What was your favourite band at the age of 17, and do you still like/listen to them?

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For me, it was probably Joy Division (I turned 17 in 1981). A year earlier it would have been Bowie, a year later it still would have been Joy Division. Yes, I was that kind of male adolescent. And yes, I still have enormous respect for Joy Division, but I can't say I listen to them any more. Maybe once every 18 months. I find it a bit too painful to listen to, partly because of the nature of the material, partly because I find revisiting one's past difficult.

― H., Thursday, 23 October 2003 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 23 October 2003 12:56 (twenty-two years ago)

The Cure all the way, followed by New Order, JD and Siouxsie. I do find difficult to listen to certain specific albums which I listened to intensively during certain phases of my life, eg. both Godmachine albums, while others mak eme slightly nostalgic and melancholy, when they are associated with good times/friends that are now lost.

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Thursday, 23 October 2003 12:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Motley Crue and yes, but for different reasons now.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmmm, probably Devo and Motley Crue. Yup. BOTH. I've burned out on both, though. Unfortunate for Devo. I guess I listened to them TOO much, and they just don't seem as essential anymore. I still like 'em both...I just can't listen to either without gettin' bored.

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:02 (twenty-two years ago)

At 17, I was most heavily into Neil Young, The Who and Traffic.

I still like Neil a lot. Still tolerate the Who occasionally. Every few years able to listen to 2-3 Traffic songs.

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Love & Rockets/Bauhaus.

I no longer have any of their records with me, but every time someone else puts one of them on, I get stupidly happy.

I went through a phase of being vaguely embarrassed by my love (you know, goth associations and all) but I've grown out of it.

― kate (kate), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:04 (twenty-two years ago)

soundgarden (93). and no - i've matured since.
well my taste in music has at least.

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:05 (twenty-two years ago)

The Clash. And yes.

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I was just getting out of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Blur (in answer to the question - respectively, no and no. In the case of Blur it's cos they've gone crap rather than me becoming "mature").

I guess it was something like Pavement or Stereolab aged 17. They still sound pretty fucking cool at their best, although I can't say I throw either on much nowadays.

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:08 (twenty-two years ago)

1992: The Cure, The Smiths, Pixies, JAMC, New Order/JD, just getting into Blur, Saint Etienne and Denim?

Shityeah, still listening to all of it and loving 99% thereof.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Springsteen by far -- still put those records on occasionally.

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Talking Heads, still is pretty much -- search the archives!

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:14 (twenty-two years ago)

1980. Probably The Damned (although that was also the year I discovered Killing Joke and I think they had probably overtaken by the end of the year). And yes.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Prodigy, yes (but only just)

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:16 (twenty-two years ago)

(counts on fingers) 1982. Hawkwind. Yes.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Possibly would have been the Beatles, but putting them aside (like a Chinese Restaurant that has one "Best of. . ." for five years in a row, and is now retired into Hall of Fame status so that other restaurants can have a shot at the title), I can't really say for sure. Joy Division kicked in for me more heavily a couple years later. I'll say Siouxsie and the Banshees for the sake of participating, since I do remember listening to them very heavily at that point, and even having a Siouxsie poster up. (I had totally forgotten about that poster until I saw a photo of myself recently in a family photo album.) I hardly ever listen to them now, but I still like some of their songs (mostly what's covered on Once Upon a Time).

― Al Andalous, Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:22 (twenty-two years ago)

When I was 17 I was totally addicted to the Minutemen's Double Nickels On The Dime (this was in 1988). I still listen to it a couple of times a year, even though the CD always throws me off because of the omitted songs.

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

At 17, Beatles, Yes, Queen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Living Colour, Rush, Led Zeppelin. I still listen to Beatles, and at least still have all my Queen and Zep albums.

― dleone (dleone), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Orbital, The Stone Roses, Beastie Boys. 1996.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:43 (twenty-two years ago)

How many tracks is Double Nickels supposed to have Phil? The CD I have contains 43 tracks, I thought that was what was on the LP.

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Depeche Mode. Then, quite quickly, I went completely off them when I realised how daft the lyrics were. I didn't listen to them at all for nearly ten years. But in the last few months, I've started to play them a lot. Daft lyrics don't bother me anymore, especially when the tunes are so good.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:48 (twenty-two years ago)

My favorite band at age 17 was Pavement, and now I'm 24 and my favorite band is still Pavement.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:50 (twenty-two years ago)

"How many tracks is Double Nickels supposed to have... "

The newest 80 minute release omits:
Mr. Robot's Holy Orders
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

Earlier CD versions ommitted a few other tracks also ...

