Monday 28 June 2010

Godzilla

"With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high tension wires down"

Welcome to the big fat "I've been the Glastonbury" blog post. Afore I get on with description after description of sun and dust and bands and cider I'll just shove two images from the last fortnight all up in your face. For that is how I do.
This is Axe Cop versus Thor of course and has since been called 'awesome' by Axe Cop's co- creator Ethan Nicolle. Which is an attestation that I will naturally have inscribed on my back. The excellent Axe Cop (for those not in the know tis a comic written by a kickarse 6-year-old and drawn by his 29-year-old kickarse artist brother) can be witnessed here - and the story of why Thor has an axe and why he's involved can be read (as well as the full image) here.

This (as you can just about work out) is the second page of the second part of my majestical Crabcake saga. Here I start to introduce the sexiest thing known to man: continuity possibly related to time-travel or some other similar hijink. Did you feel that? It was you orgasming at the thought. I'm sorry. Also to throw some actual plot progression into the mix the commander general Alan Vitriox announces their arrival at some gaudily-coloured whale-tailed destination.
"WHERE'S THAT THEN?"
That question and some others can be seen to be answered in page 3. Coming to an early July near you. The bigger picture, naturally, is at this anthro-porn-filled-location.

That there is a sign. A sign that says "Glastonbury 40". Why it says that I have no idea - although it may be slightly related to Glastonbury festival's 40th anniversary. I don't know - I'm not a doctor.

The hardest part is Wednesday. The stress of getting onsite and dodging queues of people WHO YOU JUST KNOW WANT TO CAMP IN EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT AS YOU. It was made more hectic this year by the shit-ton of new people. Of which there were a shit-ton. They had been camping in wait like crouched tigers in cars. Once settled though - Wednesday falls into exhaustion and belated exploration - those shit-ton cease to be competitors and start to become fellow festival-goers. Relaxed, positive and often up for grinning smalltalk. I've lost count of the amount of smiling strangers I've talked to at past years - this was no exception. The lovely buggers were everywhere. I avoided the football and climbed the tallest point at the festival - a hill behind the Park field - it's here I heard the England goal - bellowing at me from a hundred thousand joyful whoops across the panorama. A far more spectacular way to experience it than sweltering in front of the main-stage screens.
Possibly my favourite new structure at the site (next to the new jazz n' blues bar; Bourbon Street) is the Ridge & Furrow ale house. A two story half-pub constructed by chainsaw carvers last year - staffed by people in medieval dress serving local ale and often with folk music. Shitting lovely. It was here I met a curious woman who claimed to be called Stella Fairy and dreamt of a franchise of two-story fairy shops with an adult section at the top linked by a fireman's pole. What fairies would want with adult paraphernalia I shudder to think - but I admired her ambition. And wings.
Here we are - my first celebrity sighting. Bodger and fucking Badger. Majestic aren't they? Badger is wearing a Never Mind the Bollocks shirt. As I snapped this two girls wandered by
Girl #1: Oh my god is that Bodger and Badger?!
Girl #2 (very nonplussed): Everybody knows Badger loves mashed potatoes
and they kept on walking. I somehow found this interaction ridiculously funny. The rest of Wednesday I do not recall. The exhaustion drove us early to our beds and so we missed our first TENTROBBERY - a torch blared through my flap around two and I told the offensive light to bugger off. Nowt was taken from me but those around had money nabbed, and in one incident - the iPod nicked from their very ears. Spooky.



Various sights from a wander around the former 'Lost Vagueness' area which has all manner of funky art and curious arenas designed to intricately capture that elusive 'Glastonbury moment' in the form of bizarre anecdotes. It is a shame that the area becomes a swarming mass of indecipherable movement at night which the time of its awakening.

This will have to represent Friday (what happened on Thursday -? Much drunkenness and another of evening of enjoyment at the hands of bluesman Aynsley Lister) as I did not take any pictures of Gorillaz or The Black Keys or Hybrid or any of those bands that we so drunkenly watched with the assitance of a fine bag of rosé. Here we witnessed an unknown band on the Bandstand stage command the crowd to roll on the floor with their hands and legs in the air in a glorious scene akin to a miniature Life of Brian. Gorillaz were bloody amazing and got quite a panning for playing so much of Plastic Beach. Sod the critics - the whole thing was heightened by the appearances of Lou Reed, Mark E Smith, Snoop Dogg (that rascal) and Shaun Ryder who doffed his cap quite excellently to the recently deceased Frank Sidebottom. Rest his giant fibreglass head.
This is the only image from the best night - Saturday. The new West Holts stage was headlined by the RIDICULOUSLY RIDICULOUSLY RIDICULOUSLY GOOD George Clinton Funkadelic/Parliament band who effectively had a massive onstage party. Possibly the greatest performance I've seen at the festival - it's the best stage by miles. Seventy-four fucking miles. The atmos was not ruined by a dancin' punchin' leary Elvis baby man who needed several security guards to restrain him. We then moved back to our haunt of Bourbon Street for some absurdly groovy blues from the absurdly groovy Oli Brown band to whom me and Mr Jab Rimmer danced the bloody night away.
Sunday was as hot and as sweaty as EVERY OTHER BLOODY day this year. I didnae mention the days so much because there was much sweating and sitting down and going "god it's hot" to strangers and friends. It's good to have a hot Glastonbury - because at least in the night things occur then - people rocket from their sweltered shells and BEGIN TO DANCE. John Otway (pictured above) is probably one of my new favourite people - he, along with Dr John, Adrian Edmonson and the Bad Shepherds and a mass singalong to waterloo sunset made my sweaty Sunday afternoon one to remember.
The winds drove away the cruel heat and the inevitable noodles lead me to Craig Charles doing a bit of Funk & Soul DJ (as well as some truly majestic cheesy dancing) at an area called Cubehenge that I'm sure you can adequately visualise. I then trekked onward past the betwatted masses admiring what can only be described a truly bog-standard band - and I watched Arthur Brown (above) do his bloody thing at 68 with as much zest as a mad mad panda.
Then brief Stevie Wonder and home - but I would like to briefly mention one of my favourite Glastonbury thing wot I stumbled upon moons ago in old Lost Vagueness. THE DUKES BOX what a fucking thing - the band sit in there and you request songs of them in the manner of a traditional duke box. It. Is. GLORIOUS. I encourage you to seek the elusive box out.

What is Glastonbury?
A farm. Sometimes playing host to an enormously famous and vastly sprawling eclectic arts festival based around the core values of green futures and eco-based equality companies Water Aid, Oxfam and Greenpeace. Mostly it is known for being host to hordes of corporate-approved superbands and flash-in-the-pans that attract thousands upon thousands of musical retards who think Scouting for Girls are the best thing that happened since MOZART FUCKING DIED - which make it appear to unknowers as just a fatter corporate shindig like Reading or Leeds. Which it clearly isn't. It never was and it never will be a music festival. Those who dollop their betrilby'd forms in front of the three pop stages are depriving themselves utterly of what makes me love Glastonbury festival. I love it so utterly that were I to cop it at this moment I could think of no better place to summarise the happiest days of my existence than that sprawling valley - the dust and the mud and the moments and the people. I'm always happy there. The retards swarm - the terrible bands play - and I grin on, knowing that for a week out of the year I am home.

