mbv, blur, j&mc, sonic youth, cure, smiths, joy division, rem, huskers, clash, happy mondays, daisy chainsaw...the best stuff being played on 120 minutes and WPRI
― b b, Wednesday, 6 July 2005 14:12 (nineteen years ago) link
All very typical really
― Baaderonixx le Belge (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 14:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 14:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Cocteau TwinsDepeche ModeDiamanda Galas NeubautenPTVCurrent 93Chris and Coseypretty much anything on 4AD Princemy mum raised me on disco, so that never went far away from me...New OrderSiouxsieErasureA-HaNocturnal EmissionsSevered HeadsJesus and Mary ChainSheila E. other things that I can't remember as I am at work.
― ebenoit, Wednesday, 6 July 2005 14:48 (nineteen years ago) link
Sisters of MercyJoy DivisionNirvanaBauhausNew OrderMarch VioletsAlien Sex FiendSiouxsie & the BansheesFields of the NephilimSex Gang ChildrenThrobbing Gristle"
Blimey, with the possible exceptions of The Nephs, that could have been '83-'84.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link
I remember the one and only time I heard the Dolls on WNEW. The album had just come in to the studio and they decided to play side one track one. Afterward the DJ (I forget who, Pete Fornatale or someone like that) came on and said "I can guarantee that you'll never hear that again on this station." Haha, the Dolls have outlasted WNEW.
― Sang Freud (jeff_s), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 15:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 15:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 15:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 16:54 (nineteen years ago) link
Uh, yeah, I had a bit of a thing for the goth rock...
(forgot the X-mal Deutschland, Virgin Prunes & UK Decay, too!)
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 17:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― -Stefan, Wednesday, 6 July 2005 17:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 19:43 (nineteen years ago) link
1982 I was just getting into psychedelia, so The Seeds Raw & Alive lp, Standells, Chocolate Watchband, Move, The Byrds, some Hendrix, The High Tide (80s indie folk-psych), The Playn Jayn (live, they had nothing released yet). Misunderstood, Small Faces Darlings Of Whapping Wharf Launderette, Creation, The Who, Yardbirds, Purple Hearts (UK mod band), A Splash of Colour compi, ? & The Mysterions 96 Tears single, The Chords, The Hunger, Love (Masters the Elektra compi)James Brown, Club Ska '67, Prince Buster, Jumping Jacquesplus X-Ray Spex, Sex Pistols, Echo & The Bunnymen's Porcupine.& John Peel's show.
― Stevolende, Sunday, 6 March 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
In 1984m Van Halen was nice enough to name their album 1984:
http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/vam_halen_1984.jpg
I didn't buy my first tape until the next year so I mainly listened to the classic rock and commercial metal at the time. The usual suspects: Zep, AC/DC, Ratt, Quiet Riot, Billy Squier.
― NYCNative, Sunday, 6 March 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
1975/ 76
Moved to Dublin, and semi-decent record shops, had first summer and weekend job, and no friends or bad habits, so all cash went on records. Velvets 1st, Raw Power, Blood on the Tracks, Little Feat, Steely Dan, Wailers, Burning Spear, Forever Changes, Feelgoods......
― I'm Street but I Know my Roots (sonofstan), Sunday, 6 March 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
1989
Mike Oldfield, Jean Michel Jarre, Pet Shop Boys, Tin Machine
― a murder rap to keep ya dancin, with a crime record like Keith Chegwin (snoball), Sunday, 6 March 2011 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't know why i missed the Velvets 1st, was walking around school singing bits of that when I was 14.Also Herman's Hermits' Blaze, Lovin' Spoonful, The Nice Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack.The Associates SulkBeatles Red compi & maybe Revolver13th Floor Elevators Psychedelic Sounds.
Various bits of Motown especially Revue live in Paris '67bits of Stax. Possibly Pretty Things too
― Stevolende, Sunday, 6 March 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
94-95
Led Zeppelin, REM, new U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Beatles, Doors, Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Yes, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Nirvana, Tori Amos, Pink Floyd, John Cage, Rush, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Ed Bickert, Lenny Breau, various blues and jazz programmes on the radio, the Carleton University station
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 6 March 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Radiohead, MBV, Slowdive, Sigur Ros, maybe Aphex's RDJ album? Can't remember.
