Music That Opened Your Eyes

[rubbishwithnames]

Until I was about 13 or 14 I wasn't particularly musically inclined, and if I listened to music at all it was just the crap that was spoon fed to me through the radio. Then I was round at a friends house one day, and he put on Welcome To Sky Valley by Kyuss, and I just loved it. It was the first time I realised how powerful music could be and it pretty much single handedly started the obsession. I can still remember how awesome Demon Cleaner was that first time I heard it.

I think it's fair to say that most people on these forums take music more seriously than average. I was just wondering if there was any moment, or song or album that really turned you on to music? Or was it just a more gradual, natural thing? Just something I was thinking about last night..

[Sam]

When I was younger I used to just listen to my parents records. Then I heard the Blue Album by Weezer which really started me on music.

[MindlessPickle]

When I was eleven I constantly listened to Nirvana and Beastie Boys, then at 13 I thnk, I somehow got into punk and started listen to Dead Kennedys, The Clash, Ramones and Sex Pistols of course. Then at the age of 14 my friend introduced me to Pixies, actually he only let me listen to "Gouge Away" which of course blew me away. I started to spend all my money on Pixies albums, and after a while I got so inspired that I picked up my guitar again and tried to form of band (which is nearly impossible due to the fact that everybody listens to Slipknot and/or Blink 182).

[firefoxzero]

The Prodigy when I was age 14
Foo Fighters, Propellerheads when I was 16
Red Hot Chili Peppers at 17
Metallica at 19
Muse, Dream Theater at 21
Cradle of Filth, Children of Bodom, SOAD at 22
Dimmu Borgir, Future Sound of London at 23
Squarepusher, Pendulum, Symphony X, Pink Floyd at 24

[Luxor]

The Mars Volta - De-Loused and Modest Mouse - TMAA are what got me started on more indie/alrternative type music.

[headshrinker]

When i was like <10 i used to listen to really crappy 70s 80s rock but none of the good stuff maybe a few newer songs n then when I was playing Tombe Raider 2 i stumbled across a song on a compliation called Stand By Me- Oasis, i then found a secon song but Oasis on that Cd, All Around The World, il istend to them all the time. Got my mate to lend me some of ther albums and then i wnet and bought them for my self. I've always stood by Oasis tho I dnt think anybody else compares to them, there songs and attitude just do it for me. I love other bands but not as much. The Who, Stones, Hendrix, U2 but they have all come after.

[Tomahawk]

"Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio is what got me interested in music.

[PinkFreud]

i casually listened to main-stream rap before listening to the beatles for a history project. i got started on them and simon and garfunkel. after that it just kind of snowballed.

[Clunge]

Beatles >>>>> S Club 7 >>>>> Blink 182/Linkin Park >>>>> [Kerrang!] >>>>> Muse/Led Zeppelin >>>>> Deep Purple/Black Sabbath >>>>> Radiohead >>>>> Amplifier/Oceansize >>>>> Now. I like lots of things.

[Six Foot Revolver]

Origin of Symmetry by Muse is definately the album which started it all off for me.

[lilsolsman]

I used to be really into rap. De La Soul, Jurassic 5, The Roots and others. My sis introduced me to Elliott Smith and Jeff Buckley. I guess they started the whole alt/indie for me.

[Clunge]

Origin of Symmetry by Muse is definately the album which started it all off for me.
Sames for me, one of the first I bought. Tis' still my favourite album :cool:

[pixiesfanyo]

Pixies- Surfer Rosa

[CarnageFairy]

The Shins were the band that turned me on to indie music.

Aesop Rock made me appreciate hip hop.

[elnicky]

I used to purely listen to hiphop. Sublime and Red Hot Chili Peppers got me listening to more conventional rock music. After a while I was almost convinced I'd heard all good music there was. Then I heard The Shins..

[RollerQueen]

When I was a junior or a senior in high school, I started getting into Sunny Day Real Estate and mineral. Before that, it was Dave Matthews Band, Operation Ivy, Weezer, and Foo Fighters.

[OrbDragon]

NIN's - The Fragile was a big turning point for me on what I consider good music.

[Lydisk]

2wurdz


The Beatles

[Phototropic]

Definately QOTSA for making me realise great music doesn't have to be Nu-metal :p They made the transition from slipknot and all that crap to the stoner rock scene, which I'm thankful for :) (even if LTP does flop like a drunks ****)

Kyuss for making me appreciate the nicer more natural things in life

Isis' Panopticon for re-inforcing this and making me want to go outside and swim in tropical waters

The Melvins + Electric Wizard showing me music doesn't have to be fast or technically clever yet it can still blow you away

[asdf]

As a kid I listened to a lot of music from my parents. Beatles, The Residents, Frank Zappa, XTC, Brian Eno, Morphine, B-52's, Tom Petty... music that I grew up listening to and really enjoyed. But then there was a point when I was a kid (6-9 or so) where music just didn't really matter. I heard stuff on the alternative rock station and liked it and still remember a lot of the songs, but they didn't really matter. Then one day, after a long time of not hearing it, my dad put on the residents album "intermission" and suddenly I was back. I got an obsession with the residents and frank zappa that lasted until I was 12.

