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Anonymous what are your top 10 favourite recordings in no paticular order?.....for me its...

(1)black sabbath-black sabbath
(2)the cars-the cars
(3)rush-moving pictures
(4)queens of the stone age-songs for the deaf
(5)metallica-master of puppets
(6)slayer-seasons in the abyss
(7)trouble-trouble
(8)ac/dc-powerage
(9)kreator-extreme aggresion
(10)entombed-wolverine blues
i could list more but these were the ones that i thought of first....cheers - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:49am
ROSS B AY
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NICE WORK!
OKAY HERE GOES.....

SPORTS - Huey Lewis and The News
METAL HEALTH - Quiet Riot
#1 - Black Sabbath
RIDE THE LIGHTNING - Metallica
ALICE IN HELL - Annihilator
REIGN IN BLOOD - Slayer
STICK IT TO YA - Slaughter
BIG ONES - Loverboy
DIRTY WEAPONS - Killer Dwarfs
Black Album - Metallica - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 1:19am
Gleamer
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Wilco - Summerteeth
Big Country - Driving to Damascus
MBV - Loveless
Whiskeytown - pneumonia
Walkmen - everyone who pretended to be like me is gone
Mazzy Star - She hangs Brightly
Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Cocteau Twins - Blue bell knoll
REM - Murmur
The shins - Oh inverted world
Cat Stevens - Teaser and the firecat
Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 1:35am
Jason
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1)Live After Death - Iron Maiden
2)Cynic - Focus
3)Enemy of the Sun - Neurosis
4)If you Want Blood - ACDC
5)Carcass - Heartwork
6)Blackwater Park - Opeth
7)In On The Killtaker - Fugazi
8)Clutch - Clutch
9)The Youth Are Getting Restless - Bad Brains
10)Ride The Lightning - Metallica (or anything up to the black album)

That was tough...so many more. Seeing Metal Health up there's funny. First tape I ever bought. - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 3:23am
Sudz alritey then...........

Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Merycful Fate - Melissa (Satan's Fall!!!...yea baby)
Exodus - Bonded by Blood
Van Halen - Women & Children first
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality/ Sabotage (tie)
Ozzy - Speak of the Devil (nice work...Brad Gillis)
Radiohead - OK Computer
Cheap Trick - Live at Budakon
Scorpions - Blackout
Iron Maiden - Killers - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 10:19am
Sudz Shit!!!
I forgot Slayer - Reign in Blood!!!!!!! - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 10:40am
steb This is an extremely abbreviated list:
-Tragedy-s/t
-From Ashes Rise-s/t
-Neurosis-Times of Grace (or just about anything they've done)
-The Degenerics-Generica
-Amebix-The Power Remains
-Disrupt-Unrest
-Dystopia-Human=Garbage
-Zeni Geva-Freedom Bondage
-Civil Disobedience-In A Few Hours Of Madness
-Contravene-A Call To Action
I could most likely name 10 others and use them just as easily but these were the first ones I thought of - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:27am
ticklefish Clash - London Calling
Nirvana - Nevermind
The Police - Synchronicity
Radiohead - OK Computer
Badly Drawn Boy - Hour of Bewilderbeest
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
U2 - Joshua Tree
Beatles - Revolver
Verve - Urban Hymns - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:37am
ROSS B AY
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OH YEAH....