See you with more art and less melodrama on the 12th of bloody July


O - x

Tuesday 15 June 2010

ALPHABETROCK 2010

It is June now - and in this month I like to summarize my music taste. That's fine. On Facebook last year I wrote an astoundingly lengthy series of notes entitled "The 172 Albums That Make Up My Brain at 22" which stretched from June to November and was waffly. This year I have removed all opinion from the thing and so it sits as a list of ESSENTIAL ALBUMS by ESSENTIAL BANDS. Surf through it - click on the links - give things you've never heard a listen AND GOOD LORD RECOMMEND ME STUFF in the same manner seen below. It's the best thing you can give another human being aside FROM A BITE ON THE FACE.

Artist - Album (Year)
Genre
Link

AC/DC - Powerage (1978)
Hard Rock/Blues Rock/Rock & Roll/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUT99a6UR0A

Acid Reign - The Fear (1989)
Thrash Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy11HlhHwSQ&feature=related

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic (1975)
Hard Rock/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA7711eRE-A

Albert Collins - Ice Pickin' (1978)
Electric Texas Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moWhvXMuYCc

Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco De Lucia - Friday Night in San Francisco (1981)
Latin Jazz/Flamenco/Jazz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cadbYIzhqQ

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (1973)
Hard Rock/Glam Rock/Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEaU8xYzEGQ

The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (1971)
Southern Rock/Blues Rock/Jam Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeXMutpWmgs

Amplifier - Amplifier (2004)
Alternative Rock/Progressive Rock/Space Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YLqCb09JC8

Andy Summers & Robert Fripp - I Advance Masked (1982)
Art Rock/Experimental Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbt50-kaQgI&feature=related

Angel Witch - Angel Witch (1980)
Heavy Metal/NWOBHM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OalLJcApsg4

Annihilator - Alice in Hell (1989)
Thrash Metal/Technical Thrash Metal/Speed Metal/Heavy Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RYQbixl3k4

The Answer - Rise (2006)
Hard Rock/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbQmjr9lC80

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Thrash Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcXSj8QeL70

Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors (2002)
Progressive Metal/Avant-Garde Metal/Symphonic Black Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TbArXpg_sk&feature=related

Arthur Lee - Vindicator (1972)
Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iYHqi8_rBM

The Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound - When Sweet Sleep Returned (2009)
Psychedelic Rock/Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFksRHDkX_U

The Atomic Bitchwax - The Atomic Bitchwax (1999)
Stoner Metal/Stoner Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaZsTCtxSrM

Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You (1970)
Hard Rock/Progressive Rock/Heavy Psych
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yO7l6TmIRI

The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (1969)
Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDZmgy1e_3I

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)
Hard Rock/Blues Rock/Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf3uiCfNkaM&feature=related

Baroness - Red Album (2007)
Sludge Metal/Progressive Metal/Atmospheric Sludge Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc_SEBcXs1o&feature=related

Battles - Mirrored (2007)
Math Rock/Experimental Rock/Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUSY77UI-J4

The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
Rock/Psychedelic Pop/Art Pop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e_j66mgTDE

Benedictum - Uncreation (2006)
Heavy Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwpT-IcNhhQ

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills (1968)
Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Acid Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItLi2rVaIzo

Bill Bailey - The Ultimate Collection...Ever! (2003)
Comedy Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc79m1X-mXU

Black Bonzo - Sound of the Apocalypse (2007)
Progressive Rock/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tayPg62mR4

The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker (1990)
Southern Rock/Hard Rock/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suiojh6ezD0

Black Sabbath - Vol 4 (1972)
Heavy Metal/Hard Rock/Doom Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SueDn40C3Wg

Blind Faith - Blind Faith (1969)
Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Jam Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOZ5VcQIiFc

Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998)
Power Metal/Speed Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8qPCXcOPEU

Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)
Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Heavy Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY3NQUoT89k

Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger (1960)
Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWCYjp3MT2o

Boris - Pink (2005)
Noise Rock/Stoner Metal/Stoner Rock/Sludge Metal/Psychdelic Rock/Doom Metal/Drone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WkaeBZ1kGU

Boston - Boston (1976)
Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTFD5DZwK7g

Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding (1998)
Heavy Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtgAynh-b3U

