your first favourite band

[icy manipulator]

now be honest. this is the bbmfuckingb and we're all friends so there's no need to show off. for me it was Ace of Base when i was 8 years old in 1993. their stuff is still fantastic. All that she wants, Dont turn around, The Sign, Beautiful life, Never gonna say i'm sorry, Lucky Love, all brilliant pop songs. man i miss them. some of the best pop of the 90's

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Chumbawamba back when I was around 13.

[Calimero jr.]

The Beatles when I was about 7, I listened to my father's records.

The first favourite band I had that I discovered by myself was The Pixies in 1991 when I was 14.

[TurdBerglar]

creedence clearwater revival and the rolling stones. my mom would play her lp's when she was doing the housework and i would bug out to the music.



when it came to pick out my own music it was RATM when i was about 12

[trailerprincess]

Probably NKOTB and Bros.

[MC Moot]

Well the Beatles cause of my folks but on my own accord it was probably Iron Maiden....UP THE IRONS!!...

[abcdefz]

My first favorite band was ELO, when I was about 11. I remember Discovery being the first album I knew was coming down the
line and being excited to buy it the day it was released. I would've been about 12 going on 13.

But before that, my favorite artist was Barry Manilow, when I was about nine or ten. Yup.

[MC Moot]

Oh ELO!....yes,I think the first 8 tracks I got from Mom were ELO,Three Dog Night,John Denver and the Star Wars soundtrack….(y)

[abcdefz]

The Star Wars soundtrack was the first record I ever bought with my own money.

I thought "soundtrack" meant it would have all the dialogue and sound effects and stuff -- basically, the movie on LP.

Oops.

[MC Moot]

I thought "soundtrack" meant it would have all the dialogue and sound effects and stuff -- basically, the movie on LP.

Oops.

PRICELESS!!!....I thought the EXACT same fuck'n thing...(y):D(y)...the first record I bought was a .45 of Monster Mash and the flipside it was the One Eyed Purple People Eater....I played the Mash repeatedly for hours on end,day after day....and then one day I found it sitting on the heat register all warped to shit....SABOTAGE!!!

[abcdefz]

I think my first 45 was "The Candy Man" by Sammy Davis Jr.

I also remember having "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)," "The Night Chicago Died," and "One Bad Apple."

[checkyourprez]

green day.

back when they were dookieing on everything.


i still enjoy that record a lot, the next 2 as well actually. after that it gets iffy.

[TOY]

bis


It's true!

[TAL]

The Star Wars soundtrack was the first record I ever bought with my own money.

I thought "soundtrack" meant it would have all the dialogue and sound effects and stuff -- basically, the movie on LP.

Oops.

If you buy the 2-disc version of the Apocalypse Now soundtrack, then you get almost that.

[abcdefz]

...they later came out with The Story of Star Wars, which was a one-LP abridgment of the movie. That was closer to what I was
expecting, though really short.

[TAL]

And to answer the original question:

Transvision Vamp

[taquitos]

weird al up till i was like 10

[Yorkshire~Rose]

Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Around 1984, i was about 10 or 11, singing along to 'Relax' in my bedroom - not quite understanding what the lyrics were about.

I like them for many years though...until they split up anyway.

[DroppinScience]

Would that "Simpsons Sing The Blues" album back in 1990 or so count? Because I honestly loved that shit at the time.

I guess first proper proper favorite band was The Beatles because of the "Beatles Anthology" special that was on ABC in '95 and then got mega-obsessed.

[abcdefz]

Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Around 1984, i was about 10 or 11, singing along to 'Relax' in my bedroom - not quite understanding what the lyrics were about.

I like them for many years though...until they split up anyway.



In journalism class, a couple of the guys used to torment me by playing their awful, awful version of "Born to Run." Ugh. (n)

[Yorkshire~Rose]

In journalism class, a couple of the guys used to torment me by playing their awful, awful version of "Born to Run." Ugh. (n)

Hahaha :D

It's not that bad... mind you, it has been a while since i last heard it :o

[abcdefz]

Ah! the spirit of conciliation.

Okay: maybe it's better than I remember. At the time, I was a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge Springsteen fan, and it just seemed so bad.

[Drederick Tatum]

Gloria Estefan and the motherfucking Miami Sound Machine.

[milleson]

The Fabulous Thunderbirds. I even went to see them in concert when I was 6 or 7.

[MC Moot]

The Fabulous Thunderbirds. I even went to see them in concert when I was 6 or 7.

Can't go wrong with Jimmy Vaughn....wrap it up,I'll take it....(y)

[HEIRESS]

Would that "Simpsons Sing The Blues" album back in 1990 or so count? Because I honestly loved that shit at the time.