CONTEMPT - Contempt
HATEBREED - Perseverance
HELMET - Betty/In The Meantime/Born Annoying
SEPULTURA - Roots/Chaos AD/Beneath/Arise/Bestial
PANTERA - Vulgar/Beyond/Trendkill
MISFITS - Earth AD
JOHN COUGAR - Hits 78 - 88
S.O.D. - Live at the Ritz NYC '92
TRAGICALLY HIP - Road Apples/Fully
MOTLET CRUE - Too Fast/Shout - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 1:34pm
pserah
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ASSUCK- Misery Index
EYEHATEGOD- Dopesick
FLESH PARADE- Kill Whitey
SUFFOCATION- Despise The Sun
PHOBIA- Means Of Existence
BLOOD DUSTER- yeest
NEUROSIS- Through Silver In Blood
THE LOCUST- The Locust
SPAZZ- Sweatin' To The Oldies
DYSTOPIA- The Aftermath....
and of course,
CAT STEVENS- Tea For The Tillerman
and
GUNS N'ROSES- Appetite For Destruction - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 3:31pm
dustin
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the contortions-buy
the smiths-hatful of hollow
fugazi-in on the kill taker
public enemy-nation of millions
aesoprock-labour days
minor threat-discography
cannibal ox-the cold vein
quasimotto-the unseen
!!!-s/t
mr.lif-emergency rations - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 4:01pm
Anonymous bump - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 5:14pm
Twitch
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NIN- the downward spiral
NIN- The Fragile
NIN- Broken
NIN- Pretty Hate Machine
Chipmunk's Christmas
Ministry- filthpig
Skinny Puppy- Last Rights
Strapping Young Lad- City
Tool- Opiate
The He-Man theme song - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 5:36pm
Spark Well....
TOOL-Undertow
Julian Bream- Andreas Segovia
Don Ross- Loaded leather moonroof
Dizzy- Perspectives
Pearl Jam- ten
Nirvana- Incesticide
Sublime- 40 ounces to freedom - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 5:54pm
Trailer Park Boy Julian "Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell� � Social Distortion
�Doolittle� � Pixies
�Silky� � Andre Williams
"Two Things at Once� � The Descendents
�Psychedelic Jungle / Gravest Hits� � The Cramps
�Circa Now� � Rocket From the Crypt
�Destroy � Oh � Boy� � New Bomb Turks
�Licensed to Ill� � Beastie Boys
�Rumble� � Link Wray
�Raw Power� � Iggy and the Stooges - Fri, 14 Feb 2003 6:21pm
Anonymous - - Sat, 15 Feb 2003 12:32am
Zippgunn
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Here's the 10 best out of 20,000+ in my basement (in my humble and eccentric opinion, in no order)

1) Miles Davis- Get Up With It (1974)
2)Black Flag-Damaged (1979?)
3)Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band-Trout Mask Replica (1969)
4)Shockabilly-Heaven (1982?)
5)Pere Ubu-Dub Housing (1978)
6)Wire-Read and Burn (2002)
7)Sun Ra- Lanquidity (1978)
8)Eric Dolphy-Outward Bound (1961)
9)James Brown-Funk Power (1970)
10) Bonzo Dog Band-The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse (1968)
The Zeni Gava and Contortion picks above get cheers! - Sat, 15 Feb 2003 1:44am
Zippgunn
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Shit, forgot the Stooges Funhouse LP. Ah it never ends... - Sat, 15 Feb 2003 2:03am
Anonymous - - Sat, 15 Feb 2003 5:32pm
lily_liquor
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1)ALICE DONUT: Mule
2)The EX: And The Weathermen Shrug Their Shoulders
2 1/2)LUNACHICKS: Luxery Problem
3)FLESHIES: Kill The Dreamer's Dream
4)DESCENDENTS: Somery
5)SLOPPY SECONDS: More Trouble Than They're Worth
6)CRASS: Best Before
6 1/2)SNFU: ...And No One Else Wanted To Play
7)NOMEANSNO: Live and Cuddly
8)SUBHUMANS UK: The Day the Country Died
9)DEAD MILKMEN: Bucky Fellini
9 1/2)REPO MAN: Soundtrack
9 3/4)GORILLA BISCUITS: s/t
10)THE CURE: Boys Don't Cry
....Yep, that's it off the top of my head. - Sat, 15 Feb 2003 5:40pm
Curious George in no particular order...

