songs/bands that shaped your music taste

[RedStratocas]

i think that makes sense. you know how you can trace your music taste back to a song that completely changed it. Like, if it wasn't for this song/artist you might be listening to completely different music? what are yours?

okay, i discovered alternative rock when i was 11 when i heard jimmy eat world. "bleed american" is probably one of the most important albums in my music taste history. after that i just looked up bands like them and stuff like that. i got into harder stuff when i was 13 like nirvana and chevelle and all these stereotypical alternative bands. then when i was 14, modest mouse made me discover music all over again. i heard "ocean breathes salty" and thought it was one of the strangest songs ever, but i loved it. i had never heard of indie, i had no idea what it even was. i listened to the album "good news for people who love bad news" for the longest time, thinking they were one of a kind. but since then, i've discovered even more interesting bands with weird sounds. now i'm a complete indie kid and i doubt that'll change any time soon.

[jesus]

children of bodom and kanye west

coz after cob i got into loads of metal music

and after kanye west i got into rap n hip hop n stuff

[Niall!]

I grew up listening to IM BLUE DABEDEDABEDA

But then I discovered rock ;)

I think Kid Rock is the artist that shaped me into rockish music.

[drama]

JME - Serious, started listening to UK Hip-Hop/grime again.

cos i liked it before then i was liek; OMG YEH MCR.

[samsaBEAR]

linkin park - in the end
without that song, and as a whole, that band, i doubt i would've started listening to rock music as early as i did. i probably would've just gotten into it.

[WarezKid]

Linkin park crawing

Best song ever!

[Neversoft]

Bands that shaped my music taste would have to be... Queen, GNR, Maiden, Apocalyptica, Enya, Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel.

[FlyingJesus]

Well ever since I was old enough to be out of my mother's sight my next door neighbour who was in her 20s at the time would take me to sit with her in her car and just listen to Bon Jovi, so the Slippery When Wet album is basically the root of everything for me. Growing up the Bon Jovi mixtapes she made me and a Savage Garden one that my mum had were pretty much all I listened to, but also the early Now! CDs in the 90s. Up through primary and middle school that was pretty much it for me other than radio tunes, until I discovered Something Corporate and Get Up Kids around 2000.

Got to high school, got into Audioslave and (quite massively) Black Sabbath, as well as some other grunge and heavy rock bands. Became a big fan of the Misfits and still am, then around the age of 14 I got into rap through ICP (not much of a good reputation I know but I liked it :P) and later Tupac, Bone Thugs etc., but still mostly listened to rock or punk.

Having got to college, I was bombarded with, and quite bemused by, indie music which I see personally as extremely boring and samey, and was saved by a friend with his vast volumes of rap CDs, and that's what I mostly listen to now, but still all of the above too - nothing gets away from me :P Been quite a journey

[Grindie]

Well i've been threw quite a few stages in my musical life..

Up until about 12 or so, I was just the convential kid that listened to the standard pop/hip hop tracks and whatever the hype song was at the moment. But then when I got to 13, I got into the whole 'nu-metal' scene with a few mates, inlcluding the whole Linkin Park thing, and some other mainstream metal bands at that time.

However when I was about 14 I think, I went into my local virgin megastores and went to buy the first Razorlight album that was out, but to get a good deal (I think it was 2 for £15 or something like that) I went to buy THE LIBERTINES second album for no particular reason at that time. When I got home I could not believe how amazing The Libertines were, it was like all I ever needed.. quirky lyrics, great melodies, two iconic rock n roll stars.

So from then on and still now I listen to The Libertines and bands like that, and the only other band I sort of kept from my past was linkin park. When I got to 16 though, I started broadening my horizons. Going to a school in east london I got the feel for grime music and also going to a grime rave i realised that I get the same sort of hype from a normal gig as I do listening to grime music. And also at this time i'm going out more, and because they don't exactly play indie music on the dancefloor I started getting into some more 'new-rave- bands.. Hadouken!, Late of The Pier etc etc, but also funky house music which they always play at the clubs

I also have a taste for 'pop-punk' atm, generally because it's a local scene thats kicking off in my area, although most of the bands only really have one major good song..

But yeah The Libertines = Favourite Band ever, Enter Shikari = Best Live band i've seen, Late of the Pier = Most band seen live [7 times] and Gallows/Pendulum = most band i'd like to see live

THE END :)

[PaulMacC]

Nickelback, when I was 8 and heard the song "How You Remind Me" I loved rock and started getting into bands like Nickelback, Saliva, Blink-182 most punk/rock/grundge bands and still do t'day

[Dopamine]

linkin park - in the end
without that song, and as a whole, that band, i doubt i would've started listening to rock music as early as i did. i probably would've just gotten into it.

lmao same!

my best mate was in love with Linkin Park, back in like 2002. i never listened to music then but always played Linkin Park songs when I was round his house. I've just stuck with rock since then.