I guess first proper proper favorite band was The Beatles because of the "Beatles Anthology" special that was on ABC in '95 and then got mega-obsessed.


oh god, how can you tell that we are the same age

I was just going to post the exact same thing like WORD for word.

my first tape was the simpsons sing the blues.
I even did an air band to one of the songs in elementary school. shit I cant remember which song though...

my first cd though was jimi's "are you experienced" but that was right around the time I first got OBSESSED with the beatles because of that tv special.

[Audio.]

honestly it was the beastie boys before anyone else.

[b-grrrlie]

When I was a kid I mainly just liked the songs, not the artists per se. Stuff like Cotton fields, Tie a yellow ribbon, Born to be wild, Easy livin'... Once there was a survey at my school (by some older kids there) what was the most popular song in our school and my classmate thought my answer was so embarrassing she took me to the library to listen to Aladdin Sane that had just come out... rest is history.

[jackrock]

Our Lady Peace when i was 5.

[hitmonlee]

are the muppets a band?

my first favourite band was the who. i was about 5-6.


ace of base isn't really a band, they are a group.

[Kid Presentable]

Gunners

[scotty]

If you buy the 2-disc version of the Apocalypse Now soundtrack, then you get almost that.

I bought that. Me and my mates played it once while on acid. We were having an Australia Day party the next day so we'd set up the stereo so that there were speakers in all parts of the house - in the bedrooms, the hallway, kitchen etc. I mean, lines like 'I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor.', 'I've seen horrors... horrors that you've seen. But you have no right to call me a murderer. You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that... but you have no right to judge me' and 'You either surf or you fight' on strong acid??

Anyway, Bon Jovi was the first band I was obsessed with. Slippery When Wet came out when I was 12 and I thought is was awesome.

[Randetica]

david hasselhoff when i was 7 cause my mum brainwashed me with that shit

and the first own "band" i liked was take that back in 97

[easy 3]

When I was growing up my Mum would play a lot of Beatles, Fleetwood Mac and Simon & Garfunkel in the car and stuff.

My older brother would play Dire Straits (!) when he was young, then later on stuff like Pink Floyd, Cream, and lots of indie type suff (The La's, James type indie).

My older sister was into the Pixies and Manchester sort of indie like the Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets type stuff and she also used to like De La Soul. I remember her playing me a Jungle Brothers album and thinking I could get into that - it seemed colourful and exotic.

So I thought I'd try and find out more about this rap stuff to impress the girls (I was about 10 or 11) - I felt like a late starter to music as my best friend had Guns and Roses posters all over his bedroom walls (I didn't like the look of them at the time).

The first 45 I bought was a Beats International thing - I was trying to buy 'Dub be good to me' but this was the single after that.

The next 45 I bought was Welcome to the terrordome. The sound and image were so alien and shocking and I was off.

Publi Enemy were my first favourite band.

[easy 3]

I fucking hate it when I write some long, waffley post and then notice a big, ugly, obvious typo just after I press reply.

What a twat!

I prefer Public Enemy to Publi Enemy by the way.

[Randetica]

you can edit your potsts btw

[easy 3]

Sorry - I'm totally out of touch with all this internet stuff.

I thought lol was short for lots of love for weeks in early 2007.:o

Like I say, I'm a bit of a twat!

Thanks for the tip - I'll get there eventually!

[Kid Presentable]

When I was growing up my Mum would play a lot of Beatles, Fleetwood Mac and Simon & Garfunkel in the car and stuff.

My older brother would play Dire Straits (!) when he was young, then later on stuff like Pink Floyd, Cream, and lots of indie type suff (The La's, James type indie).

My older sister was into the Pixies and Manchester sort of indie like the Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets type stuff and she also used to like De La Soul. I remember her playing me a Jungle Brothers album and thinking I could get into that - it seemed colourful and exotic.

So I thought I'd try and find out more about this rap stuff to impress the girls (I was about 10 or 11) - I felt like a late starter to music as my best friend had Guns and Roses posters all over his bedroom walls (I didn't like the look of them at the time).

The first 45 I bought was a Beats International thing - I was trying to buy 'Dub be good to me' but this was the single after that.

The next 45 I bought was Welcome to the terrordome. The sound and image were so alien and shocking and I was off.

Publi Enemy were my first favourite band.

Nobody buys it. Credibility denied.

[easy 3]

Beats international? Back up bitch I've got nothing to sell here.

[easy 3]

now be honest. this is the bbmfuckingb and we're all friends so there's no need to show off.


:)

[Yetra Flam]

oh that's easy, silverchair for sure. back in the mid 90s it actually wasn't too embarrassing to like them. now they're all weird and fucked up

[abcdefz]

oh that's easy, silverchair for sure. back in the mid 90s it actually wasn't too embarrassing to like them. now they're all weird and fucked up



I'm seeing Young Modern on some year-end best lists.

