Rock Album Survivor

The Batlord · 09-22-2015, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by TechnicLePanther

I need Frownland for his no wave expertise.

@Post-grunge Only ones I can think of off the top of my head are the Foo Fighters, and Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill.
Audioslave and Incubus aren't bad either.

I'd consider Jagged Little Pill more straight-up pop with a post-grunge facelift to draw in the wrist-cutting teen girls. Power pop might actually be a better classification. But since post-grunge sucks and Alanis rules, I say go for it.

And as far as no wave...

1. James Chance and the Contortions - Buy
2. Swans - Filth
3. Sonic Youth - Confusion Is Sex
4. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
5. Mars - 78
6. Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - Everything
7. DNA - A Taste of DNA
8. No New York (actually a live studio compilation of the Contortions, Teenage Jesus, Mars, and DNA, but it's a legendary document of the genre, so I'd say it's required.)

That's pretty much the extent of my knowledge, as it was a pretty small, short-lived scene, with most bands never even putting out a proper album.

TechnicLePanther · 09-22-2015, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

8. No New York (actually a live studio compilation of the Contortions, Teenage Jesus, Mars, and DNA, but it's a legendary document of the genre, so I'd say it's required.)

I'm not having any of that cruddy Eno crap! /s

As was pointed out in the previous thread, all of those bands are already represented on the no wave list.

The Batlord · 09-22-2015, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by TechnicLePanther

I'm not having any of that cruddy Eno crap! /s

As was pointed out in the previous thread, all of those bands are already represented on the no wave list.

But it's an ALBUM survivor thread, not a band survivor thread, and that's not actually an album by any of those four. It's also easily the most famous and one of the most important no wave albums of all time, so not including it on a technicality would be a serious oversight.