First Look At Fear Before the March of Flame's Upcoming S/T Record

I can't wait for this.

2001: Jimmy Eat World- Bleed American

This album is Bleed American, after 9/11 they had to change it to be a self titled album and I decided to post that cover just to show how fucking dumb of a change it was. The original cover had the JEW part in smaller font with Bleed American right next to it. SO OFFENSIVE! Anygay, this is like the quintessential American Rock record with singles up the ass and good music all around. Self recorded and platinum certified, this was such a significant album in the way that it showed artists that they didn't have to do whatever labels told them, even if some bands forgot that COUGHcoheedCOUGH. It very well may be the catchiest album of all time, as anyone from ages 8 to 50 can appreciate any song on the album.

Key Tracks: A Praise Chorus, Sweetness, The Authority Song

1998: Queens of the Stone Age- Self Titled

That's right I'm so committed to this blog I'm even posting on my birthday. And fuck imageshack for not giving direct links to images anymore, like I'm not going to just get it off the dumb fucking "show your friends" link. Hey, friend, look! I'm posting this image on the internet and I wanted to show you first! Alright, enough of that. This album rocks balls, it's that simple. The debut album and aftermath of Kyuss, QOTSA came out swinging with this post stoner rock album. Trading in boring, repeating riffs with monotone singing Josh Homme came back with awesome, repeating riffs with great vocals. I know their later album Songs for the Deaf is a concept about driving through the desert, but this album has the same feeling to me. It was basically Josh Homme and Alfredo Hernandez pounding out all of these songs, as Hernandez played drums and Homme played everything else, credited as himself and Carlo Von Sexron. At the end of the last track "I Was A Teenage Hand Model" a voicemail can be heard of future bass player and all around asshole Nick Oliveri saying he would love to join the band. So do yourself a favor and get one last gasp of summer by throwing this album on and drinking a couple beers while the sun's going down.

Key Tracks: Avon, If Only, Mexicola

1988: Danzig- Danzig

Backed by Rick Rubin, Danzig was what rose from the ashes of Samhain, Glenn Danzig's band after he left Misfits. Blending dark metal with blues, this is one of my favorite metal albums of all time. It almost went unnoticed until the Mother '93 video started getting airplay on MTV, after they released a live version of the song that first appeared on their debut album. Little known fact, James Hetfield of Metallica did backup vocals on the songs "Twist of Cain" and "Possession", but couldn't be credited on the album due to being signed to a different record label. This album effortlessly goes from heavier, balls to the wall songs like "Twist of Cain" and "Am I Demon", to bluesy and spacious tracks like "She Rides" (Now a stripper anthem) and "Soul On Fire". Packed with classic lyrics, such as this gem from "The Hunter", 

Don't use no love gun

Don't need no kissin'

When I get ahold of you, honey

Gonna' light you up like Christmas

I may like Danzig II: Lucifuge a little bit more than this one, but as far as 1988 went this is the best.