Beatles - Revolver
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Lou Reed - Transformer
Paul Simon - Graceland
Blackalicious - NIA
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream]
Led Zepplin - II
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Sat, 15 Feb 2003 5:40pm
Anonymous ... - Sat, 15 Feb 2003 7:55pm
funguss
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Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet
Smiths - The Queen is Dead (or any other album)
Pixies - Surfer rosa
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Velvet Underground - Loaded
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
Mr. Bungle - California
Pogues - If I should fall from grace with god - Sun, 16 Feb 2003 1:01am
The Stalker puff the magic dragon
smoke on the water
sugar sugar
wild world
yellow poka dot bikini
stairway to heaven
highway to hell
rain drops keep fallin on my head
twinkle twinkle star
row row row your boat - Sun, 16 Feb 2003 4:44am
Rael
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Genesis - The lamb lies down
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
Aphrodite's Child - 666
Hayden - Skyscraper National Park
Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Gong - Angel's Egg
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Nick Drake - Pink Moon - Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:38am
Ty Stranglehold
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Stiff Little Fingers- Imflammable Material
Subhumans- Incorrect Thoughts
Pixies- Surfer Rosa
SNFU- And No One Else Wanted To Play
Ramones- First Four Records
Descendents- Two Things At Once
UK Subs- Another Kind Of Blues
Misfits- Walk Among Us
The Cramps- Songs The Lord Taught Us
Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Adolescents- S/T - Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:58am
MiltonBradley
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1)Carcass - Heartwork
2)Soilwork - The Chainheart Machine
3)In Flames - Clayman/Colony
4)Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder
5)Slayer - Reign In Blood
6)Arch Enemy - Stigmata
7)Iron Maiden - Live After Death
8)Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
9)Judas Priest - British Steel
10)Pantera - Far Beyond Driven - Sun, 16 Feb 2003 2:00pm
Anonymous keep goin people good to see alot of responses to this thread - Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:39am
Masturbating The War God
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No order of course...
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine
Carcass - Necroticism(sp?!)......
Opeth - Still Life
Opeth - Morningrise
Faith No More - Fool for a day King for a lifetime
At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours
Katatonia - Tonight's Decision
Katatonia - Last fair dael gone down
Dave Mattews band - Crash
Nile - In The Begining - Mon, 17 Feb 2003 2:10am
Anonymous Meters-Funkify your life, disc one
Kyuss-And the Circus Leaves Town
CCR-Chronical
Turbonegro-Apocalypse dudes
Fridge-Sevens and Twelves
Kyuss-Sky valley
Brant Bjork-Jalamanta
Slayer-Reign in Blood
Ween-Chocolate and cheese
Raised Fist-Dedication - Mon, 17 Feb 2003 2:14am
Anonymous who wrote the last one? - Mon, 17 Feb 2003 2:32am
Spark The SubHumans!!! God I miss that band! What was the name of thier first Cd? Man those fuckers are top o the list! - Mon, 17 Feb 2003 7:12am
Anonymous Me - Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:53am
Anonymous No, he's lying - it was me! - Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:36pm
ML7Mike Hmm.. as much as I love all Kyuss, those seriously cant be your fave recordings can they? I mean, every time I play Kyuss I have to reset my eq, pull out all the mud, add some highs , just to get a decent sound.. I always thought they had realy bad recordings.. great music though! - Mon, 17 Feb 2003 2:33pm
SentencedtoBurn
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Metal, metal and more metal.

Death - Human
Death - The Sound of Perseverance
Cynic - Focus
Cryptopsy - And Then You'll Beg
Origin - Informis,Infinitas,Inhumanitas
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
The Haunted - One Kill Wonder
The Crown - Crowned in Terror
Cannibal Corpse - Bloodthirst
At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul

Honorable Mention:
Martyr - Warp Zone
Deicide - Serpents of the Light
Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
Quo Vadis - Day Into Night
Morbid Angel - Domination
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast - Mon, 17 Feb 2003 3:05pm
Anonymous the Beatles::
Please Please Me
Meet the Beatles
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles for Sale
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The "White" Album
Abbey Road
Let it Be - Mon, 17 Feb 2003 5:44pm
Anonymous ML7Mike - Hmm.. as much as I love all Kyuss, those seriously cant be your fave recordings can they? I mean, every time I play Kyuss I have to reset my eq, pull out all the mud, add some highs , just to get a decent sound.. I always thought they had realy bad recordings.. great music though! - Mon, 17 Feb 12:33pm

Okay. I guess I'm more into the "great music" aspect of it. - Mon, 17 Feb 2003 6:15pm
Anonymous ----- - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 4:02am
_Griphin_
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Top 10 favorite albums?!? Good Question... In no particular order:

