Your First Rock/Metal Album?

Malice

As the title says, what what your first Rock/Metal album? Did anyone get something terrible that's buried at the back of a CD drawer, never to see the light of day ? Did anyone pick up an album that basically defined their musical preferences?

My first album was Use Your Illusion 1 on tape from Zhivagos in Eyre Square in Galway in 1991. I had gotten a present of a bright red walkman and had nothing to play on it. I hadn't really developed any musical preferences back then (I was 12) so I wandered into the shop to be confronted with a bewildering array of brightly-coloured album covers. Guns N' Roses had been featured in the Sunday Times magazine recently (they were in the middle of their world tour at the time) and so I picked up the first one of their albums that I came across without really knowing what to expect.

When I got home and listened to it, the first couple of bars of Right Next Door to Hell (which isn't even a particularly memorable song) ensured I was hooked. I should count myself fortunate that I didn't pick up something cringeworthy like New Kids on The Block or some of the other acts that were topping the charts at the time.

So, what about the rest of you?

christophicus

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory was the first album I ever baught. I know many of you will cringe, but to this day I actually still like it.

KerranJast

Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory. Got it and a CD player with my Confirmation money. Not a bad start looking back.

Malice

christophicus wrote: »

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory was the first album I ever baught. I know many of you will cringe, but to this day I actually still like it.

Well it probably is their best album. I freely admit I like it too. I don't care if it's not cool any more :P.

Nea

Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet in 1987 bought on tape. I remember it cost £8.49.
It was followed up by Def Leppard's Hysteria and GNR's Appetite.

Havent listened to it in years. Must dig out my tapes.

...........sneaks off to listen to Never Say Goodbye on You Tube

damianco72

def leppard "hysteria"

Serenity Now!

Feck, I feel old...

Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Karl Hungus

My first album was Queen - Live at Wembley 1986.

partyguinness

My first rock album was Roots by...christ I cant remember their name...Sepultura I think..this Brazilian metal band..I was about 17..relatively old...

I was into Hip Hop and Rap at the start...first album was House of Pain- Jump Around and Cypress Hill- Black Sunday (which was the better one)

Most defining album was Ice Cube- The Predator- brilliant

Defining Rock album- Black Sabbath- Master of Reality

endasmail

first one i bought myself was motley crew "dr.feelgood" sound shop drogheda 10 pound i think,still have it ,still good

here.from.day.1

First rock cd that I bought myself would probably be.. Ash - Free All Angels.

professorpete

Nea wrote: »

Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet in 1987 bought on tape. I remember it cost £8.49.
It was followed up by Def Leppard's Hysteria and GNR's Appetite.

Havent listened to it in years. Must dig out my tapes.

...........sneaks off to listen to Never Say Goodbye on You Tube

Sweet that's old school baby!!

My first was Iron Maiden - Live After Death, the Powerslave tour if I'm not mistaken, I went away from them for a long time but I rediscovered them while away in Bolivia, they had every cd you can imagine going for cheap (like the equivalent of 10c I think!) so I got all the stuff I used to have and had a right nostalgic time!!

John

Just after Freddie Mercury died I got Queen's second greatest hits album. It wasn't my first album but definitely my first rock album.

X-Calibre

The first heavy album I bought was Limp Bizkit - Chocoalte Starfish.... Got me into my wannabe rocker phase.

DeadSkin

I was actually thinking about this the last day .

'Reign in Blood' was the first one I bought, way way back, probably 1989/1990. I was 15 or 16. Got it on tape[still do somewhere].
First time I played it was in my grandmother's house, she had this cool tape/vinyl player that was like a cabinet/coffee table type thing.
That album scared the sh1t outta me, the hairs on the back of my neck stood out, I just kept playing it over and over.

Heh, the first vinyl album I bought was Dr.Feelgood, I remember I loved the cover.

First rock/metal albums I [ahem]'acquired' in the 80's were G'n'R's 'Appetite for Destruction' and Judas Priest's 'Ram it Down', and then moved onto RIB and Dr.Feelgood.
Weirdo!!!!! :pac:

damonjewel

First rock album was Tonic for the troops Boomtown rats, first metal album was For those about to rock AC/DC I think. First single was another brick in the wall - Pink Floyd

yknaa

A hand-me-down 'Bad Reputation' Lizzy. Could have been a lot worse!

mike65

Heavy Rock - Led Zep, In Through The Out Door 1979
Light Rock - Police, Regatta de Blanc. 1979

Old School rock 'n Roll - Chuck Berry motorvatin 1977

lord lucan

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL by METALLICA in 1989. a friend at school taped a copy for me after i heard "dyers eve". that was when i left pop behind and turned to the dark side.:D

Malice

damonjewel wrote: »

First single was another brick in the wall - Pink Floyd

We could have a whole other thread devoted to singles . My first and so far only single was Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve. I liked the song but didn't know much about the band. I picked up Northern Soul not long afterwards and I'm glad I did!

Rockee

lord lucan wrote: »

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL by METALLICA in 1989. a friend at school taped a copy for me after i heard "dyers eve". that was when i left pop behind and turned to the dark side.:D

Its like when yer man Jim Bruer was saying at the Metallica MTV Icon show, 'People who like Metallica dont just say Metallica they say METALLICA!!!!!'

First one bought for me was Nirvana Unplugged in New York, first one I bought myself was RIDE THE LIGHTNING by METALLICA. :P

qdor2

dare I do it? dare I admit that it was Europe - The final Countdown... better not, I'd never live it down!!!

