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Thu 23 Jul – Hippiefest The line-up for this event was Joey Molland from Badfinger, Felix Caviliere from The Rascals, Flo and Eddie from The Turtles, Chuck Negron from Three Dog Night and Mountain

AC/DC – Live
Ajattara – Kuolema
Alestorm – Captain Morgan's Revenge
Amon Amarth – Once Sent From the Golden Hall
Amon Amarth – The Avenger
Amon Amarth – The Crusher
Amon Amarth – Versus the World (Viking Edition digipack - signed)
Amon Amarth – Fate of Norns (digipack)
Amon Amarth – With Oden on Our Side (digipack)
Amon Amarth – Twilight of the Thundergod (ltd box set)
Amorphis – Tales From the Thousand Lakes
Ancient Rites – Dim Carcosa
Ancient Rites – Rubicon
Ascension - Durin's Bane Demo
Axenstar – Far From Heaven
Axenstar – Perpetual Twilight
Axenstar – Inquisition
Axenstar – Final Requiem
Ayreon – The Final Experiment (remastered)
Ayreon – The Human Equation
Bad Company – 10 From 6
Bal-Sagoth - Battle Magic
Bal-Sagoth – Atlantis Ascendant
Basil Poledouris – Conan the Barbarian Soundtrack
Bathory – Blood Fire Death
Bathory – Hammerheart
Bathory – Nordland
Bathory – Nordlan II
Battlelore – Where the Shadows Lie (signed)
Battlelore – Sword's Song (digipack, signed)
Battlelore - Third Age of the Sun (Signed)
Battlelore - Evernight (signed)
Battlelore - The Last Alliance (signed)
Battlesword – Failing in Triumph (digipack)
Black Jade – Of Forest and Fire (digipack)
Black Sabbath – Under Wheels of Confusion (box set)
Blackguard - Profugus Mortis (promo)
Blaze – Silicon Messiah (signed)
Blaze – Tenth Dimension (digipack, signed)
Blaze – As Live As It Gets (promo, signed)
Blaze – Blood & Belief (signed)
Blaze Bayley – The Man Who Would Not Die (signed)
Blaze Bayley - The Night That Would Not Die (signed)
Blind Guardian – Follow the Blind
Blind Guardian – A Twist in the Myth (digipack)
Bolt Thrower – Realm of Chaos (remastered)
Bolt Thrower – The IVth Crusade
Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory
Bolt Thrower – Who Dares Wins
Bolt Thrower – Mercenary
Bolt Thrower – Those Once Loyal
Bretwaldas Of Heathen Doom – Battle Staffs in the Mushroom Woods
Carpathian Forest – Black Shining Leather
Celesty - vendetta (promo)
Children of Bodom – SomethingWild
Children of Bodom – Hatebreeder
Children of Bodom – Follow the Reaper
Children of Bodom – Hate Crew Deathroll
Chrome Division – Doomsday Rock 'n Roll
Cock Sparrer – Shock Troops/Runnin Riot in '84
Crystal Viper - Metal Nation (signed)
Cutting Daisy – The Fools Crowned Themselves Gods
Dark Moor – The Hall of the Olden Dreams
Dark Tranquility – Damage Done
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - The Pest Called Humanity
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Follow the Calls for Battle
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Nocturnal March
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Evoking a Decade
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Hora Nocturna
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Saldorian Spell (digipack)
Darkthrone – A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Darkthrone – The Cult is Alive
Deathchain – Deadmeat Disciples
Deathchain – Deathrash Assault
Deep Purple – Made in Japan (remastered)
Destruction – The Best of Destruction
Dethklok – The Dethalbum (deluxe)
Diamond Head – Best of...
Dimmu Borgir – In Sorte Diaboli
Dissection – The Somberlain (ltd remastered boxset)
Dissection – Storm of the Lights Bane/Where Dead Angels Lie (digipack)
Dissection – Live Legacy (digipack)
Dissection – Reinkaos
Dragobrath – Scripture of the Woods
DragonForce – The Valley of the Damned
Dragonforce – Sonic Firestorm
Dragonforce – Inhuman Rampage
Dreamtale – Beyond Reality
Edguy – The Savage Poetry
Edguy – Mandrake
Edguy – Hellfire Club
Edguy – Superheroes EP
Edguy – Rocket Ride
Elexorien – Elexorien (signed)
Eluveitie – Spirit (signed)
Eluveitie – Slania
The Embodiment – Razor Cut Reality
The Embodiment – Legeon
Emperor – Emperial Live Ceremony
Endstille – Navigator
Ensiferum – Ensiferum
Ensiferum – Iron
Ensiferum – Dragonheads EP
Ensiferum – Victory Songs
Equilibrium – Sagas
Fairyland – Of Wars in Osyrhia (signed)
Fairyland – Fall of an Empire (signed)
Falconer – Falconer
Falconer – Sceptre of Deception
Falkenbach – Heralding the Fireblade
Finntroll – Nattfödd
Folkearth – By the Sword of my Father
Forefather – Ours is the Kingdom
Free - Live
Freedom Call – King of the Crystal Empire
Freedom Call – Eternity
Freedom Call – Live Invasion
Galadriel – The Mirror of Ages
Galadriel – Oblivion
Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam
Grave Digger – The Reaper
Grave Digger – Tunes of War (digipack)
Grave Digger – Knights of the Cross (digipack)
Grave Digger – Excalibur (digipack)
Grave Digger – Rheingold
Grave Digger – The Last Supper
Grave Digger – Liberty or Death
Graveland – Will Stronger Than Death (digibook)
Halford – Resurrection
HammerFall – Glory to the Brave
Hammerfall – Crimson Thunder (Comic Book Edition)
Hammerfall – Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken (box set)
Hanging Doll - Reason & Madness (signed)
Hawkwind – Space Ritual (digipack)
Hawkwind – Masters of the Universe
Hawkwind – Live Chronicles
Hawkwind – Epoch Eclipse; the Ultimate Best of...
Heidevolk – De Strijdlust is Geboren
Heol Telwen – An Deiz Ruz (digipack)
Highland Glory - Forever Endeavour (signed)
Hozz – Live (demo)
I – Between Two Worlds (digipack)
Iced Earth – Dark Genesis (Box Set)
Iced Earth – The Dark Saga
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Iced Earth – Days of Purgatory
Iced Earth – Alive in Athens (3-disc edition)
Iced Earth – The Melancholy EP (reissue)
Iced Earth – Horror Show
Iced Earth – The Glorious Burden (digipack)
Iced Earth – Overture of the Wicked EP
Iced Earth – Framing Armageddon (digipack)
Iced Earth – I Walk Among You (Single)
Iced Earth – The Crucible of Man (digipack)
Icy Steel – Icy Steel
Immortal – At the Heart of Winter
Immortal – Sons of Northern Darkness (reissue digipack)
Immortal Souls – Once Upon A Time in the North (digipack)
Iron Fire – Thunderstorm
Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden – Killers
Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Iron Maiden – Somewhere in Time
Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of A Seventh Son
Iron Maiden – Maiden England
Iron Maiden - No Prayer For the Dying
Iron Maiden – Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden – A Real Live One
Iron Maiden – A Real Live/Dead One
Iron Maiden – Live at Donington (reissue)
Iron Maiden – The X Factor (signed by Blaze Bayley)
Iron Maiden – Virtual XI (Signed by Blaze Bayley)
Iron Maiden – Ed Hunter (signed by Blaze Bayley)
Iron Maiden – Brave New World
Iron Maiden – Rock in Rio
Iron Maiden – Dance of Death
Iron Maiden – Death on the Road
Iron Maiden – A Matter of Life and Death
Iron Savior – Unification
Iron Savior – Interlude
Iron Savior – Condition Red
Iron Savior – Battering Ram
Iron Savior – Megatropolis
Ironically Maiden – Here's Your Sodding Demo Disk (Demo)
Jag Panzer – Thane to the Throne
Jag Panzer – Mechanised Warfare
Jeff Wayne – Musical Version of the War of the Worlds
Judas Priest – Sad Wings of Destiny
Judas Priest - Stained Class
Judas Priest - Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather
Judas Priest - British Steel
Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance
Judas Priest – Defenders of the Faith
Kamelot – Epica
Keep of Kalessin – Armada
Kreator – Past Life Trauma (1985-1992)
KromleK – Strange Rumours...Distant Tremors
Kult – Winds of War
Legion of the Damned – Sons of the Jackal
Leonard Rosenman – The Lord of the Rings Soundtrack (1978)
Luca Turilli – King of the Nordic Twilight
Lux Occulta - Dionysus
Manegarm – Vargstenen (digipack)
Marduk – Panzer Division Marduk
Marduk – Rom 5:12
Megadeth – Killing is my Business...and Business is Good
Megadeth – Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Megadeth – So Far, So Good...So What!
Megadeth – Rust in Peace
Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction
Megadeth – Youthanasia
Megadeth – Hidden Treasures
Megadeth – Cryptic Writings
Megadeth – Risk
Megadeth – The World Needs a Hero
Menhir – Hildebrandslied (digibook)
Mercenary – Everblack
Metallica – Kill 'Em All
Metallica – Ride the Lightning
Metallica – Master of Puppets
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Metallica – Metallica
Metallica – Load
Metallica – Reload
Metallica – Garage Inc.
Metallica – S&M
Metallica – Live Shit: Binge & Purge (reissue box set)
Midnattsol – Where Twilight Dwells
Moonsorrow – Kivenkantaja
Mors Principium Est – The Unborn (digipack)
Mors Principium Est – Inhumanity
Motörhead - Overkill
Motörhead – Ace of Spades
Motörhead – Another Perfect Day
Motörhead – No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
Motörhead – Bastards
Motörhead – Take No Prisoners
Mountain – Twin Peaks
Municipal Waste – The Art of Partying
Muse – Black Holes and Revelations
Nebelhorn – Gen Helwegs Grund
Nightwish – 1997-2001 (Digibook)
Nightwish – Century Child
Nightwish – Once
Nightwish – End of an Era (ltd box set)
Nightwish – Dark Passion Play (digipack)
Olympos Mons – Conquistador
Olympos Mons – Medievil
Orden Ogan - Vale (signed)
Overkill – Hello From the Gutter
Pantera – Cowboys From Hell
Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
Pantera – Far Beyond Driven
Pantera – The Great Southern Trendkill
Pantera – Offcial Live: 101 Proof
Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder
Queen – Greatest Hits
Queen – Greatest Hits II
Queen – Greatest Hits III
Rhapsody – Legendary Tales
Rhapsody - Emerald Sword (single)
Rhapsody - Dawn of Victory (ltd box set)
Rhapsody – Rain of a Thousand Flames
Rhapsody – Power of the Dragonflame (dvd edition)
Rhapsody – Symphony of Enchanted Lands, Vol 2: The Dark Secret (digipack)
Rotting Christ – Sanctus Diavolus
Rotting Christ – Theogonia (digipack)
Running Wild – Masquerade
Satyricon – Now, Diabolical
Siebenbürgen – Loreia
Siebenbürgen – Grimjaur
Siebenbürgen – Delictum
Siebenbürgen – Darker Designs & Images
Silent Force – Walk the Earth
Silent Prophecy - Silent Prophecy Demo
The Sins of Thy Beloved – Lake of Sorrow
Slayer – Reign in Blood
Slechtvalk – The War That Plagues the Land
Sodom – Ten Black Years: The Best of Sodom
Status Quo – Whatever You Want
Storm – Nordavind
Stormlord – At the Gates of Utopia
Stormlord – The Gorgon Cult (signed)
Summoning – Minas Morgul
Taake - ...Doedskvad
Tankard – Beast of Bourbon
Teräsbetoni – Vaadimme Metallia
Thronar – For Death and Glory
Timeless Miracle – Into the Enchanted Chamber
Tuatha De Danann - Tuatha de Danann
Tuatha de Danann – Tingaralatingadun
Tuatha de Danann – The Delirium Has Just Began
Tuatha de Danann – Trova di Danu (digipack)
Twilight Guardians – Wasteland
Twisted Tower Dire Battle Hymns to the Pantheon
Týr – How Far to Asgaard? (signed)
Týr – Eric the Red (signed)
Týr – Ragnarok (digipack - signed)
Unleashed – Midvinterblot
Uriah Heep – The Collection
Various Artists - Blackend
Various Artists - Transformers: The Movie Soundtrack
Various Artists – Pagan Battle Tunes V
Various Artists – The Rock Box
Various Artists – Headbanger's Bible
Various Artists – Rock Star Soundtrack
Various Artists – This is Thrash
Various Artists – Noord Geldersch Metaal: Liederen Voor in het Vagevuur
White Skull – The Dark Age
Winters Bane – Redivivus
Wintersun – Wintersun (ltd with slipcase - signed)
Wizard – Odin
Wolfsbane – Lifestyles of the Broke and Obscure
XIV Dark Centuries – Jul EP
XIV Dark Centuries – Skithingi

