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I need some new stuff to listen to. I listen to classic rock and some of my favorite bands are Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, The Doors, Eric Clapton, Queen, AC/DC, The Beatles. I've listened to most of Pink Floyd's and Led Zeppelin's stuff and mostly just hit songs from the others. What are some good albums by the bands in this post and any other ones you think I might like?

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David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (If you really want to hear some kickass guitar)

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Haha nice try .. I'm not clicking that.

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not sure if by eric clapton you mean all of clapton's work, but if not, check out cream and derek and the dominoes,

rolling stones, the who, jefferson airplane, the kinks, jethro tull, grateful dead, aerosmith, blood sweat tears, crosby stills nash young, neil young, creedence clearwater revival, guess who

lemme know if you need more or specific albums. Most of these bands you can probably get by with just greatest hits albums.

If you want good albums of bands in the post, I'd recommend...(note all of these are in order of preference):

floyd: dark side (obviously), piper at the gates of dawn, wish you were here, the wall, animals

zeppelin: IV, II, I, III, houses of holy, physical graffiti

jimi: are you experienced, axis: bold as love (but overall just recommend a hits album)

clapton (assuming all encompassing): I'd get cream of clapton b/c it has stuff from his whole career (cream, solo, derek dominoes, etc)

queen: just get the hits again

acdc: back in black, highway to hell, dirty deeds

beatles: sgt peppers, revolver, white album, help, a hard day's night, let it be, abbey road, magical mystery tour, rubber soul, with the beatles, please please me, beatles for sale. You really need every album they've done.

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David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (If you really want to hear some kickass guitar)

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Gonna give those a shot ... never really got into Disaraeli Gears.

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Can you give me some albums for these ..
" rolling stones, the who, jefferson airplane, the kinks, jethro tull, grateful dead, aerosmith, blood sweat tears, crosby stills nash young, neil young, creedence clearwater revival, guess who"

I've got most of the other ones

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Can you give me some albums for these ..
" rolling stones, the who, jefferson airplane, the kinks, jethro tull, grateful dead, aerosmith, blood sweat tears, crosby stills nash young, neil young, creedence clearwater revival, guess who"

I've got most of the other ones

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For the Stones:

Exile on Main Street
Sticky Fingers
Let it Bleed
Beggar's Banquet

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Can you give me some albums for these ..
" rolling stones, the who, jefferson airplane, the kinks, jethro tull, grateful dead, aerosmith, blood sweat tears, crosby stills nash young, neil young, creedence clearwater revival, guess who"

I've got most of the other ones

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The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed, Exile on Main Street, Beggar's Banquet, Sticky Fingers

The Who: Who's Next?, Live at Leeds, Tommy

Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow

The Kinks: The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, Something Else by the Kinks

Jethro Tull: Aqualung, Thick As a Brick

Grateful Dead: American Beauty, Workingman's Dead

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Neil Young: After the Gold Rush, Harvest, On the Beach, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo's Factory, Willy and the Poorboys, Green River

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Can you give me some albums for these ..
" rolling stones, the who, jefferson airplane, the kinks, jethro tull, grateful dead, aerosmith, blood sweat tears, crosby stills nash young, neil young, creedence clearwater revival, guess who"

I've got most of the other ones

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stones: exile on main st, beggar's banquet, sticky fingers, let it bleed, between the buttons, aftermath, 12x5, some girls, flowers, out of our heads, rolling stones now!

who: who's next, tommy, who sings my generation, who sell out, quadrophenia

jefferson airplane: surrealistic pillow (or just a hits album)

the kinks: village green preservation society, arthur, face to face, something else by the kinks, kink kontroversy

jethro tull: hits

grateful dead: american beauty, workingman's dead, (if you just want hits get what a long strange trip it's been)

aerosmith: rocks, toys (but i like their whole career so i prefer o yah ultimate hits)

blood sweat tears: self titled or just hits

crosby stills nash and/or young: deja vu, crosby stills & nash

neil young: on the beach, harvest, tonight's the night, everybody knows this is nowhere, after the gold rush (for just hits get decade)

creedence clearwater revival: willy and the poor boys, green river, cosmo's factory (the greatest hits is worth it though, chronicle vol 1 & 2)

guess who: no real stand out albums, but a solid hits album "The Greatest Hits" (1999)

edit: just saw post before me and realized I forgot harvest....whoops [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Overall we picked pretty much the same

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Btw, out of all of those I recommended you should pick up "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society" first. That might be the one album I listen to the most.

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some more stuff to try out:
yes- fragile
guns n roses - appetite for destruction
black sabbath - paranoid
van halen - van halen
the band - music from the big pink

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I hear this group Air Supply rocks pretty hard.

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How come Thin Lizzy always gets shafted when it comes to classic rock suggestions? It amazes me that they never became as big as some other bands from the same era.

