Where did my love of music come from? Probably the soundtrack to the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, as weird as that sounds.
I used to love that show as a kid, had the soundtrack on tape. So I think that has been a subconscious influence on my musically taste. And it must've done, because I've loved rock/metal music since I was 12.
Kinda weird how I got into that sorta music really, my mum introduced me to Guns N' Roses after I heard November Rain, then Bon Jovi - because my mum is a huge fan of them. My sister bought me a Greatest Hits compilation by Iron Maiden.
Then, one day, when I was 14, a friend and fellow classmate at my school gave me 2 albums that changed my musically tastes forever...
And Justice for All by Metallica and
America's Least Wanted by Ugly Kid Joe. First time I put the Justice album on, I had the volume on my stereo turn up quite a bit and the bass boost on, not aware that first track,
Blackened, actually fades in.
From there I got into Rage Against the Machine, Pantera, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Megadeth and more. But I also liked some of older stuff like Roy Orbison and Chuck Berry. Jimi Hendrix, obviously. A bit of hip-hop, mostly yer 80s stuff, like Run DMC and Beastie Boys. And I'll leave it at that, as the rest of my musically tastes are guilty pleasures.
And I also used reading the
"Thank Yous" list in the CD booklets by my favourite bands at the time to find new bands. Remember that shit, people of a certain age? :bigsmile: