Which band or record changed your life?

Several:

Jesus and Mary Chain "Upside Down/Vegetable Man" 7". First band from the underground that I got into. Pre-Psychocandy. Bought the record because it looked cool, those squeals and noises coming off the platter (you could hear it quite well with the stereo off), were amazing.

Butthole Surfers "Psychic, Powerless…Another Man's Sac". First band I ever found on my own. No one I knew had ever heard of them, I had never seen a review of their records, but one was for sale in the imports section at Kemp Mill Records. This record was uniquely crazy, no information about the band, where they were from, nothing. This opened the whole indie label thing for me. From then on I was buying SST and Touch & Go records almost exclusively.

The Orb "Live 93". I was against techno and electronic music in general until I bought this album based on a positive review in Option Magazine. This album is great, funny parts, good hooks, great songs. From then on, electronic music was legit in my book.

And from the deep past…"Purple People Eater" and "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron". These were records that I played on my little Pinnochio record player as a kid. Got me interested in music young.

Way too many to even remember let alone note.

The first wasn't even a particular artist but an instrument. I was obsessed with the piano. My mother, who never, ever to this day understood me, thought that I had a crush on Eddie Fisher. I didn't. I couldn't care less about him. It was the piano that I was in love with. Whenever anyone was on tv playing a piano, I'd become totally absorbed in the show while studying and listening to the music. I use to beg my parents for piano lessons all throughout my childhood and never got them. And they never got a clue that that was what I really wanted out of life. :roll:

Second would be a tv show. Every single day I would watch the Buddy Dean Show. If it wasn't that, it was some other musical show or musical guest on tv. This started from when I was a baby and continued.

Third would be the transistor radio I got for Christmas when I was in 1st grade. That little thing was with me all the time and playing one of the several half way decent stations in Baltimore at the time.

The Beatles
I was still a very young kid but I completely ditched my kiddie records for real Rock N Roll.

Fairport Convention
Though I had been through many different genres and evolutions with my music, this opened up a whole new door for me.

Roxy Music/Brian Eno
Yet another important landmark and influence on me.

Doves - Lost Souls
This one is much more personal. It brought music back into my life after going through such bad times that I had lost almost all touch with my music. It was the saving grace that brought me back to life at a time when I needed it the most. That, and my cats.

yes, i am sorry to say, but although the album sucks, it led me to the depths of the clubs for 10 whole years!!!!!

i guess you can say that changed your life….or direction of it anyway.


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nah, but when i started going i was only 15, so i was a young guy ;)

I didn't know rock music could be played like this before I saw the video for 100% on MTV.

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blondie……………..

my dad would always listen to her when i was little and apparently i used to shake my nappy heartily to hanging on the telephone………….

The Beatles â?¢ Sgt Pepper's
Led Zeppelin II
Muddy Waters â?¢ Hard Again
The Soft Boys â?¢ Underwater Moonlight
Thin White Rope â?¢ Moonhead
Joy Division â?¢ Closer
The Johnny Burnette Trio
Buzzcocks â?¢ Singles Going Steady
Simple Minds â?¢ Sons & Fascination
Mudhoney â?¢ Superfuzz Big Muff
16 Horsepower â?¢ Sackcloth & Ashes

…to name a few

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in that order

maybe…

In particular order (that in which they changed my life, chronologically):

The Smiths – the world won't listen
Nirvana – nevermind
Bikini Kill – pussywhipped
Sleater Kinney – dig me out

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Damn,how could i forgot them.Saw em at the Merriweather on their Freedom of Choice tour and my mind was melted.What a spectacle that boojie boy was.Any fans of Devo, I HIGHLY suggest purchasing the new
book out on them Are We Not Men? We Are Devo:
http://www.devobook.com/

it is a great read. Pretty wild stories of their
beginnings and such.

Originally posted by SPARX:
Damn,how could i forgot them.Saw em at the Merriweather on their Freedom of Choice tour and my mind was melted.What a spectacle that boojie boy was.Any fans of Devo, I HIGHLY suggest purchasing the new
book out on them Are We Not Men? We Are Devo:
http://www.devobook.com/

it is a great read. Pretty wild stories of their
beginnings and such.

Hallelujah! Amen.

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this one did some serious damage on me as well.. along with a couple of singles from elvis costello and the clash, "numbers "by kraftwerk, "live at budakon" cheap trick, "one step beyond" madness, and the first stray cats record.

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What an absolutely killer album.

I've got the enhanced disc with three videos! Gonna go watch 'em!

Ride's Nowhere

Weird Al - Even Worse

Bruce Cockvurn's 1991 album, "Nothing But a Burning Light"

And seeing REM in concert for the first time… that was truly a life changing experience…

Bruce Cockburn's 1991 album, "Nothing But a Burning Light"

And seeing REM in concert for the first time… that was truly a life changing experience…