How old were you when you were first introduced to this scene?

[x1onexwo1fx]

Just wondering.

Be sure to reply with the band that started you off. For me, it was Taking Back Sunday back in seventh grade.

[tonyC4L]

I think was about 13 or 14. The bands were NOFX, Rancid, Rufio, New Found Glory, and Flogging Molly. It was a great time.

[jay_klinkhammer]

Sum 41, New Found Glory, Autopilot Off, Goldfinger and Rufio!

[dpetty21]

I was 16. The bands were Rancid, Operation Ivy, NoFX, Alkaline Trio, New Found Glory, Saves The Day, AFI. I guess you could count Blink when I was like 14 but I didn't really get into the scene because of them. I like what I heard of them on mtV but that was it. I didn't know there was any other bands like that haha.

[briewer]

I was 37, because I'm a very old man.

But seriously, I never truly got into the 'scene.' I really liked Circa Survive, The Fall of Troy, The Sound of Animals Fighting, and a lot of the Equal Vision lineup when I was 15-16, but I never really got into TBS, NFG, Thursday, or any of those bands really deeply. Around 17ish, TSOAF led me to more orchestral and minimal composers, like John Cage and Steve Reich, which led me to noise/drone music, and then to punk, to avant garde, to kind of post rock-ish stuff, and then to the whole art rock scene going on now which (I guess?) leaves me where I am today.

[valsnightout]

I went through all the phases as well but I'd have to say what really got me into the scene was Taking Back Sunday's "Tell All Your Friends" and Brand New's "Your Favorite Weapon" back when I was 13.

[dumhed01]

I was about nine the first time i heard Less Than Jake.. After that i listened to lots of Ataris and Blink, and my taste in music has just matured from there.

Word.

[Piss]

about 13, heard coheed's welcome home on a youtube video

[mutualaddiction]

Blink 182 started it all off back in 7th grade, then came NFG, Sum 41, The Ataris, Rufio, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New...

[ihatecayte]

13. 7th grade. green day was the first, which eventually led to sugarcult (ha), less than jake, tbs and fob soon enough.
and there was that unfortunate good charlotte phase... yikes.

[just.Starla.]

14. I had discovered Fuse and I watched almost everyday after school. Steven's Untitled Rock Show helped me get into a ton of bands, and I especially loved a lot of the bands he interviewed on the show. Dedicate Live and The Dive helped me get into this type of music, too.

[ATLlover23]

i started with blink 182 and third eye blind when i was like 13 or 14

[Kevward]

My first real show was at Trees in Dallas, which is closed down now. I saw Hidden in Plain View, The Academy Is, Spitalfield, Halifax, and A Change of Pace. It was an incredible show!

I also remember hearing "This Could Be Anywhere in the World" by Alexisonfire on the stereo while one of the bands was setting up and thinking to myself, "This is crap, I would never listen to this." because back then I wasn't into anything with screaming vocals but now I absolutely love Alexisonfire and many similar bands.

[superichie]

the get up kids - four minute mile

[m_rue]

Like 13-14... Green Day, blink, Sum 41. I got into tbs, yellowcard, fob not long after.

[ManicanParty49]

It was in between 12-14...but I didn't get way into it until I was about 16.

[TheZeroKid]

What scene? There's a million different music scenes. I got into music in general first hearing Metallica at age 12. That kinda opened the doors for everything else. By 14 I started getting into punk and then it all kinda spiraled from there.

[SECRETBULLET]

i think i was in grae 7 or 8 when i first started liking FOB/PATD/SUM41/ALEXISONFIRE/AMBERPACIFIC/BILLYTALENT/THEMISFITS/HEDLEY/NORMAJEAN/COHEED&CAMBRIA/EVANESCENCE/TAI
ETC.ETC.

[SteffRyanFail]

I was about 11 or 12, mostly Taking Back Sunday, New Found Glory, Fall Out Boy, some Blink.
When I was 13 I started listening to OpIvy, Rancid, Streetlight Manifesto, and a lot of local ska bands.
Then about a couple months ago I got into bands like Sigur Ros, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, and similar bands to that.


Who knows whats next.
I'm not part of any "scene"

[SweetLoup]

I was around 12-13 yeard old, the first cd I ever got was Face To Face's S/T cd, but the first one I ever bought with my own money in an actual record store was NOFX's SLATFATS...I remembering listening to Millencolin's Life On A Plate, Guttermouth's Musical Monkey and MXPX's Life In General like A LOT !!! Those were great times...I could go on forever about what cd's I listened to at that age but those were the main ones, from what I remember.

