wham49: Rating my vinyl Coop

zakalwe 10.20.15	Holden Caulfield would do a Mark Chapman
manosg 10.20.15	2 and 3 are definitely my favorites with Halo of Flies and Desperado being two of my favorite tracks of his. Trash is also up there for me as it was one of the first rock albums I truly enjoyed as a kid.
Titan 10.20.15	wrong demographic whambro
wham49 10.20.15	Great catch on the Holden Picture. Don't know why Titan, we talk this kind of stuff all the time, Coop should be in with DP, Zep, and Sabbath, actually a thread I was on yesterday made me think of it, it was the first wave vs. NWOBHM list and mrsirlord was saying no hard rock bands from america in the 70's so I brought him out and he said it wasn't hard rock, however he said Def Leppard was, didn't get that.
manosg 10.20.15	Lots of great US hard rock bands; The Allman Brothers, The Doors, The Stooges, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Grand Funk Railroad, Blue Oyster Cult, ZZ Top, etc. Even Hendrix had to go to the US to make a name for himself. Having said that, I'd put all of those under the three Brit giants.
wham49 10.20.15	I named half of those, pretty sad, nobody knows these great bands, or can't come up with them as american rock bands, but I would say only sabbath above all of them
manosg 10.20.15	Yeah it's unfortunate. Grand Funk Railroad were one of the tightest rock bands around. One of the best power trios, with proto-metal influence and an incredible rhythm section. But very few guys on here seem to care about them. In terms of influence, you have to put all three Brits above them. Personally, I'm not too big on Zeppelin but their success is indisputable so what can you say? But coming back to the point, the US groups had this different, street/sleaze vibe that the Brits hadn't. Imagine if Pentagram hadn't screwed up, today we would be talking about the four giants who helped form metal in the '70s.
wham49 10.20.15	Totally agree, I'm a huge Coop fan though, the whole late 60's Detroit scene actually, Let people listen to Killer and BDB and they may change their mind
manosg 10.20.15	Definitely. Pretty good scene indeed. MC5, GFR, The Stooges, Frijid Pink (sweet heavy psych), Amboy Dukes, etc.
wham49 10.20.15	Fridjid Pink is sweet, I have 2 on Vinyl, forgot them. almost the start of punk, as a music lover, should be required listening, at least for historical purposes to get a better breadth of knowledge about where some great bands got their inspiration, the first wave of punk all took something from that scene, Lemmy gives them huge love for the energy of Motorhead
wham49 03.16.22	interesting to look back at this, maybe would move a couple around but I could still stand behind it
Egarran 03.16.22	Bump for justice