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Rock Music Your Parents Won't Let You Listen To
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The Modern DanceThe Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
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Pere Ubu...a band from CBGBs that is overshadowed by the likes of the Ramones and Blondie
Velvet Underground & NicoVelvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground
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The most important (and greatest and influential) rock and roll album released. It has the three most components of rock music: sex, drugs, and the genre itself. Years ahead of Sgt. Pepper.
Trout Mask ReplicaTrout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart
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Captain Beefheart put his personality into the music. One of rock music's greatest achievements.
Uncle MeatUncle Meat by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
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The most important rock record released in 1968.
The Piper at the Gates of DawnThe Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd
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Maybe it's dated, but it definitely posed a musical challenge to the Beatles' sound in the psychedelic sixties. Really far out.
QuadropheniaQuadrophenia by The Who
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Better developed than Tommy. Rocks even harder than Who's Next. Quadrophenia is the Who's magnum opus.
Blonde on BlondeBlonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
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Next to Freak Out! this was the most important record released in 1966. It broke so many rules.
LovelessLoveless by My Bloody Valentine
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This band was influenced by the Velvet Underground; not The Strokes.
Everybody Knows This Is NowhereEverybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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A forgetten classic of rock music. Everything is here: country folk, the blueprint of grunge, politics. Better than Living With War.