the " Gunners", is there any better?

steve remchak · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 12:24 am

so i'm cleaning up after a fine x-mas eve dinner and the sat radio is not really all it can be. upstairs i ramble thru the multi disc player and i find Appetite for Destruction. i wonder, are there any finer examples of a bands first release? Merry Christmas ya'll.

BretLuter · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 12:31 am

yeah, too bad Axel is a complete moron....or maybe he's a genius.......hmmm

First time I heard that album I was at a party in Richmond VA with a bunch of friends, the guy throwing the party had it playing over and over again- and I was amazed at how hard it rocked....

steve remchak · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:15 am

BretLuter wrote:

yeah, too bad Axel is a complete moron....or maybe he's a genius.......hmmm

First time I heard that album I was at a party in Richmond VA with a bunch of friends, the guy throwing the party had it playing over and over again- and I was amazed at how hard it rocked....

Chinese Democracy is as i am told, not so terrible. haven't actually heard it yet however.

dude , we need to talk. the lemons car and all. ours has underpinning issues.

jakepressley · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:33 am

i wonder, are there any finer examples of a bands first release? Merry Christmas ya'll. Cool

Aerosmith's 1972 Release "Aersomith"

The new G N F'in R is kinda good in my opinion, although Axle does have a way of scattering talented band members.

On another note, I just heard that "the dead" are reforming!!! Even if you don't like the music, go to a show, you won't regret it.

Merry Christmas
jake

Karl Shultz · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:00 pm

steve remchak wrote:

are there any finer examples of a bands first release?

Maybe not "finer," but sure - there are loads of them. All good in their own ways. Just a handful, from oldest to newest:

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
REM - Murmur
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
Weezer - Weezer (a.k.a. "The Blue Album")
The Killers - Hot Fuss <-- a real favorite of mine

steve remchak · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:24 pm

Karl Shultz wrote:

steve remchak wrote:

are there any finer examples of a bands first release?

Maybe not "finer," but sure - there are loads of them. All good in their own ways. Just a handful, from oldest to newest:

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
REM - Murmur
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
Weezer - Weezer (a.k.a. "The Blue Album")
The Killers - Hot Fuss <-- a real favorite of mine

i was going to make a comparison to Zep I also Karl, but that is almost sacreligious. :lol:

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:27 pm

Karl Shultz wrote:

Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
Weezer - Weezer (a.k.a. "The Blue Album")

Mr. Nail, meet Mr. Hammer.

I'd also add

Run DMC- Run DMC
Van Halen- Van Halen
Boston- Boston
Pearl Jam- Ten

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:41 pm

Ryan Holton wrote:

Boston- Boston

Wow, I can't believe you said that. Boston is my all-time favorite band. I like GNR I guess, but Axel has zero vocal ability IMO, kind of like Hendrix, but at least Jimi could play a guitar.

RobLupella · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:41 am

Boston

In the same breath with Led Zeppelin..........

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:44 am

Vincent Keene wrote:

Ryan Holton wrote:

Boston- Boston

Wow, I can't believe you said that. Boston is my all-time favorite band. I like GNR I guess, but Axel has zero vocal ability IMO, kind of like Hendrix, but at least Jimi could play a guitar.

Its not that Boston is my favorite band but the sound and texture on that Album had NEVER been done before.

It was also their demise, they never found that sound again.

Matt McGrain · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:23 am

The Ramones - Ramones
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Bob Marley - Catch a Fire
The Clash - The Clash

Stephen Westerfield · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:26 pm

Jane's Addiction - Nothing Shocking (although technically not their first album, it's their first studio release).

Wes Eargle · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:47 am **Posts:** 3683

Black Sabbath's first album comes to mind as it basically invented a genre of music. Not a whole lot of albums do that, especially not first albums. The only other "first" that comes to mind is Miles Davis' 'Round About Midnight .

jakepressley · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:38 am

I had a friend in college who once stood on the bar during "More than a Feeling" and proclaimed that "Boston was playing in heaven." and this cat was no preacher.

clinehall · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:33 am

Yes Boston was "corporate" the the story of how that album was done makes it even better. No wonder VK likes, done in a basement with one guy doing all the work, remind you of anyone? It is kind of in a catagory of its own. The Aerosmith nod is also very good.

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