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alchemi, the first band that comes to mind is Nirvana. I of course had interest in music as a child, and would consider myself a fan of Bach and Beethoven before Kurt Cobain. I also had my share of pop icon adoration, including Madonna, Michael Jackson, Cindi Lauper, Tears for Fears, Prince and the Revolution, etc. Before that, my older brother turned me onto Van Halen - if we're talking pop music "bands" that may technically be the first one I was a "fan" of. I worshipped the 1984 album. "Jump" was my favorite song when I was eight or nine. Oh! And I went to an Amy Grant concert when I was 12 - that was my first concert. (My mom is very God-loving and I was a Jesus-crazed kid, what with being home schooled and everything.)
But I got the Nevermind cassette when I was 15 (1991 - I think my brother's girlfriend Shaari gifted it to me - she was friendly with the band), and played it so much I wore it out and had to buy another one. (The only other cassette I ever did this to was the Labyrinth OST - so throw Bowie into the mix.) Nirvana reached me where no other music had, and pulled me into a new world. Helped me come of age, find myself, and I settled extremely comfortably into Grunge, what with my shy demeanor, my brother living in Seattle, partying with Soundgarden and shooting up with Alice in Chains (another favorite), and I in Portland, my propensity for baggy jeans... the flannel and black stompy boots and scraggly hair, too much coffee, angst and cigarettes came totally naturally for me.
Ten, Dirt, and Little Earthquakes were among the first CDs I ever purchased. (I didn't have a CD player until I was 17.)
Tori Amos soon followed, and I must add that my reaction to Head Like a Hole at age 14 was incredibly strong, tear-inducingly relieving, actually, to find music that resonated so beautifully with me, so technically I was a fan of NIN before falling in love with Nirvana. But I didn't buy any NIN albums until much later. (I was slightly goth/industrial before going totally grunge.)
In conclusion, I was a damn cute teenager in 1992.
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alchemi, the first band that comes to mind is Nirvana. I of course had interest in music as a child, and would consider myself a fan of Bach and Beethoven before Kurt Cobain. I also had my share of pop icon adoration, including Madonna, Michael Jackson, Cindi Lauper, Tears for Fears, Prince and the Revolution, etc. Before that, my older brother turned me onto Van Halen - if we're talking pop music "bands" that may technically be the first one I was a "fan" of. I worshipped the 1984 album. "Jump" was my favorite song when I was eight or nine. Oh! And I went to an Amy Grant concert when I was 12 - that was my first concert. (My mom is very God-loving and I was a Jesus-crazed kid, what with being home schooled and everything.)But I got the Nevermind cassette when I was 15 (1991 - I think my brother's girlfriend Shaari gifted it to me - she was friendly with the band), and played it so much I wore it out and had to buy another one. (The only other cassette I ever did this to was the Labyrinth OST - so throw Bowie into the mix.) Nirvana reached me where no other music had, and pulled me into a new world. Helped me come of age, find myself, and I settled extremely comfortably into Grunge, what with my shy demeanor, my brother living in Seattle, partying with Soundgarden and shooting up with Alice in Chains (another favorite), and I in Portland, my propensity for baggy jeans... the flannel and black stompy boots and scraggly hair, too much coffee, angst and cigarettes came totally naturally for me.
Ten, Dirt, and Little Earthquakes were among the first CDs I ever purchased. (I didn't have a CD player until I was 17.)
Tori Amos soon followed, and I must add that my reaction to Head Like a Hole at age 14 was incredibly strong, tear-inducingly relieving, actually, to find music that resonated so beautifully with me, so technically I was a fan of NIN before falling in love with Nirvana. But I didn't buy any NIN albums until much later. (I was slightly goth/industrial before going totally grunge.)
In conclusion, I was a damn cute teenager in 1992.
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Bach and Beethoven
Date: 2007-09-12 11:09 pm (UTC)Bach's music is... "deeper" than Beethoven's.
Re: Bach and Beethoven
Date: 2007-09-12 11:46 pm (UTC)NIN
Date: 2007-09-12 11:12 pm (UTC)Re: NIN
Date: 2007-09-12 11:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-13 01:03 am (UTC)The Labyrinth OST was the first album I bought myself.
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Date: 2007-09-13 11:24 am (UTC)Taking my loved up sefl to bed now, typning getting tricky.
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