First Band to Change Your Life

[kitti_katt420]

It's fun just give a band name and a short (or long) reason why.


Sublime-I was 11 and a random friend of my brother's played 40 oz to Freedom for me. i suddenly had an obession. i needed to find more bands that made me feel the way again that i felt for that band. It's been a glorious quest ever since. i'll be going till i die.

[TheOtherAndrew]

Raffi, motherfucker.

[AP_Punk]

Skrewdriver

[TheOtherAndrew]

Skrewdriver
zeig howdy!

[versus_god]

Max Bemis And The Deja Entendus

[shit stroll]

toby keith

[stayforawhile]

Raffi, motherfucker.
Loved that guy, I made my mother play those tapes in the car non stop

[AP_Punk]

hahaha raffi

[Ouch]

Raffi, motherfucker.

Raffi is pretty gangster, but for me it was DMX and His Ruff Ryders.

[shit stroll]

his beard is sexy.

[TheOtherAndrew]

Baby Beluga = the most ballin' shit eva.

[AP_Punk]

ian stuart, for the lame.

[x togepi x]

i highly doubt many people have had their "lives changed" by a band. but i'm still going to go ahead and say at the drive-in

[SanePsychotic]

StkISq4oRqE

Raffi makes my heart warm. :bunny:

[CellarGhosts]

Haha, Raffi for the win.

[holyballs]

first band that really did it for me was nofx, they got me into punk for sure.

[MADSTA]

Pfft, screw Raffi. Sharon, Lois & Bram forever!

[Kid B]

The first band to get me into music was The Academy Is. :-)

[hockeyguitar99]

It's a pretty generic answer but it was blink-182 for me.

[3eb23]

The Goo Goo Dolls- I never had that kind of emotional connection to music until I listened to them

[imahoodlum]

smashing pumpkins.

[summer skin]

i highly doubt many people have had their "lives changed" by a band. but i'm still going to go ahead and say at the drive-in
This.

[highasakyt]

Raffi, motherfucker.

I honestly didn't hear of Raffi until I was fourteen, and some guy was singing Banana Phone at a Comic Convention. What a lame childhood.

But for me, anything my older brothers played around the house. Johnny Cash, Midtown, Creedence Clearwater, Sublime, Blink, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline.

I was raised on old country. :)

[tipoftheiceberg]

Bjork

[thekinison]

The Prodigy. A mass of genres all mixed in to a dark electronica ether. Been around longer then most bands & still going strong.

[Cuddleworthy]

Radiohead for me, one of the first bands i really got into.

[katekate]

sum 41 when i was 12

[murrich]

Spice Girls.

[Paulb-182]

Michael Jackson got me into loving music

then the offspring got me into loving the musici love today with americana :-)

[Regards]

ATDI/glassjaw

[EchoPark]

Strung Out and NOFX circa 1994

[thespearkid]

Weatherbox helped me to rationalize my atheism and accept it.

[SLoT]

Green Day. First band I ever listened to on my own. Obviously that changed my life.

[xBITCHxPLEASEx]

Story Of The Year.

Page Avenue helped me grow my testicles.

As for local, The Cambiata. (http://myspace.com/cambiata)

[KlocWork1]

sublime was one of my first and favorite bands though they have risen and fallen on my playlists through out the end of middle school, high school, and college they always seem to come back into my listening

[Regards]

Story Of The Year.

Page Avenue helped me grow my testicles.
:lolatpost:

[makeasound]

The Beatles.

I was really young, my dad made me a tape of his vinyl (including sides from Abbey Road, Please Please Me, The Blue Album, and The White Album), and it was the first time I really heard music and really got it.

If that makes sense.

[KlocWork1]

weezer pinkerton

[checkered.stars]

Fall Out Boy

[carsancalor1es]

NFG, then Taking Back Sunday

[musicfiend]

i highly doubt many people have had their "lives changed" by a band. but i'm still going to go ahead and say at the drive-in
Yeah I haven't.

[chaosB4storm]

Green Day. First band I ever listened to on my own. Obviously that changed my life.

same...the first CD i ever bought was Nimrod.

[Spicoli hey bud]

The Beatles.

I was really young, my dad made me a tape of his vinyl (including sides from Abbey Road, Please Please Me, The Blue Album, and The White Album), and it was the first time I really heard music and really got it.

If that makes sense.
I miss Autopilot Off.

[TakeLotsWithAlcohol]

Blink 182, Sum 41, Green Day, and Thursday.

[kitti_katt420]

i highly doubt many people have had their "lives changed" by a band. but i'm still going to go ahead and say at the drive-in


Alot of times simply HEARING something can change the person you were forever. FOR EXAMPLE: what about all those kids who have been harrassed and made fun of by thier peers?? then they hear Bad Religion and suddenly life makes sense and they have found where they belong. i'd call that life changing. music has that power. stop being so damn cynical.

[wewascontenders]

If any band, I would say Thursday. I had an obsession with Full Collapse.

[SLoT]

same...the first CD i ever bought was Nimrod.
I was a bit earlier with Dookie, but fuck I'm sure Nimrod changed your entire life just like Dookie changed mine.

[Lacrimosa]

Bloc Party.

[BrianRocksDunkS]

The Beatles & Green Day

[makeasound]

I miss Autopilot Off.
:-( they were/are my favorite band.
I wish they'd at least given it one more record.

[prettyinpinky89]

The first time I heard Ben Harper it changed the way I listen to music...I mean Glory and Consequence...love!

