Top 5 obscure albums

[Axegod]

I missed the last Misfits tour (1950)..and saw one with Graves singing, and another with Hidious(?) singing...Graves was awesome....
Fear was also great live....from what i remember....Lee Ving wanted to have me thrown out..but was cool after the show whilst we had a beer together -yes a beer with Fear.:rockin: and how can u not like a great (more) beer band.
About the Misfits logo...it is almost everywhere..even on primetime TV...pretty funny.
Anyone who likes Misfits -please give Poison Idea a try..incredible musicians!

Cheers to all for some great records listed here.

I will be on vacation for a while - so I'll chat in a week or so. I am going to Georgia
so I hope to buy Promash and a sparge arm -and maybe hops !

 

[Ize]

Ok, I have occasionally been sober over the past 2 days, (ok not a LOT) but I'm having difficulty for a few reasons. Hence Cheese's original post...

List 5 albums you're really into from bands that most people probably haven't heard of.

Rules:
Bands have to be generally accessible, so don't list ultra-local bands.
Album must be top-to-bottom awesome.
It has to be generally accepted by those in the know as an awesome album.
Has to be an album or band that's not very popular. Pink Floyd, Peter Frampton, Smashing Pumpkins, Frank Zappa and others are pretty well known.

Ok, the prob I've been having is with the "album or band that's not very popular" and the part about "Bands that most people probably haven't heard of..."

I'm 40, you guys have heard most of the crap I've heard. And honestly, you all are more up on current than I am.... refer to the beginning of this paragraph for the reason....

But adhering to the above criteria here are 2 that really blew me away in the 80's and left a lasting impression to this day, and were SUPERB top to bottom. Both, for the record, are still available in one form or another I believe. the D.R.I. especially... just do a search for "Dirty Rotten Imbeciles"

Gang Green - "This is Boston, Not L.A.
D.R.I. - "Dealing With It"


Anyhow....

After much pondering and consideration, I've stuck with the "Top to Bottom Awesome" vein and come up with these. These to me I can throw in and not hear a bad track from beginning to end....

In no particular order....

Phish - "Rift"
The Ramones - "Rocket to Russia"
The Allman Brothers - "Eat a Peach"
The Presidents of the United States of America - "The Presidents of the United States of America" (IGNORE "Lump" and you will downright LOVE this album)
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan"


HONORABLE MENTION:

Cracker - "Kerosene Hat"
Primus - "Sailing the Seas of Cheese"
Pink Floyd - "Animals"
Montrose - "Montrose"

The above is based on listenability from beginning to end and i deem these HIGHLY satisfying.

With all due respect Cheese, methinks there shoud be a different thread, "Great albums by Great Bands that, alas, were largely ignored"....)

If that's the case...

Van Halen - "Fair Warning"
Led Zeppelin - "Presence"
AC/DC - "Let There Be Rock"

But like I said, another thread.

Good Lord I rambled on...

But then again LZ-II is superb all the way round as well.....


12:23 AM (And I think that is the LAST of my edits...)


CRAP... I almost left Cracker - "Kerosene Hat" off the list.....

(12:44 EDIT Sheesh.....)


Ize

 

[Toilet Rocker]

Axe--I nearly included Dealing With It in my selections. Excellent album you can never get bored of.

Doyle teamed up with Glenn on the last Danzig tour...happen to catch that? I was stoked to hear Glenn belting out those misfits tunes and seeing doyle ravagining the strings...

 

[Cheesefood]

With all due respect Cheese, methinks there shoud be a different thread, "Great albums by Great Bands that, alas, were largely ignored"....)

See, the only problem with that is that we'll end up with the typical Top 100 Albums or people will just start spouting off the most obscure album by a large band that's probably obscure because it sucks.

DRI are great. I was a fan of them in the 80's. I don't know every rock band from the 60's, 70's and 80's, 90's and 00's. I know a lot of the more popular ones.

I think everyone's got it right so far. These are the "push play and forget" albums where every single song is awesome and you want to listen to the album in its entirety instead of just one or two tracks.

If all you listen to is mainstream, that's cool too but this is more about discovering new, non-mainstream bands.

 

[Cheesefood]

Fear was also great live....from what i remember....Lee Ving wanted to have me thrown out..but was cool after the show whilst we had a beer together -yes a beer with Fear.:rockin: and how can u not like a great (more) beer band.

