The Hudson Valley Squares: Bands Whose Second Album Topped Their Debut

Join the Hudson Valley Squares for a look at some of the bands we feel hit their stride on their second album.
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[@paulh6673]

Motorhead - Overkill Metallica - Ride the Lightning Megadeth - Peace Sells Saxon - Wheels of Steel Not HVS material really, but Bob Dylan, Lou Reed and Neil Young all released incredible 2nd albums after "inauspicious" debuts.

[@Leo-ci9kc]

Again Chris Alo with the best line "Craig I love you but do you need to go through your whole fuckin catalog "

[@miguelmelchior986]

Another great show, beautiful bunch.

[@awrogers3013]

Happy to see Lynne and Butch live again!!

[@bookert2112]

The two of them need their own podcast or something!

[@franciskocher200]

😄👍

[@user-zq5eb2hj9o]

And Lynn’s dog, the star of the show 😁🐕

[@Loganjohn636]

Great Picks Craig! Thanks for recommending '77 High Decimals they rock 🤘🤘

[@jackofhearts1056]

Kudos to Craig for the Billy Squier shout out and Robert for Robin Trower. Both underrated artists.

[@StreetRailProd]

Just got done with show! Great one! I was going thru some old vinyl I had over the weekend and was amazed that a lot that was mentioned I had!! This show makes me jump back into music big time and realize I need to rediscover a lot of things I missed !!! 🤘but where to start 😂!!

[@BrianRobbins2]

Don’t know if Butch is seeing this or not but I thank you Butch for turning me onto thin lizzy. Through your commentary on these shows the past few years I have grown a deep love for thin lizzy and they have become one of my favorite bands and I’m only 17! I thank both you and Pete, Butch. And if Pete see this, please pass this on to Butch because I think he should know the greatness he has done for my musical journey.

[@jpmcmullan8666]

I’m 100% with you. I’m only 4 years older than you and Butch has REALLY gotten me into Thin Lizzy within the last few years as well

[@diannecarpenter7718]

Cool, hot and spot-on rockin’, Hudson Valley Squares!! I enjoyed watching and listening to your picks. All the damn time. 🎤🎸🎵🎹🥁 Life is better with music.

[@michaelriffee4526]

Takeaways from tonight's episode: 1. Bryce, Ryan, Butch, Chris A., Ralph, Lynne, Bob, Craig, and Steve in the house... 2. "I never said anything. I don't even remember what I said yesterday" 3. "..it sounded like a bowl of wet ass" 4. "...Dave Lombardo with his ass on fire"... 5. And we have a John Sykes reference at 29 minutes and 10 seconds into the show... 6. "...one of the only bands I can put up those Alo numbers... 7. "I did see them in basements, but not a Chinese restaurant basement" 8. An album called "My dog is freaking out" 9. "Keeping it clean tonight" 10. " I smoked a fat blunt with..." 11. "Them's fighting words" 12. The look on Lynne's face when Craig talks about Nashville Pussy... 13. It's always funny to me when I pause the episode and everyone is laughing except for Chris Alo who always looks like he is half asleep" 14. "Craig, I love you but we don't have to go through the whole fucking collection" 15. "You should have stopped at Pussy" 16. "...fucking nerd proggy shit" As for the topic, I would add D.R.I.'s second album "Dealing With It"

[@tmc1054]

Muse's Origin of Symmetry (2001) is a massive step up from Showbiz, Dream Theater's Images and Words (1992) transcends the debut, and Alter Bridge's Blackbird (2007) is a modern classic. Honourable mentions would be Dokken's Tooth and Nail (1984), Crimson Glory's Transcendence (1988) and out of the SoT sphere, Amy Winehouse's Back to Black (2006). Frank showed her potential , BtB was the star revealed. RIP Amy :(

[@i3ar310]

Agreed on Muse. Origin of Symmetry is a big step up. Almost near metal with those riffs.

[@dylanhewitt2616]

Alter Bridge - Blackbird Arch Matheos - Winter Ethereal Crimson Glory - Transcendence Dream Theater - Images and Words [Although it is tied with Metropolis Part 2] Halestorm - Strange Case Of... Rainbow - Rising Whitesnake - Lovehunter Totally misread the assignment and did bands whose best album was their 2nd...

