8. The Replacements Stink EP (1982): Though nominally associated with hardcore, the 'Mats never fit comfortably with the likes of contemporaries Black Flag or the Circle Jerks or even the early work of their crosstown frenemies Husker Du. The Replacements were always too droll, too inherently tuneful, and too steeped in rock tradition to want to bulldoze it entirely. Nevertheless, ...