[anonymousgirl]

The Fray.
i don't like them all that much anymore, but they were the first band i really, really liked. i would listen to their album all the time and then i'd go on the internet to look their stuff up. they were also the first concert i went to. also, eventually i started looking for bands that fans of the fray liked, which led me to coldplay, which eventually got me into more alternative music and playing the guitar.

[DaveZeroZero]

Busted for the win.

[Pluto.]

The Offspring haha. I loved them in 1st-3rd grade. I really liked Pink Floyd when I was pretty young too.

[anonymousgirl]

I honestly didn't hear of Raffi until I was fourteen, and some guy was singing Banana Phone at a Comic Convention. What a lame childhood.

But for me, anything my older brothers played around the house. Johnny Cash, Midtown, Creedence Clearwater, Sublime, Blink, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline.

I was raised on old country. :)

i never heard raffi either when i was little. my parents liked classical music. i haven't listened to classical music by choice since i was old enough to find my own other music.

[idowhatiamtold]

Probably have to say either Pearl Jam or Soundgarden

[allhourcymbals]

the clash!

[reissgoespunk]

Blink-182, Green Day & NOFX broke me into the "punk" genre.

[zaron5551]

didn't change my life but got me into music: Third Eye Blind

[CellarGhosts]

Michael Bolton.

For my money, I don't know if it gets any better than when he sings "When A Man Loves A Woman"

[miketrondson]

Well, I'll get flamed for this, but I'll say it anyways.

When I was 13 years old, Metallica. They're the reason I started playing guitar.

If I didn't play guitar, I would never have toured and has some great times and met some great bands and people. If I didn't listen to Metallica, I wouldn't have played guitar.

[WakeUpBlondie]

Blink 182. Got dude ranch when i was 5

[jenniferlee]

The first time I heard Ben Harper it changed the way I listen to music...I mean Glory and Consequence...love!

I always smile when someone mentions this man on these boards

Michael Bolton.

For my money, I don't know if it gets any better than when he sings "When A Man Loves A Woman"

haha, oh chris.

[CellarGhosts]

I always smile when someone mentions this man on these boards



haha, oh chris.
Haha. :-D

Have you seen "Office Space"? I love quoting it.

[x togepi x]

Alot of times simply HEARING something can change the person you were forever. FOR EXAMPLE: what about all those kids who have been harrassed and made fun of by thier peers?? then they hear Bad Religion and suddenly life makes sense and they have found where they belong. i'd call that life changing. music has that power. stop being so damn cynical.

stop being so cliche. People don't suddenly go "oh i'm okay because Bad Religion is a band". They just naturally mature. I mean like, sure, if you heard Jimi Hendrix and said "i want to play guitar" and end up joining a band, then you can say a band changed your life, but I really doubt many people are actually "changed" by bands, they just say they are to sound profound.

[jenniferlee]

Haha. :-D

Have you seen "Office Space"? I love quoting it.


haha yes! that movie is awesome

[makeasound]

stop being so cliche. People don't suddenly go "oh i'm okay because Bad Religion is a band". They just naturally mature. I mean like, sure, if you heard Jimi Hendrix and said "i want to play guitar" and end up joining a band, then you can say a band changed your life, but I really doubt many people are actually "changed" by bands, they just say they are to sound profound.
I think there's a difference between changing a person, and changing a person's life.

I know for me, discovering certain bands did change my life because they led me into "scenes" I would have never known about, other bands I would never have listened to, and some really good friends I'd have never met. Also that first band that sparks your passion for music as a whole would change your life by introducing you to something that becomes a powerful force in your life.

I don't think hearing Bad Religion at 13 would make a depressed teen say "OMG I'm Okay!!!", but it could lead them to other bands and new friends that might help them along.

[x togepi x]

I think there's a difference between changing a person, and changing a person's life.

I know for me, discovering certain bands did change my life because they led me into "scenes" I would have never known about, other bands I would never have listened to, and some really good friends I'd have never met. Also that first band that sparks your passion for music as a whole would change your life by introducing you to something that becomes a powerful force in your life.

I don't think hearing Bad Religion at 13 would make a depressed teen say "OMG I'm Okay!!!", but it could lead them to other bands and new friends that might help them along.

but this thread is "first band to change someone's life". I never said a band couldn't influence you, but come on...how many people seriously have had their entire life impacted by one band in a way that caused them to go in a completely different route? most people here act like music is such a big part of their lives when they just throw on All Time Low as background music, when there's a really big difference between that and actually having your life changed.

i mean i can see how being "in the scene" could "change your life" but i wonder how many people who say these things are honestly actively involved in their scene in ways besides being a passive observer. it's really a cliche.

[CellarGhosts]

haha yes! that movie is awesome
Haha, for sure.

Hopefully your office job isn't quite as bad haha.

[jenniferlee]

Haha, for sure.

Hopefully your office job isn't quite as bad haha.


haha...there are days that it's pretty close to being that bad

[CellarGhosts]

haha...there are days that it's pretty close to being that bad
dang, really? sucks. :-(

oh and yeah, I told you about Gaslight Anthem last night, right? definitely give the new album (see avatar) a listen. it's awesome. and then their older stuff too, ha.

[jenniferlee]

dang, really? sucks. :-(

oh and yeah, I told you about Gaslight Anthem last night, right? definitely give the new album (see avatar) a listen. it's awesome. and then their older stuff too, ha.


haha, it's alright, I think most office jobs are somewhat like that...at least the ones I've had

yes, I need to go to the record shop by my house and check them out :)

[coltenTALK]

Afi

[lovesickmelody9]

i would have to say Jimmy Eat World.

