sphincter wrote: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.

My son, who is 7, is a fan of Brainiac, The Ramones, Devo, Deerhoof, and Mates of State. All of these bands get him in a dancing / wall bouncing frenzy. Im just glad he like some of the stuff i listen to. I fucking hated my folks taste in music as a wee lad.

I remember liking whatever was on the radio as a youngster. I specifically remember liking Bruce Springsteen and Michael Jackson. I got a "Boombox" and the "Born in the USA" tape for a birthday, I think my next tape was Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack. Those were good times.

I will not allow my daughters to be over-exposed to commercial radio, they listen to everything that I do.

bassdriver wrote:The Kinks. I was 12.

Then you had exceptional taste.

For no other reason than the fact that WLS was playing Autobahn on the hour (I spent my first 6 years outside of Chicago, it was Kraftwerk.
It was the first single I bought.

The first album I bought was the Star Wars soundtrack.

-A

The Boomtown Rats, closely followed by the Undertones at the age of about eleven.

Luckily I wasn't subjected to the eighties for another year or two.

I seem to have a vague recollection of dancing around to the Bay City Rollers and having tartan trousers when I was much younger though...

2207 wrote:The Boomtown Rats, closely followed by the Undertones at the age of about eleven.

Man, I loved the Boomtown Rats when I was a kid. They were the perfect "new wave" band for a Thin Lizzy fan to get into.

I am not kidding, look at how creepy this record looks. Edizone D'oro. I was obsessed. I played this thing untill I destroyed at least two needles to my memory. At that point I was banned from the record player. I was probably 8 or 9, exiled into the land of cassettes.

In my head it's a blindingly shining hue.



Wierd.

Masonic text or Doo-wop album?

[Edit to add]: OR BOTH

I was twelve and my older cousin gave me a copy of Aerosmith's Rocks. Those motherfuckers have disappointed me ever since.

Ray Parker Jr.
That Ghostbuster soundtrack was just fucking right for me!!!!!

when i was 13 i had a ridiculous amount of nine inch nails and nirvana thanks to a cousin with dual tape decks.