What Music Did You Like Listening To As A Teenager?

Neames

As a teen I listened to The Smiths & The Cure.

I still listen to both of these great bands. Great music is timeless.

Jayop

Neames wrote: »

As a teen I listened to The Smiths & The Cure.

I still listen to both of these great bands. Great music is timeless.

Same with me and 2unlimited.

Ulysses Gaze

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

At 14-17 my schoolbag (bought in Army Bargains of course) had Twister Sister, Ozzy, Sonic Youth, Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer, WASP, Metallica, etc etc written all over it. I was obsessed with heavy rock to trash metal. Buying tapes was an expensive business but used to record songs off the old Sound Cellar radio show (I think that's what it was called). Was lucky enough to see quite a few of the above out in the Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire in the mid to late 80's. Good times.

Pretty much the same with a little Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Nirvana thrown in.

Hell, still listen to most of that stuff now.

r3nu4l

Outlaw Pete's list is a good summary of my listening habits. I'd add Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, Testament, S.O.D, Carcass and others

Happy, heavy days

Outlaw Pete

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Pretty much the same with a little Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Nirvana thrown in.

Yup, with some Jane's Addiction, Faith No More also.

Hell, still listen to most of that stuff now.

Same and even the kids today (puffs on pipe) listen to music of that era. When I went to Megadeath just over a year or so ago, I felt like one of the oldest there, place was packed with teenagers and early twenty somethings. Not all genres of music can boast that. Seen Simple Minds around the same time in the 3 and almost everyone there was sucking Werther's Originals.

Arghus

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Yup, with some Jane's Addiction, Faith No More also.



Same and even the kids today (puffs on pipe) listen to music of that era. When I went to Megadeath just over a year or so ago, I felt like one of the oldest there, place was packed with teenagers and early twenty somethings. Not all genres of music can boast that. Seen Simple Minds around the same time in the 3 and almost everyone there was sucking Werther's Originals.

I guess heavy music will always appeal to a certain section of the youth (taps on pipe), more so than some other genres of music. And more power to it for that. I don't listen to metal all day long like I used to, but I still love it all the same.

adox

I same as a lot of posters on here, growing up with the rock/metal bands.

Dublin had some of the best rock bands of the era visit relatively small venues. Went to numerous gigs at the SFX and Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire. How many did they hold? A couple of thousand? Bands I saw in those venues off the top of my head include:

Metallica
Faith No More
Dokken
Accept
WASP
Def Leppard
MSG
Queensryche
Danzig
David Lee Roth
Whitesnake
Gary Moore
Ozzy
Saxon
Dio
Ratt

Neames

Neames wrote: »

As a teen I listened to The Smiths & The Cure.

I still listen to both of these great bands. Great music is timeless.

Always thought of the Smiths as genuinely indie, brilliant artists that didn't care about mainstream, And the Cure as a mock goth glam act that thought they could sell more records by passing off their bad pop efforts as being angsty, by wearing lippy and back combing their hair. I think it was Siouxsie Sue who dismissed their lead singer as Fat Bob.

SEPT 23 1989

It wasn't just the music it was album covers the music magazines that went with it

Beautiful photography iconic images interviews every word on the page devoured

If you were into a band you were really into them it took real effort but worth it

Luckily I was there to see it before it died

ArchXStanton

Mostly 80's Hardcore which i still listen too to this day,to the uniniated it just sounds like a wall of noise with each band member playing as fast as possible,to those of us in the know it's music on another level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSREW7V3EBI

Arghus

Sometimes I meet people who I haven't seen in ages that I grew up with who used to huge metal heads back in the day, or, as we called them - "moshers". And somewhere in the conversation I'll say, "listening to anything lately?" And the reply will often be, "I haven't listened to anything in ages." And I say, "oh....".

Beyondgone

Sisters of Mercy, Motorhead, East 17 and Jean Michelle Jarre. I was conflicted.

adox

Arghus wrote: »

Sometimes I meet people who I haven't seen in ages that I grew up with who used to huge metal heads back in the day, or, as we called them - "moshers". And somewhere in the conversation I'll say, "listening to anything lately?" And the reply will often be, "I haven't listened to anything in ages." And I say, "oh....".

I'm fifty now(ugh)and music is still hugely important to me. Not as much as when I was a teenager/in my 20s but it's still a huge pleasure for me and quite therapeutic.

My musical tastes have broadened over the years but from playing and listening to rock and metal in my youth, that genre will always be with me.

That may all sound a little cliched but it's the truth.

tomofson

from around ten to 12/13 I was really fascinated with anything rap related N.W.A,Biggie Smalls,Big Pun ect. then when I got proper into my teens I started delving into punk and liking the sex pistols the clash and the dead kennedys ect (though I still listened to other genres). Now I basically love any music thats old. 70's/80's music is the best. I still do have a wide range in music taste though.