DVDs
AC/DC - Live at Donington
Amon Amarth - Wrath of the Norsemen
Аркона - Live - For the Glory
Аркона - Noch Velesova
Blaze Bayley - Alive in Poland (signed)
Blaze Bayley - The Night That Would Not Die (signed)
Battlelore - The Journey (signed)
Dissection - Rebirth of Dissection
Ensiferum - 10th Anniversary Live
Iced Earth - Alive in Athens
Iron Maiden - Rock in Rio
Metallica - Live Shit: Binge & Purge
Nightwish - From Wishes to Eternity
Nightwish - End of an Era
Stormlord - The Battle of Quebec City: Live in Canada (signed)
Wintersun - Tour Edition DVD

Gig Memorabilia
Battlelore - Setlist (Signed, Manchester Moho w/ Finntroll 28.09.09)
Celesty - Plectrum (BOA 2009)
Crystal Viper - Red plectrum (sent free by manager)
Crystal Viper - Blue plectrum (sent free by manager)
Hanging Doll - Setlist (Signed. Metalfest, Dudley 27.09.09)
Highland Glory - Setlist (Skuret, Oslo 12.12.09)
Power Quest - Setlist (Signed. Metalfest, Dudley 26.09.09)

Shirts etc:
Amon Amarth - Versus the World (tshirt)
Amon Amarth - Viking (white longsleeve, signed)
Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side (tshirt)
Amon Amarth - Asator (tshirt)
Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side (flag)
Amon Amarth - logo (beany hat)
Asphyx - Death...the Brutal Way (tshirt)
Battlelore - Sword's Song (tshirt)
Battlelore - The Last Alliance (tshirt)
Blaze Bayley - Kill & Destroy (longlseeve)
Blind Guardian - Twist in the Myth (tshirt)
Crystal Viper - Metal Nation (tshirt)
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - The Pest Called Humanity (tshirt)
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Follow the Calls for Battle (tshirt)
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Hora Nocturna (tshirt)
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Saldorian Spell (hoody)
Darkthrone - Logo (beany hat)
Death - Logo (workshirt)
Dragonforce - Valley of the Damned (tshirt)
Eindhoven Metal Meeting - 2009 (tshirt)
Elexorien - The Curse (tshirt)
Eluveitie - Spirit (tshirt)
Ensiferum - Ensiferum (tshirt)
Ensiferum - Ensiferum's Super (tshirt)
Falconer - Logo (tshirt)
Falkenbach - Heralding the Fireblade (tshirt)
Folkearth - Viking Head (tshirt)
Forefather - Shieldwall (tshirt)
Grave Digger - Rheingold (longsleeve)
Hail of Bullets - Death Metal Supreme (camo tshirt)
Hammerfall - Glory to the Brave (tshirt)
Heidevolk - Wodan Heerst (tshirt)
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (tshirt)
Iced Earth - Overture of the Wicked (tshirt)
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness (longsleeve)
Immortal - Reunion 2007 (tshirt)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (football shirt)
Metallica - 5 (football shirt)
Metalliac - logo (polo shirt)
Motörhead - England/Everything Louder Than Everything Else (tshirt)
Olympos Mons - Logo (tshirt)
Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (tshirt)
Tankard - the Beauty and the Beer (tshirt)
Wacken Open Air - Logo (workshirt)
Wacken Open Air - 2006 (tshirt)
Wacken Open Air - Roadsign (tshirt)
Wacken Open Air - Christmas 2007 (tshirt)
Wintersun - Beautiful Death (tshirt)
Wintersun - Snow and Sorrow (tshirt)
XIV Dark Centuries - Jul (tshirt)

Maybe helpful for searchers, I've tagged all Woodstock bands and artists (according to Wikipedia), here are their alphabetical names so that this blog is linked on each band's or artist's page:

Arlo Guthrie
Bert Sommer
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Canned Heat
Country Joe & the Fish
Country Joe McDonald
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Grateful Dead
Iron Butterfly
Janis Joplin
Jefferson Airplane
Jimi Hendrix
Joan Baez
Joe Cocker
John Sebastian
Johnny Winter
Keef Hartley Band
Melanie
Mountain
Ravi Shankar
Richie Havens
Santana
Sha-Na-Na
Sly & The Family Stone
Swami Satchidananda
Sweetwater
Ten Years After
The Band
The Incredible String Band
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Quill
The Who
Tim Hardin

JPT Scare Band- Sleeping Sickness JPT Scare Band has been blazing psychedelic trails for quite some time now. Over the years and decades they have managed to progress from totally unknown to painfully obscure. In spite of all that… they are still together, with the original lineup intact. Still making meaningful music in the 21st century, this veteran group of jammers is also proud of their vast legacy of classic twisted insanity recorded back in olden analogue times.

Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath Black Sabbath is an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, originally comprising Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums). In the early ’70s they were the first to pair heavily distorted, sonically dissonant blues-rock.

Agitation Free- 2nd Agitation Free is a German avant-garde rock band. The band formed in 1967 with Michael “Fame” Günther (bass), Lutz “Lüül” Ulbrich (guitar), Lutz “Ludwig” Kramer (guitar) and Christoph Franke (drums). They were initially called Agitation, a name they chose at random from a dictionary. Later, they added the word free to the name becoming Agitation Free to reflect their live performance style.

Black Merda- Black Merda The band’s original lineup included Anthony “Wolf” Hawkins, VC L. “The Mighty V” Veasey, and Tyrone Hite; they were later joined by Anthony’s brother, Charles. They were first popular as a local and national backup band under various names: Impact, The Fabulous Impacs and the Soul Agents. The group provided backup for Motown recording artists Edwin Starr and The Spinners as well as for Brunswick recording artists Gene Chandler, The Artistics, Billy Butler and The Chilites.

Blue Cheer- Vincebus Eruptum Blue Cheer is an American blues rock group of the late 1960s and early 1970s, who helped to pioneer heavy metal music. Based in San Francisco, original personnel were singer/bassist Dickie Peterson, guitarist Leigh Stephens, and drummer Paul Whaley. A power trio, the band was named after a variety of LSD promoted by underground chemist and Grateful Dead backer Owsley Stanley. This variety of LSD took its name from a popular laundry detergent. Their first hit was a cover version of Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues” from their debut album Vincebus Eruptum (1968).

Brainbox- Brainbox Holland’s Brainbox was part of the North- European Invasion consisting of Stockholm’s ABBA, Shocking Blue from the Netherlands, Denmark’s the Savage Rose, and, of course, Blue Swede, a convergence a bit more subtle than the British Invasion and spanning over a decade. While H.P. Lovecraft kept changing members around the drummer, this band would release a record with totally new people in 1972, that work entitled Parts. Yet the original Brainbox does have qualities somewhat resembling the earlier H.P. Lovecraft, and is a worthwhile collection of musically diverse and eclectic performances. The decent liner notes call this “progressive pop,” and in some respects it is, though they shift gears from the Simon & Garfunkel classic “Scarborough Fair/Canticle” to the 17-minute plus original “Sea of Delight,” and take lots of other directions in between. The Damned had a song called “New Rose,” which is where the French record label got its name, and there was the aforementioned Savage Rose, but Brainbox start the album with “Dark Rose,” a blend of Jethro Tull meets the Mothers of Invention. Brainbox ups the ante by sliding into Tim Hardin and a very credible cover of “Reason to Believe” a full two years before Rod Stewart would get a B-side hit with it (the original A-side of the “Maggie Mae” single), they pull off a chameleon-like change on this to become folk rockers. Casimirz Lux has a very appealing voice with a bit of Stewart’s rasp, making “Reason to Believe” a highlight of the album.

Budgie- In for the Kill! Budgie is a Welsh rock band founded in Cardiff, Wales, by bassist Burke Shelley in 1967, with Ray Philips (drums) and Tony Bourge (guitar). They released their first album, Budgie, in 1971.

Cactus- Cactus The plan was for the Vanilla Fudge rhythm section of bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice to join with guitar god Jeff Beck and his singer Rod Stewart in a supergroup of sorts in the fall of 1969. The plan was derailed when Beck had an automobile accident that incapacitated him for the next 18 months. Stewart then joined pal Ron Wood in the revamped Faces (and pursued a somewhat lucrative solo career), leaving Bogert and Appice to find alternates for their dream band. They recruited guitarist Jim McCarty from Mitch Ryder’s Detroit Wheels, Ted Nugent’s Amboy Dukes and The Buddy Miles Express, and singer Rusty Day from Ted Nugent’s Amboy Dukes.

Camel- Mirage The embryonic origin of Camel, from London, England, was conceived circa 1964 when brothers Andrew and Ian Latimer got together with their respective friends Alan Butcher and Richard Over to form The Phantom Four. The band’s name changed to Strange Brew. The group performed mainly cover tunes until mid-1968 when Ian Latimer quit to get married. Andrew Latimer and Alan Butcher placed an ad in the Surrey Advertiser for a bass player to which Doug Ferguson responded. On 13th November 1968 Ferguson arrived for an audition and promptly impressed the duo with his confidence, a ‘fat’ bass sound, excellent gear (Fender jazz bass, 2 Vox T-60 cabs with amps) and his own roadie! He was offered the gig on the spot. The new blues orientated trio was called… THE BREW. Shortly after joining The Brew, Ferguson told Latimer about an exciting drummer he knew. Andy Ward joined THE BREW at the tender age of 14 and the heart of Camel had begun to take shape.

Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family- My Ancestors African Fuzz. Info on this Artist is hard to find. Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family recorded the album My Ancestors in 1974, a disc which is now so rare that copies sell for thousands. It's just been re-issued (in an appallingly limited edition, perhaps as some sort of sop to collector scum) so that a marginally wider audience can be introduced to the delights of Nigerian psychedelic fuzz guitar.
Over an abrupt backing figure, Tembo starts to solo with his guitar. And keeps on. And keeps on. This is poorly recorded and poorly produced, but don't let that fool you. It's an absolutely killer track that, while it shows both its Nigerian and its freak roots, is all about Chrissy Zebby Tembo being your guitar hero for the day. You'll love this one, believe me.

Clark Hutchinson- Blues Andy Clark and Mick Hutchinson recorded four semi-legendary LPs of drug/scatter/raga-blues between 1969 and 1971. The first album – Blues – wasn’t released until a long time after the band had split up. Its been described elsewhere as “…a great record of swinging, pumping blues that fits the pattern of early British blues rock, when bands like Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack or Groundhogs started to explore their own new sounds, leaving behind the limitations of the traditional blues form”.

Deep Purple- The Very Best of Deep Purple “Deep Purple” is an English hard rock band formed in Hertfordshire in 1968. Together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath they are considered to be heavy metal/hard rock pioneers. Especially influential to heavy metal were Ian Gillan’s powerful screams and Ritchie Blackmore’s virtuouso solos. Deep Purple were also very influential to progressive rock.

Dust- Hard Attack Dust is an angst-fueled hard rock power trio from New York. They had some early punk spirit while standing firm in what was to become metal. Self titled 1st lp released 1971. 2nd album “Hard Attack” released 1972. Bassist Kenny Aaronson went on to play with Rick Derringer and Blue Oyster Cult. Drummer Marc Bell eventually became Marky Ramone, the second drummer for The Ramones. Guitarist/producer Richie Wise went on to co-produce the first two KISS albums.


Fields- Fields Fields or The Fields (inside cover) were: Richard Fortunato, lead guitar & vocals, Steven Laguna, percussion & vocals and Patrick Burke, bass guitar & vocals. Vocals backing by Brenda Holloway and the Raylettes. Produced by Bill Rinehard, Engineered by Frank Kejmar/Whitney Studios, Arrangements by Gene Page and Bill Rinehart. Side One: Elysian Fields (3:25), Bide My Time (5:08), Take You Home (3:00), Jump On You (3:18), and Sun Would Set (5:15). Side Two: Love Is the Word (19:50).
A Los Angeles outfit, they were previously known as ESB - Electric String Band. Their eponymous album from 1969 is heavy rock with some psychedelic influence, was produced by ex-Merry-Go-Rounder Bill Rinehart, ESB may previously have been W.C. Fields Memorial Electric Band.

Flower Travellin' Band- Anywhere In recent years, Flower Travellin’ Band has been rediscovered by the heavy metal, stoner rock and doom rock movements in America and England, and are often cited as influential by bands involved in these movements. Flower Travellin’ Band are an esoteric Japanese psychedelic rock / heavy metal outfit from Tokyo that was first active from 1969 and early 1970s until 1973, consisting of Akira “Joe” Yamanaka (vocals), Hideki Ishima (guitar), Joji “George” Wada (drums) and Jun Kozuki (bass). The band was initially organized by Japanese entertainer and entrepreneur Yuya Uchida as The Flowers, a cover band, and featured two vocalists - male vocalist Yuya Uchida, and female vocalist Remi Aso, who was touted as the Japanese version of Janis Joplin. Their first album consisted of covers of Western pop songs.

Frijid Pink- Frijid Pink Best known for their rock rendition of House of the Rising Sun, Frijid Pink is a heavy rock band hailing from Detroit, USA that started in 1967. They spent some time finding their feet before their first hit, PlayHouse of the Rising Sun. The band never had the same success and by the mid seventies faded and disbanded.

