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uao picks 25 tunes from the rock era that best represent Los Angeles throughout the past 50 years.
Heavy Metal needs no introduction. The loudest, druggiest, most doom-laden music of all; the music most likely to be outgrown.
Farewell early 00's! We still haven't even agreed on a name for you, yet. uao cherrypicks 20 favorites.
A salute to the often-overlooked creative forces behind your favorite artists: The Producers. Spector, Albini, Vig, Martin, et. al.
Can Neil Diamond sound cool? An appraisal of Rick Rubin productions 1985-2005. Picks by Robert Burke, commentary by uao.
A salute to England's major rock renaissance of the 1990's; what did Americans miss during the alt-rock era?
uao revisits the classic names in funk from the 1970's and picks a twenty song sampler.
Twenty memorable garage-rock bands from the original indie era.
The sequel to "Top 25 Women In Rock?" uao picks #26-#50 and braces himself.
uao's arbitrary but considered tribute to 25 women who helped shape rock and alt-rock.
Geateful Dead; Jefferson Airplane; Santana; The Charlatans; It's A Beautiful Day; Steve Miller Band; Quicksilver Messenger Service; Moby Grape; Big Brother & The Holding Co.; Blue Cheer; Electric Flag; The Great Society; Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks; Hot Tuna; Sly & The Family Stone; New Riders of the Purple Sage; Joy Of Cooking; Sons of Champlin; Tower of Power; Country Joe & The Fish.
The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; The Yardbirds; The Who; The Kinks; The Animals; The Hollies; The Troggs; The Zombies; The Pretty Things; Them; The Searchers; Peter And Gordon; Lulu; Petula Clark; Herman's Hermits; The Small Faces; The Swinging Blue Jeans; Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders; Dave Clark Five; Gerry & The Pacemakers; Dave Berry; Freddie & The Dreamers; The Moody Blues
Foreigner; Journey; Heart; Blue Oyster Cult; Styx; .38 Special; Meat Loaf; REO Speedwagon; Boston; Pat Benatar; Cheap Trick; Peter Frampton; Kansas; Ted Nugent; The Tubes; Kiss; Bad Company; Pink Floyd; Aerosmith; Loverboy
R.E.M.; Nirvana; Smashing Pumpkins; Radiohead; Beck; The Breeders; The Verve; Jane's Addiction; My Bloody Valentine; Camper Van Beethoven; Sonic Youth; Pavement; Pearl Jam; Primal Scream; Galaxie 500; Nine Inch Nails; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Soundgarden; Green Day; Dinosaur Jr.
Rush; April Wine; Cowboy Junkies; Barenaked Ladies; Max Webster; The Guess Who; Arcade Fire; Bachman-Turner Overdrive; Teenage Head; Skinny Puppy; Gordon Lightfoot; Bryan Adams; Blue Rodeo; The Tragically Hip; The Band; Paul Anka; The Crew Cuts; Buffy St. Marie; Bruce Cockburn
Muddy Waters; Howlin' Wolf; Roy Brown; Robert Johnson; Elmore James; Sonny Boy Williamson II; Albert King; Koko Taylor; Big Mama Thornton; Skip James; Slim Harpo; Wilbert Harrison; Leadbelly; Rev. Gary Davis; John Lee Hooker; Memphis Minnie; Blind Lemon Jefferson; Odetta; Johnny Otis; Bukka White
James Brown; Marvin Gaye; Ben E. King; Aretha Franklin; Sam and Dave; Stevie Wonder; Al Green; Junior Walker; The Spinners; The O'Jays; The Temptations; The Delfonics; Percy Sledge; Otis Redding; Bill Withers; Curtis Mayfield; Sam Cooke; Ray Charles; Ike and Tina Turner; Carla Thomas.
R.E.M.; Guadalcanal Diary; Beat Farmers; The Bangles; The Feelies; The Soft Boys; Let's Active; Camper Van beethoven; The Replacements; The dB's.
Prtishead; Massive Attack; Beth Orton; Moloko; Soul II Soul; Kruder & Dorfmeister; Olive; Sneaker Pimps; Propellerheads; Death In Vegas
Billy Joel; Boz Scaggs; Elton John; Bread; Barry Manilow; Air Supply; Chicago; The Bee Gees; Wings; Seals & Crofts.