Which band or record changed your life?

[ratioci nation]

actually I would have to say Beastie Boys - License to Ill, my dad brought it back from the US for my brother (I got Whitesnake    ), I must have played Brass Monkey 100 times in the next few days, I hate the song now, but that album was so different to other music I heard then

[sunshine2you]

Pink - She helped me find my inner confidence when I needed it most!!

[brennser]

The Housemartins' "London 0 Hull 4"

first LP I ever bought - still listen to it

[chaz]

Honorable mentions for me:
 
 U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky
 Violent Femmes - self titled
 4 old 7"'s on a 12" - Dischord sampler w/ SOA, GI's, Youth Brigade & Teen Idles
 Velvet Underground and Nico

[nkotb]

When I was a kid, it was
 
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 I had listened to nothing but radio pop before hearing it.
 
 As a teenager, as boring as it is, it had to be
 
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 It got me into listening to music again, and pretty much lead me on the path (musically speaking) that I'm on today.  Trite, yes, but you try finding new music growing up in Sykesville, MD with no older sibling.

[Sir HC]

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.

[Jaguär]

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.

[sonickteam2]

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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[sonickteam2]

i meant...
 
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[SPARX]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  i meant...
 
   

[sonickteam2]

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

[thirsty moore]

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

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.............

[twangirl]

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

[markie]

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