gg allin changed my life (sorry 'bout the drapes, mom)

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what music/music writer/pop phenom edged you towards a certain way of thinking about pop culture, life, yer mum and dad, etc. that you later rejected, but was necessary as part of growing up?

(see mark s. in the nick kent thread for a well-written example)

― fritz, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It's the "later rejected" bit I'm not sure about. Assimiliation is healthier I guess.

But, yeah, Morrissey, obviously.

― Tom, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I was a Q-reading Bruce / Randy Newman / Don Henley kid until Carter USM's 30something turned me indie. Cringe.

― chris, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Like I hinted yesterday, the "Holy Bible"-era Manics.

― Robin Carmody, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

yeah "later rejected, but still later accepted" would be more accurate.

the gg allin example is hypothetical, btw.

― fritz, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Patti Smith, without a doubt. And then I became a snob and rejected her (bad poetry!). But then I forgave her and accepted her once again. We're glad we've made up.

― X. Y. Zedd, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Probably Anthrax. I'm not sure I've brought accepted them again, though.

This spot would definitely have gone to Ministry if they hadn't released uniformly awful albums after 1989...

― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

these have all been thoroughly re-accepted:

the biggest two are led zeppelin and the sex pistols. embracing the latter the first time around was, of course, a major step in violently rejecting the former. weirdly, becoming punk rock was a major step in rejecting the pistols for not being punk enough or not being the right kind of punk.

sonic youth's dirty.

metal machine music.

― sundar subramanian, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

trent reznor. how sad. thank god thats over.

― amy, Wednesday, 4 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"later rejected, later accepted" - rock itself, pop itself, many times over.

― duane, Wednesday, 4 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

eleven months pass...

the whole of jm jarre oxygene/equinoxe -- new lush sounds of warm analogs including high frequency semi-harmonic linking (borrowed from ina grm french people) and 'vanguard' update of latest electronic popcorn

rejected when seeking more electronic music led to discovery of french electro-acoustic ina grm people, seemingly light years ahead of jarre

hence total rejection of simple pop-music cheap simple dumb "trance" (never had one trance-like experience to this mush) and "techno" (yeah dance to two chord music as "woooow" deep deep bass repetition like five second attention span drug-damaged sexi-booty "meet your vibrator" scam)

― George Gosset, Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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