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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

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    • gouki74G
      gouki74
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      So hard to choose, too many great bands, albums but here's the 5 albums I'd carry with me for a road trip:
      High on Fire: Death is this Communion
      The Sword: Gods of the earth
      Doomriders: Darkness come alive
      Red Fang: Murder the mountains
      Nofx: Single Album

      Leather goods custom made creator
      Insta: le_poulpe74

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      • jerkulesJ
        jerkules
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        @gouki74 said in Your Top 5:

        Doomriders: Darkness come alive

        Heck yeah, this has been a saviour on long runs recently.

        @riffblaster-general 😉

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        • Stuart.TS
          Stuart.T
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          Hmm an age old, impossible question.

          Nas illmatic
          Ultramagnetic MCs Critical Beatdown
          Uniform Choice scream for change
          Ani Difranco imperfectly
          Kate Bush Sensual World

          They all get weekly play on CD, and I haven't got bored yet. Been listening to all of them since years of release.

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            Bob Dylan - blood on the tracks
            Eric Clapton - journeyman
            Derek & the dominos - layla and other assorted love songs
            Neil Young - harvest
            Bruce Springsteen - born in the usa

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            • Crispy HeronC
              Crispy Heron
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              @Stuart.T
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              @Stuart-T said in Your Top 5:

              Hmm an age old, impossible question.

              Nas illmatic
              Ultramagnetic MCs Critical Beatdown
              Uniform Choice scream for change
              Ani Difranco imperfectly
              Kate Bush Sensual World

              They all get weekly play on CD, and I haven't got bored yet. Been listening to all of them since years of release.

              Eclectic. Can’t beat a bit of West Coast Straight Edge.

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              • natehateN
                natehate
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                choose my favorites would be to hard so i'm going with authors, directors, and live bands

                authors:
                Cormac McCarthy
                Chuck Palahniuk
                Jack Kerouac (i have a thing for all the beat writers)
                Charles Bukowski
                Ken Kesey
                and an honorable mention to Hunter Thompson

                directors:
                The Coen Brothers
                Wes Anderson
                Paul Thomas Anderson
                Quentin Tarantino
                Stanley Kubrick
                honorable mentions to Jeff Nichols, Savage Steve Holland (better off dead is my number 1 with a bullet all time favorite movie), David Fincher

                live bands :
                Lucero
                Fugazi
                Bane
                Flag (the black flag band thats not black flag but has more actual past members then black flag, including my 2 favorite black flag singers)
                Flogging Molly
                honorable mentions Dropkick murphy's, Converge, Hatebreed, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie boys, Terror, American Nightmare, Neil Diamond, Braid, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

                don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                • mclaincauseyM
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                  Great shit; Lucero just dropped a new one this week, great live band! Fugazi was absolutely formative for me. Their shows were so great. I really loved their label in general, lots of great bands on Dischord.

                  Think it, be it.

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                  • todyT
                    tody
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                    While we're on the topic of Dischord - Glen E. Friedman is putting put a new book on Minor Threat, I'm really looking forward to that!

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                    • Zee BooZ
                      Zee Boo
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                      Guys if we are talking post rock, what about Regulator Watts and Abilene? And Hoover? They are my top 3 noise rock bands.

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                      • natehateN
                        natehate
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                        @mclaincausey said in Your Top 5:

                        Great shit; Lucero just dropped a new one this week, great live band! Fugazi was absolutely formative for me. Their shows were so great. I really loved their label in general, lots of great bands on Dischord.

                        Lucero live used to be an amazing experience, the last few times I seen them was not so great. and the last few albums just don't speak to me.
                        But that's life.
                        I got lucky and saw Fugazi at there last show in toronto back in like 99ish? Great show and Grade opened for that.

                        don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                        • mclaincauseyM
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                          Last Lucero I saw was in Minneapolis at the Triple Rock in 2008. Rowdy crowd and they had them in the palm of their hand. I haven’t listened to them much since then but it was a terrific show.

                          I got to see Fugazi twice up close and personal, 1993, when my friend interviewed Ian before the show while I was in high school:
                          https://www.dischord.com/fugazi_live_series/jackson-ms-usa-40893

                          And again in 1996:
                          https://www.dischord.com/fugazi_live_series/oxford-ms-usa-41096

                          Think it, be it.

