Timmy Vulgar, the mad guitarist and frontman of some of the best bands to ever emerge in Detroit, including Timmy’s Organism, Human Eye, and Clone Defects, recently provided us with a list of his favorite albums, which you can find below. Vulgar, a 2010 Kresge Artist Fellow, who was awarded for his “creative vision and commitment to excellence within a wide range of artistic disciplines,” is a prolific songwriter, releasing numerous albums on some of the best record labels in the business, including In The Red, Goner Records, Jack White’s Third Man Records, Sacred Bones, Burger Records, and HoZac. In 2004, after the dissolution of Clone Defects, a band that earned a reputation for the raw power of its chaotic live shows (check out the below video), Vulgar quickly formed the psychedelic punk rock band Human Eye, which released its self-titled debut in 2005.
Vulgar’s current band, Timmy’s Organism, has steadily released a number of records since 2009’s excellent EP, Squeeze the Giant (Sacred Bones), that build upon the raw punk n’ roll that endeared fans to Clone Defects and Human Eye. Vulgar will be releasing a solo album in January of 2019 (stay tuned for our review of that record). In the meantime, check out Vulgar’s favorite albums. For more information on any of the albums below, feel free to click on the associated image (via Amazon).
TIMMY VULGAR’S FAVORITE ALBUMS
Rolling Stones (Sticky Fingers and everything until 1981)
The Who (Every Album with Keith Moon)
Love – Forever Changes
Alice Cooper – Love it to Death (and, of course, everything from 1969-1975)
Jimi Hendrix (Everything He Did)
David Bowie – Man Who Sold the World
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
The Doors (First 6 Albums)
Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer – Outside Inside
Flamin’ Groovies (First 3 Albums)
John Lee Hooker – The Real Blues
The Cosmic Jokers – S/T
The Cosmic Jokers – Galactic Supermarket
Hawkwind – In Search of Space
Soft Machine – The Soft Machine Volume 1 & 2
Howlin’ Wolf – Big City Blues
Howlin’ Wolf – He Doesn’t Like It, He Didn’t Like His Guitar at First Either
Faust – So Far
Them – Again
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
Muddy Waters – Electric Mud
Mothers Of Invention – Freak Out
Captain Beefheart – Trout Mask Replica
The Deviants – Ptooff!
CCR – Green River
CCR – Cosmo’s Factory
Grand Funk Railroad – On Time
The Damned – Damned, Damned, Damned
Chrome – Half Machine Lip Moves
Chrome – Alien Soundtracks
Dead Boys – Young Loud and Snotty
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers – L.A.M.F.
Ramones – S/T
Electric Eels – God says Fuck you
Germs – GI
The Stooges (First 3 Albums)
Mc5 (First 3 Albums)
The Freeze – Land of the Lost
New Bomb Turks – Destroy Oh Boy
Guitar Wolf – Missile Me
Ariel Pink – The Doldrums
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We strongly recommend, at the very least, checking out the following albums by Vulgar:
