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What shapes an individuals music taste?

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    #32
    Latchy
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    I grew up as a kid in late 60s , to young for the hippe generation ,dylan , byrds , beatles ,stones etc but just in time for the glitter pop era ,bowie ,sweet ,t - rex ... then onto the new wave /synth/ me generation of 80s ,human leauge ,jam , ultravox , clash . 4 decades later i am still enjoying The wonderful soundtrack of our lifes from each decade since .


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    #33
    JæKæ
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    I started off on my Dad's stuff-Leonard Cohen, Kris kristofferson, Bob Dylan.
    From there I moved on to the 90s Britpop like Oasis, Supergrass and Grunge like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins in secondary school .
    I moved on to heavier stuff like Metallica and Deftones in college.
    Then I mellowed out after college, when non-one really liked the heavier stuff, moved on to Mogwai and Wilco. Now I listen to all the above, and I try to listen to all kinds like reggae, ambient, electronic, post rock, funk etc.

    The people you hang around with has a big effect. If they don't like heavy stuff, you need to tone it down in their company.


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    #34
    Nolanger
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    Hot Press:P


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    GLaDOS
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    Mine was mainly influenced by friends, who were mainly into metal (mainly thrash) Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera - the usual stuff. I found this to be alright, but never really got into it. Fast forward to the day a friend recomended a band I'd never heard of before, Blind Guardian. This was my introduction to power metal and i haven't looked back :D

    From there I got into other Power metal bands, a combination of recomendations and my own research got me into the likes of Iced Earth, Sonata Arctica, Edguy, Gamma Ray and many others. I also branched into other genres (partly) related to this, mainly prog and symphonic metal.

    While I don't stick rigidly to these genres, they were/are my main influences

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    #36
    qwertplaywert
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    Around the age of 12/13 ,I was never really into music, but [prob to do with friends etc] got into commerical gangster rap, eg. 50 cent, eminem etc. From there I moved onto chart music, such as Coldplay. I contuined with the charts for a whille, was never really serious about music though, just a casual lover. Then I heard the Manic Street Preachers song 'A Design for Life' . From there I explored there back cathalogue , and discovered my 2nd favourite album of all time, 'The Holy Bible'. I got into other alternative british acts[Placebo etc] then breached out into other alternative acts[such as the Pumpkins]. I then went through a grunge phrase, then onto a nu-metal phrase,then metal, then back to alternative. Then I discovered Folk rock[the likes of Dylan and Robert Johnson] and fell in love.
    I'd find it hard to classify my musical tastes at the moment. Bands I've been listening to a lot lately include Weezer, My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, Arcade Fire, early Kings of Leon, Kasabian, the Manics[prob my favourite band] ,Tool,Garbage to name just a few , and solo artists such as Springsteen, Dylan, Elliott Smith. The last few weeks however seem to have just been one big Nick Cave fest :D


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    #37
    JeanH
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    I would imagine that whatever music is big when you're between the ages of 3-10 will have a significant impact. I have no shame in saying I LOVE the likes of 2Unlimited, Doop, Whigfield, Corona etc - because it reminds me of being a child and long hot summers.

    I progressed to all the 'Britpop' stuff then with Super Furry Animals, Cast and Pulp being my first ever gig when I was 9.

    Then almost like when reading a text and you look to the bibliography... I looked to the citations from these bands - Pulp mentioned Bowie and Moz and so there you go I looked them up.

    You probably will find some people citing reasons relating to geographical location, parents taste (yes, I still love my mother's Gallagher and Lyle tape. 'Breakaway' anyone?)etc (as mentioned in your initial post) but I think you need to take this factor that I've highlighted into consideration too.


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    nyarlothothep
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    hmmm, from 2-7 my musical world was The Beatles, Queen and classical music. I tended to like the harder stuff, for example Helter Skelter. 7-12: acid jazz. I listened obsessively to it. 12-20, mostly indie and classic rock: initially all I listened to was Radiohead and Beck, then I got into Jimi Hendrix, Thin Lizzy, Pulp, Blur, Jeff Buckley, ATDI, Supergrass, SFA and The Flaming Lips. Metal was something that was scary and fascinating at the same time but I didn't go near it as I thought it was too hardcore, I listen to Korn once and I disliked it, but as I got older, around 17-20, I started listening to more of it, Trial by Fire by Testament and One by Metallica really caught my imagination. I tried to get into punk based on recommendations from my friends but just didn't like it at all. Then around 20 I got into Trivium and heavier stuff such as, NIN, Metallica, Marilyn Manson and Opeth being the mainstays and I just listen to them mostly now for 3 years, especially NIN.


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