The Filthy 50  - Decibal Magazine  035 - Sep 2007

Story by Scott Seward

Decibel unearths 50 forgotten late '60s/early '70s thud-rock masterpieces.

Basically, it goes like this: Chuck Berry—British Invasion—Garage Rock—Cream—Hendrix—Led Zeppelin—Black Sabbath—the last Hate Eternal album. OK, it's not quite that neat. Nothing ever is. Which brings us to this completely biased and unscientific list of late '60s and early '70s heavy stuff that time (mostly) forgot. Proto-metal albums that had one supreme goal: to blow your little mind. To make this list, an album had to fit one or more of the following criteria:

• Thud: Does it make you want to fight or fuck?

• Crud: Is it unsavory in some way?

• Mud: Is it a bummer that stabs the hippie dream in the face?

• And, finally, Sticky Sticky Bud: Is it drug-induced and do you know where we can get some?

Apologies to hipster faves Toad, Bang, Sir Lord Baltimore, May Blitz, Black Widow and a zillion others that we forgot. The list-making process got a little, um, fuzzy, and we're just glad we remembered how to count to 50. If you can remember to look for some of these the next time you hit the used bins, then you probably need a new dealer.

No. 21

The Damnation of Adam Blessing, Second Damnation

One of the greatest US rock bands that hardly anyone has heard, TDOAB lay down a serious hurting on their second full-length.            United Artists | 1970