10. Weezer - Pinkerton
An immature album about feelings which resonated with me when I was being stupid in high school. I still love Weezer cause of simplistic pure rocking songs.
9. Lou Reed - Transformer
I was born in New York and it still is a place I feel lot of connection to. Transformer transported me back into a time period I never got to live and I got that real feeling about what New York used to be and all of it's problems.
8. Yes - Close to the Edge
I was deciding on the influential prog album and it was this or Thick as a Brick. The album opened up the prog world to me and how suites and playing 20 minute songs could be cool and entertaining. I think it was a "wow" moment for me when I was younger.
7. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Just great tracks and great piano work that I admire. Transcending time with music is not easy and I feel like I really admired Bowie's ability to do that.
6. Pixies - Doolittle
Real simplicity. No bells and whistles.
5. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Noise paired with great lyrics and guitar layering. You have to appreciate music that has influenced a generation of musicians.
4. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
I like that it's sorta lo-fi and it's really rocking. Gets me air drumming and singing all of the lyrics and forgetting where I am. Music that invokes emotion like that is always good in my book.
3. Boris - Pink
I saw them in concert a couple of years ago when they opened up for NIN and I fell in love. There was this raw energy and it was so loud, like **** your ears loud. It opened up stoner rock and eventually led to sludge metal.
2. Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
First "shoegaze" band I listened to even though they don't go all of the way with their stuff. Rocking guitar riffs, great melodies, and wonderful sounds makes it really work for me and opened up more doors for listening to music.
1. Pavement - Wowee Zowee
I'm weird cause this is my favorite Pavement album when everybody likes Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain or Slanted and Enchanted the most. Something about the lyrics about nothing makes it really emotional and something I feel connected too. This was the first Pavement album I really enjoyed a lot and it really opened up the rest of the band for me. I feel like you don't need to be tight as a band to make compelling music. Not everybody needs to be on and it's okay to play the wrong thing because it's genuine.
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