[Captain Awesome]

New Found Glory.
That got me to pick up a guitar and write my own songs to begin with.
It was all covers before that.

[CellarGhosts]

haha, it's alright, I think most office jobs are somewhat like that...at least the ones I've had

yes, I need to go to the record shop by my house and check them out :)
yeah, definitely do that. :-)

I can see you loving them.

[tearfulhearts<3]

blink 182 was my first fave band but i would have to say the used def changed my life. i love them :)

[WakeUpBlondie]

cobra starship

[ToastmasterAlph]

I'd have to say Five Iron Frenzy and Less Than Jake. Before I heard these guys I didn't even really listen to music. Without them I never would have gotten to know the creamy goodness that is ska. Hell, I might still be listening to Weird Al and They Might Be Giants all day.

[Talibantastic]

There's no way I ever could have got to Indian Summer without Jimmy Eat World, so I'll say them.

[dissident]

dave matthews band. being introduced to individual instrument solos and long instrumental jazzy sections at such an early age has really shaped how i listen to music and melody.

[AlternateToLife]

It might be cliche but The Beatles are probably my life changing band.

Either that or The All-American Rejects, seeing as they were the ones who got me strongly into music to get into The Beatles who changed my life. Depends on how you see it.

[darkog]

Kool & the gang!!! Celebrate that shait mo-fo's.

[IWasaCamera]

I can't say any artist has ever truly changed my life.

[HellhammerMario]

Tool, without a doubt in my mind.

Loved them when I was a youngin', love them now.

[daftknight]

Mae, for sure.

[Kerplunk_23]

Green Day changed my life and introduced me to the world of punk.

[bradyreier]

I was always a big fan of music because of my parents playing records for me, but Blink is the band that really got me into music.

[bradyreier]

Oh, and 2Pac haha

[xxemo_kittyxx]

Blink 182

[bhs1158]

Jimmy Eat World changed my perspective.

[3mpire]

Blink, definitely. Hearing Enema Of The State for the first time completely changed my views on music. Blew my mind.

[kitti_katt420]

stop being so cliche. People don't suddenly go "oh i'm okay because Bad Religion is a band". They just naturally mature. I mean like, sure, if you heard Jimi Hendrix and said "i want to play guitar" and end up joining a band, then you can say a band changed your life, but I really doubt many people are actually "changed" by bands, they just say they are to sound profound.



if i'm bieng so cliche why did you post on this thread?? obviously the title struck some kind of chord. seriously...if you think the question was stupid or cliche or whatever...dont post a response. stop bieng dicks. either answer the question or dont. it's pretty simple.

[x togepi x]

if i'm bieng so cliche why did you post on this thread?? obviously the title struck some kind of chord. seriously...if you think the question was stupid or cliche or whatever...dont post a response. stop bieng dicks. either answer the question or dont. it's pretty simple.

to point out how stupid the concept of "bands changing your life is" to a group of people who's music experience is listening to music that they downloaded onto their ipod isn't actually life changing. just because you like all time low doesn't mean they changed your life in any meaningful way.

[DaveZeroZero]

Well, he didn't answer the question, so he did as you asked.

[kitti_katt420]

to point out how stupid the concept of "bands changing your life is" to a group of people who's music experience is listening to music that they downloaded onto their ipod isn't actually life changing. just because you like all time low doesn't mean they changed your life in any meaningful way.


ok. so you dont like music enough for it to change your life. so what? so now the concept is stupid becuase YOU have never experienced it? why is it, that people have to be "cooler than thou" all the fucking time? i dont like all time low for one...and 2, how do you know a band hasnt changed a person's life in any meaningful way? WHO made it up to you to decide what music does for people???

[x togepi x]

ok. so you dont like music enough for it to change your life. so what?

yeah i don't like music enough for it to change my life, which is why i didn't transfer to art school so i could be in the band i'm in. my credit card bill is actually tangible proof that a band has "changed my life" in a lot more than most of these people who just wanted an another excuse to list their favorite band.

so now the concept is stupid becuase YOU have never experienced it? why is it, that people have to be "cooler than thou" all the fucking time? i dont like all time low for one...and 2, how do you know a band hasnt changed a person's life in any meaningful way? WHO made it up to you to decide what music does for people???

the concept is stupid because it's basically a way to say you like a band and sound deep about it. there aren't many people who's lives would have been completely and totally different if they hadn't heard some band. mine would have been, a few others here probably, but most people? not really.

the reason i say this is because people here, and you being one of them, treat music as a commodity. it's just a product/trend/fashion, which isn't life changing in a meaningful way. for proof of this, just look at your own title, what is the "first band to change your life", first implying that there will be many in a long line, which if you're a trend hopper like most people here, then of course many bands will "change your life", but that concept is functionally meaningless. most people's responses here are basically X band changed my life because I say so, which doesn't really mean anything.

[OdeToTheSun]

I know i'm gonna get laughed at but i'm gonna say Underoath.

before I listened to them I was afraid to listen to anything heavier than what was on radio stations in fear of going to hell or something (this was during a phase where I was really christian minded).
After hearing they were a christian band and playing that kind of music it totally changed my views.

