2006 is the year of Rock! So many good albums on the way!!

[mrlee]

Metallica - New album is meant to have an old school flavour, i'll believe it when i see it, still if it does this album could be fantastic....
Monster Magnet - Stoner Rock Gods had a new album nearly finished before Wyndorf overdosed, still it should be out this year.....
Pearl Jam - Out soon (Already leaked...), Can't wait, i've loved pretty much all their stuff....
Roadstar - Formely Hurricane Party, only released an EP so far, great young rock act with obvious Aerosmith influences, seen 'em live 3 times this album should be great...
Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy?
Skid Row - New album, hopefully a tour, i am one of the fans on this new incarnation of the band, last album was damn solid, hopefully this will build on it......
Sebastian Bach - Former Skid Row frontman, who still maintains that wonderful voice should be getting an album out with his new band this year as well as the one he's in on that VH1 show....
Warrant - Good, solid album, nothing amazing but it's very enjoyable and 'safe'.  Only trouble with it is it sounds nothing like the Warrant we know and love....
Backyard Babies - People Like People Like People Like Us, already got this album, damn good effort not as good as previous albums IMHO, can't wait to see 'em at Download.....
Silvertide - Another fantastic newish band, loved Show & Tell and can't wait for the follow-up...

Roadstars album is out may and it can only be bought from there site over the net. due to record labels sucking ass and not signing them.

[Thorned Rose]

This year really is the best year for music since the 91-95 era....

Every major band is pumping an album out of some sort this year... and that's sweet.

[BLS-Pride]

Brand New Sin reissued debut CD
New Ozzy
New Metallica
BLS - Shot to Hell
Baz - Angel Down

[da_pope]

Best Album Released  So Far This Year:

"Fifteen" - Buckcherry.

[Thorned Rose]

I agree as the best overall "album".

[Thorned Rose]

Gin Blossoms, Soul Asylum, Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver, Audioslave, Dashboard Confessional... a lot to come still....


Rock out!

[Danny Top Hat]

Silvertide - Another fantastic newish band, loved Show & Tell and can't wait for the follow-up...

I thought they'd split up!  It's great that they've got a new album coming.


Muse are releasing a new album this year, and I heard Blur are releasing a punk rock record sometime as well.  I can't wait for that - I think it's awesome that Damon's willing to try something a bit risky instead of sitting back on the Gorillaz like he could've done.  It's just a shame Graham's still being a nob about everything.

[Jim]

I remember reading an interview with Damon a month or two back, and he expressed his fears that Gorillaz may never be able to top Demon Days. And, he's got a point.   

But, a punk rock Blur record? Count me in.

[R4tfink]

If Graham goes back to Blur and they release a punk album, id buy it. Coxon makes some kickass music.

[mrlee]

1) Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy - YES, A HUGE RELEASE

2) Army of Anyone - 'TBA'  (New band featuring the Deleo brothers from STP and Richard Patrick from Filter, album due in June) - DOESN'T QUALIFY AS ROCK...I'D PUT IT IN THE CATEGORY OF GRUNGE

3) The Panic Channel - (ONe) (New band featuring 3/4 of Janes Addiction and singer Steve Isaacs, album due this year, check out exclusive track 'Go On' available at www.thepanicchannel.com) - NOT REALLY ROCK EITHER

4) Mike Patton - Peeping Tom (Ex Faith No More frontman's solo album that's been 5 years in the making, due May 30th) - AGAIN, NOT ROCK

5) Velvet Revolver - Libertide - CONSIDERING THEIR FIRST ALBUM WAS A GRUNGE ALBUM...I DON'T THINK THEY QUALIFY AS A ROCK BAND

6) Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam - PEARL JAM IS CONSIDERED A GRUNGE BAND, BUT THEY OFTEN PLAY LIKE A ROCK BAND

7) Black Light Burns - Cruel Melody (Wes Borland's new project, album is finished and due this year) - WHO THE FUCK IS THAT?

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium - BARELY FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY OF ROCK...DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY SOUND LIKE ROCK MOST OF THE TIME

Mate, you need to broaden your musical horizons, "grunge" is just a stupid made-up word by the media to lump all those bands together when really they were just a new spin on rock n roll. And yes I'd consider all these upcoming releases "rock"

grunge is basically rock without the blues...you take away the blues and you're left with dull, depressing music with no melody.

err bollocks?

i find it funny how you say rock without blues is depressing when blues is a form of depressive music, obviously not as it went on and got mixed and so ever but the basis of it is.

so your telling me, that, any form of rock music that doesnt have blues, is grunge? i think someone needs to check there head.

[pasnow]

Yeah, to qualify VR as "Grunge" is way off. How can you say Slash is a Grunge guitarist?? Grunge conisted of 4 chords & a distortion pedal, like Bush & Seven Mary Three.. (I named the crappy Grunge bands on purpose).

Back On Topic, in addition another heavyweight 90's band coming back is Smashing Pumpkins, I'm sure their not everyone's fav here but if Billy Corgan can ditch the goth sound and kick out some mean guitar like Siamese Dream I think we'll all be pretty syked..

Also, a new band worth checking out is Wolfmother.. Sounds ALOT like early 70's Zeppelin.?