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What Music Did You Like Listening To As A Teenager?

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I was looking through some old tapes and cds over the weekend most of bands I used to listen to when I was a teenager such as the Detroid Spinners, The Whispers and Taveres. These were mostly out in the 70s early 80s. So what was your favourite type of music growing up?

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Summer wind

Deleted User wrote: »

You've just made Dave Gahan cry...

But but variety is the spice of life. Plus I'm a bit weird when it comes to music:)

Arghus

Anything that featured in the pages of Kerrang or Metal Hammer.

Grandeeod

Deleted User wrote: »

You've just made Dave Gahan cry...

He wouldn't have given a ****. I got my work experience on the Devotional Tour. Dave was a troubled soul, but dedicated to a world where we all listened to music that meant something to you in any way it could.

Burzum

Found a Burzum/Mayhem mixed tape at the age of 10/11 in the bottom of a bag of tapes that my father had gotten at a market or sum such.

18 years later still listening to it and still have the tape

Rothko

Nirvana
Foo Fighters
Eminem
Sex Pistols
Ramones
Guns N Roses
Green Day
Pixies
The Doors
Metallica
Pink Floyd
Thin Lizzy
Radiohead
N.W.A.
Public Enemy

Still listen to some of it but I've branched out and listen to a lot more genres now.

Conall Cernach

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

At 14-17 my schoolbag (bought in Army Bargains of course) had Twister Sister, Ozzy, Sonic Youth, Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer, WASP, Metallica, etc etc written all over it. I was obsessed with heavy rock to trash metal. Buying tapes was an expensive business but used to record songs off the old Sound Cellar radio show (I think that's what it was called). Was lucky enough to see quite a few of the above out in the Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire in the mid to late 80's. Good times.

I saw WASP in the Top Hat in 1989. It was my first proper gig and I was right up the front against the railings.

Grandeeod

We shot in Spain, France and Germany. I was a trainee camera operator at the tender age of 21! On a short tour with one great band from my teen years. I remember this one fondly. Mr Gahan was off his rocker!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlnOANljtEU

h7nlrp2v0g5u48

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

That was either AC/DC's Big Balls or Accept's Balls To The Wall I'd say.

Both class tunes.

Maiden play the 3Arena in five weeks time by the way. Dust off that sleeveless denim with the backpatch of Eddie on the back :P

Your right it was AC/DCs The Number Of The Beast was Iron Maiden.

h7nlrp2v0g5u48

Suas11 wrote: »

Nirvana
Foo Fighters
Eminem
Sex Pistols
Ramones
Guns N Roses
Green Day
Pixies
The Doors
Metallica
Pink Floyd
Thin Lizzy
Radiohead
N.W.A.
Public Enemy

Still listen to some of it but I've branched out and listen to a lot more genres now.

For me it was Thin Lizzy, Metallica, and Guns N Roses. You don't really hear these anymore. It seems to be all 80s pop.

Mr.Wemmick

Erik Shin wrote: »

Pearl Jam are my all-time faves... Was just out of my teens when they released Ten... But going to see Eddie Vedder in Cork happy buachail

His voice just blew me away.. Black from Ten, magical! Me a female: he was so bloody gorgeous too. Lucky you, indeed!

Forgot to mention Kate Bush.. hounds of love album is amazing. Morning Fog, dream of sheep I still listen to from time to time. Cloud Busting - class!

Smashing Pumpkins 1979 is another favorite song.

rainbowdrop

Andrewf20 wrote: »

All that German rave stuff - marusha, rmb, ravers nature, Mark oh, meteor 7, westbam, blumchen, das modul, shahin & simon, u96, alien factory, trancemotion 2 etc.

Also some of the x mix stuff on MTV party zone back in the 1990s as well as the thunderdome gabber and the British & Scottish happy hardcore.

Tastes have moved on but i still dabble with the old stuff above from time to time.

I remember hearing Westbam- Celebration Generation while on a sleepover at my friends house, cos they had mtv (think it might have been the party zone actually) when I was about 12/13 and thinking wtf is that? I had never heard anything like it. It set me on a road of loving dance/rave/hardcore, and I still love tunes to this day, although like you, my tastes have matyred.

Used to record tapes of stuff like Diztruxshon, Fantazia, Dreamscape, Helter Skelter and had rave flyers absolutely covering my bedroom walls.

Probably my favourite band then was The Prodigy, and I listened to a lot of britpop stuff as well: Oasis, Blur, Cast, Shed Seven, Ocean Colour Scene.

Used to get an eighth (of hash) between a load of us and listen to Pink Floyd, The Doors and later Beatles music, thinking we were the coolest people in the world lol

Jayop

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I remember hearing Westbam- Celebration Generation while on a sleepover at my friends house, cos they had mtv (think it might have been the party zone actually) when I was about 12/13 and thinking wtf is that? I had never heard anything like it. It set me on a road of loving dance/rave/hardcore, and I still love tunes to this day, although like you, my tastes have matyred.

Used to record tapes of stuff like Diztruxshon, Fantazia, Dreamscape, Helter Skelter and had rave flyers absolutely covering my bedroom walls.

Probably my favourite band then was The Prodigy, and I listened to a lot of britpop stuff as well: Oasis, Blur, Cast, Shed Seven, Ocean Colour Scene.

Used to get an eighth (of hash) between a load of us and listen to Pink Floyd, The Doors and later Beatles music, thinking we were the coolest people in the world lol

Was wondering how long before they got a mention. The first band I seen live. Still love their hits.

