Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Compilation: "Sucking the 70's"


I'm all about 70's influenced heavy rock, so it was really only a matter of time before I got to this - a compilation from Small Stone records called "Sucking the 70's". This is one of my favorite compilations as you get a new generation of heavy rock bands like The Men of Porn and Five Horse Johnson covering songs by the bands who influenced them; legit rock n roll bands from the 70s like Hawkwind and The Stooges. What can I say other than you really can't go wrong with these songs and (most of) these interpretations of them. I love the idea of this compilation as it does a beautiful job of bridging the gap between 2 eras of heavy rock and therefore is a must for any fan of the genre for that reason alone (and also, of course, because it's a lot of fun to rock out to).

A second volume of Sucking the 70's was also released a year or two ago and I'll be posting that one in the next couple days since it's just as good and contains songs by artists like Dozer and VALIS. For now here's "Sucking the 70's" volume 1 for your listening pleasure. Enjoy.

CD 1
1. Five Horse Johnson - Never In My Life (Mountain)
2. Throttlerod - Black Betty (Ram Jam)
3. Dixie Witch - On The Hunt (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
4. Clutch - Cross Eyed Mar (Jethro Tull)
5. The Glasspack - T.V. Eye (The Stooges)
6. The Last Vegas - Free For All (Ted Nugent)
7. Halfway To Gone - Can't You See (The Marshall Tucker Band)
8. Suplecs - Working Man (Rush)
9. Raging Slab - Travellin Band (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
10. Raging Slab - We're An American Band (Grand Funk Railroad)
11. Los Natas - Brainstorm (Hawkwind)
12. The Heads - For Madmen Only (May Blitz)
13. Lamont - Nasty Dogs & Funky Kings (ZZ Top)
14. Backdraft - Child Of Babylon (Whitesnake)
15. Black Nasa - I Don't Have To Hide (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
16. Warped - Dog Eat Dog (AC/DC)
17. Hangnail - Bron-Yr-Stomp (Led Zeppelin)

CD 2
1. Roadsaw - Vehicle (The Ides of March)
2. Novadriver - 20th Century Boy (T. Rex)
3. Alabama Thunderpussy - Hymn 43 (Jethro Tull)
4. Disengage - Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin)
5. The Men Of Porn - Out On The Weekend (Neil Young)
6. Milligram - Rumblin' Man (Cactus)
7. Tummler - Working For MCA (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
8. Fireball Ministry - Doctor Doctor (UFO)
9. Spirit Caravan - Wicked World (Black Sabbath)
10. Lowrider - Freelance Fiend (Leaf Hound)
11. The Mushroom River Band - Walk Away (Joe Walsh)
12. Broadsword - Woman Tamer (Sir Lord Baltimore)
13. Doubleneck - Don't Blow Your Mind (Alice Cooper)
14. Lord Sterling - Black To Comm (MC5)
15. The Brought Low - Till The Next Goodbye (The Rolling Stones)
16. Scott Reeder - Don't Call Us, We'll Call You (Sugarloaf)
17. Tectonic Break - How Can You Win (Parish Hall)

18. Gideon Smith & The Dixie Damned - The Pusher (Steppenwolf)

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