Radiohead was the next pivotal point. My brother started listening to them and I didn't think much of it, dismissing them as "that one hit wonder band that wrote creep." Then I heard Idioteque and karma police and suddenly I fell in love with them. Eventually I had heard every song of theirs over and over.

From Radiohead I began to discover music by myself. Most of my music tastes were very much influenced by my parents. The first band I found on my own that I really liked was Sigur Ros, because I heard them being compaired to radiohead. From other recomendations I found Slint, Portishead and more.

And I'd have to say for any ammout of punk/ska music I was influenced by a local band. I knew the bassist from the band, and around 7th grade I went to see them for the first time. After that I went to ever show of their's I could, which got me into other local bands. I don't listen to a huge amount of punk, but I probably would listen to significantly less without them.

[talk show host]

NIN's - The Fragile was a big turning point for me on what I consider good music.

Same.

When I was about 11 it was all about Nirvana. After that I went through more bands from the Seattle scene, AlC, Pearl Jam...

Hearing Karma Police on a Now compilation widened my horizons somewhat

NIN - The Fragile turned me onto lots of good electronic music which I'd dismissed before.

[real_deal73]

For the most part, all I listened to as a child was what my dad played on his guitar and stuff from his 60's and 70's albums. Bands such as Led Zepplin, AC/DC, The Beatles, and The Who were frequently played. However, most of the time I just listened to whatever was fed to me from the radio, and I carried a growing dislike of hip hop.

Then, along with several of my friends, I began to listen to punk/ska such as NoFX and Reel Big Fish. Unfortunately, somewhere in there I bought a Green Day cd (*smacks head in self disgust*). I recall going to my cousin's at an age around 13 or so and him laughing at me when he saw my cd's. He gave me a cd of his called We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes by a band called Death Cab for Cutie. I had never heard of the band and at first I did not enjoy the cd very much, but it slowly began to grow on me as songs started to pop in my head. The next time I visited my cousin's he suggested other bands to me and from there I suppose my journey through the alt/indie universe began.

He also made me listen to The Roots and other such bands that made my respect for hip hop and rap immensly grow.

Now I'll pretty much listen to anything though Death Cab for Cutie stubbornly remains one of my favourite bands and indie my favourite genre. There are many good bands in this realm, and I currently enjoy the bands Montreal has been spitting out. iTunes has also helped me find quite a few bands that I particularly enjoy and probably wouldn't be able to otherwise. I do not listen to the radio anymore.

[phantasmic]

Explosions in the sky.

after I saw them live my whole music library changed and I never thought of music the same

but radiohead way before that focused my attention on more alternative/indie music

Sage Francis got me into hip hop

[rbv]

"This Night Has Opened My Eyes" - The Smiths

No really, I think one of the most influential things in my music life was going to the Sigur Ros concert. I haven't heard them before I went, much less anything like them before I went.

[br3ad_man]

Radiohead - OK Computer

That was pretty much the album that saved me from crappy CCM and radio rock such as Creed. It was pretty much the album that made me love music.

[Daniel!]

As a kid I listened to a lot of music from my parents. Beatles, The Residents, Frank Zappa, XTC, Brian Eno, Morphine, B-52's, Tom Petty... music that I grew up listening to and really enjoyed.

Your parent's taste in music > My parent's taste in music.

[Kaden]

"This Night Has Opened My Eyes" - The Smiths

No really, I think one of the most influential things in my music life was going to the Sigur Ros concert. I haven't heard them before I went, much less anything like them before I went.
I'm looking forward to one in a couple months :)

The first band I really liked was Barenaked Ladies. They were my first cd, first concert, first sexual experience, you name it.

[Kyle]

hmmm I suppose Oasis kind of opened my eyes to music in general, but I don't care for them much these days. After that Guns 'N' Roses opened my eyes to the guitar and I kinda got all obcessed with guitar solos for a while. Bands which got me into alternative are Mars Volta, Dinosaur Jr and Weezer. Kanye and De La Soul opened my eyes to hip hop.

[Daniel!]

The Clash and The Who were really the bands that got me listening to all the music I listen to now. If it weren't for them I would have kept listening to my brothers Creed albums, and that would not be a good thing.

[guitarded_chuck]

Weezer got me interested in rock in around grade 5. Pink Floyd made me want to play guitar and started my constant search for better music.

[Bukowski]

The Ramones got me interested in music at about 12, and i soon became obsessed with punk.

Just after i turned 15, Pixies and Radiohead opened my eyes to alternative, and helped me realize that there was other great music that wasn't punk or ska.

Then i heard the album which pretty much got me into the music i like today:

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

It was a perfect album of everything i'd liked up to this point, with this added noisy, dangerous element that got me hooked on post-punk and noise rock. Post-punk music encouraged me to look into other genres - The Minutemen were very important, for example, 'cos they got me interested in jazz and funk music.