Bubble Puppy - A Gathering of Promises (1969)
Psychedelic Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkbafnjpxV4

Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Hard Rock/Heavy Metal/Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54H3EUAzpVg

Cactus - Cactus (1970)
Hard Rock/Blues Rock/Boogie Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKvvVl9NfGQ

Camel - Mirage (1974)
Progressive Rock/Symphonic Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcagz8epRN8

Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond (1972)
Hard Rock/Heavy Psych/Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOLTaUWV7LE

Carmen - Fandangos in Space (1973)
Progressive Folk/Progressive Rock/Flamenco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtZGUK9JNsw

Carnival in Coal - Collection Prestige (2005)
Avant-Garde Metal/Death Metal/Experimental
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6UImqjsAjQ

Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium (1991)
Doom Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qZGLy9SvrU

Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot (2009)
Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alkSyle05t8

Chrome Hoof - Pre-Emptive False Rapture (2007)
Experimental Rock/Progressive Metal/Avant-Garde Metal/Avant-Prog/Jazz-Funk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGJ5F3-0XGI

Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead (1984)
Heavy Metal/Doom Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irc2LIgp33Q

Clutch - Blast Tyrant (2004)
Stoner Rock/Hard Rock/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Pnf66eQa0

Cosmosquad - Acid Test (2007)
Jazz Fusion/Progressive Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ULMksbkgPU

Coroner - Mental Vortex (1991)
Thrash Metal/Progressive Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euq2QBPb6HE

Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967)
Psychedelic Rock/Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Acid Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngIxuGOVGeQ

Crow - Crow Music (1969)
Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T4qfkaGS3c

Crucified Barbara - Til Death Do Us Party (2009)
Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quqi3jUWS2c

Dan Shandy and The Shambling Dandies - Quicker Than Sex (2010)
INDESCRIBABLE
http://www.myspace.com/danshandy

Darryl Way's Wolf - Saturation Point (1973)
Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYM9kprx774

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)
Glam Rock/Art Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE4Mu_cZcIA

Deep Purple - Machine Head (1972)
Hard Rock/Heavy Metal/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LR2_t9dE0M

Demons & Wizards - Demons & Wizards (1999)
Power Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KKLrbpD9V0

Derek & the Dominos - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaTkHCSGn1k

The Deviants - Ptooff! (1967)
Psychedelic Rock/Garage Rock/Proto-Punk/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAb1-glPEpM

Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations (1980)
NWOBHM/Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR8udo4dsKQ

Dio - Holy Diver (1983)
Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm_SQyXrgBk

Don "Sugarcane" Harris - Sugar Cane's Got the Blues (1973)
Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulaeM39Go0Q

Dozer - Through the Eyes of Heathens (2005)
Stoner Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVWMRxxy8Nk

Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
Progressive Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEKTNtmKZEw

Electric Wizard - Dopethrone (2000)
Doom Metal/Stoner Metal/Sludge Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO7VP34n2Ps

Eric Clapton - Unplugged (1992)
Acoustic Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBsWS8OShdc

Evile - Enter the Grave (2007)
Thrash Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=924bRfmiJ20

Exodus - Tempo of the Damned (2004)
Thrash Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om1d1uCY-FY

Extreme - II Pornograffitti (1990)
Hard Rock/Funk Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoKJpcROgJk

Fat Mattress - Fat Mattress (1969)
Psychedelic Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtOVbrF7uzg

Firebird - Deluxe (2001)
Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD1J_emCnjs

Flotsam and Jetsam - Drift (1995)
Thrash Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f27LrqmENdA

Focus - Moving Waves/Focus II (1971)
Progressive Rock/Symphonic Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpV5InLw52U

Freddie King - Getting Ready... (1971)
Electric Texas Blues/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwM8R6AMZlA

Free - Free (1969)
Blues Rock/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO1Z0dO2UkA

Fruupp - Future Legends (1973)
Progressive Rock/Symphonic Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZYE43CZvGQ&feature=PlayList&p=F5E4A642750491C9&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1

