From: "ere i am, jh" <al@iris.claremont.edu>
Subject: INFO: The Grunge Canon
Followup-To: rec.music.misc
Originator: recmusic@galaxy
Reply-To: al@iris.claremont.edu
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 12:12:11 GMT

The following are releases that some of the people on the grunge list
consider to be indispensable.  Please direct any responses or questions
to the individual contributors, listed below.

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(a)  Alan Ramaley (t-alanr@microsoft.com)
(b)  Joshua Houk (houk@athena.cs.uga.edu)
(c)  Todd Alan Padezanin (tp1e+@andrew.cmu.edu)
(d)  Jeremy Lechtzin (bevis@ais.org)
(e)  Michael Medlin (al@iris.claremont.edu)
(f)  Mark Bunster (mbunster@hibbs.vcu.edu)
(g)  Steven Shapero (sshapero@oasys.dt.navy.mil)
(h)  Dan Brougher (Daniel.Brougher@Eng.Sun.Com)
(i)  Steve Burt (ben@athena.mit.edu)
(j)  Joshua Buergel (jbbb+@andrew.cmu.edu)
(k)  Robert Moravec (Robert.Moravec@ijs.yu)
(l)  Michael G. Kasenter (eng1mgk@hibbs.vcu.edu)
(m)  Dave Matson (dmatson@silver.lcs.mit.edu)
(n)  Linsey (ben@athena.mit.edu)
(o)  Autumn Farole (af1u+@andrew.cmu.edu)
(p)  ggreg (GGPERRY@NUACVM.BITNET)
(q)  Aaron (ABWALKER@NUACVM.BITNET)
(r)  Jodi Shapiro (jshapiro@murray.fordham.edu)
(s)  nooks, crannies, the whole nine yards (CDL0915@ritvax.isc.rit.edu)
(t)  Rob Vaughn (rob@msc.cornell.edu)
(u)  Gabriella Turek (gaby@lab11.gatech.edu)
(v)  Russ Poldrac (rpoldrac@psych.uiuc.edu)
(w)  I've got a thorn in my side (JJT7927@ritvax.isc.rit.edu)
(x)  Caffeine Vix (victor@canrem.com)
(y)  sHAWN fROMWYOMING (sprawl@corral.uwyo.edu)
(z)  Chip Hart (chip@pcc.com)
(A)  Stephen Swann (swann@acsu.buffalo.edu)
(B)  SHUGHES (SHUGHES@VAX1.UMKC.EDU)
(C)  Jeff Tucker (JBTUCK01@ULKYM.LOUISVILLE.EDU)
(D)  Jon Copeland (JRCOPELA@SUVM.SYR.EDU)
(E)  soren--Ms. Jackson if you're nasty (speterse%peruvian@cs.utah.edu)
(F)  Mark 'Doc' Rogaski (FLLEVTA@grove.iup.edu)
(G)  Stefan Lorenz (slorenz1@ithaca)
(H)  Gregory James Barish (gbarish@us.oracle.com)
(I)  Eric Borer (BORERE@ULVACS.BITNET)
(J)  Qman (KUHMAN@ROSEVC.Rose-Hulman.Edu)
(K)  jayscum (jason@BEAMLAB.PS.UCI.EDU)
(L)  Herdi Gerdi (ANSCHORR@vaxsar.vassar.edu)
(M)  Stefano DiMera, King Of Goats (SD01WCAW@MIAMIU.BITNET)
(N)  HOPEY T (mt0296@albanyvms)
(O)  Larry-bob (lroberts@bellahs.com)
(P)  Bob Crispen (crispen@foxy.boeing.com)
(Q)  Hugh McCabe (HMCCABE@ccvax.ucd.ie)
(R)  Vinicius Augusto da Silva Vasconcellos (cello@inf.UFRGS.BR)
(S)  Daniel M. Rench  (Daniel.M.Rench@gagme.chi.il.us)
(T)  fieldfresh and you  (CDL0915@ritvax.isc.rit.edu)
(U)  James Januszewski  ()
(V)  Lindel Holden  (lholden@s850.mwc.edu)
(W)  Volker Stewart  (radavfs@ube.ub.umd.edu)
(X)  Jeff Sullivan  (jsullica@amstel.Prime.Com)
(Y)  David Parker  (davidpar@microsoft.com)
(Z)  Patrick Padua  (padua@mail.loc.gov)

The Grunge Canon:

411                        _This Is Me_ (L)
7 Seconds                  _The Crew_ (L)
AC/DC                      _Powerage_ (f)
Adam, Margie               _Naked Keys_ (a)
Aerosmith                  _Rocks_ (p)
Afghan Whigs               "Retarded" (C)
Afghan Whigs               _Congregation_ (H)
Afghan Whigs               _Up In It_ (z)(Y)
Agent Orange               _Real Live Sound_ (L)
Agitpop                    _Stick It_ (i)
Albert King                _Wednesday Night At San Francisco_ (V)
Arsenal                    _Manipulator_ (F)
Bad Religion               _Suffer_ (L)
Bailter Space              _Tanker_ (e)
Bastards                   _Monticello_ (W)
Bastro                     _Bastro Diablo Guapo_ (F)
Beastie Boys               _Check Your Head_ (c)
Beat Happening             _Jamboree_ (c)(d)