Today, i listen to a lot of music, but punk remains my favorite.

[Zappa]

Frank Zappa at age 13.

[masada]

The Ramones.

And then on to Sonic Youth a year or two later. The rest is history.

[Happymeal]

Probably Incubus when I was 12, I was particularly obsessed to them until I got into Muse after a while and then Cursive some time last year.

[charolastra]

for me it was sonic youth's 'sunday'. i was hooked on that haunting-hypnotic sound they had and i kept looking for similar artists. that totally seperated me from highly-commercialized music.

[Undisco Kidd]

I always grew up with music, but when I was in 3rd grade I got the Blue Album by Weezer, which started me on everything. Years later, it is still the best.

[robot]

when i was around 13 years old i was very much into punk rock. i stumbled across the dischord record label, fugazi, black eyes, q and not u, etc. i realized there was so much more to rock and roll than just the standard pop song, and that was my transition into more experimental styles of music, then into indie, and now my appreciation for music is becoming more eclectic, moving into genres i never really gave much thought to previously

some bands that i feel particularly moved by:
sonic youth
animal collective
xiu xiu

[Tangy zizzle]

Couldn't tell you any exacts. I've never not been into music, so there was never a turning point.

First album I ever got was a cassette by the Shadows when I was about 4, though. I still have it, and it's a terrible piece of music.

I can remember being a pint-sized grunge kid when I was like 6.

[br3ad_man]

I first got into music when I was 7 or 8 when a friend introduced me to Silverchair.

[Tomahawk]

I just remembered, the first album I ever got, was Noiseworks' self titled album. On tape, at age 4. Man, I wore that bastard out.

[Reaganista]

Die for your government by Anti-Flag and one of those new fangled CD-Burners started me on listening to music other than what my parents listened to (the usual classic rock, a few favorite artists of which I still enjoy greatly today) after some time spent being punk as **** I eventually stumbled across an album called Zen Arcade which turned me on to most of what I listen to today. But I still loves me some pop-punk and hardcore every now and then.

[W.M.A]

I grew up on my dads favorites like Creedence, Elton John, Rod Stewart etc. but never really thought of it as any more than catchy tunes. Then later I started listening to my brothers stuff, Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys etc. and then finally he left his copy of Metallicas The Black Album lying around, and for the first time i listened to an album from start to finish, and then all their albums from start to finish. And since then I've been devouring everything I come across.

[The NPC]

Chuck Berry.

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

I just remembered, the first album I ever got, was Noiseworks' self titled album. On tape, at age 4. Man, I wore that bastard out.

I know someone who has an uncle in Noiseworks.
/random info

And as for me, my dad played a major role in what I listened to as a kid, he listened to Triple J, like Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Tool, Morphine, that kinda stuff, so I did too. Crappy mainstream radio stuff still filtered through the musical cracks until about 2003 though, when I went all hyper indie and discovered 9999999999999999 new bands every day.
My mum liked more eh..stuff, but she's the reason I like Jeff Buckley, which is good.

[london_calling]

NoFX got me into music at 13. The Mars Volta and QOTSA got me into indie/alternative music. Triple J helped a lot too. I used to like mainstream ****, but now I absolutley despise it. I guess playing guitar helped me a lot, too.

[2muchket!]

Green Day at 12- as much as there music is good and they seem like prats they got me listening to rock.
RHCP at age 13- Made first of thinking about picking up the bass.
Muse at 14- made me realise that not all music has to have guitar bass and drums sort of widened my horizons.
RATM at 15 - Made me appresciate and encouraged me to investigate into politics of my own country and others aswell.
Pink Floyd at 16 - Made me apprecaite that not all music needs to be accompanied by lyrics and that soemtimes a song needs a instrumental break.

[EonBlueApcolyps]

there were different bands for differnt things

Nirvana - kicked the whole thing off
EITS - instramental
Wu-Tang Clan - rap/hip-hop
Rage Against the Machine - rock
a whole bunch of alternative hit me at once after i visited here
Charlie Parker - jazz
Glassjaw - Hardcore(some other "core" types of music)

[Radiobass81]

The first band I started to like a LOT was Nirvana. From there, I discovered Foo Fighters, and fell in love with their slower, mellower songs, which got me listening to softer rock. Then came Radiohead. Radiohead completely changed the way I think of music, I think.

EDIT: Also, I think it was Audioslave and RHCP that got me interested in bass.

[TheSeeker625]

Bob Dylan and Nirvana.

[CommieCanada]

i grew up listening to NIN, the Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode and the Cure because of my sister.

Sunny Day Real Estate is the band that has inspired me the most as a musician though

[EightMilesHigh]

Meat Loaf made me want to gain 300 pounds and sing power ballads.


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No, seriously. I guess one of the first bands to open my eyes was The Clash. I think that in a time where punk was almost dominated by the mindless machine-gun rattle of The Ramones and the blatant rage of The Sex Pistols, The Clash re-defined what it meant to be a punk band. Punk mixed with hard rock, rockabilly, jazz, ska, reggae, and soul. Explosive political values. Intelligent songwriting. The whole package.