[GregisXcore]

14 - fall out boy after sugar we're going down hit the radio
i got my first album at age 10. it was let go - avril lavigne

[SendALetter]

i was in 7th grade. my friends and i discovered finch and fell in love. we were also into simple plan, cky, green day, blink, yellowcard and new found glory.

[Iron Aeroplane]

I first started listening to Brand New when I was twelve...

[delvec19]

13. Thank you blink!

[foisol]

LOL... 0 to 9? 0?! HAHA

[Indoor Living]

Blink, New Found Glory, and Third Eye Blind did it for me.

[Ryzenfall]

Sweet poll.

I was definitely 0 when I first started listening to Blink. I'm so scene, I listen to bands that have not formed or recorded anything yet.

[MattDennis]

13 yrs old. I started listening to New Found Glory on a random purchase. After that I was all about local emo-rock shows, and that lead to me getting into "Tell All Your Friends" and "Your Favorite Weapon." At the same time, I had been introduced to hardcore and metal through a kid at church with suggestions about Norma Jean, Hopesfall, Underoath, and Zao. So I got into both of those at the same time. Those were fucking great times...

[yoyostring]

I went through all the phases as well but I'd have to say what really got me into the scene was Taking Back Sunday's "Tell All Your Friends" and Brand New's "Your Favorite Weapon" back when I was 13.
same for me, those albums got me big time. blink, startling line, ten, etc.

... and i was listening to third eye blind when i was like 10, my dad had the s/t and i just fell in love from there...

[Mike Kraft]

Brand New after I graduated high school. Deja Entendu was released.

[x1onexwo1fx]

LOL... 0 to 9? 0?! HAHA

it wasn't intended to be funny, but okay. and yes, apparently you did start listening to music at 0 years old. your brain just wasn't matured enough to remember any of it.

[xBrandNew]

blink 182 back when i was like 11.

[Bobcat46308]

in high school, i guess 16 or 17. not sure if Finch or The Used count, but if not that then I was certainly into Taking Back Sunday by then, I remember the first cd I played in my new college dorm was Where You Want to Be by Taking Back Sunday (set phasers to stun, i believe).

not even counting Dookie, though, I was so young when that came out, listened to it non-stop though...

[MissGC]

good charlotte turned me on to RANCID

[cburton92]

i believe i was 9 years old when i bought All Killer No Filler.... then about a year later i got The Mark Tom and Travis Show... those two albums started me off

[foisol]

it wasn't intended to be funny, but okay. and yes, apparently you did start listening to music at 0 years old. your brain just wasn't matured enough to remember any of it.

Well by music I get you... my mom is an accomplished singer, so I've been exposed to music since being born, BUT I just thought it was funny because of the "scene" thing... like the first time you go to a punk rock show.

[voncorn]

I went through all the phases as well but I'd have to say what really got me into the scene was Taking Back Sunday's "Tell All Your Friends" and Brand New's "Your Favorite Weapon" back when I was 13.

Ditto.

[Kevward]

i believe i was 9 years old when i bought All Killer No Filler.... then about a year later i got The Mark Tom and Travis Show... those two albums started me off

I bought All Killer No Filler when I was in the fourth grade and it definitely had a huge influence on me. I remember watching the bonus DVD that came with the album and laughing hysterically

[RonStoppable]

I first listened to blink (Take Off Your Pants & Jacket) and Sum 41 (All Killer No Filler) back when I was 11 or 12, but I didn't actually get into the scene until I was 14, when I saw Green Day with New Found Glory and Sugarcult.

[Theseventhson]

The Used when I was like 13 or 14, but I quickly abandoned that when I discovered bands like Saetia and Neil Perry and whatnot. Then I got into hardcore and then everything else followed after.

[ElevenElm]

I got Take This to Your Grave when I was 13, followed by stuff like Jimmy Eat World and the Ataris.

[boysandbulletsx]

12. I'd heard songs off of Blink-182's Enema and Green Day's Dookie when they were in high rotation on the radio during the 90's, but I never really got into any of it until 7th grade, when I moved to a different middle school and I became friends with all of these really cool kids who used to listen to stuff like Anti Flag and then some of the pop punk bands that were popular at the time. I was really into NFG and Sum 41. But I have to say that what eally propelled me into this kind of music was the first time I listened to My Chemical Romance in winter of '01. One of my friends sent me a song, back when MCR were complete nobodies. Hahaha, I still wonder where he found those guys. I've been through so many phases and my tastes have changed throughout the years.

[x1onexwo1fx]

I got Take This to Your Grave when I was 13, followed by stuff like Jimmy Eat World and the Ataris.

ooh, that sounds nice. i like that.

