Henri DèsI nicked this idea from another poster. I hope it catches on so I'm seen as one of the founders of a new trend, rather than as a plagiariser!
Age: 0-5 (1982-1987)
I was born in Belgium and went to a French-speaking school. My favourite artist was Henri Dès who sang funny children's songs in French. I think the first gig I ever went to was one of his and I remember it vaguely.
I also listened to a lot of what my parents did. I remember standing on chairs with my sisters with my ears against the speakers to Whitney Houston, Mike Oldfield, The Eurythmics and Dire Straits which were on the record player!
Age: 5-9 (1987-1991)
My family had moved to Barbados. I remember liking The Beach Boys a lot and my mum used to play the tape in the car. I also remember listening to a lot of local calypso and soca music.
Age: 9-11 (1991-1993)
My family had moved to Cameroon. This is when I actually sarted putting on CDs, tapes and records although I didn't have any of my own so my choice was constrained to my parents' music. My favourite album was "The Joshua Tree" by U2. I also got into The Beatles but only liked their early stuff and The Hollies!
I also spent the summer of '92 in Belgium and heard music outside of my parents' selection for the first time there through MTV. I liked R.E.M. and the first album I owned was "Out of Time" on tape. I also got more into U2 and expanded the album selection of my parents.
Age: 12 (1994)
Moved back to Belgium. Bought my first CD album(U2 "Zooropa".)
Age: 13 (1995)
Bought my first CD single (Faith No More "Digging the Grave")
Age: 12-15 (1994-1997)
Really liked Oasis I thought I was so cool that I bought "Definitely Maybe" before everyone got into them by their second album, although looking back "Definitely Maybe" was quite big! I stopped liking them suddenly: the day I bought "Be Hear Now" in 1997 and have never really listened to any of their stuff since! At this time I also got into The Verve and "A Northern Soul" soon became my new favourite album over "Definietely Maybe".
Age: 15-18 (1997-2001)
Metallica. Majorly into them. I was great for letting out all the angst and stresses of teenaged life. I took my metal taste as heavy as Slayer and Sepultura, but never really got into any underground weird metal. I was also into Silverchair, before I was into proper grunge bands a bit later on.
Age: 17-21 (1997-2003)
Alice in Chains Got into them due to angst of teenaged life and felt Layne Staley expressed feelings of angst and depression quite well. When I got older I liked the acoustic stuff more. Around this time I was also into other grunge bands: Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and The Smashing Pumpkins.
Age: 21 (2003)
I lived on my own for a summer and really got into Blind Melon especially "Soup" which was a major mellowing down of my taste but still depressing which almost makes it more depressing. I was really liking depressing music. I also got into Joy Division and these two bands were the first bands to affect me emotionally in a big way beyond just helping me let out stress!
In 2003, I also stopped being embarrassed to like some music my Dad had and got into Bob Dylan, The Byrds, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Leonard Cohen, Suzanne Vega, Neil Young and Rory Gallagher.
Age: 22 (2004)
I got broadband internet and this allowed me to expand my taste a lot! I first got into the most "normal" kind of indie music: Interpol nicely followed on from Joy Division and was a fave of mine. Others I liked were Elliott Smith (but just the first three albums and that is still the case) Death Cab for Cutie, The Stills, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, Built to Spill, Cat Power, The Afghan Whigs, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Sufjan Stevens and Broken Social Scene.
Age: 22-present (2005-2006)
I got into Explosions in the Sky in about January last year. I played their stuff on repeat for a month when I just got audioscrobbler, and that skewed my stats to be by far the most popular. They are still miles ahead. I think that says it all. I saw them in concert twice and I also saw Mono. Explosions in the Sky was so beautiful I tried to get that feeling from other bands so try downloading a lot of similar ones. I like a lot of them, but it is the post-rock in a much more mellow, minimalist form that affects me most, maybe a little spiritually:Talk Talk. I carry on listening to indie, but it gets weirder as I've now listened to all the main bands. This means I don't like a lot of the stuff I listen to now, but am still willing to try it. I download a few albums from new bands to me a week. 2006 finds I like so far are God Is an Astronaut, Castanets, Devendra Banhart, Manitoba, Akron/Family, The Books and Frog Eyes. Hmmm, I'm seeing a trend: maybe 2006 will be the year of contemporary folk for me. Getting old? Scary. I'm gonna blast some Sepultura now in an attempt to rekindle my youth!