To an impressionable 13-year-old like myself, their first album seemed to tear down the rules of what a rock band could do.

Also, 9th grade: Being in guitar class and being shown a DVD of The Who. Pete Townshend smashed the hell out of his guitar, and he seemed like the coolest man in the world to me.

[morrissey]

The Beatles, the Smiths, and Billy Bragg. Those are the only true musical evolutions I've had so far. But the Smiths did it for me, no looking back.

[sgrevs]

Chilis for me, started me on bass, then that in turn opened to me to even more music. But damn, i was so obsessed with peppers, it was rediculous.

[cap]

Going to be really cliche in terms of indie-level, Death Cab For Cutie was the starter for me.

[asymm]

Billy Corgan was discussing his influences in an interview and said My Bloody Valentine. So I checked out Loveless and away I was...

[pixiesfanyo]

Billie Holiday.

[Wanker]

When I heard Simon and Garfunkel via my dad when I was young. When I heard Tonight, Tonight in the 5th grade. Then when I downloaded and heard A Song For Our Fathers by Explosions in the Sky and The Cowboy by GY!BE at the beginning of senior year in high school.

[General Apathy]

I started out with Guster in like 7th grade. 8th grade I discovered Dispatch. 9th grade it was all about Dispatch for the first half, and then Tool invaded the second half. This year I've really been into State Radio a lot!

[Joelbassman]

Like many other youngsters I was not THAT intrested in music at all. Just listening to whatever was coming out of the radio. Linkin Park Springs to mind...

What really got me into music I guess was the album Morning View. And yes I know Incubus are pretty mainstream but they write good music, that just happens to be liked by a lot of people. :p

Now I bought this cd because of their singles, and it was the first cd I bought. And my mates (who were into the whole slipknot thing at this time) thought I was a bit of a bell end for listening to it. But ahh well. I didn't listen to it too much. But then I did, and it was definitly the turning point in my musical library.

Edit: I also wen't through my Tool phase around here.

I wont talk about the next few years because I am ashamed lawl. But then I got into SOAD and that kind of stuff. Then I progressed to Muse, Death Cab for Cutie, Coheed and Cambria. And then...

I heard the Mars Volta...wow. Then I discovered their links to At the Drive-in...wowx2. There are other bands but right now I can't stop listening to ATDI, Death Cab, TMV, 3, Muse (still)...Basically anything that isn't utter crap. :D

[Tangy zizzle]

But you still listen to the Mars Volta...?

[Joelbassman]

But you still listen to the Mars Volta...?
Yeah, I do.

[JonM]

Incubus - Make Yourself opened my eyes to S.C.I.E.N.C.E., which opened my eyes to everything else.

[Little Man being Erased]

Nirvana, Green Day and Silverchair when I was 11, way back in '94.

The first album I ever owned was either some Bryan Adams album, or Dangerous by MJ, both on tape.

[Happymeal]

Incubus - Make Yourself opened my eyes to S.C.I.E.N.C.E., which opened my eyes to everything else.

Cheers to bad tastes?

edit: huzzah!

[Pale-Folklore]

my dad's the one who really turned me on to good music. at first i was only listening to green day, linkin park, and bands like that. then i started listening to more and more of his albums, and i got into rage against the machine (age 10-11), tool (age 12), and many others (smashing pumpkins, deftones, led zeppelin, ect.)

around the time i turned 13 i got into death metal.

oh god this is so stupid, i went through too many "eye-opening" phases in music to even list.

i'll just end by saying throughout this year and the last year (i'm 14) i've gotten into much, much more music, mainly post-rock/metal and death/black/doom metal, and have become much more educated about all types of music.

HA!

i still like mostly all the music i started out with, though.

[superjoe]

When I heard Jimi Hendrix it was all down hill from there...that led me to the world blues, and that led me to jazz...ahh great stuff.

[masada]

My first album was either No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom or Green Day's Dookie. They were hand-me-downs.

[EightMilesHigh]

Frank Zappa - Freak Out!

I borrowed this album from my library, and it opened my eyes to all sorts of freaky experimental stuff.

Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Got me into really good avant garde stuff.

[JonM]

Cheers to bad tastes?

edit: huzzah!
Watch it. I still like Incubus.

[superjoe]

My first album was either No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom or Green Day's Dookie. They were hand-me-downs.
yeah my dads dookie album got me into rock stuff.

[Arnold_Layne]

the first real good band i got into was led zeppelin, who my friend introduced me to in 5th grade. before that i was listening to blink-182 and creed :lol:

[Raiderman8094]

it would most liekly be the Sex PIstols becasue thats who i grew up too and right now i'm into Slipknot and KoRn and i've been into to Slipknot since the Ozzfest '99 days i haven't hopped on their band wagon now that they are popular i've always liked them.

[CarnageFairy]

it would most liekly be the Sex PIstols becasue thats who i grew up too and right now i'm into Slipknot and KoRn and i've been into to Slipknot since the Ozzfest '99 days i haven't hopped on their band wagon now that they are popular i've always liked them.

