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Mate, Spawn & Die
Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Rapping Community
Posts: 24,593
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0-10
Classic rock and 80s pop. Because I had an older brother who was into stuff like Pink Floyd, Rush and Led Zeppelin, and growing up in the 80s I was obviously surrounded by 80s pop.
10-12
I buy my first tape, REM's Document, which begins my love affair with college rock (aka alternative rock). Siouxsie & the Banshees, Love & Rockets, Bob Mould, Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, INXS, etc. are favorites during this time.
13-18
At thirteen I hear Ministry's Land of Rape and Honey for the first time. I had never fully been able to get into the thrash and death metal most of my friends listened to, now I've found something loud that clicked with me. Tastes go from industrial and goth to punk and hardcore. Favorites during this time: Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Godflesh, The Cure, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Pigface, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, Suicidal Tendencies, Gorilla Biscuits, 7 Seconds, Scratch Acid, etc.
19-23
Like a lot of people, this is a time of big musical expansion for me. I get into the more experimental side of industrial, plus jazz, bluegrass, cajun music, afro pop and rock en español. Some favorites during this era: Foetus, Swans, Tom Waits, Miles Davis, Benny Goodman, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Cafe Tacuba, Prof. Longhair, Motorhead, The Church, Trans Am.
24-29
A move to a new city expands my music horizons further. I get a lot more into things I only dabbled in in the past like hip hop, IDM, trip hop, indie rock, electroclash, metal and low-fi. Favorites at this this time: The Notwist, Busdriver, Mr. Lif, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Flaming Lips, Grandaddy, Amon Tobin, Kid Koala, The Microphones, The Swirlies, RJD2, Fischerspooner, The Faint, Meshuggah, Pig Destroyer, Nick Cave, Madlib, Dalek, Autechre, Cornelius, Rocket from the Crypt, Aesop Rock, Solex, Man-Man.
30-present
Moving from coast to coast four times, getting married, being unemployed, going back to school, landing my first job where I'm actually in charge, and a bunch of other life changes seem to have had a big impact on my tastes. In contrast to my tastes in years past, jazz and metal have become two of the biggest categories of things I listen to. I continue to expand my tastes in the realms of hip hop, electronic music, experimental, 60s and 70s pop, and now even classical, which had always been a huge obstacle for me in the past. Recent favorites: Shining, Electric Wizard, Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Behemoth, Boris, Ufomammut, Neurosis, Sleep, High on Fire, Charlie Haden, Chick Corea, Clifford Brown, Sun Ra, Edan, Ice Cube, Tribe Called Quest, Digable Planets, Unsane, The Book of Knots, Kool Keith, Suicide, Cage, Esquivel!, Battles, Psychofagist, Fleetwood Mac.
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