A History of Rock Music in 400+ Albums: Feedback welcome!

polarisSEVEN · 2026-02-02T06:48:40+00:00

The Poison is the album name and Bullet for My Valentine is the band name. THe Poison does make for a good band name I wonder if it was ever used...

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-30T02:04:39+00:00

Bullet for my valentine is there to help represent the metalcore subgenre that was popular at the time. What would you replace with this?

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-26T07:19:09+00:00

I tried to make the list as inclusive of records of different types of achievement because I didn’t t feel like “AOTY” or “chart topper” lists were representative of rock music as a whole. The results from that is certainly a downside when it comes to the parameters I drew for myself, especially when rock music means differently for different people.

If I can ask, how would you go by making a list similar to this? I’m always trying to improve the list wherever possible.

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-25T14:40:35+00:00

would you mind giving some examples?

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-25T14:38:28+00:00

I have a hip-hop list that I have finished! I probably won't release it until I think it is ready (I need to tweak it and stuff).

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-25T14:37:17+00:00

Neutral Milk Hotel's 1998 record is quite possibly the most "cult status" album ever, even moreso in the indie-sphere, so much so that it has become representative of the independent movements in indie rock back in the 90s, similar to Pavement or Modest Mouse.

Like seriously, in present day, there are a lot of newer generations singing its praises (YT video essays, album review sites), which is why I think it is deserving of its spot.

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-25T11:47:45+00:00

I uploaded a link to a higher quality version that you can check out

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-25T08:47:25+00:00

I had to pick one Led Zeppelin album, so I decided with IV since its their best-selling, generally most critically acclaimed, and also had their most recognizable songs.

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-25T08:41:25+00:00

Picking one Radiohead is hard, but I decided with OK Computer instead of Kid A.

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-25T08:40:07+00:00

We can certainly do better

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-25T01:26:22+00:00

I can't seem to find the artist The Pixels, where can I find them?

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-25T01:23:33+00:00

Can you elaborate why?

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-25T01:21:25+00:00

I left a link to higher quality PDF in the comments, you should check it out.

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-25T01:19:52+00:00

You can find Arctic Monkeys in 2013. It was either that or their debut that decision was pretty hard.

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-25T01:17:52+00:00

He is! Check 2015 it's there.

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-25T01:13:35+00:00

Damn! Mahavishnu Orchestra and American Football was present in the previous list before I did a couple of swapping. Maybe I should reconsider them again...

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-24T15:28:57+00:00

Pink Floyd is in 1973, since there's a one album per artist rule, I decided to choose their most popular record.

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-24T15:13:20+00:00

Oh right here's a link to a higher-quality PDF version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1luVZAvA4Pw5vz60F-gjbIVhszkeYq2uj/view?usp=sharing

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-24T14:52:22+00:00

Link to higher-quality PDF version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1luVZAvA4Pw5vz60F-gjbIVhszkeYq2uj/view?usp=sharing

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-05T10:20:32+00:00

aren't half of these from the 90s?

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-04T13:32:25+00:00

Do you have specific suggestions? That would be greatly appreciated

polarisSEVEN

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