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Is Oklahoma thriving?

Greetings good people of Oklahoma! I'm a US citizen but a resident of a faraway country with family roots in your state. I haven't been there since the early '90s. My immediate family is considering a return to the US, and we've heard Tulsa mentioned a few times. Not like, "Oh it's amazing!" but "Yeah it's alright, if you don't mind..."

According to (my) family member in a town west of OKC, there are jobs everywhere in OK, the economy is booming, inflation hasn't made a dent in grocery prices, and everybody is still 100% MAGA.

I'm aware this person lives in a bubble of Fox News and like-minded peers, but is he right?

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u/Congressive — 1 day ago
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Calling Bullsh*t: 25 Most Overrated Rock Albums

While it's not exclusively alternative rock, roughly half of the entries are alternative rock or alt-rock adjacent.

I'm looking forward to more lively discussion. Positive or negative: keep it civil.

WARNING: The post contains some exceedingly hot takes and indefensible positions.

  1. BSM Standards for Overrated: What Makes an Album Overrated (According to Me)
  2. The 25 Most Overrated Rock Albums
    1. Guns N' Roses – Appetite for Destruction (1987)
    2. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
    3. Metallica – Metallica (1991)
    4. Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? (1995)
    5. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasure (1979) and Closer (1980)
    6. Derek & The Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
    7. The Cure – Disintegration (1989)
    8. Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (1970)
    9. U2 – The Joshua Tree (1987)
    10. Joni Mitchell – Blue (1971)
    11. Nirvana – In Utero (1993)
    12. Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks (1975)
    13. The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness (1995)
    14. Deep Purple – Machine Head (1972)
    15. Lenoard Cohen – The Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)
    16. Arcade Fire – Funeral (2005)
    17. R.E.M. – Out of Time (1990)
    18. Pearl Jam – Ten (1991)
    19. George Harrison – All Things Must Pass (1970)
    20. The Byrds – Sweetheart of The Rodeo (1968)
    21. Aerosmith – Rocks (1976)
    22. Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms (1985)
    23. Patti Smith – Horses (1975)
    24. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (1969)
    25. R.E.M. – Automatic for the People (1992)
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u/Congressive — 6 days ago
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Top 30 Alternative Rock Guitarists of All Time (According to Me)

Much respect r/Alternativerock! Thank you everybody who contributed to the conversation in Top 50 Alternative Rock Albums of All Time. Let's talk about guitar players.

Here's the commentary if you're interested. All engagement is welcome, positive or negative, but keep it civil. No personal attacks.

The post includes parameters about what we consider "alternative rock" versus post-punk, indie, and other genres. I think any artist who put out a record on a major label, even if it's just a single, is not indie rock, so...that explains certain omissions. The overrated section is probably gonna generate some back n' forth, but again, keep it civil.

Top Alternative Rock Guitarists

  1. Robert Smith (The Cure)
  2. Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü)
  3. Johnny Marr (The Smiths)
  4. Peter Buck (R.E.M.)
  5. Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction)
  6. Curt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets)
  7. Chris Cornell and Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)
  8. Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)
  9. Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, and Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
  10. Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine)
  11. Frank Black and Joey Santiago (Pixies)
  12. Dean Ween (Ween)
  13. Rivers Cuomo (Weezer)
  14. Buzz Osbourne (Melvins)
  15. Andy Partridge and Dave Gregory (XTC)
  16. P.J. Harvey
  17. Doug Martsch (Built to Spill)
  18. Van Conner (Screaming Trees)
  19. Greg Dulli and Rick McCollum (Afghan Whigs)
  20. Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains)
  21. Gaz Coombes (Supergrass)
  22. Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots)
  23. Gordon Gano (Violent Femmes)
  24. John Squire (The Stone Roses)
  25. Graham Coxon (Blur)
  26. John Frusciante (n/a)
  27. Ed Crawford (fIREHOSE)
  28. James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers)
  29. Craig Wedren (Shudder to Think)
  30. Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson (Big Country)
  31. Duane Dennison (Jesus Lizard, Tomahawk)
  32. Overrated Alternative Guitarists
    1. J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.)
    2. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
    3. Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
    4. Noel Gallagher (Oasis)
    5. The Edge (U2)
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u/Congressive — 11 days ago
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Top 50+ Progressive Rock Guitarists of All Time (According to Me)

Hey r/progrockmusic community, everybody was so cool in the comments of my last post. I truly enjoyed some of the conversation, so I'm back with another listicle, Top 50+ Progressive Rock Guitarists of All Time (According to Me), and it's…probably gonna draw some serious criticism. Like, I know what's coming.

