THE ELECTRIC BIBLE | INTERMISSION 6

THE ELECTRIC BIBLE | INTERMISSION 6

The sixth 50 of The Electric Bible‘s 500 essential albums, listed in chronological order:

GUN CLUB “FIRE OF LOVE” (1981)
CHRISTIAN DEATH “ONLY THEATRE OF PAIN” (1981)
MEAT PUPPETS “MEAT PUPPETS” (1981)
BAD BRAINS “BANNED IN D.C.” (1981)
GLENN BRANCA “THE ASCENSION” (1981)
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES “JUJU” (1981)
THE FALL “HEX ENDUCTION HOUR” (1981)
KILLING JOKE “WHAT’S THIS FOR?” (1981)
DISCHARGE “WHY” (1981)
THE HUMAN LEAGUE “DARE” (1981)
NEW ORDER “MOVEMENT” (1981)
NEW ORDER “MESH” (1981-82)
VENOM “SONS OF SATAN” (1981-82)
SPK “LEICHENSCHREI” (1981-82)
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY “JUNKYARD” (1981-82)
DEATH ROW “ALL YOUR SINS” (1981-82)
BLACK FLAG “RISE ABOVE” (1981-83)
D.R.I. “DIRTY ROTTEN” (1982)
VOID “VOID” (1982)
MISSION OF BURMA “VS.” (1982)
DISCHARGE “HEAR NOTHING, SEE NOTHING, SAY NOTHING” (1982)
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY “SWAMPLAND” (1982-83)
HUSKER DU “METAL CIRCUS” (1982-83)
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN “KILLING MOON” (1982-84)
SAINT VITUS “ZOMBIE HUNGER” (1982-85)
EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN “ZEICHNUNGEN DES PATIENTEN O.T.” (1983)
RAIN PARADE “EMERGENCY THIRD RAIL POWER TRIP” (1983)
SMITHS “HATFUL OF HOLLOW” (1983-84)
ART OF NOISE “WHO’S AFRAID OF THE ART OF NOISE” (1983-84)
ANTI CIMEX “WARMACHINE” (1983-84)
ASOCIAL/CRUDE SS “REVOLT” (1984)
MERZBOW “PORNOISE” (1984)
ZOUO “FINAL AGONY” (1984)
THE BAD SEEDS “THE FIRST BORN IS DEAD” (1984)
JULIAN COPE “FRIED” (1984)
HELLHAMMER “APOCALYPTIC RAIDS” (1984)
CELTIC FROST “MORBID TALES” (1984)
SODOM “IN THE SIGN OF EVIL” (1984)
DESTRUCTION “SENTENCE OF DEATH” (1984)
METALLICA “RIDE THE LIGHTNING” (1984)
SLAYER “HELL AWAITS” (1984)
SIEGE “APOCALYPSE” (1984)
DIE KREUZEN “DIE KREUZEN” (1984)
SWANS “COP” (1984)
SKINNY PUPPY “REMISSION” (1984)
OPAL “MAGICK POWER” (1984-87)
SONIC YOUTH “BAD MOON RISING” (1984)
RITES OF SPRING “RITES OF SPRING” (1985)
THE OBSESSED “THE OBSESSED” (1985)
PENTAGRAM “DAY OF RECKONING” (1985)

 

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT YOUNG (1964-2014)

ÆTERNUM VORTICE LACRIMARUM SOMNIAT”