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[enjoy bell woods]

Shake it.

 

[Diablos]

Haha, no wonder Zwan broke up, Paz was probably fucking the band's two indie rock boys on an hourly basis. Billy prolly got some too. :lol :lol :lol

 

[gollumsluvslave]

Some Essential Rock Albums IMHO :-

The Small Faces - Ogden's Flake Gone Nut
David Bowie - Hunky Dory, Low
Led Zeppelin - III
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking / Ritual de lo Habitual
Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
U2 - Achtung Baby
Libido - Killing Some Dead Time
Nirvana - Bleach / nevermind
Foo Fighters - The Color and the Shape
Afghan Whigs - Congregation / Gentlemen
The Cure - Pornography
Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
Ride - Going Blank Again
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish / Siamese Dream
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff / Every Good Boy
Pearl Jam - Versus
Ben Harper - The Will to Live
Depeche Mode - Violator / Ultra
Girls Against Boys - House of GVSB
Jimi Hedrix - Axis / Are you Experienced?
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Faith No More - Angel Dust
The Who - Who Are You / Quadrophenia / Tommy
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense / Little Creatures / 77
Soungarden - Down on the Upside
Rico - Sanctuary Medicines / Violent Silences
Pixies - Doolittle
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me / Dry
Radiohead - The Head
Fugazi - Steady Diet of Nothing
Deftones - White Pony
Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam / Boces

there are too many great albums to list :lol

 

[AniHawk]

I'm looking to round up as many rock "essentials" as possible for my collection. It doesn't matter the decade (other than the 90s), but I'm looking for the best of the best. There are two things in particular that I'm NOT looking for: 80s metal and Pink Floyd. Here's what I have a LOT of so far:

-Beach Boys
-David Bowie
-The Clash
-The Ramones
-A lot of New Wave (but recommendations are welcome)
-Motown

Stuff I love but don't want to wade through the lesser-material or don't know where to start:
-Beatles
-Cat Stevens
-Bob Dylan
-Roxy Music/Brian Eno
-Sex Pistols
-The Kinks
-50s Music in general
-T. Rex
-Kraftwerk

So... I suppose I'm trying to build a well-rounded "history of rock" collection. Feel free to suggest, suggest, suggest.

For the Beatles, I have a nice little list if you haven't heard 'em already.

Norwegian Wood
Strawberry Fields Forever
Sgt. Pepper's Loneyl Hearts Club Band
Back in the USSR (an ode to Beach Boys sorta thing)
Day Tripper
Get Back
Lady Madonna
Hey Jude
Let it Be
Dear Prudence
Here Comes the Sun
I am the Walrus
Revolution
While my Guitar Gently Weeps
A Day in the Life

 

[iapetus]

Mother fucking WHO.

I approve of most of the suggestions made in this thread, but this one gets the full-blown seal of endorsement.

 

[enjoy bell woods]

Where's my apology?

 

[Tedesco!]

Rush - Moving Pictures, 2112, Presto
Yes - The Ladder
Elivs Costello - My Aim Is True (greatest hits)
Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage romeos

 

[Outdoor Miner]

If the Clash, Ramones, and MC5 is allowed, then I'd like to add the Stooges and maybe even New York Dolls. Same goes for Kraftwerk and Can. Don't mean to be Captain Obvious, but I don't think anyone's mentioned The Smiths.

 

[Outdoor Miner]

cabaret voltaire - the original sound of sheffield, best of vol 1/2

Nitewulf +1

 

[Foreign Jackass]

No one is here to defend the beatles? OK THE HONOR IS MINE.

Come on, every album after Rubber Soul is worth owning.

 

[kablooey]

Well, er, The Pixies and REM must be mentioned here. They basically form the backbone of most recent alt. rock (that's actually worth a shit).

Pixies - Surfer Rosa, Doolittle
REM - Murmur, Reckoning, Document

Also: Television! Get Marquee Moon stat.

As for New Wave, the pre-eminent New Wave band are of course, the Talking Heads. Get Fear of Music and Remain in Light, if nothing else.

Lastly, for pure funky randomness:
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica

 

[kablooey]

Where's my apology?

I apologize.

 

[Polari]

Absolutely essential

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico
Prince - Purple Rain
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Patti Smith - Horses
Joy Division - Closer
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey

 

[isamu]

I absolutely cannot fucking BELIEVE none of you mentioned

1)Agent Orange
2)theThe
3)Oingo Boingo
4)The Mission U.K.

