1983-1984 was my freshman year of high school. I went to a very conservative private catholic school in downtown Manhattan but don't let that impress or fool you. That first year there did however ultimately change my tastes and outlook on music. I fell in with a bunch of punk/stoner dudes who were totally different from my hardrock/metalhead friends from the neighborhood and got my first taste of underground music.
Here are some albums I first heard that year that changed my life. They all still hold a special place in my heart. I realize this is a metal site but I think all of these records have a distinct 'metalness' to them.

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Green Slime | 08.06.2010

1.	Black Flag - Damaged (1981)
2.	Minor Threat - Minor Threat EP (1981)
3.	Minutemen - The Punch Line (1981)
4.	The Adolescents - Adolescents (1981)
5.	Bad Brains - Bad Brains (1982)
6.	The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
7.	SS Decontrol - The Kids Will Have Their Say (1982)
8.	Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)
9.	Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies (1983)
10.	Agnostic Front - Victim In Pain (1984)
11.	7 Seconds - The Crew (1984)