01 - Metallica-Kill 'Em All
02 - The Crystal Method-Vegas
03 - Prodigy-Fat of the Land
04 - Gob-How Far Shallow Takes You
05 - Frontline Assembly-Tactical Neural Implant
06 - Sex Pistols-Never Mind the Bullocks
07 - Nirvana-Bleach
08 - Slayer-Reign in Blood
09 - Nailbomb-Point Blank
10 - Micky Christ-Micky Christ Superstar

This list is probably inaccurate, I like too many albums, and it's hard to really figure out my favorites. Peace... - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 7:04am
ML7Mike OK Im not sure if this thread is for top fave bands or favorite recordings... but I see alot of lower end recordings listed.. - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:34pm
Jason
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pretty sure it's favorite recordings. I didn't see any mention of sonic quality. I know what you mean about the Kyuss. - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:56pm
Matt D.
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Hmmmmmm... killin' time, so I'll drop a few names...
not necessarily all-time favs, just what I like up to the moment (in no particular order)

NoMeansNo: 0+2=1
Mr. Bungle: Disco Volante
Herbie Hancock: Sextant
Fant�mas: Amenaza al Mundo
Bad Religion: Against the Grain
Robert Johnson: Best of
Primus: Sailing the Seas of Cheese
The Stooges: Funhouse
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

There is of course much more, (I like alot of crap, as well) but that's what comes to mind. - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 2:00pm
Masturbating The War God
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ML7Mike - OK Im not sure if this thread is for top fave bands or favorite recordings... but I see alot of lower end recordings listed..

the topic says 'favorite recordings'. Dare I spell it out for you:D - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 5:18pm
ML7Mike yes I see that warwhore. Which is why Im wondering why people are listing some poorly recorded albums in their lists.. I wouldnt exactly call Robert Johnsons Greatest Hits a good recording y'know.. as much as that old school tin can style does kick ass, it is still not exactly a best recording is it?

Ahh what do I know, or why do I care. I dont. Now in the words of a great prophet from an age that has passed us.. "SUCK IT!" - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 5:20pm
HHH abcdefg hijklmnop qrs tuv wx y and z - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 5:22pm
Masturbating The War God
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it's all about personal preferance. And who told you I am a whore? They lie! - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 5:26pm
Anonymous How many people actually read through the tons of posts of what strangers favourite recordings are? Just a question. - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 5:30pm
Masturbating The War God
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I read through them all, and I check it too. It's interesting to see what people like. SentencedtoBurn's list is my favorite so far, who is he anyway? - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 5:34pm
Anonymous Im wondering why people are listing some poorly recorded albums in their lists

Are you calling people on their favourite albums? - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 7:22pm
Anonymous it's not BEST recorded music, it's FAVORITE recordings. some of my fav's are recorded through ghetto blasters at parties... FAVORITE, NOT BEST!!!!!! - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 7:23pm
Myka
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some of my favorite ALBUMS (not recordings...)