― corey, Sunday, 6 March 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Also the Sex Pistols. A lot of regular rock music on the radio too.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 6 March 2011 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
'97 was an exciting year for me. my new high school friends were getting me into a lot of older stuff by Television, A Tribe Called Quest, Fugazi, Velvet Underground, etc. my brother and I were delving into current hip hop like Jay-Z, Missy & Timbaland, etc. I was really hyped about albums released that year by Skeleton Key, the Geraldine Fibbers, Superchunk, Pavement and Spiritualized and exploring those bands' back catalogs, and I was still heavily into bands I had started listening to in the 2-3 years before that like Sonic Youth, They Might Be Giants, Soul Coughing and Ben Folds Five.
― TIGER BLOOD aka the sheendriver (some dude), Sunday, 6 March 2011 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I was 15 in 1987. I think the two records I played most that year were Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction and Metallica's The $5.98 EP. Also Anthrax, Motörhead, Black Flag, the Cramps, Fear, Accept and a whole bunch of other stuff I'm still listening to at 39.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Sunday, 6 March 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
David Bowie, Babybird, Belle & Sebastian, Manic Street Preachers, Blur, The Cure, Elvis Costello, Grass-Show, Beck, Joy Division, New Order, Super Furry Animals, Symposium, Silver Sun, The Fall, The Boo Radleys, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, They Might Be Giants, Frank Black. It was 1996.
― OH RICHEY, WHY. (PaulTMA), Sunday, 6 March 2011 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man, Elvis Costello, pretty sure i was 15 when i started getting heavy into My Aim Is True too, that was a big one
― TIGER BLOOD aka the sheendriver (some dude), Sunday, 6 March 2011 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
1996
Transitioning from:
Bush, Everclear, Foo Fighters, Ash, Beck, Pixies
to:
Pavement, Guided By Voices, Sonic Youth, Velvet Underground, Television, My Bloody Valentine, Super Furry Animals
mostly through borrowing tapes from a friend at school.
I still like everything on the second list; there's not much on the first list that I've listened to since I was 15. The next year I got my own stereo, started reading music mags and it became inevitable that I would one day turn up on ILM.
― oigwheoiqng4g (seandalai), Sunday, 6 March 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
was 15 in 88... was huge into Anthrax, Metallica, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, King Diamond, S.O.D., Slayer, and then somewhat into Butthole Surfers, Beastie Boys, Dead Milkmen, 2 Live Crew, and random stuff I listened to on top 40 radio. I was way too poor for cassettes, so pretty much everything i liked was recorded from friends or off the radio.
― rockapads, Sunday, 6 March 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
concerts i saw in 1994 pretty much sum up my listening around then - pavement, frank black, breeders, beck, john cale, robyn hitchcock, they might be giants, grant lee buffalo. my older brother would've just gone off to college and i remember he (for some reason) got heavily into british folk rock like fairport and steeleye span, so i listened to a lot of that. could probably throw in a bunch of other stuff like guided by voices, neil young, tom waits, velvet underground, etc. haha, my listening habits have not changed all that much, really.
― tylerw, Sunday, 6 March 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
1976...Rocks, Machine Head, Frampton Comes Alive, Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine, Hendrix's Smash Hits, and Worst of the Jefferson Airplane; still listening to Toronto's two Top-40 stations, crazy about "Bohemian Rhapsody"; just starting to branch out into older-brother music like Neil Young, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus. The Ramones don't exist, and won't for another three years. I've read about the Velvet Underground in Lillian Roxon's book, but haven't heard them yet; I do remember looking at a cutout copy of White Light/White Heat in Sam the Record Man. Disco exists, but I'm pretty sure I don't think of it as disco yet; I love "Get Down Tonight" and "Right Back Where We Started From."
― clemenza, Sunday, 6 March 2011 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Man is the Bastard, Wu-Tang
― bear, bear, bear, Sunday, 6 March 2011 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
1993
pavementblack sabbathsebadohblues explosionnirvanabeastie boyssonic youththe boo radleyssmashing pumpkinsmy bloody valentinehusker du/sugarcypress hillthe falldinosaur jrflipperteenage fanclubbabes in toylandrollins bandsoundgardenmudhoney
― the Chinese firewall of the heart (Michael B), Sunday, 6 March 2011 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
1982elvis costellothe specials, madness, english beattalking headsgang of fourpsychdelic fursxhuman switchboardthe stoogesramonespatti smith groupvelvet undergroundLOTS of zappaLou - the blue masknew york dollsthe rolling stoneseno
― KC & the sunshine banned (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 6 March 2011 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
1998
MansunGorkys Zygotic MynciUltrasoundJeff BuckleyThe Boo RadleysSuedePulpNew OrderThe Divine ComedyStrangeloveSuper Furry AnimalsSupergrassThe BluetonesDuran Duran
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 6 March 2011 22:53 (thirteen years ago) link
95-96
Yo La TengoUnwoundPavementSleater-KinneyNation Of UlyssesOvalTortoiseMixtape after mixtape of songs I'd impulsively recorded off college radio after hearing about five seconds.LOTSA OTHER STUFF
― Comics can't all be syringes and scalpels poised before eyes. y'know? (R Baez), Sunday, 6 March 2011 22:58 (thirteen years ago) link
It was at age 15 when I first started going to the indie record stores located in nearby towns on a regular basis. I was actually making decent money at the time, mowing lawns, and I spent pretty much all of it on records and shows.
