The ILM 1980s Anti-Rolling Stone Canon (FREE PUSSY RIOT) Rock Poll Results - Tracks! Final top 10 results happening right now.

I have to be one of the biggest Queensryche 'fans' here and they only made #34 on my tracks ballot. "Queen of the Reich" would have also placed if I could have picked 100 tracks. Operation: Mindcrime made the top 10 of my albums ballot, which almost guarantees it a placing in the top 250, right?

Never said I was doing a top 250 for albums

Huh, I actually enjoyed "Clothes Hoist".

Why Not Now?..Alan! is some intense stuff for sure.

Yeah, I don't know why I never heard of F/i before.

Sadly we only got 493 albums with votes so cant do a top 500...

F/i rule I love them, but tbh I thought George & I were the only ones on here who did so I AM pleased to see them here.

that particular F/i track placing below Party at Ground Zero, a fucking Taco Bell jingle unfit even for disgusting savages, is a "you're dead to me" moment.

DEAD! BAH!

*shakes fist*

I can't find much info on F/i. Nothing about them on AMG, other than just a list of recordings, no apparent Wikipedia entry.

Oh nm there's something on progarchives.

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/f-i-mn0000414794

and then one left to be
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/vocokesh-mn0000811600 (who are amazing too)

When members of his former band, F/I, expressed desire to go in a more song-oriented direction, Richard Franecki decided it was time to move on and formed the more loosely structured Vocokesh. Influenced by the industrial sounds of Throbbing Gristle and the space rock of Hawkwind and Pink Floyd, Franecki grabbed a couple F/I members and released the vinyl-only Ispepnaibara ("Arabian Pepsi" backwards) in 1991 on the experimental label RRR.

my tracks ballot was kind of halfhearted; I wasnt even going to make one, which is why I didnt nominate any tracks, and most of my favourite tracks werent nominated. That said, F/i is a band I love but haven't heard a ton from so I was a bit sparing about voting for them, at least in tracks.

I did vote for one F/i track which hopefully will show up sooner or later

xp to sund4r, F/i = Richard Franecki, from Wisconsin, went on to form Vocokesh. Here's an interview with him: http://www.scaruffi.com/interv/vocokesh.html

(most of it is Vocokesh focused)

Yeah, I don't know why I never heard of F/i before.

ah, man, that vid was on the (admittedly unwieldy) YouTube thread! I think after we passed ten or so vids, people stopped trying to open the fucking thread because it was a definite browser-crasher.

This is more informative than the AMG page, actually: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4250

#184 Napalm Death - You Suffer 253 Points, 4 Votes One #1
http://open.spotify.com/track/5oD2Z1OOx1Tmcu2mc9sLY2
http://youtu.be/ybGOT4d2Hs8

that F/i track is great. i'm amazed they passed me by until now.

rrrrhp!

Poll is a success then!
xp

that F/i track is great. i'm amazed they passed me by until now.

that's cool. if nothing else, I'm glad more people appreciate the band.

man it would be rad if that F/i song I voted for made top 100

there are three more, but I'll be surprised to see them.

183 Angry Samoans - Lights Out 254 Points, 6 Votes
http://youtu.be/cxS7a7GDqt0

Oops I guess I voted for more joke-punk. This is legit great though.

Enjoying the mini run of SHORT SONGS too.

that F/i track is great. i'm amazed they passed me by until now.

me too! though I'm sure someone played a track by them for me on outloud and I liked it and then forgot about it. I'm a big Vocokesh fan but never really thought to look deeper into the members' other output.

kudos to whoever put "You Suffer" at #1. I was thinking about it but didn't.

as a kind of anti-canon statement?

legit curious, btw

actually Electric Waltz might be even better tbh

not as an anti-canon statement. just to show my appreciation for the form. a little capsule of heavy noisy rock/metal.

#182 Killing Joke - Pssyche 256 Points, 4 Votes
http://open.spotify.com/track/0lyh79eLQLwKIxyHkN8ut7
http://youtu.be/-RnYhOxz_Zs

yeahhhhhh

Two in a row, nice.
*stomps*

for anyone interested in F/i:

a copy of the excellent RRR comp Out of Space & Out of Time, which includes all five of the F/i nominations, can be found here.

Killing Joke are v. cool, but I'm still waiting for one of the other noms to show up.

I misread for a minute and thought you said it was out of print xp

I would def recommend the CD copy of Space Mantra with the Boy Dirt Car split LP side on it as well

the RRR comp is from '93, and I'm p. sure it's out of print, so grab a copy if yr. interested. Space Mantra is definitely cool, and I think can still be had via Forced Exposure.

TIE

#180 Slade - Run Run Away 259 Points, 4 Votes
http://youtu.be/bHoPYLQvnQM

#180 Black Flag - What I See 259 Points, 4 Votes
http://open.spotify.com/track/3DaC3oRpGInTU0x8DvdSGp
http://youtu.be/AZHDAa7e0rw

Now I REALLY want to know what gospodin simmel's friend thinks

I nominated What I See, and it was a top 15 track. probably my favorite track on Damaged, if only for the classic Chuck Dukowski bassline.

I think I need the F/i T-shirt

http://www.sixthstation.com/fi/swag.html

Space Mantra CD is a bit costly at Amazon, possibly it slipped out of print when not looking.
But here is the Amazon page for Why Not Now Alan:

http://www.amazon.com/Why-Not-Now-Alan-Exp/dp/B001KL2WP4/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_2

W"When I was not looking" of course

I still have four other Black Flag nominations, though, and I think at least one of those will be much higher.

xp

Space Mantra CD is a bit costly at Amazon, possibly it slipped out of print when not looking.
But here is the Amazon page for Why Not Now Alan:

the three best tunes on Why Not Now? Alan! are on Out of Space & Out of Time, fwiw. you saw the link for that, right?

check out the Forced Exposure website. they have a bunch of F/i CDs available.

right on

179 Butthole Surfers - Jimi 260 Points, 4 Votes
http://open.spotify.com/track/3iDLOMf6d3kxpEJAvS7b5d
http://youtu.be/htp-Ic_SLEE

great great song

^On my ballot, and prob my single favorite BHS song.

I THINK that's true for me, in that it's my favourite BHS song and I think I voted for it.