5 albums for a rock newbie

[fiefiemew]

thanks for your help so far i got
Nirvana - Nevermind
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic

 

[Tavy]

We`ll have to agree to disagree then. Best alternative is for the thread poster to just listen to both.

 

[♥ APBT♥ @ R.I.P MJ ®]

Not necessarily, if I was thrown in with The Doors I wouldn't have liked rock music. I think you need to start with more clich

 

[TallGlass]

They're both classics, yeah. Get both of them.

 

[SolidStateLogic]

If it would be helpful then i guess

Cunninglynguists (durab name i know buf hey its only a name), Tonedeff, Lowkey, Immortal Technique, Jedi Mind Tricks, Reef the Lost Cauze and the Wu to name but a few.

And is it just me or do i detect a slight hint of piss taking in your choice of worRAB

 

[lil hip hopper : )]

I very much agree with that statement

 

[DancerBaby]

Badmotorfinger is a bit more raw sounding, and has the more ridiculous screams and such. I dunno, I'd say Superunknown is easier to get into.

 

[likesfemalefeet]

The Doors are awful and so are all of you. Give him accessible stuff that will show him genres, not Queens of the fuc‎king Stone Age.

Tommy
This will teach OP if he likes rock operas.

In the Court of the Crimson King
This will teach OP if he likes prog (just ignore the 9 minutes of wankery on "Moonchild").

 

[~L.O.V.E~]

...Hand of Doom?

 

[Future Mrs. W]

queens of the stone age- songs for the deaf

black sabbath- paranoid

the who- live at leeRAB

soundgarden- superunknown

system of a down - system of a down

 

[TashTash]

I'd be a little more updated, I guess, so I'll just say that most System Of A Down fans I know are also fans of Tool, and I think they'd be worth looking into.

 

[fungaizim1]

Give him accessible stuff.... So you give him King Crimson.

 

[hiboshi91]

I'm in love with your tastes!

Most of these albums are either favorites of mine, recently put into my library, or something I need to check out!

 

[Arlette]

wat? :yikes:

 

[Kiyata-Sa]

If you love Led Zep you may want to explore their main rivals back in the day such as Black Sabbath and Deep Purple also other groups such as Hurable Pie and Free. All these groups are English banRAB and if you want an American perspective on things try stuff by the James Gang, Blue Oyster Cult and Mountain.

All this would give you a great grounding in blues rock/hard rock and early heavy metal. Its classic era in rock.

 

[Malorie]

Here's a few more ya (as if we didn't already give you enough):

These are albums I consider to be "essential":
Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
Machine Head - Deep Purple
In Rock - Deep Purple
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
The Eagles - Hotel California

These are others I like that you might like as well (some on the heavier side):
Lordi - The Arockalypse
Hatebreed - S/T
Hellyeah - Stampede
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
Static-X - Cannibal
Otep - The Ascension

 

[•*¨*`•.?helpmeee?.•`*¨*•]

Thanks ive already got
Led Zeppelin IV
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells

 

[BillNyeguy23]

If you like The White Stripes, Elephant is the next step. :thurab:

 

[&&&]

Jimi Hendrix - The Ultimate Experience
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Nirvana - Nevermind

Yes, all commercially successful, but also reminiscent of other times when the mainstream wasn't so overcome with tunnel-vision for mindless dreck.

 

[PureFireBlaze]

Great Choices!!!

But I would have switched Alice in chains with something by The Clash, Sex Pistols or even The Ramones