Ten Essentials

The redneck list Peligro has been waiting for from me.
these are the standouts that still unlock some pretty vivid memories and/or are the solid staples that I still listen to today

  1. Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction
  2. Aerosmith - Permenent Vacation
  3. Tesla - Five man Acoustical Jam
  4. Queensryche - Empire
  5. NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
  6. Nirvana - Nevermind
  7. Circle Jerks - VI
  8. Danzig - Lucifuge
  9. Ministry - Psalm 69
  10. Tori Amos - Under the Pink

as a bonus I’d throw in:

  1. Primus - Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
  2. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
    Late,
    grmpysmrf

The missus pumps those first two quite often when we’re driving, Grmpy. Appetite would be my fave of the two, although I must say I find only about half of each album enjoyable. The other half I stomach politely because I often force her to listen to Chrome and Throbbing Gristle amongst other things.

I must say though…I really hate Primus.

I mean really hate.

I must say though…I really hate Primus.

I mean really hate.

Wow! You are the first person I’ve heard say this. I s’pose I could see why someone would not like them. They are certainly odd music, they sound like no one else. So, I guess if you aren’t into that or the fact that the vocals sound like Ross Perot, then there is no appeal at all to them. Good thing, for you, Les Claypool pretty much ran his course 14 years ago!

I know what it feels like to hate a band to the point of anger … Enter, Bel Biv Devoe, and REM

As far as the first 2 on the list, I agree that half of the Permenent Vacation album is a not that great ( too bad they’re scattered about the the cd though) the half that is good though is great. I think “Hangman Jury” and “Angel” being my faves!

I only dislike 2 songs on Appetite
“Think About You” and “Anything Goes” -trivia “Think About You” was a throw away song because “November rain” wasn’t finished and “Don’t Cry” didn’t fit with the album!

2,3,4,7 I barely listen too anymore (I can go years) cause it instantly transports me back to jr. high and high school and some of those memories/feelings I don’t care to remember. I just remember those were some fantastic albums that made those times bearable.
now that I think about it, it’s been years since I’ve listened to Nevermind as a whole. I catch the odd song here and there on the radio but I couldn’t tell ya when the last time I spun that whole cd was, even at the time that album was released that whole cd just makes ya depressed.

You’re pretty nice to compromise, though. Especially if your missus doesn’t dig on The gristle!
Late,
grmpysmrf

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Sabotage

Y’all cain’t beat this.

No way. Replace “Master Of Reality” and “Sabotage” with “Technical Ecstasy” and “Never Say Die” and you’d have me.

Dead serious.

Black Sabbath - Sabotage

BEST ALBUM THEY EVER DID!. Self titled is a close second

No way. Replace “Master Of Reality” and “Sabotage” with “Technical Ecstasy” and “Never Say Die” and you’d have me.

Dead serious.

Technical Ecstasy wasn’t that great and ur on crack if you think Never Say Die is better than Sabotage

Hell, you can replace “Sabotage” with “Heaven and Hell”.

Ministry - The land of rape and honey
Motley Crue -(the first one i can’t remember right now)
Skinny Puppy - VI VI Sect VI
Boyd Rice and Friends - (can’t rember the name of that one either)

Guns and roses - Chinese democracy (I liked it)
NIN- Broken
Foetus - Male (the first live one with raymond on it)
Ice Cube - Leathal Ingection
Crass - Stations of the Crass
Alec Empire - the destroyer (U.S. album)

Hell, you can replace “Sabotage” with “Heaven and Hell”.

blasphemy!

“Here Come the Warm Jets” - Eno
“For Your Pleasure” - Roxy Music
“A Wizard, A True Star” - Todd Rundgren
“Unknown Pleasures” - Joy Division
“I’m Your Man” - Leonard Cohen
“English Settlement” - XTC
“Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space” - Spiritualized
“The Soft Bulletin” - The Flaming Lips
“Loveless” - My Bloody Valentine
“Grace” - Jeff Buckley

Motley Crue -(the first one i can’t remember right now)

Theater of Pain?
Late,
grmpysmrf

Hell, you can replace “Sabotage” with “Heaven and Hell”.

Ur smokin an 8 ball of crack a day

“Here Come the Warm Jets” - Eno
“For Your Pleasure” - Roxy Music

“Unknown Pleasures” - Joy Division

“English Settlement” - XTC

“The Soft Bulletin” - The Flaming Lips
“Loveless” - My Bloody Valentine
“Grace” - Jeff Buckley

Oh yes.

I never thought we had similar taste in music.

HOWEVER…

…replace ‘For Your Pleasure’ with ‘Roxy Music’ and ‘English Settlement’ with ‘Skylarking’ and we’re done.

Oh and as for Black Sabbath - I’m starting to like the later 70s stuff alot more than the earlier material so I’d agree with the ‘Never Say Die’ and ‘Technical Ecstasy’ bit.

‘Vol 4’ is essential though as is ‘Black Sabbath’.

Never like ‘Paranoid’ much and ‘Master Of Reality’ is ruined by that stupid After Forever track where they - inexplicably - start preaching the merits of Christianity. And Into The Void is just plain stupid.

Oh yes.

I never thought we had similar taste in music.

HOWEVER…

…replace ‘For Your Pleasure’ with ‘Roxy Music’ and ‘English Settlement’ with ‘Skylarking’ and we’re done.

FYP and RM were really a toss-up anyway. I probably love Skylarking a bit more but didn’t want my picks to sound too Rundgren-centric…so I went with ES.

Yeah Paranoid is rather overrated and Master wasn’t exactly my favourite either, however Into The Void is one of the highlights of that album.

Speaking of which whos heard Ulver’s version of Solitude? Better than the original imo

Into The Void has some of the most inane, un-Sabbath-y lyrics ever. It’s just boring. I don’t see why it’s so highly rated.

Ozzy also gets the Al Jourgenson Award for artist most successful at pissing his legacy away.

Outside of music yes. I’ve heard his latest album is actually heavy though. Read a review that said its his best since No More Tears. And if Ozzy truly did piss his legacy away he did it a lot better than Al. Except the WOW commercial

Into The Void has some of the most inane, un-Sabbath-y lyrics ever. It’s just boring. I don’t see why it’s so highly rated.

Ozzy also gets the Al Jourgenson Award for artist most successful at pissing his legacy away.

its all about the RIFFS MAAAAAAAAAAAAAN. After Forever and Into The Void, regardless of the lyrics, are still very good heavy songs.

but I do agree with the “Ozzy is a sellout” sentiment.

however, that should not distract from the legacy of Sabbath and his solo career (at least up til 92)

I’ve heard his latest album is actually heavy though. Read a review that said its his best since No More Tears.

That’s not saying much.

And if Ozzy truly did piss his legacy away he did it a lot better than Al.l

I know. That’s why I named the award after Al.