Please listen to “Toys in the Attic” and the “Rocks.” In my opinion these albums signify the peak of Aerosmith’s career.
As mentioned by quite a few people, “Back in Black” is a wondrously good rock and roll album. This was their first record with a new lead singer and it surprised everyone. It’s quintessential.
The Rolling stones have been playing for 6 decades. Their best years were the 60s and 70s. They have a greatest hits double album called “Hot Rocks” which will give you an appreciation of their first hits through to 1971. In the 70s they released 5 studio albums, and all are really good. Start with “Hot Rocks.” Don’t buy anything recorded after 1980.
Exile on Main St. (1972)
Goats Head Soup (1973)
It’s Only Rock 'n Roll (1974)
Black and Blue (1976)
Some Girls (1978)
ETA: Sticky Fingers was released in 1971. Missed that, but some songs are included on “Hot Rocks.”
I’m not a huge fan. I find Robert Plant’s high-pitched voice distracting and annoying at times. My favourite is Led Zeppelin II, but fans will tell you otherwise, I’m sure.
He also said he’s open minded and would try anything. Much like the OP, I’ve also found a lot of popular albums to be not enjoyable at all. Most of my favorite albums, and some of the recommendations here are relatively obscure, but that doesn’t mean they’re not worth listening to.
I’d throw some recommendations out there, but my tastes run decidedly counter to the notion of “everybody has already heard”’ most of what I like is somewhat, um, not popular.
Marley, my friend, to be clear, it is really good Big Dumb Rock™ - given your tastes, you might like them as a guilty pleasure than anything.
Mahaloth, that was a large and interestingly-shaped rock you were under for a while Love the fact that you came to Gn’R fresh and loved it. The recommendations coming forward for Zep, AC/DC (Highway to Hell!!) and Aerosmith all make sense (I agree that Rocks and Toys are best choices - but if you can find the song Mama Kin off their first album - there’s a lot of proto-Gn’R in that DNA).
So - wait: do you know the song "Lit Up" by Buckcherry? If you haven’t, buy it immediately - right up your alley. And TL;DR - have you got Pantera’s greatest hits?
Hahahaha, this is great. It is one of the absolute, balls-out, classic rock albums. I wouldn’t bother with anything else by them mind you. Thinking you might like a Thin Lizzy live album now. Live and Dangerous?
Okay, so clearly you like aggressive music, and want to focus on the late 80’s and early 90’s. Here’s a bit of a stretch: Love is Like Anthrax by Gang of Four - a bit too early timing-wise, and you have to get past the first minute of balls-out obnoxious 80’s guitar-amp feedback - but when the drums kick in, WOW. The vocals are smart-British (twin lead vocals that totally work), not bluesy American.
Like I said, a stretch given your tastes, but damn what a perfectly aggressive song.
I stand corrected. I really like what I’ve just been listening to on Youtube. I’m amazed I’ve never heard of these guys. I have indeed heard at least snippets of "Are You Gonna Be My Girl.
Yep. Wonderful sounds - you may not realize it, but part of the appeal is how the acoustic guitars sound so great, and the electric stuff sounds raw and unprocessed.
Their second CD, Shine On, is also good, but skews more towards Beatles-type arrangements, so loses the raw, overdriven appeal. Their audience wasn’t quite ready to follow them that way - too bad.
ETA: “Joe Jackson meets the Knack?” Hmmm, tight songs, with some grit, so I won’t push back too hard, but the vocals are much more rocky/bluesy…
Alright, so you don’t like The Clash or Talking Heads, but do like G&R. That’s useful information.
Have you listened to any Ozzie or Black Sabbath yet? If not that is where I would go first. Start with:
Ozzie Osborn’s Blizzard of Ozz album
&
Black Sabbath’s Paranoid.
Led Zeppelin is your next stop. Go with* Led Zeppelin II*, though they have many good ones. Houses of the Holy and IV are good places to start as well.
Then take a look at Motorhead’s album* Ace of Spades*.
That’s gonna get you that metal feel that you like with G&R without going as heavy as Metalica (though And Justice for All is the Metalica album I would have started with personally).
I would also strongly recommend listening to some Iggy Pop. Lust For Life is a good starting point, or *Raw Power *by Iggy and the Stooges. These might be a little too punky for you, so give feedback.
IF you like the more raw sound of Iggy I would check out MC5, Kick Out the Jams if it doesn’t work for you go for Alice Cooper Welcome to my Nightmare
That album came out when I was a sophomore in college, 26 years ago. 26 years before that was 1961. So AfD is older now than the entire British Invasion was when I was in college. So, yeah, we’re old.
Mahaloth, if you like aggressive guitar music, you might like Killing Joke. Start with Night Time (which yielded a couple of UK chart hits) and work back in time through their career. This is probably their most chart-friendly tune Eighties, and one that Nirvana, errr, borrowed a bit from:
Love the fact that you came to Gn’R fresh and loved it. The recommendations coming forward for Zep, AC/DC (Highway to Hell!!) and Aerosmith all make sense (I agree that Rocks and Toys are best choices - but if you can find the song Mama Kin off their first album - there’s a lot of proto-Gn’R in that DNA).