[@Chaz4543]

Blackbird is a good pick but I still like the first album.

[@Icedsymphony7]

Necrophagist-epitah Obscura-cosmogenisis Symphony x-damnation game Nevermore-politics of ecstacy Children of bodom-hatebreeder Helloween-keeper of the seven key part 1 Extreme-pornografitti Fates warning-spectre within

[@MofosOfMetal]

I can't believe Ride the Lightning wasn't mentioned! It was the first that came to mind for me.

[@entelikey1]

Same here. These folks swear allegiance to Kill Em All and Fist Full Of Metal. Especially ol Steve, he’s like the eternal patriarch of the group. Good bloke though.

[@countralfus6408]

Ride the lightning and Hell awaits are choice's of mine but I figured they would be mentioned so I went with other choices

[@MofosOfMetal]

@@countralfus6408 Yeah I figured that it's one of those situations where it's so obvious that everyone expected others to pick it! Plus it doesn't exactly need more attention than it already gets, whereas a lot of these picks do need more attention.

[@independenceltd.]

@@entelikey1 well, he's not wrong about Fistful of Metal...

[@gamleskalle1]

Mine too

[@emersondm7406]

What a great show !!!! 😄🤘

[@peterdyring-olsen2000]

Happy to see some Bolt Thrower love! Top 5 best death metal band of all time.

[@alternativepreacher4516]

If you want kind of straightforward (not intended in a bad way) death metal it doesn't get better than this band.

[@RickNBacker]

Elvis Costello - "This Year's Model". The debut, "My Aim is True" is good but TYM smokes it, rips from start to finish with one of the all-time great bass performances from Bruce Thomas.

[@paulcoleman3081]

What a great episode! I enjoyed this one even more than usual, except that every time I looked at Stephen Keeler's square, I kept going into an acid flashback...

[@thewal1ofsleep]

Great pick from Ryan with Come My Fanatics.

[@Drumdude74]

KISS - Hotter Than Hell ( love the first album but the 2nd is killer ) Faith No More - Introduce Yourself April Wine - On Record Anthrax - Spreading the Disease Van Halen - Van Halen II Anvil - Metal on Metal

[@El_Molzo]

My picks: Dissection - Storm of the lights bane Meshuggah - Destroy erase improve The faceless - Planetary duality Great show!

[@andrewpeters8906]

Prong-Beg to Differ, Soundgarden- Ultra mega OK, King's X- Gretchen goes to Nebraska. Butthole Surfers- Psychic, Powerless, Another Man's Sac. Ween-the Pod

[@IraSiegel]

Ooh, Medusa. Yes, great choice. Lots of good ones tonight. Also, Opeth covered Bridge of Sighs which was awesome.

[@timfrancis2130]

Great episode! I loved a lot of the picks, which I’ll highlight below, but first I’d like to highlight a few that weren’t mentioned… Crimson Glory - Transcendance Shadow Gallery - Carved in Stone Nightwish - Oceanborn Seventh Wonder - Waiting in the Wings The ones that I love that were mentioned…. Rainbow - Rising Def Leppard - High N Dry Rush - Fly By Night Dream Theater - Images and Words Dokken - Tooth and Nail Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny Skid Row - Slave to the Grind Megadeth - Peace Sells Saxon - Wheels of Steel

[@jimmypage2843]

Lynne. 🔥

[@lynneversaci7649]

❤

[@csabacsernak7445]

Yess, mr. Alo, Demanufactor is masterpiece!🤘🤘🤘

[@jake6887]

Honeymoon Suite: The Big Price TNT: Knights of the New Thunder Virgin Steel: Guardians of the Flame Riot: Narita Rainbow: Rising Dokken: Tooth and Nail Survivor: Premonition The Sweet: Sweet Fanny Adams Judas Priest: Sad Wings of Destiny Saxon: Wheels of Steel Focus: Moving Waves Gamma: II Dream Theater: Images and Words Pat Benatar: Crimes of Passion Tygers of Pan Tang: Spellbound Pink Floyd: A Saucerful of Secrets (I never underestimate the influence of Syd Barrett but David Gilmore defined the sound)

[@gabriellarrubia1006]

TNT is a great shout-out, I forgot there was another one before it

[@hmetaljustin]

Great call Pete on DT Images and Words.

