Sucking the 70's Stoner/doom retro compilation

Heart of Metal Age : 50 Joined : 06 Feb 2007 Posts : 1844

I'm tempted to buy this, being into both hard rock and doom. However I'm a little hesitant to pop for it because not only did I get sick of the "tribute" album craze of the last decade real fast; but I have the retro discs by Rush, Styx, and even the Ramones in my glove compartment for emergencies (I imagine playing them if I have to take some old stoner who is having a flashback to the psych ward or something) but I never play them and find them pretty boring. But the bands on the "Sucking" discs are a who's who of heavyness; so it looks like it could be fun to listen to. Any opinions/experience?

I've only heard good things about it. But I've only heard Clutch's cover of "Cross Eyed Mary."
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I have it - I like it. Great selection of classic songs pulled off well by some great bands. I bought it originally for SPIRIT CARAVAN's cover of SABBATH's "Wicked World".

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Heart of Metal Age : 50 Joined : 06 Feb 2007 Posts : 1844

This is a compilation (two volumes, four disks now) of current Doom and southern Stoner bands doing covers of 70's songs. Trog likes it, and you gotta respect that because he the man...but I decided that I'm just not into covers so I'm gonna pass on this for now. One reason is that my collection of the vintage stuff is very strong, so I wouldn't be learning much new here. The other reason (and these discs aren't too bad in this respect) but cover discs always include a few radio classics that I just never want to hear again even if I liked them at one time; they just got played out from me hearing them in supermarkets etc. over the decades. I would recommend these compilations to someone wanting to learn about vintage hard rock; maybe a younger person who can appreciate these powered up versions more than the originals. There really aren't a whole lotta cliche songs included here, but I think I'll just stick with the originals for now since I have most of them.

I looked into it. Sounds interesting. I have quite a few tribute albums, obviously some better than others, but I do enjoy a decent cover tune. The songs covered on the comp are some pretty cool selections. I might have to pick this up.