Ear-Piercing Punk is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 issued in both LP and CD formats of obscure 1960s garage rock

Garage rock

Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...

 that was originally released on AIP Records

AIP Records

AIP Records is a record label that was started by Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records, being launched in 1983 to continue the Pebbles series. The abbreviation AIP stands for "Archive International Productions". The first 10 volumes in the Pebbles series had been released by BFD Records of Kookaburra,...

 in the late 1970s. As discussed on the AIP Records website and in reviews of the album during its initial release, the album was given the name "Ear-Piercing Punk" to try to market or turn this music, now often referred to as proto punk, on to kids just getting into punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 for the first time as a result of the 1970s punk explosion. The purpose of which was to show that punk had existed for quite a number of years prior to the generally accepted mainstream use of the term to define bands such as the Ramones, Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...

 and The Clash

The Clash

The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...

.

LP

Side 1:

1. "I'm a Hog for You" – The Groupies
2. "Ubangi Stomp" – Trashmen
3. "Rebel Woman" – Dean Carter
4. "Nonstop Blues" – Outlaw Blues
5. "Bottle Up and Go" – Mile Ends
6. "I Feel Like Crying" – Sound Extraction
7. "Enough" – Bohemian Vendetta
8. "Jailhouse Rock" – Dean Carter

Side 2:

1. "No Friend of Mine" – Sparkles
2. "Don't Crowd Me" – Keith Kessler
3. "Mister You're a Better Man Than I" – The Herde
4. "Runnin' Thru the Night" – Mistic Tide
5. "(Your Love is Like a) Magnet" – Age of Reason
6. "Little Black Egg" – The Kommotions
7. "She Ain't No Use to Me" – The Ugly Ducklings
   The Ugly Ducklings
   The Ugly Ducklings were a five piece garage rock group based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, most notable during the mid 1960s.They released six singles in 1966 and 1967 on the Yorktown and Yorkville labels, and one album, Somewhere Outside in 1967...
   
   
8. "I Need Love" – The Third Booth

CD

1. "I'm a Hog for You" - The Groupies
2. "Nonstop Blues" - Outlaw Blues
3. "Bottle Up and Go" - Mile Ends
4. "I Feel Like Crying" - Sound Extraction
5. "Enough" - Bohemian Vendetta
6. "Don't Crowd Me" - Keith Kessler
7. "Magnet" - Age of Reason
8. "Little Black Egg" - The Kommotions
9. "She Ain't No Use to Me" - The Ugly Ducklings
   The Ugly Ducklings
   The Ugly Ducklings were a five piece garage rock group based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, most notable during the mid 1960s.They released six singles in 1966 and 1967 on the Yorktown and Yorkville labels, and one album, Somewhere Outside in 1967...
   
   
10. "Primitive" - The Groupies
11. "Growth" - The Guys Who Came up from Downstairs
    The Guys Who Came up from Downstairs
    The Guys Who Came Up From Downstairs was a garage rock band from Maquoketa, Iowa that was active in the mid-1960s. The band members were Chuck Farnum, Jamie Farnum, Dave Lange, Jack Goodenow, and Mark Hanchar. Rod Reynolds was an original member also. Jamie Farnum joined the Guys for their final...
    
    
12. "I Can Only Give You Everything" - Bram Rigg Set
13. "Train Kept A-Rollin'" - Precious Few
14. "Psychedelic Retraction" - Creations Disciple
15. "Gotta Hear the Beat" - Animal Jack
16. "Down the Road Apiece" - Color
17. "Young Miss Larsen" - Color
18. "Just If She's There" - Dennis & The Times
19. "You Better Stop" - Maltese
20. "No More" - Oscar Five