1994

On with the show and the next decade of my life. What happened in 1994? Green Day released Dookie. Kurt Cobain shot himself. Justin Bieber was born. Oh my…

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Corrosion Of Conformity - Deliverance

I believe I was introduced to COC in the early 2000's when the stoner rock boom was still going strong. I remember Deliverance getting played a lot back then and although a lot of music I listened to in those days has somewhat fallen out of favor, Deliverance is still probably my favorite COC album. Though not necessarily prototypical stoner rock, Deliverance's hard edged…

1993

Finally starting to pick up on some memories here. 3rd grade, new teacher, did not like him and wasn't the only one. Jurassic Park hit the theaters - awesome! TMNT III in theaters - awesome! ..At the time anyway. Actually - looking at movies from 1993, I remember seeing a good few of them in the theaters. And many more as rentals. But this is not about movies, here are my essential discs from 1993.

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Aerosmith - Get A Grip

This one takes me back to a more innocent time, how ironic considering it's Aerosmith of all bands.…

1992

As terrible as the mainstream got in the 90's (real dark ages for sure), there was an incredible amount of quality music released just as well. No shortage of great albums to pick from so I gotta go with the classics here.

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Danzig - Danzig III: How The Gods Kill

"I'm gonna stand, at the top of the world, challenge the heavens, gonna bring you god"

For whatever reason Danzig III isn't the most memorable Danzig record for me. I find myself overlooking it quite a bit and I really shouldn't because it is a terrific album. Coming…

1991

Listening to the albums on this list makes me think something was right back in 1991. In music anyway. We did have the Gulf War, start of the Yugoslav wars, 'Magic' Johnson testing positive for HIV and me starting first grade. None of those were cool at all.

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Monster Magnet - Spine Of God

Monster Magnet reached their commercial peak in the mid to late 90's but in my opinion they had reached perfection already with their debut full length. spine Of God is an album in the truest meaning of the word - it is to be…

1990

When I was six, it was a very good year …suprisingly. No shortage of quality albums to pick from yet these five stood high above the rest. In my collection, anyway.

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Danzig - Danzig II: Lucifuge

I told you Danzig would be back. As good as the debut album is, Danzig II: Lucifuge is the band's greatest achievement. And I do mean the band as a whole as the experience of playing together for a couple of years comes across quite clear here compared to the relatively young band on the debut. As quite often is the case,…

1989

Here we have four very different rock albums from the same year and one release from a group of musical jesters to mix things up a bit. This pretty much includes all eligible releases from 1989 that I own. Easy choices, though as such I can't say the process brought too many passionate feelings to the surface.

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Aerosmith - Pump

I'm more a fan of 70's Aerosmith but they were still putting out quality rock'n'roll in the 80's, just not as timeless sounding. The first few songs feel really dated but the album gets better as it progresses.…

1988

Another great year in music. But what records do I own and which of them do I choose? We're 5 years in so let's recap the criteria:

A. I must own a physical copy of the record in question.
B. Compilations, archival releases, EPs and live albums should be avoided if possible.
C. No more than one release per artist per year.

Albums will be presented in alphabetical order by artist.

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Danzig - Danzig

Can't go wrong here - Danzig has arrived. Probably one of the manliest records ever. Makes you just want to bash your head against…

1987

I'd say here I've had to make some of the more difficult choices so far. I try to look at the big picture and weigh the albums evenly against each other to produce a balanced selection overall. Otherwise I'd probably end up listing the whole Megadeth discography, a bunch of Tangerine Dream releases, Tom Waits albums and a select few others. That's what makes it all interesting to me, what if I couldn't have them all?

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Anthrax - Among The Living

Anthrax hit it out of the park again. As good as their subsequent releases have been, it's…

1986

I turned 2 years old. Blissfully ignorant of all this great music being made all over the world. Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India, Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany NY, a 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida, Reagan & Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland and Rutan & Yeager make 1st around-the-world flight without refueling. I don't give a crap about any of that but it was brought to you by www.HistoryOrb.com. Now here are my five picks of the year 1986:

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Black Sabbath - Seventh Star

Now…

1985

Stakes get higher. I'd say 1985 resulted in some exponentially more influential albums than the previous year. Atleast as far as my own collection goes.

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Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

If I ever really had to choose between this one and Megadeth's debut album from the same year, I would probably let fanboy emotions get the better of me and go with the latter without even blinking an eye. Yet when putting both of them under the critical microscope I think Spreading The Disease etches out Killing Is My Business by a clear margin. Anthrax simply had their…