The ILM 1980s Anti-Rolling Stone Canon (FREE PUSSY RIOT) Rock Poll Results - ALBUMS! Top 20! ends today

I was aslepp when it got posted, but I had never realised before what an 80s abortion the cover of Slippery When Wet is. Electric pink border! Sunset shading on the text! Generic bewbs photo!

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Mars - 78 is tied at 320 (gotta support some of these basement dwellers).

Aldo presumably that's why the record company changed it to the one we're all familiar with.

299 Terrorizer - World Downfall 194 Points, 4 Votes
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0NJobeIYKxw/TCO-ii3tJAI/AAAAAAAABdA/U3T74hGX6yw/s1600/terrr.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1OAUXcUtKiPdDtftxbjGV2

298 Adolescents - Adolescents 197 Points, 3 Votes
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-08fIRrLv52c/TaSKkkQ2KLI/AAAAAAAAA9s/W-DzhwzIsog/s1600/adolescents.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1sH6hWM38rn77swbfs7DqF

Mars - 78 is tied at 320 (gotta support some of these basement dwellers).

Fixed.

(I've never heard it but I always assumed that album came out in 1978.)

I think I got both of these CDs that same year in 1989. All the punk reissues were coming out that I was playing on my radio show, Fester's Bucket O' Nasties. Meanwhile a friend's metal show was turning me on to a bunch of bands including Terrorizer.

I was aslepp when it got posted, but I had never realised before what an 80s abortion the cover of Slippery When Wet is. Electric pink border! Sunset shading on the text! Generic bewbs photo!

― passive-aggressive display name (aldo), Friday, September 28, 2012 4:56 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Aldo presumably that's why the record company changed it to the one we're all familiar with.

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, September 28, 2012 8:28 AM (52 minutes ago)

not sure if the story's true but supposedly the hot pink boobs cover was the label's original suggestion, bon jovi hated it so much he sprayed water on a garbage bag, wrote the name of the album on it, and took a picture.

Mars' 78 was released on Lydia Lunch's Widowspeak label in '86.

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well, they came up with the album title at a strip club, JBJ's problem with the cover was the cheesy pink border, probably didn't mind the bewbs

JBJ: feminist crusader

Looks like it got reused on promotional material without any JBJ complaints so pink border seems to be the only issue:

http://musicinhand.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bon-Jovi-Slippery-When-Wet-2012.jpg

Mars' 78 was released on Lydia Lunch's Widowspeak label in '86.

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― Hellhouse, Friday, September 28, 2012 9:29 AM (55 minutes ago)

technically it was a reissue of material they released in the 70s, but since the widowspeak release contains a controversial remix by jim thirwell I guess that counts. the original mixes were eventually reissued sometime in the oughties?

yeah, we had this discussion during the nomination period re: the Avengers and Pagans. if a compilation was released in the eighties, contained out-of-print material, and was considered a definitive rec in and of itself, then it was allowed in the poll (see also: Auto-Da-Fe).

in retrospect, there's actually a strong case to be made for Black Flag's The First Four Years, even though the material was still available. it's definitely considered a classic.

true, it was near impossible to hear mars in '86. I remember there being a no new york reish in the late 80s? or am I dreaming

placed 10 so far and I must say this is a fine group of albums

370 Cows - daddy has a tail 120 Points, 4 Votes
366 Jon Wayne - Texas Funeral 123 Points, 3 Votes
355 No Trend - When Death Won't Solve Your Problem 131 Points, 2 Votes
343 Rudimentary Peni - Death Church 143 Points, 3 Votes
331 Saccharine Trust - Pagan Icons 163 Points, 3 Votes
319 8 Eyed Spy - S/T 178 Points, 5 Votes
317 Live Skull - Don't Get Any on You 180 Points, 2 Votes
316 SPK - Auto-Da-Fe 180 Points, 7 Votes
314 Halo Of Flies - Singles Going Nowhere 181 Points, 4 Votes
301 Killing Joke - Night Time 192 Points, 5 Votes

That's the one Killing Joke record that really does it for me. Have a hard job connecting with them otherwise, but that one is great.

afaik No New York has never been reissued in the US. there are Japanese and Russian CDs floating around from the 00's, but I think that's it. v. fucked up.