Fu Manchu - The Action Is Go (1997)
Stoner Rock/Stoner Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6wCeRJK5Y

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1971)
Funk Rock/P-Funk/Psychedelic Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh3bleXWaCk

Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972)
Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3ozXQNsQYs

George Thorogood & The Destroyers - George Thorogood and the Destroyers (1977)
Blues Rock/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISmgOrhELXs

Gillan - Glory Road (1980)
Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS-7SDQoN8g

Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
Hard Rock/Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKfETKRJC_M

Gong - Angel's Egg (1973)
Space Rock/Progressive Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Jazz-Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeWKlqUSMSI

Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk (1969)
Hard Rock/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMg1L5umAnI

Grand Magus - Iron Will (2008)
Heavy Metal/Doom Metal/Stoner Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmx3P9577_Y

Gravy Train - (A Ballad of) A Peaceful Man (1971)
Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQvFXGG4XQ

Green Bullfrog - Green Bullfrog (1972)
Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytNn3-2CoE

Halford - Resurrection (2000)
Heavy Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-KZtvs0Al4

Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
Space Rock/Psychedelic Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT_qq-4DZWk

Heathen - Victims of Deception (1991)
Thrash Metal/Speed Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9HC_BxxBTI

Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know (2009)
Heavy Metal/Doom Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWmhA4-7mj4

Helmet - Meantime (1992)
Alternative Metal/Post-Hardcore/Noise Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGyX7WPxuQ

The Hidden Hand - The Resurrection of Whiskey Foote (2007)
Stoner Metal/Doom Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFZKHZ-VF7I&feature=related

High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings (2005)
Stoner Metal/Sludge Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQ9MiEsaz4

Ian Gillan - Gillan's Inn (2006)
Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOIWP_VoOOc

Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
Heavy Metal/Power Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpCFq-xsFG8

Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock (1973)
Funk/Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY-Z6wm6TMQ

Iron Maiden - Powerslave (1984)
Heavy Metal/NWOBHM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W0DB8NYhmI

Jack Bruce - Songs for a Tailor (1969)
Progressive Rock/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGoPzOVxjr4

Jade Warrior - Jade Warrior (1971)
Progressive Rock/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0aCKgdNVm0

Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
Jazz-Rock/Blues Rock/Jazz-Funk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsGEFdfRlMY

The Jeff Healey Band - See the Light (1988)
Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikHI7_PMFNc

Jeff Wayne - The Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (1978)
Progressive Rock/Rock Opera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msS8otYxgSc

Jerusalem - Jerusalem (1972)
Hard Rock/Heavy Psych
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QclSTWfJrk

Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1971)
Progressive Rock/Folk Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eJi8PqB_Mk

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced (1967)
Psychedelic Rock/Blues Rock/Acid Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYdq0ABH3so

Joe Bonamassa - The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMFNF5iTOVM

Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien (1987)
Hard Rock/Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrwk0COfggo&feature=related

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1965)
Jazz/Avant-Garde Jazz/Modal Jazz/Post-Bop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=558bTG0D-xg

John Lee Hooker - It Serve You Right to Suffer (1966)
Blues/Electric Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvr-dXModnI

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - The Turning Point (1969)
Blues/Acoustic Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au_2ssij9Xk

Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969)
Blues Rock/Electric Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7SezI3PgTI

Jon Lord - Sarabande (1976)
Progressive Rock/Symphonic Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPyxdn2uBqY

Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjMizl3qQGE

Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)
Progressive Rock/Symphonic Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOP6XZtEINI

Karma to Burn - Karma to Burn (1997)
Stoner Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIN5BuT-vfA

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
Progressive Rock/Art Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KovJ7WLh2Qc

The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
Psychedelic Pop/Pop Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX6zBPVEU5E

Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)
Stoner Rock/Stoner Metal/Psychedelic Rock/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_t2gE1EsKU

