Finally the Clutch ranking, one of the best bands working today. Over the years consistently great output from album to album not many bands can match. Also, no one can touch Neil Fallon as a songwriter and lyricist. Tough to rank their catalog as they don`t have a bad album but "Blast Tyrant" is probably my favorite - the double disc special edition of that is a must have. Their latest "Sunrise On Slaughter Beach" will definitely make my best of 2022 list.
Re: Clutch live, another massive plus is that they change setlists from night to night. In my experience, bands who do that always attract a very dedicated following who will go to multiple shows hoping to hear their favorite songs or be there on the big night.
The best rock band of the past 25 years and I’m still shocked that they are not a household name. Like everyone says there is no such as a bad Clutch album, just varying degrees of greatness.
13. A Book (or Album) of Bad Decisions 12. Psychic Warfare 11. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach 10. Strange Cousins From the West 09. From Beale Street to Oblivion 08. Pure Rock Fury 07. Earth Rocker 06. Blast Tyrant 05. Robot Hive/Exodus 04. Jam Room Throw in 'Slow Hole to China' here even thought its not considered a studio album 03. Transnational Speedway League 02. Elephant Riders 01. Clutch/ ST Went to H.S. in the D.C. Metro Area in their inception back in the early '90's and these guys were staples at the 9:30 Club, and Guitar Hack you need to have your ears hacked off.
@@wilfordbrimleypranks See, I have Transnational pretty low, because it's half-good. There are some BANGERS, and it's better than I remember it, but it's not as good as most of their other stuff after. To put self titled at 13, or anywhere outside the top 5 is madness. Absolute madness.
Great show as always Pete, Martin, and Hack. Panel rankings are the best because you get varying level of history and listening experience from the members. It was great the new album was included. This helps you calibrate where to go in the catalog. I’m relatively new to this band. Loved the new release this year, but didn’t care much for 2018’s Book of Bad Decisions. I’m going to start with Psychic Warfare and Blast Tyrant as my dive into the catalog. Thanks to everyone for their lists and comments!
Been waiting forever for this. Awesome, many thanks! So difficult to rank as I'm a huge gear head and Clutch have never done a 'bad' album. Let's try: 13): Strange Cousins from the West 12): Jam Room 11): Transnational Speedway League 10): From Beale Street To Oblivion 9): Sunrise on Slaughter Beach 8): Pure Rock Fury 7): Book of Bad Decisions 6): The Elephant Riders 5): Earth Rocker 4): Clutch self titled 3): Blast Tyrant 2): Psychic Warfare 1): Robot Hive/Exodus * And a huge nod to 'Slow Hole To China' as it's fucken fantastic! I could literally change my order almost completely by the time I've finished typing this! Long live The Mighty Clutch!!!
Loved it! Cheers guys! & FWIW... MY LIST: 13 Jam Room 12 Transnational Speedway League 11 Clutch 10 Pure Rock Fury 9 The Elephant Riders 8 Sunrise On Slaughter Beach 7 Book Of Bad Decisions 6 Strange Cousins From The West 5 Psychic Warfare 4 Robot Hive/Exodus 3 From Beale Street To Oblivion 2 Blast Tyrant 1 Earth Rocker
Been waiting for this episode, great show guys!!! For me: 1. Psychic Warfare 2. Blast Tyrant 3. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach 4.Earth Rocker 5. Book of Bad Decisions 6.Pure Rock Fury 7.The Elephant Riders 8. Jam Room 9. Clutch 10. Robot Hive/ Exodus 11. Transitional Speedway League 12. From Beale St. To Oblivion 13. Strange Cousins From The West
Finally Clutch gets some much deserved attention! Great show guys! I think Clutch have just gotten better and better with time. I’d rate my top three albums as: 1. Psychic Warfare 2. Earth Rocker 3. Blast Tyrant A special mention also to the compilation album The Weathermaker Vault Series Vol. 1, just for their great version of Fortunate Son. Neil’s voice fits perfectly to that song. I’m getting ready to go to Germany to see them back to back in Stuttgart and Frankfurt this week. It’ll be my nos. 4 and 5 out of 6 Clutch shows between August and Christmas, the final one will be in The Roundhouse in London in two weeks. They’re a great live band and always mix up the set list from show to show. Green Lung are the supporting act BTW.
Thanks for bringing me back to Clutch.. I"m a fair weather fan and didn't know they had a new album out till I listened to Red Alert thanks to Pete.. rock on!
Love this and thank you! I’m a MD guy, so I’ve had the privilege of seeing them dozens of times- likely the most seen live band behind my own. Agree w a lot of these points, but for me… 1. Robot Hive/Exodus 2. Elephant Riders 3. Clutch 4. Earth Rocker 5. Transnational Speedway League 6. Blast Tyrant 7. Psychic Warfare 8. Sunrise On Slaughter Beach 9. From Beale Street To Oblivion 10. The Book of Bad Decisions 11. Strange Cousins From The West 12. Pure Rock Fury 13. Jam Room
1. Blast Tyrant 2. Robot Hive/Exodus 3. Earth Rocker 4. The Elephant Riders 5. Clutch 6. From Beale Street to Oblivion 7. Psychic Warfare 8. Transnational Speedway League 9. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach 10. Pure Rock Fury 11. Strange Cousins from the West 12. Book of Bad Decisions 13. Jam Room
You're insane. Psychic Warfare Earth Rocker Book of Bad Decisions Robot Hive/Exodus Blast Tyrant Sunrise on Slaughter Beach From Beale Street to Oblivion Strange Cousins from the West Pure Rock Fury Elephant Riders Jam Room Clutch Transnational Speedway League TSL is the only one I don't listen to much anymore. My musical tastes have largely evolved in parallel with their own (and perhaps because of them).