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placed 10 so far and I must say this is a fine group of albums

those are all v. cool records. I'd add the following to make a killer playlist:

388 Live Skull - Bringing Home The Bait 103 Points, 2 Votes
386 Live Skull - Dusted 105 Points, 2 Votes
378 Voivod - Killing Technology 111 Points, 3 Votes
362 DAF - Die Kleinen und die Bosen 126 Points, 3 Votes
327 Saccharine Trust - Surviving You, Always 170 Points, 2 Votes
320 Mars - 78 176 Points, 4 Votes
318 Zeni Geva - Maximum Love + Fuck 179 Points, 4 Votes
309 Rhys Chatham - Die Donnergotter 185 Points, 5 Votes
304 Keiji Haino - Watashi Dake 190 Points, 5 Vote
302 Dog Faced Hermans - Every Day Timebomb 192 Points, 3 Votes

not exactly bottom-of-the-barrel material. (you can substitute the Misfits where appropriate.)

297 Coroner - No More Color 197 Points, 4 Votes
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2AQpQhLAkCU/SeYJAkbboSI/AAAAAAAABjY/hOz4lKnnzZk/s320/coroner.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5pBOLt1kJmSy8b8bevPeyb

good album that

296 F/i - Why Not Now? Alan! 198 Points, 3 Votes
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7St4jD20p0o/SHnlupIb4nI/AAAAAAAAGEo/vLw9LohOZQw/s400/Why+Not+Now+Alan!1987%2B2002.gif

as is that

yay F/i! <3 those guys!

295 The Flesh Eaters - A Minute To Pray A Second To Die 198 Points, 4 Votes
http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/media/flesheaters/minute.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/7yIzLR40YPzZbZurbW1200

378 Voivod - Killing Technology 111 Points, 3 Votes
surprised this is so low, thought this was a classic from a generally beloved bunch

374 Psychic TV - A Pagan Day 119 Points, 2 Votes
hope we'll still see dreams less sweet, a much better record imo

366 Jon Wayne - Texas Funeral 123 Points, 3 Votes
novelty records suck but I love this stupid thing, this reminds me I should upload my 7 minute remix of the title track to youtube

330 The Comsat Angels - Waiting For A Miracle 167 Points, 4 Votes
have only heard these guys on compilations, dug em but not enough to track down the records, shame they're not on spotify in the US

327 Saccharine Trust - Surviving You, Always 170 Points, 2 Votes
my "discount black flag" dismissal above was a little harsh, but this record has a more straight-ahead rock feel than pagan icons, as musicians they still eat a lot of ppl's lunch but I was hoping for a weirder record from them, and that record is called they became snakes

325 Misfits - Legacy Of Brutality 173 Points, 4 Votes
I hate this bastardized remix of tunes that were fine in the first place, fuck danzig and the echo effect he rode in on

323 Radio Birdman - Living Eyes 175 Points, 3 Votes
never heard these guys but curious

314 Halo Of Flies - Singles Going Nowhere 181 Points, 4 Votes
just to expand on a brief comment above, this guys are really fantastic. this collects their first 4 singles (I had the cassette version titled 4 from the bottom), but the best career overview is '91's music for insect minds, a goliath cornucopia of fleet-footed fried-out rock riffage. I characterized them at the time as the sound of "soused going-nowhere manhood", akin to bands like the flesheaters and mule, but affinities with their amphetamine reptile brethren were based more on sensibilities than ability - tom hazelmyer was one of the best guitarists of the era, and his rhythm section's precog-like propensity for following his trail of stinking wah lava is a wonder to behold. similar to how 70s punk bands amped up 50s rock n roll, halo of flies sound like folks who internalized hendrix experience dynamics and then drug them through the dirt. it took me a while to fully appreciate them, as the tightly-compressed sonic forward motion can sound like a big mess at first draught. these guys would have been huge except haze stinks as a singer, and their commitment to lo-fi recording equals paper-thin sound. I guess if you're gonna sample one tune from this, go with "thoughts in a booth".

