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Last update: February 13,
2001
Last news: February 7, 2001
Table Of Contents
I. Auxiliary Stuff
1. A brief list of all reviewed artists in alphabetic order
2. General information and various goodies:
2.1. Technical stuff:
2.1.1. Introduction page
2.1.2. Some stuff about ME
2.1.3. Read about my MUSICAL CREED! Ain't it fun?
(Warning: slightly obsolete page...)
2.1.4. IMPORTANT: Guidelines to posting your comments
2.1.5. Also important: Personal Information On This
Site's Worthy Commentators
2.2. Ratings and statistics:
2.2.1. Check the General
Rating page
2.2.2. My Crazy Reader Comments statistics
2.2.3. Subjective/Objective lists of outstanding
rock albums
2.3. Helpful goodies:
2.3.1. A Modest Rock Chronology
2.3.2. Search for the album you want by browsing
song titles
2.3.3. The Links page for those who had enough
2.4. Miscellanea:
2.4.1. My plans for the future
(+ Guestbook)
2.4.2. My little Essay page
2.4.3. The News page
2.4.4. The New Additions page
II. Essential stuff: Music reviews
(click here for an expanded version with complete album listing)
[Note: numbers from one to five denote the corresponding band/artist rating; "?" stands for Odds & Sods or Late Odds & Sods pages, i.e. the band/artist has no general rating as of yet; "A" ("ants"), "L" ("locusts"), and "R" ("roaches") stand for respective band/artist categories on the MP3 reviews page. Check these links for further technical information on how the odds page and the MP3 page are structured].
1. Introduction: The Proto-Rock Heroes Page
2. The Fearless Pioneers (British Invaders and American Folkies - first wave of rock music):
3. The Audacious Alchemists (British & American Psychedelia of the mid- to late Sixties):
4. The Innovative Philosophers (Moderate Art-Rock of the late Sixties/Seventies):
5. The Enlightened Pseudo-Prophets (Progressive Rock):
6. The Introspective Dudes (The whole singer-songwriting mishmash of the 60s/70s thrown in one large pot):
7. The Unpretentious Popsters (High /or not so high/ quality pop music from late Sixties to Seventies):
8. The Gritty Axemen (Vintage hard'n'heavy):
9. Dig That Country Blues Sound (American roots-rock):
10. Dig That Dirty Blues Sound (British roots-rock):
11. The Ardent Folksters (Anglo-Saxon and Celtic folk-rock):
12. The Experimental Weirdos (classic avantgarde and 'shocking' stuff):
13. The Glittering Idols (glam-rock, its best... and worst):
14. The Ever Restless Pursuers ("Europeanized" pop/rock of the Seventies - Krautrock and its disciples):
15. The Lost Generation (Punk rock):
16. The Found Generation (New Wave and its whereabouts):
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