[@charleswhite1201]

System Of A Down - Toxicity Muse - Origin of Symmetry Suede - Dog Man Star Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny Stone Roses - Second Coming The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation Nirvana - Nevermind

[@luciusblackwood2640]

Great show. I can't believe Pete didn't mention Tull.

[@zacharyseibert4526]

Off the top: Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes And about a thousand others!

[@tonyziporlin4240]

1. Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes 2. Borknagar - The Olden Domain 3. Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror

[@zacharyseibert4526]

Absolutely!

[@El_Molzo]

Borknagar is a great pick!

[@milesdorst7120]

Alice In Chains - Dirt Anthrax - Spreading the Disease Black Sabbath - Paranoid Extreme - Extreme II: Pornograffiti Metallica - Ride the Lightning Rainbow - Rising Slayer - Hell Awaits Small Town Titans - Reflection Van Halen - Van Halen II "Weird Al" Yankovic - In 3D Honorable mentions: Billy Joel - Piano Man Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II Mötley Crüe - Shout At the Devil Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman Pantera - Projects In the Jungle (or Vulgar Display of Power according to the band haha) Rush - Fly By Night Soundgarden - Louder Than Love Stryper - Soldiers Under Command ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud

[@BackwoodsFilms]

No way would I put Van Halen II over the first album. Their debut was so heavy and guitar driven, it was kind of disappointing to see them go in a more radio friendly direction on the follow up. Good songs, but it lacked the ferocity of that first one.

[@milesdorst7120]

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[@gabriellarrubia1006]

@@BackwoodsFilms Maybe the ferocity, sure, but I think II is more consistent. I really like the first and final clusters of songs on the debut, but I don't go crazy for Jamie's Crying, I'm the One and and Feel your Love Tonight. There's some groundbreaking things on the second album that maybe go by undetected. The shortness and atmosphere of it might make it seem like they were taking things less seriously, but I find that it actually helps me revisit it really often. Never feels like half an hour wasted

[@franciskocher200]

The 1st Van Halen is unbeatable...

[@noose-ix7in]

Great Show! That Public Enemy album has "She Watch Channel Zero" which features Slayer's "Angel of Death" music. Good Stuff!!!

[@house9Tube]

one of the best rap albums of all time!

[@thedarkwizardroom]

Great watching and coming in chat and the picks by the panel awesome. Ryan mentioned OZ and I have that album Fire In The Brain on vinyl. The debut is trash and wasn't as good but have not the debut but their next after Fire In The Brain 3rd Warning (III Warning) actual name on record which is a great killer 3rd album from OZ on vinyl. Yea alot of great 2nd albums. Sometimes as one knows a band can have killer debut and great 2nd album follow up too. But anyway great watching and enjoying. Thanks Pete and HVS!🎶

[@cornelius812]

I’m gonna go back over fifty years into the late 60’s 1- Bayou Country by Credence Clearwater Revival 2- Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane 3- At Home by Shocking Blue

[@kennbrown4638]

Jethro Tull: Stand Up Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistc Pillow Spooky Tooth: Spooky Two

[@toddhill7483]

Yes, that Airplane album is quite the leap.

[@randyhenderson6166]

A Fight mention!!! I love Small Deadly Space. I still listen to those songs almost 30 years later!

[@thomasbeck2934]

Genesis: From “Genesis to Revelation” to “Trespass”

[@kingjudas66]

I like Rock a rolla but it is undeniable that sad wings is a step up

[@elliottwhalen6415]

Been waiting 2 1/2 years fpr a Nashville Pussy referance, Also Bloody Kisses Was TONs 3rd album, the band was very open about Orgin Of The Feces being a recorded live in the studiow/crowd noise added

[@bobbybishop368]

As much as I love The Alan Parsons Project TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION, their sophomore effort, I ROBOT surpasses it.

[@deadliestassassin3092]

Anathema - The Silent Enigma My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans Katatonia - Brave Murder Day Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell Theatre of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness they Fear Lacrimas Profundere - La Naissance D'un Rêve Sentenced - North From Here Moonspell - Irreligious The Sins of thy Beloved - Perpetual Desolation Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses

[@ViolentBaalism]

Great choice for My Dying Bride.

