Hopefully you dug out V For Vendetta last night. ("Remember, remember the 5th of November") But now we're here on American local election day, and that can mean a lot of things. It means you get to vote in "the only poll that matters," as they say. It also means the end of all those wretched signs that dirty up the beautiful fall scenery this time of year. But here at the Scene & Heard office, it means we're digging up our favorite breaking-the-system records and wailing away all day long to rusty guitars and out of key singers, singing along to songs about letting freedom ring and stickin it to the man. Dig it! It's top 5 Tuesday! These records are the ones you NEED to get fired up at the man when the man steps on your toes.

5. Nine Inch Nails / Year Zero - This album paints a haunting picture of a future where everyone is under complete control and censorship from a government out of a control, with a leader who "signs his name with a capital G."...
4. Against Me / New Wave - The sound of fire on a record, one of the sharpest releases this year.
3. Dead Kennedys / Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death - The one and only classic. The song "Police Truck" has the ability to round up armies.
2. Rage Against The Machine / Rage Against The Machine - When this album came along in the 90s it re-tightened the fists of an aimless generation that had gone somber thanks to grungey Nirvana rock. The only reason this record doesn't make the number one is because it directly led to crap like Limp Bizkit who employed the same energy, but had nothing to say. Rage, however, had a lot to say.
1. The Clash / The Clash - The late Joe Strummer was arguably one of the most important songwriters of the 20th century. The Clash's songs weren't as anti-political as they were pro-use your voice, change the world, make it a better place...which is what the HEART of punk is, as opposed to the image. This album is where punk began to take that shape.