@@adamlevine6700 You have self-titled and Elephant Riders ranked below Strange Cousins and Book of Bad Decisions, so I counter your "you're insane" accusation with a mature "No, YOU'RE insane"! Seriously though, Clutch is my favourite band. They have zero bad albums so when I'm ranking them, the ones at the bottom of my list are only there because something has to be. You're right about Transnational being a bit of anomaly from where their sound went afterwards, but I still love it. And when they play songs like A Shogun Named Marcus and El Jefe Speaks live, they fit right in with everything else.
IMO 1. Psychic Warfare 2. Earth Rocker 3. Blast Tyrant 4. Clutch 5. Transnational Speedway League 6. The Elephant Riders 7. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach 8. Pure Rock Fury 9. Strange Cousins from the West 10. Robot Hive/Exodus 11. From Beale Street to Oblivion 12. Book of Bad Decisions 13. Jam Room
They are probably one of the most enjoyable rock bands with some brilliant laugh out loud lyrics at times. They are a prime example of a band where no member particularly stands out but each member fits in a niche and the whole band just gels really well. They have one of the most stable rock lineups maybe only ZZ top has been one unit longer than them and one can hear it in their music. There are times when I just listen to them nonstop. My ranking would be Earth rocker Blast tyrant Psychic warfare Clutch From Beale street to oblivion Strange cousins from the west Robot hive/Exodus Sunrise at slaughter beach Book of bad decisions Pure rock fury Elephant riders Jam room Transnational speedway league
13 albums, three guys, 50 minutes. Thats how it's done. I only own seven Clutch albums, but my favorite from those is a toss up between Blast Tyrant and Earth Rocker.
The length of this show is Alo's dream, ha ha. Alo falling asleep before his turn on most HVS and then yelling at everyone to speed it up is one of my favorite things.
Got into Clutch back in ‘97, so I’ve always been partial to that era. My top 3 are flexible, with Psychic Warfare being a latter-day masterpiece. Here’s my list: 13. Book of Bad Decisions 12. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach (might move up after more spins, but hasn’t really grabbed me yet) 11. Transnational Speedway League 10. From Beale Street To Oblivion 9. Strange Cousins From The West 8. Robot Hive/Exodus 7. Pure Rock Fury 6. Earth Rocker 5. Blast Tyrant 4. Jam Room (Original version, without the 3 demos wedged in there) 3. Clutch (The one that got me hooked. Could be #1 for nostalgia reasons) 2. Psychic Warfare 1. Elephant Riders
I'm looking forward to watching this later. I've been following Clutch for years. Their most recent album Sunrise On Slaughter Beach is one of my favorites of 2022.
1. psychic warfare 2. blast tyrant 3. earth rocker 4. clutch 5. sunrise on slaughter beach 6. robot hive/exodus 7. pure rock fury 8. from beal street to oblivion 9. the elephant riders 10. transnational speedway league 11. strange cousins from the west 12. jam room 13. book of bad decisions
These guys won me over in 98 when they opened for Megadeth and at time my musical taste were changing to 70s rock. Been hooked since. Including Slow Hole to China to ranking 1. Robot Hive/Exodus 2. Blast Tyrant 3. The Elephant Riders 4. Clutch 5. Strange Cousins From the West 6. From Beale Street to Oblivion 7. Slow Hole to China 8. Book of Bad Decisions 9. Jam Room 10. Earth Rocker 11. Psychic Warfare 12. Pure Rock Fury 13. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach (too new to rank right now) 14. Transnational Speedway League Check out their side project The Bakerton Group and Neil Fallon side project The Company Band
Thank goodness for Headbanger’s Ball back in the ‘90s introduced me to this band with the video to Marcus. Loved that song so my picks are skewed to the earlier albums 1. Clutch 2. Transnational Speedway League 3. Strange Cousins From the West 4. The Elephant Riders 5. Psychic Warfare 6. Earth Rocker 7. From Beale Street to Oblivion 8. Blast Tyrant 9. Book Of Bad Decisions 10. Robot Hive/Exodus 11. Sunrise On Slaughter Beach (too new to give a good ranking on) 12. Pure Rock Fury I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t realize Jam Room was a real album. Thought it was a b-sides type thing so I’ll have to add that to my collection soon
1. Clutch 2. Transnational Speedway League 3. Blast Tyrant 4. Earth Rocker 5. Pure Rock Fury 6. Book of Bad Decisions 7. The Elephant Riders 8. Robot Hive/ Exodus 9. Psychic Warfare 10. From Beale Street to Oblivion 11. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach 12. Strange Cousins from the West 13. Jam Room Impetus & Slow Hole to China would be in my top 5 if included.
Thanks for this…with all the Music I consume I still have not checked these guys out. I worked with a younger guy who was high on them and I knew they were around awhile and I was just not sure where to go first with them. This leads me to where to start! ✌️
1) Blast Tyrant 2) From Beale Street to Oblivion 3) Robot Hive / Exodus 4) Earth Rocker 5) Psychic Warfare 6) Jam Room 7) Strange Cousins from the West 8) Sunrise on Slaughter Beach 9) Pure Rock Fury 10) Book of Bad Decisions 11) The Elephant Riders 12) Clutch 13) Transnational Speedway League
One of my favorite bands ever . seen them live 5 times. My list: 1. Blast Tyrant 2. Psychic Warfare 3. Robot Hive/Exodus 4. Earth Rocker 5. Beale Street 6. Self Titled 7. Pure Rock Fury 8. Slaughter Beach 9. Strange Cousins 10. Book of Bad Decisions 11. Elephant Riders 12. Transnational Speedway League 13. Jam Room
A damn great band. Look forward to you all chatting about them! My ranking: 1. Blast Tyrant 2004 2. Earth Rocker 2013 3. Psychic Warfare 2015 4. From Beale Street to Oblivion 2007 5. Sunrise at Slaughter Beach 2022 6. Clutch 1995 7. Book of Bad Decisions 2018 8. Pure Rock Fury 2001 9. Robot Hive/Exodus 2005 10. Strange Cousins from the West 2009 11. Jam Room 1999 12. Transnational Speedway League 1993 13. The Elephant Riders 1998
This was a really good listen, anda video I was looking forward to for a while. I've never actaully listened to a Clutch album in full, but have known about them since 1995. Saw them open for Iron maiden in 1999, on their first tour with Bruce back in the band, which was also my first time seeing maiden (I was nineteen). I thought they were definitely allright but, maybe, a bit too "simple" and bluesy for me at the time. i remember telling my friend that they made me think of Zeppelin. It was not really "their crowd" and everyone, including my buddy and I, were kind of just waiting for maiden. But I never forgot their level of energy and so every now and then I'd hear a song and kind of perk up. Also, one of my older coworkers used to complain bitterly about his step-son listening to them really loud, and would make fun of the vocalist's style and then burst into a coughing fit, which would crack me the hell up, every time.