[etheritcher]

lol i'll be laughed at but...
it was panic at the disco when i was 15 and that led to fob and pretty much all the fbr bands.
after that i started watching fuse and my itunes library exploded.

[Iwudstilldie4u]

15 Panic at the Disco

Edit: lol same as above in almost all aspects

[fadedmemories]

12 yrs old, just before turning 13. The Used's S/T was the first album by any band that I truly loved and listened to over and over. Such a shame they've gotten progressively worse.

[phil19]

blink, sum 41 and millencolin where my first taste of pop punk

[CarouselBoy]

MxPx first with the Ever Passing Moment when I was 12 then Blink 182 and it took off from there

[peaced]

When I was 13 I bought NOFX - "liberal animation" because I liked the cover art. I was already a big fan of "dammit" by blink, but I think buying that NOFX album was what got me into exploring more bands and going to shows.

[minduh]

Green Day and Blink 182 in 7th grade.

[piglet]

i was 8 or 9. Can't remember how.

[11:11]

14. A friend made me listen to "Homesick at Spacecamp".

[batmannj]

Never totally until I was out of high school and I had to discover new music on my own. This website was when it really hit the fan. I was 20 at the time.

[alis21]

when i was 11-12 i got into everything on drive thru records
so like finch, hellogoodbye, early november, new found glory
then i realised there bands that aren't on drive thru :)

[sargentlgfuad]

i started getting into music around the 7th grade, when i was 13, through Panic at the Disco

[vandalroyale]

I was REALLY late to the scene. 2005 and Anberlin's NTFP was the album that hooked me in.

[x1onexwo1fx]

what scene?

any part of the music scene of absolutepunk.net, whether it's pop-punk or post-hardcore or indie or experimental.

[LamarVannoy]

15. i started listening to My Chemical Romance and for a while thats all i ever listened to but then through MCR i discovered other bands like Bouncing Souls, Misfits, Saves The Day, Story Of The Year, New Found Glory etc. MCR was the first rock show i ever went to when i was 16.

[StarsForEyes]

Brand New in 6th Grade...along with Blink-182/New Found Glory/Sum 41. Also started going to shows in middle school/

[Kurt Retenauer]

i think weezer was the first "band" i got into. but, as far as an "underground" act, goldfinger, something corporate, midtown.

[Alex DiVincenzo]

Americana came out when I was 9 and it was the first CD I ever got. Enema of the State followed the next year. But I guess I didn't get into the real "scene" until I was like 13 or so.

[cardhousedreame]

blink. totally.

[MattRM]

New Found Glory for me, 6th grade.

[briXinRhands]

I was 10 or so and someone played me ...And Out Come The Wolves

[beth danger]

Blink 182, New Found Glory, Less Than Jake

[jjjkman]

I don't know if this is the 'scene' or not, but Relient k's "Two Lefts Don't Make a Right" and Yellowcard's "Ocean Avenue" got me into a lot of music in 6th grade when I was like....12

[x1onexwo1fx]

I don't know if this is the 'scene' or not, but Relient k's "Two Lefts Don't Make a Right" and Yellowcard's "Ocean Avenue" got me into a lot of music in 6th grade when I was like....12

yeah, it is.

[hcky0819]

Something Corporate in 2003 <3

[Everiggs]

I was 15 or 16 when I started listening to Drive-Thru's entire roster.

[mmmmmpoetry]

6th grade. atari's.

[MADSTA]

14. God, what an awkward year.

[ericag1]

i was 14. maybe 13...?

[jessicalynn-xx]

13. Blink 182 led to NOFX and I never looked back.

[SuNDaYSTaR]

Man I'm old; I was 12 or 13 I believe.

[KillyourIdols88]

when i was 11-12 i got into everything on drive thru records
so like finch, hellogoodbye, early november, new found glory
then i realised there bands that aren't on drive thru :)


Same, along with The starting line, sense fail, and hidden in plain veiw

[HelpMeSleep]

when I was fifteen, my neighbor used to play some Gatsbys and TTTYG when she'd drive me to school. so then that summer I got into those bands along with Motion City Soundtrack, The Starting Line, The Academy Is... and stuff.

[alis21]

Same, along with The starting line, sense fail, and hidden in plain veiw

oh god yes *reminisces*
good times

[jmartino]

I was in eighth grade and I had a friend who was really into Less Than Jake and some other ska stuff. I started listening to his stuff and some other friend's music, and I soon discovered MxPx. That was it for me.

