we are cuss words
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link
fuck i have no idea. argghgh
― First and Last and Safeways (jjjusten), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link
i must look like a dork
― that new wave hippie disco shit (herb albert), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
man...probably gonna vote minutemen
but surviving you always is so dope
almost tempted to vote for 8 miles high
― And guess what? I think Pitchfork is going to give it a BM. (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 19:16 (fourteen years ago) link
jjj don't you mean you can't decide can't decide can't decide ANYTHIIIIINNNGG
― T. Geithner look-alikes permeate carparks (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
my war is the origin-point for all grunge, right? and that and st. vitus are the origin points for all doom metal?
― failboat fucking captain (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Vitus or those guys that were something to do with Kelly Osbourne's dad, I guess
― Not a musician, but I thought of Justin Fashanu for some reason (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
didn't the first possessed record come out in like 83?
― And guess what? I think Pitchfork is going to give it a BM. (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
OK I went for 8 Miles High in the end, brevity wins out over the sprawling double albums. Not much talk about Meat Puppets II? Could be a dark horse.
― Matt #2, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
awww man u guys quoting double nickels makes me reconsider the vote i already cast for II
― 69, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
i started listening to the grateful dead in 1984!
did the meat puppets have anything to do with that?
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
smartass
but seriously My War (and later, SV's first album) is the point where Sabbath becomes a cool indie reference-point in addition to being heavy metal's primal father, right?
― failboat fucking captain (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, and the Buttholes.
― T. Geithner look-alikes permeate carparks (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:10 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost I got all into American Beauty in '85 and that DEFINITELY was because of the Pups.
― T. Geithner look-alikes permeate carparks (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i voted zen arcade for its sprawl and its mystery and its hooks and its very strange-sounding and very beautiful wall of guitar squall. the fact that new day rising came out six months later somehow makes it even better.
double nickels and II -- double ones? -- are runners up by, like, one or two thousandths of a point.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Double Nickels, I think I said why I love it so much on the '80s poll thread, can't quite remember what but the gist was that it's such a joyful, start-of-summer record for me.
― Gavin in Leeds, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Someone tell me about Family Man, cos I don't know a single track off that.
― Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Farting in Space (NickB), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Love all these Double Nickels quotes. I'm fucking overwhelmed!
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Half Henry Rollins spoken word, half instrumental jams iirc. Not my thing at all.
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Family Man was in the mix Zeitgeist-wise, but I liked Rollins's spoken-word a lot better immediately after Black Flag, more humor, seemed a lot happier.
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Meat Puppets II and Double Nickels on the Dime are both so important to me that I couldn't chose. Voted for Suck Vitus.
― Fellini.Kuti, Thursday, 25 March 2010 05:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I know Double Nickels inside-out yet only like 5 of the song titles
There's maybe a dozen I can't attach titles to, and that's why I didn't attempt to
Give an album's full track listing from memory
when that thread first appeared.
― Half lies and gorilla dust (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 25 March 2010 05:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Black Flag - Live 84 ON CASSETTE
― the mighty the mighty BOHANNON (m coleman), Thursday, 25 March 2010 09:43 (fourteen years ago) link
went for What Makes a Man Start Fires in the first poll, so I won't deny Meat Puppets twice
― gnarly sceptre, Thursday, 25 March 2010 11:01 (fourteen years ago) link
although i could also vote for II on account of it being totally perfect
― gnarly sceptre, Thursday, 25 March 2010 11:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I wish you could have 2 votes in these polls as minutemen appear to be running away with it.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 25 March 2010 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
My War probably my favorite on the list these days, but Double Nickels is a sentimental favorite and the quotes on the thread are gettin' to me. Gets my vote.
― circa1916, Thursday, 25 March 2010 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
"I won't stick any of you unless and until I can stick all of you" from family man is the jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjpt4VNRqRA
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 25 March 2010 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH_ukAUl0ZM
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 25 March 2010 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6nX0mGv7-4
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 25 March 2010 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSnfMBi4aRs
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 25 March 2010 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Bob's guitar on Turn On The News is fucking godlike. Brilliant song with brilliant guitar.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 25 March 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Eight Miles High
The pinnacle.
My first Husker purchase and possibly the best.
Fucking huge
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Thursday, 25 March 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Saint Vitus v Minutemen v Zen Arcade for me...
― Neil S, Thursday, 25 March 2010 22:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I voted Saint Vitus in the end just so they got a vote as they deserve it, but ZA is the best album here.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:44 (fourteen years ago) link
but you know what? I like them all.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
what a year for a label.
― And guess what? I think Pitchfork is going to give it a BM. (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:51 (fourteen years ago) link
1985 would also belong to SST. But what about 1986? I have a gut feeling that's when Homestead takes over?
― yes, said Cam'ron & the thing was in the impression of J. Timberlake (Jon Lewis), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Someone should figure out a labels best year in the 80s, then poll each labels best year against each other and see who wins.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:55 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm assuming def jam had some ridiculous ass year too but i'd have to look
― And guess what? I think Pitchfork is going to give it a BM. (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:55 (fourteen years ago) link
you just volunteered!
hurrah!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Lol I think there's a specific year in the mid-80s where Sire would have been my champion label.
― yes, said Cam'ron & the thing was in the impression of J. Timberlake (Jon Lewis), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
you volunteering to help him?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Nooooooooo
― yes, said Cam'ron & the thing was in the impression of J. Timberlake (Jon Lewis), Friday, 26 March 2010 18:12 (fourteen years ago) link
just name the labels here then he can compile a poll once we sorta agree on labels/years
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
SSTHomesteadTouch & GoDef JamSire
who else?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Sub Pop ?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 March 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Epic! (if one of the albums you put out in any given year is thriller, you're probably dominating that year no matter what else you or anyone else puts out)
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Blast FirstDischord
― Neil S, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link