Zer0's Ten Year MusicBanter Anniversary Special!
What the **** have I been doing?
On the 21st of September 2007 I was browsing the internet in college, and was looking to kill an hour or two between lectures. So I decided to join a music forum. Not just any old music forum, but MusicBanter! I guess my motivation at the time was to find some people with similar music tastes to myself, but also to discover new music. I was no stranger to online forums by the way, or even discussing music on online forums. But I wanted to join a music specific forum with users who knew their stuff, and there were quite a few members here who did.
2007 was the year that the iPhone was announced, and a lot has changed in the world since then. The overall appearance of MusicBanter has not changed much since I joined. A few extra sub-forums were created and the banner made smaller. But countless members have since come and gone. Some of them memorable for all the right reasons, and some for all the wrong reasons. Some unforgettable and legendary forum moments too.
Granted that I haven’t been a regular member in the past few years due to work and stuff, and have disappeared for long periods. But I always feel a draw to this place and I usually end up discovering something new to listen to. I probably have MB to thank for becoming a fan of the following artists – Porcupine Tree, Riverside, Flying Saucer Attack, Spacemen 3, Yo La Tengo, Brand New, Boards of Canada, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Carissa’s Wierd, Grimes, Stereolab, Swirlies, Lilys, Swans, Bat for Lashes, Unwound, Current 93, The Hotelier, Alcest, A Place to Bury Strangers, Bathory, Elliott Smith, Sweet Trip, Loop, Feist, Arab Strap, The Sound, Low, Eric’s Trip, Have a Nice Life, Talk Talk, Burial, Colleen Green, Cranes, Cat Power, Richard Hawley, Ufomammut, Acid Bath... and loads, loads more, either directly or indirectly.