One of my all time favourite bands so this is a difficult one for me cause I love all their albums so here's my choices 13. Pure Rock Fury 12. Jam Room( where it started for me about 20 years ago) 11. Clutch 10. Strange Cousins from the West 9. From Beale Street to Oblivion 8. Book of Bad Decisions 7. Psychic Warfare 6. Transnational Speedway League 5. Elephant Riders 4. Earth Rocker 3. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach 2. Robot Hives Exodus 1. Blast Tyrant 🤘🤘
I really dig Clutch. I don't listen to them as much as I should, because they do truly deserve more of my listening time. It's almost impossible to listen to Clutch without smiling....or headbanging. You don't typically find a band that is that heavy and yet at the same time that straight up fun. I think we should all listen to more Clutch!
I love all the Clutch stuff . Everyone likes different jams for different reasons . I know guys that like the earliest stuff best and guys that like the later stuff . I guess I'm in the middle....my top 3 in no order (all tied for 1st place , lol ) 1. BLAST TYRANT 2 .ROBOT HIVE / EXODUS 3.FROM BEALE ST. to OBLIVION Honorable Mentions : *Slow Hole to China *Elephant Riders ALSO RANS : * All the rest ! Clutch is an awesome , one of a kind band , with a wide range of unique sound . If you like Rock n Roll , you will like Clutch !
I’m caught up thru Clutch’s first ten albums. Here’s how I rank ‘em: 10. From Beale Street to Oblivion 9. Jam Room 8. Earth Rocker 7. Pure Rock Fury 6. Strange Cousins from the West 5. Transnational Speedway League 4. Robot Hive / Exodus 3. Blast Tyrant 2. The Elephant Riders 1. Clutch
Clutch from 1995 would be higher ranked if you were listening to them way back then. When that album came out, Spacegrass blew our minds away. Big News 1 and 2 is classic high school sound track music for us 90's kids.
It's also the album where they (despite what these dudes say), 'figured it out' as a band, sonically, more or less vocally, and lyrically. They've evolved for sure, but Self Titled is such a pivot point for the band, and honestly 1 to the end, there's not a song you skip.
Funny, I found this today, and just yesterday my buddy and I ranked Clutch albums. My favorite band, and I'm interested to see how my list stacks up with this one. 13 - Jam Room 12 - Book Of Bad Decision 11 - Strange Cousins 10 - Transnational Speedway 9 - Beal Street 8 - Elephant Riders 7 - Pure Rock Fury 6 - Earth Rocker 5 - Sunrise On Slaugter Beach 4 - Phsychic Warfare 3 - Blast Tyrant 2- Robot Hive 1 - Clutch
Clutch fan since buying Elephant Riders in late 90’s and then seeing them live first of 14 (I think) times since Feb 2001… Here are my rankings. 1. Clutch 2. Elephant Riders 3. Psychic Warfare 4. Blast Tyrant 5. Pure Rock Fury 6. From Beale Street to Oblivion 7. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach 8. Robot Hive/Exodus 9. Book of Bad Decisions 10. Earth Rocker 11. Strange Cousins 12. TNSLeague 13. Jam Room
Top 5 maybe in no order??? Earth Rocker(which really got me into them). From Beale Street to Oblivion. Robot Hive/Exodus. Blast Tyrant. And either Elephant Riders or Psychic Warfare. Clutch has that AC/DC, Motörhead quality where they have a sound that they slightly tweak yet u know what u r getting. Clutch rules. 👊🏿🤘🏿👊🏿🤘🏿
Great band. They tough to rank because the albums are all good and there's not a lot of distance between the top and the bottom. Whenever I pull out one I haven't heard in a bit I always think "I forgot how good this one is". My favorites: 1) Clutch 2) Slow Hole To China 3) Elephant Riders 4) Jam Room 5) Blast Tyrant 6) From Beale Street To Oblivion 7) Robot Hive/Exodus
Anyone pick up on Sunrise On Slaughter Beach and Blue Oyster Cult Fire of Unknown Origin album connections??? 9 songs… sci-fi fantasy themes, odd sounds, of course album art, and possibly even the title with 4 words and possible play on words with on slaughter beach being a response or answering the of unknown origin title? Am I looking into this too much?
opps, forgot Slow Hole to China: Rare and Unreleased (2009) and Pitchfork & Lost Needles (2005). Many great songs the band plays live from these two albums.
One of my favorite bands for more than 27 years now. Trying to rank these is pretty hard. My Top 2 are easy and the bottom 3 are pretty easy, but after that, it's a toss-up. I've seen them live nearly 30 times now and never a disappointment. 1. Clutch 2. Blast Tyrant 3. Earth Rocker 4. Psychic Warfare 5. The Elephant Riders 6. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach 7. Transnational Speedway League 8. From Beale Street to Oblivion 9. Robot Hive/Exodus 10. Strange Cousins From the West 11. Book of Bad Decisions 12. Jam Room 13. Pure Rock Fury
Watched this whole video,and Im sold,on this band.I have 2 of their cds,which I like,but now its time to deep dive.Great vid as usual🤘👍Update:Checked out Blast Tyrant.Killer.Why havent I heard this before?What rock have I been living under?😀
Love this band, only seen them live once. Sorry to say their more recent output has disappointed a bit. But IMO their best record is Psychic Warfare, which considering how late in their career it was recorded is remarkable.
