What was your first album?

music_phantom13 · 11-04-2009, 09:10 PM

Damn... downloading music. I feel like the first album I downloaded was near the end of Napster. I think I used Morpheus, this was on dial up internet before cable. Speaking of which, when was high speed internet first available for residential use? I can't even remember. Anyway, I think the first full album I ever downloaded was either Agent Orange Living in Darkness or Sum 41 All Killer No Filler. I remember downloading songs before that, I remember getting some SR-71, Incubus, and RHCP songs when I was in 7th grade.

Violent & Funky · 11-05-2009, 01:11 AM

The first rock album I bought was OK Go by OK Go. The first "indie" album I bought would have been Farm by Dinosaur Jr. I don't do much album "buying"...

SATCHMO · 11-05-2009, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by music_phantom13

Damn... downloading music. I feel like the first album I downloaded was near the end of Napster. I think I used Morpheus, this was on dial up internet before cable. Speaking of which, when was high speed internet first available for residential use? I can't even remember. Anyway, I think the first full album I ever downloaded was either Agent Orange Living in Darkness or Sum 41 All Killer No Filler. I remember downloading songs before that, I remember getting some SR-71, Incubus, and RHCP songs when I was in 7th grade.

Ah, the napster days

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 11-05-2009, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Ah, the napster days

Remember Grogster or Kazzaa? Those, friend, were the days.

TheBig3 · 11-05-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Conan

Remember Grogster or Kazzaa? Those, friend, were the days.

I don't know man. Napster was a ****ing free-for-all.

With one hub for everyone you could find ANYTHING.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 11-05-2009, 12:46 PM

I think it was before my time. I would have been about 7 or 8 when it shut down.

loveissucide · 11-06-2009, 06:29 AM

First album i downloaded was Cold War Kids-Robbers & Cowards(The music press in Ireland were mad for it).It wasn't great.

ElephantSack · 11-06-2009, 07:13 AM

U2 - The Joshua Tree (sigh)

Straight back in '92. On cassette. What?

Ulysses · 11-09-2009, 06:31 AM

I'm old enough to agree with the idea that 'alternative' just meant anything that wasn't mainstream and covered a whole range of music. I find the way that people try and talk about 'alternative' as a genre in itself a bit weird to be honest.

On that basis, the first album that I bought with my own money was a second-hand copy of 'Road to Ruin' by the Ramones in 1979.

And, much to some's bemusement I'm sure, thanks to a geographical oddity I'm still a dial-up user and have been since 1997!

debaserr · 11-09-2009, 05:22 PM

nice avatar!

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music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	Damn... downloading music. I feel like the first album I downloaded was near the end of Napster. I think I used Morpheus, this was on dial up internet before cable. Speaking of which, when was high speed internet first available for residential use? I can't even remember. Anyway, I think the first full album I ever downloaded was either Agent Orange Living in Darkness or Sum 41 All Killer No Filler. I remember downloading songs before that, I remember getting some SR-71, Incubus, and RHCP songs when I was in 7th grade.

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Violent & Funky FUNky Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 2,482	The first rock album I bought was OK Go by OK Go. The first "indie" album I bought would have been Farm by Dinosaur Jr. I don't do much album "buying"...

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~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	I think it was before my time. I would have been about 7 or 8 when it shut down.