[samsaBEAR]

Well i've been threw quite a few stages in my musical life..

Up until about 12 or so, I was just the convential kid that listened to the standard pop/hip hop tracks and whatever the hype song was at the moment. But then when I got to 13, I got into the whole 'nu-metal' scene with a few mates, inlcluding the whole Linkin Park thing, and some other mainstream metal bands at that time.

However when I was about 14 I think, I went into my local virgin megastores and went to buy the first Razorlight album that was out, but to get a good deal (I think it was 2 for £15 or something like that) I went to buy THE LIBERTINES second album for no particular reason at that time. When I got home I could not believe how amazing The Libertines were, it was like all I ever needed.. quirky lyrics, great melodies, two iconic rock n roll stars.

So from then on and still now I listen to The Libertines and bands like that, and the only other band I sort of kept from my past was linkin park. When I got to 16 though, I started broadening my horizons. Going to a school in east london I got the feel for grime music and also going to a grime rave i realised that I get the same sort of hype from a normal gig as I do listening to grime music. And also at this time i'm going out more, and because they don't exactly play indie music on the dancefloor I started getting into some more 'new-rave- bands.. Hadouken!, Late of The Pier etc etc, but also funky house music which they always play at the clubs

I also have a taste for 'pop-punk' atm, generally because it's a local scene thats kicking off in my area, although most of the bands only really have one major good song..

But yeah The Libertines = Favourite Band ever, Enter Shikari = Best Live band i've seen, Late of the Pier = Most band seen live [7 times] and Gallows/Pendulum = most band i'd like to see live

THE END :)
gallows are amazing live, you should try and get to see them, its worth it

[Grindie]

i think i might get tickets for the astoria date, do you think i might get battered though?

[samsaBEAR]

i saw them at taste of chaos, and i was probably the second row outside the pit. so i only had a couple of people in front of me to protect me.
try and get behind someone. most people are only there to keep people going, and if they get knocked you dont get the worst of it.
if you fall over, people will pick you back up, frank'll make sure of it. he's all for having fun, but making sure everyone is safe.

[velvet]

gallows are amazing live, you should try and get to see them, its worth it

Agreed, I saw them on tour with As I Lay Dying, they were mental.

And I always liked 50s & 60s Rock and Roll, I was brought up listening to Chuck Berry, The Hollies etc.
Then when I was about 8 my mom got me tickets to a Bonjovi Concert (Bounce Tour, Hyde Park) and I loved Bon Jovi every since then.
That made me aware of slightly more 'modern' rock and I started listening to bands like Blink-182 who were my favourite band for several years, and are to some extent still today.
Then I started listening to more acoustic music, like Manchester Orchestra, Bright Eyes, The Spill Canvas, Brand new etc.
And then I met my current boyfriend nearly a year ago now who decided to put loads of metal music on my computer, so that got me into that.
And now I just listen to everything really, but mostly Metal & Acoustic. (:

[Jazza]

I think the most influential song on me was Cradel of the Forest by Joe Romersa, it got me out of Pop and into harder music which lead to Metal and Industrial.

[Breakfloor]

nickelback then blink 182 then red hot chilli pepers.

then kanye west 50 cent and now T pain and any song which chris brown brings out. i was like **** because t-pain and chris brown brought one out together ;D

[benjamin]

nickelback and busted

hahaha good times :')

[shiver]

inxs, blondie and squeeze are the bands i grew up around, so i started to like rock music when i was younger. after that, i discovered the music channels and fell in love with destiny's child and britney spears, launching my love for POP MUSIC. i stole my sister's "baby one more time" album when i was young and never stopped playing it :D i was then lured back into the rock music scene by my auntie, with bands like maroon 5, foo fighters and green day, and the 2 combined and they're my favourite genres, and maroon 5 and britney spears being my favourite artists.

[kooldude23]

Back when I was wee, maybe 5-11 I used to love The Spice Girls, Sophie Elles Bexter (or what ever her name is). On my 12th birthday i went out and bought 2 Blink 1-8-2 albums (The album covers still rock), never before hearing a song. I was in my room for like 3 days straight listening to them. Eminem also rocked at this time. From blink i went to Slipknot, Staind, InMe (I still love them to date), Limp Bizkit, Nickelback and Linkin Park. The Stained ft. Fred Durst song 'Outside' changed my life.

