"Best year for rock'n'roll? Let's list a few candidates, I'd say:
1951: Jackie Branston And His Delta Cats (Ike Turner) playing Rocket 88. Hell, it's the first rock'n'roll record ever?
1966: You mention…"
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What's the greatest year of all time for wild rock n' roll?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Henniker Apr 21. 23 Replies 1 Like
As for great wines, there are better and worse years, some exceptional too.So, what's your year... and why?Continue
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The screamin' Soul Preacher replied to Manu's discussion What's the greatest year of all time for wild rock n' roll?"John Battles already explained why earlier, but here's my own Holy Trinity :
1956, 1966 and 1976 !!!"
"Any idea of the release date???"
"I couldn't have said it better, regarding the Pleasant Dreams vs End of Century!
End of the Century may have benefited from an aura of legend (with the story of Phil Spector and his gun on the boys) but it is overrated. Pleasant Dreams is…"
"Best album: "Rocket to Russia"
Best analysis: a friend of mine told me (and I found it true) that the 20-year fight between Joey and Johnny helped to keep the spirit. Johnny obvisouly acted as a conservative asshole (not all conservatives…"
ShapelyDice replied to Manu's discussion What's the greatest year of all time for wild rock n' roll?"1966, period."
Axel Björnsson replied to Manu's discussion What's the greatest year of all time for wild rock n' roll?"2004 - when I start rockin yeah"
John Battles replied to Manu's discussion What's the greatest year of all time for wild rock n' roll?"Wow. They scarcely played together , anymore , at that point, when you could have seen both of them for $3 at CBGBs at one time..... The Ramones and Iggy played together, here , in '88 , and I later read they had'nt shared a bill…"
John Battles replied to Manu's discussion What's the greatest year of all time for wild rock n' roll?" I forgot to mention : Best show performed to 30 people: Arthur Brown.
Bigest letdown : Kingsmen , Larry and The Blue Notes , Jerry Lee Lewis (But, he was better , every time , after that , I saw him.).
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""Lyres Lyres"!!! Ok, '85 but was so good!
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"If we talk about most intense rock 'n roll years on the personal side, I like to mention '93 at least for the Graspop festival in Belgium I attended, featuring THE CRAMPS AND THE RAMONES. How much would we pay for such a night now?!…"
"You're right, just listen to the "Bad part of town" by the Bare Facts... THAT'S the '66 sound, my friends!
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Johnny Garage replied to Manu's discussion What's the greatest year of all time for wild rock n' roll?"2099:
Prince will re-release his timeless hit..."
John Battles replied to Manu's discussion What's the greatest year of all time for wild rock n' roll?"Devil's Advocate sez 1986 was'nt too shabby , either.
Cramps - A Date With Elvis.
Roky Erickson - Don't Slander Me.
Pandoras - Stop Pretending.
Link Wray - Live in 85.
Fleshtones - Fleshtones Vs. Reality.
Lithium Xmas -Aneurysm…"
MikeL replied to Manu's discussion What's the greatest year of all time for wild rock n' roll?"2004 was my best year ever for rock'n'roll. I discovered a cool new band that year (the Charms); a band that I discovered the previous year (Manda and the Marbles) played here in Pittsburgh a couple of times, and they had a CD release…"
John Battles replied to Manu's discussion What's the greatest year of all time for wild rock n' roll?"'66 , THE YEAR OF OUR LORD , THE BATMAN , IS HARD TO DISPUTE.
I played at this big Punk festival (Actually , I played at the after - party.) , commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Punk , in 2006. I told the remaining few that 1966 was…"
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