Bands That Made You Love Music!

Hello i am a massive fan of music both playing and listening and wanted to find out what bands/artists really got you into music when you were a teenager growing up.
I will start it off with the bands that really changed my life at school, although i rarely listen to some of these bands these days as i prefer other genres now, its always good to come back to them from time to time.
Ive added my favourite songs from each album that first got me into that band!


When i was about 11 years old and grew out of the cheesy pop thing, the first band i really got into was OASIS!

About a year later it was NIRVANA,i was totally obsessed with this band!

When i was in high school and first heard life is peachy by KORN i couldnt believe my ears i thought it was the coolest thing i'd ever heard!

The last one was PEARL JAM a band i still love to listen too now ten years later and probably still my favourite band of all time!

I look forward to hearing yours, peace!

Yes

Guns n Roses!!!!!

Used to love this song!!

Had to add one more.....you shouldn't have got me started on this LOL!

Runrig.

I was never interested in music as a kid, it wasn't until I got to about 13 that I started listening to bands like lynkin park and tenacious d.

I carried on listening to bands like that until about 16 where I started listening to rap and hip hop, artists like Dre, Snoop, Eminem, NWA...

When I turned 18 I started going out to clubs and more or less started to hate rap & hip hop, and turned my ears towards scouse house which is a very fast paced, hardstyle type of dance music personified by the infamous "donk" Here's a link if anyone wants to know what a donk is, I guarantee you will probably hate it though

Scouse house donk

Now I spend my time listening to trance and tech house. Artists such as Yousef (who's from my city), Above & Beyond, Eric Prydz, Phunk Investigation and of course myself

reply to post by StealthyKat


Good tunes stealthykat i love alice in chains!

reply to post by Griffo


Put a donk on it griffo!

Wow.....this could be a long list...


Newer stuff...but makes me love music even more than I already do. What an amazing voice!
"I was in the darkness, so darkness I became"


Tori made me realize that it's ok to be mad.



This is creepy, when you realize that the song is written from the perspective of a stalker....



The album that changed my guitar playing forever, is most definitely "The machines of God" by Smashing pumpkins. The last minute of this song is intense.


Another guitar influence, especially the solo.

Yes
CSN&Y
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Poco
and

Judee Sill

reply to post by lektrofellon


Thanks! Here is another one....I love this Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog

I grew up listening to the radio station that played everything. Yes, at one time there were not many different stations that play only one or two genres, but one that played them all.

This song has always been a love of mine.




Of course Eddie Rabbit was a favorite as well.






One of them that started it all though is this song. My grandfather had it on 8 track and I would ask him to play it every time we went into town. I remember this song from around 3-4 years old.




Raist

Obviously I am a bit older than some folks... but these were the songs that grabbed me by the ummmm thingies and changed my world.








There are tons more... and these span the course of a few years, but they are all pretty representative of the earlier stages of my musical journey through life.

Funfact: The first record I ever saved up money to purchase? The Grease Soundtrack.

~Heff

reply to post by Hefficide


I love those you posted as well.

I pretty much have a very wide range of music I listen to. My mp3 player has stuff from all over the genre board. Nearly every artist in this thread so far are in the thing. I listen to classical, easy listening, golden oldies, rap, metal (all forms of it), Christian, R&B, pop, and even country. I doubt there is not a genre I do not listen to. I really think that 8 track (that I now have) is a huge part of my love of music.

Raist

I'm just going to list tthem because work blocks your vids so i can't tell who some of your favs are

Mine:

AFI
ABBA
ACDC - A Must
Adema - If you like Korn you should like them
Alice in Chains
Breaking Benjamin - Need I say More ??
Chevelle - Listen you will like especially older stuff
Bush
Collective Soul again older stuff
Crossfade
The Cure
Depeche Mode Listen to the song (HOME) it is emotionally unreal
Days of the New - Really?? Who doesn't like them at least before he became a meth head LOL but Really good
DEF LEPPARD
Filter
Finger Eleven
Five finger Death Punch
FOREIGNER - YES LISTEN & LOVE IT
Green Day
Guns & Roses
HOLE - only a few songs though
HURT
IRON BUTTERFLY - Come on who doesn't know In-a-gadda-da-vida even if you dont like it you have heard it
KC & The Sunshine Band - NEED I SAY MORE
KORN - ROCK ON
Linkin Park - NOT THE NEW STUFF
The Mamma's & Pappa's
Metallica - I shouldn't have to say more
My Chemical Romance
Nine Inch Nails - THE NIN RULES ALL
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky is the dopest
The Offspring
Papa Roach
Pearl Jam - only the first 3 cd's though BETTER was when they were with Soundgarden TEMPLE OF THE DOG
Poison
Rage against the machine
Radio Head
Rob Zombie
RUSH - ROCK ON
Saliva
Seether
Silver Sun Pickups - A MUST IF YOU ARE A SMASHING PUMPKINS FAN
Smashing Pumpkins - ROCK ON
Soul Asylum
Social Code
Soundgarden
* I HATE HIP HOP* Just my personal taste but if you must try the Sneaker Pimps female singer ALT/HIPHOP
Stabbing Westward
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stone Temple Pilots
Switchfoot
ONLY FOR THE CHRISTIANS or if your in the mood try Superchick WE LIVE
SYSTEM of a Down
Taking back sunday
Trapt
The Used
Weezer
Three doors down
30 Seconds to Mars
Avenged Sevenfold
Metaform
Cage the Elephant
Fallout Boy
Local H - TRY TOXIC it rocks
Motley Crue

AND THE WINNER IS NIRVANNA

REALLY did i just dump my Ipod on you YOU BET

As you can see Music moves me

LaTeR

reply to post by IndianaOps


Superchick is a great band. We Live is an awesome song.



Raist

wow raist diggin that first eddie rabbit tune,never heard of him before we dont get much country music here in UK!

Thanks for your replies, nice variety here, good to here some oldies aswell(love the floyd hefficide).
I love loads of genere's of music (grunge/metal/hiphop/dnb/ambient/dub/trance) got over 2000 albums(totally obsessed)
Nice selection there indianaops, i love Chevelle/Rage/Soundgarden/NIN/SRV)
Keep em coming!