Jahfin Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I like Kansas...but Boston, Styx and REO.... you can have !!! I dismiss them immediately. Never liked them from day one. It's all opinion anyway, maybe not as far as 'influence'..but as far as likeability. I'm just stating an opinion as to why some of those bands have become so hated and none of it has to do with actual talent (or lack thereof), it usually boils down to listener burnout thanks to Classic Rock radio. It's kinda the same case as "hair metal", I don't recall any of those bands being so hated back in their heyday but once some years were put between then and now, perspectives changed. I was never a big fan of any of them to start with but there's no denying their presence as they were all over the radio back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 That was unexpected! I'm happy to see The Four Horsmen on your list Jahfin (or anybody's list for that matter). They never got the attention they so much deserved. I've mentioned the Four Horsemen before but it was one of your recent posts that reminded me of them. Definitely a group well worth looking into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotHouse77 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin Strangers In The Night - UFO Paranoid - Black Sabbath Fun House - The Stooges Rocks - Aerosmith Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses Highway To Hell - AC/DC Master Of Puppets - Metallica Nevermind - Nirvana Live At Leeds - The Who Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarlaxle 56 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 What's the distinction between "Hard Rock" and "Metal"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 What's the distinction between "Hard Rock" and "Metal"? A thin one in some cases but I'd say music where the subject matter is killing your mother and the vocalist sounds like someone is strangling a cat in a blender would be a good couple of deciding factors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanton lemon Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 man this is hard I have so much music but here goes 1. Led Zeppelin I 2. Soundgarden-down on the upside 3. 311-soundsystem 4 Helmet-Betty 5 Deftones- Around the Fur 6 stone temple pilots-purple 7 Jimi Hendrix-are you experienced? 8 Rage against the machine-evil empire 9 Foo Fighters-the colour and the shape 10 Hum-downward is heavenward and hundreds more that we all know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom kid Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 What's the distinction between "Hard Rock" and "Metal"? I put Metallica in mine because other people were, otherwise I wouldn't have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypeO Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 (edited) Led Zeppelin - Presence Black Sabbath - Paranoid Pink Floyd - Animals The Cult - Sonic Temple Nine Inch Nails - Broken Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park Ministry - Psalm 69 TypeONegative - October Rust Monster Magnet - Powertrip Tool - Undertow (Oddly enough, I like many songs on Aenima better, but Undertow is practically perfect beginning to end) hard keeping only 10 Edited December 13, 2007 by TypeO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymorningsong14 Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Guess all of these aren't 'hard' rock but.. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin Greatest Hits - Queen Layla - Derek and the Dominos Live at the Greek - Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes Pearl Jam - Ten Amorica - Black Crowes Exile on Main Street - Rolling Stones Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Soup - Blind Melon Rockin the Fillmore - Humble Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achilleslaststand77 Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 10. pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd - Lynyrd Skynyrd 9. Boston - Boston 8. Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones 7. Who's Next - The Who 6. Queen II - Queen 5. Van Halen - Van Halen 4. Back in Black - AC/DC 3. Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses 2. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin 1. Abbey Road - The Beatles k I'm prolly gonna take some flak about Abbey Road being first (or even on the list) as it really isn't a hard rock album and while it's not really it does has elements of it in over half the tracks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xia Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 My 10 Essential Albums AC/DC - High Voltage The Beatles - The Beatles Black Sabbath - Paranoid Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won Pearl Jam - Ten Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcrock Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 love these types of topics.... in no particular order Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti Janes Addiction- Nothing's Shocking Stones- Exile Alice in Chains- dirt Nirvana- In Utero Sabbath- Paranoid Beatles- Abbey Road Pink Floyd- The Wall Chili Peppers- Blood sugar Sex Magik Smashing Pumpkins- gish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yahyoubetcha Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Led Zeppelin - HOTH Deep Purple - Machine Head Uriah Heep - Wonderworld Pink Floyd - DSOTM Camel - Rajaz Genesis - Selling England The Tubes - The Tubes Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow Dream Theater - Images and Words Gentle Giant - Octopus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 (edited) I like Kansas...but Boston, Styx and REO.... you can have !!! I dismiss them immediately. Never liked them from day one. It's all opinion anyway, maybe not as far as 'influence'..but as far as likeability. I agree with you on that Joelmon..... I NEVER bought into Boston, REO, Styx, or Def Leppard. I understand the minons of clueless teens and pre-teens obsessing over the bombast of a sugar-coated band like Def