What did you listen to as a teenager?

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evlPanda
evlPanda
NSW
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10 Jul 2009 10:37am
(yes gen y, you can play too)

I've rediscovered...

(language warning - if you can understand anything)

poor relative
poor relative
WA
9106 posts
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10 Jul 2009 9:08am
I have really been getting back into my Punk recently.
Esp the late 70's early 80's stuff like The Slits, The Ruts and Sham 69

This is neat little no. from the Ruts. More reggae than Punk

Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14956 posts
QLD, 14956 posts
10 Jul 2009 11:27am
the oils awesome band live!



also

suicidal tendencies
violent femmes
modern lovers
dead kenedy's
the cure
joy division

plus lots of west coast jazz

edit^

forgot abourt gangajang, loyd cole
Ben 555
Ben 555
NSW
456 posts
NSW, 456 posts
10 Jul 2009 12:04pm
aah misfits, sham 69....you young kiddies(gen y and after)..pay attention.. they didnt have ritalin in our day just things called dexies ... not this crazy lady gaga...she should put some pants on i say...now where are my reading glasses


The Jam
Most English ska
Husker Du
The ClasH
Sham 69
Radio Birdman
Then the Rolling Stones blew my mind

Gestalt - its easy to forget Lloyd Cole in the line up you have got
Danger Mouse
Danger Mouse
WA
592 posts
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10 Jul 2009 10:14am
This lot I hate to admit looking back to when I was a really young tacka, lol. Here goes, Poison, Skid Row, Cinderella. At least I listened to Metallica and Guns 'n Roses around the same time.

My teens weren't so bad though, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Sound Garden, Pantera, Sepultura, Smashing Pumpkins, KoRn, Foo Fighters. I could go on, but we'd be here for ever.

D
Idiot
Idiot
WA
577 posts
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10 Jul 2009 10:26am
D_Meredith79 said...

... Poison, Skid Row, Cinderella... Metallica ...


And you turned out to be straight?
You are luckier than the lotto winners.
poor relative
poor relative
WA
9106 posts
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10 Jul 2009 10:28am
Ben 555 said...

The Jam
Most English ska
Husker Du
The ClasH
Sham 69
Radio Birdman
Then the Rolling Stones blew my mind


Such a great selection of bands there ben555
Need to add The Pixies to that list too

Ska and Reggae have always been a genre of music i have been into especially UK ska such as
The Specials
English Beat
Madness
Bad Manners (recently dusted off an old copy of "special brew")

Also the older Ska/bluesbeat from late 60's that emerged from Jamaica was awesome. The old Trojan label stuff like
Kingstonians
Upsetters
The Pioneers

Lee Perry blew my mind (as well as his own) he was here last year in the Freo Festival funnily enough.

The Slits what a bunch of sexy punk chicks.


Ben 555
Ben 555
NSW
456 posts
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10 Jul 2009 12:47pm
The Pixies came a bit later relative...love that bluebeat stuff as well.. my kids (5and 3) are into it (along with You am I's hip swinging mod stuff) and were so dissapointed that they couldnt see the Specials live ...(in shydaney in a week or two)

I took my (now ) wife to a Lee Perry gig as a 2nd or 3rd date. She didnt have a clue what dub was or what lee was like. With the mad proffessor setting the groove he came out on stage with a giant (1 foot long) reefer and what appeared to be a working girl who just sat at the back of the stage on a chair on the nod.....priceless...great gig

Neville staples specials gig a few years back got me back listening to all the old stuff - and with new technology you can hear the music - not like my old c90's copied off the phonogram

Never got to the Slits - will youtube later as an intro
I lived In WA in the mid 90's - no ska or reggea at all
Diver
Diver
WA
554 posts
WA, 554 posts
10 Jul 2009 11:30am
Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones, Who, Richard Clapton, Chisel, Angels, AC/DC (Bon Scott), Lou Reed, Robert Cray,...

Stevie Ray Vaughan - saw him in concert at Perth Concert Hall and also in London. Both concerts were amazing.



and also my parents when they told me to turn the music down

landyacht
landyacht
WA
5921 posts
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10 Jul 2009 5:08pm
My kids found a huge stack of albums in the cupboard on the weekend, and i could tell them what they were from 10m away,without my glasses. If they could invent a decent digital turntable I could play them again. Kids were fascinated by the little records Only embarrassing stuff was the early MJ. hardest question was " whats acid rock dad?"
poor relative
poor relative
WA
9106 posts
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10 Jul 2009 5:12pm
landyacht said...
. If they could invent a decent digital turntable I could play them again.


You can now buy a decent record player with a USB so you can turn those old records into high quality vinyl rips.
check this
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/How_Stuff_Works/Real_Hi_Fi/G7S9C4H6
this
www.latestbuy.com.au/usb-itransfer-turntable.html

of course you can spend as much as you want or better still demand your kids buy you one for fathers day?
KEARNSY
KEARNSY
WA
1322 posts
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10 Jul 2009 5:53pm
Pennywise,Pennywise, Pennywise.
Sprung monkey, Unwritten law, Bad religon- yeh a bit of the seppo punk rock
Nirvana, Pearljam
Also liked and still listen to You am I, Tumbleweed, Powderfinger's first album(Parabals for Wooden Ears) for the Aussie stuff...
ka43
ka43
NSW
3101 posts
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10 Jul 2009 9:56pm
Oils, INXS, Chisel, Oz crawl, Matt Finish, dicky Clapton etc.
But the best was the Pistols, GO HARD!!!!!!!!!!!
Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14956 posts
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10 Jul 2009 10:36pm
yes it is ben555,

i also forgot to mention the sugar cubes.

there is so much great stuff. i still listen to all of it as well. heading into the 90's and the list would fill a forum.

curious why you guys want to convert vynil into mp3. call me old school but vynil sounds sooooo gooodddddd.....
oliver
oliver
3952 posts
3952 posts
10 Jul 2009 9:36pm
As a Melbourne lad, you would often see me at the Seaview Ballroom - what have they done to that place? I was the depressed kid with a mohawk and more piercings in my ear that you could poke a stick at.