Beatles                    _Revolver_ (R)
Beethoven                  _Ninth Symphony_ (V)
Belltower                  _Solstice_ EP (G)
Bevis Frond                _Any Gas Faster_ (d)(f)
Big Black                  _Atomizer_ (l)(m)(p)(q)
Big Black                  _Bulldozer_ (W)
Big Black                  _Hammer Party_ (Y)
Big Black                  _Racer X_ (O)
Big Black                  _Songs About Fucking_ (h)(k)(y)(F)
Big Drill Car              _Batch_ (L)
Birthday Party             _Junkyard_ (l)(o)
Bitch Magnet               _Ben Hur_ (c)(Q)
Bitch Magnet               _Umber/Star Booty_ CD (v)
Black Cat Bone             _Black Cat Bone_ (k)
Black Sabbath              _Master of Reality_ (S)
Black Sabbath              _Paranoid_ (a)(f)(s)(z)(R)(T)
Bootstrappers              _Bootstrappers_ (f)
Breeders                   _Pod_ (K)
Buffalo Tom                _Let Me Come Over_ (X)
Butthole Surfers           _Locust Abortion Technician_ (l)
Butthole Surfers           _Psychic, Powerless...Another Man's Sac_ (h)(m)(D)
Can                        _Delay 1968_ (S)
Captain Beefheart          _Trout Mask Replica_ (l)
Carter/Jefferies           "Randolph's Going Home" 7" (e)
Catherine Wheel            _Ferment_ (u)
Clash                      _London Calling_ (X)
Codeine                    _Frigid Stars_(T)
Coleman, Ornette           _Free Jazz_ (l)
Coltrane, John             _A Love Supreme_ (g)(V)
Concrete Blonde            _Concrete Blonde_ (I)
Cop Shoot Cop              _Consumer Revolt_ (m)
Cop Shoot Cop              _White Noise_ (j)
Cows                       "Chow" 7" (W)
Cows                       _Cunning Stunts_ (j)(D)
Cramps                     _Bad Music for Bad People_ (o)
Crayon                     "Moominland" 7" (i)
Crystalized Movements      _Dog Tree Satellite_ (n)
Cure                       _Seventeen Seconds_ (T)
Dag Nasty                  _Can I Say_ (L)
Das Damen                  _Triskaidekaphobe_ (r)
Davis, Miles               _Agharta_ (Z)
Davis, Miles               _Kind Of Blue_ (M)(V)
De La Soul                 _Three Feet High And Rising_ (g)
Dead C.                    _Eusa Kills_ (d)
Dead Kennedys              _Fresh Fruit For Rotten Vegetables_ (L)
Dead Kennedys              _In God We Trust_ (N)
Death Angel                _Act III_ (u)
Deep Purple                "Smoke On The Water" (p)
Deep Purple                _Machine Head_ (R)
Descendants                _All_ (j)
Descendents                _Liveage_ (L)
Dinasour Jr.               _Green Mind_ (G)
Dinosaur Jr                _You're Living All Over Me_  (m)(s)(t)(v)(y)(B)(J)(M)(P)(Q)(W)
Dinosaur Jr.               _Bug_ (b)(c)(g)(t)(w)(B)(K)(P)
Doors                      _The Doors_
Drunks With Guns           "Zombie" 7" (n)
Drunktank                  "Leadfoot" 7" (F)
Dwarves                    "Tooling for a warm teabag" 12" (W)
Dylan, Bob                 _Blood on the Tracks_ (I)
Ed Hall                    _Gloryhole_ (o)
Eric Gales Band            _Eric Gales Band_ (k)
Erikson, Roky              _The Evil One_ (a)
Fall                       _This Nation's Saving Grace_ (q)
Fastbacks                  _...And His Orchestra_ (S)
Fastbacks                  _In America_ (b)
Fieldfresh                 [upcoming ep] (T)
Firehose                   _Ragin, Full On_ (Y)
Flaming Lips               _Telepathic Surgery_ (f)
Flipper                    _Generic Album_ (Z)
Foetus                     _Hole_ (D)
Frank Zappa                _Apostrophe'_ (I)
Fudgetunnel                _Hate Songs In E Minor_ (F)(Q)
Fugazi                     _13 Songs_ (g)
Fugazi                     _Fugazi_ EP (O)