Leppard. But, I was never that clueless. I went from The Beatles.... to Led Zeppelin.... with no room for any in-between !!! And Jahfin you're right on the money when you talk about Boston and their Classic Rock Radio burnout and overplay. Becauseof that overplay, I never want to investigate Boston to see what I might have missed. There's too many other bands to investigate, that do not have this 'bad blood' of radio burnout and overplay. I will happily be ignorant of Boston, as a choice, not because, I know otherwise. I am open-minded about many things. But when the door is closed, in such cases...it does remain closed. And MOJO, I think you meant to say VH - Fair Warning!! Edited December 27, 2007 by The Rover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achilleslaststand77 Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 But then you could say the same about ACDC too couldnt you? I can easily understand this statement considering the mind-boggling complexity of each AC/DC song ..... I mean, AC/DC does use the same basic chords for each song and I can see how that's not fun to listen to after awhile. But think about it, AC/DC has come up with over ten albums with the same format. They never strayed away from their roots or changed their style to suit the current trend, they stuck to their guns and kept producing electric three-chord albums. And frankly I'm impressed that they've released thirteen albums using those same basic chords. I think they are like fifth in US records sold all time or something like that don't remember exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakdaddy Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 1) "Live At Leeds" - The Who 2) "Band Of Gypsy's" - Jimi Hendrix 3) "Funhouse" - The Stooges 4) "Volume 4" - Black Sabbath 5) "Physical Graffitti" - Led Zeppelin 6) "Rocks" - Aerosmith 7) "Van Halen 1" - Van Halen 8)"Nevermind the Bollocks" - Sex Pistols 9) "Surfer Rosa" - The Pixies 10) "Nevermind" - Nirvana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timetraveller Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 G'n'R - Appetite for Destruction Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 2 Jane's Addiction - Nothing Shocking The Cult - Love AC/DC - If you want blood "you've got it" Pearl Jam - Ten Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell RHCP - bloodsugarsexmagic The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion Van Halen - Van Halen Even tho' that's 10 and if if say it's metal - Metallica - Master of Puppets will be a close 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gperkins151 Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 I would think that How the West was Won cant really count as its not a studio production. Its a live album. I think the guy who made this thread was really intending studio;s. Am I wrong? I think you are. I just checked the OP and found nothing that stipulates studio production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 (edited) I think you are. I just checked the OP and found nothing that stipulates studio production. You are correct....studio albums are not exclusive to this topic..... "My Generation" from LIVE AT LEEDS is one of the Best examples of Hard Rock on record that I know of... The reason I said one album per artist, is that I wanted to keep the list concise, but varied among bands. Something you can quicly scan and digest. Edited December 30, 2007 by The Rover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xia Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Meh, I just picked a live Zeppelin record because...well, it's not easy to choose a favorite studio album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gperkins151 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Meh, I just picked a live Zeppelin record because...well, it's not easy to choose a favorite studio album. I thought it was a wise move. Todays List (I'm using Rock in the generic sense, as I have no desire to quibble about what is hard rock/heavy metal/prog, etc.): Tool - Aenima pearl jam - Vitalogy Stone Temple Pilots - Core Soundgarden - Superunknown Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock Procol Harum - Procol Harum Queen - A Night at the Opera Pink Floyd - The Final Cut Rush - Exit Stage Left The Clash - Sandinista Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yahyoubetcha Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Procol Harum ... wow, what a great pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gperkins151 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Procol Harum ... wow, what a great pick. Yeah, earlier this year I found a 2 CD set of their first four albums in a used store. They had been playing CD 1 and I loved it so much I asked the store owner what it was. He showed me the set and I snatched it up. He told me that he was upset to be selling it, as he wanted to play CD 2 next. Later I got the other 2 CD set that has the singles and some outtakes. They were an incredible band, such a shame all anyone hears is "Whiter Shade of Pale," although I must admit that song is superb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAC64 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Here is Ten More...in random order Robin Trower~Bridge of Sighs YES~Relayer ELP~Tarkus Scorpions~Lovedrive Aerosmith~Get your Wings Judas Priest~Sad Wings of Destiny Led Zeppelin~Zep II Van Halen~Fair Warning Queensryche~Operation Mindcrime Ozzy Osbourne~Diary of a Madman Peace,GAC64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Zeppelin------- I Jeff Beck------ Truth The Who------- Who's Next The Stones---- Get Yer Ya Yas Out Hendrix------ Are you Experienced Bowie------- Ziggy Stardust Yes------- The Yes Album Allman Bros.-- Live At The Fillmore Humble Pie--- Rockin' The Fillmore Cream---- Wheels Of Fire This is not necessarily a list of my favorites and could have added more. They are however Essential Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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