[@aenigmaunveiled266]

Great show as always guys! Very happy to see Bolt Thrower, Sodom and Pestilence got mentioned. Here are some more picks for great (and better that the debut) 2nd albums: 1. Holy Moses - Finished With The Dogs 1987 2. Sepultura - Schizophrenia 1987 3. Hallows Eve - Death and Insanity 1986 4. Primordial - A Journey's End 1998 5. Cruachan - The Middle Kingdom 2000 6. Malevolent Creation - Retribution 1992 7. Summoning - Minas Morgul 1995 8. Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta 2001 9. Morgul - Parody Of The Mass 1998 10. Obtained Enslavement - Witchcraft 1997 11. Sacrifice - Forward To Termination 1987 12. Devastation - Signs Of Life 1989 13. Hexx - Under The Spell 1986 14. Aeternus - And So The Night Became 1998 15. Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence 1992 16. Soilwork - The Chainheart Machine 1999 17. Samael - Blood Ritual 1992 18. Helstar - Remnants Of War 1986 19. Paradox - Heresy 1989 20. Obituary - Cause Of Death 1990 21. Asphyx - Last One On Earth 1992 22. Desultory - Bitterness 1994 23. Sacrilege - The Fifth Season 1997 24. Mortification - Scrolls Of The Megilloth 1992 25. Coroner - Punishment For Decadence 1988 26. Paradise Lost - Gothic 1991 27. Novembers Doom - Of Sculptured Ivy and Stone Flowers 1999 28. Tiamat - The Astral Sleep 1991 29. Cemetary - Godless Beauty 1993 30. Mors Principium Est - The Unborn 2005 31. The Absence - Riders Of The Plague 2007 32. Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky 1992 33. Immortal - Pure Holocaust 1993 34. Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk 1997 35. Watain - Casus Luciferi 2003 36. Dismember - Indecent And Obscene 1993 37. Accuser - Who Dominates Who 1989 38. Onslaught - The Force 1986 39. Flotsam And Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace 1988 40. Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes 1994 41. Nightfall - Macabre Sunsets 1993 42. Gates of Ishtar - The Dawn of Flames 1997 43. Windir - Arntor 1999 44. Winterfylleth - The Mercian Sphere 2010 45. Bal-Sagoth - Starfire Burning Upon The Ice-Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule 1996 46. Be'lakor - Stone's Reach 2009 47. Edge Of Sanity - Unorthodox 1992 48. Sentenced - North From Here 1993 49. Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh 2004 50. Mystifier - Goetia 1993

[@Canuck1000]

Good list! Add Artillery - Terror Squad.

[@patrickcrowther9195]

1. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - *Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere* 2. Radiohead - *The Bends* 3. Fairport Convention - *What We Did on Our Holidays*

[@abe3802]

City Boy - Dinner at Ritz Dream Theater - Images and Words Def Leppard - High N Dry Gillan - Glory Road

[@stevemcnary7963]

Mine are 1. BRIDGE OF SIGHS-ROBIN TROWER. 2. DIARY OF A MADMAN-OZZY OSBOURNE. 3.(TIE) POINTS NORTH-POINTS NORTH & SUBMISSION FOR LIBERTY-4ARM. HONORABLE MENTION 4. GET YOUR WINGS-AEROSMITH 5. HELL AWAITS-SLAYER. 6. DIRT-ALICE IN CHAINS

[@danielwolski873]

Great episode. Just hope Chris would stop complaining about the time, for me it wasn't long enough.

[@Intermentor]

Awesome, will check it out tonight : ) My first thoughs was Alice in Chains : Dirt, Death : Leprosy, Motley Crue : Shout at the Devil and Testament : The New Order.

[@toddhill7483]

Gentle Giant s/t followed by Acquiring the Taste.

[@BillMercier-xu1gz]

Nice Steve. Fly by night is my fav Rush album

[@franciskocher200]

The 1st one is my favorite Rush album

[@mjm5081]

You don't add Neil Peart to your band and not get better! 😃 👍 👊

[@joedolenza7944]

I came into Fear Factory at Obselete and saw them at Ozzfest...magical

[@cr4zyJ-79]

I saw them on that tour too.