Nile - Amongst the catacombs of the Nephran-Ka (sp?)
Cryptopsy - None so Vile
Suffocation - Pierced from Within
Arcturus - Nemisis Divina
Nasum - Inhale/Exhale
Brujeria - Brujerismo
Deicide - Once Upon the Cross
Assuck - Misery Index
Dying Fetus - s/t
Napalm Death - Scum - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 7:28pm
Anonymous hey-o
just wanted to say that when i started this post i wasnt looking for what people thought were the best recordings just thier favourite ones i like many even if they arent well recorded.....but say what you will and keep on postin
cheers - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 8:11pm
pserah
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good call on the nasum, myka. i forgot about that one. also cudos to sentancedtoburn on the origin, their new album is the shit. - Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:48pm
Jason
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ahh yes Nasum, another great one I forgot about. But I think I'd have to pick Human 2.0 over Inhale/Exhale. - Wed, 19 Feb 2003 5:52pm
Anonymous next!! - Wed, 19 Feb 2003 8:14pm
Anonymous whooops! - Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:37am
sue okay, in no particular order
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Kiss - Destroyer
The Who - Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
Styx - The Grand Illusion
Queen - News of the World
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
Foreigner - Double Vision
Trooper - Hot Shots
Led Zep - but I can't decide which one :-) - Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:49am
Anonymous i enjoy this thread...it's interesting to hear the varied tastes...lets hear some more! - Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:53am
Anonymous ... - Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:54am
Jo Fancy Conflict- the Ungovernable Force & Against All Odds (or anything for that matter)
Indigo Girls- Become You
CockSParrer- Guilty as Charged (possibly the greatest album ever) & Shock Troops (also quite possibly)
Smashing Pumpkins- Meloncholy & the Infinite Sadness
the Oppressed- Music for Hooligans
Eminem- the Eminem Show (honestly incredible)
the Pogues- If I should Fall from Grace With God/Red Roses FOr Me/Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
Blitz- the No Future Years (compilation)
the 4skins- the Good, the Bad & the 4skins
Johhny Cash- American Recordings I & III
Rudimentary Peni- the EP's of RP
Billy Bragg-Back to Basics/ Don't Try This at Home
Angelic Upstarts- 2 000 000 Voices
NWA- Straight Outta Compton
the Be Good Tanyas- Blue Train/ChinaTown
I suppose that's good enough.
Very honorable mention to the Pricks for both CD's & their demo, Mickey Christ- Mickey Christ SuperStar & the new Machine Gun Kelly- Fantasize about Nihilism
this thread is fun & seemingly healthy. - Thu, 20 Feb 2003 2:03pm
Anonymous Nice to see someone into the street punk!! Oi oi oi!!! - Fri, 21 Feb 2003 2:45am
Anonymous and eminem - Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:06pm
Anonymous and he's single! - Sat, 22 Feb 2003 7:09pm
Danny silverfish
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at the gates / slaughter the soul
hatesphere / blood red hatred
killswitch engage / alive or just breathing
carcass / heartwork
soilwork / steelbath suicide
dying fetus / destroy the opposition
samhain / november coming fire
impaled / mondo medicale
rotton sound / murderworks - Sun, 23 Feb 2003 12:02am
ROSS B AY
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OKAY 10 MORE......

BUSINESS AS USUAL - MEN AT WORK
RECORDS - FOREIGNER
SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE - S.O.D.
LIGHTNING TO THE NATIONS - DIAMONDHEAD
STICK IT TO YA - SLAUGHTER
1984 - VAN HALEN
...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL - METALLICA
SCUMDOGS OF THE UNIVERSE - GWAR
ALICE IN HELL - ANNIHILATOR
UNDISPUTED ATTITUDE - SLAYER - Sun, 23 Feb 2003 12:50am
Donnie Black Van Halen - I
KISS - Alive
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
The Cars - 1st album
Rush - Moving Pictures
AC DC - Powerage
Faith No More - Album of the Year
Metallica - Master of Puppets - Sun, 23 Feb 2003 5:18am
Jason
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well since others are double dipping...

1)unquestionable presence - Atheist
2)Friday Night In San Francisco - John, Al and Paco
3)individual thought patterns - Death
4)couldnt stand the weather - SRV
5)still life - Opeth
6)the touch of your lips - Chet Baker
7)slaughter of the soul - At The Gates
8)black sabbath - Black Sabbath
9)extreme conditions - Brutal Truth
10)join the army - suicidal Tendencies - Sun, 23 Feb 2003 5:57pm
Bryn GG Allin - Hated In The Nation
GG Allin - Carnival Of Excess
Bad Brains - Rock For Light
45 Grave - Sleep In Safety
Germs - (GI)
Big Boys - No Matter How Long The Line Is At The Cafeteria
KISS Alive
Subhumans - Incorrect Thoughts
Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
Minor Threat S/T - Sun, 23 Feb 2003 6:13pm
jen
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The Misfits - Walk Among Us
The Misfits - Static Age
Social Distorition - Social Distortion
Nirvana - Insecticide
The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House
Billy Idol - Vital Idol
GG Allin - Hated
GG Allin - Carnival of Excess
Iron Maiden - Number of The Beast
DI - Live at a Dive
Dayglo Abortions - Feed us a Fetus - Sun, 23 Feb 2003 6:28pm
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