Kevorkian's Newbie Thread.
 

I realize that many people can't just start listening to bands like Captain Beefheart or Boris So i'm going to do an expiated form of how I came to like the music I like today. And hopefully, by the end, some of y'all will have a much more refined palate of musical tastes.

I'm going to skip over the whole pop face that I went through pre-sixth grade and start with Punk. I was introduced to Punk by neighbor's grandson who happened to be my boyfriend at the time the drummer (he still is in fact) in Punk band greatly influenced by the Misfits. Anyhow he lent me the cds by the Ramones, The Clash, The Damned and NoFX and from there I music never meant the same thing to me.

Here are some good Punk albums to start with

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The Ramones-Ramones
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This album started it all. You can hear so the influence of this band, especially this cd, in punk bands everywhere.
Standout tracks: "Blitzkrieg Bop" "53rd and 3rd," and "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World."

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NoFx- Punk In Drublic
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By far their best cd. I don't waste my time with much of their newer stuff, they have taken too much of a political swing imo. They have earned their place in the Punk Hall of fame, they're not on the same echelon as The Ramones or The Clash, but they're still good.
Standout tracks: "Linoleum," "Leave it Alone," and "The Brews."


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Green Day- Dookie
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Another band where i'm not too fond of their later stuff. They took a political swing as well. You may be more familiar and comfortable listening to this band though because for some reason you were won over by "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "American Idiot."
Standout tracks: "Welcome to Paradise," "Burnout," and "Longview"



I'll do The Clash, Misfits, and the Damned tomorrow.

NOFX to Beefheart...I could've done with this thread when I was 14.

I'm interested in your musical progression though, I wonder if it's similar to my own.

it very well could be. I doubt my progression is an uncommon one. Can you map your progression for me?

very roughly:

- Blink 182
- Green Day, Offspring
- NOFX, Bad Religion, Rancid, ska-punk (the genre)
- Ramones, The Clash
- Descendents
- Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Misfits, Bad Brains
- Minutemen, Husker Du, Fugazi
- Sonic Youth (the main band that basically changed my ideas about music)
- Big Black, Butthole Surfers, Jesus Lizard
- Velvet Underground, Stooges, Television, Talking Heads
- British post-punk and NY no-wave

From there, I got into all sorts of things at once, really. Post-punk was the centrepoint of my taste in music.

- I checked out The Jesus and Mary Chain, which led to My Bloody Valentine, and shoegaze
- Fugazi led to Unwound, Rites of Spring and Drive Like Jehu...and then onto experimental "emo" and post-hardcore music.
- The Fall, This Heat and Swell Maps led to "krautrock" like Can and Faust
- stuff like Pere Ubu led to Beefheart, The Residents, and from there onto generally weird and experimental music.

by this time I was also checking out indie and alternative classics like Slint (which led to "math-rock" i guess), Pavement, Pixies and Beat Happening.

Overall, post-punk has probably been my biggest musical influence.

that was fun!

I did something like a personal music timeline somewhere or other , may have to do one here too.

I would do one but i'm too embarrassed <.<

it's actually similar in many points. Adjust a few band names here and there, add a couple of rungs in various places, and it would be almost the same.

nice -- I'll keep an eye on this thread to see what's goin' down.

it takes forever. And i've only done the first 3 bands. (maybe it's just upping the music that makes me think its time consuming)

Never be embarrassed about old musical tastes, it shapes who we are now.