LP's/ Tapes/ CD's that influenced your musical tastes...

[Knightmare]

What are the albums or the compilations that changed/ formed your musical tastes?

 

[elyod138]

The first music I actively listened to was old school punk rock.

The whole 'think for yourself' mentality meant that I gave anything a chance no matter what genre and as a result my musical tastes are extremely diverse.

 

[Eelementary]

I went:

Punk (I hate it now) - The Offspring
Nu metal (Bizkit and Korn - I hate them now)
Industrial metal (Rammstein - I hate them now)
Now (anything from metalcore like Killswitch to death metal and everything in between)

 

[Mong]

Got given a copied cassette of Ride the lightening (sorry Lars) in about 86 and never looked back after that.. Spent the next few years listening to the genre the majority of the time. Although i'd listen to most things, Dead or Alive, Glam bands, Bon Jovi and Roxette all got a run as well and still do from time to time.

Speaking of Glam Bands, watching TV with the wife the other night and film clip from Ratt came on, i mentioned to her that i used to listen to them and that they were pretty cool.. About quarter way through i started to wish i hadn't admitted to that, she was giving me strange looks. I don't recall them being that bad/lame. I then started telling her about Dokken, Stryper, Winger etc etc, she didn't seem vey interested though. There was a Japanese glam band whose name i couldn't remember as well. Anyone remember them?

 

[carcharias]

I am proud to say I never ever listened to glam or liked it at any stage.

Sounds unlimited and countdown were the major influence .
I saw the Oils on sounds doing back on the borderline...I was sold.

also
I lived in London as a little kid for a few months ....seeing all the punk stuff going on always gave me a connection for that sort of music.

Later on an older dude gave me a tape with Dead Kennedys, Black Flag and a few others...
It all kind of links up somehow.

 

[Mong]

I am proud to say I never ever listened to glam or liked it at any stage.

:lol:

Man you missed out.. there was some good sh*t in amongst it all. I worked on the theory that there seemd to be a lot of good stuff out there because there were so many bands giving it a shot and the majority managed to pull of one decent song.

In reality it was mostly complete rubbish and you would buy a cassette to get one song. (couldn't file share in those days)

Good times..

 

[sydraider]

I was given KISS double platinum when I was 8, started me on a rock journey that transformed into metal and all of its subgenres.

Along the way I have given various other music styles a listen, everything apart from blues bores the sh*t out of me.

 

[Bastard Squad]

I am proud to say I never ever listened to glam or liked it at any stage.

Not even Bowie in his glam stage ? Or Slade ?


I was born in '64 so grew up with the sounds of the Beatles all around me, I didn't really appreciate who they were until after they broke up, so I would have to say the Beatles cartoons had quite an influence on me.

After that it would be albums like (all vinyl)

Crime of the Century and Crisis What Crisis ? by Supertramp
Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Anyone remember the show Flashes on ABC ?

Countdown and Sound Unlimited had quite an influence too.

 

[carcharias]

Bowie was a bit different in that he did it first and a did it different and then stopped it altogether.

I don't really class him as a glam rock artist....more freak show.

 

[nathanbrown'sghost]

Glam from the 70's: Bowie, T Rex, New york Dolls is cool.

I don't associate the 80's hair bands with Glam much, although I am guilty of listening to a lot of it. Dokken did a song for Nightmare on Elm Street that I thought was about the best song ever when I was 10. I have since re-evaluated.

 

[nathanbrown'sghost]

In response to the original question:

Rage had a big impact. Not the top 40 countdown sh*t on Saturday morning, I would watch all night or video tape it. I watched some of my favourite bands guest present and they turned me on to other great stuff.

 

[Non Terminator]

The "Welcome To My Nightmare" and "Night At The Opera" casettes.

 

[Knightmare]

For myself, I would have to say firstly a compilation tape a mate made for me in mid-2000 was the first one. It had Alot of MXPX, Millencolin and Blink 182 stuff on it, that tape was what got me into punk and interested in buying the albums that the songs on the tape came from.

Secondly was Mr Bungle's first (self-titled) album. I actually borrowed it from a guy I knew when I was 17, but it wasn't until a year later when I was on schoolies and playing 'Quote Unquote' and 'My Ass is on fire' over and over again at my mates' place that I really got into it. Since then I have come to really appreciate unusual songs/ albums from the alternative genre, and the way there are bands out there who just don't give a f**K if their music is bizarre and totally off the wall.

To a lesser degree, Blink 182's last album (2003) and in particular the song 'All of this' with Rob Smith singing the lead, made me fall in love with music that has a darker/ colder feel to it. For instance, what I love about The Cure's 1989 hit 'Lullaby' is that it is such a dark, cold and unusual song all rolled into one. I couldn't believe it when I found out it was a hit back then, because it sounds totally unlike the other mainstream music from that era!

 

[snoozer]

anyone remember "2 for 1" cassettes?you'd get a tape that had 2 albums(one each side) from an artist(sometimes you could get 2 diff artists).i had one that had queen1 and sheer heart attack(queen) that i wore out!

 

[Non Terminator]

I have a Redgum one of those haha.

 

[nathanbrown'sghost]

Sheer heart attack is Queen's best.