I could make a list here, but really, if it was any kind of shoegaze or space-rock that was popular in those circles at the time (the more obscure the better), chances are I was ordering it from Parasol mail order or at least had it on a mixtape from one of my shoegaze friends on Prodigy.
― zing when yr bi-winning (Pillbox), Sunday, 6 March 2011 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
92/93 btw
96/97
beckbeastie boysbeatlesde la soulwu-tangpavementbelle and sebastianjeff millselasticablurdaft punkaphex twin
i thought i was soooo cool compared to all the moshers and casuals.
― http://i56.tinypic.com/xnsu1g.gif (max arrrrrgh), Sunday, 6 March 2011 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
15 was an awesome year actually, my dad started making good money so i got some nice clothes and a pc, had my first proper girlfriend, school was actually kinda fun, first time going to gigs, getting drunk, high, etc.
*sigh* good times.
― http://i56.tinypic.com/xnsu1g.gif (max arrrrrgh), Sunday, 6 March 2011 23:22 (thirteen years ago) link
1991
Public Enemy, Metallica, Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, Anthrax, N.W.A., Ice T, 2 Live Crew, Jodeci, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana
it would be next year that I really got into like Pearl Jam and Soundgarden and stuff like that
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 6 March 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
1985:New OrderThe CureThe ChameleonsThe SoundEcho & the BunnymenSiouxsie & the BansheesSisters of MercyBauhausJoy DivisionKilling JokeDepeche Mode
Was going through a bit of a gothy phase and moving away from listening to Big Country and the Alarm and U2 and other horrific shite like that. The year after this was when I discovered Husker Du, and then I started getting much more into a lot of US indie instead.
― ka£ka (NickB), Sunday, 6 March 2011 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Still baffled at how obsessed I was with the Alarm at 15. I mean ffs why didn't I just get into the Clash or something, what was the matter with me.
― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Monday, 7 March 2011 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
BTW NickB, 15-16 year old me would totally have had a big crush on 15 year old you with that set of bands!!!
― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Monday, 7 March 2011 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Could never afford much music - became an expert at anticipating a good song within 1-2 seconds of it's playing on the radio.
Don't feel much nostalgia for those times beyond my moments by the radio, doing homework or somthing, listening to the college radio stationsc - I still have those few hundred cassettes with me, should I find myself in some odd music emergency or something. I played them so often that they became their own narratives, the false starts and cut-offs thoroughly integrated with the music. I'm always astonished whenever I hear the intro bit to New Order's "Regret" - that's not supposed to be there!
― Comics can't all be syringes and scalpels poised before eyes. y'know? (R Baez), Monday, 7 March 2011 00:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah Trayce, I could have sold you my old Alarm records too. Where were you?!?
― ka£ka (NickB), Monday, 7 March 2011 00:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I was on the other side of the planet! ;_;
I still have a copy of "Declaration" on vinyl. Cringe.
― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Monday, 7 March 2011 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, taping radio was essential in the pre-mp3 era. i would sit through dross for ages listening to the evening session or john peel in the hopes of finding something cool to tape.
x-post to r baez
― http://i56.tinypic.com/xnsu1g.gif (max arrrrrgh), Monday, 7 March 2011 00:12 (thirteen years ago) link
The Cure, Public Enemy, De La Soul, EPMD, PWEI, LL Cool J, NWA, The KLF, Happy Mondays, Awesome Dre & The Hardcore Committee
― blud money (sic), Monday, 7 March 2011 00:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Max -
I'm American, so my own specific John Peel experiences all involved me staying up til 4AM on a Friday night listening to the BBC World Service, waiting for the one hour of Peel we got a week.
― Comics can't all be syringes and scalpels poised before eyes. y'know? (R Baez), Monday, 7 March 2011 00:16 (thirteen years ago) link
'And in the subways I can hear them whisper "Trayce has still got Declaration on vinyl"'
― ka£ka (NickB), Monday, 7 March 2011 00:18 (thirteen years ago) link