In full disclosure for everybody's best interests, and it's outlined in the original post:

(a) I've been playing guitar for 40+years. I'm not saying I'm any good. I'm just saying I know how to play.

(b) I don't know much about prog rock from 1982-ish–forward, and I don't think Dream Theater is genuine prog; they're alternative and/or prog metal.

And (c) I'm guessing that some people might wonder, "What about Guthrie Govan?" or "Where's that kid with the tattooed neck from Polyphia?" I honestly don't hear the progressive in the rock music they make. It's something else. Educate me, indulge me, if you feel like it.

Anyway, it's just music and opinion. Please keep it civil, positive or negative. Rock on, my siblings in Prog!

  1. First Wave (1969–1974)
    1. Steve Howe (Yes)
    2. Steve Hackett (Genesis, solo)
    3. Steve Hillage (Gong, solo)
    4. Robert Fripp (King Crimson, Eno, David Bowie)
    5. Allan Holdsworth (Soft Machine, Gong, Bruford, U.K.)
    6. Frank Zappa (The Mothers of Invention, solo)
    7. Stanley Whitaker (Happy the Man)
    8. Brian May (Queen)
    9. Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
    10. Andy Powell & Ted Turner (Wishbone Ash)
    11. Roye Albrighton (Nektar)
    12. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
    13. Fred Frith (Henry Cow)
    14. Gary Green (Gentle Giant)
    15. Dave Brock (Hawkwind)
    16. Jeff Lynne (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra)
    17. Phil Miller (Matching Mole, Hatfield & The North, National Health)
    18. Roger Hodgson (Supertramp)
    19. Pye Hastings (Caravan)
    20. Andrew Latimer (Camel)
    21. Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
    22. Mike Oldfield (Kevin Ayers, solo)
    23. Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
    24. Robin Trower (Procol Harum)
    25. John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
    26. Terry Kath (Chicago)
  2. Honorable Mentions
  3. Second Wave (1975–1981)
    1. Alex Lifeson (Rush)
    2. Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple, Kansas)
    3. Adrian Belew (Zappa, King Crimson)
    4. Todd Rundgren (Utopia)
    5. Kerry Livgren and Richard Williams (Kansas)
    6. Tommy Bolin (Zephyr, Billy Cobham, Deep Purple)
    7. Alex Skolnick (Testament, Savatage)
    8. Steve Rothery (Marillion)
    9. Trevor Rabin (Yes)
    10. John Goodsall (Brand X, Atomic Rooster)
    11. Ty Tabor (King’s X)
    12. Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth)
    13. Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa)
    14. Phil Keaggy (Glass Harp, solo)
    15. Bill Nelson (Be-Bop Deluxe)
    16. Mick Box (Uriah Heep)
    17. Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
  4. Third Wave (1995–2005)
    1. John Petrucci (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment)
    2. Mikael Åkerfeldt & Fredrik Åkesson (Opeth)
    3. Adam Jones (Tool)
    4. John Wesley and Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree)
    5. Larry Lalonde (Primus)
    6. Claudio Sanchez (Coheed & Cambria)
    7. Omar Rodríguez-López (At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
    8. Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend Project)
u/Congressive — 16 days ago
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Top 50+ Alternative Rock Albums of All Time (According to Me)

Here's the commentary if you're interested (or just click on an album). All discourse—positive or negative—is welcome. It's only music and opinion. Have fun with it!

  1. Top Alternative Rock Albums (1983–1987)
    1. R.E.M. – Reckoning (1984)
    2. Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (1983)
    3. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead (1986)
    4. Hüsker Dü – New Day Rising (1985)
    5. The Cure – The Head on the Door (1985)
    6. XTC – Skylarking (1986)
    7. Psychedelic Furs – Forever Now (1982)
    8. Meat Puppets – Up on the Sun (1985)
    9. The Replacements – Let It Be (1984)
    10. U2 – War (1983)
    11. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (1985)
    12. Tears For Fears – The Hurting (1983)
    13. Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
    14. The Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy (1985)
    15. Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses (1987)
    16. Echo & The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain (1984)
  2. Honorable Mentions
  3. Top Alternative Rock Albums (1988–1992)
    1. Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking (1988)
    2. Pixies – Doolittle (1989)
    3. Beastie Boys – Check Your Head (1992)
    4. Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
    5. PJ Harvey – Rid of Me (1993)
    6. Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine (1992)
    7. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless (1991)
    8. Ween – Pure Guava (1992)
    9. Dinosaur Jr. – Bug (1988)
    10. Pearl Jam – Ten (1991)
    11. Primal Scream – Screamadelica (1991)
    12. The Breeders – Pod (1990)
    13. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (1988)
    14. Slint – Spiderland (1991)
    15. The Cure – Disintegration (1990)
    16. Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque (1991)
  4. Honorable Mentions
  5. Top Alternative Rock Albums (1993–1999)
    1. Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
    2. Soundgarden – Superunknown (1994)
    3. Mr. Bungle – California (1999)
    4. Jeff Buckley – Grace (1995)
    5. Weezer – Weezer (1994)
    6. Beck – Mutations (1998)
    7. Guided By Voices – Alien Lanes (1995)
    8. Built to Spill – Perfect From Now On (1997)
    9. Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen (1993)
    10. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible (1994)
    11. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral (1994)
    12. Olivia Tremor Control – Dusk at Cubist Castle (1996)
    13. Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin (1999)
    14. Blur – Parklife (1994)
    15. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
    16. Green Day – Dookie (1994)
    17. Stone Temple Pilots – Purple (1994)
  6. Honorable Mentions
  7. Special Honorable Mention
    1. Le Tigre – Le Tigre (1999)
u/Congressive — 17 days ago
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Top Progressive Rock Albums of All Time (According to Me)