For my money, one of the absolute best rock bands of the past quarter century. It’s really tough to rank their albums because they’ve been so consistently good. I think my personal top 5 would go: 1. Clutch 2. Elephant Riders 3. Blast Tyrant 4. Psychic Warfare 5. Robot Hive/Exodus
Wow. I listened to the 1st couple of songs on Blast tyrant. I am not a fan of heavy music but this rocks. I think the funk groove makes it palatable to me.
I came back to Clutch really late. I heard their first couple of albums in real time and they just weren't for me -- didn't like the hardcore edge, didn't love the singer's voice, hated the production. So I didn't listen to them again for a couple of decades. Hearing them mentioned on SoT a few years back got me to listen to some of their more recent albums (like, from the early 2000s forward), and finally I got it. I'm not really a super-heavy music guy, but there's something about Clutch that appeals to the Blue Oyster Cult fan in me. Glad I gave them another chance.
Heard Clutch for the very first time on "The Z Rock 50" (with Dave Bolt, who later became a christan & married his wife) in the Summer & Fall of 1996!! (counting down the "Top 50 Songs" of the week) Sunday Nights. Then on January of 1997, that radio show was no more. It was replaced by the radio show "Hard Drive".
“Book of Bad Decisions”is a weird one for me. It really had to grow on me for me to kind of “get it.” There are some tracks on there that really pop, but they’re kind of covered up by a lack of good hooks. There are some really great moments on it at the same time! Even at a fairly weak point it’s honestly all good at the very least.
Sunrise on Slaughter Beach , Blast Tyrant , Earth Rocker And Psychic Warfare = No 1 spot Everything else = No 2 spot Because Clutch are that good …..not got a bad album 👍
I need to know when these guys heard the first clutch albums because if you wasn't listening to them around the early to middle nineties you will never have a good starting point on on the band to judge the catalogue
Not everyone jumps on board with a band from the very beginning, which is how it works with music. You are welcome to rank them as you like them, and this is how we rank them.
Been listening since the beginning, my favorite is ,robot hive exodus, 2 blast tyrant, 3 self titled, 4 earth rocker, 5 phycic warfare, 6 Beal Street, 7 Elephant riders, 8 debut, 9 stange cousins 10 slaughter Beach 11book of bad decisions 12 jamroom 13 pure rock fury my least favorite the only record I don't enjoy. 🤘 thanks for ranking the best band going since Sabbath is retired!
I love Clutch. (this goes without saying) They are hairy-balls-rock-and-roll. You can find everything in their music: Blues, Rock, Metal, Funk whatever. I guess this is the main reason they are not in the charts more often. They are a melting pot. Very American. You can find all kind of people at their concerts (big crowds). But they are not metal enough for metal charts and not blues enough for blues charts and so on. But more importantly they doesn't seem to give a fuck about it. And you have to love that attitude!
FINALLY!! The best band that most people STILL are ignorant of, hope that this helps to move the conversation on a little. The latest release is a must own
Finally the Clutch ranking, one of the best bands working today. Over the years consistently great output from album to album not many bands can match. Also, no one can touch Neil Fallon as a songwriter and lyricist. Tough to rank their catalog as they don`t have a bad album but "Blast Tyrant" is probably my favorite - the double disc special edition of that is a must have. Their latest "Sunrise On Slaughter Beach" will definitely make my best of 2022 list.
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Re: Clutch live, another massive plus is that they change setlists from night to night. In my experience, bands who do that always attract a very dedicated following who will go to multiple shows hoping to hear their favorite songs or be there on the big night.
Never thought I would actually see a show on Clutch on this channel. Nice to see it!
The best rock band of the past 25 years and I’m still shocked that they are not a household name. Like everyone says there is no such as a bad Clutch album, just varying degrees of greatness.
Just started listening to them and I'm very impressed. Going to see them live soon.
Thanks for finally getting to Clutch, Pete. One of my favorites
13. A Book (or Album) of Bad Decisions
12. Psychic Warfare
11. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
10. Strange Cousins From the West
09. From Beale Street to Oblivion
08. Pure Rock Fury
07. Earth Rocker
06. Blast Tyrant
05. Robot Hive/Exodus
04. Jam Room
Throw in 'Slow Hole to China' here even thought its not considered a studio album
03. Transnational Speedway League
02. Elephant Riders
01. Clutch/ ST
Went to H.S. in the D.C. Metro Area in their inception back in the early '90's and these guys were staples at the 9:30 Club, and Guitar Hack you need to have your ears hacked off.
Putting the self-titled at the bottom blows my mind. To each their own though, this discography is hard to mess with. Clutch are one of the greats.
That's what I thought. A total wtf...
Self titled and transnational speedway as last are both garbage opinions
@@wilfordbrimleypranks See, I have Transnational pretty low, because it's half-good. There are some BANGERS, and it's better than I remember it, but it's not as good as most of their other stuff after.
To put self titled at 13, or anywhere outside the top 5 is madness. Absolute madness.
Great show as always Pete, Martin, and Hack. Panel rankings are the best because you get varying level of history and listening experience from the members. It was great the new album was included. This helps you calibrate where to go in the catalog. I’m relatively new to this band. Loved the new release this year, but didn’t care much for 2018’s Book of Bad Decisions. I’m going to start with Psychic Warfare and Blast Tyrant as my dive into the catalog. Thanks to everyone for their lists and comments!
Been waiting forever for this. Awesome, many thanks! So difficult to rank as I'm a huge gear head and Clutch have never done a 'bad' album.