 

[enjoy bell woods]

Well, er, The Pixies and REM must be mentioned here. They basically form the backbone of most recent alt. rock (that's actually worth a shit).

Pixies - Surfer Rosa, Doolittle
REM - Murmur, Reckoning, Document

Also: Television! Get Marquee Moon stat.

As for New Wave, the pre-eminent New Wave band are of course, the Talking Heads. Get Fear of Music and Remain in Light, if nothing else.

Lastly, for pure funky randomness:
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica

Best recs.

 

[btrboyev]

Hot magma and cool air = formation of rock.

I win

 

[isamu]

I win

screw you I win!!

 

[Desperado]

Zepplin fucking suuuuucks, btw.

What the FUCK?




anyway..

Lynyrd Skynyrd is more "southern rock" i guess but still some classic stuff...

Zeppelin..definitely.

QUEEN

70's Chicago is some good shit but some would say it isn't rock...whatever.

Even if you don't like their other stuff, Hotel California by the Eagles is a fucking amazing album.

Beatles.

 

[jett]

Zepplin fucking suuuuucks, btw.

Go to hell and never come back.

 

[Shinobi]

What the FUCK kind of BITCH ASS "history of rock" collection is that? Led Zeppelin, motherfucker.

:lol It's hard to argue...

I approve of most of the suggestions made in this thread, but this one gets the full-blown seal of endorsement.

WTF...a seal from Utah? That's like a backhanded compliment.

Rush - Moving Pictures, 2112, Presto

'Bout fucking time we got some Rush love.

And where the hell is U2's Joshua Tree? Sheesh. Unforgettable Fire's probably worth snagging as well.

 

[spliced]

Def Leppard
Bon Jovi
Aerosmith
Rolling Stones
Mr Big
Queensryche
Bryan Adams
Loverboy
BTO
Creedance Clearwater Revival

 

[Foreign Jackass]

I absolutely cannot fucking BELIEVE none of you mentioned

1)Agent Orange
2)theThe
3)Oingo Boingo
4)The Mission U.K.

I absolutely cannot fucking BELIEVE that those would be rock essentials, as I haven't even heard of some of those.

 

[Foreign Jackass]

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Def Leppard
Bon Jovi
Aerosmith
Mr Big
Bryan Adams
Loverboy

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

:lol :lol :lol

 

[mattx5]

John Fogerty takes a giant shit all over this thread.

Creedence Clearwater Revival >>>>>> ALL

 

[Manics]

Jethro Tull : Thick As A Brick, Aqualung

 

[Desperado]

John Fogerty takes a giant shit all over this thread.

Creedence Clearwater Revival >>>>>> ALL

i love you

 

[sonicfan]

I'm looking to round up as many rock "essentials" as possible for my collection. It doesn't matter the decade (other than the 90s), but I'm looking for the best of the best. There are two things in particular that I'm NOT looking for: 80s metal and Pink Floyd. Here's what I have a LOT of so far:

-Beach Boys
-David Bowie
-The Clash
-The Ramones
-A lot of New Wave (but recommendations are welcome)
-Motown

Stuff I love but don't want to wade through the lesser-material or don't know where to start:
-Beatles
-Cat Stevens
-Bob Dylan
-Roxy Music/Brian Eno
-Sex Pistols
-The Kinks
-50s Music in general
-T. Rex
-Kraftwerk

So... I suppose I'm trying to build a well-rounded "history of rock" collection. Feel free to suggest, suggest, suggest.

A pretty good list to start. Let me just add what I've liked.

Bowie. I'm a huge Bowie fan. Ziggy is the starting point for many, but I like TMWSTW and Hunky Dory as much. But my favorite, if I had to pick one would be Heroes.



Roxy Music/Eno. I been just as much a Roxy fan. To many, the definitive Roxy Music album is their second one, For Your Pleasure. For the post Eno peroid, perhaps their last one, Avalon would be it, but its much different than the early stuff. Eno - my favorite is Before and after Science.


You gotta have some Queen in there somewhare too for that 70s sound, I guess A Night at the Opera is where to start.

New Wave,

I'm also a big Numan fan, but I would go with his album Replicas as his landmark album.

A band that I would also recommend would be Japan. Cleary Bowie/Roxy Music influenced, but deveoped their own style, which I feel many copied.

I was also a fan of Ultravox.