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Can you give me some albums for these ..
" rolling stones, the who, jefferson airplane, the kinks, jethro tull, grateful dead, aerosmith, blood sweat tears, crosby stills nash young, neil young, creedence clearwater revival, guess who"

I've got most of the other ones

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The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed, Exile on Main Street, Beggar's Banquet, Sticky Fingers

The Who: Who's Next?, Live at Leeds, Tommy

Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow

The Kinks: The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, Something Else by the Kinks

Jethro Tull: Aqualung, Thick As a Brick

Grateful Dead: American Beauty, Workingman's Dead

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Neil Young: After the Gold Rush, Harvest, On the Beach, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo's Factory, Willy and the Poorboys, Green River

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I was going to say "Nice selections" until I realized the original poster asked for these groups specifically. Still, these are good choices.

For The Guess Who, just get The Greatest of the Guess Who or The Guess WHo, 20 Original Hits. Also, since you're picking up Guess Who albums, the next obvious step is Bachman-Turner Overdrive, for which I recommend the Millenium Series Best Of compilation.

Also, you'd be insane to skip The Lovin' Spoonful, The Grass Roots, The Traveling Wilburys and The Hollies.

SpaceAce

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Queen II is the bollocks

The Kinks - what's above plus Lola and Arthur are both brilliant

Aerosmith is my favorite band - All albums thru Draw The Line are amazing

AC/DC - Everything pretty much through For Those About To Rock. Gets a bit messy after that.

Thin Lizzy - Good call! The Live album Live and Dangerous is well known

Van Halen I and Fair Warning

Cheap Trick - Live At Budokan

The Cult - Get a greatest hits

Deep Purple - Burn, In Rock, etc.

Kiss - Alive!

Montrose - s/t

The Pretenders - I and II

The Police - All

If you really like music I'd just get the Talking Heads DVD Stop Making Sense. Probably one of the greatest bands in all of of pop music.

Metallica - Kill 'Em All (one of the greatest rock albums ever IMO)

...and if you really are serious about rocking out, just skip everything and go straight to Slayer's Reign in Blood and you will never be the same again.

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Wolfmother

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sKPPnGsdh0A

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZvQQLL0RHGQ

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J2bA5JuKpQM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WSHPqC2083E

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In Minneapolis we have quite a few good rock bands if you want some new stuff. Some bigger bands thrown in as well, I've seen all of them live and they really rock... Just suggestions as I like a lot of the classic rock you like.

Down Lo
God Johnson
Hyentite
Fancy Bastard
Fat Maw Rooney
Wookiefoot
WBPN
All Mighty Senators
The Big Wu
Umphrey's McGee
String Cheese Incident

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Branch out a bit:
Robert Randolph & the Family Band (R&B/Blues with a hint of gospel and a kickass lap steel guitar).

Ben Harper - fairly mainstream

Keller Williams (not for everyone, but a good guitarist in a folksy/bluegrass sort of way, funny lyrics)

moe. a jam band with talent

Keb' Mo - blues entertainer

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Billy Joel - The Stranger, Glass Houses, Streetlife Serenader, River of Dreams

The Who - My Generation (The Very Best of the Who) < sorta a hits collection, perfect album

Blue Oyster Cult - try to find a best of album

Uriah Heep - try to find a best of album

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Firebird

Nobody knows them (besides old Carcass fans), but they play good blues rock.

Flying Blind
Meantime
Horse Drawn Man

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Allman Brothers- (live) At Fillmore East, Eat a Peach

Lynyrd Skynyrd- (live) One More From The Road, Gold and Platinum

Santana- Abraxas

The Who- Who's Next, Quadrophenia

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Branch out a bit:
Robert Randolph & the Family Band (R&B/Blues with a hint of gospel and a kickass lap steel guitar).

Ben Harper - fairly mainstream

Keller Williams (not for everyone, but a good guitarist in a folksy/bluegrass sort of way, funny lyrics)

moe. a jam band with talent

Keb' Mo - blues entertainer

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This is also a very good list IMO.

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Humble Pie - Rockin The Fillmore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZMmV6xXYFw

Johnny Winter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f50BtRnpV8A

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ8AcEYTEFY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsVmsPv6_Ic

http://www.amazon.com/Live-Boston-Dig-Fl...7783&sr=8-3

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Branch out a bit:
Robert Randolph & the Family Band (R&B/Blues with a hint of gospel and a kickass lap steel guitar).

Ben Harper - fairly mainstream

Keller Williams (not for everyone, but a good guitarist in a folksy/bluegrass sort of way, funny lyrics)

moe. a jam band with talent

Keb' Mo - blues entertainer

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Good list, just add Umphrey's McGee to it. Anchor Drops is a good CD to start out with.

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Everyone seems to be giving classical stuff so I'm gonna go more modern.


Muse - Great 3 man band from europe. Mixes guitar, keyboard, drums. They are, in my opinion, the best band out right now, and top 5 for me all time.

The Strokes - I'm not a huge fan of them, but they seem to match with your likes. Check out "Is this it" http://www.amazon.com/This-Strokes/dp/B00005QIPH

Wolfmother - They sound alot like Zeppelin, and are good.

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Branch out a bit:
Robert Randolph & the Family Band (R&B/Blues with a hint of gospel and a kickass lap steel guitar).