[nikeskate875]

the beatles
jamestown story
mae
city & colour

[kitti_katt420]

yeah i don't like music enough for it to change my life, which is why i didn't transfer to art school so i could be in the band i'm in. my credit card bill is actually tangible proof that a band has "changed my life" in a lot more than most of these people who just wanted an another excuse to list their favorite band.



the concept is stupid because it's basically a way to say you like a band and sound deep about it. there aren't many people who's lives would have been completely and totally different if they hadn't heard some band. mine would have been, a few others here probably, but most people? not really.

the reason i say this is because people here, and you being one of them, treat music as a commodity. it's just a product/trend/fashion, which isn't life changing in a meaningful way. for proof of this, just look at your own title, what is the "first band to change your life", first implying that there will be many in a long line, which if you're a trend hopper like most people here, then of course many bands will "change your life", but that concept is functionally meaningless. most people's responses here are basically X band changed my life because I say so, which doesn't really mean anything.


music to some people, isnt just a product/trend/fashion. yes, many bands can change your life, becuase you will go through many phases in your life. I was 11 when i first heard Sublime, which led me into punk,ska, ext. how i was at 11 was way different than how i was at 13 or 16 or 19. and just becuase you like a different type of music at different ages...i.e..industrial around 14 to shoegaze at 23, doesnt make you a trend hopper. it just means that somewhere along the way, you've grown. you've evolved. and your tastes have changed. which is natural. and when i say "changed my life" i mean CHANGED MY LIFE. i dont care about sounding deep about a band as you put it. I just know the impact they have had on who i am. just becuase you dont believe it, doesnt mean you should discredit anyone who really feels that a band has changed the person they are.

[desiguerilla]

linkin park really got me into rock music and all the other rock bands that followed after back in fifth grade

these days i dont listen to them as much but i have never been more into a band than i was into linkin park, at one point i had everything single thing they made, from all their stuff before chester to all the side projects and stuff. i will never get rid of hybrid theory ever.

[mattybobviously]

Radiohead, the first time I heard "Fake Plastic Trees" completely changed the way I look at music, and perhaps even my outlook in general.

[zackisonfire]

Linkin Park, it was the hardest thing i had ever heard at the time.

I hated anything with screaming for a long time,
then i heard Pulomnary Archery by Alexisonfire, and it only got harder from there.

Max Bemis, Dallas Green, Anthony Green.
Probably the 3 people that played the biggest part.

[alltimelove]

NSYNC caused a rift in a friendship of mine when I was 10. Damn them.

[x togepi x]

music to some people, isnt just a product/trend/fashion. yes, many bands can change your life, becuase you will go through many phases in your life. I was 11 when i first heard Sublime, which led me into punk,ska, ext. how i was at 11 was way different than how i was at 13 or 16 or 19. and just becuase you like a different type of music at different ages...i.e..industrial around 14 to shoegaze at 23, doesnt make you a trend hopper. it just means that somewhere along the way, you've grown. you've evolved. and your tastes have changed. which is natural. and when i say "changed my life" i mean CHANGED MY LIFE. i dont care about sounding deep about a band as you put it. I just know the impact they have had on who i am. just becuase you dont believe it, doesnt mean you should discredit anyone who really feels that a band has changed the person they are.


i highly doubt you would be in a completely different place in life had you never heard those bands, thus your life wasn't really changed in a meaningful way, which was my point. you're merely assigning this phenomena to specific bands when it really comes from natural human growth.

i mean i could say a band like anti-flag "changed my life" because they got me into politics until i realize that i was reading political books at the same time and that it was just a point in my life where i realized shit was going on in other places besides my home town. did they change my life? not at all, but that's the kind of logic you're using here.

[ReadyForAction]

I got Sing The Sorrow and AAR's s/t at the same time, and both albums showed me that lyrics can be just as meaningful as the music itself
then I bought War All The Time
end of story

[Jumpoff]

Well, after hearing Soul For Real's epic "Candy Rain", I fell in love with music. And now I waste almost all of my time speaking about it on the internet.

Also, since Sublime got me into rock music as a whole and indirectly led me to going to concerts and posting on this site, they also I guess changed my life.

[grabyourguns]

sum 41

[grabyourguns]

or bad religion

[Jumpoff]

or the edit button?

[pcyph]

Blink 182, when i was in 1st or 2nd grade I was the only one who got into music so deeply cause of that, by the time kids started listening to "music" in 5th or 6th grade I had been to several shows and fell in love with several bands.

haha

[theguy77]

brand new was the band that made me decide i was a music person.

[SSLYBY]

Sadly, Limp Bizkit.


It was my first unedited CD and Probably my first rock cd.

[coryatlarge]

i was a very sheltered child and growing up wasnt aloud to listen to "bad" music.... which my parents thought was anything and everything that wasnt christian...... but i used to get up in the middle of the night and watch fuse and i can remember vividly seeing the video for taking back sunday's "a decade under the influence" and thinking wow this is a really amazing song! that was my first taste of rock music from the present...... i remember growing up and listening to my dads cassetes of the stray cats, queen, and guns and roses..... those arent very life changing to me but i guess they had an effect on me somewhat.......

[sugarcoatedlies]

NSYNC made people hate me
Blink 182 made me not give a damn what people think as long as i'm having fun.
FFTL just makes me happy.

[ThemChains]

sum 41

or bad religion

What the fuck?

[theguy77]

What the fuck?

haha dont be so quick to judge, i saw little difference between lagwagon and yellowcard when i was like 12.

[tfar06]

dont know who the first was and why but set your goals mutiny album , fuckin lyrics are so impowering

[ThemChains]

set your goals mutiny, fuckin lyrics are so impowering

Two posts above.