[trainwreck89]

15 - some bands were Senses Fail, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New etc. I also loved Blink and NFG but i listened to them before I got into the "scene"

[Zippedychick]

I'm not sure what scene we're talking about here but I definitely JUST got into good music last year when I was 19.

[hiya]

I listened to like No Doubt and Red Hot Chilli Peppers since I was 8, and around 10 I had some sense of who blink 182 and a few other bands were, but nothing really hit me until 7th grade when my friend gave me a TSL, a TBS, and a Yellowcard cd and then I got hooked.

[Kaku]

15, started with Linkin Park, not really this scene, but started with them. And with Story of the Year it really began with developing a music taste. ;)

[I'm DC]

Dude Ranch, Americana, and Nimrod when I was 8 or 9 from my cousin

[PenThrive]

circa 7th or 8th grade. Many moons ago. The most popular bands at my school were Offspring, Green Day, Pearl Jam (ha!), and Dave Mattews Band?

[owiseone35]

6th Grade first CD's eve rbought was Stay What You are and Something to Write Home About ha ha. I heard good things about Saves The Day through my cousins and I like the robots on Something to Write Home About.

[punk89]

Blink 182 when I was 11.

[Chancetobe]

I was a senior in high school, so, 17 when I really started getting into the scene. Perhaps though it began a little bit before that when I started watching Fuse and would download some of the singles that I liked that they played. But the first scene band I really got into was Hawthorne Heights.

[SophmoreSyd]

13-14, Weezer's blue album.

[carnotaurhunter]

15 years old. Summer 2002 (and summer 2004) was the best time to discover "the scene."

[ibanez_player44]

13ish
there was my chemical romance, taking back sunday, bullet for my valentine, senses fail

[petrie182]

blink in grade 4

[Poe-tryGirl]

13

Green Day, Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, FOB, and My Chem

[FastEscape]

i was twelve when i first heard Angels and Airwaves's "the adventure" and i fell in love with them. then we got this amazing thing at home called the internet(lol), and i found Blink and +44, and everything just grew from there. (:

[atticus18244fss]

Sum 41/Blink 182 in about 2003-2004 just before Blink broke up.

[josepablo32]

I think I was like 13. Blink, Sum 41, I'm from Mexico so Panda and The Ataris.

[Co and Ca]

I was 14. Saves the Day, Alkaline Trio and Thursday started it all for me in 2002.

[Paulb-182]

I was about 10.

The bands were Blink, Offspring and Green Day

[AMackChuck]

I'm not sure about the scene your talking about but I started listening to metal when I was 9. My first concert was Pantera lol. Now I listen to Coheed and I have no idea what the hell happened

[Jake Denning]

13. Project 86, Blink-182, Sum 41, NFG, As I Lay Dying, Blindside, Dead Poetic, Demon Hunter, Hoobastank, Kids In The Way, MxPx

[dom_182]

blink started it all for me.

[CloseToShore]

Clicked on 19+, but I'm a dumbass. More like 16 with the deftones before I started to get into bands like boysetsfire and just went from there.

[rebekahhh]

13. bands like Fall Out Boy, The Starting Line, Sum 41 and then I got into alot of victory bands like The Junior Varsity, ect. But when I saw Bayside live for the first time when I was around 14, I just became completely stoked on music. It was great.

[bard]

12

norma jean (then it was luti-kriss), zao, living sacrifice, etc....

[onetwentyseven]

13? around then someone introduced me to alkaline trios "maybe i'll catch fire" and it just evolved from there.
first show in for this "scene" was the FBR/Drive-thru tour with Less Than Jake, Allister, Hidden in Plain View and Kane Hodder.
it was most excellent.

[Charles777]

About 13. With bands like Hawthorne Heights and MCR, and then later on TBS and others. My first show was Alesana, Mayday Parade, Four Year Strong, and As Cities Burn. I thought it was awesome at the time, but I really only kept liking ACB and FYS since then.

[Jennifer3892]

I have been listening to this kind of music for as long as I can remember b/c I'm the baby of the family with 4 older siblings who all listened to it so it is all I've ever known.Blink was a big part of that b/c my oldest brother was obsessed and he was always the one I looked up to so that has carried on through the years.

[forgetdecember]

I bought my first Good Charlotte CD 6 years ago just as I was about to turn 12, which subsequently lead to The All-American Rejects, New Found Glory, Something Corporate, Taking Back Sunday, The Starting Line etc...

[more heart]

About 13 which was towards the end of 7th grade. Back then I was into Taking Back Sunday, Senses Fail, Fall Out Boy, The Matches, Dropkick Murphys, Midtown, New Found Glory and some others.