Fugazi                     _Repeater_ (d)(y)(K)
Funkadelic                 _Maggott Brain_ (Z)
Fushitsusha                _Fushitsusha_ 2CD (n)
Girls In The Nose          _Origin of the World_ (N)
Gordons                    _First Album/Future Shock_ (e)
Green Day                  _Kerplunk!_ (d)
Green River                _Dry As A Bone_ EP (q)(t)
Green River                _Rehab Doll_ (o)
Halo Of Flies              "Headburn" 12" (W)
Halo Of Flies              _Singles Going Nowhere_ (b)(O)
Halo of Flies              _Music for Insect Minds_ (q)
Helmet                     "Born Annoying"/"Rumble" (h)
Helmet                     _Meantime_ (j)(X)
Helmet                     _Strap It On_ (m)(J)
Hendrix, Jimi              _Are You Experienced?_ (r)(z)(R)(V)
Hendrix, Jimi              _Cry Of Love_ (I)
Hendrix, Jimi              _Electric Ladyland_ (M)
Hitchcock, Robyn           _Eye_ (T)
Hole                       "Dicknail"/"Burnblack" 7" (E)
Hole                       _Pretty On The Inside_ (H)
Hoodoo Gurus               _Stoneage Romeos_ (N)
Husker Du                  "Makes No Sense At All" (C)
Husker Du                  _New Day Rising_ (S)(Y)
Husker Du                  _Warehouse:  Songs And Stories_ (a)
Husker Du                  _Zen Arcade_ (l)(y)(D)(E)(J)(Q)(U)
Jane's Addiction           _Ritual de lo Habitual_ (I)
Janes Addiction            _Nothing's Shocking_ (K)(Q)
Jawbox                     _Novelty_ (u)
Jefferies, Peter           _The Last Great Challenge In A Dull World_ (e)
Jesus Lizard               _Goat_ (F)(Y)
Jesus Lizard               _Head_ (k)
Jesus and Mary Chain       _Psychocandy_ (F)
Kicking Giant              _Perfect Teenage Summer_ (E)
Killdozer                  _Little Baby Buntin'_ (h)
Killdozer                  _Twelve Point Buck_ (k)
Kiss                       _Alive!_ (p)(D)
Kithchens of Distinction   "Drive that Fast" (G)
L7                         _Smell The Magic_ (v)(E)(H)(Z)
Laughing Hyenas            _Life of Crime_ (o)
Laughing Hyenas            _You Can't Pray A Lie_ (c)
Led Zeppelin               _Houses of the Holy_ (R)
Led Zeppelin               _Led Zeppelin III_ (c)
Led Zeppelin               _Led Zeppelin II_ (V)
Lemonheads                 _Creator_ (v)
Love Battery               _Dayglo_ (r)(w)(J)
Lush                       _Gala_ (G)
Luxurious Bags             _Voluntary Lifelong Quarrantine_ (n)
Lyres                      "Help You Ann"/"I Really Want You Right Now" 7" (E)
MC5                        _Kick Out The Jams_ (b)(R)
MC5                        _MC5_ (q)
Madonna                    _Immaculate Collection_ (I)
Mayall's Bluesbreakers w/Eric Clapton  (self titled) (V)
Mecca Normal               _Water Cuts My Hands_ (d)
Megadeth                   _So Far, So Good...So What?_ (u)
Melvins                    _Ozma/Gluey Porch Treatments_ CD (h)(v)(B)(H)
Metallica                  _Kill 'em All_ (u)
Metallica                  _Master of Puppets_ (u)
Metallica                  _Ride the Lightning_ (u)
Minor Threat               _Discography_ CD (S)
Minutemen                  _Double Nickels on the Dime_ (y)(O)
Mission of Burma           _Mission Of Burma_ CD (E)(O)
Modern Lovers              _The Modern Lovers_ (Z)
Mommyheads                 _Coming Into Beauty_ (U)
Monks Of Doom              _Meridian_ (d)
Mono Men                   _Stop Draggin' Me Down_ (E)
Mono Men                   _Wrecker_ (J)
Montgomery, Wes            _Incredible Jazz Guitar Of..._ (V)
Moose                      _Sonny and Sam_ (G)
Motorhead                  _No Remorse_ (p)
Motorhead                  _No Sleep Til Hammersmith_ (l)(D)