AlanOB

qdor2 wrote: »

dare I do it? dare I admit that it was Europe - The final Countdown... better not, I'd never live it down!!!

Fantastic album and you know it! Never be ashamed of your roots. Carrie is an all time classic metal ballad.

First album for me was Blizzard of Ozz by Ozzy Osbourne (obviously).

First prog metal album was Dream Theater - When Dream And Day Unite.

And from there I moved on to proper prog. First album there was Yes - Close To The Edge.

adox

First album I ever bought was Boomtown Rats first self titled album!

The first cd I bought was Under Lock And Key by Dokken which I already had on vinyl.

big b

First album I bought with my milk-round money - Bowie's Hunky Dory


First rock album was Led Zep 2. Dark Side of the Moon by Floyd & Foxtrot by Genesis were in my first half-dozen too.

'Twas an enlightened childhood :pac:

jim o doom

First tape was a Ripped off Motorhead compilation (I lived in Bahrain for a good few years as a munchkin) & first CD was use your illusion 2.. good times!

Micil

my brother had a copy of a Black Sabbath compilation album. The first side only had Ozzy songs and we never listened to the 2nd side.
I forget the name of the album but it was life-changing.

GavRedKing

my 1st album was ....and justice for all.

I had heard a buddy play blackened and really liked it so had to buy it ( he wasnt the lending type) :rolleyes:

Undergod

Hybrid Theory, I'm afraid.

nyarlothothep

radiohead, the bends, if that counts as rock, if not then led zep 4.

zenmonk

Black Sabbath - Technical ecstacy 1986 rubbish album

Patricide

I got Nevermind by Nirvana and Master Of Puppets by Metallica off my cousin, a great way to start....he later gave me my first amp aswell. Too bad the rest of my relations arent as cool .

rainbow kirby

I got Bon Jovi's greatest hits album, Crossroad, when I was 11 years old. Got Nirvana Unplugged in New York shortly afterwards. However, I didn't really call myself a rock/metal fan until I was about 15-16ish, at which point I was mostly listening to Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

peter1892

'Hysteria' by Def Leppard for me, 1987. Followed that with Maiden's 'Number of the Beast' & 'Killers'.

Although the first album I got was actually Springsteen's 'Born in the USA' a couple of years earlier.

Sarky

After listening to a lot of cassettes from siblings, I bit the bullet with AC/DC's Back In Black, and never have I looked back.

lord lucan

qdor2 wrote: »

dare I do it? dare I admit that it was Europe - The final Countdown... better not, I'd never live it down!!!

nothing wrong with that,my first rock gig was bon jovi in 1990 and i thought they were great:eek:

boycey

My first was Helloween- 'Keeper of the seven keys'. Thats a long time ago. The second and third were improvements- an Overkill album followed by a DRI one, I cant for the life of me remember the names of 'em though!

galwayrush

If You Want Blood---AC\DC

Shryke

The Razors Edge, AC/DC.

Sabre0001

Like some others here, Hybrid Theory...But I'm quite happy to say that I would still listen to it and am waiting for them to release another on par or close to it.

Mental Mickey

qdor2 wrote: »

dare I do it? dare I admit that it was Europe - The final Countdown... better not, I'd never live it down!!!

That was my first too!!!! Well, my first "rock" or "metal" album. Then I discovered bands like Slayer and Metallica. I bought RIB on cassette, along with MOP by Metallica, and the riff to The Thing That Should Not Be frightened the bejaysus outta me the first time I heard it(I was 12)!

GhostInTheRuins

galwayrush wrote: »

If You Want Blood---AC\DC

Same as myself.

I think it was the cover that lured me to it to be perfectly honest

Töpher

Think it was Smashing Pumpkins - Gish, on tape.

ec18

Rory Gallagher Deuce

djScarey

A friend's uncle used to cool us teenagers up with his Rolling Stones, Velvet Underground, MC5, Taste and Vanilla Fudge record collection. Then one day, he played Black Sabbath Vol 4 and I just had to have it for Xmas. Amazingly, metal has got increasingly better since then, though it also limp;)ed a few times.

rednik

Jailbreak : Thin Lizzy on good old vinyl. Bought in the dandelion market. Went there every Saturday to buy albums after that, most of them are now covered in dust in the attic.

ShawnRaven

Queen - Jazz, was given to me on tape when I was five years old in 1981!

I win, you may now lock this thread!

adamb92

The self entitled Metallica album

Bearhunter

First was Horslips's Man Who Built America, a brilliant album. Then the double album pairing of Richie Blackmore's Rainbow and Rainbow Rising. Beautiful stuff and I still haul it out every now and then. After that it would have been Back in Black and Saxon's The Eagle Has Landed. God help me.

dasdog

Iron Maiden - Killers, bought it on vinyl for £4.99 when I was 11 or 12. I must have had confirmation money or something. First album I ever heard was DP's 24 Carat Purple when I was 6 or 7 (I had a lot of older cousins) which just amazed me. First album that was ever bought for me was an Elvis compilation the songs of which are still imprinted on my brain....as is Killers and the first Maiden album.

c - 13

Think i'm another one following the Hybrid Theory line. Was the first album I heard that but me on the Rock/Metal train, got it off a friend (I was in a bit of a hip-hop groove at the time).

Think the first one I actually bought shortly after that was Metallica's Black Album.