Erik Shin

Jayop wrote: »

Was wondering how long before they got a mention. The first band I seen live. Still love their hits.

Should have been bigger, but genuinely believe that Fowler's coming out harmed their appeal... Shameful really

Jayop

Erik Shin wrote: »

Should have been bigger, but genuinely believe that Fowler's coming out harmed their appeal... Shameful really

I was never aware that one of them had come out, let alone attributed that as a reason why they wouldn't have been bigger. Mad to think that that could be the case now, but even back 20 years ago things like this were a big deal. Look at the shameful way the tabloids went for George Michael, and continue to do so in the case of the scummy Sun after his death.

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My favourite band is E.L.O the Electric Light Orchestra. They brought out some great tunes like Mr. Blue Sky, I'm Alive and Don't Bring Me Down to name but a few. Again the only song I hear on the radio is Mr. Blue Sky even on 4fm. I can't understand why there isn't more music like most of the songs and bands mentioned here. Especially outside the major cities. There was some great bands out in the 70s and 80s outside of the major pop bands and it would be great to here them again.

Salmon Leap

I was 16 in late '82. Hated all the new romantic sh1te. Was probably listening to Thin Lizzy, U2, Joy Division, The Clash The Jam among others

HalloweenJack

Between the ages of 13 and 16, I pretty much only listened to rap music. After that, I expanded into soul and dance and by 18, I'd swung into rock.

Outlaw Pete

If any Miley Cyrus fans are reading this. She ripped off Accept!! :mad: (4m22s).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_3TlrZLpQ0

rainbowdrop

Jayop wrote: »

Was wondering how long before they got a mention. The first band I seen live. Still love their hits.

They were playing in the town I grew up in in the UK, and I couldn't get the night off work to go see them (collecting glasses in a pub). Was gutted, until they walked into the pub for a pint before they headed off to play the gig. I was delighted!! Didn't have the guts to go talk to them, but they seemed really nice and down to earth!

I finally got to see them live a few years ago, pure nostalgia!!

nacho libre

Exodus
Metallica
Thin Lizzy
Rory Gallagher
Slayer
Megadeth
Bon Jovi
Guns N Roses

Neames

As a teen I listened to The Smiths & The Cure.

I still listen to both of these great bands. Great music is timeless.

Jayop

Neames wrote: »

As a teen I listened to The Smiths & The Cure.

I still listen to both of these great bands. Great music is timeless.

Same with me and 2unlimited.

Ulysses Gaze

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

At 14-17 my schoolbag (bought in Army Bargains of course) had Twister Sister, Ozzy, Sonic Youth, Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer, WASP, Metallica, etc etc written all over it. I was obsessed with heavy rock to trash metal. Buying tapes was an expensive business but used to record songs off the old Sound Cellar radio show (I think that's what it was called). Was lucky enough to see quite a few of the above out in the Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire in the mid to late 80's. Good times.

Pretty much the same with a little Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Nirvana thrown in.

Hell, still listen to most of that stuff now.

r3nu4l

Outlaw Pete's list is a good summary of my listening habits. I'd add Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, Testament, S.O.D, Carcass and others

Happy, heavy days

Outlaw Pete

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Pretty much the same with a little Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Nirvana thrown in.

Yup, with some Jane's Addiction, Faith No More also.

Hell, still listen to most of that stuff now.

Same and even the kids today (puffs on pipe) listen to music of that era. When I went to Megadeath just over a year or so ago, I felt like one of the oldest there, place was packed with teenagers and early twenty somethings. Not all genres of music can boast that. Seen Simple Minds around the same time in the 3 and almost everyone there was sucking Werther's Originals.

Arghus

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Yup, with some Jane's Addiction, Faith No More also.

Same and even the kids today (puffs on pipe) listen to music of that era. When I went to Megadeath just over a year or so ago, I felt like one of the oldest there, place was packed with teenagers and early twenty somethings. Not all genres of music can boast that. Seen Simple Minds around the same time in the 3 and almost everyone there was sucking Werther's Originals.

I guess heavy music will always appeal to a certain section of the youth (taps on pipe), more so than some other genres of music. And more power to it for that. I don't listen to metal all day long like I used to, but I still love it all the same.

adox

I same as a lot of posters on here, growing up with the rock/metal bands.

Dublin had some of the best rock bands of the era visit relatively small venues. Went to numerous gigs at the SFX and Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire. How many did they hold? A couple of thousand? Bands I saw in those venues off the top of my head include:

Metallica
Faith No More
Dokken
Accept
WASP
Def Leppard
MSG
Queensryche
Danzig
David Lee Roth
Whitesnake
Gary Moore
Ozzy
Saxon
Dio
Ratt

[Deleted User]

Neames wrote: »

As a teen I listened to The Smiths & The Cure.

I still listen to both of these great bands. Great music is timeless.

Always thought of the Smiths as genuinely indie, brilliant artists that didn't care about mainstream, And the Cure as a mock goth glam act that thought they could sell more records by passing off their bad pop efforts as being angsty, by wearing lippy and back combing their hair. I think it was Siouxsie Sue who dismissed their lead singer as Fat Bob.

SEPT 23 1989

It wasn't just the music it was album covers the music magazines that went with it

Beautiful photography iconic images interviews every word on the page devoured

If you were into a band you were really into them it took real effort but worth it

Luckily I was there to see it before it died

ArchXStanton

Mostly 80's Hardcore which i still listen too to this day,to the uniniated it just sounds like a wall of noise with each band member playing as fast as possible,to those of us in the know it's music on another level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSREW7V3EBI