Dallas Blog

You know Darryl, that Hospital Ships album is outstanding. I just might regret leaving that off my list. They were so excellent live when they played with Sunset Rubdown at the Granada.

Yes Eric, Budokan was a great reissue (especially the packaging), not quite as good as the Creedence ones, but still great. When I did the story on reissues, I totally spaced and forgot to mention the first two efforts from Boston's Volcano Suns. Great alt rock from the 80's, the Suns sprang from the ashes of Mission of Burma. "All Night Lotus Party," the Volcano Suns second record, is one of the great lost post punk albums of all time. In the list above, I did not include any reissues. The Hank Williams set is 3 CDs of material that has never seenthe light of day. It was taken from when he did a radio show and the tapes were nearly thrown away. The material is simply amazing.

yes, anonymous, if that's your real name, i'm confused as to how the walkmen have balls but hank williams does not. and i'll bet my big balls that you've never even heard of clutchy hopkins or seun kuti, both of who have coolness and balls aplenty.

But you've convinced me, so I've changed my list.

1. AC/DC "Black Ice"
2. Meshuggah - "Obzen"
3. Opeth - "Watershed"
4. Witch - "Paralyzed"
5. Alice Cooper - "Along Came a Spider"
6. Melvins - "Nude with Boots"
7. Motörhead - "Motörizer"
8. Judas Priest - "Nostradamus"
9. Leviathan - "Massive Conspiracy Against All Life"
10. Testament - "The Formation of Damnation"

nah, too mainstream. and no balls.