[Zach Cool]

N*SYNC made me become interested in music. Blink-182 made me become passionate about it. New Found Glory made me become obsessed with it.

[alltimecam]

blink my parents had their enema of the state cd which i listened to constantly at the age of 8

[HelpMeSleep]

cliched but Fall Out Boy. i started listening to them when i was 15 and they got me into a lot of other bands i still like now and they're still one of my favorites. actually a lot of the bands i like i can trace back to how i got into them and most of them will lead straight back to FOB.

i got into a rut for several months where i didn't really listen to any new music or bands and i listened to a lot of Top 40 stuff. the first time i saw Cobra Starship live and the first time i ever heard them at all was what got me out of that and made me LOVE music again. they're the reason i made an account here, the reason i want to work in the music industry and the reason i'm as weird as i am today. they've been my favorite band ever since.

[BrokenMirror]

Thrice. They completely altered my idea of what music is. Before Thrice, music was entertainment. After Thrice, music became art.

Also, I discovered a lot of my favourite bands because they were labeled as post-hardcore on Wikipedia, which is the same label attached to Thrice. This is how I discovered At the Drive-In and Saosin, and those discoveries in turn led me to Sparta, The Mars Volta and Circa Survive.

And on August 21st, Thrice will become the first band I saw live.

[nikeskate875]

The Spill Canvas

[williek311]

The Boss

[LamarVannoy]

My Chemical Romance. they introduced me into the world of rock music and i discovered alot of other bands through them.

[FayeQC]

Nirvana heh.

[fadedmemories]

The Used at 12 yrs old

[mellzie14]

Matchbox Twenty and the Goo Goo Dolls when I was in 5/6th grade. I had only listened to rap before that, and these bands helped me realize that music could contain meaningful lyrics.

[DaveZeroZero]

Thrice. They completely altered my idea of what music is. Before Thrice, music was entertainment. After Thrice, music became art.

Also, I discovered a lot of my favourite bands because they were labeled as post-hardcore on Wikipedia, which is the same label attached to Thrice. This is how I discovered At the Drive-In and Saosin, and those discoveries in turn led me to Sparta, The Mars Volta and Circa Survive.

And on August 21st, Thrice will become the first band I saw live.

You haven't seen any live shows yet?

[fran.182]

blink-182....without them i would not be here:-)

[chronomic]

i would have to say smashing pumpkins in like the 3rd grade. it was the first "band" i ever really started listening to beyond just the radio singles.

and i still love them more than ever.

[cryates]

third eye blind circa 97

[WakeUpBlondie]

Blink 182, then THird eye blind, then Bayside, then mewithoutYou

[BrokenMirror]

You haven't seen any live shows yet?

To be honest I don't get out much at all, really. I don't like crowds.

[DaveZeroZero]

To be honest I don't get out much at all, really. I don't like crowds.

I need to get out a bit more myself. I haven't been to a show since the end of last year I don't think =/ I really need to get on that and some girl.

[CellarGhosts]

omg my chemcial romance totally save mah lyfeeeee i used to be real depressed but then i joined the black parade and wuz saved!!1

[DaveZeroZero]

omg my chemcial romance totally save mah lyfeeeee i used to be real depressed but then i joined the black parade and wuz saved!!1

omgzzz liek mee to! gerardizzle is teh hawt. I hope the black par8 iznt dead like thd dvd sed - i wood b sad =[

[ThemChains]

omg my chemcial romance totally save mah lyfeeeee i used to be real depressed but then i joined the black parade and wuz saved!!1

Every mallrat walking back and forth between hot topic and spencer's.


For me, it is probably Saves The Day; one of the only bands I've been listening to since middle school.

[CellarGhosts]

Every mallrat walking back and forth between hot topic and spencer's.


For me, it is probably Saves The Day; one of the only bands I've been listening to since middle school.
all too true.

omgzzz liek mee to! gerardizzle is teh hawt. I hope the black par8 iznt dead like thd dvd sed - i wood b sad =[
i rrly hoap teh blak parade isnt dead d00d :bluesad:

[DaveZeroZero]

i rrly hoap teh blak parade isnt dead d00d :bluesad:

I no! du u fink dat there nu album is bein owt soon?

[ThemChains]

I'll add in American Nightmare and Converge, but that was a couple years later.

[CellarGhosts]

I no! du u fink dat there nu album is bein owt soon?
nooo, gerard died rememar!?

[ThemChains]

nooo, gerard died rememar!?

Don't give some of us high hopes.

[CellarGhosts]

Don't give some of us high hopes.
haha my mistake.

[DaveZeroZero]

nooo, gerard died rememar!?

ogm now! I has no rzn to liv nw! im gna go slit mai rists nw kay? u cn play dead! at mai f00neral.

[CellarGhosts]

ogm now! I has no rzn to liv nw! im gna go slit mai rists nw kay? u cn play dead! at mai f00neral.
haha the sad part is, there are probably people out there who act exactly like this.

[DaveZeroZero]

haha the sad part is, there are probably people out there who act exactly like this.

and most of them probably have buzznet accounts and may one day come here and plague our existences.

[pand75]

If any band, I would say Thursday. I had an obsession with Full Collapse.
Agreed.

Green Day Dookie and Weezer - Weezer.

[go go gadget!]

I've always been into music so I loved blink and Third Eye Blind when I first heard them but the first band that really got me into music and into other bands was Fall Out Boy

[makeasound]

and most of them probably have buzznet accounts and may one day come here and plague our existences.
And then when everyone on the site takes the shit out of them and they kill themselves, their parents will sue Jason over "internet bullying" the way parents have sued myspace/Tom.

