1970-1979 WTF - The Hard 'n' Heavy 'n' Loud + Krautrock, Arty, Noisy, Weird, Funky, Punky Shit - Albums Poll! - VOTING THREAD! Closes Mar 8th 11.59 PM UK Time - All ILXORS/LURKERS WELCOME

George why exactly do you prefer Helios Creed solo to Chrome?

Crazy Psychedelia (Helios Creed, Butthole Surfers and...?)

George please do that best Helios Creed albums poll

I thought it was conventional wisdom that the uk punks got it all from hell, style-wise at least. Love blank generation regardless. In other news I am definitely one of those scary sparks nuts. Love kimono but couldn't imagine it ending there. If I'd voted in the 80s poll I would have given some points to whomp that sucker for god's sake. Every 8 weeks or so I have to just get DRONK and listen to SPARKS all night

(this is one of those nights)

So bummed that Budgie's Squawk and Frumpy's '2' aren't in the nom list ...

Never liked the Frumpy albums I heard years back (or Jane)

Or Hairy Chapter tbh. They all maybe had a few OK tracks but the albums were generally meh imo. Of course its always possible if I heard them again I could change my mind.

ok D.A.M. spent the evening listening to the Helios Creed albums and I was wondering if you preferred them as they were better produced?

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/lk/f/s/11e11c258adf9c17537aba32b0f9a9cb/4473516.jpg

Finally got my ballot in - thanks for the feelings of separation anxiety, AG, this was like picking children ;-) ...

Very much appreciate all the campaigning and fun posts from all - AG/Fastnbulbous great job in organizing and keeping the thread bong-rippin' fun.
The RYM list suggestions were fun too - thanks to all who posted something like that ...

I'm a little confused/curious about the three Teenage Jesus albums on this list. I thought they never released a studio album and everything they did in the studio was compiled on the single CD Everything? I see that one of these is a live album. What are the other two about? Shut Up and Bleed seems to be a compilation (similar to Everything?).

lol AG I've only heard the first couple and the last one from '11 Galactic Octopi. Let me catch up a little after I do all my 70s listening and I will hold the Helios Creed albums poll, or the Creed vs Haino poll or w/e

btw my favorite HC album is The Last Laugh

So bummed that Budgie's Squawk and Frumpy's '2' aren't in the nom list ...

I was going to nom squawk but then I saw that every album but that one was nommed so I chickened out and thought maybe something was wrong with me for liking that one best.

Thread title for the rollout shd include the disclaimer "(may contain Horses)" imo #topical #lol #humour

Needs a mention of rolling stone in the title to go with the others

also thanks for voting! and dont stop campaigning!

Not sure who 'Paul' is who voted last but I totally approve of yer #1!

http://991.com/NewGallery/The-Groundhogs-Split-61385.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/6msxjPbPwh0NXtQJR71JsS

awesome cover, will be giving that one a listen!

V v v close to being my #1

And yes you will all be able to guess my #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9FI_ZoGFAQ

Not sure who 'Paul' is…

thanks! very excited about my number 1 in the trax poll too - bloody excited (int int)!

Does that mean Mandrill is your #1? Otherwise, I guess Maggot Brain.

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lol

listening to Hall of the Mountain Grail and Warrior on the Edge of Time; atm I'm thinking that I prefer the latter. Loving the heaping helpings of mellotron on both.

I think everyone could guess it
xxp

Magnu is hitting me straight up like a pure Neu!/Amon Duul II amalgamation

Magnu?

I've been re-listening to Groundhogs too. I finally heard Armand Schaubroeck Steals - Ratfucker, good thing I wasn't at work! That baby must have at least 300 f-bombs! Brilliantly disturbing, but not sure the music will keep me coming back. Also checking out his first two, A Lot of People Would Like to See Armand Schaubroeck...Dead! and I Came To Visit But Decided To Stay. The first, a triple album, was supposedly recorded in 1971, but there's confusion as to when it was released, that year or 1975. Same with the second, either 1973, 1974 or 1977. I guess they're self-released on Mirror, and it's not well documented.

I've kind of gone off the rails into lots of bands not nominated, like Fischer-Z, Bill Nelson, Black Randy & the Metro Squad, Chrisma, The Flyin' Spiderz, Tonio K. and Metro. Looks like I'll be ready to finalize my ballot soon!

http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/feature/armand_schaubroeck/

Yeah I read that. It's unhelpful regarding label/release dates. He even writes several paragraphs about the first two on just his reactions to the album covers without hearing them for years.

haha that's Copey for ya

more awesome footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnwKaI1im4Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9FI_ZoGFAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ju8WoTeVVk

oops i copied and pasted from elsewhere so included git it all again

I'll have submitted my ballot by the weekend btw. I had been planning to catch up on a load of stuff I hadn't heard & refamiliarise myself w stuff I hadn't heard in a while, but it turned out to be an unusually busy feb so I'm just gonna work out the ordering & send as is.

Can I ask a n00b question? What do you guys mean by "buttrock"? I have a vague idea I guess - scuzzy hard rock - but does it refer to something specific, like the pub or psych end of things?

My understanding is it refers to more blues/boogie based hard rock along the lines of Grand Funk, Black Oak Arkansas, etc. Some people like to characterize nearly all 70s rock as buttrock.

or 'Chuck Eddy Music1

I think we hit 50 ballots (it's hard to tell from the way its set up but I dont think I included double ballots so it should be right)

29 tracks ballots but strangely about 10 of them haven't done album ballots. So it's quite possible both polls will get very different results bandwise.
So everyone please go vote in the tracks poll if you haven't already.

Was A Night at the Opera vetoed? I seem to remember nominating it.

70s >>> 80s

still totally don't get big star tho except as the intro for that 70s show

I think Balls vetoed it? I cant remember why. Im pretty sure others just wanted the proper early hard rock Queen lps.

oh shit maybe i'll just submit an exclusively fela kuti ballot

Mordy do you prefer 70s production values to the 80s? I recall you saying on the 80s poll how all the 80s albums sounded like shit.

A Night at the Opera rocks at least as hard than many of the other prog albums on the list, surely. Were Atom Heart Mother and Meddle vetoed too?

Who doesn't prefer 70s production values to 80s?

yup
xp

Mordy just realised there's so much nominated that he likes he will struggle to get his ballot under 100 :)

btw please remember there's a limit to how many albums by acts you can vote for UNLESS you do a ballot of 100, then you have no limits.