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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 25, 2006 10:45:51 GMT -5
Ok, this here thread is dedicated to discussing the most unabashedly UNimportant albums imagineable. You know, those records or CDs we all used to play because we liked groovin out to em? Screw the "importance", the "quality", and all that rot ! Let's talk about the simple joy of spinning a disc for no other reason than we liked snappin our fingers to it, or getting stoned along with em or whatnot. One of the most unimportant albums I can think of, but which rocked tits nonetheless, goes out to this overlooked gem:  "Something Like Human" by FUEL, now there was one drastically unimportant album that I spun the fuck out of when it came out. Who didn't sing along to the glorious refrain of "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)"-?-, is what I wanna know. Now out with it. Bring me your tired, your poor, pathetic and quite unessential recordings you once adored. And screw all the "best" and "important" shit ! |
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 25, 2006 12:12:05 GMT -5
 I'm serious about this new thread - - ya think it's a joke or sumthin' -?- no way man. This thread is where it's at, who gives a shit about what you think is "important" anyway? This little album may be quite forgettable in the long run, but it did fill my apartment with some fun times, back in the day. Rob Zombie's kid bro can punch out a decent white boy rap. Funky catchy smooth & rough w/a kick to the groin, we certainly don't care whatever happened to you Spider & crew, but I'm here today to give props out to you |
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Post by Galactus on Oct 25, 2006 12:52:35 GMT -5
 Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Bloodbrainvolume So unimportant I can't even find a big photo of it... So very good though. |
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 25, 2006 12:54:38 GMT -5
Hmmm. . . that's a good one (I presume). I remember hearin about Ned's Atomic Dustbin .. . can't quite place a finger on em, though. Can you name any contemporaries they might, er, sound like?
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Post by Galactus on Oct 25, 2006 13:13:07 GMT -5
Hmmm. . . that's a good one (I presume). I remember hearin about Ned's Atomic Dustbin .. . can't quite place a finger on em, though. Can you name any contemporaries they might, er, sound like? Their first two albums are pretty straight forward brit-pop funneled through scotland with two basses and one guitar and a dash of the Jesus & Mary Chain...but on BBV they picked up some industrial touches and stepped up the J&MC for a darker more textured sound, while still being pretty upbeat and at times danceble. |
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Post by Proud on Oct 25, 2006 14:13:55 GMT -5
 A terribly generic album from a terribly generic band... named Default, of all things. |
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Post by Paul on Oct 25, 2006 14:15:35 GMT -5
I think a lot of AC/DC albums can qualify here....I mean they DO have like 3 or 4 important albums (High Voltage, Let There Be Rock, Highway To Hell, Back In Black) but the rest aren't really that important IMO....My favorite AC/DC album, 'Powerage' isn't all that important, but it's a damn good listen....     ------ none of the above are extremely important, IMO, but they sure fuckin' rock! |
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Post by Paul on Oct 25, 2006 14:22:20 GMT -5
^^^
Then again, you could argue that since AC/DC is very important to rock in general they don't qualify for this thread....
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Post by Kensterberg on Oct 25, 2006 14:39:23 GMT -5
AC/DC = The Ramones of heavy metal.
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 25, 2006 14:54:04 GMT -5
Hmmm. . . that's a good one (I presume). I remember hearin about Ned's Atomic Dustbin .. . can't quite place a finger on em, though. Can you name any contemporaries they might, er, sound like? Their first two albums are pretty straight forward brit-pop funneled through scotland with two basses and one guitar and a dash of the Jesus & Mary Chain...but on BBV they picked up some industrial touches and stepped up the J&MC for a darker more textured sound, while still being pretty upbeat and at times danceble. Sounds like something I'd lend an ear to. |
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 25, 2006 14:59:39 GMT -5
'Default' - whoa, that IS generic (never heard of em;)
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Good call on those AC/DC albums, Paul. I think "Back In Black" was their most important record, so you listed a good batch of em, there.
& I'd have to agree w/givin' AC/DC a 2nd thought before putting them on this thread (given their overall importance as a band in the annals of rock).
"AC/DC = The Ramones of heavy metal. "
When you put it that way, it tends to give them perhaps more importance than they deserve. But I totally hear you, HOlzman. Still . . . I think their inclusion on this thread makes sense. Especially when you consider the slew of albums they released throughout the 90s that no one remembers. They may have left an important mark in the rock canon, but so many of their later albums are indisputably unimportant. So I say "good call", Cookie !
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Post by Kensterberg on Oct 25, 2006 15:07:10 GMT -5
They may have left an important mark in the rock canon, but so many of their later albums are indisputably unimportant.
My thoughts about the Ramones exactly. Everyone needs the first four Ramones LPs (Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia, Road to Ruin) but after that, there's no need to keep buying. Same deal with AC/DC. Everyone needs to have at least heard Highway to Hell and Back in Black, but after that ...
And like the Ramones, virtually any AC/DC record can be substituted for another without anyone being the wiser. Each band made the same album over and over and over and over again later in their career.
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 25, 2006 15:09:05 GMT -5
 Ok, I find it hard to think of an album -- or band, for that matter -- as relatively unimportant as this one, or these guys. However: *this album rules* ! ! (except for one track which was ruined by the presence of Fred Durst's lousy excuse for vocals) Videodrone was the new incarnation of an old favorite of mine, Cradle Of Thorns (only w/out the chick vocalist). There are some strikingly original riffs, sounds, and textures on this. I haven't listened to it in years, but just thinking about it is going to get me blowing the dust off my copy, and putting it into my stereo when I get home this afternoon. This is straight up "Death -Rock", only w/a futurist bent to the music, so it's like death rock remixed in a chemical vat from hell. And believe me, I loved this album w/a passion back when it came out. It got me through some hard times. This album should be shelved alongside such items as bauhaus, NIN, orgy, Prodigy, skinny puppy, tricky, deadsy, and korn. W/the exception of 1 or 2 tracks, it's a remarkably inventive and sick little album. |
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Post by tuneschick on Oct 25, 2006 18:35:37 GMT -5
My thoughts about the Ramones exactly. Everyone needs the first four Ramones LPs (Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia, Road to Ruin) but after that, there's no need to keep buying. Same deal with AC/DC. Everyone needs to have at least heard Highway to Hell and Back in Black, but after that ... I don't know, I'd probably make a case for End of the Century too. Chinese Rocks, Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Rock 'n' Roll High School, Return of Jackie and Judy, Baby I Love You, Danny Says... it's a pretty solid album, I'd say, even if not quite of the same calibre of the first four. But after that, yeah, I'm with you. And this is coming from a girl who's husband, at last count, owned 40+ Ramones albums.  |
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Post by Kensterberg on Oct 25, 2006 18:58:12 GMT -5
End of the Century and Pleasant Dreams both have some redeeming features, but they're pretty obvious, IMO. Hell, almost every Ramones (or AC/DC) album has something to recommend it, if you're a fan.
But each band, and AC/DC in particular, has committed the sin of making the exact same album over and over and over ...
I can't imagine owning forty (!) Ramones albums ... but it would be even worse listening to 'em all straight through.
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