Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Listening to it now. As great as it still is (and it is), it's hard to imagine how gobsmackingly revolutionary it was to my callow 17 year old ears.

It was the first "intelligent metal" album I'd heard, which along with Living Colour and Jane's Addiction opened the doors for other heavy but cleverish bands. Without them there'd have been no Tool, no Warrior Soul, no Last Crack, no Mordred, no Mindfunk, the list goes on. Maybe it was zeitgeist, maybe it was fake, but I loved it when metal decided it was okay to have a brain.