders - You Weren't There In '82

  

  There's a new gang in town. 

  Supposedly it's London town but I'm not sure I'd take that as gospel? 

  They're a mystery band called The Local Offenders. 

   All they admit to for a line up is this; 

 Vocals: whoever’s sober

 Guitar: someone’s cousin

 Bass: the only reliable one

 Drums: banned from three pubs

  They play oi! music with very much tongue in cheek. They claim they're taking the piss out of the scene but they're treating it with fond respect to my ears. They bring to mind favourites such as Hard Skin and City Miles. They sing about Doc Martens, pubs, working class heroes and girls. 

  They've just released a debut album called Oi! The Satire and it's left me all warm and fuzzy. Check it out : https://thelocaloffenders.bandcamp.com/album/oi-the-satire

  Here's a blast of nostalgia about back in the day. It's called You Weren't There In '82... 

I saw Sham at the Bridge House

Before they ever made it big
I was there when it all kicked off
You were still in your crib
Got the first seven-inch
Bought it right from the band
Got the badges, got the patches
This is real Oi, man!

Not you! Not you!
You weren’t there in ‘82!
Not you! Not you!
You weren’t there in ‘82!
Don’t talk to me about the scene
When you don’t know what it means
You weren’t there in ’82!

I remember every show
Every band, every fight
Kings Cross on a Friday
Tottenham Saturday night
You can read about it online
But you’ll never understand
I’ve got the scars and stories
This is real Oi, man!

Not you! Not you!
You weren’t there in ‘82!
Not you! Not you!
You weren’t there in ‘82!
Don’t talk to me about the scene
When you don’t know what it means
You weren’t there in ’82!

I’ve earned my place, paid my dues
These boots have forty years on you
You’re a culture vulture, you ain’t real
You don’t know how it used to feel

I was causing bovver with my droogs
While you were sucking from your bottle
Running wild through the streets
You were still learning how to toddle
Now I’m fifty-three and grey
But I was there back in the day
And I’m still more authentic
This is real Oi, man!

Not you! Not you!
You weren’t there in ‘82!
Not you! Not you!
You weren’t there in ‘82!

Well mate, I wasn’t born ’til ’84
But you keep fighting that old war

You weren’t there in ’82!
You weren’t there in ’82!
You weren’t there in ’82!
None of you were there in ’82!

Public Figures - Onto Something

    

  Public Figures are a new punk infused power pop quartet from Melbourne who boast a line up of Evie Vlah, Gigi Argiro, Lakota Vella and Mary-Lou Hylands. 

  They've released 3 singles over the course of the last 18 months and these will feature on their upcoming debut ep alongside 3 more tracks. The ep will be titled Figure It Out! It's released on Feb 18th on 12" vinyl and you can find out more here : https://publicfigures4eva.bandcamp.com/album/figure-it-out-ep

  One gig saw them wow a 10,000 strong Melbourne crowd as support for Amyl And The Sniffers. Their star is definitely in the ascendancy. 

  This is my pick of the available tracks, it's called Onto Something...  

Dr Sure's Unusual Practice - No Pigs

    

  Dr Sure's Unusual Practice (https://www.instagram.com/drsuresunusualpractice/) are a now-wave music band from Melbourne featuring a line up of Dougal Shaw, Jake Suriano, Miranda Holt, Mathias Dowle and Asher Bates. 

  They're "7 years, 3 European tours, 3 LP's and a hoard of EP's and mixtapes into the project." I've played them on the show before but haven't yet introduced them on here so let's rectify that. 

  They've a new single out on the 10th of this month. One of the songs is already available. It's a love song with a difference of which the band say; “Pigs is an Animal Farm reference - it’s nothin’ new for art to hold a mirror to society. Sing “10 year old kids locked up in your prison” and you pretty quickly recognize the absurdity. Music can have a role in making that shit plain as day, bringing people together.” "It's about a farm with a pig problem," quips Shaw, describing the song's Orwellian portrayal of a coercive ruling class, "Animal Farm style, but the other animals are clued on to it, they're getting fired up."

  It'll be available on 7" coloured vinyl and as a digital download 

https://drsuresunusualpractice.bandcamp.com/album/no-pigs-desksitter-7

  This is No Pigs...