Rolling Stone Reader Poll

According to Rolling Stone readers these are the Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time:

1) Master Of Puppets - METALLICA
2) Paranoid - BLACK SABBATH
3) Black Sabbath - BLACK SABBATH
4) The Number Of The Beast - IRON MAIDEN
5) ...And Justice For All - METALLICA
6) Reign In Blood - SLAYER
7) Appetite For Destruction - GUNS N' ROSES
8) Metallica - METALLICA
9) Led Zeppelin II - LED ZEPPELIN
10) Ride The Lightning - METALLICA 

Not that I disagree with any of the albums on the list, well except for Justice, but there are far too many excluded, including two of The Big Four, Megadeth & Anthrax. With that being said I am not sure any Anthrax album would made the Top 10 list, but Megadeth could have an inclusion. I am glad to see Maiden and Slayer made the list as well.  A few others of note that could have been included: Judas Priest, Motorhead, Pantera, Ozzy, AC/DC, System of a Down-I could go on.....

HOWEVER-I found a much more inclusive list below at Metal Rules. Check these guys out-looks like they do most of there work for the love of metal!

The Top 10

#1. Metallica - Master of Puppets

#2. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast

#3. Metallica - Ride the Lightning

#4. AC/DC - Back in Black

#5. Slayer - Reign in Blood

#6. Iron Maiden - Powerslave

#7. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind

#8. Dio - Holy Diver

#9. Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss

#10. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
 

#11.		Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
#12.		Judas Priest - Painkiller
#13.		Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
#14.		Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
#15.		Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
#16.		Megadeth - Rust in Peace
#17.		Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
#18.		AC/DC - Highway To Hell
#19.		Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
#20.		Metallica - Kill 'Em All
#21.		Judas Priest - British Steel
#22.		W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
#23.		Slayer - South of Heaven
#24.		Black Sabbath - Paranoid
#25.		Megadeth - Peace Sells�But Who's Buying?
#26.		Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
#27.		Dio - Last in Line
#28.		Helloween - Keeper of the 7 Keys Pt. II
#29.		Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather (AKA Killing Machine)
#30.		Van Halen - Van Halen
#31.		Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love
#32.		Accept - Balls to the Wall
#33.		Iron Maiden - Killers
#34.		Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
#35		Slayer - Show No Mercy
#36.		Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
#37.		Motorhead - Ace of Spades
#38.		Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
#39.		Judas Priest - Stained Class
#40.		Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
#41.		Anthrax - Among the Living
#42.		Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
#43.		Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
#44.		Helloween - Keeper of the 7 Keys Pt. I
#45.		W.A.S.P. - The Last Command
#46.		Rainbow - Long Live Rock and Roll
#47.		Def Leppard - Pyromania
#48.		Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
#49.		Megadeth - So Far, So Good...So What!
#50.		Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
#51.		Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
#52.		King Diamond - Abigail
#53.		Dismember - Massive Killing Capacity
#54.		Halford - Resurrection
#55.		Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
#56.		Testament - Practice What You Preach
#57		Led Zeppelin - IV
#58.		Death - Symbolic
#59.		Mercyful Fate - Melissa
#60.		Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
#61.		Bruce Dickinson - Accident of Birth
#62.		Deep Purple - Machine Head
#63.		Scorpions - Blackout
#64.		Van Halen - 1984
#65.		Slayer - Hell Awaits
#66.		Venom - Black Metal
#67.		Ratt - Out of the Cellar
#68.		Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
#69.		Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
#70.		Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle Earth
#71.		AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
#72.		Metallica - And Justice For All...
#73.		King Diamond - Them
#74.		Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side
#75.		HammerFall - Glory To The Brave
#76.		Van Halen - Van Halen II
#77.		Overkill - The Years of Decay
#78.		Kiss - Destroyer
#79.		In Flames - The Jester Race
#80.		Exodus - Bonded by Blood
#81.		Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
#82.		Skid Row - Skid Row
#83.		Megadeth - Killing is My Business...and Business is Good
#84.		Testament - The Legacy
#85.		Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
#86.		Venom - Welcome To Hell
#87.		Twisted Sister - Under the Blade
#88.		Dokken - Tooth & Nail
#89.		Accept - Restless & Wild
#90.		AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
#91.		HammerFall - Legacy of Kings
#92.		Saxon - Wheels of Steel
#93.		Manowar - Kings of Metal
#94.		Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock & Roll
#95.		Scorpions - Love At First Sting
#96.		Van Halen - Fair Warning
#97.		Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
#98.		W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
#99.		Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
#100.		Death - Individual Thought Patterns