\m/

[Tenacious Z]

Wayyy back in the day, I listened to nothing but Weird Al. Then, my uncle introduced me to Tenacious D. Long story short, that's why I now love rock music. Other albums that expanded my musical mind: Songs for the Deaf (QOTSA), Welcome to Sky Valley (Kyuss), Blue Album (Weezer), Goldfly (Guster), Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Flaming Lips), and Hang Ups (Goldfinger, back when they were good).

[Happymeal]

Watch it. I still like Incubus.

And so do I.

[EightMilesHigh]

Nirvana, Green Day and Silverchair when I was 11, way back in '94.

The first album I ever owned was either some Bryan Adams album, or Dangerous by MJ, both on tape.

I think Nirvana was the start for a lot of people.

[Kurtz]

Radiohead - OK Computer probably has the biggest general influence.

The Clash and Bob Dylan also changed me.

[Little Man being Erased]

I think Nirvana was the start for a lot of people.
Indeed.

[Spectrum]

My gateway drugs, in approximate chronological order from childhood to last year:

The Beatles -> 60's Rock, Psychadelia
Dave Matthews Band -> Jam Rock
Damien Rice -> Folk Rock/Avant Garde
Death Cab For Cutie -> Indie
Coldplay -> Melodic Rock/British Alternative
Yes -> Progressive
(from Britsh Alternative >) Muse -> British Awesomeness
(from British Awesomeness >) Radiohead -> Enlightenment
(from Radiohead >) Sigur Ros -> Post Rock

Life-changing albums:
The Beatles - anything; I grew up on all of it
Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming, [/i]Before These Crowded Streets[/i]
Yes - Fragile
Radiohead - OK Computer
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# oo

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

Indeed.

Yeah.
I have a video of me dancing to Lithium in my bib.

[pika122689]

The Shins and Death Cab probably got me into Indie music.

Red Hot Chili Peppers probably got me into music like crazy in general.

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

I stumbled onto the Postal Service while looking for something to do with the Postal games, and then I did my research, and that lead to Ben Gibbard, which lead to Death Cab, which lead to indie.

[sgrevs]

Chili Peppers were everything to me, for ages. I was a fanatic, as were many people. Metallica got me into metal, Opeth got me into Black and Death metals, Dream Theatre into progressive stuff. Franz Ferdinand into Alternatvie and Indie.

[Squirellmeister]

Linkin Park- Hybrid theory

That album got me interested in music.

Iron MAiden-Brave New World
Led me off the path of nu metal.

Faith No More.- King for a Day, Fool For a Lifetime
Eyes were opening.

Mr Bungle-California
From this point in I started to love loads of music.

[Chilifanthatsme]

Thanks to my brother whos 6 years older i've been into music for as long as i can remember. He always listened to Blur, Pulp and Oasis. The first really inspirational band was RHCP. I remember being on the comp and hearing Under The Bridge from his room. I knew it was done by All Saints but didn't know who originally it was by. So i went into his room and he put the Off The Map DVD back to the start and we watched the whole thing. That really blew me away.

Then other bands were Linkin Park, they mighta been before Chilis for me actually but Chilis are my main influence in music and guitar playing. Incubus came soon too, after i listened to Stellar on Supercharged, that was a great compilation.

Ah and Greenday who i hate now, but they were one of my first main bands.

My parents are good too, Zappa, The Who, Hendrix, my dad is a huge jazz and blues fan, my mum used to be a hippy aswell :thumb:

For me though, i've only recently started liking Nirvana, i never used to, and Avenged Sevenfold for the Metal side of me.

[o_0tool]

Nirvana started it all!
when 13 and 14- deftones, rage against the machine, Tool
when 15- Tool, a perfect cirlce, nirvana, smashing pumpkins, Queens of the stone age, mudhoney, bikini kill, The wipers. i was starting to move more into the grunge music
when 16 and 17- Tool, nirvana, Isis, the Doors, Radiohead, Red Sparowes, sonic youth, Pagoda, The melvins

Now it seems like i leaning more towards proggesive

[Jawaharal]

When I was 10 or 9 I got Californication and it made me want to find out about more bands.

[EightMilesHigh]

it would most liekly be the Sex PIstols becasue thats who i grew up too and right now i'm into Slipknot and KoRn and i've been into to Slipknot since the Ozzfest '99 days i haven't hopped on their band wagon now that they are popular i've always liked them.

Don't ask me why I find this so funny, I just do.

[FungusAmngus870]

Hendrix got me into music for the physical part of it, I started playing guitar becuase of that man. Then I had my stints with the usual bands that 13 year olds like. Really though, Id have to say that Thursday set it off for me in terms of how music can influence people and really be something powerful.

[guitarded_chuck]

Backstreet Boys - Hey, I'll be honest, my real love of music started at a young age, listening to the ridiculously popular pop music at the time.

Weezer - The Blue Album - My neighbor up the street plays/played guitar, and when I was 11-12 or so me and my friends snowboarded with him, and he'd show us some guitar. He got me into Weezer, and guitar.