Granicus- Granicus A band, originating from Clevland, Ohio, who only released 1 album. The selftitled Granicus in 1973. Taking their name from the river where Alexander the Great achieved his first important victory over the Persians, Cleveland Ohio’s Granicus have far exceeded their ridiculously brief lifespan as a working band to gain lasting and ever-growing favor among serious collectors of obscure ‘70’s hard rock. Formed at the start of the decade by singer Woody Leffel (also acoustic guitars), lead and rhythm guitarists Wayne Anderson and Al Pinelli, respectively, bassist Dale Bedford and drummer Joe Battaglia, Granicus honed their original material in Cleveland area clubs before signing to RCA Records in 1973. Boasting a surprisingly mature caliber of songwriting But for all its apparent merits, the LP met with little to no commercial success upon release, and, after being dropped by RCA, Granicus’s dwindling career prospects eventually contributed to their break-up sometime later. For all their inherent talent, none of the band members resurfaced in other groups

Hawkwind- Space Ritual One of the earliest pioneers of electronic music, Hawkwind started in the late 60’s as a psychedelic/space rock band. Their trademark sound was formed from washes of distorted noise produced by audio generators coupled with intricate bass rhythms and jagged guitar riffs. The band maintained a successful following through the period of punk and new wave, and were cited by Joy Division bassist Peter Hook as an early influence. Their album covers and lyrics invoke fantastic sci-fi and sword & sorcery imagery heavily inspired by writers Roger Zelazny and Michael Moorcock, the latter of which collaborated with the band on several occasions. Hawkwind also featured Lemmy Kilmister, who went on to form Motorhead, the name of the last song he wrote for the band.

King Crimson- Red King Crimson is a progressive rock group from England formed in 1969 by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles. Originally an all-British musical group, later members have included a number of Americans, most notably Adrian Belew and Tony Levin.

The name King Crimson was coined by Peter Sinfield as a synonym for Beelzebub, prince of demons. According to Fripp, Beelzebub is an anglicised form of the Arabic phrase “B’il Sabab”, meaning “the man with an aim”. However, the original name is understood to be from ba’al zebul, “Lord of the Seat”.

Leaf Hound- Growers of Mushroom Leaf Hound formed in 1969 under their original name, Black Cat Bones.[1] Early incarnations of the Black Cat Bones featured guitarist Paul Kossoff and drummer Simon Kirke who both left to form Free.[1] Black Cat Bones issued one album for Decca Records entitled Barbed Wire Sandwich. They replaced their vocalist shortly after releasing the album, adding Peter French to the line-up. Guitarist Rod Price departed soon after to join Foghat and French added his cousin Mick Halls on guitar.[1] Soon after Black Cat Bones changed their name to Leaf Hound.

Led Zeppelin- ALL OF THEIR ALBUMS. Led Zeppelin was originally formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page under the name “The New Yardbirds,” based on Page’s previous band, The Yardbirds. While The New Yardbirds arose at first simply to fulfill some performance commitments booked in Scandinavia before the original band’s break-up, Page attempted to create a rock-supergroup out of the new band, which would have been composed of the Yardbirds’ own Page and Jeff Beck, The Who’s Keith Moon and John Entwistle (who were considering leaving their band), and possibly Steve Winwood or Steve Marriott.
After Page’s attempt at forming a supergroup failed, Page filled the band with vocalist Robert Plant, drummer John Bonham and long-time friend and fellow London recording session player John Paul Jones. Page’s first choice as singer, Terry Reid, declined the opportunity but selflessly recommended Plant, who accepted and then brought in his old friend Bonham from the defunct Band of Joy.


Montrose- The Very Best of Montrose was the original Californian hard rock band, pioneering the kind of short and punchy songs that would be a template for later and more successful bands such as Van Halen. The band featured Ronnie Montrose on guitar and future solo star and Van Halen member Sammy Hagar. Rounding out the foursome on their Ted Templeman-produced debut, Montrose (Warner Bros., 1973), were drummer Denny Carmassi and Bill Church. The original line-up lasted long enough to make just this one album. The first member to leave was Bill Church who was later replaced by Alan Fitzgerald for the band’s second and final album with Hagar on vocals, Paper Money (Warner Bros., 1974). After departing, Hagar released a succession of solo albums in the mid-to-late 70s and early 80s (often with the remaining members of Montrose) as well as a one-off live album with the band Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve.

Mountain- Over the Top Mountain is an American rock band mainly active in the early 1970s. The classic-era lineup of the group was Leslie West on guitar, Felix Pappalardi on bass, Corky Laing on drums (the original drummer was N. D. Smart), and Steve Knight on piano and organ. West’s raw vocals, Laing’s flowing drumming, and Pappalardi’s heavy but not overly imposing bass lines were the elements of Mountain’s distinctive sound.


Pappo's Blues- Pappo's Blues ‘’Pappo’s Blues’’ was a Rock/Blues band from Argentina. Led by Pappo (Norberto “Pappo” Napolitano), it suffered a constant change of musicians throughout its life.

In 1971 Pappo’s Blues recorded its first album, called simply “Pappo’s Blues”. The second one, “Pappo’s Blues Volumen 2” was recorded in 1972. By the time in which they recorded the third album (Pappo’s Blues Volumen 3), there had been two changes in the group: David Lebón (bass) left, his place taken by C.A. Machi Ruffino, and Black Amaya was replaced by Pomo.



Quicksand- Home Is Where I Belong Quicksand were an obscure Welsh psychedelic and progressive rock band active in the early 1970s. The members were Robert Collins, Jimmy Davies, Phil Davies and Anthony Stone. They released two singles, Passing By/Cobblestones (Carnaby CNS 4015) in 1970 and Time To Live/Empty Street, Empty Heart (Dawn DNS 1046) in 1973. Their only album, Home Is Where I Belong, was released in 1974.

Sum Pear- Sum Pear "Freshly excavated from the depths of obscurity this is the one and only album from singer-song writing duo Sonny Hahn and Doug Miller and itís somewhat of an undiscovered gem as well. Originally released in 1971 on the Jubilee Group's "Euphoria" label (EST1) this quirky album mixes some fine eccentric British style psych with some outstanding heavy fuzz, particularly on the great "Hey Sun".

Vanilla Fudge- Vanilla Fudge Vanilla Fudge is an American psychedelic rock band that recorded albums from 1967 to 1970. They have a number of hit singles, their biggest hit being “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” a slowed-down, trippy, hard rock cover of a song originally recorded by The Supremes, which particularly featured Appice’s energetic drumming. One follow-up to this hit, “Take Me For a Little While,” was an original composition with a very similar sound both in musical themes and treatment, but it said something quite different than its forerunner. While it did not do nearly as well commercially, it did attract some airplay, making it a rare instance of a band successfully parodying their own work.



ZZ Top- Tres Hombres ZZ Top is an American blues rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. The band members are Billy Gibbons (vocals and guitar), Dusty Hill (bass guitar and vocals), and Frank Beard (drums). They hold the distinction of being one of the few rock bands still comprising its original members for nearly 40 years. They toured almost continually for several years, but first gained wide acclaim with their third album, Tres Hombres (1973). It contained the classic song “La Grange”, referencing the bordello that is the subject of the musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

The Allman Brothers Band- Stand Back: The Anthology The Allman Brothers Band, formed in 1969 in Macon, Georgia blended strains of Southern Rock music - Blues, R&B, Country, Jazz, and Gospel - into a flexible, jam-oriented style of Rock and Roll that reflected the emergence of the “New South” and set the style for Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Marshall Tucker Band, and countless other Southern rockers.

Cream- The Very Best Of Cream Cream was a 1960s British blues-rock band consisting of bassist/lead vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker, formed in London, England. They were known as one of the first great power trios and supergroups of rock. Their sound was characterised by a hybrid of blues, hard rock and psychedelic rock. Cream combined Clapton’s blues guitar playing with the powerful and airy voice and intense bass lines of Jack Bruce and the manic drumming of Ginger Baker. Cream, together with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, made a significant impact upon the popular music of the time, providing a heavy yet technically proficient musical theme that foreshadowed the emergence of bands such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and The Jeff Beck Group in the late 1960s. The band’s live performances influenced progressive rock acts such as Rush, jam bands such as The Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead and Phish, and heavy metal bands such as Black Sabbath.

Grand Funk Railroad- Capitol Collectors Series Grand Funk Railroad is an American rock band that was very popular throughout the 1970’s.
Formed in 1969 by Mark Farner (vocals, guitar), Don Brewer (drums) and Mel Schacher (bass).
Craig Frost (keyboards) was later recruited around 1972. Grand Funk Railroad has sold in excess of 25 million records to this date, 10 million of which were in 1970 alone. They were a top concert draw and often cited as “the loudest rock and roll band in the world.”