I forgot about Fear! Flea's best band, in my opinion. What was the movie that they were in?

 

[Wolf]

In no particular order…

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult – I See Good Spirits and I See Bad Spirits
Save Ferris – It Means Everything
Skankin’ Pickle – Sing Along with Skankin’ Pickle (Includes the song ‘Thick Ass Stout’ )
Less Than Jake – Losing Streak
Smashmouth – Fush Yu Mang: Yeah, I know ‘Walkin’ On the Sun’ was a huge radio song for a while, but overall Smashmouth was maybe a 3 Hit Wonder. This ENTIRE album is awesome from top to bottom, with the possible exception of ‘The Fonz’.

Hmmm, when I started this I wouldn’t have guessed how much of the list would be ska or ska-influenced. I’m mostly a Rock and Metal guy. Guess those bands are more mainstream.

 

[Walker]

anyone ever listen to the Rolling Stone's psychedelic "Her Satanic Majesty's Request"?

That's actually the only Rolling Stones album that I like.

 

[olllllo]

Ok, the prob I've been having is with the "album or band that's not very popular" and the part about "Bands that most people probably haven't heard of..."

I'm 40, you guys have heard most of the crap I've heard.
Ize

Got me thinking, Ize 'cause we're about the same age.
There was a good deal of vinyl that never saw got released in the complicated disc format (at least not in the US).

These two took forever to finally become CDs:
Rum Sodomy & the Lash by Pogues
(20 Years)
The Name of This Band is Talking Heads by Talking Heads
(22 years to be exact)

There's a real good chance that if you were one of this forums younger members, these wouldn't even be on the radar for you.

I miss that there used to be sides on records. Sometimes a good Side A or Side B is all you need. Very analagous to bottles vs. draft.

 

[Toilet Rocker]

The Pogues put out consistently colid albums in the 80s. Once Shane departed, things really went sour...I never thought of them as an obscure band though.

 

[Toilet Rocker]

anyone ever listen to the Rolling Stone's psychedelic "Her Satanic Majesty's Request"?

That's actually the only Rolling Stones album that I like.

That album is fantastic. Huge Stones fan and I especially dig that album. "Sing this all together", "2000 light years from home"...nice!

 

[Cheesefood]

Speaking of The Misfits, today is Glenn Danzig's 51st birthday.

 

[Toilet Rocker]

Glenn's 51?! So I gotta spend the afternoon listening to NJ's real boss.

 

[Ize]

I think everyone's got it right so far. These are the "push play and forget" albums where every single song is awesome and you want to listen to the album in its entirety instead of just one or two tracks.

If all you listen to is mainstream, that's cool too but this is more about discovering new, non-mainstream bands.

You're absolutely right. :rockin:

There was a good deal of vinyl that never saw got released in the complicated disc format (at least not in the US).

Yeah that kills me. I was amazed I found The Godz on cd, but havent found Dust on cd at all.... (BOTH were debut albums and could be on the list as well....)

A couple more I thought of this morning before I go back to my scheduled landscaping project...

Urge Overkill - "Saturation"
Zebra - "Zebra"
Fastway - "Fastway"

They're all older, and didn't see a whole lot of commercial success, but the albums rock top to bottom! :rockin:



Ize

 

[Toilet Rocker]

Cheesefood, have you seen this clip?

http://www.guzer.com/videos/danzig_knockout.php

 

[Glibbidy]

Can't forget these either:

Bodycount- Bodycount
The Goats- No Goats, No Glory
U3- Hand on the torch

 

[sudsmonkey]

Gotta agree n the Zebra album. I just showed Monkey Jr. Cheesefood's avatar. He's 15 now. I got an extreme thumbs up from him. I think my son is a lesbian, too. Takes after his Old Man. IT"S JUST COOL!!!!


1. Zebra- Zebra
2. Guadalcanal Diary- Flip Flop
3. The Cure-Any of them... I know, I suck! ! Can't help it, I like them.
4. Deep Purple- Perfect Strangers
5. Bob Marley- Talkin' Blues

Go ahead, have a problem with it. I'll put Monkey Jr. on you !

