#47 Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures

 

Before: Rainy jerky doomsters with one actual tune, intense and a bit scary

 

Like a British The Doors, somehow, but glomier, vocals deep and distressed. Angualr rhythms, strange sound effects, throbbing driving bass driving, and those druggy, foresty English guitars. A band on the edge of something, no one is sure what, but it probably isn’t going to be pretty, and improbably a bit beautiful. Shambolic preciceness abounds.

 

After: The north of England through and through. Although Curtis does sound like he’s trying to be a bit American. One long demo?

 

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#48 Led Zepellin – Led Zepellin

 

Before: Hard rock, long hair, darkness, riffs

 

Some kind of rock blues (soap) opera. Lyrics are all baby baby baby pining and whining. Amazing drumming backing a tight band playing closely together. Guitar echoing the vocals, and the riffs another voice itself. Heavy… early heavy metal with a psychedelic edge. The 70s in the 60s.

 

After: Tight. Mighty riffs of guitar and voice

 

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