I can see it all now.

[ambiguous.dude]

definitely blink-182 and Alexisonfire.

[speak easy]

blink-182

[JuJu the hinder]

Linkin Park. Before them I was just listening to mainstream pop rock. Bubble gum amateur stuff like N'Sync. Never again. Linkin Park is now my favo band. Who else mixes rap, rock, and techie like that? They opened my eyes to just how amazing the musical world can really be.

[amysaurus]

Before Green Day and blink-182 I was listening to NSYNC and Backstreet Boys. They got me interested in bands that play their own instruments and don't need a choreographer.

[DaveZeroZero]

Linkin Park. Before them I was just listening to mainstream pop rock. Bubble gum amateur stuff like N'Sync. Never again. Linkin Park is now my favo band. Who else mixes rap, rock, and techie like that? They opened my eyes to just how amazing the musical world can really be.
linkin park aren't mainstream pop rock?

I guess you learn something new every day.

[Jumpoff]

Sublime got me to listen to something aside from Rap.

First person to get me into rap was.. I think Big Pun.

[GlamourKillsUs]

alexisonfire changed my entire perspective on music

for me before, it was pop and stuff like that

alexisonfire were a COOL canadian band i could like. it let me into all these canadian bands.

then made me venture more with screamo and then so on and so forth....

i became the anthony green/circa survive worshipper i am today.

[GuitarR0cker1]

Fall Out Boy got me into Pop Punk in a whole new way and if it wasn't for them I would have never joined AP or have gotten over listening to bands like TDG, LP and Breaking Benjamin and other crapp Nu-Metal/Post-Grunge bands. FOB led me to New Found Glory, Saves the Day, Blink-182, Anberlin, and Paramore. After that I was fully into Pop Punk and so those bands led me to others.

[bowl of oranges]

blink-182 got me into pop-punk in 4th grade when my older cousin bought me Dude Ranch.

[kitti_katt420]

blink-182 got me into pop-punk in 4th grade when my older cousin bought me Dude Ranch.

Dude Ranch is actually the only Blink cd I ever got into. I really liked that cd and still do. nothing against them, i never really cared for any of thier other cd's except that one.

[kitti_katt420]

Sublime got me to listen to something aside from Rap.

First person to get me into rap was.. I think Big Pun.

Sublime was my gateway drug. After that, i had this urge to know whatelse was out there beyond what my parents listened to and beyond what was on the radio. I know they have become very much a radio band, but it has never made me love them any less. They have managed to stay my favorite band for nearly 13 years.

[pcyph]

Also I remember in 03-04 when my brother introduced me to On The Might Of Princes which got me into the thinking that a band didn't have to be popular for me to like them,

and then Four Year Strong cause they had me in 03 and 04 going to a bunch of local shows, and that really introduced me to concerts where I wasn't a mile away from the stage.

[Until The Bombs]

None.

[pcyph]

None.

really? :-|

[summer skin]

Fys Changed My Lyfe

[jkaminallen]

I'm guessing that like 99% of this forum, Brand New.

[pcyph]

Fys Changed My Lyfe

Thanks for a sarcastic douchebag,

I explained the reason they changed my life and I like them a lot and owe a lot of the local shows I attend and have complete fun at and let anger and stress out because of them.

How about you shut the fuck up? Your better than me because you don't like a band I do? Stop being such a superficial piece of shit.

[summer skin]

Thanks for a sarcastic douchebag,

I explained the reason they changed my life and I like them a lot and owe a lot of the local shows I attend and have complete fun at and let anger and stress out because of them.

How about you shut the fuck up? Your better than me because you don't like a band I do? Stop being such a superficial piece of shit.
brah I was at that show brah. When they played that song that goes like "WAAH WEEEE WEE WAAAAA JUN JUN JUN HERE WE GO BOOOM JUN JUN JUN NEENA NEENER" I never felt more alive. You need to chill out and drink some brawndo, brew.

[ThemChains]

brah I was at that show brah. When they played that song that goes like "WAAH WEEEE WEE WAAAAA JUN JUN JUN HERE WE GO BOOOM JUN JUN JUN NEENA NEENER" I never felt more alive. You need to chill out and drink some brawndo, brew.

Brawndo! "It says here you talk like a *** and your shit's all fucked up."

[StreetSurgery]

Sleeping Giant.

[summer skin]

Brawndo! "It says here you talk like a *** and your shit's all fucked up."
ITS GOT WHAT BROS CRAVE!

[ThemChains]

ITS GOT WHAT BROS CRAVE!

What are you objectificating?

[summer skin]

What are you objectificating?
the foo fighter kid...Unless you want to throw hands! I'll see YOU at the First Step show!

[ThemChains]

the foo fighter kid...Unless you want to throw hands! I'll see YOU at the First Step show!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[Jumpoff]

Sublime was my gateway drug. After that, i had this urge to know whatelse was out there beyond what my parents listened to and beyond what was on the radio. I know they have become very much a radio band, but it has never made me love them any less. They have managed to stay my favorite band for nearly 13 years.

I always knew there was other music out there, but I really wasn't interested in it. I was happy with the very limited genre scope I had until I heard that album. Great mix of everything I like, haha. Glad other people like them on here :-p

[kitti_katt420]

I always knew there was other music out there, but I really wasn't interested in it. I was happy with the very limited genre scope I had until I heard that album. Great mix of everything I like, haha. Glad other people like them on here :-p

lol..you don't know to what extent I love that band. Sometimes I get shit for it but I'll take it. Sublime can turn my worst moods to giddy in seconds.

