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When Dream and Day Unite is the debut studio album by American progressive metalband Dream Theater, released on March 6, 1989, through Mechanic/MCA Records.[1] The album is composed mostly of material that originally surfaced during the band's early years as Majesty, and it is the only Dream Theater album to be recorded with their full original lineup. James LaBrie replaced Charlie Dominici as the lead vocalist on all subsequent albums.

With the relatively warm reception of their original demos, the band expected their debut album to be received with much fanfare and buzz, but the album went largely unnoticed by the music industry, and eventually led to Mechanic/MCA cutting their contract ties with the band, resulting in a small club tour for the album exclusively in the New York area. They also produced two promotional singles, "Status Seeker" and "Afterlife", whose remixesand single edits for radio were done by Terry Brown of Rush production fame. Due to tensions within the band and creative differences, Dominici was fired from the band, and they were without a lead singer until late 1990.

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Surfer Rosa is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released in March 1988 on the British label 4AD.[5] It was produced by Steve Albini. Surfer Rosa contains many of the elements of Pixies' earlier output, including Spanish lyrics and references to Puerto Rico. It includes references to mutilation and voyeurism alongside experimental recording techniques and a distinctive drum sound.

As 4AD was an independent label, distribution in the United States was handled by British label Rough Trade Records; however, it failed to chart in either country. Only one single was released, a rerecorded version of "Gigantic", and reached number 93 on the UK Singles Chart. Surfer Rosa was rereleased in the US by Elektra Records in 1992, and in 2005 was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Surfer Rosa is often included on critics' lists of the best rock albums. Alternative rock artists including Billy Corgan and PJ Harvey have cited it as an inspiration; it was an influence on Nirvana's 1993 album In Utero, which Albini also produced.

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Judgment Night is the soundtrack to the 1993 film of the same name. It was released on September 14, 1993, through Immortal Records and Epic Soundtrax and was produced by many of the album's performers. Every song on the soundtrack was a collaboration between hip-hop artists and rockartists. The album peaked at #17 on the Billboard 200 and spawned four singles, "Fallin'" by Teenage Fanclub and De La Soul, "Another Body Murdered" by Faith No Moreand Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., "Just Another Victim" by Helmet and House of Pain, and "Judgment Night" by Biohazard and Onyx. 

1.1 I Love You Mary Jane / Sonic Youth ; Cypress Hill 
1.2 Judgement Night / Biohazard ; Onyx 
1.3 Just Another Victim / Helmet ; House of Pain 
1.4 Me, Myself ; My Microphone / Living Colour ; Run DMC 
1.5 Disorder / Ice-T ; Slayer 
1.6 Missing Link / Dinosaur Jrinosaur Jrinosaur JR ; Del Tha Funky Homosapiens 
1.7 Fallin' / Teenage Fanclub ; de la Soul 
1.8 Freak Momma / Mudhoney ; Sir Mix-A-Lot 
1.9 Another Body Murdered / Faith No More ; Boo-Yaa Tribe 
1.10 Come and Die / Therapy ; Fatal 
1.11 Real Thing / Cypress ; Hill ; Hill ; Hill Pearl Jam

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Wayne's World: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album for the 1992 comedy film Wayne's World, released on February 18, 1992. The album was certified double-Platinum by the RIAA on July 16, 1997. -Wikipedia

Join us as we enjoy and make fun of the artists that appeared on this collection which include; Queen, Cinderella, Bulletboys, Gary Wright, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Sabbath. Tia Carrere, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Alice Cooper, Rhino Bucket, & Eric Clapton. There is also apparently a version of Soundgarden's Loud Love on some versions allegedly. 

If you'd like to follow along at home I created a Spotify playlist here. There is also a playlist compiled here by David Rolfe's Rock & Metal Channel. Thanks different Dave!

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Steve and Dave bring in their Alliterates bandmate, Sean to check out this album that was once voted as the worst album of all time by multiple publications.

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Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends is the debut album of English rock singer Screaming Lord Sutch. Recording began in May 1969 at Mystic Studios in Hollywood and it was released on Cotillion Records in 1970. The album featured an all-star line-up with contributions from Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page (who also produced the album) and John Bonham, guitarist Jeff Beck, session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins, session guitarist Deniel Edwards and Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding. Rick Brown and Carlo Little were previously with the Savages.

Many of the musicians had grave misgivings upon its release. They were under the assumption these were demo-quality recordings. As a result, the artists disowned the project and the album sold poorly. It also seriously damaged Sutch's reputation with the musicians involved. "I just went down to have a laugh, playing some old rock 'n' roll, a bit of a send-up. The whole joke sort of reversed itself and became ugly," Jimmy Page said of the record.

A reviewer in Rolling Stone called Sutch "absolutely terrible" and lamented that the celebrated musicians involved were made to sound "like a fouled parody of themselves". - Wikipedia

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Dave sits down his Lucid Fugue bandmates Steve & Dan to show them an album that seriously influenced the playing and songwriting he brings into the group.

The Modern Dance is the debut album by American post-punk, art rock band Pere Ubu. It was released in January 1978 by record label Blank.