Let's try:
13): Strange Cousins from the West
12): Jam Room
11): Transnational Speedway League
10): From Beale Street To Oblivion
9): Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
8): Pure Rock Fury
7): Book of Bad Decisions
6): The Elephant Riders
5): Earth Rocker
4): Clutch self titled
3): Blast Tyrant
2): Psychic Warfare
1): Robot Hive/Exodus
* And a huge nod to 'Slow Hole To China' as it's fucken fantastic!
I could literally change my order almost completely by the time I've finished typing this!
Long live The Mighty Clutch!!!
no passive restraints?
One of my favourite bands in recent years.Saw for the first time last week. Amazing band.
Loved it! Cheers guys! & FWIW...
MY LIST:
13 Jam Room
12 Transnational Speedway League
11 Clutch
10 Pure Rock Fury
9 The Elephant Riders
8 Sunrise On Slaughter Beach
7 Book Of Bad Decisions
6 Strange Cousins From The West
5 Psychic Warfare
4 Robot Hive/Exodus
3 From Beale Street To Oblivion
2 Blast Tyrant
1 Earth Rocker
Been waiting for this episode, great show guys!!!
For me:
1. Psychic Warfare
2. Blast Tyrant
3. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
4.Earth Rocker
5. Book of Bad Decisions
6.Pure Rock Fury
7.The Elephant Riders
8. Jam Room
9. Clutch
10. Robot Hive/ Exodus
11. Transitional Speedway League
12. From Beale St. To Oblivion
13. Strange Cousins From The West
Finally Clutch gets some much deserved attention! Great show guys!
I think Clutch have just gotten better and better with time. I’d rate my top three albums as:
1. Psychic Warfare
2. Earth Rocker
3. Blast Tyrant
A special mention also to the compilation album The Weathermaker Vault Series Vol. 1, just for their great version of Fortunate Son. Neil’s voice fits perfectly to that song.
I’m getting ready to go to Germany to see them back to back in Stuttgart and Frankfurt this week. It’ll be my nos. 4 and 5 out of 6 Clutch shows between August and Christmas, the final one will be in The Roundhouse in London in two weeks. They’re a great live band and always mix up the set list from show to show. Green Lung are the supporting act BTW.
Hall of Fame ....period
Clutch is different
There raw
In your face
Beyond talented
LOVE CLUTCH
One of my favorite bands, well done guys
Thanks for bringing me back to Clutch.. I"m a fair weather fan and didn't know they had a new album out till I listened to Red Alert thanks to Pete.. rock on!
Love this and thank you!
I’m a MD guy, so I’ve had the privilege of seeing them dozens of times- likely the most seen live band behind my own.
Agree w a lot of these points, but for me…
1. Robot Hive/Exodus
2. Elephant Riders
3. Clutch
4. Earth Rocker
5. Transnational Speedway League
6. Blast Tyrant
7. Psychic Warfare
8. Sunrise On Slaughter Beach
9. From Beale Street To Oblivion
10. The Book of Bad Decisions
11. Strange Cousins From The West
12. Pure Rock Fury
13. Jam Room
1. Blast Tyrant
2. Robot Hive/Exodus
3. Earth Rocker
4. The Elephant Riders
5. Clutch
6. From Beale Street to Oblivion
7. Psychic Warfare
8. Transnational Speedway League
9. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
10. Pure Rock Fury
11. Strange Cousins from the West
12. Book of Bad Decisions
13. Jam Room
You're insane.
Psychic Warfare
Earth Rocker
Book of Bad Decisions
Robot Hive/Exodus
Blast Tyrant
Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
From Beale Street to Oblivion
Strange Cousins from the West
Pure Rock Fury
Elephant Riders
Jam Room
Clutch
Transnational Speedway League
TSL is the only one I don't listen to much anymore. My musical tastes have largely evolved in parallel with their own (and perhaps because of them).
@@adamlevine6700 You have self-titled and Elephant Riders ranked below Strange Cousins and Book of Bad Decisions, so I counter your "you're insane" accusation with a mature "No, YOU'RE insane"!
Seriously though, Clutch is my favourite band. They have zero bad albums so when I'm ranking them, the ones at the bottom of my list are only there because something has to be. You're right about Transnational being a bit of anomaly from where their sound went afterwards, but I still love it. And when they play songs like A Shogun Named Marcus and El Jefe Speaks live, they fit right in with everything else.
IMO
1. Psychic Warfare
2. Earth Rocker
3. Blast Tyrant
4. Clutch
5. Transnational Speedway League
6. The Elephant Riders
7. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
8. Pure Rock Fury
9. Strange Cousins from the West
10. Robot Hive/Exodus
11. From Beale Street to Oblivion
12. Book of Bad Decisions
13. Jam Room
They are probably one of the most enjoyable rock bands with some brilliant laugh out loud lyrics at times. They are a prime example of a band where no member particularly stands out but each member fits in a niche and the whole band just gels really well. They have one of the most stable rock lineups maybe only ZZ top has been one unit longer than them and one can hear it in their music. There are times when I just listen to them nonstop.
My ranking would be
Earth rocker
Blast tyrant
Psychic warfare
Clutch
From Beale street to oblivion
Strange cousins from the west
Robot hive/Exodus
Sunrise at slaughter beach
Book of bad decisions
Pure rock fury
Elephant riders
Jam room
Transnational speedway league
Thank you! Good list, great band. Totally agree with Martin regarding how Clutch does Clutch. Go see them when they play your town,
Thx a lot “ trio “. Another bang up job. Album rankings rule !! 👍💯
Thanks for the vid. I’ve been listening to the new album a ton. Totally dig it.
13 albums, three guys, 50 minutes. Thats how it's done. I only own seven Clutch albums, but my favorite from those is a toss up between Blast Tyrant and Earth Rocker.
Only? Haha.
The length of this show is Alo's dream, ha ha. Alo falling asleep before his turn on most HVS and then yelling at everyone to speed it up is one of my favorite things.
