Top10 of....Pulce!

My name is Pulce and i am a 35 year old dude who has been active in the scene for the last 15 years and more.

I have been playing in many bands, both playing drums and singing; initially, i was also playing bass and guitar, but as  time passed i focused more on the drums and vocals.

My old bands were named xZIO FASTERx, DEATH BEFORE WORK!, THRASH BRIGADE, SSSWIISSH!, NERVI, FDM, BELLA LI', IDIOTI,  MILANO SUICIDA, PIG MISERY and i started playing drums in a punk band - heavily influenced by stuff like Submission Hold - called OGM.

Actually i sing for YOU SUCK! (fastcore with a fuck you attitude) and i play drums in a side project of the combo, called DRUG PROBLEMS. We play '80's hardcore punk influenced by old bands like Minor Threat, Reagan Youth, Teen Idles and more recent ones like U.X Vileheads, Fomaldehyde Junkies, Government Warning and the likes.

You suck! is kicking out a new flexi ep (one sided) at the end of December while Drug Problems is going to record a demotape soon.

so this is my top ten...

i decided to make 2 lists; one is about punk/metal bands, while the second is about all the rest of the musical spectrum...

20 albums are too few, but i'll try!

ALBUMS

- HERESY face up to it! (bad recording, but it's an instant classic!)
- WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? stand fast armageddon justice fighter (they were really the SHIT in late 90's/early 00's)
- SLAYER first five albums (i don't even have to explain why, right?)
- INFEST slave (everytime i listen to this gem i got shocks to my spine)
- REAGAN YOUTH volume 1 (the greatest punk band)
- RKL rock'n'roll nightmare (best punk musicians playing the most innovative and exciting stuff at those times)
- NAPALM DEATH harmony corruption (this album took me into death metal territories in 1990)
- ANNIHILATION TIME - ii (this is the perfect trait d'union between punk and ROCK! they paved the way to a lot of copycats still playing today)
- 7 SECONDS walk together, rock together (it makes me cry the "new wind" version of this album)
- CANNIBAL CORPSE the bleeding (simply a perfect brutal death metal album)
- SPAZZ crush kill destroy (their fastest, most hardcore album above all)

SEVEN INCHES

- WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? first ep (when i heard it i got completely mad)
- XBRAINIAX 31 songs ep (one of the craziest bands i've ever listen)
- COMRADES/LOS VATICANOS split ep (another classic! all the people from that scene in Rome were simply great dudes, and were playing in amazing bands. MUSTAFA' MOSH!)
- MINOR THREAT first ep (it's the first hardcore punk record i've ever listened to. i couldn't believe my ears)
- SOA no polici ep (anger, desperation, rage...punk!)
- TEEN IDLES minor disturbance ep (another punch in the face)
- U.X. VILEHEADS firts ep (another great band from Umea. this record is another crazy one)
- FORMALDEHYDE JUNKIES are a total wreck (US hardcore played at 1000 mph with a complete obnoxious edge)
- ED nailed to the board (it's a 12 inch but i consider it more of an ep...one of the best italian bands EVER)
- CRUCIAL SECTION speed core thrash (my favorite japanese thrashcore band. their live set is incredible)


ALBUMS POP/ROCK/WHATEVER...

- BEASTIE BOYS complete discography
(my first encounter with hip hop culture was with their "Paul's Boutique" album back in 1989. I don't know many other bands whose music is so complete: in their albums you can find hardcore punk, rap, funk, jazz, country, blues...and they are true musicians! I was so sad when i heard the news that MCA passed away this year due to cancer...their place will never be filled by anyone else)

- GUNS 'N' ROSES appetite for destruction
(forget all the axl rose's bullshit he's working on today; this is a masterpiece of hard rock. I got it in 1989 and still own the original copy...they never reached those peaks again)

- DONALD FAGEN the nightfly
(this guy was one of the 2 master minds of STEELY DAN; his music is a sophisticated kind of jazzy pop, and i remember my dad playing this album back in the '80s. at the time i hated it, but i rediscovered it years later and i got floored by this platter!)

- THE SMITHS hatful of hollow
(this is a compilation of BBC recordings; i love this record so much i had to buy it 2 copies!)

- HERBIE HANCOCK man child
(this is a GREAT album of groovy funk jazz; the kind of platter you can play in the background while having sex and i can assure you it works perfectly for that!)

- THE POLICE outlandos d'amour
(couldn't stop listening to this gem when i was five years old and i still love it today; it's deeply rooted in my soul and also, Stewart Copeland is one of the best drummers EVER)

- SONIC YOUTH dirty
(back in the day when there was grunge and alternative music reached its peak, this album (their second on a major label) helped the band to grow up in popularity. The messy noisy guitars are "reeducate" by a pop songwriting and a strong production. Favorite tunes "Sugar Kane" and "Shoot". Still own the original tape today)

- RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan" + "Mother's Milk"
(i preferred them when they were heroin addicted, of course. The energy they spread on both albums is incredible to me still today. Not talking about the fact that they were/still are very good musicians, talented and open minded; this helped them overcoming musical bridges creating a perfect blend of funk/punk/rock)

- LOU REED "transformer"
(heroin, transvestitism, new york, poetry, sadness, love, glam, lipstick...this album has got a special place in my heart)

- WEATHER REPORT black market
(jazz prog with an ethnic imprint. When i was in primary school i used to be awaken by the titletrack, since it was the signature tune of a local radio show i use to listen every morning. it's full of groove and the sound is ahead of its time; Wayne Shorter's saxophone makes me so excited in most of the tracks. This is another example of stuff that i used to hate when i was a child but started to appreciate in adult times!