Mozart                     _Requiem_ (U)
Mr. Bungle                 _Mr. Bungle_ (L)
Mudhoney                   "Touch Me I'm Sick" 7" (h)(q)(z)(W)
Mudhoney                   _Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge_ (c)(w)(y)(H)(S)
Mudhoney                   _Mudhoney_ (f)(r)(s)(v)(w)(C)(T)(Y)
Mudhoney                   _Superfuzz Bigmuff+Early Singles_  (d)(j)(o)(t)(C)(H)(J)(Q)
My Bloody Valentine        _Feed Me With Your Kiss_ EP (r)
My Bloody Valentine        _Isn't Anything_ (G)(O)
My Bloody Valentine        _Loveless_ (e)(y)(C)(G)(M)
My Bloody Valentine        _You Made Me Realise_ (g)
Naked Raygun               _Throb Throb_ (O)
Napoleon XIV               _They're Coming To  Take  Me  Away, Ha-Haa_
Nirvana                    "Sliver"/"Dive" 7" (C)(S)
Nirvana                    _Bleach_ (j)(r)(z)(H)(J)(K)(U)(X)(Y)
Nirvana                    _Nevermind_ (A)(X)
Offspring                  _The Offspring_ (K)
Operation Ivy              _Energy_ (g)
Original Sins              _The Hardest Way_ CD (a)
Pavement                   _Slanted And Enchanted_ (g)(w)(M)(Z)
Pearl Jam                  _Ten_ (u)(I)
Pere Ubu                   _Dub Housing_ (i)
Pink Floyd                 _Dark Side of the Moon_ (I)
Pixies                     _Come On Pilgrim_ (s)
Pixies                     _Doolittle_ (K)(N)
Pixies                     _Surfer Rosa/Come On Pilgrim_ CD (Y)
Pixies                     _Surfer Rosa_ (y)
Poison Idea                _Feel The Darkness_ (a)
Prisonshake                _I'm Really Fucked Now_ (b)
Public Enemy               _It Takes A Nation Of Millions..._ (f)(Y)
Pussy Galore               "Groovy Hate Fuck" 12" (W)
Pussy Galore               _Dial 'M' For Motherfucker_ (a)
Pussy Galore               _Right Now!_ (q)
R.E.M.                     _Life's Rich Pageant_ (G)
REM                        _Murmur_ (V)
Radio Birdman              _Radios Appear_ (q)
Railroad Jerk              _Railroad Jerk_ (r)
Ramones                    _Mania_ (L)
Reed, Lou                  _Metal Machine Music_ (D)
Rein Sanction              _Broc's Cabin_ (c)(w)(B)
Rein Sanction              _Mariposa_ (c)
Replacements               _Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash_ (D)
Replacements               _Tim_ (e)(s)
Residents                  _Third Reich 'N Roll_ (D)
Ride                       _Nowhere_ (G)
Ride                       _Smile_ (G)
Rites Of Spring            _Rites Of Spring_ (i)(O)
Rocket From The Tombs      _Life Stinks_ (b)
Rolling Stones             _Let It Bleed_ (R)
Rollins Band               _Do It_ (B)
Rollins Band               _The End Of Silence_ (k)(X)
Sauter/Dietrich/Moore      _Barefoot In The Head_ (l)
Scratch Acid               _Berserker_ EP (q)
Scratch Acid               _Scratch Acid_ EP (O)
Screaming Trees            _Buzz Factory_ (r)(w)
Screaming Trees            _Change Has Come_ CD5 (J)
Screaming Trees            _Even If And Especially When_ (h)
Sebadoh                    "Gimme Indie Rock" 7" (M)
Sex Pistols                _Anarchy In The UK_ (U)
Sex Pistols                _Never Mind the Bullocks..._ (I)
Shudder To Think           _Ten Spot/Funeral At The Movies_ CD (v)
Skin Yard                  _Fist Sized Chunks_ (z)(A)
Skunk                      _Laid_ (r)
Slint                      _Spiderland_ (m)
Slovenly                   _We Shoot For The Moon_ (i)
Smashing Pumpkins          _Gish_ (s)(T)(X)
Smith, Patti               _Horses_ (N)
Smith, Patti               _Radio Ethiopia_ (N)
Social Distortion          _Mommy's Little Monster_ (K)
Social Distortion          _Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell_ (X)