Got into Clutch back in ‘97, so I’ve always been partial to that era. My top 3 are flexible, with Psychic Warfare being a latter-day masterpiece. Here’s my list:
13. Book of Bad Decisions
12. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach (might move up after more spins, but hasn’t really grabbed me yet)
11. Transnational Speedway League
10. From Beale Street To Oblivion
9. Strange Cousins From The West
8. Robot Hive/Exodus
7. Pure Rock Fury
6. Earth Rocker
5. Blast Tyrant
4. Jam Room (Original version, without the 3 demos wedged in there)
3. Clutch (The one that got me hooked. Could be #1 for nostalgia reasons)
2. Psychic Warfare
1. Elephant Riders
Ahhh Pete! One of my favorite bands right here.
Started going to Clutch shows 25 years ago love every show .
I'm looking forward to watching this later. I've been following Clutch for years. Their most recent album Sunrise On Slaughter Beach is one of my favorites of 2022.
1. psychic warfare
2. blast tyrant
3. earth rocker
4. clutch
5. sunrise on slaughter beach
6. robot hive/exodus
7. pure rock fury
8. from beal street to oblivion
9. the elephant riders
10. transnational speedway league
11. strange cousins from the west
12. jam room
13. book of bad decisions
Great band! Thank you guys 😊
These guys won me over in 98 when they opened for Megadeth and at time my musical taste were changing to 70s rock. Been hooked since.
Including Slow Hole to China to ranking
1. Robot Hive/Exodus
2. Blast Tyrant
3. The Elephant Riders
4. Clutch
5. Strange Cousins From the West
6. From Beale Street to Oblivion
7. Slow Hole to China
8. Book of Bad Decisions
9. Jam Room
10. Earth Rocker
11. Psychic Warfare
12. Pure Rock Fury
13. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach (too new to rank right now)
14. Transnational Speedway League
Check out their side project The Bakerton Group and Neil Fallon side project The Company Band
Thank goodness for Headbanger’s Ball back in the ‘90s introduced me to this band with the video to Marcus. Loved that song so my picks are skewed to the earlier albums
1. Clutch
2. Transnational Speedway League
3. Strange Cousins From the West
4. The Elephant Riders
5. Psychic Warfare
6. Earth Rocker
7. From Beale Street to Oblivion
8. Blast Tyrant
9. Book Of Bad Decisions
10. Robot Hive/Exodus
11. Sunrise On Slaughter Beach (too new to give a good ranking on)
12. Pure Rock Fury
I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t realize Jam Room was a real album. Thought it was a b-sides type thing so I’ll have to add that to my collection soon
1. Clutch
2. Transnational Speedway League
3. Blast Tyrant
4. Earth Rocker
5. Pure Rock Fury
6. Book of Bad Decisions
7. The Elephant Riders
8. Robot Hive/ Exodus
9. Psychic Warfare
10. From Beale Street to Oblivion
11. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
12. Strange Cousins from the West
13. Jam Room
Impetus & Slow Hole to China would be in my top 5 if included.
You're touched in the head for putting the debut above blast tyrant
Thanks for this…with all the Music I consume I still have not checked these guys out. I worked with a younger guy who was high on them and I knew they were around awhile and I was just not sure where to go first with them. This leads me to where to start! ✌️
Ten months later… what’s the verdict?
1) Blast Tyrant
2) From Beale Street to Oblivion
3) Robot Hive / Exodus
4) Earth Rocker
5) Psychic Warfare
6) Jam Room
7) Strange Cousins from the West
8) Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
9) Pure Rock Fury
10) Book of Bad Decisions
11) The Elephant Riders
12) Clutch
13) Transnational Speedway League
One of my favorite bands ever . seen them live 5 times. My list:
1. Blast Tyrant
2. Psychic Warfare
3. Robot Hive/Exodus
4. Earth Rocker
5. Beale Street
6. Self Titled
7. Pure Rock Fury
8. Slaughter Beach
9. Strange Cousins
10. Book of Bad Decisions
11. Elephant Riders
12. Transnational Speedway League
13. Jam Room
A damn great band. Look forward to you all chatting about them!
My ranking:
1. Blast Tyrant 2004
2. Earth Rocker 2013
3. Psychic Warfare 2015
4. From Beale Street to Oblivion 2007
5. Sunrise at Slaughter Beach 2022
6. Clutch 1995
7. Book of Bad Decisions 2018
8. Pure Rock Fury 2001
9. Robot Hive/Exodus 2005
10. Strange Cousins from the West 2009
11. Jam Room 1999
12. Transnational Speedway League 1993
13. The Elephant Riders 1998
This was a really good listen, anda video I was looking forward to for a while. I've never actaully listened to a Clutch album in full, but have known about them since 1995. Saw them open for Iron maiden in 1999, on their first tour with Bruce back in the band, which was also my first time seeing maiden (I was nineteen). I thought they were definitely allright but, maybe, a bit too "simple" and bluesy for me at the time. i remember telling my friend that they made me think of Zeppelin. It was not really "their crowd" and everyone, including my buddy and I, were kind of just waiting for maiden. But I never forgot their level of energy and so every now and then I'd hear a song and kind of perk up. Also, one of my older coworkers used to complain bitterly about his step-son listening to them really loud, and would make fun of the vocalist's style and then burst into a coughing fit, which would crack me the hell up, every time.
One of my all time favourite bands so this is a difficult one for me cause I love all their albums so here's my choices
13. Pure Rock Fury
12. Jam Room( where it started for me about 20 years ago)
11. Clutch
10. Strange Cousins from the West
9. From Beale Street to Oblivion
8. Book of Bad Decisions
7. Psychic Warfare
6. Transnational Speedway League
5. Elephant Riders
4. Earth Rocker
3. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
2. Robot Hives Exodus
1. Blast Tyrant
🤘🤘
I really dig Clutch. I don't listen to them as much as I should, because they do truly deserve more of my listening time. It's almost impossible to listen to Clutch without smiling....or headbanging. You don't typically find a band that is that heavy and yet at the same time that straight up fun. I think we should all listen to more Clutch!