I reveled in the days of Olympic Sideburns, Corpse Grinders, The Bad Seeds, Shower Scene from Psycho, Painters and Dockers, Death Sentence, Dead Kenedys, Depression, Boys Next Door, Hunters and Collectors, The Cramps, Digital Calculators, Iggy Pop, Ramones, Blondie, Einsturzende Neubauten and probably close to a thousand other legendary and not so legendary shows.

Looking back I'm probably not that much different to my 13yo son - just fatter, older, enjoy legally available drugs and listen to bands that had better names than he does.
poor relative
poor relative
WA
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10 Jul 2009 10:06pm
I think one of the huge differences between music of the past and music today is that it used to mean something.

It was a statement an argument a viewpoint of the youth, symbolic of the time and the place where we were.

Take for instance Combat Rock by the clash. That album had significant social importance despite being their most commercial album. It stood for something.

Todays music (not all but most) feels so manufactured, made to make money, plastic to the ear.


....and of the clash

greenleader
greenleader
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11 Jul 2009 12:25am
poor relative said...

The Slits what a bunch of sexy punk chicks.





now thats my vote for the next caption comp!!!!!

greenleader
greenleader
QLD
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11 Jul 2009 12:28am
oh yeah, and i liked abba, deep purple, led zeppelin and king crimson.
oliver
oliver
3952 posts
3952 posts
10 Jul 2009 11:20pm
Ooooh I remember the Ruts. I loved this song:


NDH47
NDH47
NSW
102 posts
NSW, 102 posts
11 Jul 2009 11:16am
Alice in chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Janes Addiction, Violent Femmes,
Stone Temple Pilots, Temple of the Dog, Faith No More, Mr Bungle, NOFX,
The Offspring, Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies, Primus, RedHotChiliPeppers, Ministry, Metallica, Danzig, TOOL .....the list goes on.

+ whatever was playing on JJJ aswell.
GreenPat
GreenPat
QLD
4103 posts
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11 Jul 2009 2:44pm
evlPanda said...

What did you listen to as a teenager?


Very little of what my parents were telling me...

DL
DL
WA
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11 Jul 2009 1:53pm
NDH47 said...

Alice in chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Janes Addiction, Violent Femmes,
Stone Temple Pilots, Temple of the Dog, Faith No More, Mr Bungle, NOFX,
The Offspring, Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies, Primus, RedHotChiliPeppers, Ministry, Metallica, Danzig, TOOL .....the list goes on.

+ whatever was playing on JJJ aswell.


Soundgarden, STP, Temple of the Dog, but no Pearl Jam?!

Also, Rage Against the Machine. Best album ever.
busterwa
busterwa
3782 posts
3782 posts
11 Jul 2009 3:03pm
NDH47
NDH47
NSW
102 posts
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11 Jul 2009 5:09pm
DL said...

NDH47 said...

Alice in chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Janes Addiction, Violent Femmes,
Stone Temple Pilots, Temple of the Dog, Faith No More, Mr Bungle, NOFX,
The Offspring, Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies, Primus, RedHotChiliPeppers, Ministry, Metallica, Danzig, TOOL .....the list goes on.

+ whatever was playing on JJJ aswell.


Soundgarden, STP, Temple of the Dog, but no Pearl Jam?!

Also, Rage Against the Machine. Best album ever.



Yes those aswell..
busterwa
busterwa
3782 posts
3782 posts
11 Jul 2009 3:38pm
Danger Mouse
Danger Mouse
WA
592 posts
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11 Jul 2009 3:51pm
DL said...
Soundgarden, STP, Temple of the Dog, but no Pearl Jam?!

Also, Rage Against the Machine. Best album ever.


No way, Pearl Jam-TEN

D
Danger Mouse
Danger Mouse
WA
592 posts
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11 Jul 2009 4:12pm
Idiot said...

D_Meredith79 said...

... Poison, Skid Row, Cinderella... Metallica ...


And you turned out to be straight?
You are luckier than the lotto winners.



Yeah I sure did, just for interest what were you listening to at that time?

D
Ben 555
Ben 555
NSW
456 posts
NSW, 456 posts
11 Jul 2009 10:00pm
Panda - thanks for the thread...spent the afternoon trailing through old rekuds sans kids...Bliss

Relative - I now know what to do - thanks for the link - upsetters on mp3 COOL

Oliver - thanks for the memory recall - never got to see the Olympic sideburns - love that name - stood in the line and got turned away with my fake id (1986??). Did get to see Harem Scarem and deadly hume (again with my fake id)
Gaz45
Gaz45
QLD
113 posts
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11 Jul 2009 10:35pm
TISM,
The Smiths,
Dead Kennedys,
Ramones,
The THE,
Violent Femmes,
The Cure, and others I can't remember.

brought back memories of early days at Point Henry and Sandy Point with big Tony dancing like Peter Garratt.
hills
hills
SA
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11 Jul 2009 11:47pm
greenleader said...

oh yeah, and i liked abba, deep purple, led zeppelin and king crimson.


"The Court of the Crimson King" was the only album I had to buy 2 of as I wore the first one out!

Actually I just checked my record collection and I have 2 copies of "A young persons Guide to King Crimson" too

Confusion will be my epitaph!

Greenroom
Greenroom
WA
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11 Jul 2009 11:24pm
Gestalt said...

suicidal tendencies

Possessed to skate

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