301 Killing Joke - Night Time 192 Points, 5 Votes
I know this is the n00bs choice but I find the sleek vibe here seductive as car leather and a dark country road.

did not vote for flesheaters but if I had that would've been the one!

Re: F/i: great record, v. low placing. the album is on Spotify, btw, but it's the Lexicon Devil reissue, which adds Zombie Theme 2 and Threshold, but does not have the awesome title track, which can heard here:

F/i - Why Not Now?...Alan!: http://youtu.be/28J11ta3Eao

the fact that f/i and live skull are mingling amongst the likes of U2, killing joke, and bon jovi still has me in awe

never heard F/i before, this is sweet

that Flesh Eaters album has been on my list of things to hear for about a decade now :\

great write-up of halo of flies e3!

never heard that flesh eaters album, but the tracks off that (plus 'we'll never die' iirc) were my favourites on greatest hits destroyed by fire. had some of their later period sst stuff too, but never really got into that

294 Poison Idea - Kings of Punk 198 Points, 5 Votes
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tl7xPRMLgdY/TazHbC5IzAI/AAAAAAAAGC8/T5P1fKd4FHk/s400/Poison+Idea+1.jpg

yeah that's the first time I've actually ever wanted to listen to Halo of Flies! xp

the fact that f/i and live skull are mingling amongst the likes of U2, killing joke, and bon jovi still has me in awe

once the pop voters left the building, I think that a number of rock records w/pop gloss took a hit (you could even throw Night Time in that category, at least relative to the earlier Killing Joke records). but yeah, the whole thing boggles the 80s section of my brain.

aw you should! good punked-up vision of a bad-tempered hendrix slashing his way through stooges songs

xp to D&M

halo of flies ruled! i rep for tons of bad singing and lo-fi shit but this is unfortunately kinda otm:

these guys would have been huge except haze stinks as a singer, and their commitment to lo-fi recording equals paper-thin sound.

i dunno, "headburn" still sounds like it could set yr building on fire

293 Soul Asylum - Hang Time 199 Points, 5 Votes
http://991.com/newgallery/Soul-Asylum-Hang-Time-500425.jpg

Pretty damn sure those big 90s albums put people off Soul Asylum and they wont even check out the good 80s stuff which is a shame as this is a classic.

well except the 80s stuff also sucks

lol

there were several iterations of the flesheaters, a minute to pray a second to die featured the best lineup with dave alvin, john doe, dj bonebrake, steve berlin. desjardins' vocals can be an acquired taste but the entire b-side is killer. if you can't get down with "cyrano de berger's back" rock n roll just ain't for you kid. "divine horsemen" is primitive tribal ass-shake taken to epic lengths, and heights.

drugs a money, I can't imagine you not liking halo of flies. "headburn" is prolly their most accomplished recording sound-wise, though "tired & cold" sums up their appeal pretty handily.

It's amazing that F/i has been putting out all that crazy space-rock psych since the 80s without many of us noticing. I didn't dig into them until last year, so nothing has been ingrained enough to vote for, but glad to see 'em appear. I found my list, looks like Comsat Angels' Sleep No More was my #8.

291 Cop Shoot Cop - Headkick Facsimile 201 Points, 5 Votes
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EExyK9_OciM/SL7Z0oyEDxI/AAAAAAAAABQ/a9bTv4su_OQ/s320/head1.jpg

291 The Cult - Sonic Temple 201 Points, 5 Votes
http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sonictemple.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/63OBcEi1BZqY1nApYSHu4n

one of my favorite halo of flies jams is their cover of the urinals' "I'm a bug", unfortunately not available on youtube

I remember seeing Cop Shoot Cop live. Lots of bangin' metal percussion. Never could get into that Cult album.

I do like the Cult, I remember loving Sonic Temple when it came out but now it just feels very...ill-advised

that cop shoot cop EP is fantastic. rare as fuck, the band gave me a copy back in the day which I lost somewhere over the ensuing decades, much to my chagrin.

incidentally, cop shoot cop's maniac drummer phil puleo now plays for the current reincarnation of swans

290 Embrace - Embrace 203 Points, 6 Votes
http://www.punkorder.com/bilder/artikel/EMBRACEst.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/6hgvPpFtEUDYVsBwvkiSty