My family generally frowned upon metal when i was young.. so i was stuck listening to casettes of beach boys... my dad hid the kiss cassettes..
I'd have to say my first metal experience, and took a liking to it was the green jelly soundtrack off of the spider man/venom (snes) game.
early in high school years, our gym teacher worshipped ac/dc.
so we got to hear plenty ov it. f'in awesome.
a year ago or so i came across metalocalypse. yeah that took my appreciation to a whole new level. best metal cartoon of all time.
as my musical horizons are broadening, im experimenting with progressively heavier stuff.