Age: 0-5 (1982-1987)
I was born in Belgium and went to a French-speaking school. My favourite artist was Henri Dès who sang funny children's songs in French. I think the first gig I ever went to was one of his and I remember it vaguely.
I also listened to a lot of what my parents did. I remember standing on chairs with my sisters with my ears against the speakers to Whitney Houston, Mike Oldfield, The Eurythmics and Dire Straits which were on the record player!
Age: 5-9 (1987-1991)
My family had moved to Barbados. I remember liking The Beach Boys a lot and my mum used to play the tape in the car. I also remember listening to a lot of local calypso and soca music.
Age: 9-11 (1991-1993)
My family had moved to Cameroon. This is when I actually sarted putting on CDs, tapes and records although I didn't have any of my own so my choice was constrained to my parents' music. My favourite album was "The Joshua Tree" by U2. I also got into The Beatles but only liked their early stuff and The Hollies!
I also spent the summer of '92 in Belgium and heard music outside of my parents' selection for the first time there through MTV. I liked R.E.M. and the first album I owned was "Out of Time" on tape. I also got more into U2 and expanded the album selection of my parents.
Age: 12 (1994)
Moved back to Belgium. Bought my first CD album(U2 "Zooropa".)
Age: 13 (1995)
Bought my first CD single (Faith No More "Digging the Grave")
Age: 12-15 (1994-1997)
Really liked Oasis I thought I was so cool that I bought "Definitely Maybe" before everyone got into them by their second album, although looking back "Definitely Maybe" was quite big! I stopped liking them suddenly: the day I bought "Be Hear Now" in 1997 and have never really listened to any of their stuff since! At this time I also got into The Verve and "A Northern Soul" soon became my new favourite album over "Definietely Maybe".
Age: 15-18 (1997-2001)
Metallica. Majorly into them. I was great for letting out all the angst and stresses of teenaged life. I took my metal taste as heavy as Slayer and Sepultura, but never really got into any underground weird metal. I was also into Silverchair, before I was into proper grunge bands a bit later on.
Age: 17-21 (1997-2003)
Alice in Chains Got into them due to angst of teenaged life and felt Layne Staley expressed feelings of angst and depression quite well. When I got older I liked the acoustic stuff more. Around this time I was also into other grunge bands: Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and The Smashing Pumpkins.
Age: 21 (2003)
I lived on my own for a summer and really got into Blind Melon especially "Soup" which was a major mellowing down of my taste but still depressing which almost makes it more depressing. I was really liking depressing music. I also got into Joy Division and these two bands were the first bands to affect me emotionally in a big way beyond just helping me let out stress!
In 2003, I also stopped being embarrassed to like some music my Dad had and got into Bob Dylan, The Byrds, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Leonard Cohen, Suzanne Vega, Neil Young and Rory Gallagher.
Age: 22 (2004)
I got broadband internet and this allowed me to expand my taste a lot! I first got into the most "normal" kind of indie music: Interpol nicely followed on from Joy Division and was a fave of mine. Others I liked were Elliott Smith (but just the first three albums and that is still the case) Death Cab for Cutie, The Stills, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, Built to Spill, Cat Power, The Afghan Whigs, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Sufjan Stevens and Broken Social Scene.
Age: 22-present (2005-2006)
I got into Explosions in the Sky in about January last year. I played their stuff on repeat for a month when I just got audioscrobbler, and that skewed my stats to be by far the most popular. They are still miles ahead. I think that says it all. I saw them in concert twice and I also saw Mono. Explosions in the Sky was so beautiful I tried to get that feeling from other bands so try downloading a lot of similar ones. I like a lot of them, but it is the post-rock in a much more mellow, minimalist form that affects me most, maybe a little spiritually:Talk Talk. I carry on listening to indie, but it gets weirder as I've now listened to all the main bands. This means I don't like a lot of the stuff I listen to now, but am still willing to try it. I download a few albums from new bands to me a week. 2006 finds I like so far are God Is an Astronaut, Castanets, Devendra Banhart, Manitoba, Akron/Family, The Books and Frog Eyes. Hmmm, I'm seeing a trend: maybe 2006 will be the year of contemporary folk for me. Getting old? Scary. I'm gonna blast some Sepultura now in an attempt to rekindle my youth!
