Miscellaneous Lists

Most Underrated Artists

• 1. Pere Ubu

  2. Foetus

  3. Pop Group

  4. Royal Trux

  5. Faust

  6. Diamanda Galas

  7. Tim Buckley

  8. To Live and Shave in L.A.

  9. Dogbowl

  10. David Peel

  11. Ono

  12. Lubricated Goat

  13. Fiery Furnaces

  14. Impossible Nothing

  15. Lisa Germano

  16. Stabscotch

Most Underrated Albums

1. Royal Trux: Twin Infinitives 

2. Diamanda Galas: Diamanda Galas 

3. Dogbowl: Cyclops Nuclear Submarine Captain 

4. Chrome: Half Machine Lip Moves 

5. Red Krayola: Parable of Arable Land 

6. David Thomas: Monster Walks the Winter Lake 

7. Faust: Faust 

8. Foetus: Nail

9. Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music 

Best Artists Formed post-2000

1. Joanna Newsom

2. Lingua Ignota

3. Fiery Furnaces

4. Sadaf

5. Stabscotch

6. Impossible Nothing

7. Shit & Shine

8. Jpegmafia

9. Xiu Xiu

10. Death Grips

11. Kanye West

12. Burning Star Core

Most Underrated Singers

• 1. Tim Buckley 

  2. David Thomas 

  3. Diamanda Galas 

  4. John Brannon 

  5. Captain Beefheart 

  6. Mark Stewart (Pop Group)

  7. Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu)

  8. Robert Wyatt 

Most Underrated Guitarists

1. John Fahey

2. Andy Hawkins (Blind Idiot God)

3. Helios Creed (Chrome)

4. Roy Montgomery

5. Sandy Bull

6. Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple)

7. Peter Green (early Fleetwood Mac)

8. Hank Marvin (Shadows)

9. Marc Ribot

10. Duane Denison (Jesus Lizard)

Most Overrated Artists

• 1. Beatles

  2. Elvis Presley

  3. Kanye West

  4. David Bowie

Most Overrated Albums

1. Beatles: (any album, really)

2. Kanye West: Yeezus

3. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

4. Radiohead: Kid A

5. David Bowie: Blackstar

Best Live Albums

• 1. Grateful Dead: Live/Dead

  2. Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps

  3. Deep Purple: Made In Japan

  4. Bob Dylan: Live at the Royal Albert Hall

  5. Nick Cave: He Put a Spell On Us (bootleg)

  6. Quicksilver: Happy Trails

  7. Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison

  8. Allman Brothers: At Fillmore East

  9. Velvet Underground: Live 1969

  10. Doors: Absolutely Live 

  11. Tim Buckley: Dream Letter

  12. Birthday Party: Live 81–82

  13. MC5: Kick Out the Jams 

  14. Black Flag: Who's Got the 10½?

  15. Frank Zappa: Roxy & Elsewhere

  16. Pere Ubu: Apocalypse Now

  17. Nirvana: MTV Unplugged 

Great Stage Fashionistas/Visual Performers

• • Alice Cooper

  • Bjork

  • Diamanda Galas

  • Grace Jones

  • GWAR

  • Kiss

  • Lady Gaga

  • Marilyn Manson

  • Nina Hagen

  • Residents

  • Wendy O Williams

Best "Epic-Length" Albums (Albums over 120 min)

1. Joanna Newsom: Have One On Me (124 min)

2. Swans: Soundtracks for the Blind (141 min)

3. Impossible Nothing: Phonemenomicon (260 min)

4. Caretaker: Everywhere at the End of Time (390 min)

5. William Basinski: Disintegration Loops I-IV (296 min)

6. Pan Sonic: Kesto (239 min)

7. Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs (172 min)

8. Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie (121 min)

9. Clash: Sandinista (144 min)

Best Supergroup

1. Pigface

Greatest Music Videos

1. Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer

2. Michael Jackson: Thriller

3. Childish Gambino: This is America

4. A-ha: Take On Me

5. PSY: Gangnam Style

6. Avalanches: Frontier Psychiatrist

7. Nine Inch Nails: Closer

8. OK Go: Here It Goes Again

9. Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime

10. Danny Brown: Ain't It Funny

11. Beastie Boys: Sabotage

12. Madonna: Vogue

Greatest Rockumentaries

or Rock-affiliated films

1. 20,000 Days on Earth (Nick Cave)

2. Instrument (Fugazi)

3. The Devil & Daniel Johnston (Daniel Johnston)

4. No Direction Home (Bob Dylan)

5. One More Time With Feeling (Nick Cave)

6. The Decline of Western Civilization (LA punk scene)

7. About a Son (Kurt Cobain)

8. Urgh! A Music War (various post-punk/new wave concerts)

9. Woodstock (1969 Woodstock festival)

10. A Hard Day's Night (Beatles)

Favorite Album Titles

• 1. Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

  2. Cramps: Bad Music For Bad People (comp)

  3. Spacemen 3: Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To (bootleg)

  4. Lisa Germano: Rare, Unusual, or Just Bad Songs (archival)

  5. Frank Zappa: We're Only In It for the Money

Favorite Lyrics

• 1. Pop Group: "We are all prostitutes. Everyone has their price." 

  2. Frank Zappa: "In Washington they just take care of number one, and number one ain't you; You ain't even number two."

  3. Lemonheads: "We have to laugh to look at each other; We have to laugh 'cause we're not alone." 

  4. Flaming Lips: "Love your brain, even if it slips down the drain." 

Favorite Album Packaging

• 1. Fiona Apple: Idler Wheel composition book (CD)

  2. Faust: Faust clear vinyl & sleeves (LP)

  3. Velvet Underground: VU & Nico peelable sticker cover (LP)

  4. Have a Nice Life: Deathconsciousness booklet on Antiocheanism (LP)

  5. Radiohead: In Rainbows DIY sticker digipak (CD)

  6. Radiohead: Kid A booklet (CD)

Favorite Personalities

• 1. Nick Cave

  2. Henry Rollins

  3. GG Allin

  4. Frank Zappa

  5. Jello Biafra

  6. Daniel Johnston

  7. Kanye West

  8. Tom Waits

  9. Captain Beefheart

  10. Wesley Willis

  11. Kurt Cobain

  12. Ludwig Van Beethoven

  13. Charles Mingus