日志

Last revised: July 2010

01. Nirvana - In Utero
02. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
03. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
04. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
05. Deftones - Around the Fur
06. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
07. Tool - Ænima
08. Radiohead - OK Computer
09. Bush - Razorblade Suitcase
10. 3 Colours Red - Revolt

11. Rage Against the Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles
12. Silverchair - Neon Ballroom
13. Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
14. Mogwai - Come On Die Young
15. Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
16. Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
17. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
18. FAR - Water & Solutions
19. Green Day - Insomniac
20. Weezer - Pinkerton

so, our mate Quinny is only young - born in 1987, he missed out on the majority of the whole britpop thing that defined most of our childhoods. lucky him, you might say, and you're probably right... but there's a large part of me that feels the need to educate our young friend about those heady, carefree days of yore...

to this extent, i've made the boy a mix... that became two mixes... that's now expanded to a hundred song playlist, dredging up a number of long forgottens that even i hardly gave time for 14 years ago...

inspiration came from a number of Shine compilations, as well as free CDs from the likes of Select, Vox, NME and Melody Maker still knocking around my bedroom. and of course, my own dodgy library of near hit singles and nomark albums i've gathered together in roughly 15 years of never throwing anything away.

i remember back in the day, beyond the obvious stuff carried forward on such compilations, some of the more interesting / obscure / flash in the pan…

I saw this on another journal and I thought I'd follow suit, just to see what it looked like.

These are the albums I named "album of the year" by that year end at the time. However, now, having spend oodles on music since then have no doubt found better albums from that year that are higher up in my all-time list. I'll come to that later, though. For now, this list is based on the years that I have been buying CDs since and do this list...

1996

Soundgarden - Down on the Upside

1997

3 Colours Red - Pure

1998

System of a Down - System of a Down

1999

Slipknot - Slipknot

2000

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command

2001

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American

2002

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By The Way

2003

AFI - Sing The Sorrow

2004

Unearth - The Oncoming Storm

2005

Thrice - Vheissu

2006

Muse - Black Holes and Revelations

2007

Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light

2008 (so far)

Ladytron - Velocifero

COLOR BANDS

Rock Artists Connections for the Color Bands group


RED

Red Wanting BlueRed , 3 Colours Red, Red Light Green , Rubyhorse, Joan Red , Forever Like Red , The Color Red , The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus , Baton Rouge , Society Red , red engine nine, Matt Redman , Redwood , Cardinal Trait , Simply Red , Etched In Red , Red Sparowes , King Crimson , Behind Crimson Eyes , Red Letter Print , Red Letter Agent , Red Handed , Cherry Monroe , Green on Red , Red Room Cinema , Shaded Red , Buckcherry , Vendetta Red , Deep Purple , Red House Painters , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Black Stone Cherry , Redlightmusic , Flood of Red , Ever Stays Red , August Burns Red , Roses Are Red , Red Umbrella , Redmark, Society Red, Redding, Blonde Redhead


ORANGE

Top Of The Orange , The Orange Lights, Orange Juice , Age Of Orange , Amber Pacific , Amber Smith , Orange Avenue

YELLOW

Yellowcard , Yellow Second , Goldfrapp , Goldfinger , Blonde Redhead

GREEN

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1. How did you get into 29?
30 Seconds to Mars - heard attack about a year ago and decided to check more of their stuff out

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Reel Big Fish - Take on Me

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33?
Texas Is the Reason
"So far you only dared me once
and I think we know that's not even close enough.
Not enough for me to stay.
It costs so much I know."

4. How did you get into 49?
A - Saw a live vid for old folks and loved it

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Therapy? - 6 albums

6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Innerpartysystem - its gotta be Don't Stop

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
Zero Cipher - nah none of their songs have that affect on me to be honest. its just nice bouncy music

8. What is your favorite song by 15?
Jimmy Eat World - Get It Faster

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Funeral For A Friend - theres so many to choose from but right now i have to say History

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
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USA (22):
1. Bad Religion
2. The Dresden Dolls
4. Panic at the Disco
5. Regina Spektor
9. Godsmack
10.Amanda Palmer
11.Foo Fighters
11.3 Doors Down
14.A Perfect Circle
17.Deftones
22.Nickelback
22.Bloodhound Gang
24.Limp Bizkit
24.The White Stripes
24.Good Charlotte
27.Creed
32.The Dandy Warholes
36.Rage Against the Machine
38.Five For Fighting
38.Papa Roach
42.Incubus
48.The Union Underground

Germany (18):
3. Rammstein
6. Funny van Dannen
8. Farin Urlaub
13.Beatsteaks
15.Dritte Wahl
16.Die Happy
18.In Extremo
19.Corvus Corax
20.Bela B.
28.NoRMAhl
29.7ieben
34.Mutabor
36.Die Toten Hosen
38.BGS
42.Subway To Sally
44.G.O.R.P.
47.2raumwohnung
48.Queens of the Stone Age

GB (3):
30.Pink Floyd
33.Arctic Monkeys
48.3 Colours Red

Norway (3):
30.Clawfinger
41.Washington
44.Turbonegro

Sweden (1):
34.Millencolin

Australia (1):
7. AC/DC

Belgium (1):
21.Surge of Fury

Iceland (1):
44.Sigur Rós