Bands/music from your youth you've left behind

[boris bubbanov]

That's true, Iron Butterfly. I forgot.

Man, we had them covered, me and my borrowed Farfisa organ.

They don't sound so good now, I guess.

The Jam! Are you kidding? I can listen that all night long. Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler and some guy named Weller.

Aztec Camera. Basically was Roddy Frame, who has sold fewer records but it still recording well under his own name. Latest release I know of is Western Skies, 2006 I think.

[RodeoTex]

I was always a huge Stones and Rod Stewart fan but my other biggie was the New York Dolls.
These days the Dolls CDs find themselves next to Willie Nelson in my cabinet (at least when they are in alphabetical order).

[PraiseCaster]

Well, I'll probably get clobbered for this one...............

The Beatles

Musically, I used to worship at the alter of the Beatles/John Lennon. But starting about 12 years ago, it seemed to loose its luster, and now, I dont listen too any of it at all. When it comes on, I change the channel. Weird. I used to think that it just didnt get any better than Rubber Soul and Sgt. Peppers, and the White Album.

You may fire when ready Smedley!

[Stuco]

Originally Posted by RodeoTex

I was always a huge Stones and Rod Stewart fan but my other biggie was the New York Dolls.
These days the Dolls CDs find themselves next to Willie Nelson in my cabinet (at least when they are in alphabetical order).

I'll admit I haven't listened to a lot of New York Dolls but I've have heard some. I understand that they were about attitude and style, and maybe you had to be there but their music is hard to listen to for me. I do like some other punk bands though (if you consider the dolls as early punk).

[Tim Bowen]

New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain often has fretted instrument work done by a local guy that has done lots of work for me. Sylvain probably knows more about vintage fuzz boxes than anybody I've ever encountered, and he's a really unpretentious guy, very nice and down to earth. Oddly enough, whenever I hear him play guitar anymore, he usually picks up an archtop and plays chord melody arrangements on standards such as "Satin Doll" and "Autumn Leaves". Go figure.

[Guran]

There is not much that I have left behind, but there is a lot that I just don't listen to much any more.

It seems like I don't like listening to music that makes a lot of noise as much any more. I tend to more and more listen to country and jazz, and less to rock.

My roots are in early punk rock. I still love it, I just don't listen to it much.

In the mid eighties I was a bit into the early goth stuff. I just can't stand that any more! One exception for Bauhaus' take on Ziggy Stardust though...

Regarding the Dolls; Yes, a lot of it was kinda hard to listen to, but man, song like Pills and Personality Crisis are great!

[Stefan]

I was a big fan of Alice Cooper when I was 13. I don´t appreciate his music nowadays like I used to. KISS was also one of my favorite bands. I think they´re crap now. Guns & Roses, Motley Crue, WASP still appeals to me though! I appreciate GnR more today than I did back in 1992, strange as it may sound cause I´m a die-hard Country/Bluegrass guy now! :-D

[TG]

Nuthin here, really. I still like much what I've always liked, except now I'm generally open to more genres than when I was a teenager.

I would have said Led Zeppelin since I worshipped them in the '70s and then couldn't bear to even hear their stuff for a few decades. But lately I've been listening to them again and sort of hearing them afresh and liking it. P(l)agerisms and all.

[bo]

Ramones, DKs, Black Flag, Minor Threat, most hardcore, 60s garage bands or their copyists (Fuzztones, Lyres, etc.).

[byrdbrain]

Nothing. It's not everyday I put on "Big John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw"
with Hatfield and the North or "Drug Train" with the Cramps, but it happens.
There is, however, a big vacuum from my youth that needs to be filled,
and that's (deep southern) soul, which I didn't have any contact with.
Country came late, also.

[staxman]

I've long since moved on from my youthful glory days of 70s "Classic Rock" and "Southern Rock". I can still occasionally hear a tune from that era and get a smile. It had it's place in my life and, for the most part, I can look back with fondness.

I do have one major musical regret that causes me great shame that I can only admit in the relative anonymity of this forum... STYX!
A co-worker plays the local classic rock radio station at work and they played "The Grand Illusion" album in its horrid entirety. I just couldn't believe I ever listened to that drivel. A "what-was-I-thinking" moment indeed.

[bradpdx]

Crap from high school that is out of my system:

John Denver (yes! I am man enough to admit it!)
Yes (please, never again. My friends made me do it.)

I am turning 50 this year and listen to a lot of new indie stuff and a lot of old (sometimes very old) music in the Americana vein. I buy recordings constantly. To my amazement, much of the stuff I liked in high school still sounds good to me (James Taylor, Leo Kottke, others). Not the same, but good. Well played stuff that crept into my consciousness.

Crap from high school that is finally in my system

Led Zeppelin
Rolling Stones
Rory Gallagher
Yardbirds
Eric Clapton
Allman Brothers
Hendrix

In high school in mid-1970's SoCal, I was a chronic folkie/singer-songwriter/fingerpicker sort of guy. I couldn't care less about most rock or rock guitarists. Life was good, rebellion seemed pointless.