Here's the commentary if you're interested, but otherwise, for the sake of discussion—and I welcome any engagement here—my top 50+ prog albums:

  1. Top Progressive Rock Albums (1969–1974)
    1. Yes – Close to the Edge (1972)
    2. Genesis – Selling England by the Pound (1973)
    3. Pink Floyd – Meddle (1971)
    4. Amon Düül II – Yeti (1970)
    5. Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention – Apostrophe (‘) (1974)
    6. Hawkwind – Space Ritual (1973)
    7. Yes – The Yes Album (1971)
    8. Jethro Tull – Aqualung (1971)
    9. The Electric Light Orchestra – The Electric Light Orchestra (1972)
    10. Nektar – A Tab in the Ocean (1971)
    11. Utopia – Todd Rundgren’s Utopia (1974)
    12. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
    13. King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
    14. King Crimson – Red (1974)
    15. Caravan – In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
    16. Gong – You (1974)
    17. Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
    18. Can – Tago Mago (1971)
    19. Soft Machine – Third (1970)
    20. The Move – Message from the Country (1971)
    21. Yes – Yessongs (1973)
    22. Wishbone Ash – Argus (1972)
    23. Supertramp – Crime of the Century (1974)
    24. Genesis – Live (1973)
    25. Van der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts (1971)
    26. Queen – Queen II (1974)
    27. Pink Floyd – Ummagumma (1969)
    28. Premiata Forneria Marconi – Per un amico (1972)
    29. Egg – The Polite Force (1971)
    30. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus (1972)
    31. Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick (1972)
    32. Triumvirat – Illusions on a Double Dimple (1974)
    33. Camel – Mirage (1974)
    34. Magma – Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh (1973)
    35. Kevin Ayers – Shooting at the Moon (1970)
    36. Faust – Faust IV (1973)
    37. Strawbs – Hero and Heroine (1974)
    38. Gentle Giant – Octopus (1972)
    39. Matching Mole – Matching Mole (1972)
    40. Tangerine Dream – Phaedra (1974)
    41. Carmen – Fandangos in Space (1973)
  2. Honorable Mentions
  3. Second Wave (1975–1981)
    1. Queen – A Night at the Opera (1975)
    2. Rush – 2112 (1976)
    3. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (1975)
    4. Genesis – A Trick of the Tail (1976)
    5. Utopia – Ra (1977)
    6. Rush – Hemispheres (1977)
    7. Rush – Moving Pictures (1981)
    8. Crack the Sky – Crack the Sky (1975)
    9. Happy the Man – Happy the Man (1977)
    10. Steve Hillage – L (1976)
    11. Steve Hillage – Fish Rising (1975)
    12. Pink Floyd – The Wall (1979)
    13. Genesis – Duke (1980)
    14. Steve Hackett – Voyage Of The Acolyte (1976)
    15. U.K. – U.K. (1978)
    16. Peter Gabriel – Melt (1980)
    17. Starcastle – Starcastle (1976)
    18. Kansas – Leftoverture (1976)
    19. Pink Floyd – Animals (1977)
  4. Honorable Mention
    1. Marillion – Clutching at Straws (1987)
  5. Third Wave (1995–2003)
    1. The Mars Volta – De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
    2. Opeth – Blackwater Park (2001)
    3. Dream Theater – Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory (1999)
    4. Tool – Ænima (1996)
    5. Meshuggah – Destroy Erase Improve (1995)
    6. Ruins – Hyderomastgroningem (1995)
u/Congressive — 22 days ago