Ben Harper - fairly mainstream

Keller Williams (not for everyone, but a good guitarist in a folksy/bluegrass sort of way, funny lyrics)

moe. a jam band with talent

Keb' Mo - blues entertainer

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Good list, just add Umphrey's McGee to it. Anchor Drops is a good CD to start out with.

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Or else downloading a live show. archive.org might have something.

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Branch out a bit:
Robert Randolph & the Family Band (R&B/Blues with a hint of gospel and a kickass lap steel guitar).

Ben Harper - fairly mainstream

Keller Williams (not for everyone, but a good guitarist in a folksy/bluegrass sort of way, funny lyrics)

moe. a jam band with talent

Keb' Mo - blues entertainer

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Good list, just add Umphrey's McGee to it. Anchor Drops is a good CD to start out with.

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Or else downloading a live show. archive.org might have something.

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Yeah they have over 800 shows on the archive.org. This show is a gem, and soundboard quality too.

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Thanks everyone ... gonna give all of those a shot.

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Find a King Crimson live album from '72-'74 asap.

Deep Purple - Machine Head
Rainbow - Rising

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Find a King Crimson live album from '72-'74 asap.

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Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream is good, too, although much newer.

Also, the greatest concert and album of all time in my opinion is The Band's The Last Waltz. It's got a bunch of incredible rock music, although a lot of it falls under Rockabilly, Blues, R&B, Folk and so on. Still, The Band + Van Morrison + Neil Diamond + Bob Dylan + The Paul Butterfield Blues Band + Eric Clapton + Muddy Waters + Neil Young + The Staples Singers + Joni Mitchell + Dr. John + Emmylou Harris + Ronnie Hawkins = Gotdamn that's some good music!

SpaceAce

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Find a King Crimson live album from '72-'74 asap.

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Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream is good, too, although much newer.

Also, the greatest concert and album of all time in my opinion is The Band's The Last Waltz. It's got a bunch of incredible rock music, although a lot of it falls under Rockabilly, Blues, R&B, Folk and so on. Still, The Band + Van Morrison + Neil Diamond + Bob Dylan + The Paul Butterfield Blues Band + Eric Clapton + Muddy Waters + Neil Young + The Staples Singers + Joni Mitchell + Dr. John + Emmylou Harris + Ronnie Hawkins = Gotdamn that's some good music!

SpaceAce

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I just saw this for the first time this weekend. It's a Martin Scorsese film too. I thought it was excellent. So many songs by so many great artists.

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Also check out Bob Seger, Bad Company, and Fleetwood Mac

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I think you might like Government Mule. It is Warren Haynes' (Allman Brothers, The Dead) side project. Other members include Andy Hess (The Black Crows, Joan Osborne, John Scofield) Danny Louis (Joe Cocker) and Matt Abts (Dickey Betts Band)


They play music much like many of the bands you listed. The only difference is that the Mule is in its prime and at musically at the top of their game. If you have a chance to see a live show don't miss it, Warren is one of (if not the) best live guitarist playing today.

Sco-Mule
Lola Leave Your Light On
Mississippi Queen (old 1999) if you only look at one this it, listen for the sick Cream tease about 4:45 in

Mule.net band website

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You could always drop your preferences into Pandora and see what it comes up with. It matches pretty well new stuff with what you already like.

http://www.pandora.com/

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You could always drop your preferences into Pandora and see what it comes up with. It matches pretty well new stuff with what you already like.

http://www.pandora.com/

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Pandora is one of the coolest websites ever. You input a song or artist and then they play similar songs. You tell them what you like and don't like and they mold the playlist to your preferences. It is awesome

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I just saw this for the first time this weekend. It's a Martin Scorsese film too. I thought it was excellent. So many songs by so many great artists.

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Congratulations, now you know what you'd been missing [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] The Last Waltz is amazing; it transcends the sum of its pieces and those pieces are pretty damn good to start with. I am about to go out and buy the 2 CD set, again, because I have literally worn out the one that's on my car, now.

SpaceAce

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You could always drop your preferences into Pandora and see what it comes up with. It matches pretty well new stuff with what you already like.

http://www.pandora.com/

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Wow! That is the essence of ass-kickery! I have never used that site, thanks for the link. I put in one of my favorite Band songs and Pandora spit back a great Dr. John tune. So cool.

SpaceAce

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How come Thin Lizzy always gets shafted when it comes to classic rock suggestions? It amazes me that they never became as big as some other bands from the same era.

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Amen. And if you want to check out a newer band with a lot of those classic rock elements, check out The Hellacopters - High Visibility or Strikes Like Lightning would probably appeal to your tastes.

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In Minneapolis we have quite a few good rock bands if you want some new stuff. Some bigger bands thrown in as well, I've seen all of them live and they really rock... Just suggestions as I like a lot of the classic rock you like.

Down Lo
God Johnson
Hyentite
Fancy Bastard
Fat Maw Rooney
Wookiefoot
WBPN
All Mighty Senators
The Big Wu
Umphrey's McGee
String Cheese Incident

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How do you write up a "Minneapolis rock" list and leave out the Replacements and the Hold Steady?