The Gun- Race With the Devil The Gun (1968 - 1969) were a hard rock group from England who had a top ten hit with “Race With the Devil” in 1968. Formed by brothers Paul & Adrian Curtis (aka Gurvitz) and Louis Farrell, their first album on Epic was a heavy psychedelic affair with orchestral touches. Their second album “Gunsight” was already showing signs of the sound that made the Gurvitz-brothers later famous. After The Gun, they formed Three Man Army, Baker-Gurvitz Army and helped Graeme Edge (Moody Blues) with his two solo-albums. Finally Adrian Gurvitz recorded several solo albums.

Jethro Tull- Aqualung Ian Anderson’s flute may be the defining factor in Jethro Tull’s music, but it’s only one element in a band that’s been around since the late 60s. Originally a blues-based rock band with a few dollops of British folk in their sound, they evolved into one of the most popular progressive rock bands of the 70s.
Jethro Tull formed in Blackpool, Lancashire, England in the 1968.

Jimi Hendrix- ALL ALBUMS. James Marshall Hendrix (November 27,1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist. Widely hailed by music fans and critics alike as the greatest electric guitarist of all time, there is no disputing that he remains one of the most influential rock guitarists (and songwriters). Jimi was not very popular in America at the outset of his musical career, only later gaining recognition after taking a trip to England with the Animals’ Chas Chandler, where he subsequently formed the Jimi Hendrix Experience with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. While the Experience quickly became popular in England, they remained relatively unrecognized outside of the country. It was not until their performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival in the States that the Experience became, quite literally overnight, one of the most popular bands of the era.

Truth and Janey- Erupts The musical group Truth was formed sometime in late ‘69 in a small city in Iowa by original members Billy Janey, Steve Bock and John Fillingsworth. The band pulled it’s name from the title of a Jeff Beck album and drew inspiration from Beck as well as idols Cream and Hendrix. This lineup, however, would last barely a year until drummer Denis Bunce was brought in the replace Fillingsworth and form what would be the group’s legendary line-up.

Taste- On The Boards Taste was an Irish rock band formed in the 1960s and is most noted for the fact that musician Rory Gallagher was an original member.

The band produced 4 albums during their time together: Taste, On the Boards, Live Taste and Taste Live at the Isle of Wight.

Rory Gallagher Lead Guitar, vocals, Ritchie McCracken Bass, John Wilson Drums. You can find all of their albums here ---------->http://vsjakoraznopapashura.blogspot.com/search?q=Rory

Buffalo- Volcanic Rock Although largely unrecognised within the Australian music scene, they were possibly Australia’s first heavy metal band, pre-dating other pioneering Australian hard rock and heavy metal acts - notably Coloured Balls, AC/DC, The Angels (Australian) and Rose Tattoo, of which Wells was also a founding member. Like many pioneering heavy metal acts, Buffalo incorporated strong influences of blues-rock, psychedelia and progressive rock - the latter genre also frequently used by many critics and fans to label the band’s style. Like most Australian bands at the time, Buffalo’s bread and butter was a constant grind of national touring, running the full gamut from school dances in tiny halls to large outdoor concerts. Overall, the band’s sound is comparable to Black Sabbath, whom they supported during an early ‘70’s tour.

Sir Lord Baltimore- Kingdom Come Sir Lord Baltimore was a short lived 1970s American heavy metal band, from Brooklyn, NY. They released two albums on Mercury Records at the start of the seventies. A review of their first record, Kingdom Come, contained the first documented use of the term “heavy metal” to refer to a style of music.

Here is a list of great psychedelic rock, heavy psych, hard rock and progressive rock bands of the 60s and 70s, all connections of the Sir Lord Baltimore group on :

• Sir Lord Baltimore
• Van der Graaf Generator
• Wishbone Ash
• Blue Cheer
• Led Zeppelin
• Jacula
• Jimi Hendrix
• Budgie
• High Tide
• Rush
• Uriah Heep
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Stormy Six
• Leaf Hound
• Arzachel
• Captain Beyond
• Atomic Rooster
• 13th Floor Elevators
• Aphrodite's Child
• Blue Öyster Cult
• The Blues Magoos
• The Chocolate Watch Band
• Flower Travellin' Band
• Grateful Dead
• Kaleidoscope
• King Crimson
• Hawkwind
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Can
• Amon Düül II
• Aksak Maboul
• Camel
• Invisible
• Sui Generis
• The Trip
• MC5
• Guru Guru
• Aguaturbia
• Black Sabbath
• Birth Control
• Pax
• Pan & Regaliz
• Truth and Janey
• Damnation of Adam Blessing
• black spirit
• Lucifer's Friend
• Os Mutantes
• The Koala
• Second Hand
• Kraan
• Fire
• Bang
• Asterix
• Night Sun
• D.R. Hooker
• Finchley Boys
• Freedom´s Children
• Granicus
• Head Machine
• George Brigman
• Josefus
• Clark Hutchinson
• mr. albert show
• The Lizards
• Roky Erickson
• Bead Game
• Blackwater Park
• Krokodil
• Renaissance
• Foghat
• Iron Butterfly
• Pentagram
• Taste
• Trapeze
• May Blitz
• Fuzzy Duck
• Mendelbaum
• Crazy Mabel
• Joseph
• Karthago
• La Revolucion De Emiliano Zapata
• Khan
• Murphy Blend
• Black Widow
• Coloured Balls
• White Lightning
• Cactus
• UFO
• Morly Grey
• Jethro Tull
• Désirée
• Piel De Pueblo
• Steve Morgen
• Toad
• Pete Brown & Piblokto!
• Silberbart
• Simon Stokes
• Fresh Blueberry Pancake
• Rory Gallagher
• Them
• The Kinks
• Tasavallan Presidentti
• Icecross
• Skin Alley
• GEDO
• Epitaph
• Gentle Giant
• Primevil
• Mountain
• Quicksilver Messenger Service
• Free
• Human Instinct
• Phafner
• Sam Gopal
• Saturnalia
• The Sacred Mushroom
• Jade Warrior
• Steppenwolf
• Mint Tattoo
• Leigh Stephens
• Randy Holden
• Silver Metre
• Blues Creation
• Speed, Glue & Shinki
• Muddy Waters
• Vanilla Fudge
• Ashkan
• Blue Goose
• Bolder Damn
• Tucky Buzzard
• Zior
• The Flock
• Humble Pie
• The Troggs
• Arthur Brown
• Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come
• Art
• Nazareth
• Spooky Tooth
• La Fachada de Piedra
• Biglietto Per L'Inferno
• Fuchsia
• Clear Blue Sky
• Il Rovescio Della Medaglia
• Laghonia
• Luis Alberto Spinetta
• Traffic Sound
• Traffic
• We All Together
• Los Gatos
• Kissing Spell
• Los Mac's
• Los Vidrios Quebrados
• Som Imaginario
• Ladies W.C.
• Módulo 1000
• Dug Dug's
• The (St. Thomas) Pepper Smelter
• McCully Workshop Inc.
• Otis Waygood
• Abstract Truth
• Freedom's Children
• Suck
• Blind Ravage
• Coven
• If
• Joy Unlimited
• Agnes Strange
• Spontaneous Combustion
• Pescado Rabioso
• The Adventures Of Robert Savage
• Far Out
• Bulbous Creation
• Luv Machine
• The Yardbirds
• Babe Ruth
• Bloodrock
• De De Lind
• HP Lovecraft
• Kahvas Jute
• Los Jaivas
• Love
• It's a Beautiful Day
• Plus
• Edgar Broughton Band
• The Psycheground Group
• Garybaldi
• The Other Half
• Status Quo
• Agitation Free
• Grand Funk Railroad
• Murasaki
• Ruphus
• Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
• Sudden Death
• Beggars Opera
• Kak
• Keef Hartley Band
• Blackfeather
• Metamorfosi
• Curved Air
• Strawberry Alarm Clock
• Muddy Waters
• Bedemon
• Stack Waddy
• Beck, Bogert & Appice
• Bodkin
• Bacamarte
• Banchee
• PSIGLO
• Semiramis
• Arthur Lee
• Skydog
• Hell Preachers Inc.
• Light Of Darkness
• Doctor Downtrip
• I Califfi
• Bear Mountain Band
• Crawler
• Hard Stuff
• Jericho
• Euclid
• Jerusalem
• Badge & Company
• Elf
• Høst
• My Solid Ground
• Ursa Major
• J.E.T.
• Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush
• Råg I Ryggen

To celebrate the return of well formatted lists to the Last.fm journals, I made a list of One Hit Wonders with a little help of my friend Knirrie and Last.fm's tags. Don't bother if you find your favorite artist here, some of mine are as also on this list. "A one-hit wonder is a music industry term to describe an artist generally known for only one hit single." says Wikipedia.