[Yetra Flam]

what bullshit. they are shit now. frogstomp and freakshow were awesome. TEENAGE ANGST YEAH

[MC Moot]

I'm seeing Young Modern on some year-end best lists.

And I'm seeing Ben Lee's "Ripe" on some 2007 best list's as well...:confused:...must be an Pro Australian lobby group at work....

[Yetra Flam]

fuckin ben lee argh

[AceFace]

Daddy used to listen to Hank Williams Jr. when i was a kid. i still get all misty when i hear
"Country Boy Can Survive".

my first 45 was "Hip to be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News. that's one that did not stick.
i hate that effing song.

first record i remember myself and my brother learning every line of every song and
singing all day long... Run DMC - Raising Hell.

the other day i told my momma i was listening to Run DMC and she said
"oh you and your brother wished you were those guys when you were little!"
then she told me the story of how we kept singing "proud to be black" and
my daddy getting irritated at us b/c we were two white country kids.

[Kid Presentable]

Beats international? Back up bitch I've got nothing to sell here.

You said Public Enemy. Anyway, I was just winding you up, so you can untuck your penis whenever suits.

[easy 3]

I sometimes find it difficult to guage humour levels and shit.

Sorry :o

Like I say, I'm a bit of a twat!

- I'll get there eventually!


I've been trying to untuck my penis for about 4 months now and i think it's stuck.

I'm too embarassed to go see the doctor - regardless of what Kool Moe Dee has to say.;)

[cosmo105]

the stray cats. (y)

[Rock]

weird al up till i was like 10

Me too, minus the age thing. and Michael Jackson. Was allll about them shits. I don't remember which I listened to more though. So i'll say they both were my favourites.

[BangkokB]

KISS Rock&Roll All Over was the 1st record I owned at age 5
Followed by Destroyer at 5 1/2

and by God, I'm gonna listen to Destroyer right now

You've Got Great Expectations

I still have the KISS Cards at my parents house

Rev. Run did a daringly good sample of that LP

[Parkey]

When I was a kid, it was Michael Jackson all the way. And - let's be clear here - Dangerous-era Jackson...

"Heal the world, make it a better place..."

[banzai]

not really a band, but chuck berry.

other than that, and as lame as it kinda sounds, the beasties.

[pshabi]

I was all about Michael Jackson when I was 7. Saw him and his bros in 1984 at the old comiskey park with my mom and uncle.(y)

First "band" would probably be Bon Jovi.:o

[paul jones]

Madness

[Lex Diamonds]

Soulja Boy

[Randetica]

Rakim but after i turned 5 i realized he wasnt reel enuff fo mah style

[abcdefz]

God... you can pretty much tell how old people are by their replies. It's funny.

[Randetica]

you sound like an 80 years old grump fart so i guess youre an 80 years old grump fart. it's funny.







NAWT!

[abcdefz]

you sound like an 80 years old grump fart so i guess youre an 80 years old grump fart. it's funny.







NAWT!



I'm guessing.... nine years old? Ten?

Nine.

[roosta]

if we're talking about artist's it was michael jackson

I cant remember being into a particular band early on...then i got into the beasties and N.W.A. as a young teen. Im sure i was into someone before then, but nothing sticks.

[MIKEtotheD]

R.E.M. was my first favorite band, when I was really small.
I still listen to them quite a bit.

[Randetica]

I'm guessing.... nine years old? Ten?

Nine.

7 1/2 :o

[Dorothy Wood]

first favorite band was beastie boys. :/ I was fighting for my right to party so hard when I was 6.

but before that/at the same time, I really loved Michael Jackson, Madonna and Cyndi Lauper.

I wanted to BE Cyndi Lauper.

[Parkey]

I think the first album I bought was Bros on cassette. The shame...

[adam_f]

The Beach Boys

[Guy Incognito]

Adam & the Ants

[Parkey]

did you have a crush on matt too?

Nope. I just wanted to be him...

[Documad]

The Supremes. They had already broken up, but I became obsessed with them because of a three-LP greatest hits package that I bought off of TV.

The first real band I loved was probably Fleetwood Mac.

[Tzar]

i thought this was an old thread dug up? anyway, my post then and now is silverchair. don't ask me how i got into frogstomp - i was 9-12 at the time when mum bought it for me on casette! gangsta.

[jabumbo]

the first two cassettes ever bought were beck - odelay and green day - nimrod


outside of that, my sister was flushing me with ben folds five and better than ezra

[basd]

Limp Bizkit i think.I was 11 or someting and i was searching for a store from where i can buy this stuff for about a mounth.I still keep the tapes :).

[funk63]

linkin park