[chaosB4storm]

Gray

[Jumpoff]

lol..you don't know to what extent I love that band. Sometimes I get shit for it but I'll take it. Sublime can turn my worst moods to giddy in seconds.

Basically same. I have... almost everything they put out I think. Jah Won't Pay the Bills, Hong Kong Fooey, and all three studio albums... all I need is What I Got (the EP) for that Doin Time Remix, Second Hand Smoke and... the live albums.

Hong Kong Fooey, Santeria, and 54/46 Was My Number just put me in such a great mood :dance:

[kitti_katt420]

Basically same. I have... almost everything they put out I think. Jah Won't Pay the Bills, Hong Kong Fooey, and all three studio albums... all I need is What I Got (the EP) for that Doin Time Remix, Second Hand Smoke and... the live albums.

I have them all plus like 5 tribute cds...some of which are decent. the box set was actually really good too.

[Jumpoff]

Haha nice, I really just avoided all those tribute CD's. Never been a huge fan of covers.... I heard Badfish was good though?

[kitti_katt420]

Haha nice, I really just avoided all those tribute CD's. Never been a huge fan of covers.... I heard Badfish was good though?


yeah actually they really are. Some of the tributes are good, like the punk tribute cd and the "Look at All the Love We Found"...cuz on those comps it was actual established bands. and it was cool to see bands like Fishbone, No Use for a Name, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Ozomalti, Avail, and Pennywise cover Sublime. Some of those tributes really are worth having.

[versus_god]

http://www.mitchclem.com/nothingnice/comics/20050622.gif

[tslxmilesapart]

honestly..when i heard carousel by blink 182.

that one song got me into music
and was also the reason i started playing bass

[kitti_katt420]

http://www.mitchclem.com/nothingnice/comics/20050622.gif
LMAO!!! that's actually pretty funny!

[Jumpoff]

http://www.mitchclem.com/nothingnice/comics/20050622.gif

It's like that other website. But actually funny. I dig.

[emkvetwin]

Baby Beluga = the most ballin' shit eva.

:appl:

[BalancingacT]

Metallicaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[BalancingacT]

Okay, so more realistically, probably Simple Plan.

But I'd much rather list something manly and strong like Metallica or Baby Beluga.

[murrich]

Metallica isn't manly, real men listen to Korpiklaani.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYi0T99vmkI)

[DaveZeroZero]

Viking metal! w00t! :highfive:

[allhourcymbals]

Matt Embree.

[Mibabalou]

blink 182 is the first
then hawthorne heights

[allhourcymbals]

How did Hawthorne Heights change your life?

[murrich]

How did Hawthorne Heights change your life?

Their lyrics are inspirational.

[DaveZeroZero]

"Outside your window, with my radioooooo!"

[LifeInDecay]

Haha Fall Out Boy in like 7th grade. The reason for this is because up until that point i couldn't have cared less about music. I really liked FUTCT so then in turn I ended up trying to find more music I'd like and my love for music was born.

[fran.182]

Haha Fall Out Boy in like 7th grade. The reason for this is because up until that point i couldn't have cared less about music. I really liked FUTCT so then in turn I ended up trying to find more music I'd like and my love for music was born.

things worked exactly the same way with me

but was the blink 182 untitled in late 2006....i was in the 8th grade

[tslxmilesapart]

"Outside your window, with my radioooooo!"

"cut my wrist and black my eyes"

[DaveZeroZero]

"cut my wrist and black my eyes"
"so I can fall asleep tonight (or die) - because you kill me..."

[tslxmilesapart]

"so I can fall asleep tonight (or die) - because you kill me..."

Saying goodbye this time, the same old story
Seeing you cry, makes me feel like saying sorry

[DaveZeroZero]

Saying goodbye this time, the same old story
Seeing you cry, makes me feel like saying sorry
"And all I had was the memory of what was
so let's pretend it never mattered to us"

[loveisdead]

Blink 182

[DaveZeroZero]

that's not a Hawthorne Heights lyric!

[jaredCoO]

Underoath.
I started screaming so that I could sing along properly. Heh-hehhhhhreeaaaagh!! (Spence Chamberlain impression.)

[DaveZeroZero]

Underoath.
I started screaming so that I could sing along properly. Heh-hehhhhhreeaaaagh!! (Spence Chamberlain impression.)
I think that it loses something in being typed.

[jaredCoO]

I'd record it and put it on an mp3, but I'm too lazy to right now.

Seriously.

[cecelialove13]

Say anything about three years ago, and to this day.
Walk Through hell was the first song I heard and it came into a point in my life that I was changing my ideals. Their music is the only thing that has really stuck with me through that change.

[Markus1186]

Matt Embree.


right here.

dont kid yourselves, bands like simple plan and hawthorne heights dont change lives, but theres a chance Matt Embree could.

[Punkrules123]

Blink 182, got their logo tattooed on my leg

[DaveZeroZero]

swt.

[allhourcymbals]

Blink 182, got their logo tattooed on my leg
That's cool. I'm gonna get Matt Embree tattooed on my face.

[summer skin]

"Saying goodbye, this time, the same old story
"Seeing you overdose on pills, makes me feel like milking it for all it's worth"

[Jumpoff]

"Seeing you overdose on pills, makes me feel like milking it for all it's worth"

Cold blooded. :-d

[summer skin]

"so cut my wrists and black my eyes *no screampeats because Casey's fucking dead*"

[DaveZeroZero]

lolololol

Oh, Jeff.

