These Masterpieces Have Shaped My Musical Stylings
They are in no particular order,just the music that I love.This collection still has a grand effect on the music that I make.

PINK FLOYD....ATOM HEART MOTHER
Ahhh,This Album Can Still
Transport Me To Other Worlds.

BRIAN ENO....NERVE NET
This is The Album That
Started My Experimenting With Rhythm Beds.

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART....STRICTLY PERSONAL
Although Trout Mask Replica Was Probably
His Masterpiece,This Epic Was Like Nothing I'd Heard Up To That Point....Still Scary!

KING CRIMSON....DISIPLINE
Wow,Fripp Revamped The Wetton,Bruford Line-up
and Returned With this Gem.

THE BEATLES....REVOLVER
Everyone Always Says Sgt.Pepper Was Their Best and it Probably Was.
But This Album Influenced Me For Years After I First Heard it.

LOU REED...ROCK & ROLL ANIMAL
Best Live Album of The '70's.Screw Frampton Comes Alive and Kiss!

KING CRIMSON...LARKS TONGUE IN ASPIC
This Album I Can Recall Note For Note in My Sleep
A Solid Progressive Classic

THE SILVER APPLES....SILVER APPLES
The Absolute First Synth Rock Band.
A Homemade Synth Made of Shortwave Radios and a Drummer.
Still Sounds Great Through Headphones.

STAN RIDGWAY....THE BIG HEAT
We Loved Wall of Voodoo but on His Own
Stan Really Shined (Plus the Song Camoflage Was Here).

CAPTAIN BEYOND...THE FIRST ALBUM & Sufficently Breathless
How Perfect Can Two Sucessive Albums Get?
My ALL TIME FAVES !

MINISTRY....TWITCH
Al Jorgensen Hates This Early Stuff
But He Invented Industrial Music With This Album.
'We Believe' Still Rocks Hard.

THE GRATEFUL DEAD....ANTHEM OF THE SUN
The Album That Still Sets
The Standard For Psychedelia.

PROCOL HARUM....A SALTY DOG
In Our Opinion,The Very First Progressive Album
The BEST Thing They Ever Did !

BLODWYN PIG....GETTING TO THIS
Mick Abrams Left Jethro Tull and
Immeadiately Wrote and Recorded This With
Jack Lancaster.A Blues/ Jazz /Rock Hybrid
That Really Changed My Thinking.

DEVO..ARE WE NOT MEN?
Love It Or Hate It,These Guys
Really Were The Pioneers That Got Scalped.
Their Sound Still is Oft Imitated.

THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA....BIRDS OF FIRE
What a Musical Line-Up,And The Songs Are Pure Genius.

ROBYN HITCHCOCK....GLOBE OF FROGS
I Love Everything This Guy Does But This Album Was His Crowning Glory.

KING CRIMSON......IN THE WAKE OF THE POSIEDON
Possibly My Favorite Crimson Album.I'm Still Stealing Mellotron Licks From This One

JOHN ENTWHISTLE....SMASH YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL
We Lost Him Recently But This Album Remains A Great Collection.

ROXY MUSIC
FOR YOUR PLEASURE
Back Before Ferry Just Wrote Sappy Lovesongs.Eno Also Tore it Up !

BRIAN ENO....HERE COME THE WARM JETS
We Knew Who The Real STAR of
Roxy Music Was,But This Album Insured
His Legacy as The Grandfather of Ambient.

JANE'S ADDICTION....NOTHINGS SHOCKING
What A Fantastic Debut Album.I Still Play This Alot In The Car.

THE ROLLING STONES....YOUR SATANIC MAJESTY'S REQUEST
This Acid Soaked Triumph Was Panned By Critics And Fans Alike, But I Listened To That Album Til The Vinyl Peeled Off.

DePECHE MODE....VIOLATOR
Their Best Album,Their Best Songs
Their Best Concept.

HAWKWIND....HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN GRILL
This is Where Lemmy Was Before He Stopped Eating Acid and Started Drinking Beer.Hawkwinds Very Best.

KING CRIMSON....RED
The All-Time Heaviest Crim Album

JOHN CALE....GUTS
The Other Half of The Talent From
The Velvet Underground.This Album Is GREAT,Dirty Ass
Rock and Roll!

GARY NUMAN....REPLICAS
Saw His Pleasure Prinipal Tour in '80.
Stands As The Best Live Show EVER!

DEAD KENNEDYS....FRESH FRUIT FOR ROTTING VEGETABLES...
Jello Biafra Had a Vision With This Piece of Music That Still Keeps
It Sounding Fresh In 2006.Lets Lynch The LandLord
and Kill The Poor' is as Relevant Now as When Cowboy Ronnie Was Prez.

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART....THE SPOTLIGHT KID
Hearing Alice In Blunderland Once Stopped Me From Doing Something Really Stupid.I Love This Piece Of Music.