Dead Kennedys: Frankenchrist...spooky, echoey surf punk
Def Leppard: High 'n' Dry...killer party metal which makes their later candy-ass records all the more pathetic
Dinosaur Jr.: Bug...everyone likes their other records, but this one's my favorite, it's so burned-out
Head of David: Dustbowl...droning UK noise-rock, can trance you out
Meat Puppets: Up on the Sun...most people seem to prefer II, but this one's caked in sunny desert psychedelic delights
Nisi Period: Soon the Love Balloon Will Pop...one of those forgotten post-punk tribal LPs that took the best elements from PiL and others
Samhain: November-Coming-Fire...so many ignore or hate this band, but this is a murky near-masterpiece of aggression and doom
Sheer Terror: Just Can't Hate Enough...one of the few OG NYHC records worth revisiting, it's exactly like early Celtic Frost as played by municipal janitors
Tad: Salt Lick...outrageous, sick blast of feedback, recorded by Albini
Dan McCafferty: s/t...singer from Nazareth goes solo, produced by Roger Glover, good mix of songs and styles
Acid King: Busse Woods...I don't see this mentioned a lot, but it's as good a stoner rock as I've ever heard
Witch Cross: Fit for Fight...killer 80s metal from Denmark
No AC/DC, Aerosmith, Neil Young, or Stones albums qualify; even the most obscure ones have for years had defenders arguing their ignored merits.
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