Chelsea Vinyl Records
Led by vocalist and frontman Gene October, Chelsea were one of the pioneering bands on the British punk scene, with a tough sound and a populist outlook typified in songs like "Right to Work" and "Urban Kids." Thanks to October's tenacity, they became an enduring presence in U.K. punk, and though the band sounded a bit faster and louder on latter-day albums like 2015's Saturday Night Sunday Morning and 2005's Faster, Cheaper & Better Looking than on early efforts such as 1979's Chelsea and 1982's Evacuate (and October's voice showed signs of wear over time), their commitment to the essential rudiments of first-wave U.K. punk never wavered.