When I was about 14, with help from the internet, I found my love for unsigned bands like The Mascara Story/Save ourselves/Rescue the astronaughts. Daveit Ferris, lead singer/songwriter from TMS and RTA was a major influence to me, introducing me to bands like Incubus. Weird Al hould also get a mention.

At 15 I started to like really dark metal/zombie metal like Send More Paramedics, Parkway Drive, Hatebreed, Suicide Silence etc. I also as introduced to Alexisonfire, Underoath, Bowling for soup and Fightstar. I also fell in love with City & Colour/The Scene Aesthetic which introduced me to some mainstream indie like The Kooks.

At 16 till present day I still like all of the above as well as 2pac/JMJ/RunDMC/Plan B/Dizzee Rascal/Akon. I guess I started to listen to this stuff become my cousin became a grime artist (H.U.F clothing line out this month =D). My friend at college played me some Sikth and whoa, mindblowing stuff.

All the bands mentioned gave me a shiver in my spine when i first heard them. I think thats about it.

[Abzii]

I used to listen rave.. Like DJ Rankin, DJ Cammy and stuff, now I hate it and I LOVE metal, rock, punk, etc..
My friend got me into it with just 1 song :)
Trivium - Gunshot to head of trep

[Ezzie.]

A few songs..
Rolling Stones- Angie
Led Zeppelin- Stairway To Heaven..just..a complete masterpiece..
Eva Cassidy- Fields Of Gold- The song.. is just heartbreaking to me due to my dad and such..but it bought me into alot more blues.
Queen-Bohemian rhapsody- nuff said?

[-:Undertaker:-]

First song that got me into all the rock/emo etc was Cemetery Drive by MCR :)

[Smits]

A very nice girl introduced me to Blink 182 and it went from there.

[Hayd93]

Liked the prodigy loads after tehre firestarter went onto others by prodigy then came to voodoo people and heared the pendulum remix then went on to pendulum too and from there heared loads more drum and bass like high contrast.Also the song twilights gleaming by them

[Super-Sofia-27]

Im Kinda Embarrased To Say That The Song That Got Me Into Rock Was ... Welcome To The Black Parade By MCR :( ... But Now I Listen To Foo Fighters, The Killers, Madina Lake, Enter Shakari And THE LOST PROPHETS :D YEAHH ... They Won Best British Rock Band In The Kerrang Awards! (The Best WELSH Rock Band! :D YAYYY WALESS!)

[Janet Snakehole]

Hadouken!
Kaiser Chiefs
and The Dykeenies.
:]

[Jõnathan]

Im Kinda Embarrased To Say That The Song That Got Me Into Rock Was ... Welcome To The Black Parade By MCR :( ... But Now I Listen To Foo Fighters, The Killers, Madina Lake, Enter Shakari And THE LOST PROPHETS :D YEAHH ... They Won Best British Rock Band In The Kerrang Awards! (The Best WELSH Rock Band! :D YAYYY WALESS!)
Don't Type Like This It Makes You Look Stupid And You Can't Even Spell Lostprophets Correctly

Anyway...
err... I don't really know - probably blur or r.e.m.

[Super-Sofia-27]

Don't Type Like This It Makes You Look Stupid And You Can't Even Spell Lostprophets Correctly

Anyway...
err... I don't really know - probably blur or r.e.m.

I Cant Help It! Its Just The Way I Type .....

[Jõnathan]

I Cant Help It! Its Just The Way I Type .....
Well stop it.
Do you type like that at school?

[samsaBEAR]

Im Kinda Embarrased To Say That The Song That Got Me Into Rock Was ... Welcome To The Black Parade By MCR :( ... But Now I Listen To Foo Fighters, The Killers, Madina Lake, Enter Shakari And THE LOST PROPHETS :D YEAHH ... They Won Best British Rock Band In The Kerrang Awards! (The Best WELSH Rock Band! :D YAYYY WALESS!)
the blackout should've won if they were nominated. they pwn lostprophets.

[JFolan]

Indie/Rock/R&B/Dance

strange pick innit :D

[Geraint]

I think the Killers did it for me.

[samsaBEAR]

o, and the new rave part of my music taste was probably kicked of by seeing hadouken!'s 'that boy that girl' on video on mtv2. i then wanted to listen to more of hadouken!, and more electronic-y music, like klaxons, simian mobile disco etc etc

[Jõnathan]

o, and the new rave part of my music taste was probably kicked of by seeing hadouken!'s 'that boy that girl' on video on mtv2. i then wanted to listen to more of hadouken!, and more electronic-y music, like klaxons, simian mobile disco etc etc
it was klaxons for me, although I had heard the Justice vs Simian mix of Never Be Alone again way before klaxons.