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (1969)
Hard Rock/Folk Rock/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkg3H0zelH8

Little Richard - Here's Little Richard (1957)
Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S62YP3iCdSg

Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend (1970)
Hard Rock/Heavy Psych
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxSskm9JK7E

Lynyrd Skynyrd - (pronounced 'leh-'nerd 'skin-'nerd) (1973)
Southern Rock/Rock/Blues Rock/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3iOpX-cQ88

Manowar - Hail to England (1984)
Heavy Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOxyNjv_IcA

Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Sludge Metal/Progressive Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6D-ys43DMo

MC5 - Kick Out the Jams (1969)
Proto-Punk/Garage Rock/Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Noise Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0elhlPnOpng

Megadeth - Rust in Peace (1990)
Thrash Metal/Speed Metal/Heavy Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmyAvInKhuA

Melvins - Houdini (1993)
Sludge Metal/Grunge/Stoner Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPd0ICErfF0

Metal Church - Metal Church (1984)
Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal/Speed Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUORgLSP5rU

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959)
Modal Jazz/Jazz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xQE47HYbeM

Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk52nGxF-jc

Monty Python - Monty Python Live at Drury Lane (1974)
Glorious Comedy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNvaYxn45-U

Motorhead - Overkill (1979)
Heavy Metal/Hard Rock/Speed Metal/Rock & Roll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMK1aejrtjs

Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Glam Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2LbujFtaUQ

Mountain - Climbing! (1970)
Hard Rock/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8ZQtU_x3Tg

The Move - Shazam (1970)
Psychedelic Rock/Psychedelic Pop/Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHAzNU4Vsus&feature=related

Nuclear Assault - Game Over (1986)
Thrash Metal/Crossover Thrash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE98dtMLnNE

Orange Goblin - The Big Black (2000)
Stoner Rock/Stoner Metal/Space Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGW6SPKDVo

Otis Taylor - Recapturing the Banjo (2008)
Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UESD9eRIshQ

Overkill - The Years of Decay (1989)
Thrash Metal/Heavy Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umL_x0J4hxY

Ozric Tentacles - Erpland (1990)
Space Rock/Progressive Rock/Psychedelic Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXAaDqPl7oY

Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz (1980)
Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBbk7t-mqDM

Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready (1970)
Blues Rock/Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20HmSomEHZ0

Page & Plant - No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded (1994)
Acoustic Rock/Blues Rock/Folk Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMrErYMmu6k

Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power (1992)
Heavy Metal/Groove Metal/Thrash Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdM9M5s46Gk

Paul Rodgers - Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters (1993)
Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=014Huz_VZZQ

Pearl Jam - Ten (1991)
Grunge/Alternative Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfrJCbol7ZU

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
Progressive Rock/Art Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdAEmX0OpMk

The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Psychedelic Rock/Psych Pop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30xBn2OkXyk

Pride & Glory - Pride & Glory (1994)
Southern Rock/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbXXhpMn9iY

Probot - Probot (2004)
Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_DS8Fc0w0c

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
Hard Rock/Glam Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNdFeUywHLI

Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Hard Rock/Heavy Metal/Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SedQcg-65a8

Raven - Rock Until You Drop (1981)
NWOBHM/Heavy Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm3JlOGP_PM

Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings (1990)
Delta Blues/Acoustic Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ks8Crarlg

Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs (1974)
Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIHKI_gd3iA

Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74 (1974)
Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqx8HYNguNQ

Rush - 2112 (1976)
Progressive Rock/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=096LhjGNNCk

Russell Allen's Atomic Soul - Atomic Soul (2005)
Hard Rock/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnytVwFzPIE&feature=related

Sahg - Sahg 1 (2006)
Doom Metal/Stoner Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6u_rU0Gcy4

Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 (1985)
Soul/Southern Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDq-AjPtU6Q

Savatage - Edge of Thorns (1993)
Heavy Metal/Progressive Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDVoajxYdWI

Savoy Brown - Raw Sienna (1970)
Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlpaRx_-_K4

Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law (1980)
Heavy Metal/NWOBHM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqdDqNlDZ4Q

Seasick Steve - Dog House Music (2006)
Blues/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohM4ov6LiG4

Sinergy - Suicide by My Side (2002)
Power Metal/Heavy Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS7VP4EBAB8

Slade - Slayed? (1972)
Glam Rock/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhYVFuUdN5M

Slayer - Reign in Blood (1986)
Thrash Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RypZcxDe7as

Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain (1993)
Stoner Metal/Doom Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymsB9PD7Tto

Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Progressive Rock/Jazz-Rock/Jazz Fusion/Experimental Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usu5QuTk8yA

Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Psychedelic Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltsF6x17LkY

Spooky Tooth - Spooky Two (1969)
Blues Rock/Progressive Rock/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dfKLjuE0Y4

Status Quo - Quo (1974)
Hard Rock/Boogie Rock/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ_DuwSYtRY

Steamhammer - MK II (1969)
Blues Rock/Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqzeKF89Mgs

Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)
Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Blues Rock/Acid Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpoEmlxUPeQ

Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte (1975)
Progressive Rock/Symphonic Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncyQQISW5Fs

Steve Vai - Passion & Warfare (1990)
Hard Rock/Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyajZcySiwU

Stevie Salas - The Electric Pow Wow (1994)
Funk Rock/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yEMELH53Nc&feature=related

Stray - Stray (1970)
Hard Rock/Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSu4gd1jXAA

The Sword - Age of Winters (2006)
Stoner Metal/Heavy Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-53uavtyA

Sweet - Sweet Fanny Adams (1974)
Glam Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW6zZAigmMo

Symphony X - The Odyssey (2002)
Progressive Metal/Neo-Classical Metal/Power Metal/Symphonic Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYRm2VNDetM

Tankard - Beast of Bourbon (2004)
Thrash Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNg4aFJs1cw

Testament - The Legacy (1987)
Thrash Metal/Speed Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZNUHcnxcy4

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (1976)
Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajJYL1GaVlo

Thunder - Back Street Symphony (1990)
Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RprKusE4DF8

Tokyo Dragons - Give Me the Fear (2005)
Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjigjNYVIUE

Tony Martin - Scream (2005)
Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJpWK2MfPE&feature=related

UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)
Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_aSSD6cr1g

Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)
Hard Rock/Progressive Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVcDwMkDLv4

Van Halen - Van Halen (1978)
Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzkXGIRaxcI

The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (1968)
Experimental Rock/Proto-Punk/Noise Rock/Garage Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDtqbS7DK2s&feature=related

Wayne - Metal Church (2001)
Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fukHRb3Z80M&feature=related

West Bruce & Laing - Why Dontcha (1972)
Blues Rock/Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZL32LAtVVA

Whitesnake - Come an' Get It (1981)
Hard Rock/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAY5NMyxmmM

White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 - Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head (1995)
Groove Metal/Industrial Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWkwRvOX3Hg

The Who - Who's Next (1971)
Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyv_65o1HDY

Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)
Hard Rock/Progressive Rock/Folk Rock/Blues Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tna0Mmu1XlI

Wino - Punctuated Equilibrium (2009)
Stoner Metal/Heavy Metal/Doom Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22sYm9Jcg1o

Witchcraft - Witchcraft (2004)
Doom Metal/Stoner Rock/Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Heavy Psych
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDkABtiBw0k

Wolf - Evil Star (2004)
Heavy Metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty3HcWhg1E4

Wolfmother - Wolfmother (2005)
Hard Rock/Stoner Rock/Acid Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rGaICcf21I

The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds (1965)
Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Rock & Roll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9mQkFpkShg

Yes - Close to the Edge (1972)
Progressive Rock/Symphonic Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0HnIr6jYWU

ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1973)
Blues Rock/Southern Rock/Hard Rock/Boogie Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBG5RVli60Q

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