Beyondgone

ArchXStanton wrote: »

Mostly 80's Hardcore which i still listen too to this day,to the uniniated it just sounds like a wall of noise with each band member playing as fast as possible,to those of us in the know it's music on another level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSREW7V3EBI

Motorhead wannabes. Lemmy was faster. And harder. The lyrics were just an excuse to play fast guitar. When you get that, you get Motorhead. And Lemmy.

Gonzo

Back when I was a teenager....

Bon Jovi was the gateway drug that got me into Iron Maiden, this quickly lead to Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica, got progressively heavy after that and started listening to:

Sepultura
Napalm Death (saw Scum on BBC2, I was hooked)
Carcass
Sabbat
Acid Reign
Xentrix
Coroner
Death
Venom
Entombed
Dismember
Kreator
Gorguts
Biohazard
Voivod
Benediction
Exodus
At The Gates
D.R.I
Cro Mags
Nuclear Asssault
My Dying Bride
Morgoth

discovered most of the above through MTV's Headbangers Ball back in the day, what a great 3 hours that was every Sunday night.

Arghus

adox wrote: »

I'm fifty now(ugh)and music is still hugely important to me. Not as much as when I was a teenager/in my 20s but it's still a huge pleasure for me and quite therapeutic.

My musical tastes have broadened over the years but from playing and listening to rock and metal in my youth, that genre will always be with me.



That may all sound a little cliched but it's the truth.

Totally get what your saying there. My musical tastes have changed a lot over the years, but that love of heaviness and some guy roaring his head of is still there and will never leave. It's something that's hard to cultivate, I think, unless you were all about it in your formative years.

Beyondgone

And Rammstein. "Ich Will" still lights my fire.

buzzinfly83

I was a huge Trance head in the late 90s then progressed to Techno and later House music. I also had a hip hop phase mainly East Coast stuff that was out at the time like Nas and Biggie. Also at one stage I was big into Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana. Once I discovered electronic music I lost interest in everything else.

Looking back that was some time for music with so many music styles happening all around the same time.

byte

Queen and Guns N' Roses, followed afterwards by the likes of Metallica, Nirvana, Megadeth, Acid Reign, Iron Maiden, ACDC, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Kreator, Testament, etc. Wandered into different genres through the years, like speed metal such as Sonata Arctica and Hammerfall, to Edguy, etc. Do like Rammstein too and enjoyed their Dublin gig

Will randomly take notions to listen to the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Cruachan, Neil Young.

God, there's such a wide variety of fantastic music out there to listen to! Most of which isn't on mainstream radio.

bodice ripper

Pink Floyd, Type O Negative, Placebo, Tool, Therapy?, My Ruin, Coal Chamber, Marilyn Manson, Dire Straits, Portishead, Korn, Garbage, Deftones, Nine Inch Nails.

Irish Guitarist

When I was about 14 it was mainly Prince, Erasure, Jesus Jones, EMF and loads of dance music that was popular then but probably no one remembers now. Between the ages of about 16 to 19 I listened to mainly rap (on CD, I got my first CD player when I was 16). I listened to The Chronic by Dr Dre and The Predator by Ice Cube at least once a week. Apart from that I liked bands like Guns N' Roses and Metallica.

I wish I had kept all my CDs, tapes and records from then but I gave loads of them away. I gave all my rap CDs to my nephew and I gave all the dance music to charity shops. I sold some good Metallica records too that would cost a fair amount to buy now if I looked for them on eBay. I still have all my Erasure and Prince though.

Irish Guitarist

My father used to give me £2.00 every week which I would promptly spend on a single. Between the ages of 14 to 16 I would buy at least one single every week. I hated when cassette singles came along because it got harder and harder to get 7" singles and I always preferred records. Here's some of the ones I still own. I still have loads of Madonna, Prince and Erasure too as well as a lot more Seal and EMF.

D0NNELLY

Just as i was stepping out of my brother's shadow music wise, 1993 hit, and with it, brought all the acid house/garage/jungle and later trance a growing boy could need.

Good times.

My wife and kids are at me to get rid of the vinyl and decks... Don't make me choose, you won't like the answer. So what if they haven't been turned on in years..

bodhrandude

Judas Priest
Iron Maiden (More D'Annos crowd so first two albums Iron Maiden and Killers)
AC/DC (most of Bonn and three albums into Johnson)
Early Scorpions (71 - 82/83)

Enter marijuana (Sproooot ta Tooooot!)
Hawkwind (Lemmy era and before too) Aeroplane crashes over some Status Quo riffs but Lemmy's bass pushes it into amphetamine zombie psychosis from Mars on the Space Ritual (1972/73).
Lee Scratch Perry et all - RASTAFARI I I I I.
Pink Floyd - Their track titles are trippy sounding aren't they, huh!
Gong - Gangily Gwoodilly charming

Onto
Planxty
Christy Moore
Bothy Band

Onto
Aphex Twin
Orbital
Chemical Brothers

Fcuck where am I????????