[@jasoneubank514]

1)Alice In Chains Dirt 2)Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique 3)Cinderella Long Cold Winter 4)Dixie Chicks Fly 5)Poison Open Up and Say... Ahh! 6)Slaughter The Wild Life 7)Warrant Cherry Pie

[@toddhill7483]

Camel self titled followed up with Mirage.

[@mattshaw5179]

Great video! Here's mine... Levellers- Levelling the Land Wildhearts - PHUQ Paradise Lost - Gothic Honourable Mentions Extreme, Radiohead, Iron Maiden, Terrorvision, Darkthrone and In the woods.

[@robertawesome2410]

The second Fates Warning album The Spectre Within and the second Helstar album Remnants Of War.

[@albertgarza810]

When the blackbird sings is so great....start to finish..

[@treff9226]

Public Enemy - I own over seven thousand CDs and vinyl, I have six rap discs total, they are from Public Enemy, they are brilliant!

[@BlackMoore82]

Rory Gallagher - Deuce (1971). Rainbow - Rising (1976). Whitesnake - Lovehunter (1979). The Obsessed - Lunar Womb (1991). The Tea Party - Splendor Solis (1993).

[@MetalPersonJ]

Visigoth: Conqueror's Oath Nightwish: Oceanborn Frozen Crown: Crowned In Frost

[@g-pa-Rok-n-Tok]

Love The Squares! First off, Happy Birthday to Lynne's Papa. RIP So I'm with Bryce and Lynne on Priest, and definitely with Lynne on Victim! 🤘 On board with Butch on Rising! I still listen to this gem. Last, and this is tough cuz I Love Blizzard, but I'm going with Diary by a red one. Both are still my favorite Ozzy albums! Randy 🎸

[@lynneversaci7649]

❤

[@scottlame6724]

Danzig-Lucifuge The first album is solid but Lucifuge is the definitive Danzig sound IMO. Snakes of Christ, Her Black Wings and Devils Plaything highlight the record but every song is excellent.

[@franciskocher200]

😄👍

[@Redrum1981]

Decide - Legion Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos Immortal - Pure Holocaust Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness Danzig - Lucifuge

[@iluvj50]

"Out Of The Silent Planet" by King's X is a great debut. Their sophomore album "Gretchen Goes To Nebraska" took things to a different level.

[@simond1574]

My 3 picks are the ones, where the leap between 1st and 2nd is the biggest. Dream Theater - Images and Words Amorphis - Tales from the thousand lakes Queen - II Hon. Mentions: Agalloch - The Mantle Black Sabbath - Paranoid Cream - Disraeli Gear The Cure - Seventeen Seconds Dio - The Last in Line Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness Iapetus - The Body Cosmic In The Woods - Omnio Khemmis - Hunted Mastodon - Leviathan Savatage - Power of the Night Solstice - New Dark Age

[@zacharyseibert4526]

Jesus, soooooo many essential 2nd albums. Unreal

[@seekah1]

Too many...

[@tp3922]

Three albums I can think of right off the bat: #3. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath > Paranoid #2. Van Halen - Van Halen > Van Halen II #1. Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet > Flirtin' With Disaster

[@independenceltd.]

[@iancocks9408]

I don’t think van halen ii is as good as van halen. Still one of their best though.

[@maxpower4868]

Not hard rock or metal but radioheads the bends has to be the biggest step up from a debut album in music history

[@chuckazeee]

The tale of two different bands on those two albums.

[@maxpower4868]

@@chuckazeee and it came out only 2 years after it. They had to have sold their souls to the devil.

[@entelikey1]

1) Biohazard ☣️ - Urban Discipline 2)Entombed⚰️ - Clandestine

[@bustergoldenrod]

AC/DC - TNT Cheap Trick - In Color Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Queen - Queen II Metallica - Ride The Lightning

[@toddhill7483]

I completely concur with In Color. One of their best.

[@BlackMoore82]

A few more... Weather Report - I Sing The Body Electric (1972). Gary Moore - Corridors of Power (1982). Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator (1988). Kittie - Oracle (2001). Place of Skulls - With Vision (2003).