I love all the Clutch stuff . Everyone likes different jams for different reasons . I know guys that like the earliest stuff best and guys that like the later stuff . I guess I'm in the middle....my top 3 in no order (all tied for 1st place , lol )
1. BLAST TYRANT
2 .ROBOT HIVE / EXODUS
3.FROM BEALE ST. to OBLIVION
Honorable Mentions :
*Slow Hole to China
*Elephant Riders
ALSO RANS :
* All the rest ! Clutch is an awesome , one of a kind band , with a wide range of unique sound . If you like Rock n Roll , you will like Clutch !
I’m caught up thru Clutch’s first ten albums. Here’s how I rank ‘em:
10. From Beale Street to Oblivion
9. Jam Room
8. Earth Rocker
7. Pure Rock Fury
6. Strange Cousins from the West
5. Transnational Speedway League
4. Robot Hive / Exodus
3. Blast Tyrant
2. The Elephant Riders
1. Clutch
1. From Beale Street to Oblivion 2007
2. Robot Hive/Exodus 2005
3. Blast Tyrant 2004
4. Pure Rock Fury 2001
5. Transnational Speedway League 1993
Clutch from 1995 would be higher ranked if you were listening to them way back then. When that album came out, Spacegrass blew our minds away. Big News 1 and 2 is classic high school sound track music for us 90's kids.
It's also the album where they (despite what these dudes say), 'figured it out' as a band, sonically, more or less vocally, and lyrically. They've evolved for sure, but Self Titled is such a pivot point for the band, and honestly 1 to the end, there's not a song you skip.
Great stuff, fantastic band! Agree with Guitar Hack though about the early albums where they hadn't defined their sound and Neil's vocal style yet.
Funny, I found this today, and just yesterday my buddy and I ranked Clutch albums. My favorite band, and I'm interested to see how my list stacks up with this one.
13 - Jam Room
12 - Book Of Bad Decision
11 - Strange Cousins
10 - Transnational Speedway
9 - Beal Street
8 - Elephant Riders
7 - Pure Rock Fury
6 - Earth Rocker
5 - Sunrise On Slaugter Beach
4 - Phsychic Warfare
3 - Blast Tyrant
2- Robot Hive
1 - Clutch
Great episode! Love this band. Thinking man's blues rock maybe? For sure a very cool band that know how to rock.
With regard to their live shows. Who needs gimmicks when the quality of the music is off the scale
They strive for excellence and deliver
Clutch fan since buying Elephant Riders in late 90’s and then seeing them live first of 14 (I think) times since Feb 2001… Here are my rankings.
1. Clutch
2. Elephant Riders
3. Psychic Warfare
4. Blast Tyrant
5. Pure Rock Fury
6. From Beale Street to Oblivion
7. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
8. Robot Hive/Exodus
9. Book of Bad Decisions
10. Earth Rocker
11. Strange Cousins
12. TNSLeague
13. Jam Room
Great list. Thanks!
1. Elephant Riders
2. Blast Tyrant
3. Clutch (95)
4. Psychic Warfare
5. Robot Hive/ Exodus
6. Earth Rocker
7. Beale Street to Oblivion
8. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
9. Pure Rock Fury
10. Transnational Speedway
11. Jam Room
12. Strange Cousins
13. Book of Bad Decisions
Top 5 maybe in no order??? Earth Rocker(which really got me into them). From Beale Street to Oblivion. Robot Hive/Exodus. Blast Tyrant. And either Elephant Riders or Psychic Warfare. Clutch has that AC/DC, Motörhead quality where they have a sound that they slightly tweak yet u know what u r getting. Clutch rules.
👊🏿🤘🏿👊🏿🤘🏿
I was introduced to Clutch in '97 by a co-worker and never looked back! My favorite album is Psychic Warfare and my wife's is Elephant Riders
Very cool, great band! Since the term metal has been mentioned quite a few times in the video I would be very interested how you guys classify Clutch?
"Jesus on the dashboard oh yeah....whenever it feels right"!! "Dodge Swinger 1973"!! (from 1996)
...I've been Rockn' Clutch since 2020 ....late to the party but Holy Christ are they right in the Pocket....n ever disappoint
Best Damn Rock and Roll Band in the Land..!!!
Great band. They tough to rank because the albums are all good and there's not a lot of distance between the top and the bottom. Whenever I pull out one I haven't heard in a bit I always think "I forgot how good this one is".
My favorites:
1) Clutch
2) Slow Hole To China
3) Elephant Riders
4) Jam Room
5) Blast Tyrant
6) From Beale Street To Oblivion
7) Robot Hive/Exodus
Anyone pick up on Sunrise On Slaughter Beach and Blue Oyster Cult Fire of Unknown Origin album connections??? 9 songs… sci-fi fantasy themes, odd sounds, of course album art, and possibly even the title with 4 words and possible play on words with on slaughter beach being a response or answering the of unknown origin title? Am I looking into this too much?
Yea, the similarity to BOC in subject matter and lyrics jumped out to me immediately.
I've been saying for years BOC is like the original Clutch. Lots of similarities.
opps, forgot Slow Hole to China: Rare and Unreleased (2009) and Pitchfork & Lost Needles (2005). Many great songs the band plays live from these two albums.
One of my favorite bands for more than 27 years now. Trying to rank these is pretty hard. My Top 2 are easy and the bottom 3 are pretty easy, but after that, it's a toss-up. I've seen them live nearly 30 times now and never a disappointment.