AskMyChocolate

whatawaster81 wrote: »

I did the junior cert in 97 so of course Oasis. Throw in the Smiths, Stone Roses, Beatles. I remember my love of Bob Marley started around that time as well.

****.I did my Leaving Cert in 87 and I'd still be a big fan of all of those.Christ knows what I was listening to as a teenager. I was generally sobering up in a field and eating polo mints. Probabably Chris De Burgh, Roberta Flack, Janice Ian, Rainbow and whatever else was playing on Radio Dublin 253....Oh 253! :pac:

4Ad

Leaving Cert in '86, listened to The Smiths, Ska/ 2Tone music and Simon and Garfunkel...
My school books have band names on them as I used to listen to Dave Fanning and would write them down to remember them...

D0NNELLY

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

****.I did my Leaving Cert in 87 and I'd still be a big fan of all of those.Christ knows what I was listening to as a teenager. I was generally sobering up in a field and eating polo mints. Probabably Chris De Burgh, Roberta Flack, Janice Ian, Rainbow and whatever else was playing on Radio Dublin 253....Oh 253! :pac:

Is that Atlantic 252?

Conor Bourke

Weirdly alternated between indie/classic rock and hard house/trance

Lovely Bloke

Metallica, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soudgarden, RATM

Snoop, Dre, Cypress Hill, House of Pain (jump around can fúck off but), Cube, Wu-Tang and ODB, Method Man, Raekwon, Gravediggaz, Biggie and Pac, Onyx, Funkdoobiest

I was also into the House and Trance scene a bit, used to go to The Temple Theatre and places like the Mezz, Creamfields, Redbox later.

Oasis, OCS, Pulp - I used to religiously buy Q Magazine every month, even had it on subscription at one stage, so a lot of influence from their free CDs.

Pink Floyd, The Cure, The Rolling Stones. Old Blues stuff.

Fairly eclectic tastes really, I was in a kind of "outcasts and lost souls" kind of group of lads and girls, I started secondary in 1992 and did my LC in 98 (did transition year) and my group of friends included Cureheads, very obviously gay lads, hippy chicks, longhair metallers, couple of lads into the XWorx gear, fisherman hat wearing britpop lads, pretty much the whole shebang - and this was in a working class Dublin area, we all just kind of fell in together and had a great time because there were so many of us into so many different things and nobody gave a shít and nobody would care if you arrived out some evening in black nail polish, or some baggy jeans trying to talk some gangsta from Compton, we all just embraced each other.

I really, really miss most of those guys, but as time moves on it becomes more and more difficult to maintain so many friendships.

Jayop

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Is that Atlantic 252?

Dusty Rhodes and the gang.

Boom_Bap

I listened to rap and soul in my teens.
I listen to rap and soul music now.....well, I listen to lots more genres now, but mainly riggidy rap.

Winterlong

When I was a kid I loved all sorts of music.
Across the whole spectrum. Everything from Phil Collins to Mike and the Mechanics.

valoren

We got a CD player in 1996.
I was 15. Liked listening to movie scores.
John Williams, Horner, Morricone et al.

kunst nugget

I suppose it was a bit of a hodgepodge of stuff - Stone Roses, Fugazi, NoMeansNo, The Monkees, The Beatles, Minor Threat, Mudhoney, Jesus Lizard, Chris Isaak, Us3, Crowded House and Jane's Addiction. The latter end of my teenage years drifted into the type of stuff that was coming out on Ninja Cuts and a fair bit of Drum and Bass.

The Golden Miller

I always find it funny how many teenagers pretend to like heavy metal until they grow up.

I grew up in the 90's so it was blur, Oasis, pulp, stereophonics, supergrass, bluetones, james etc. Listened to everything though, from jefferson airplane to Fleetwood Mac, the undertones, housemartins, stones, elo, the who, the kinks etc etc

Koptain Liverpool

I started with mostly American bands in my early teens. I got all my music from my mates older brother who was great for making me copies of tapes.

Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Faith no More, Pantera, Rage against the machine, Janes Addiction

Then really got into Zeppelin, Sabbath, Priest, ACDC

I still pretty much listen to the bands above 75% of the time

osarusan

Nin Huguen and the Huguenotes.

Tragically taken from us too soon, but the music lives on.

callaway92

Lot of liars in this thread I'd suspect.