[@chadbarker3564]

What audio y'all listen to your music on ? I know Keeler got a killer turntable.!

[@user-kf3vq4bn7y]

Led Zeppelin - 2 The Angels - Face to Face Black Sabbath- Paranoid Can’t understand why people prefer Van Halen 2 over 1

[@rjc7289]

My 3 picks for great sophomore albums that blew the debuts out of the water... Shout At The Devil -- Motley Crue Long Cold Winter -- Cinderella Tooth And Nail -- Dokken

[@alexandercaviedes2559]

Very astute. I agree on all three. I especially love Long Cold WInter.

[@winstonsyme5899]

Thank you. Long Cold Winter is one of my favorite second albums. Much better than the first.

[@garyjoyce2160]

Always a ton of fun and laughs Thx to all sot 👍💯

[@ViolentBaalism]

Great pick for Tooth and Nail

[@seekah1]

@@winstonsyme5899 I hated what they became

[@JohnF-007]

Led Zeppelin- II, Max Webster -High Class in Borrowed Shoes, Alter Bridge-Blackbird

[@abdulbasheer2207]

Here are my 3 picks. The obvious ones have been mentioned, Rainbow, Def Leppard etc. I pick these 3. 1. Marilyn Manson - Anti Christ Superstar 2. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman 3. Yesterday and Today (Later known as Y & T) second album Struck Down

[@Chaz4543]

Marilyn Manson good pick. First album isnt bad though but yeah 2nd is better.

[@jeffreyrobinson9120]

Many to choose from Jethro Tull - "Stand Up" Meat Puppets - II Placebo - "Without You I`m Nothing" Kyuss - "Blues For the Red Sun" Radiohead - "The Bends" Camel - "Mirage" Van der Graaf Generator - "The Least We Can Do Is Wave To each Other" Overkill - "Taking Over" Eloy - "Inside"

[@beetlebum7760]

Most surprising takeaway for me: Ryan is into hip hop! Good for him, Public Enemy rules!

[@neugey]

Great sophomore albums: Slave to the Grind; Hatebreeder; Fury of Our Maker's Hand; Cocked and Loaded; Peace Sells; Shout At The Devil; Overkill; Invasion of Your Privacy; Abraxas; Iowa; The Great Radio Controversy

[@justamops]

Styx II, in my opinion, is a huge leap forward from their debut.

[@gabriellarrubia1006]

Maybe not at a technical level, but I do like that there's more original material. That's actually a really singular album compared to the rest, the short jams are really good

[@63mckenzie]

How can you top an album that has a song that stops half way through and plays interviews with garbage workers!

[@gabriellarrubia1006]

@@63mckenzie ah yes, these kids have too much money lol

[@JoelPrice253]

Blind Guardian, Budgie, Cirith Ungol, Loudness, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nightwish, Ozzy, Prong, Spooky Tooth, The Tea Party, Vicious Rumors. To name a few...

[@purpletemple1]

My 3 pics (and to avoid picking the obvious ones...): It Bites, Ramatam & Japan. Cheers.

[@metalmat3651]

Ralf with 3 fire picks!

[@andywitch666]

Nobody mentioned Voivod , their debut "War and Pain" is great, but "Rrröööaaarrr" tops it heads and shoulders IMO....

[@peterpardo7563]

I would agree!

[@addrokgarvey4308]

Love when Candiria is mentioned

[@zacharyseibert4526]

Dude, Candiria was way ahead of their time. Seen em live a shit ton back in the 90's. Killer fuckin band!

[@addrokgarvey4308]

@@zacharyseibert4526 I luckily got to see them in the late 90's one time. At a bowling alley in Chicago! Amazing!! Been a huge fan ever since. Burnt by the Sun opened for them. They kill also

[@yianniszcovers]

Nashville Pussy is one one of the most amazing rock n roll bands to see live! Highly recommended

[@countralfus6408]

I only seen them once and they blew me away.

[@craigkaminski]

I've gotten to see them 3x; first time was opening for Motorhead, other two times were headlining small clubs. Great live band!

