8-Album Mind: Gabba Gabba Gabba HEY! Punk Rock Fans!

The Ramones - Road to Ruin ♠♠♠♠♠
The Ramones - Pleasant Dreams ♠♠♠
The Ramones - Weird Tales of The Ramones ♠♠♠♠
Ratt - Out of the Cellar ???
Rebel Meets Rebel - Rebel Meets Rebel ♠♠♠♠
Revolting Cocks - Cocked and Loaded ♠♠♠
Rock Against Bush, Vol 1. ♠♠♠♠♠

OK, not something really to go on and on about this time. Save Rock Against Bush, everything was on the chopping block. Ramones caught my attention and are now saved, while Ratt needs another listen if only because I really wasn't paying attention to it at the time. Rebel Meets Rebel finally clicked since the metal/country overlap does work well. Meanwhile, Revolting Cock's last effort, Cocked and Loaded, was loaded with filler. "Prune Tang", "Revolting Cock au Lait", and "Viagra Culture".

Without a doubt, Rock Against Bush Vol 1. is one of the greatest punk comps ever, taking tracks from NoFX, SUM 41, The Offspring, Social Distortion, Pennywise, and more.

8-Album Mind: Music So Good, Your Head Hurts

Punky Bruster - Cooked on Phonics ♠♠♠♠♠ REVIEW
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime ♠♠♠♠♠ REVIEW
Queensryche - Empire ♠♠♠♠
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine ♠♠♠♠♠
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow ♠♠♠

I wound up getting a god-awful headache yesterday so this one got delayed until today. Well, the first two albums just plain kick ass. "Empire" was a good follow-up to "Operation: Mindcrime", and Rage Against the Machine gave me a headache. Rainbow's first album was OK, but the cover "Still I'm Sad" took the cake, as well as "Man on the Silver Mountain".

Literally, that's it. The reviews for the first two albums say more than I could right now.

OK, one more thing: Why the hell was that band called "RAINBOW"?! Seriously, what the hell were they thinking? What, did Dio and Blackmore have a meeting?

DIO: OK, I've got a bunch of ideas for band names! How about Dragonslayer, Elf, King Author, or, even better.. Dark River! Huh?
Blackmore: No, I say we call it Rainbow.
DIO: Rainbow?
Blackmore: Yeah, Rainbow.
DIO: .....we're going to play metal, really dark music about evil elves and dragons and such... as RAINBOW?
Blackmore: Yep. Naming it after that bar and grill in Hollywood.
Dio: ...............

Yeah, I wouldn't know what to say, either.