1. Clutch
2. Blast Tyrant
3. Earth Rocker
4. Psychic Warfare
5. The Elephant Riders
6. Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
7. Transnational Speedway League
8. From Beale Street to Oblivion
9. Robot Hive/Exodus
10. Strange Cousins From the West
11. Book of Bad Decisions
12. Jam Room
13. Pure Rock Fury
Good ranking, just checking out this band the last month and they great 🤘
Watched this whole video,and Im sold,on this band.I have 2 of their cds,which I like,but now its time to deep dive.Great vid as usual🤘👍Update:Checked out Blast Tyrant.Killer.Why havent I heard this before?What rock have I been living under?😀
Yes !!! Discovered Clutch back in 2004. They really have not made a bad album let alone a bad song. Blast Tyrant is without a doubt their best.
Love this band, only seen them live once. Sorry to say their more recent output has disappointed a bit. But IMO their best record is Psychic Warfare, which considering how late in their career it was recorded is remarkable.
For my money, one of the absolute best rock bands of the past quarter century. It’s really tough to rank their albums because they’ve been so consistently good. I think my personal top 5 would go: 1. Clutch 2. Elephant Riders 3. Blast Tyrant 4. Psychic Warfare 5. Robot Hive/Exodus
I booked Clutch in Alberta after trying for years. What a show as a Fan and Promotor. My wife thinks I over play clutch haha
What bands do you think sound like them or was highly influenced by them. I can't think of any off the top of my head. Maybe Orange Goblin.
Wow. I listened to the 1st couple of songs on Blast tyrant. I am not a fan of heavy music but this rocks. I think the funk groove makes it palatable to me.
My favorite band along with Black Sabbath 🤘
Im just waiting for Clutch to release a Christmas album…….
I came back to Clutch really late. I heard their first couple of albums in real time and they just weren't for me -- didn't like the hardcore edge, didn't love the singer's voice, hated the production. So I didn't listen to them again for a couple of decades. Hearing them mentioned on SoT a few years back got me to listen to some of their more recent albums (like, from the early 2000s forward), and finally I got it. I'm not really a super-heavy music guy, but there's something about Clutch that appeals to the Blue Oyster Cult fan in me. Glad I gave them another chance.
Such a great band.
Jam Room is my favorite!
Waiting for a Clutch book, Mr Popoff 😎
This strikes me as a band that is going to have a younger, better writer, get this done one day, and it'll be awesome.
Heard Clutch for the very first time on "The Z Rock 50" (with Dave Bolt, who later became a christan & married his wife) in the Summer & Fall of 1996!! (counting down the "Top 50 Songs" of the week) Sunday Nights. Then on January of 1997, that radio show was no more. It was replaced by the radio show "Hard Drive".
Also Ward Cleaver (who sat in for Dave Bolt while on vacation) (NOT from "Leave It To Beaver" TV Show).
I absolutely love Clutch, & are phenomenal live.
I first saw them live at Download festival & in my opinion they were better than the headline acts.
I started with Earth Rocker. Therefore, it’s my number one. Physic Warfare a close 2nd
“Book of Bad Decisions”is a weird one for me. It really had to grow on me for me to kind of “get it.” There are some tracks on there that really pop, but they’re kind of covered up by a lack of good hooks. There are some really great moments on it at the same time! Even at a fairly weak point it’s honestly all good at the very least.
Sunrise on Slaughter Beach , Blast Tyrant , Earth Rocker And Psychic Warfare = No 1 spot
Everything else = No 2 spot
Because Clutch are that good …..not got a bad album 👍
My favorite one is still Clutch - Clutch. 🎉
Slayer & Clutch. My 2 favorite bands. Clutch since 1994. I would have put Beale St. much higher (#2)...
I need to know when these guys heard the first clutch albums because if you wasn't listening to them around the early to middle nineties you will never have a good starting point on on the band to judge the catalogue
Not everyone jumps on board with a band from the very beginning, which is how it works with music. You are welcome to rank them as you like them, and this is how we rank them.
The 12oz epilog might be shoots and ladders from Korn..same time period
It may not be an actual studio album but Pitchforks and Lost Needles is awesome music.
1. Tyrant
2 Exodus
3. Beale St.
4. ST
5. Elephant Riders
6. Slow Hole to China
ST getting too much hate on this ranking.
Watched some crowd fan footage of the Pantera tribute show in Mexico.. it actually was decent. The only song that was kinda rough was This Love
That´s a cool awasome band. Almost as good as Monster Magnet.
"Book of Bad Decisions" comes to mind
*rival sons* can be seen as the rockstar version of the amazing *clutch* .
To my ears Clutch has never made a weak album, but Blast Tyrant and Earth Rockers are my numbers 1 & 2.
Clutch is there own genre of rock music. Clutch is Clutch
Been listening since the beginning, my favorite is ,robot hive exodus, 2 blast tyrant, 3 self titled, 4 earth rocker, 5 phycic warfare, 6 Beal Street, 7 Elephant riders, 8 debut, 9 stange cousins 10 slaughter Beach 11book of bad decisions 12 jamroom 13 pure rock fury my least favorite the only record I don't enjoy. 🤘 thanks for ranking the best band going since Sabbath is retired!
I love Clutch. (this goes without saying) They are hairy-balls-rock-and-roll. You can find everything in their music: Blues, Rock, Metal, Funk whatever. I guess this is the main reason they are not in the charts more often. They are a melting pot. Very American. You can find all kind of people at their concerts (big crowds). But they are not metal enough for metal charts and not blues enough for blues charts and so on. But more importantly they doesn't seem to give a fuck about it. And you have to love that attitude!
Top two: S/T, Blast Tyrant
Bottom Two: Strange Cousins, Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
Easily a top-5 live band ever.
FINALLY!! The best band that most people STILL are ignorant of, hope that this helps to move the conversation on a little. The latest release is a must own
Pete said it best - Maryland's best
Self titled being #13... this guy is nuts. Tell me you don't like Clutch without saying you don't like Clutch.
Hey you guys forgot Pitchforks & Lost Needles, Impetus and Slow Hole To China
Way to chug the $15 beer, Pete!