The "Holy Crap I Just Discovered This Famous/Canonical/Obvious Record for the First Time" Thread

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But that record isn't Famous, Obvious or Canonical

― Tom D. (Dada), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I've been listening to Avalon by Roxy Music for the first time recently, which is truly fantastic in its world-weary loucheness. How do ILXors rate it as compared to the rest of Roxy Music's stuff- is it considered "canonical"?

― neil stewart (nstewart), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 12:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Of course it's a different band, but then isn't side 1 of Scum a different band to side 2?

aye! side 1 of scum = the band that wound up recording the first scorn album (broadrick as guest guitarist). side 2 = more or less the constant lee dorrian-fronted lineup.

― GAWD PVNCH (yournullfame), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 13:04 (seventeen years ago) link

in fact the rumor at the time was that the first scorn album was to be a drastic rerecording/reimagining of scum, which turned out to be utter shash.

― GAWD PVNCH (yournullfame), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 13:05 (seventeen years ago) link

avalon is canonical but in different ways then the earlier stuff.

― dan selzer (dan selzer), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Scum is getting a 2CD glossy reissue job in about five weeks. Is this why this was started? (I only read about it 10 minutes ago.)

― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 14:51 (seventeen years ago) link

I can't imagine a whole other CD that sounds like this (discounting the fact that its an entire subgenre)!

So the recent records are worth picking up, then? What I've heard of the early 90s stuff just sounded like conventional death stuff, have they moved back to the grindy?

― hoo got it for steen, vol. 3 (hoosteen), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link

from what i've heard of the new stuff they're definitely closer to their original sound than ever. watch any of the videos from their latest, fucking great to see these old dudes with beer bellies grinding like mad.

― GAWD PVNCH (yournullfame), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 18:00 (seventeen years ago) link

that happened to me w/damaged by black flag recently.

but yep scum blew me little dokken loving mind when i heard it.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 18:42 (seventeen years ago) link

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