Angry Samoans, The - Back from Samoa LP (green vinyl)

This early-'80s collection ranks with the band's finest, highlighted by sonic joyrides like "They Saved Hitler's Cock" and "My Old Man's a Fatso." The Samoan influence extends through to 1997, with their songs popping up regularly in sets by bands such as the Foo Fighters (who often open with "Gas Chamber," included here) and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones (known to pop off a cover of Back From Samoa's "Lights Out"). File under: how to win friends and alienate people. --David Sprague

Tracklist:
1 Gas Chamber
2 The Todd Killings
3 Lights Out
4 My Old Man's a Fatso
5 Time Has Come Today
6 They Saved Hitler's Cock
7 Homo-Sexual
8 Steak Knife
9 Haizman's Brain Is Calling
10 Tuna Taco
11 Coffin Case
12 You Stupid Jerk
13 Ballad of Jerry Curlan
14 Not of This Earth