Beatskins
03.10.14 | And a lot of bands in between this lot |
Duckman118
03.10.14 | Good list. People like to shit on some of these bands, and for good reason, but nonetheless if it weren't for these bands not many of us would be listening to the subgenre's of heavy music we listen to now. |
BMDrummer
03.10.14 | Some good stuff on here, for the ones we all like to hate on I do have to give credit for introducing a lot of people to the idea of heavy music. |
ArsMoriendi
03.10.14 | I find it weird that all of my gateway bands are actually respectable...
The Beatles (age 11) Opened me up to music in general.
Led Zeppelin (age 13) Opened me up to non British invasion stuff.
Nirvana (age 14) opened me up to the 80s and 90s
Frank Zappa (age 14/15) opened me up experimental music.
and by 15 my taste was expansive enough where I was done with so called "gateways" |
PitchforkArms
03.10.14 | well....trap them is really cool still...none of the others really are, spare a release or two from a few |
Ryus
03.10.14 | watchu talkin bout, qotsa, the misfits, deicide, dimmu borgir, venom and exodus still rule |
BMDrummer
03.10.14 | @ArsMoriendi A lot of my bands that opened me to music were pretty respectable.
The Doors (Age 9) Found through THUG2 and opened me up to rock music.
The Offspring (Age 9) Opened me up to punk rock. Too bad I was into pop punk for a bit, but I found Dead Kennedys and Black Flag and haven't returned there since.
Tool & Rush (Age 11) Opened me up to prog rock.
Nine Inch Nails & Big Black (Age 11) Opened me up to noise and electronics.
Neurosis (Age 13) Opened me up to loud, slow, incredibly heavy stuff.
Still always finding new music. |
Friday13th
03.11.14 | Metallica was my gateway...never thought Venom would be anyone's gateway band. |
ArsMoriendi
03.11.14 | @BMDrummer: Big Black, The Doors, and Nine Inch Nails are great, still never got into Tool... I REALLY need to do that sometime...Other than Big Black, I realize I don't have a taste for punk oddly enough... |
emester
03.11.14 | I started with the beach Boys and the beatles and the like at 7. Then when I was 12 I discovered the shitpit that is typical Nu-metal (Linkin Park, Staind), Next year I found an interst in progressive rock (Rush,Yes, Pink Floyd) as well as an obsession with NWOBHM( Iron Maiden, Skyclad, Judas Preist). My freshman year in high school saw me regress back to nu metal (Slipknot, Mudvayne) and begin to explore thrash (the big 4, Sodom, Heathen). Last year I developed an interest in death metal(Opeth, Death, Gorguts, Immolation) and I also began to listen to Stoner metal/rock while still to this day never smoked a single thing in my life (Sleep, Clutch, Dead Meadow) This year I had a resurgence with progressive rock and metal (King Crimson, Amon Duul II, Lord Weird Slough Feg, Tool) with also a bit of black metal(Emperor, Windir, Saor) |
BMDrummer
03.11.14 | @ArsMoriendi Check out Third Eye of Aenima or the whole Lateralus, amazing stuff. |
Relinquished
03.11.14 | "Neurosis (Age 13)"
same |
NordicMindset
03.11.14 | I'd do this but it'd be embarassing shit |
Funeralopolis
03.11.14 | Grades 7-11 involved bring me the horizon, basshunter, breaking benjamin, attack attack, breathe carolina, whitechapel, suicide silence, every time i die, protest the hero and in flames for me. |
NordicMindset
03.11.14 | I mean, I liked the 90s punk scene in 6th grade, nu-metal in 4th/5th grade and shitty Nickelback + Hinder before that so like idk |
NordicMindset
03.11.14 | Post-Sputnik was my discovery of good jams |
Funeralopolis
03.11.14 | Like I'm not saying I didn't have a fringe |
scottpilgrim10
03.11.14 | Pop punk got me into music with bands like Green Day, blink-182, Sum 41, and Simple Plan. |