I got to the rock of my youth backwards. I took up electric guitar at age 20 because of Jerry Garcia and Mark Knopfler, neither of whom sounded like the rock guitarists I didn't like (everybody with a Marshall and a Les Paul). The clean tones drove me crazy, and so the journey began as I joined band after band and hit the clubs.

During my 20s and 30s I was absorbed and fascinated by country and rockabilly music, which led to Western Swing, which led to early Jazz, which led to Blues, which lead to early Rock, which led to '60s psychedelia, which led to guys with Marshalls and Les Pauls, and round and round it goes.

The upshot is that it took this long to reach the 1970s. But dammit, I know where it all comes from!

My current plan includes skipping the 1980s altogether.

[stephent2]

I used to enjoy the Grateful Dead and I don't dislike them now, but some of that material has lost it's charm for me. Maybe the same with Paul Simon though I have a lot of respect for him as an artist.

There's music that is fluff, pop music that I've found enjoyable at the time but sure don't need to hear again. Then there are the bands or artists who I've always enjoyed and still do. Dylan, The Band, Bruce, Fogerty, Van Morrison,...etc.

I've been listening to Sam Cooke and John Hurt lately, guys I've listened to in the past, the great ones weave in and out.

[tiktok]

Originally Posted by boris bubbanov

As for individual albums, sure I've 2-3 mistakes. Like buying Neil Young's Trans before listening to any of it. Urgkhh!

No, that's "misplaced loyalty".

A mistake would have buying "Trans" AFTER listening to any of it.

[Jimo]

If you take a break from it----it will sound good to you again ,usually. Alot of it depends on what you were doing at the time the song/album came out. I get tired of the stuff Classic radio over plays----the album cuts still sound pretty good to me. Still I never want to hear "Babe" again ,please. Everybody Wang Chung Tonight!------JIMO

[drewsblues]

The other night, after a few beers, I downloaded a couple of Dokken CDs for old time's sake. I friggin' loved that stuff when I was in high school. I listened to it on the way to work the next day. Oh gawd... That hasn't aged well.

All of the metal I used to listen to (with the exception of pre-"Justice" Metallica): Savatage, Helloween, Gwar... Did I really listen to that stuff?

Tesla.

Surprisingly, as much as I owe my current musical tastes and guitar playing passion to SRV, I don't listen to him much anymore. I just wore his records out in my teens and 20's.

Eric Clapton. Ditto.

The Squirrel Nut Zippers. Cool band. Shone a light on the path to new kinds of music for me. Don't really listen to them anymore, though.

When I first discovered Led Zeppelin... ... now... Similar situation to SRV and Clapton, except Classic Rock radio wore them out for me. Speaking of which...

Classic Rock radio.

[surfoverb]

Originally Posted by GoldieLocks

On the bright side: I'm a huge Iron Maiden fan right now.

+1...I've been listening to Maiden non-stop since 1985.

Besides The Chipmunks and Meatloaf I still listen to everything I did back then.

[studebaker hawk]

Boston, Rush (I bought their first 5 albums), I don't think I've listened to them in 25 years or more. Journey's first album with Steve Perry.

Now I like Disco better than any of that.

[Reno Sepulveda]

I went through a brief Prog-Rock period in High School. ELP, PFM, Yes, Genesis, Flanz Duheimer etc.

[garytelecastor]

Bachman Turner Overdrive
Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Foghat
Bruce Springstein
Huey Lewis

[wooderson]

mid-late '90s ska-core/ska-punk/etc.

The touring bands knew which way their bread was buttered - always all-ages shows with cheap admission. So I saw the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Suicide Machines, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, etc.. multiple times a year (or so it seemed).

[TG]

From reading everyone's posts I've been thinking...and it occured to me that when I was in high school in Canada in the '70s the 'in' bands were Styx, Supertramp, Peter Frampton, REO Speedwagon, etc, etc...and I'm pleased to announce that I hated them from the start. So I didn't have to leave anything behind over the years.
I'm a bit pleased to realise that, for some reason.


Maybe I've left Simon and Garfunkle behind a little bit, though. Nice songs, but they seem a bit pretentious now.

[O- Fender]

Originally Posted by staxman

I've long since moved on from my youthful glory days of 70s "Classic Rock" and "Southern Rock". I can still occasionally hear a tune from that era and get a smile. It had it's place in my life and, for the most part, I can look back with fondness.

I do have one major musical regret that causes me great shame that I can only admit in the relative anonymity of this forum... STYX!
A co-worker plays the local classic rock radio station at work and they played "The Grand Illusion" album in its horrid entirety. I just couldn't believe I ever listened to that drivel. A "what-was-I-thinking" moment indeed.

Plus one on Styx. It pains me to say at one point in my life my favourite album was "Paradise Theater". Yeah, I used to love "Grand Illusion" with headphones and the lights off. At that time, I didn't have a girlfriend. Coincidence?

Also on my list are; Steve Miller Band, CCR, Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms", The Eagles and Jimmy Buffet (all from oversaturation).

Not long ago I started to listen to Supertramp again. Some tracks are still painful but some of it is growing on me again.

[Scotland]

Deep Purple. I loved them like a puppy in the 70's. I recently saw them live and thought they had turned into a comedy act, made me laugh anyway. Ian Gillan was the biggest joke in the place.