Their debut album, The Modern Dance (1978), sold poorly, but has proven influential.[11] Musicians of many types, including progressive rock, punk rock, post punk and new wave, were influenced by the dark, abstract record. With the song "Sentimental Journey," the debut also introduced the practice of re-appropriating titles from well-known popular songs: Pere Ubu's "Sentimental Journey" has no obvious relation to the Doris Day hit song of the same name; "Drinking Wine Spodyody" has no apparent connection to the Sticks McGhee song (later revived by Jerry Lee Lewis). 

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For those following along at home, this is the excellent remastered version we listened to by Arlo Boska. If you are following along with us, pause after Tattered & Torn at timestamp 21:43

This is Slipknot's technically first album, now considered a demo by the band, that does NOT feature Corey Taylor, Mick Thompson, or Jim Root, and the only member of the band that remains is percussionist Clown aka Shawn Chahan. This album does feature the same rhythm section that consisted of Joey Jordison & Paul Gray (R.I.P.) and features OG vocalist Anders Colsefni. Also on guitar is Donnie Steele, who went on to fill in on bass in their later years, and Josh "Gnar" Brainard who recorded a bulk of their first major label release before departing the band.

Listen along with us as I show my bandmates, two non-Slipknot fans who are more into punk & post-punk and not so much heavy metal and their reactions to the jazz, funk, and hip hop influences on this album

Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. is the first album recorded by American heavy metal band Slipknot, and their only release with original lead vocalist Anders Colsefni. The album was limited to 1,000 copies, with distribution beginning on October 31, 1996. The band sold the last 386 units through ‑ismist Recordings in 1997. The album has become sought after by fans since Slipknot's rise to fame, and original copies have sold for up to $1,000.

Despite originally being deemed Slipknot's debut album, Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. was later considered a demo by the band, The record was recorded in Des Moines, Iowa over a period of four months and features many musical influences including funk, jazz, and disco which are not apparent in later material. Many of the lyrics are inspired by the role-playing game Werewolf: The Apocalypse. 

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Check out the cover of Goddamn Job by The Replacements referenced, here.

Dave shows metalhead Steve a collection of punk essentials that feature many songs he is not familiar with. Joining us on the last side is our good friend Hotrod Stewart of Hotrods to the Gods!

Lots of artists on this one! Things you’d expect like the Ramones, Misfits, Joy Division but also lesser known bands like Tuff Darts, Flamin’ Groovies, and The Rezellos.

Great collection my bud picked up on record store day back in 2018.

Not Good For Your Health: Punk Nuggets 1974-1982 (2018, White, Vinyl) - Discogs

Side One
1 | Blitzkrieg Bop (2001 Remaster) - By Ramones
2 | See No Evil (2003 Remaster) - By Television
3 | Blank Generation (2017 Remaster Audio) [Remastered] - By Richard Hell & The Voidoids
4 | (Your Love Is Like) Nuclear Waste - By Tuff Darts
5 | Hey Joe (Version) - By Patti Smith

Side B
1 | (Get A) Grip [on Yourself] - By The Stranglers
2 | (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures - By The Rezillos
3 | Suspect Device (2002 Remaster) - By Stiff Little Fingers
4 | Warsaw (2010 Remaster) - By Joy Division
5 | 2-4-6-8 Motorway - By The Tom Robinson Band
6 | Shake Some Action - By Flamin' Groovies

Side Three
1 | The Wait (2006 Remaster) - By Pretenders
2 | You Can't Put Your Arms Round a Memory - By Johnny Thunders
3 | Homicide - By 999
4 | Love Like Anthrax - By Gang Of Four
5 | Lexicon Devil - By The Germs

Side IV
1 | Digging My Grave - By The Flesh Eaters
2 | Sex Beat - By The Gun Club
3 | I Love Livin' in the City - By Fear
4 | Skulls - By Misfits
5 | Takin' a Ride (2006 Remaster) - By The Replacements
6 | Amanda Ruth - By Rank And File

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Joining us today is Adam Peterson, Steve's former Valley of Shadows bandmate and current mainman of Wasabibobbi. Head over to Steve's website to check out our stoner rock EPs Volume I & Volume II.

Check out the album here. Pause after I'm Coming Back for You at 7:12 if you're following along with us.

Elf was an American rock band founded in 1967 by singer and bassist Ronnie James Dio, keyboardist Doug Thaler, drummer Gary Driscoll, and guitarists Nick Pantas, and David Feinstein (Dio's cousin). The band was originally called the Electric Elves, but was shortened to the Elves in 1968 and finally Elf in 1972. Elf disbanded in 1975 after recording three albums and after most of the lineup had been absorbed into the newly formed Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. -Wikipedia

Elf is the first studio album by Ronnie James Dio's blues rock band called Elf. Produced by Ian Paice and Roger Glover of Deep Purple, the record was released in 1972.

On this album, Dio is credited by his birth name, Ronald Padavona. Though Dio had used "Padavona" for songwriting credits on earlier singles, Dio explained in an interview in 1994 that he used his birth name on this album as a tribute to his parents so that they could see their family name on an album at least once.

After this album, Steve Edwards replaced David Feinstein on guitar, and Craig Gruber took over bass duties, leaving Dio solely as the lead singer. This future lineup, minus Edwards, became the first incarnation of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow when guitarist Ritchie Blackmore formed it after leaving Deep Purple. -Wikipedia

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What Happened to the 70's Rock Band ELF with RONNIE JAMES DIO? ⭐ A Story of Tragedy & Triumph (youtube.com)

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