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:54 (twenty-two years ago)

That must've been 1996 *yeuch!*. So it must've been the Boo Radleys who are still luminaries in my eyes.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:12 (twenty-two years ago)

17? 1992, double nickels on the dime owned my life at that point in time. still does pretty much. I think there's 44 tracks on the lp. not including the car jams that start and end each side. which would make 48 on the cd proper?

― simon 803 (simon 803), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)

My favorites at 17 (1990) were The Cure, Prince, Severed Heads, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, KMFDM, Skinny Puppy, Front 242, Ministry, Depeche Mode, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Smiths, The Monkees and INXS. Of this list, the only ones I haven't listened to in the past three months are KMFDM and INXS.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, U2, Duran Duran. First two are still great, U2 is meh with several exceptions, and Duran Duran I've really soured on.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Mercury Rev. Yes.

― adaml (adaml), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

94-95: Clickitat Ikatowi, 3 Mile Pilot, Meat Puppets, Beastie Boys, Portishead.

yes, no, no, yes, yes.

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Husker Du - 1987 I still listen to them now and then.

― earlnash, Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

eh. scratch three mile pilot. they were boring back then, too. ooh, i also liked heavy vegetable because i got to interview them for the school paper but i still get annoyed trying to listen to them.

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Hole. And yes, I still love Live Through This.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Probably Ben Folds Five. And as much as I'd love to still listen to them regularly, they just seem... I dunno. Too childlike for me now. I still hold that "Evaporated" is amazing, but they just seem like the sort of band someone with four years less experience than me would listen to.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Smashing Pumpkins/no way

― neil, Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

The Smiths. I still listen to them and I still love them - not as intensely but probably more deeply because I keep hearing things in the music that surprise me. At 17 oddly enough all I cared about were the words, which nearly all hold up too even if they don't Speak To Me any more.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

17? That was 1986 to 1987, so according to my memory I was heavily into Durutti Column, Julian Cope, Felt, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, the Bunnymen, Cocteaus, OMD, Yeah Yeah Noh and just discovering Wire, Stockholm Monsters and the Wake. Do I still listen to 'em? Hell yeah, can't say a week passes without at least one of them gracing my CD walkman.

― Rob M (Rob M), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Uh Lemonheads and uh no.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

1988. Robyn Hitchcock. Like? Some. Listen? Not really.

― badgerminor (badgerminor), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

short list of 17-year old faves: talking heads; guns 'n' roses; elvis costello; echo and the bunnymen; peter gabriel; the jesus and mary chain; U2; david bowie; brian eno; frank zappa

― Little Big Macher (llamasfur), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

1994. Pavement, Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Sebadoh, Blues Explosion

― Michael B, Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

wow, almost everyone here was so much cooler than i was at 17

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Who is the one who wasn't cooler?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

1990. The Beatles, Clash, Talking Heads. I also listened to some classic rock and some mid-80s college rock types. I didn’t have much interest in new music at the time. (which sort of changed the following year)

I still actually like all three, but of those I only seem to listen to the Beatles circa 1964-66 and The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads LP.

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Since it was only last year...yeah, I still love the Zombies.

― Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Thursday, 23 October 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

1996. Sonic Youth. And yeah, I still listen to them -- in the last couple of weeks, in fact, I've been going back to their mid-90's work (Experimental Jet-Set thru A Thousand Leaves).

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 23 October 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

april 1993 - april 1994, hmmm, it was the cusp year. I was still liking a lot of the old thrash metal (xentrix, anthrax, megadeth, annihilator), coupled with some more indie stuff like the Manic's and Teenage Fanclub. In this period the band I liked the most were Dinosaur Jr, as they were the absolute bridge band between metal and indie, and yep I still like them.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 23 October 2003 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

1987 - Metallica, Slayer, Def Lep
- I had the "live" Metallica poster which included Cliff Burton...so much hair you couldn't see his face...still don't know what he looks like.
- I convinced my mom to purchase "Reign in Blood" for me (are you sure this is what you want?"..goat's heads and crucifixions all over that tape cover)
- Def Leppard has that one-armed drummer

Don't listen to these bands much anymore, although I recently became re-obsessed with "Fade to Black".