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                          • natehateN
                            natehate
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                            yeah the rowdiness is over
                            they don't play any faster songs back to back
                            ben even switches to an acoustic guitar for last night in town

                            https://www.dischord.com/fugazi_live_series/toronto-on-canada-71998

                            don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                            • StarsSuckS
                              StarsSuck
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                              @jerkules bonus points for Melancholy. Man was that an album

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                                Bored In Breck
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                                @mclaincausey @natehate The "real" show I ever attended was Fugazi in Milwaukee in 93'. Before that it was just local punk rock bands.

                                I just turned 15 and unwisely "borrowed" my parents car, filled it with friends and saw Fugazi and Lungfish. It truly changed the course of who I was to become. That sounds a bit cheesy, but it is true. I had the fortune of seeing Fugazi a few other times, but nothing ever compared to that first one.

                                Lucero- I have probably seen Lucero more than any other band. They used to headline or open for what seemed to be every band that I wanted to see throught the early 2000's. I grew to love them. There last time they were at Red Rocks was my welcome back to music from the covid restrictions. It was special, as I forgot how powerful live music was for my soul after going without for sooo long. But it is true, they aren't nearly as rowdy as they were. Grown ups....pfft..

                                I should probably rank my Top 5 shows at some point. That first Fugazi show would have to be in there, but that is a tough other 4.....

                                Do you see what happens when you find a stanger in the Alps!?! - Walter Sobchak (TV Edit)

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                                • todyT
                                  tody
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                                  @Bored-In-Breck said in Your Top 5:

                                  The "real" show I ever attended was Fugazi in Milwaukee in 93'. Before that it was just local punk rock bands.

                                  I just turned 15 and unwisely "borrowed" my parents car, filled it with friends and saw Fugazi and Lungfish. It truly changed the course of who I was to become. That sounds a bit cheesy, but it is true. I had the fortune of seeing Fugazi a few other times, but nothing ever compared to that first one.

                                  I can totally relate to that. Started around the same time and age, and it never really went away.

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                                  • mclaincauseyM
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                                    Man I love Lungfish @Bored-In-Breck "Talking Songs for Walking" shook me, listened to that one a ton in the day.

                                    Think it, be it.

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                                    • E
                                      elicious
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                                      Some great picks here, you all is cultured! 🙂

                                      Top 5 albums (in no particular order:)

                                      1. Led Zeppelin II
                                      2. Supersession - Mike Bloomfield
                                      3. Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
                                      4. In the jungle groove - James Brown
                                      5. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

                                      More...

                                      Fragile - Yes
                                      2112 - Rush
                                      Frizzle Fry - Primus
                                      Transmutation - Praxis
                                      Paid in full - Eric B and Rakim
                                      Swinging doors and the bottle let me down - Merle Haggard
                                      Double live gonzo! - Ted Nugent
                                      Joe's garage - Frank Zappa
                                      Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
                                      Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
                                      Chocolate City - Parliament

                                      ...you said "5," right? 👅

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                                      • G
                                        Gulliver
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                                        Joining in the fun, in no particular order.

                                        Radiohead The Bends
                                        Bloc Party A Weekend in The City
                                        Sigur Ros. Takk
                                        Bjork Post/Volta/Debut
                                        Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The Message

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                                        • flannel slutF
                                          flannel slut
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                                          yet another great thread ive overlooked in this forum. Enjoyed reading through everyone’s lists this lazy Sunday.

                                          In no order:
                                          David Bowie -“Station to Station” and or “Low”
                                          Red Hot Chili Peppers -“Blood Sugar Sex Magic”
                                          Deftones -“White Pony”
                                          Nirvana -“Unplugged”
                                          Arcade Fire -“Everything Now”

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                                          • ddtrashD
                                            ddtrash
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                                            So difficult to pin this down to 5. Like most people, if I got asked this question next week I would have a completely different set of answers:

                                            • Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison.
                                            • Bob Dylan - Desire.
                                            • David Bowie - Hunky Dory.
                                            • Jason Isbell - Live from Alabama.
                                            • Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here.

                                            There is no 'I' in team …............ however there are five in 'individual brilliance'.

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