 

Hump Day

• Although there is always a lot of music news out there it is really just a matter of opinion what is put in this blog so....
• Today is the anniversary of both the No Nukes concert and the Concert in Central Park with Simon & Garfunkel.
• Also on this day Gram Parsons died of what eventually was ruled an overdose. If you don't know the background on his final wishes regarding burial do some research. There is a particular movie regarding but I don't know how accurate it is so I won't recommend.
• The Stones are releasing another concert film. Man over the last 10 years or so the Stones have unearthed and released some classic concerts. Also on this day Tattoo You, the last great Stones album, started its run at #1.

Led Zeppelin O2 Friday

• As expected-the theatrical release will hit theaters October 17th and the DVD release will hit stores November 19th.
• Track listing:

Celebration Day tracklist

01. Good Times, Bad Times
02. Ramble On
03. Black Dog
04. In My Time Of Dying
05. For Your Life
06. Trampled Underfoot
07. Nobody’s Fault But Mine
08. No Quarter
09. Since I’ve Been Lovin’ You
10. Dazed And Confused
11. Stairway To Heaven
12. The Song Remains the Same
13. Misty Mountain Hop
14. Kashmir
15. Whole Lotta Love
16. Rock And Roll

• I doubt this will ever happen but if there ever is a full blown reunion tour now is the time and the time is now. There is expected to be quite a demand for both of the above-but Robert is happy living in Austin and not doing such. Jimmy is at the other end of the spectrum. 
• Although one of the press releases states theatrical tickets on are sale Sept. 13th, the same day the article was published, I have just confirmed this is not the case and tickets are not on sale yet.

23 Things John Bonham Did During The Quiet Part Of "Stairway To Heaven"

I especially love the accurate Conan reference in #17

 Full article with pictures here....

1. Sit Quietly And Wait His Turn
2. Prank Call Keith Moon
3. Hop In The Old T-Bucket And Do Some Donuts In The Parking Lot
4. Consume The Biosphere Of A Small Planet To Recharge His Cosmic Energy
5. Grow And Shave Off One Full Cycle Of His Mighty Beard
6. Sit In On Drums For Another Band At A Nearby Venue After Knocking Their Drummer Out With A Single Punch
7. Listen Intently And Imagine Where The Drum Parts WOULD Go
8. Cosplay As Alex From "A Clockwork Orange"
9. Play The Drums In A Soundproof Room Elsewhere In The Arena
10. Shift His Molecular Vibration Over To An Alternate Universe Where The Band's Already Up To The Drum Part Of “Stairway,” Perform It There, And Then Come Back Just In Time
11. Concoct And Spread The “Mudshark Incident” Rumor As An Experiment In Memetic Engineering
12. Chip In A Few Chanted Verses From Aleister Crowley’s "Liber AL vel Legis" To Keep Jimmy Page’s Black Magick Curse Against David Bowie Going
13. Mate
14. Bed Down The Significant Others Of Each And Every Member Of Vanilla Fudge
15. Translate The Song's Lyrics Into Quenya
16. Lengthy Bathroom Break
17. Gather A Party Of Stout Bossonian Bowmen And Raid The Pictish Wilderness Ruled By Zogar Sag Beyond The Black River
18. Roll That Shit, Light That Shit, Smoke It
19. Continue His Years-Long Investigation Into The "Paul Is Dead" Rumor – The Very Thing That Would End Up Getting Him Killed When He Got Too Close To The Truth
20. Unleash His Berserker Rage
21. Entertain The Roadies With A Few Monty Python Bits
22. Use His Four Sticks To Sit In For Clyde Stubblefield AND Jabo Starks Over The Phone During A JBs Recording Session
23. Dream Of The Day He Will Catch The Man Who Slew His Father And Justice Will Be Done At Last

Celebration Day

As Led Zeppelin week continues...

The mighty Zeppelin will be honored by the Kennedy Center in December:

"The award is given for lifetime achievement in the performing arts. David M. Rubenstein, the chairman of the Kennedy Center, said the recipients demonstrated “extraordinary talent, creativity and tenacity” over their careers."

And Cineplex has announced the 2007 show will now be shown in theaters in "40 territories worldwide". Friggin Awesome!

Expect an official announcement today concerning the DVD release of the 2007 show.....