first thing i remember hearing was johnny cash (dads favorite) and wacky novelty comp lp's that mum used to put on to keep me happy, shit like "yummy yummy yummy" and other late 60s bubblegum bands. i still love that shit.
love it.

the first band i got into myself was kiss and despite later learning what kind of person gene simmons is... i still love them.
would have been 1980.

after that it was prince, pink floyd and ac/dc, in fact i still like all that stuff.

Wouldn't it be funny if some guy were like, "Yeah, the first band I really got into was Throbbing Gristle. I heard 'Hamburger Lady' and 'We Hate You Little Girls' when my folks played them on the Hi-Fi. I was only about ten years old. Their aesthetic terrorism really struck me as one of the most profound developments of the '70's English counterculture. Even at that young age, I could appreciate many different aspects of their music and of the image that the group presented in the media. I immediately connected them with some facets of Dada and of Warhol's media manipulations. They also reminded me of the sodomy and drug abuse featured in the Burroughs novels my mum used to read to me at night. Since then, I've gotten much more sophisticated in my listening tastes, of course! But it's fun to look back at our childhood and reminisce about how innocent and naive our interests once were."

the beach boys!...i was five

Tears for Fears.



Roland Orzabal bears a striking resemblance to As'ad AbuKhalil, better known as The Angry Arab:

tipcat wrote:Tears for Fears.

Roland Orzabal bears a striking resemblance to As'ad AbuKhalil, better known as The Angry Arab:

WOW he does!

I used to read that guy's rants all the time. I'm going to have to go and check him out again... been awhile.

I think it was Oasis. That or the Barenaked Ladies.





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My son is three years old, his favourite band is The Vandals. He also requests Shellac, Weezer and The Giddy Motors.

I don't let him listen to Shellac and The Giddy motors anymore because he goes fucking crazy when it's on and starts running into me and jumping into the wall.

Before I was 10 or so, I was a total slave to my parents and older sister's record collection.
So here's the mix: Supertramp, Beatles, ABBA, Bee Gees.

My earliest memories of digging music was Neil Youngs Harvest.

The Cars.

Dire Straits.

I was 4.