One Hit Wonders

1. Wild Thing - The Troggs
   
2. Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
   
3. Je t'aime... moi non plus - Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
   
4. Where Do You Go To My Lovely - Peter Sarstedt
   
5. In the Year 2525 - Zager & Evans
   
6. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
   
7. Popcorn - Hot Butter
   
8. Mouldy Old Dough - Lieutenant Pigeon
   
9. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
   
10. I Can Help - Billy Swan
    
11. All By Myself - Eric Carmen
    
12. In Zaire - Johnny Wakelin
    
13. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
    
14. Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles
    
15. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
    
16. My Sharona - The Knack
    
17. Pop Muzik - M
    
18. Funkytown - Lipps, Inc.
    
19. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
    
20. Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
    
21. I Ran - A Flock of Seagulls
    
22. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
    
23. Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
    
24. Only You - Flying Pickets
    
25. Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
    
26. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
    
27. It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
    
28. Take On Me - a-ha
    
29. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
    
30. Axel F. - Harold Faltermeyer
    
31. Life is life - Opus
    
32. (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew
    
33. I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
    
34. Two of Hearts - Stacey Q
    
35. Pump Up the Volume - M/A/R/R/S
    
36. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
    
37. Wonderful Life - Black
    
38. Waiting For A Star To Fall - Boy Meets Girl
    
39. What I Am - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
    
40. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
    
41. Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves
    
42. Twist in My Sobriety - Tanita Tikaram
    
43. Killer - Adamski
    
44. I Touch Myself - Divinyls
    
45. There She Goes - The La's
    
46. U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
    
47. The One And Only - Chesney Hawkes
    
48. Unbelievable - EMF
    
49. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - Monty Python
    
50. Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
    
51. What's Up - 4 Non Blondes
    
52. Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy
    
53. What Is Love - Haddaway
    
54. Informer - Snow
    
55. Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
    
56. Two Princes - Spin Doctors
    
57. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies
    
58. You Gotta Be - Des'ree
    
59. Trouble - Shampoo
    
60. Inside - Stiltskin
    
61. Roll To Me - Del Amitri
    
62. One Of Us - Joan Osborne
    
63. You're Gorgeous - Babybird
    
64. Spaceman - Babylon Zoo
    
65. Eve Of Destruction - Barry McGuire
    
66. No Rain - Blind Melon
    
67. Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
    
68. Lemon Tree - Fool's Garden
    
69. How Bizarre - OMC
    
70. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
    
71. Kiss The Rain - Billie Myers
    
72. Tubthumping - Chumbawamba
    
73. Bitch - Meredith Brooks
    
74. Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
    
75. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
    
76. Your Woman - White Town
    
77. Save Tonight - Eagle-Eye Cherry
    
78. Inside Out - Eve 6
    
79. Sex And Candy - Marcy Playground
    
80. Jeans On - David Dundas
    
81. Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...) - Lou Bega
    
82. You Get What You Give - New Radicals
    
83. Driver's Seat - Sniff 'n' the Tears
    
84. Drops of Jupiter - Train
    
85. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
    
86. Bad Day - Daniel Powter
    
87. Lovefool - The Cardigans
    
88. Wherever You Will Go - The Calling
    
89. F.u.r.b. (F U Right Back) - Frankee
    
90. The Reason - Hoobastank
    
91. Closing Time - Semisonic
    
92. Toy Soldiers - Martika
    
93. Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton
    
94. Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin
    
95. Stay (I Missed You) - Lisa Loeb
    
96. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
    
97. Would I Lie To You - Charles & Eddie
    
98. Lullaby - Shawn Mullins
    
99. If You Could Only See - Tonic
    
100. Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
     

(The song order is no ranking, it's just the release date of my discs)

The Bitter Sweet Symphony of The Verve is misspelled to refer to the 'full track' on Last.fm.


Well, it's so much fun to meet them all again, I continue seeking for more OHWs, today... One Hit Wonders ...episode 2:

1. In the Still of the Night - The Five Satins
   
2. Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
   
3. Be Bop a Lula - Gene Vincent
   
4. The Loco-Motion - Little Eva
   
5. Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
   
6. I Fought The Law - Bobby Fuller Four
   
7. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Vanilla Fudge
   
8. Fire - Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
   
9. Venus - Shocking Blue
   
10. All Right Now - Free
    
11. All The Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
    
12. How do you do - Mouth & McNeal
    
13. The Hustle - Van McCoy
    
14. The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
    
15. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
    
16. Because The Night - Patti Smith Group
    
17. Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
    
18. Fade To Grey - Visage
    
19. The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
    
20. 99 Luftballons - Nena
    
21. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
    
22. Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer
    
23. Voyage, voyage - Desireless
    
24. Living In A Box - Living in a Box
    
25. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
    
26. Stay - Shakespear's Sister
    
27. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
    
28. Turning Japanese - The Vapors
    
29. Hocus Pocus - Focus
    
30. Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet
    
31. Invisible - Alison Moyet
    
32. Boom Boom Boom - The Outhere Brothers
    
33. Cotton Eye Joe - Rednex
    
34. I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis
    
35. MMMBop - Hanson
    
36. Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Remix) - Cornershop
    
37. Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
    
38. Midnight at the Oasis - Maria Muldaur
    
39. I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
    
40. Drinking In L.A. - Bran Van 3000
    
41. Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65
    
42. Better Off Alone - Alice DeeJay
    
43. It Feels So Good - Sonique
    
44. Something - Lasgo
    
45. Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne
    
46. Mundian To Bach Ke - Panjabi MC
    
47. F**k It (I Don't Want You Back) - Eamon
    
48. Turn Me On - Kevin Lyttle
    
49. Funky Nassau - The Beginning of the End
    
50. No No Never - Texas Lightning
    

...and it's not finished yet, thx Bayou16!
Here we go: One Hit Wonders ...what's left:

1. Sh-Boom - The Chords
   
2. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
   
3. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Single Version) - Iron Butterfly
   
4. In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
   
5. Low Rider - War
   
6. Born to Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
   
7. Down Under - Men at Work
   
8. Glory of Love - Peter Cetera
   
9. Luka - Suzanne Vega
   
10. Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite
    
11. Step By Step - New Kids on the Block
    
12. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinéad O'Connor
    
13. It's My Life - Dr. Alban
    
14. I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
    
15. Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
    
16. Zombie - The Cranberries
    
17. The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics
    
18. The Boy Is Mine - Brandy & Monica
    
19. Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
    
20. Bye Bye Bye - *NSYNC
    
21. Who Let The Dogs Out - Baha Men
    
22. Don't Leave Me This Way - The Communards
    
23. Breathe - Blu Cantrell
    
24. Mad World - Gary Jules
    
25. Mississippi Queen - Mountain
    
26. Touch Me (I Want Your Body) - Samantha Fox
    
27. Kiss Me - Sixpence None the Richer
    
28. D.I.S.C.O. - Ottawan
    
29. Heaven Is a Halfpipe - OPM
    
30. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
    
31. '74-'75 - The Connells
    
32. Barely Breathing - Duncan Sheik
    
33. Steal My Sunshine - LEN
    
34. Simarik - Tarkan
    
35. Dancing in The Moonlight - Toloader
    
36. Macarena - Los Del Rio
    

to be continued...

listen to the One Hit Wonder tag radio

Beside from the "official" list, my favorite German One Hit Wonder, the highlight of every party:

• Marmor, Stein Und Eisen Bricht - Drafi Deutscher :)
  

Accounting vehement protests I'll strikeout the artists with at least 3 votes against mentioning them here. ;)

