They may still be fun to sing along to and they do their part to make a long drive more bearable when they come up on a playlist, but there are only so many tongue-in-cheek covers of ‘80s new wave songs or snotty early punk bands that were trying to do nothing more than wink at their audiences by turning in a version of a well-known ditty that’s unruly, but nothing special. With those things in mind, there are many punk covers that just didn’t make this list due to there already being adequate representation from a similar pick. Third, in some exceptional cases, the cover versions unquestionably eclipse the original, as with The Clash’s “I Fought The Law,” Social D’s “Ring of Fire” and pretty much every Ramones cover. Punk mainstays like the Ramones, Pennywise, the Descendents, the Queers, Shonen Knife, the Vandals and more have all rammed (some more than once) the sun-kissed sounds of the quintessential ‘60s rock band through an amped-up, down-stroked punk filter.

Second, punk bands love covering The Beach Boys. If Martha Quinn announced a song’s MTV video premiere-no matter the original genre-there’s a good chance that a punk band has taken a sonic swing at it.

First, the 1980s seem to be the decade that is most ripe for the original source material to be covered. While surveying the ferociously fun punk covers landscape to compile a proper best-of list, there are a few things that become immediately apparent.

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