 

[Spyk'd]

3. The Cure-Any of them... I know, I suck! ! Can't help it, I like them.

Don't be ashamed, scroll back a few pages to see what I think of them.



The short version is, they're my favorite band...

 

[sudsmonkey]

I went back, but I'm too uh, impaired to find it. I really dig their darkness. Killing of an Arab, and all that. I also got into the B-52's and 10,000 Maniacs at one time. Natalie Merchant and Kate Pearson would've made a great pair.
You mentioned Kamper Van Beethoven earlier. The Pictures of Matchstick Man cover was great. Bauhaus was another good one with their Rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars cover. Damn! I'm having a college radio flashback! There was a song called The Skin by a band that contained someone called the Big Kahuna on guitar. Think it was Girl Trouble. Which leads me to the Violent Femmes.... Cowboy Mouth????
My embarrasing musical tastes have now come to the surface. Somebody stop me before I get to Cliff Richards and Neil Diamond !
Danke Shane, anyone????? :cross:

That's one tore up monkey !!

 

[Spyk'd]

And from Bauhaus, there was Love and Rockets...


I don't mean to blow your mind...really!


How about some Siouxsie and the Banshees? Maybe Bow Wow Wow?


Let us not forget
They Might Be Giants or Devo


Back on topic:

Crowded House - Woodface

 

[Kevlar]

Ok, I am new to this forum, and I do listen to some of music posted in ths thread (especially Danzig), but after quickly running through the thread there isn't any country??? (At least real country that was recorded before 1980 with few exceptions). I have listen to hard rock and Metal for many years but when it comes to beer drinking nothing goes better than

Jonhnny Cash
George Jones
Tom T Hall.
Keith Whitley
David Allen Coe
Loretta Lynn
Patsy Cline
Marty Robbins
Vaghne Monroe
Red Sovine
CW Mc Call
Buck Owens


Just to name a few. Am I really that big of a redneck or does anyone listen to this music???

 

[the_bird]

Oh yeah, Johnny Cash is good drinking music - but not exactly obscure.

I'll listen to some bluegrass, but don't own much other than a David Grisham / Jerry Garcia collaberation and a couple random things. Still, *good* country music, old school stuff, is cool with me.

 

[Kevlar]

I never thought of Johnny Cash as being obscure either, but when the movie "Walk the Line" came out half the people I work with have never heard of him!!!! That was when I really started feeling OLD!!!!!! I'm listening to "John Henry's Hammer" as I type this.

 

[Ize]

Amen on the Zebra you crazy Monkey. and DP's Perfect Strangers is an amazing album... :rockin:

Kevlar you bring up a point tho. I thought of this one a couple of days ago when Cheese started this but forgot about it. Mine isn't on the list of artists you mention so score for the obscure part, and another score is the listenability...

Top to bottom, Jerry Jeff Walker's "Ridin' High" is hands down the SH*%

Check out the last song, "Pissin' in the Wind" and you get the idea...


Ize

 

[The Happy Mug]

VERY hard to choose just 5. In no particular order:

Assemblage 23: Contempt
Fr/action: Last Man Standing
L'ame Immortelle: In Einer Zukunft Aus Tranen Und Stahl
Wumpscut: Evoke
Juno Reactor: Odyssey
Mortiis: The Sound of Rain.

I know, I know. I said it was hard.

 

[Kevlar]

I got hooked on Wumpscut while I was stationed in Germany. That is some awesome stuff

 

[Caplan]

I'm late to this thread - Good work Cheese - Great idea!
Spyk'd has come through with one of my fave bands so far - The Clash. Great band. Hit and miss in the studio but check out the live CD 'From here to eternity'.

Television self titled (late 70's early 80's post punk)

Plus this beauty of a suggestion from Bjorn - Stunning! I own it on vinyl but not on CD (shopping note to self....)

I'll add (and they may be thought as 'mainstream' to you US guys but not here in the UK)
Jeff Buckley - Grace (RIP Jeff)
Wheat - Hope and Adams - ('Don't I hold you' hopefully earnt them a few quid in a movie last year. It's a great song anyway)
Pedro the Lion - It's Hard to find a friend (with tracks like 'Big Trucks', 'Bad Diary Days' and 'When they really get to know you they will run' as some of the highlights this is a must!)