Abbath Doom Occulta of Immortal
Ace Frehley of KISS
Adam Jones of Tool
Akira Takasaki of Loudness
Alex Lifeson of Rush
Alex Skolnick & Eric Peterson of Testament
Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom
Andre Olbrich of Blind Guardian
Andy James
Andy Timmons (Danger Danger, Andy Timmons Band)
Angus & Malcolm Young of AC/DC
Bernie Versailles (Agent Steel, Redemption)
Bill Steer of Carcass
bjorn gelotte & Jesper Stromblad of In Flames
Brett Garsed (Planet X)
Brian May of Queen
Brian Tatler of Diamond Head
Carl Roa
Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton of QUEENSRŸCHE
Chris Impellitteri (Impellitteri)
Chuck Schuldiner of Death
Daron Malakian of System of a Down
Dave Murray & Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden
Dave Mustaine & Marty Friedman of Megadeth
Dave Weiner
Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad)
Dimebag Darrell of Pantera & Damageplan
Dino Cazares of Fear Factory
Donald Buck Dharma Roeser of Blue Öyster Cult
Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake, Dio, Hurricane, Burning Rain, Lion, House of Lords, Bad Moon Rising)
Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen
Fast Eddie Clarke of MOTÖRHEAD
Frank Hannon & Tommy Skeoch of Tesla
Gary Hoey
Gary Holt & Rick Hunolt of Exodus
Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy)
George Lynch of Dokken
Glen Buxton & Michael Bruce of Alice Cooper
Glen Tipton & KK Downing of Judas Priest
Gus G (Firewind, Mystic Prophecy, Dream Evil
Guthrie Govan (GPS)
Hank Shermann & Michael Denner of Mercyful Fate
Head & munky of Korn
Jake E Lee of Ozzy Osbourne & Badlands
Jason Becker of Dave Lee Roth
Jeff Beck
Jeff Waters (Annihilator)
Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains
Jim Martin of Faith No More
Jim Matheos of Fates Warning
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
Joe Perry & Brad Whitford of Aerosmith
Joe Satriani
Joey Tafolla (Jag Panzer)
John Christ of Danzig
John Kay & Michael Monarh of Steppenwolf
John Petrucci of Dream Theater
John Sykes of Thin Lizzy & Blue Murder
Jon Donais & Matt Backhand of Shadows Fall
Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth
Jørn Viggo Lofstad (Pagan's Mind, Jorn)
Kai Hansen of Gamma Ray
Kerry King & Jeff Hanneman of Slayer
Kiko Loureiro & Rafael Bittencourt (Angra)
Kim Thayil of Soundgarden
Kirk Hammett & James Hetfield of Metallica
Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
Leslie West of Mountain
Mantas of Venom
Mark Morton & Will Adler of Lamb of God
Marten Hagström & Fredrik Thorndendal of Meshuggah
Mattias IA Eklundh (Freak Kitchen, Jonas Hellborg)
Michael Amott of Arch Enemy
Michael Angelo
Michael Romeo of Symphony X
Michael Schenker of MSG & UFO
Mick Mars of MÖTLEY CRÜE
Mikael Åkerfeldt & Peter Lindgren of Opeth
Neil Young
Nick Bowcott of Grim Reaper
Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap
Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme
Oystein "Euronymous" Aarseth of Mayhem
Paul Gilbert of Mr Big & Racer X
Pepper Keenan & Woody Weatherman of coc
Pete Townshend of The Who
Phil Campbell (Motorhead)
Phil Collen & steve clarke of Def Leppard
Piggy of Voivod
Randy Rhoads of Ozzy Osbourne
Reb Beach of Winger & Dokken
Richie Kotzen (Poison, Mr. Big, Forty Deuce)
Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi
Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple & Rainbow
Robert Fripp of King Crimson
Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Spastic Ink)
Ron Thal (a.k.a. Bumblefoot, Guns N Roses)
Roy Z (Bruce Dickinson)
Rudolf Schenker & Uli John Roth of Scorpions
Rusty Cooley (Outworld)
Sammy Hagar of Van Halen
Scott "Wino" Weinrich of The Obsessed
Scott Gorham & Brian Robertson of Thin Lizzy
Scott Ian of Anthrax
Slash of Guns N' Roses
Stephen Carpenter of Deftones
Steve Lukather (Toto, Los Lobotomys, El Grupo, Doves Of Fire
Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple, Steve Morse Band)
Steve Stevens (Billy Idol)
Steve Vai of Dave Lee Roth
Ted Nugent
Timo Tolkki of Stratovarius
Tom G Warrior of Celtic Frost
Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine
Tommy Victor of Prong
Tony Bourge of Budgie
Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
Tony Macalpine (Planet X, Devil's Slingshot, Ring of Fire, CAB)
Tore Østby (Conception, Ark
Trey Azagthoth of Morbid Angel
Ty Tabor of King's X
Uffe Cederlund & Alex Hellid of Entombed
Vernon Reid of Living Colour
Vinnie Moore (UFO)
Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard
Warren DeMartini of Ratt
Yngwie Malmsteen
Zakk Wylde of Ozzy Osbourne & Black Label Society


This list is just a jumping off point. There are GLARING OMMISSIONS. Please share your recommendations from all genres...I can't get enough guitar virtuosity!

NOW WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF THE METAL GODS!

This is NOT a comprehensive listing of all the genres ever named. Some genres are defined one way by some, another way by others. And the placement of bands within those genres is a subject of endless debate. So here is a BASIC list that only deals with the genres that are widely used and accepted by both labels and reviewers to classify metal. I have listed the genres in chronological order to make updating the METAL Family Tree a little easier.

EARLY METAL INFLUENCES (1966-1971)
The major influences of metal are American Blues and Rock & Roll music. In 1957-Screamin' Jay HawkinsI Put A Spell On You is considered by most to be the song that pushed American Rock & Roll to go harder and heavier. In 1958 Chuck Berry "The Father of Rock & Roll" thrilled audiences with the autobiographical Johnny B. Goode. British rock bands, such as Cream, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, The Who and The Kinks modified American rock and roll, adding to the standard genre harder sounds, heavier guitar riffs, bombastic drumming and louder vocals. This sound created the basis for hard rock. Cream * Jimi Hendrix * Blue Cheer * Deep Purple * Led Zeppelin * MC5 * Mountain * The Stooges

SHOCK ROCK (1968-1983)
Shock rock is a wide umbrella term for artists who combine rock music with elements of theatrical shock value in live performances. 'Shock rock' first appeared as a loose genre term during the early 1970s, referring to glam rock era musicians. The genre's 'weapons of outrage' vary from decade to decade, but generally involve issues of sex and/or violence, designed to push the current limits of decency. 1967-Fire * Arthur Brown * Alice Cooper * New York Dolls * KISS * Ozzy Osbourne * W.A.S.P.

HEAVY METAL 1969
The Birth of Heavy Metal is credited to Black Sabbath. A journalist from Rolling Stone Magazine used the term "Heavy Metal" (a phrase from the lyrics of the Steppenwolf song Born To Be Wild to describe the Black Sabbath concert he had just witnessed. I believe the term could have been applied to a number of bands around at that time including Deep Purple and Judas Priest. Black Sabbath and Judas Priest both began in 1969 in Birmingham, England considered the first true heavy metal bands. From there the style evolved and branched into many different genres and subgenres. Heavy metal remains a vital force in music today, with sellout concert tours and CDs selling impressive numbers of copies without any radio airplay or MTV exposure. Black Sabbath * Judas Priest

PROGRESSIVE METAL (1970-PRESENT)
The origins of progressive metal can be traced back to progressive rock bands from the late 1960s and early to mid-1970s such as Yes, Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Focus, Renaissance, The Alan Parsons Project, early Queen, Kansas, Atomic Rooster, Uriah Heep, and Rush. Yes * Pink Floyd * EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER * [artist]JETHRO TULL * King Crimson * Genesis * Gentle Giant * Focus * Renaissance * The Alan Parsons Project * Queen * Kansas * Atomic Rooster * Uriah Heep * Rush * QUEENSRŸCHE * Savatage * Fates Warning * Voivod * Dream Theater * Meshuggah * Symphony X * Evergrey

GLAM METAL (1973-1990)
Glam metal (also known as hair metal)
is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States. It was a dominant genre in popular rock music throughout the 1980s and briefly in the early 1990s, combining the flamboyance of glam rock (mostly those related to band image) with the power-chord musical stylings of heavy metal.During the late 1970s and early 1980s, heavy metal spawned several sub-genre forms; glam metal became its most popular manifestation. The first wave of glam metal bands included, Quiet Riot, Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Helix, W.A.S.P., Night Ranger, Twisted Sister and Stryper. Their music was a bit closer to traditional heavy metal than their younger contemporaries who would eventually emerge, like Warrant, Cinderella and Poison, whose music and image ultimately became synonymous with the genre. Slade * Sweet * Hanoi Rocks * MÖTLEY CRÜE * Twisted Sister * Poison * Cinderella * Skid Row

ORIGINAL HARD ROCK (1974-1979)
Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music. It is typified by a heavy use of distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, keyboards and drums. Thin Lizzy * Blue Öyster Cult * Aerosmith * Ted Nugent * AC/DC

EARLY PUNK (1976-1979)
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. They created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY (do it yourself) ethic, with many bands self-producing their recordings and distributing them through informal channels. The Ramones * The Damned * Sex Pistols * The Clash * The Dead Boys

POWER METAL (1976-PRESENT)
Power metal is a style of heavy metal music combining characteristics of traditional metal with thrash metal or speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a later more widespread and popular style based in Europe (especially Germany, Italy, Scandinavia) and Japan (early Visual Kei bands) with a lighter, more melodic sound and frequent use of keyboards. Scorpions * Rainbow * Accept * Manowar * Dio * Yngwie J. Malmsteen * Helloween * Blind Guardian * HammerFall * Primal Fear * Rhapsody of Fire * Blind Guardian * Falconer * Domine * Dragon Force *HammerFall * Lost Horizon * Sabaton