Metallica - Master Of Puppets - That was it. I absoultely loved this album (still do somewhat), and I was convinced that I needed to play guitar.

After I started guitar, my musical tastes expanded like crazy. Starting with things like..
- Pink Floyd (biggest one. I love Gilmour's style of playing guitar, big inspiration)
- Modest Mouse (another huge one for me)
- Refused (don't know how that happened, but introduced me into some punk. Never a big punk fan though, but I enjoyed it at the time. Still like Refused)
- Broken Social Scene (helped me realise there really are good Canadian groups)
- Black Sabbath (introduced me to a darker side of metal, which led to things like true death metal and grindcore)
- Between The Buried And Me (gateway drug into good hardcore. Mimicing the style of guitar playing has increased my playing speed tenfold.)
- Ryan Adams (got me into respecting country, and really liking some of it.)

[TalkingHead]

Duke Ellington - Money Jungle, Nick Drake - Pink Moon and Neil Young - After The Goldush were the first albums I ever heard. Life was never the same again.

[dilettante]

My uncle's Pixies collection back in the 6th grade.

[viscious]

The Pixies to Modest Mouse to everyone else.

[JonM]

Blackalicious opened my eyes to the fact that the gems of hip hop are better than most other music.

[moderaterock222]

oasis are the tip of my iceberg

[Sacksy]

It pretty much started when I heard Do You Realize? on some car commercial. Later someone sent me the song and I learned it was by The Flaming Lips. I've been exploring and listening to music ever since.

[BillCosby]

elvis -> backstreet boys -> weezer (green) -> led zeppelin -> the mars volta -> everything else

I remember having an elvis cassette(s?) when I was really little, and I played that one a lot.

Backstreet Boys were what, 98? 99? I was 8 or 9 and that was the **** at the time.

I then bought Weezer (at 11, I think) after hearing Hash Pipe, finally transitioning from pure pop to pop with a guitar.

In a year or two I completely changed to being a classic rock nut. All classic rock all the time.

At age 14 I saw people talking about the Mars Volta in MX a lot, and I can remembering buying De-loused, but I don't know why. I just had the money and the name was familiar I guess. I didn't like it for a month or two, and then I tried it again and was hooked. I then started coming into Alt/Indie and trying out lots of new bands, and that's what I've been doing for the past two years.

[Cannonball Jake]

It was Stevie Ray Vaughan that first made me feel that music had a power beyond getting stuck in your head and being fun to sing or whistle. After that probably the first (and only good) Van Halen record. But listening to Stevie's power or Eddie's phyisical skill made me think, "what's the point of picking up the guitar when I'll never get even within 10,000 miles of those guys?"

Then I heard Cobain say his thing about how you only need the power chords. Until then rhythm guitar had never registered to me as a reason to pick up an axe, even though I already knew that Keef Richards was (and still is) the coolest human being in history. So my real turning point was probably Nevermind.

The last bands that kicked my arse was QOTSA when Songs For The Deaf came out and Mars Volta's De-Loused.

[Dimebag Dom]

Pretty much started with my parents beatles albums. Then a few friends from school showed me in the right path and i took it from there.

[srt-4]

thursday - full collapse

almost 5 years ago now

[Cockfight Champion]

Backstreet Boys - Hey, I'll be honest, my real love of music started at a young age, listening to the ridiculously popular pop music at the time.

Dude, it takes huge cajones to post that. I salute you.

My first love was probably my Dad's Rolling Stones albums but my first love that wasn't in my Dad's collection was Badmotorfinger.

[Random.bass.player.]

Well im only 14 but i listened to Nirvana and Foo Fighters when i was like 9 or something, then i found Reptillia the Strokes, and that made me want to play bass.So i bought both albums and ive just recently bought the new one. The Strokes really got me into all the indie stuff.

[fuppp]

I think it was Queen. My parents liked it. I was about 7 or 8 when i realized how powerful was the voice of Freddie Mercury. But i think i can say thanks to my brother who pushed me to the world of rock music.

[museic]

pearl jam and the chili peppers got me into " rock music" but im always finding new music tht opens my eyes...last year the locust, lightning bolt and squarepusher totally changed my view on music.

[Jawaharal]

I've been listening to Van since I was born. My dad still plays his cd's every night for dinner :)

[Electrocution]

Sublime, actually.

[JonM]

Sublime, actually.Oh boo.

[mentalstephanie]

My very first cd ever was Third Eye Blind - s/t; I bought it when I was 7 or 8. I became obsessed with that band (I still love them). They pretty much opened the doors for me and I've been listening to music ever since then. I've never really been into the pop music (except Spice Girls). But I went through that period of weird pop punk, like every other 13/14 year old teenager.

[moderaterock222]

are we just going through the liberal indie 17/18 stage right now?