― p.j. (Henry), Thursday, 23 October 2003 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)

some others :

The Cure - yes
Smiths - yes
Fugazi - No
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - hell fuckin no

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 23 October 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

R.E.M. and no, although I did put on Reckoning just the other night (because I heard "So. Central Rain" somewhere) and was pleased with how good most of the songs still sound to me.

― Sam J. (samjeff), Thursday, 23 October 2003 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

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91/92 - Nirvana, Primus, Velvet Underground, U2, Soundgarden, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Frank Zappa, Faith No More, Smashing Pumpkins, Neil Young, Jane's Addiction, Led Zeppelin, Pixies, Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Ramones, Black Flag, A Tribe Called Quest, Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam, Parliament, Mudhoney, Firehose, Pink Floyd, etc.

I still own and listen to records by all of those bands, some are still in my top 20 favorite bands list, except Pink Floyd who I suddenly started to hate for some reason. There were some also-ran second rate alternative rock bands and oddball 90's hip-hop groups that I also got out of but these where the regulars.

― joygoat (joygoat), Sunday, 30 January 2005 07:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx is himself a huge fan of Killing Joke, apparently, even going so far as to admitting to nicking the intro to "Dr.Feelgood" from the middle-eight of the Joke's "Love Like Blood"

Wow -- the resemblance is *so obvious* once you see this in print.

1991 ... that would have been a big Nine Inch Nails year for me. I don't listen to them much today, and when I do, it's "Pretty Hate Machine" or "Closer". I was one of a handful of people at my school who liked NIN, among a sea of Zeppelin and GnR freaks (I liked those bands too, but most of the school this was suburban classic rock purism at its finest). I might as well have told people "I worship the devil" instead of "I like NIN" because the freaked-out stares couldn't have gotten any more, um, freaked-out.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 30 January 2005 07:39 (twenty-one years ago)

17 in 1998. David Bowie - still listen to all the time. The Doors - Still like them, but have been peer-pressured out of listening to them. Hey...

No one else listed the Doors? I thought that every adolescent male (at least American male) was required to go through a Doors phase? Yeah, Morrison was a dipshit, but they were good.

― Heidy-Ho (Heidy-Ho), Sunday, 30 January 2005 09:56 (twenty-one years ago)

17 in 2001.

Catatonia, Oasis, Travis.

― sibsi (sibsi), Sunday, 30 January 2005 12:47 (twenty-one years ago)

The Pixies probably, in 1991/92. Not sure I actually need to listen to them again.

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Sunday, 30 January 2005 12:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Guided by Voices, though the release of Mag Earwhig! had already caused them to behing slipping off my top spot. I was able to see them on the Under the Bushes tour in 96 in the classic lineup (with Matt from Chavez on bass), and for that I am eternally grateful. I still listen to them in small doses.

My favorite CD around that time was actually Mercury Rev "See You On the Other Side".

― Dr. Z Indahouse (AaronHz), Sunday, 30 January 2005 13:13 (twenty-one years ago)

(97-98)

― Dr. Z Indahouse (AaronHz), Sunday, 30 January 2005 13:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I was going to post the Stone Roses, Aztec Camera, Pink Floyd, Jesus and Mary Chain and Trash Can Sinatras (still listen to all of them) then realised that I already posted three-fifths of that upthread. Oh well.

I probably hesitated to say the Trash Can Sinatras earlier because they only had one album and a couple of EPs, so wouldn't have been up there with the more prolific bands, but since I included the Stone Roses I guess they should count. Though I think with them, it was more like Cake was one of my favourite albums rather than them being one of my favourite bands.

1990 was also the year I got to go to Glasgow record shopping for the first time from the frozen north, made straight for Byres Road and searched out Orchids and Field Mice stuff. So I guess they would be in there too.

Still listen to them too, though not as often as I used to.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 30 January 2005 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

1990/1991, Ride, occasionally but not often

(also Pixies, Wedding Present, Pale Saints, My Bloody Valentine, etc. of all of these probably only listen to MBV more than once in a blue moon)

― The Horse of Babylon (the pirate king), Sunday, 30 January 2005 13:41 (twenty-one years ago)

1975: Mott the Hoople, Aerosmith, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Allman Bros. Still like em all, still listen to everything but the Allmans.

― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Sunday, 30 January 2005 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Queen. No.

― davidsim (davidsim), Sunday, 30 January 2005 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Ice T - OG and Prince - Diamonds & Pearls.
I don't think I ever focussed on one band/artist in particular.

― stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Sunday, 30 January 2005 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

1984. JD, NO, Cocteaus, The Cure, Killing Joke. Still listen to them all occasionally.

― Si Carter (Si Carter), Sunday, 30 January 2005 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

The Fall.... Yes, I'm still 17

― Nic de Teardrop (Nicholas), Sunday, 30 January 2005 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Late '80, most of '81: Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa. Yes and yes.

― Curious George Rides a Republican (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 30 January 2005 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Age 17 (1983-1984) was all about Aztec Camera, _Murmur_, Let's Active and the Shoes for me. I still enjoy them all (though I haven't listened to the Shoes in years).

― mike a, Sunday, 30 January 2005 16:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Magazine. They're not my favourite band any more but they're one of them.

― Michael Philip Philip Philip Philip Annoyman v1.0 (Ferg), Sunday, 30 January 2005 19:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Sophie Tucker, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor. Yes, all the time.

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Sunday, 30 January 2005 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Just kidding. Dylan, Stones. Occasionally.

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Sunday, 30 January 2005 23:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, everybody listened to decent bands! I used to be a big Roxette fan back then.

― daavid (daavid), Monday, 31 January 2005 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I listened to mostly jazz at 17. I still listen to a lot, but much less than I used to. Otherwise, my favorite was probably Zeppelin or DJ Shadow, both of whom I still like, but the former of which I find a bit annoying sometimes now.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 31 January 2005 02:25 (twenty-one years ago)

violent femmes and yes, still like em

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Monday, 31 January 2005 02:27 (twenty-one years ago)

the manic street preachers. don't really listen to them anymore.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 31 January 2005 02:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Beck was my favorite and I still like him a lot. I also listened to Bjork, DJ Shadow, Chemical Brothers, Public Enemy, lots of "golden era" hip-hop and the Beatles. I like all that stuff still, but then again, I'm not very old (22).

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Monday, 31 January 2005 02:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Im 22 as well!

At age 17 (1999-2000) I listened to stuff like NIN, Misfits, Black Flag, Tool, Deftones, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Metallica, Nirvana, Radiohead, KMFDM, Ministry, Pantera, Slayer, White Zombie, Atari Teenage Riot, Refused, the Sex Pistols, Ramones, and The Clash. I still listen to all of those bands at least occasionally.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 31 January 2005 03:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, I forgot Fear Factory and Sepultura! Mosh-metal stuff. Not quite nu-metal but the stuff that came before it. I got into death/black metal the following year, along with IDM.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 31 January 2005 03:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Such a nerd!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 31 January 2005 03:07 (twenty-one years ago)

T. Rex, Joy Division, Teenage Fanclub, Will Oldham in
all his incarnations, the Velvet Underground, Tim Buckley, the Smiths, Television, Talking Heads, and Big Star probably represent my 10 favorite

haha, about a year and a half on and, while I still gots much love for most of them, I haven't listened to any of these in months.

― stephen morris (stephen morris), Monday, 31 January 2005 03:10 (twenty-one years ago)

1996: smashing pumpkins (not really, though i dont mind them), pavement (yes) and the clean (of course)

― chris andrews (fraew), Monday, 31 January 2005 03:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Absolute favorite at 17? Really can't say, I had a slew I was listening to a heck of a lot -- Def Leppard, Zep, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Depeche Mode. These days I'll stick with the eighties and after bands. ;-) No bad memories or the like in terms of a mental headspace I'm trying to reject -- it's just good music I still dearly love, in a couple of cases more than ever.
-- Ned Raggett (ne...), October 23rd, 2003.
ditto
born 1970 -1987 was the best year in music
if i was in uk i'd be seeing these 80's band s on tour every week
we have a show called countdown that aired beetween 1975 and 1987 on repeats
my aussie bands in 1987 are : wa wa nee , kids in the kitchen , machinations,inxs,iceouse,mental as anything,

― mediaboy, Monday, 31 January 2005 07:17 (twenty-one years ago)

1993, The height of my PJ obsession (91-96ish, just before DMB took over my brain). I saw my first Pearl Jam concert that year, crushed in people and almost suffocating on the floor with my high school sweetie. This experience led me to sell my floor tickets to a 1995 Las Cruces show and keep my seats comfortably just above the floor on the side, being 9 months pregnant. Kids have to ruin all the fun!

