tucker40

I don't really know if this is the correct genre heading but hey, what the hell. After trawling music for darn near 30 years now I am just wondering if anyone has some hidden gems out there that I am overlooked over the years;

I am talking about hard rock/rock n roll such as the following;

Flamin Groovies - Headin' for the Texas Border
Pink Fairies - Do it and the Snake
MC5 - Look at You and Kick out the Jams
Stooges - Not Right and Search and Destroy

And even stuff that rightly or wrongly came later and was termed punk such as;

Damned - Fish, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose, One of the Two
New York Dolls - Jet Boy
Anything by the Ramones circa 75-77

A lot of the bands above made other songs that I am not fussed about but these 'driving guitar songs' (if you know them) are what I absolutely love.

Also, some quality rare old early metal such as;
Lucifiers Friend - Ride in the Sky, Free Baby
Dust - Suicide

People keep putting me onto some real **** and I was wondering if there is someone out there who recognizes what I like they could put me on to some new stuff.

Mark

cgw

I have about half the stuff you mention. The other half I have not heard of. While I check them out, all I can offer, ignoring well know stuff, off the top of my head, if you like the Damned - The Cramps Psychedelic Jungle (may have been 80's).

Psy-Fi

Instead of listing individual songs, I'll give you a few bands and albums by those bands.
You may already be familiar with one or more of them. Some of these might be the type of guitar rock/hard rock you're looking for.

Alamo - Alamo (1971)
American Blues - Is Here (1968)
Armageddon - Armageddon (1975)
B.F. Trike - B.F. Trike (1971)
Black Pearl - Black Pearl (1969)
Black Widow - Sacrifice (1970)
Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum (1968)
Blue Mountain Eagle - Blue Mountain Eagle (1970)
Buffalo - Volcanic Rock (1973)
Buzzcocks - A Different Kind of Tension (1979)
Cactus - Cactus (1970)
Creepy John Thomas - Brother Bat Bone (1970)
Crow - Crow Music (1969)
Fields - Fields (1969)
Grail - Grail (1969)
Gun - Gunsight (1969)
Jeronimo - Jeronimo (1971)
Juicy Lucy - Juicy Lucy (1969)
May Blitz - 2nd of May (1971)
Moloch - Moloch (1972)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
The Electric Prunes - Stockholm '67 (1967)
The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. (1977)
Truth and Janey - No Rest For the Wicked (1976)
Wire - Pink Flag (1977)

And if you like Pink Fairies, you may also like The Deviants (if you aren't already familiar with them.)

Electrophonic Tonic

The Sonics might be considered garage rock, but I would easily call them proto-punk alongside the likes of the Stooges and MC5.

Humble Pie's Performance Rockin' the Fillmore is a damn good live album if you enjoy live rock.

And if you want to go deep, check our Fuzzy Duck's self titled album.