[@theiceman7263]

Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain (can't believe no one mentioned this one) Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror

[@stevenmartin6870]

Agree with every word. U2 fan since I heard New Years Day in High School. I would not see them without Larry

[@mjm5081]

❤ Larry

[@troymosson8975]

Five that weren't mentioned in the show: Slayer - Hell Awaits Power Trip - Nightmare Logic Onslaught - The Force Soundgarden - Louder Than Love Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider

[@kylez8010]

The White Stripes - De Stijl; Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump; Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels; Ozzy - Diary of a Madman; Emmylou Harris - Pieces of the Sky (though I haven't heard her pre-Gram Parsons debut).

[@SuperBlazeomatic]

24-7 Spyz Gumbo Millennium was their 2nd album was incredible!

[@66TGE]

King Diamond-Abigail Evergrey-Solitude-Dominance-Tragedy John Norum-Face the Truth

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

*My top 5:* *1)* The Warning - Queen of the Murder Scene (2019) *2)* Nemophila - Seize the Fate (2022) *3)* The Baby's - Broken Heart (1977) *4)* Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1969) *5)* Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with Disaster (1979) Honourable Mention: *a)* Tubeway Army (Gary Numan) - Replica's (1979) *b)* The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (1967) *c)* Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Sloppy Seconds (1972) *d)* U.K. - Danger Money (1979)

[@IcedEarthMinion]

No mention of Ride the Lightning, or did I miss it? I’d include The Jester Race by In Flames and The Gallery by Dark Tranquillity.

[@Vaggelis68]

"Salisbury" from UH it's better from the debut "...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble" for me! Also ... "Death Walks Behind You" from Atomic Rooster and "Narita" from Riot.

[@peterpardo7563]

I had the Atomic Rooster picked out, but figured I'd save it for a possible Prog Seat episode. Can't say I agree with Heep though...love Salisbury, but I'm more partial to Very 'Eavy.

[@gabriellarrubia1006]

I forgot Salisbury, I legitimately think that's the best Uriah Heep album. Mick Box is an absolute monster on it. It's varied, punchy and overall satisfying initially. By the time you reach the suite it's overkill, completely exceeding expectations.

[@Vaggelis68]

@@peterpardo7563 Ok Pete! Very 'Eavy it's a great debut anyway but the Salisbury it comes to my taste!

[@Vaggelis68]

@@gabriellarrubia1006 I agree! But the album that blew my mind from UH is the masterpiece "Look at Yourself"

[@aldebaran4154]

A few others I thought of (since you mentioned you may do a prog show of this I'll skip them): Doobie Brothers Toulouse Street Elton John S/T Blue Öyster Cult Tyranny and Mutation (although I do love the first album) Spooky Tooth Spooky Two Metallica Ride the Lightning

[@vinylmeister2165]

Mine: Helmet of Gnats-TimeSlip Tim Buckley-Goodbye and Hello Kansas-Song For America

[@dtltmtgt]

Fun exercise! I picked more than 3 below, but I also agree with many of the same ones you all came up with (Zepp, Sabbath, Aerosmith, Scorpions, Rush, Priest, Rainbow, Saxon, Leppard, Maiden, Crue, Megadeth, Candlemass, Fear Factory (too good - right on Ryan!) & Mastodon). For me I picked where the second album has quite a jump from the debut (not that their debuts were bad!) 80s 1985 Anthrax (Spreading the Disease) 1988 Cinderella (Long Cold Winter) 1989 Tesla (The Great Radio Controversy) 90s 1992 The Black Crowes (Southern Harmony and Musical Companion) 1992 Alice In Chains (Dirt) 1995 Dark Tranquillity (The Gallery) 2000s 2000 Black Label Society (Stronger Than Death) 2007 Alter Bridge (Blackbird) 2009 Obscura (Cosmogenesis) 2018 King Buffalo (Longing for the Mountain)

[@ElZezoom]

1. Transcendence - Crimson Glory 2. Second Heat - Racer X 3. Taking Over - Overkill

[@randyhenderson6166]

It hasn't been mentioned yet where I am currently in the video, but Pete may mention it......Dream Theater Images and Words. Also obvious is Surfing with the Alien by Joe Satriani. Also had Rush come into mind quickly as well as Pagan's Mind second album, Celestial Entrance

[@BonafonteLeonardo]

Yes, Images and Words