The Top 100 Columbus Albums of the Past 30 Years

The Top 100 Columbus Albums
of the Past 30 Years

100. Mors Ontologica, Dead and/or Famous (2006, VSS)

Garage-rock greats manage to be glammy and grimey at once.

99. Breath, Slow Down (2001, Black Air Press)

Down-tempo drum-and-bass for the hours between last call and sunrise.

98. Rosie, Precious Metal (1982, Double Tree)

The Wings to The Godz' Beatles, if you will.

97. Sean Carney Band, Life of Ease (2006, Sean Carney Band)

The man knows his blues.

96. Moviola, Dead Knowledge (2007, Catbird)

More than a decade into their career, the former slack rockers emerge with an opus that spans from the back porch to the orchestra pit.

95. Blueprint, 1988 (2005, Rhymesayers)

Columbus' most prominent MC pays tribute to the era he cut his teeth on.

94. Painful Discharge, Skulls & Balls (1986, Stagmatic)

Columbus in the '80s is best known for barflies like the Great Plains and stadium bait like The Toll. But bands like Painful Discharge were in the basement keeping this city hardcore. Precious few scraps of evidence remain to document this community, but a quick Google search will put you in touch with DIY classic Skulls & Balls. Those pulverizing rhythms! That gleefully gruesome cover art! It's all too good to be true.

93. The Patsys, On the 13th Kick (2005, Anyway)

Columbus rock veterans form like Voltron, kick out the jams.

92. X-Rated Cowboys, Honor Among Thieves (2001, FFN)

Pay no mind to that gaudy marquee on the cover. These 13 tracks are the sound of Andyman's Treehouse, "the bar that's hard to find and even harder to leave."