 

[kaptain_karma]

olivia tremor control - dusk at cubist castle
unicorns - who will cut our hair when we're gone
new pornographers - electric version
kings of leon - aha shake heartbreak
stereolab - sound dust

 

[sudsmonkey]

Kevlar-I can appreciate the nod to Buck Owens, but where is David Alan Coe, or Porter Waggoner ? Don't try to claim Redneckism without those two !

 

[Catfish]

Morphine- Cure for Pain
Trailer Bride- Smelling Salts
The Super Suckers- Must Have Been High
THe White Stripes- Elephant
Tom Waits- Rain Dogs

 

[the_bird]

Good to see that there are three or four other Tom Waits fans kicking around.... don't see that all that often. Is there something about homebrewing that attracts Waits fans, or vice-versa?

 

[Kevlar]

Check again, Dave Coe is there, I did forget the Porter Wagner though. I don't have much of him in my library which is probably the cause of the oversight. Another name that I left off that kinda upset me was Johnny Paycheck.

 

[AHammer16]

KLF- The white room

James Browns funky people

Leftfield- leftism

still working on the next 2

Pigface- FOOK

KMFDM- Angst

 

[AHammer16]

More...

6. Les Claypool's Frog Brigade - "Purple Onion"
7. Ministry "The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste"
8. My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult "Confessions Of A Knife"
9. Widespread Panic - "Widespread Panic"
10. Buju Banton - Every album he's put out.

Cheese get a hold of Ministry's "In case you did'nt feel like showing up-LIVE. f'ing awesome!!!!!!!!!!

 

[AHammer16]

And from Bauhaus, there was Love and Rockets...


I don't mean to blow your mind...really!


How about some Siouxsie and the Banshees? Maybe Bow Wow Wow?


Let us not forget
They Might Be Giants or Devo


Back on topic:

Crowded House - Woodface

Siouxsie is great but the only album i think that qualfies is a comp called twice upon a time the singles. Now that album is awesome!!

 

[AHammer16]

Ok, I am new to this forum, and I do listen to some of music posted in ths thread (especially Danzig), but after quickly running through the thread there isn't any country??? (At least real country that was recorded before 1980 with few exceptions). I have listen to hard rock and Metal for many years but when it comes to beer drinking nothing goes better than

Jonhnny Cash
George Jones
Tom T Hall.
Keith Whitley
David Allen Coe
Loretta Lynn
Patsy Cline
Marty Robbins
Vaghne Monroe
Red Sovine
CW Mc Call
Buck Owens


Just to name a few. Am I really that big of a redneck or does anyone listen to this music???

I just saw DAC in southern IL. The show was crap! He looks like he will die at any minute. He is a big bigot but when he isn't singing about that stupid **** he is great.

 

[AHammer16]

Ohh Ohh

Faith no more- Angel dust

Cannibal Corpse- The Bleeding

 

[freebird]

The Super Suckers- Must Have Been High

Scott Churilla is now playing drums for The Super Suckers. You should go see him live. Best live drummer I"ve ever seen.

5. Mojo Nixon - Wherabouts Unknown
4. Stephen Simmons - Last Call (personal friend of mine, www.stephensimmonsmusic.com) <--- shameless plug
3. Webb Wilder - About Time
2. Area Code 615 - Area Code 615 and Trip in the Country (double on 1 CD)
1. The Reverend Horton Heat - <any of his albums!>

However th' Legendary Shack*Shakers might worm their way into this list.

 

[Ize]

I just saw DAC in southern IL. The show was crap! He looks like he will die at any minute. He is a big bigot but when he isn't singing about that stupid **** he is great.

Did you come down and see him at the Macon County Fair a week ago? I blew off the show, and the fair. Too many years working it with the radio stations I used to be with...

Ize

 

[Cheesefood]

Pigface- FOOK

KMFDM- Angst

Gub is probably my fave Pigface. Good call though.

 

[Cheesefood]

Cheese get a hold of Ministry's "In case you did'nt feel like showing up-LIVE. f'ing awesome!!!!!!!!!!

Shot in my hometown of Joliet, IL. Unfortunatly, it was literally 3 days before I first heard (and fell in love with) Ministry. I can point out about a half-dozen friends who are in the video stage diving or in the mosh pit.