Sonic Youth                _Bad Moon Rising_ (E)(T)
Sonic Youth                _Confusion Is Sex_ (h)
Sonic Youth                _Daydream Nation_(a)(c)(d)(e)(g)(s)(w)(y)(B)(C)(M)(Q)(S)(T)(U)(V)(Z)
Sonic Youth                _Dirty_ (s)(K)(P)(X)
Sonic Youth                _Evol_ (b)(o)(s)(C)(D)
Sonic Youth                _Goo_ (I)
Sonic Youth                _Sister_ (e)(m)(r)(s)(B)(C)(J)
Sorry                      _Imaginary Friend_ (i)
Soundgarden                "HIV Baby" (C)
Soundgarden                _Badmotorfinger_ (k)(A)
Soundgarden                _Louder Than Love_ (B)
Soundgarden                _Screaming Life/Fopp_ CD (Y)
Soundgarden                _Screaming Life_ (o)(t)
Soundgarden                _Ultramega OK_ (j)(w)
Squirrel Bait              _Skag Heaven_ (b)(v)
Steel Pole Bathtub         _Lurch_ (g)
Steel Pole Bathtub         _Tulip_ (m)
Stooges                    _Funhouse_ (l)(o)(q)(z)(E)(U)
Stooges                    _Raw Power_ (U)
Stooges                    _The Stooges_ (R)
Sugar                      _Copper Blue_ (X)
Suicidal Tendencies        _Lights...Camera...Revolution_ (u)
Superchunk                 "Fishing"/"Cool" 7" (J)
Superchunk                 _No Pocky for Kitty_ (v)(y)
Swans                      _Children of God_ (O)
T.S.O.L.                   _Dance With Me_ (K)
Tad                        _8-Way Santa_ (A)(B)
Tad                        _Salt Lick_ (z)(H)
Tall Dwarfs                _Hello Cruel World_ (e)
Tar                        _Jackson_ (j)
Teenage Fanclub            _Bandwagonesque_ (d)
Temple Of The Dog          _Temple Of The Dog_ (k)(u)
Thee Mighty Caesars        _John Lennon's Corpse Revisited_ (b)
Therapy?                   _Babyteeth_ (Q)
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 _Lonelyville_ (m)
Thrown-Ups                 "Eat my Dump" 7" (W)
Tragic Mulatto             _Italians Fall Down & Look Up Your Dress_ CD (m)
U-Men                      "Solid Action" 7" (W)
Unsane                     _Unsane_ (j)
Unsane NYC                 "This Town" 7" (F)
Various Artists            _12 Drunkest Bands In Showbiz_ (w)
Various Artists            _Carwash_ Soundtrack (U)
Various Artists            _Deep Six Compilation_ (h)
Various Artists            _Dope, Guns n' Fucking in the Streets 4-7_ CD (B)
Various Artists            _Estrus Halfrack_ 3x7" (S)(T)
Various Artists            _Sub Pop 100 Compilation_ LP (t)
Various Artists            _Sub Pop 200 Compilation_ 3xEP (t)
Various Artists            _The Grunge Years_ (H)
Velocity Girl              "I Don't Care If You Go" 7" (g)
Velvet Underground         _Velvet Underground And Nico_ (f)(N)(R)
Velvet Underground         _White Light/White Heat_ (b)(f)(l)(o)(M)(S)(U)(Z)
Vertigo                    _Ventriloquist_ (j)
Voivod                     _Killing Technology_ (k)
Volcano Suns               _Bright Orange Years_ (i)
Waits, Tom                 _Rain Dogs_ (M)
Who                        _Sing My Generation_ (E)
Wipers                     _Youth Of America_ (h)
Wire                       _Pink Flag_ (Z)
Yo La Tengo                _May I Sing With Me_ (e)(K)
Yo La Tengo                _New Wave Hot Dogs/President Yo La Tengo_ (a)(v)
Young, Neil                _Decade_ (a)(M)
Young, Neil                _Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere_ (f)
Zorn/Naked City            _Naked City_ (k)
-- 
Michael L. Medlin  al@iris.claremont.edu
	In the midst of the word he was trying to say,
		In the midst of his laughter and glee,
	He had softly and suddenly vanished away---

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