Wanderer78

Hard rock, grunge and metal. Guess I'm still a teenager as I still listen to many of the same bands, and still love it

chakotha

80's so there was a lot of

Duran Duran
Talking Heads
Dire Straits
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
The The

Pretty middle of the road I guess.

I didn't really get into the indie thing until The Cure's "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" and Pixies around 1987-88.

kunst nugget

chakotha wrote: »

80's so there was a lot of

Duran Duran
Talking Heads
Dire Straits
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
The The

Pretty middle of the road I guess.

I didn't really get into the indie thing until The Cure's "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" and Pixies around 1987-88.

The The are very, very underrated these days. Tis a pity…

razorblunt

My music collection was and still is, completely all over the shop.

My teenage years mostly covered Dre, Snoop, Eminem, Creed, The Offspring, Limp Bizkit, U2, Foos, QOTSA, Feeder.
I had a lot of compilation albums too.

Oh and the usual dance songs for the underage discos, Gigi D'Agostino, Darude.

Libadour

I was absolutely obsessed with the Libertines and all things Pete Doherty/Carl Barat when I was a teenager. Also listened to Oasis, Stone Roses, The Smiths and raided my dads collection to listen to the Beatles, Stones etc. Middle part of my teens I played Skylarkin' by Mic Christopher on repeat. Even bought a hat exactly like his and refused to take it off for a year

chakotha

kunst nugget wrote: »

The The are very, very underrated these days. Tis a pity…

Some of the lyrics were very prescient.

Armageddon days are here again

They're 5 miles high as the crow flies
Leavin' vapour trails against a blood red sky
Movin' in from the East toward the West
With Balaclava helmets over their heads, yes!

But if you think that Jesus Christ is coming
Honey you've got another thing coming
If he ever finds out who's hi-jacked his name
He'll cut out his heart and turn in his grave

Islam is rising
The Christians mobilising
The world is on its elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds

It's war, she cried, It's war, she cried, this is war
Drop your possessions, all you simple folk
You will fight them on the beaches in your underclothes
You will thank the good lord for raising the union jack
You'll watch the ships out of harbour
And the bodies come floating back

If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today
He'd be gunned down cold by the C.I.A.
Oh, the lights that now burn brightest behind stained glass
Will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart
But God didn't build himself that throne
God doesn't live in Israel or Rome
God belong to the yankee dollar
God doesn't plant the bombs for Hezbollah
God doesn't even go to church
And God won't send us down to Allah to burn
No, God will remind us what we already know
That the human race is about to reap what it's sown
The world is on its elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds
Armageddon days are here again

A bit of a doom merchant ol' Matt Johnson - great on headphones though.

Tombo2001

Irony of my early teenage years was that I thought all the current music was crap.

To be fair, the chart music was crap - Stock Aitken Waterman, Kylie, Rick Astley and all that.

So I didn't really listen to REM, Smiths, Teenage FanClub, Paul Simon, Cocteau Twins, Pixies, 10'000 Maniacs, The Replacements, The Stone Roses, The La's, The Pogues, Van Morrison and many other bands around then that put out brilliant albums.

The perceived wisdom at that time was that the best music was from the '60s; and so I listened to a lot of Doors, The Byrds, the Beatles.

Now the perceived wisdom has shifted somewhat.

One way or another, you couldn't pay me to listen to a Doors album these days, its awful tripe.

On the other hand.....the period between 1985 and 1992 must surely be the greatest ever in terms of the quality of the albums released. And yet at the time, very little of it was mainstream.

suicide_circus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX9L71KODXU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTr88z9uEYY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy41l5iYoBw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDDu_0NsEk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTk0NzOF9s

Doctor Nick

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I remember hearing Westbam- Celebration Generation while on a sleepover at my friends house, cos they had mtv (think it might have been the party zone actually) when I was about 12/13 and thinking wtf is that? I had never heard anything like it. It set me on a road of loving dance/rave/hardcore, and I still love tunes to this day, although like you, my tastes have matyred.

Used to record tapes of stuff like Diztruxshon, Fantazia, Dreamscape, Helter Skelter and had rave flyers absolutely covering my bedroom walls.

Probably my favourite band then was The Prodigy, and I listened to a lot of britpop stuff as well: Oasis, Blur, Cast, Shed Seven, Ocean Colour Scene.

Used to get an eighth (of hash) between a load of us and listen to Pink Floyd, The Doors and later Beatles music, thinking we were the coolest people in the world lol

Same right down to the flyers although would have preferred N-JOI over Prodigy.

Noveight

Kanye West's College Dropout, Late Registration and Graduation albums.

Jrop

Pearl Jam
Guns n Roses
Brit Pop
A lot of 90's dance
Prince