best american rock

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Alice Donut

Essential Albums: "Mule" , "The Untidy Suicides Of Your Degenerate Children", "Donut Comes Alive"

Big Black

Essential Albums: "Atomiser", "Songs About F***ing"

Queens Of The Stone Age

Essential Albums: "Songs For The Deaf", "Rated R", "Lullabies To Paralyse"

Butthole Surfers

Essential Albums: "Hairway To Steven", "Locust Abortion Technician", "Electric Larryland"

Eels

Essential Albums: "Daisies Of The Galaxy", "Souljacker", "Beautiful Freak"

Husker Du

Essential Albums: "Zen Arcade", "New Day Rising"

Dead Kennedys

Essential Albums: "Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables", "Plastic Surgery Disasters", "Frankenchrist"

Ramones

Essential Albums: "Rocket To Russia", "Road To Ruin", "End Of The Century"

Sonic Youth

Essential Albums: "Daydream Nation", "Sister", "Evol"

Beastie Boys

Essential Albums: "Ill Communication", "Check Your Head"

The Patti Smith Group

Essential Albums: "Easter", "Horses"

B 52s

Essential Albums: "The B-52s", "Wild Planet"

Public Enemy

Essential Albums : "It Takes A Nation Of Millions...", "Fear Of A Black Planet"

Blondie

Essential Albums: "Parallel Lines", "Eat To The Beat"

Devo

Essential Albums: "Duty Now for The Future", "Are We Not Men? We Are Devo"

Flour

Essential Albums: "Flour", "Machinery Hill", "Luv 713"

Talking Heads

Essential Albums: "Talking Heads'77", "Fear Of Music", "Remain In Light"

Nirvana

Essential Albums: "Nevermind", "Incesticide"

System Of A Down

Essential Albums: "Mesmerise"

Slint

Essential Album: "Spiderland"

Low

Essential Album: "The Great Destroyer"

The Mice

Essential Album: "Scooter"

The Jesus Lizard

Essential Album: "Head" (Some would argue "Goat", but give me "Head" any day.)

Bad Brains

Essential Album: "Rock For Light"

Ministry

Essential Album: "The Land Of Rape And Honey"

Guided By Voices

Essential Album: "Do The Collapse"

Kings Of Leon

Essential Album: "Youth And Young Manhood"

Johnny Thunders& The Heartbreakers

Essential Album: "L.A.M.F."

The Von Bondies

Essential Album: "Pawn Shoppe Heart"

Iggy Pop

Essential Album: "Raw Power"

The Cramps

Essential Album: "Off The Bone"

Scratch Acid

Essential Album: "Just Keep Eating"

Fugazi

Essential Album: "13 Songs"

Hole

Essential Album: "Live Through This"

L7

Essential Album: "Bricks Are Heavy"

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Essential Album: "Now I Got Worry"

I've undoubtedly overlooked some important stuff here.

My "new favourite band" is The Dresden Dolls, but I've only been into them for a couple of months, so I haven't included them. Their "essential album" appears to be "Yes, Virginia".

Edited September 12, 2006 by Guest
Duh! Missed out Patti Smith!

[blind-fitter]

I've undoubtedly overlooked some important stuff here.

like, I completely overlooked Beck whose "Odelay" album I played to death for about 5 years....

Also, I never mentioned Sparks, who I've enjoyed since childhood. They've mutated quite alot over the decades, but I find I like their stuff, whatever phase they're in. I've got quite a few of their singles, spanning the 70s and 80s. However, albums-wise, I only have a "Best Of" collection, which (somehow) seems to miss out some vital tunes. How a "Best Of The Sparks" LP can be missing "Looks Looks Looks" and "Something For The Girl With Everything" is a bit of a mystery.

Anyone care to recommend their "Essential Album(s)" to me or tell me anything about their more recent material?

[Ken]

The Bus Boys, "Minimum Wage Rock and Roll". I am surprised they never achieved stardom. These are the guys that opened Eddie Murphy's "Delirious" stand up comedy special (considered by many to be the funniest thing ever committed to celluloid). They perform their original "Boys Are Back In Town", a solid R&B rocker.

[edna]

Also, I never mentioned Sparks, who I've enjoyed since childhood.

I have no idea of what they are doing now. I rarely hear about The Sparks... I liked them a lot some thirty years ago.

"Something for the girl with everything"