Debut-album was/is still the best.

[Niels (Mod)]

I'm sure, we've done this before, but never mind:

Which bands has never made albums better than their debut-album, I mean in your opinion.

I'll start out:

Van Halen

King's X

Guns'N'Roses

Cheap Trick

The Doors

Jimi Hendrix

Foo Fighters

Iron Maiden

King Crimson

Ozzy Osbourne

Pearl Jam

The Ramones

Sex Pistols (Duh!)

Tesla

[Jon]

Boston

The Cars

Joe Jackson

The Go-Go's

Dio

Ted Nugent

Asia

Angel Witch

Diamond Head

The Arc Angels

[Niels (Mod)]

Boston and Dio should also had been on my list.

I thought of another one:
Kingdom Come

[RJhog (Admin)]

If we are doing this based on the margin between how great their debut was and how good their next best album was, Boston and GNR would probably win hands down.

[RJhog (Admin)]

I'll pull two off of that list: Van Halen and GNR.  I can't make a fair assessment on The Doors or Hendrix because they were before my formative years.  VH and GNR were in my sweet spot for timing.  And as much as I love VH, I think I'll pick GNR's Appetite For Destruction.  It was simply light years ahead of everything else that was being released at that time (I don't mean 1987 necessarily, but the late 80's as a whole).

[RJhog (Admin)]

Oops, I misread this and thought you wanted the one best debut.  Hmmm...

[Niels (Mod)]

Oh, we can do that in the end. Maybe a top 5 or something, but it HAS to be "Debut was their best album imo".

[Scott]

Some I've always loved that I don't see mentioned...

• Loverboy
• Aldo Nova
• Molly Hatchet
• Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Little River Band
• Toto

[Scott]

By the way...  this weeks AOTW wasn't to shabby either!  Probably could be mentioned at least

[RJhog (Admin)]

Disagree on Loverboy.  I prefer Get Lucky to the debut.

[Scott]

Close - but for me, if I had to pick, I'd take their debut...

[Gordon Williams]

Just about everything I can think of has already been listed by you purveyors of excellent rock n roll.

I'll add in:

Lynch Mob

Michael Schenkers MSG debut

Starz

...and that's about all I can add at the moment.

But, of course...OF COURSE...I have to respectfully disagree with a few nominations above. Although a great album, I don't agree with Nugent...I think maybe Free For All is just slightly better. And also King's X..."Tape Head" is their best IMO. And I'm on the fence about Maiden...very close call on that, just like Uncle Ted. Good discussion!

[Jon]

MSG I will always go with "Assault Attack", King's X is "Dogman" but they could release a cd with fart sounds and it would still be great.