I've been trying to get away from the usual music i listen to.(i.e Prince, Mj, George Micheal, Janet, Lenny etc.) and trying to discover new artists(new in the sense of new to me, not in the sense of Akon or any 'o' them other assholes) and i want to listen to some good Rock music. so where do i start????

Xavier23 said:

Some of my favorites are:

Dirt - Alice in Chains

Superunknown & Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden

Nevermind - Nirvana
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get a ramones greatest hits anthology.

my favorite compilations of theirs are "hey ho let's go" and "ramonesmania".

Mercury Rev -- "Deserter's Songs," "All Is Dream," and "The Secret Migration"

also, you can't go wrong with joan jett & the heartbreakers' "i love rock & roll" and "bad reputation" albums.

Anxiety said:

Those are good ones. Or you could just get any or all of their first 5.

Anxiety said:

Amen!

PJ Harvey - Rid of Me, the most rockingest album since the Pixies' Surfer Rosa, which would also be a good one to pick up.

Beatles.... Revolver, White Album, and Abbey Road.

Blondie- Blondie, Plastic Letters, Parallel Lines, Eat to the Beat

The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground & Nico, White Light/White Heat

this summer, iggy pop's gonna be releasing a new greatest hits with everything from the stooges up through his most recent album - that's some rock'n'roll for ya...

Anxiety said:

Yeah, 2 disc isn't it? Looks pretty yummy.

You must immediately pick up:

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures, Closer and Substance

Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Axis Bold as Love- Jimi Hendrix
Freeze-Frame- J Geils Band
Stick Fingers- The rolling Stones
Black Album - Metallica
Use Your Illusions 1&2- Guns n' Roses
Vs- pearl Jam
In Utero- Nirvana
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Layla and Other Assorted love Songs- Derek and the Dominos
Pet Sounds - The Beach boys
Highway 61 Revisted- Bob Dylan
The Band - The Band
Truth- Jeff Beck
Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart

This is just a start .....

that one with the guy grabbing his naked penis on the cover, that came out in 2002 when i was in MPLS. don't know what it is, or if it's rock, but from what i remember, who wouldn't want some of that?

GrayKing said:

huh, whuut?

Anxiety said:

yeah, that's what i said. it was staring me in the face every time i walked in the door of a record store.

right now I can't stop playing one of my favorite rock albums, EVER:


CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD - Lucinda Williams.

The new Green Day, Mars Volta and Queens of the Stone Age albums rock harder than anything else in this thread for starters. Sike. But they do rock.

GrayKing said:

I've seen it too. I'm sure it was some techno shit.

pkidwell said:

i was gonna have to make you go out and pick out a switch there for a minute.

Exile On Main St.- The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Appetite for Destruction - GUns N Roses
Slipery when Wet - Jon Bon Jovi (I like it, ok?)
The Queen is Dead - THe Smiths
Led Zepplin - I, II, IV and Houses of the Holy
Against the Grain - Bad Religion
Nothings SHocking - Janes Addiction

Moving Pictures

Lou Reed - Transformer
Blondie - Eat To The Beat/Parallel Lines
Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland/Axis: Bold As Love
U2 - Achtung Baby/Pop
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours/Tusk
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
The White Stripes - Elephant
Iggy Pop - Nude & Rude (the best of)

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The majority of Bowie's 70's output is quite rocking, but if you want the MOST rocking, I'd go with "The Man Who Sold The World", "Ziggy Stardust", "Aladdin Sane", "Lodger" and "Scary Monsters".

Cheek said:

Don't be silly, now

GangstaFam said:

agreed !

the obvious,

U2 and coldplay

the not so obvious,

bloc party and maximo park

and if u are in a dareing mood,....

anything by the clash

GangstaFam said:

Absolutely.


My tips:

Madrugada: "Industrial Silence", "Grit"
Smashing Pumpkins: "Siamese Dream", "Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness", "Adore", "The Aeroplane Flies High (Looks Left Turns Right)"
Modest Mouse: "The Moon And Antartica", "The Lonesome Crowded West"
Placebo: "Placebo"
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: "Source Codes & Tags", "Worlds Apart"
New Order: "Get Ready", "Substance", "Movement"
Motorhomes: "Songs For Me (And My Baby)"
Catherine Wheel: "Adam & Eve", "Ferment"
Pavement: "Slanted & Enchanted"
Soul Asylum: "Soul Asylum And The Horse They Rode In On", "Let Your Dim Light Shine", "Grave Dancers Union", "Say What You Will Clarence, Karl Sold The Truck"
Third Eye Blind: "Third Eye Blind", "Blue", "Out Of Vein"

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