:(

[ATC]

The first CD I ever got was either The Lion King, Boyzone or Roxette. I wasn't into much music back then. The Offspring were what made me pick up a guitar. Watching a Marty Friedman guitar instuctional video made me want to play better. Elliott Smith made me want to become a songwriter. The last CD that changed my musical direction was OSI's self-titled. Tasteful sampling, synths and downcast songwriting totally float my boat.

[Sacksy]

are we just going through the liberal indie 17/18 stage right now?

:(

man, that's totally what i'm going through right now

it's pretty rad

[chelsea713]

when i was little, anything my mom or Dad likes (Eric Clapton, Elton John, GNR..etc) and NSYNC (ewww, but true) then my cousin introduced me to Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit, i still like them, but then i heard a friend of mine play Pretty Little Ditty on his bass, and i was hooked on the Red Hots (still am!!!) one day i was at HMV and saw the cover for De-loused in the Comatorium...bought the CD and fell in love!, since then its been progressing from there (pixies, Ramones, Devo, Jimmy Eat World, The Clash you name it really)

[Interstate]

I can remember listening to my dad's soul/motown tapes/LP's at a young ages, artists like The Commodores, Luther Vandross, Barry White, Rose Royce etc, I guess that's what opened my eyes to music.

[moderaterock222]

man, that's totally what i'm going through right now

it's pretty rad
it is pretty cool. though apparantly i'm artsy:(

[Damian]

Definately the music channel GoTV and a german band called Tocotronic!

[mentalstephanie]

it is pretty cool. though apparantly i'm artsy:(

There's nothing wrong with being artsy.

[FruscianteFan08]

Red Hot Chili Peppers, plain and simple. They opened up a world of rock and funk that I had never experienced before. Now, I listen to everything from Pearl Jam to Funkadelic

[Albion]

I think it was Dexy's midnight runners, television personalities and the libertines that opend my eyes. and a lot of other stuff, strange bands from my dad's collection.

[comptonasseddy]

For me, The Mars Volta opened my eyes, coz it showed me that there is more to music that emo. From the mars volta i started listening to zappa, yes, and just more types of music. not that this as anything to do with this but ive just got into math rock.

[HazMan]

First cd i ever bought was Nimrod by Green Day when i was 12 or sumthin. That opened my eyes to rock, then i got into Korn and Limp Bizkit, fuddled around with that ****e for a while and i thought i was all metal. Then came the Prodigy, whom i idolised for a good long while as being the band that covers the most interesting array of styles, got me interested in discovering new sounds and tripping out when i discovered something else which was green. I was introduced to Primus by this stage but hated the cd's i had, Sailing The Seas of Cheese and Pork Soda, just could not work them out. Pantera's 'Great Southern Trendkill' got me used to brutal sounds that used to give me headaches, then i got huge on Pantera and got all their albums, found Metallica and discovered all sorts of different genres i enjoyed and the power of film music. By this point i had learnt to tolerate Primus (a good 7 years later) and realised how awesome they were and how Pork Soda was suddenly my favourite album, then came Soundgarden. I became obsessed with Soundgarden and the imagery in the songs, then the seriousness waned a little and i found out who Mike Patton was.

Faith No More was my major obsession for a number of years, teaching me the value of balancing the absurd with the serious and i got into Mr Bungle and Fantomas through that and it expanded my musical tastes a mile. Now i'm currently a fan of many bands in every genre and am experienced with musical knowledge. It feels weird to meet someone who knows nothing about music at all cause it's such a huge part of my life, i'm sure almost everyone on these forums knows that feeling as you are all musically cultured somehow.

[Damian]

@HazMan: And I'm pretty sure you don't like Green Day anymore, because it's too Mainstream. You don't like the new stuff, because you think they only want to be more popular as they already are, and more money, as they already have. Also they are not Punk Rock, they are Pop - Punk, but they claim to be Punk Rock. Of course, they've never been, or, maybe for a few months, 10 years ago. Am I right?

[aznrocker]

It started off with Weezer, then the Pixies were the band that just opened my head to music.

[aznrocker]

@HazMan: And I'm pretty sure you don't like Green Day anymore, because it's too Mainstream. You don't like the new stuff, because you think they only want to be more popular as they already are, and more money, as they already have. Also they are not Punk Rock, they are Pop - Punk, but they claim to be Punk Rock. Of course, they've never been, or, maybe for a few months, 10 years ago. Am I right?

Green Day has always been punk...until their new album.
But you still have to give them credit for how long they've been punk.

[comptonasseddy]

I find that bands that do something different but are associated with a certain genre, e.g the mars volta, they are not emo, theyre just experimental but because those kind of people listened to atdi, who i daresay "emo" folk listened to, split up and they formed. And also they are popular with these people they arent in the style of that type of music, so they did something different. This isnt very clear is it?

[gregulus]

I first got heavy into music when I got ahold of my dad's old vinyl collection ranging from Zeppelin to Dylan to The Beatles to Return to Forever to Steely Dan and then I just started associating with different groups of people that got me into a few artists and I explored from there.

