Whether you date the dawn of punk to 1970 with Purple Image, 1974 with DEATH, or 1977 with Bad Brains, we've been here since day 1. This month we pay tribute to the legends who set the stage for everything we do now. From icons like Fishbone, Living Colour, and Suicidal Tendencies to the bands that deserved a bigger spotlight like Pedro, Muriel, and Esther, Naked Truth, and Glorious Din. These are the Originals.

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01. X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours
02. Suicidal Tendencies - I Feel Your Pain
03. McRad - Programmed Children
04. Interlude (DEATH, 2013)
05. DEATH - Freaking Out
06. ESG - You Make No Sense
07. Oxbow - Bull's Eye
08. Colourbox - Sex Gun
09. Glorious Din - Circle Star
10. Interlude (Don Letts, 2011)
11. Basement 5 - Last White Christmas
12. The Selecter - Black and Blue
13. Interlude (Pure Hell)
14. Pure Hell - I Feel Bad
15. Burn - ...Shall Be Judged
16. Interlude (Living Colour, 2013)
17. Scrap Iron Scientists - Dreadlock Criminal
18. Bad Brains - Big Take Over
19. Pedro. Muriel, and Esther - Anna-Ee
20. Fishbone - Subliminal Fascism
21. Naked Truth - Pan African Alive
22. Living Colour - Elvis Is Dead

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Listen to Mixtape #49, a playlist created by AfroPunk on Soundcloud.

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