POP METAL (1978-PRESENT)
Los Angeles fostered a more insular scene around the Sunset Strip, starting in 1984-1985. This movement eventually spawned bands such as Poison, Faster Pussycat, London and Guns n' Roses. Other bands were associated with that scene's style but actually came from outside of Hollywood; Cinderella and Britny Fox, both Philadelphia bands, are prime examples. There were also some groups who continued in the style originated by the earlier glam metal bands. King Kobra (which would spawn The Bullet Boys, known most notably for their MTV hits "Smooth Up In Ya" and their cover of "For The Love of Money") is a prime example of this. Europe * Danger Danger * Faster Pussycat * Def Leppard * Fire House * Dokken * Lita Ford * Ratt * Britny Fox * Winger * Warrant * London * Bullet Boys

NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL (1979-1983)
The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (frequently abbreviated as NWOBHM)
is a heavy metal music movement that started in the late 1970s, in Britain, and achieved some international attention by the early 1980s. The era developed as a reaction in part to the decline of early heavy metal bands such as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. NWOBHM bands toned down the blues influences of earlier acts, increased the tempo, and adopted a "tougher" sound, taking a more hardcore approach to its music. Diamond Head and Motörhead as a major influence on their musical style. MOTÖRHEAD * Saxon * Iron Maiden * Angel Witch * Girlschool * Tygers of Pan Tang * Diamond Head

DOOM METAL (1980-Present)
Typically employs very slow tempos, and low tuned guitars. The music, and lyrics tend to evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending doom. The genre is strongly influenced by the early work of Black Sabbath, who formed a prototype for doom metal with songs such as "Black Sabbath" and "Into the Void". During the first half of the 1980s, a number of bands from England (Pagan Altar, Witchfinder General)
and the United States (Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Trouble) defined doom metal as a distinct genre.

ORIGINAL HARDCORE (1980-1986)
Hardcore is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America and the UK in the late 1970s. The new sound was generally thicker, heavier and faster than earlier punk rock. The songs are usually short, fast, and loud, covering topics such as politics, personal freedom, violence, social alienation, straight edge, war, and the hardcore subculture itself. Hardcore spawned several fusion genres and subgenres, some of which had mainstream success, such as melodic hardcore, metalcore, post-hardcore, sludge metal and Deathcore.D.O.A. * The Exploited * Bad Brains * The Misfits * GBH * Discharge * Dead Kennedys * Minor Threat * Black Flag * The Damned * The Masque

BLACK METAL (1981-Present)
An extreme subgenre of heavy metal. Usually makes use of fast tempos, high-pitched shrieking vocals, and unconventional song structures. First Wave included bands such as Venom, Bathory, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. A Second Wave emerged in the early 1990s, which consisted primarily of Norwegian bands such as Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone, Immortaland Emperor. This scene developed the black metal style into a distinct genre. Venom * Bathory * Mercyful Fate * Celtic Frost * Mayhem * Darkthrone * Immortal * Gorgoroth * Emperor * Satyricon * Enslaved * Dimmu Borgir * Cradle of Filth

STONER METAL (1982-PRESENT)
Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music. It combines elements of psychedelic rock, blues-rock and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features low-tuned guitars, a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production. The genre emerged during the early 1990s and was pioneered foremost by the Californian bands monster Magnet, Kyuss and Sleep. Witchfinder General * Trouble * Monster Magnet* Kyuss * Sleep

THRASH METAL (1983-PRESENT)
Thrash metal (sometimes referred to simply as thrash)
, is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized by its fast tempo and aggression. Thrash metal songs typically use fast, percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work Thrash metal lyrics often deal with social issues using visceral and blunt language, an approach which partially overlaps with the hardcore genre. Metallica * Slayer * Anthrax * Megadeth * Exodus * Overkill * Kreator * Destruction * Sodom * Testament * Nuclear Assault * Death Angel * Pantera * Sepultura

GRINDCORE (1987-PRESENT)
Grindcore, often shortened to grind, is an extreme music genre that emerged during the mid-late 1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres - including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk. Grindcore is characterized by heavily distorted, down-tuned guitars, extreme tempos, frequently accompanied by blast beats, songs often lasting no more than two minutes (some are seconds long) , and vocals which consist of growls and high-pitched screams. Napalm Death * Carcass * Repulsion * Exhumed * Extreme Noise Terror * Cephalic Carnage * Brutal Truth

DEATH METAL (1985-PRESENT)
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos, heavily distorted guitars, deep growling vocals, morbid lyrics, blast beat drumming, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes. Building off the speed and complexity of thrash metal, death metal emerged during the mid 1980 began by the band Death and its frontman Chuck Schuldiner "the father of death metal" Possessed * Death * Morbid Angel * Obituary * Deicide * Cannibal Corpse * Immolation * Autopsy * Nile * Dying Fetus * Children of Bodom * Grave * Entombed * At the Gates * Unleashed * Dismember * Arch Enemy * Soilwork * In Flames * Dark Tranquility * The Haunted

HARD ALTERNATIVE (1985-PRESENT)
Alternative metal is an eclectic form of heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. It is characterized by some heavy metal trappings (most notably heavy riffs) , but usually with a pronounced experimental edge, including unconventional lyrics, odd time signatures, more syncopation than typical metal, unusual technique, a resistance to conventional approaches to heavy music and an incorporation of a wide range of influences outside of the metal music scene. Faith No More * Jane's Addiction * Prong * Living Colour * The Smashing Pumpkins * Rage Against the Machine

METALCORE (1985-PRESENT)
Metalcore is a term used to describe fusion genres that incorporate elements of the hardcore punk and heavy metal genres. The term is a portmanteau of heavy metal and hardcore punk with emphasis on breakdowns slower, intense passages conducive to moshing. Earth Crisis * Suicidal Tendencies * Dirty rotten imbeciles * Deadguy * Storm Troopers of Death * hate breed * The Dillinger Escape Plan * Integrity New Bands: Avenged Sevenfold, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, and Shadows Fall.

GRUNGE (1988-1993)
Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle Sound)
is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song dynamics, and apathetic or angst-filled lyrics. The grunge aesthetic is stripped-down compared to other forms of rock music, and many grunge musicians were noted for their unkempt appearances and rejection of theatrics. Green River * The Melvins * Soundgarden * Mudhoney * Nirvana * Alice in Chains * Mother Love Bone * Stone Temple Pilots * Pearl Jam

INDUSTRIAL METAL (1988-PRESENT)
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and heavy metal. It is usually centered around repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal groups include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM. The style became increasingly commercially successful in the 1990s. Subsequently, it is most well-known in various European permutations. Industrial metal's impact has been reflected in many other genres of music, including hardcore punk, glam metal, and hip-hop.Ministry * White Zombie * Godflesh * Nine Inch Nails * Fear Factory * Marilyn Manson * Static-X Ministry, Rammstein, and Dope.

FOLK METAL (1990-Present)
Folk metal includes the widespread use of traditional instruments, and singing styles. The earliest exponent of folk metal was the English band Skyclad. Their debut album The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth was released in 1990. It was not until 1994 and 1995 that other early contributors in the genre began to emerge from different regions of Europe as well as in Israel. Among these early groups, the Irish band Cruachan, the Israeli band Orphaned Land and the German band Subway to Sally each spearheaded a different regional variation that over time became known as Celtic metal, oriental metal and mittelalter rock respectively. Despite their contributions, folk metal remained little known with few representatives during the 1990s. It was not until the early 2000s when the genre exploded into prominence, particularly in Finland with the efforts of such groups as Finntroll, Ensiferum, Korpiklaani and Moonsorrow.

GOTH METAL (1990-PRESENT)
Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music. In some instances it combines the aggression of heavy metal with the dark melancholy aesthetics of gothic rock. The genre originated during the early 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of death/doom, a fusion of death metal and doom metal. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music. Lyrics are generally melodramatic and mournful with inspiration from gothic fiction as well as personal experiences. Norwegian band Theatre of Tragedy developed the "beauty and the beast" aesthetic of combining aggressive male vocals with clean female vocals, a contrast that has since been adopted by many gothic metal groups. Paradise Lost * Tiamat * Therion * Type O Negative * My Dying Bride * Anathema * Theatre of Tragedy * Katatonia * Opeth

NU METAL (1994-PRESENT)
A style that emerged in the mid 1990s and combines heavy metal with elements of alternative rock and funk, often with hip-hop influences. Examples of nü metal: Linkin Park, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, and Papa Roach Biohazard * Korn * Slipknot * Limp Bizkit * Godsmack * Coal Chamber * System of a Down * Disturbed * Kittie

THE NEW WAVE OF AMERICAN HEAVY METAL (2000-Present)
NWOAHM is a movement in heavy metal music that originated in the United States during the mid to late 1990s. Although the term is used by the Rock media with increasing frequency, the definition has not been finished completely. NWOAHM is credited with bringing heavy metal back into the mainstream. Shadows Fall * Lamb of God * Darkest Hour * Chimaira * Killswitch Engage * Unearth * God Forbid