[Damian]

I find that bands that do something different but are associated with a certain genre, e.g the mars volta, they are not emo, theyre just experimental but because those kind of people listened to atdi, who i daresay "emo" folk listened to, split up and they formed. And also they are popular with these people they arent in the style of that type of music, so they did something different. This isnt very clear is it?

No, it's not. But with atdi you mean At the Drive-In, right?

[comptonasseddy]

i sure do.

[comptonasseddy]

What i mean is some bands are associated to a certain, i.e bright eyes is associated with emo and scene kids (i know this isnt real emo but who cares) and atdi were kinda associated with scene kids. so people will assume mars volta are emo, which theyre not, but people will like them anyway because they contain members from atdi, so theyre kinda pushing the limit. i think i should just quit and trying to explain myself its not coming out right.

[andy is dead]

Green Day, Weezer and Radiohead. In that orderliness.

[fuh-ck]

KMFDM - WWIII

blew me mind!

[Rub A Dub]

I was absolutely mesmorized by 311's blue album when I was 11... now nearly 10 years later I still love them

[Concubine]

ATDI - One Armed Scissor

Just stunned me, and made me leave my pop-punk/nu-metal era...

[musicforlife]

Metallica's Master of Puppets pretty much ended me listening to bands on MTV. That CD was the one that "opened my eyes", to music.

[PECOAE]

Elephant by the 'Stripes or Room on Fire by the Strokes.

I listened to good old music like Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Beatles and such, but this started me on more alternative stuff, especially Room on Fire.

[Sleeper]

Deftones White Poney album opened my eyes to lots of different bands.

[BillCosby]

es tee eff you

[FA]

I'd say when I was in 4th grade and my brother introduced me to music that I might not find as enjoyable now as I did then, but it really turned me onto music and broadening my tastes and then finally finding that niche in the music world that I enjoy. The bands he introduced me too were: Sublime, Rage Against the Machine, Weezer, and Everclear. I still enjoy RATM and old-school Weezer from time to time, but I'm not so big on the other two.

[lak89]

Metallica, Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment

these 3 bands basically had helped me branch my tastes in music

[drummer23]

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[JonM]

Well, you opened my eyes.

[ert90]

The first time I heard Roger Daltrey's long "Yeeeeeeeaaaaahhhhh!!!" at the end of 'Won't Get Fooled Again.' That still sends chills down my spine everytime I hear it.

Also, my first listen to Iron & Wine, Nick Drake and Catch 22.

[Aryeth]

I was mostly influenced by Mann Friday

[wikuk]

Well, at the age of 10 i still listened to crappy trance and like that, but then i saw Somewhere I belong (Linkin Park) on TV. Woahhhh!!! but after that song I mainly listened to mainstream music. The music that really opened my eyes and told me there could be lots of emotion in songs was...

Tool

[tubesock]

Nirvana's In Utero made me wanna pick up the guitar and from Nirvana i found the Pixies and Weezer. Weezer made me want to write songs. I remember sitting up late one night listening to Bob Dylan trying to write lyrics

But what really opened my eyes to Indie was watching TV really late and seeing this band called Pavement play a song called Stereo i thought to myself well what the hell was that. The next day i heard Gold Soundz on the radio and could never figure out what the band was. I realized it was Pavement and picked up everything i could find of them. Crooked Rain remains a favorite in my cd collection today. Pavement led me onto Sonic Youth who i adore and Dinosaur Jr. are responsible for making me want to get the most out of my guitar. J Mascis's guitar playing was unheard of to me because i never really liked guitar solo's. Sebadoh and Pavement gave me confidence to record songs even if they are lo-fi. I recently discovered The Flaming Lips by hearing She Don't Use Jelly and i'm on the lookout for some of their material.

[Clunge]

I kinda went:

The Beatles/Rolling Stones > Led Zeppelin > Nu-Metal/Kerrang! > I discovered Muse and Blur > Back to Zeppelin/Deep Purple/Black Sabbath/Hendrix > Radiohead > Discovered progressive music Yes/King Crimson/Pink Floyd/Mars Volta > Nowadays = Dream Theater/Opeth/Arcade Fire/Weezer.

Kinda covers my progression with my favourite bands of all time being Zeppelin, Muse, Radiohead, Amplifier, Dream Theater.

:smoke:

[FungusAmngus870]

Thursday, Incubus and Radiohead.

[ert90]

Yea, I already posted before but I'll elaborate more.

I used to watch CSI and they used The Who (Who Are You) for the theme song to the show. I thought it sounded okay. Then CSI: Miami came out and they used 'Won't Get Fooled Again' for the theme song to that show. I loved it.

My brother showed me this site called musicgalore.net or something and I listened to more of The Who and fell in love. Bought 'Live At Leeds' and fell in more love.

Then I started listening to Hendrix and AC/DC. I guess they were the classic rock staples.

My brother showed me The Strokes and I found Iron & Wine on my own. That's how I got into alt-indie stuff.

I got into ska and punk when my friend sent me Keasbey Nights by Catch 22. He told me his band was covering it. So later he sent me the entire album then I went and bought Streetlight's album.

That's pretty much it all started.