― miss chievous grin (miss chevious grin), Monday, 31 January 2005 09:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, and I don't listen to them often anymore, but really they are my first music "true love"; adored always.

RVM, baby!

― miss chievous grin (miss chevious grin), Monday, 31 January 2005 09:33 (twenty-one years ago)

1998 - radiohead and yeah i still listen to them... but not nearly as often.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 31 January 2005 09:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, everybody listened to decent bands! I used to be a big Roxette fan back then.

It's called selective memory. (I was just out of my Wet Wet Wet/Bros stage by then.)

― stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Monday, 31 January 2005 09:45 (twenty-one years ago)

1987 - Husker Du and Dinosaur Jr

Can barely listen to much Husker Du at all now. Though I don't dislike them, remembering the intense emotional connection that the who-I-was felt to some of their records makes me feel quite giddy now. Dinosaur Jr I have no problems with.

― NickB (NickB), Monday, 31 January 2005 09:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, that's historically inaccurate. They were plain old Dinosaur at the time. I am old and my mind is creaky.

― NickB (NickB), Monday, 31 January 2005 10:02 (twenty-one years ago)

1992 - Nirvana.

Although I had liked a lot of music before this (C64 game-music, then chart music, then House, then Amiga ‘mods’) It wasn’t until I caught Nirvana peforming ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ on The Word that I became obsessive over any one band.

Do I still listen to them? Occasionally - I downloaded a bootleg DVD of the unedited MTV Unplugged performance and watched that about a month ago.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Monday, 31 January 2005 10:37 (twenty-one years ago)

1993... the Pixies, Nirvana, Ride, Carter USM, Ned's Atomic Dusbin, Sultans of Ping, Lemonheads, Suede etc. The Pixies definitely my favourite band then. Still like pretty much all of them although some have dated worse than others. Don't listen to any of them that often, but I've been putting Ride songs on mixes lately and really liking them.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Monday, 31 January 2005 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Everyone has to answer this thread.

― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 31 January 2005 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Van Halen - still like the old stuff but don't listen to it much
Queen - Like it a lot, don't listen to it much
Living Colour - like it a lot, don't listen to it much

― blawa (blawa), Monday, 31 January 2005 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

(ha where's Curtis?)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 31 January 2005 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

1986-7, and boy is it embarassing to list the ones I was into (keep in mind I was in Alaska at the time, had been for years, and this is pre-interwhoozit) Waterboys (no), Rainmakers (no), REM (very seldom, and only older stuff.)

When I got to texas to go to college, the world and my ears opened up.

― Austin (Austin), Monday, 31 January 2005 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I liked a lot of music then, but Univers Zero, Cosmic Overdose, Grauzone, Genesis (w/Steve Hackett), The Fall, Zoviet-France, The Cravats / Very Things / DCL Locomotive / Baby Men, Nick Cave, Blurt and Steeleye Span were my favourite ten groups when I was 17. I haven't listened to my Zoviet-France things in a while (and should), and haven't kept up with Nick Cave since "Let Love In", but other than Nick Cave, where I'm not sure what I feel about his work these days, I love all of them.

― Pangolino again, Monday, 31 January 2005 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Some groups / artists I listened to then that I don't much any more: Husker Du, The Sisters of Mercy, Dead Can Dance, Soft Boys, Peter Gabriel, Test Dept..

― Pangolino again, Monday, 31 January 2005 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, yeah - Spear of Destiny, also!

― Pangolino again, Monday, 31 January 2005 20:18 (twenty-one years ago)

When I got to texas to go to college, the world and my ears opened up.

I think this is sort've a universal truth. Once I got to college, I discovered the Velvet Underground, the Minutemen, the Stooges, King Crimson and the Cocteau Twins, among others.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 31 January 2005 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, yeah, but the difference between Anchorage and Austin ca. 1987 is probably wider than the gap most people dealt with. Or maybe it's not.

― Austin (Austin), Monday, 31 January 2005 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

They Might Be Giants, yes.

― martin m. (mushrush), Monday, 31 January 2005 22:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha, I had seperate epiphanies at ages 8 and 13 thanks to my older brothers!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 31 January 2005 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

The Cocteau Twins and yes? Pavement and yes? Either the Trash Can Sinatras or the Candyskins and not so much on the latter? I heard a lot of new things when I was 17; for the first time since I heard the Smiths I no longer had a "favorite."

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

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