[summer skin]

lolololol

Oh, Jeff.
*screampeating*
LOLOLOLOL

OH, JEFFFFFFFFFFFF

[DaveZeroZero]

I should call HH and offer to scream for them, because Fragile Futures is far worse than anything they did with Casey.

In fact, I should just tell them to split up - it's about time.

[guiguedz]

Iron Maiden.

[nashiscash1324]

bought the "The Mother, The Mechanic, And The Path" when i was 17 and it totally changed what type of music i listened to. before that my ears fell victim to generic crunk rap and radio friendly alternative rock.

Edit: The Early November...duh.

[shotgunxsinner]

My Chemical Romance.

[theguy77]

bought the "The Mother, The Mechanic, And The Path" when i was 17 and it totally changed what type of music i listened to. before that my ears fell victim to generic crunk rap and radio friendly alternative rock.

Edit: The Early November...duh.

great choice, wonderful pop-rock album.

[mushroom]

I must of been 11 or 12 when i picked up The Origin Of Symmetry by Muse, when i first heard it my jaw dropped, i couldn't believe music could sound like that. Still to this day when i listen to that record i'm astonished, nobody can imitate Muse, because nobody is skilled enough to do so. Matt Bellamy is the reason i picked up a guitar.

[DaveZeroZero]

I must of been 11 or 12 when i picked up The Origin Of Symmetry by Muse, when i first heard it my jaw dropped, i couldn't believe music could sound like that. Still to this day when i listen to that record i'm astonished, nobody can imitate Muse, because nobody is skilled enough to do so. Matt Bellamy is the reason i picked up a guitar.
Nobody imitates muse because nobody wants to chop off their balls in order to be able to imitate Matt Bellamy's voice.

[mushroom]

Nobody imitates muse because nobody wants to chop off their balls in order to be able to imitate Matt Bellamy's voice.

they'd chop off their balls and still not be able to hit the notes Matt can

[DaveZeroZero]

they'd chop off their balls and still not be able to hit the notes Matt can
Why don't you try it?

[Broden Terry]

I've had a few albums/artists that have had a huge impact on me.
The first CD i ever bought was Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet and that remains one of my favourite albums today. It was made all the more special because I bought that with my own money which meant that it meant more to me.

Umm Bryan Adams, Reckless. The first time i heard this album i was totally blown away, with classic songs such as Summer of 69, Heaven, Run To You, Somebody. I remember just jumping around my room going mental whenever SO69 blasted from my stereo.

Finally, to a lesser extent, the first time that I heard Jackson Browne was magical. He taught me how to put true emotions into songwriting and he's just a genius as far as I'm concerned. I'd recommend downloading his Solo acoustic volume 1. It'll blow your mind.

[DaveZeroZero]

I've had a few albums/artists that have had a huge impact on me.
The first CD i ever bought was Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet and that remains one of my favourite albums today. It was made all the more special because I bought that with my own money which meant that it meant more to me.

Umm Bryan Adams, Reckless. The first time i heard this album i was totally blown away, with classic songs such as Summer of 69, Heaven, Run To You, Somebody. I remember just jumping around my room going mental whenever SO69 blasted from my stereo.

Finally, to a lesser extent, the first time that I heard Jackson Browne was magical. He taught me how to put true emotions into songwriting and he's just a genius as far as I'm concerned. I'd recommend downloading his Solo acoustic volume 1. It'll blow your mind.
If he's so good, why not recommend buying it? ;-)

[Broden Terry]

If he's so good, why not recommend buying it? ;-)

Because that costs money and you may not like it as much as i do.
Go ahead though.

[mushroom]

Why don't you try it?

i did, that was the voice of experience speaking

[DaveZeroZero]

Because that costs money and you may not like it as much as i do.
Go ahead though.
Now now, let's not get ahead of ourselves - I never said that I would buy it.

[DaveZeroZero]

i did, that was the voice of experience speaking
touché

[fadedmemories]

Nobody imitates muse because nobody wants to chop off their balls in order to be able to imitate Matt Bellamy's voice.
:-d

[Broden Terry]

Now now, let's not get ahead of ourselves - I never said that I would buy it.

Haha, No but in all seriousness he's a fantastic musician and yes the album is worth a purchase as is his Solo Acoustic Volume Two. Just check his myspace page before you buy it though as it's a bit different from today's music.

[omgshe'sdead]

Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come mainly because as a kid growing up in Sweden I was surrounded by ABBA and Roxette. It was good to find a local band that didn't suck. Pretty much led me into punk/hardcore, which is basically everything I listen to today.

[mushroom]

Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come mainly because as a kid growing up in Sweden I was surrounded by ABBA and Roxette. It was good to find a local band that didn't suck. Pretty much led me into punk/hardcore, which is basically everything I listen to today.

i love that record, over a decade on and it is still yet to be betterd, shame i didn't get into them until after they split up

[Joey Mac]

The one group that made me see the world in a whole different light would have to be Pennywise, if you put on any of the first four albums it brings me back to when i was 11 or 12 yrs old... They may have fell off a little over the years, but the first four are classic...

[omgshe'sdead]

i love that record, over a decade on and it is still yet to be betterd, shame i didn't get into them until after they split up

Well, they basically split up right after that masterpiece of an album. Everything released after it were old recordings, demo EPs and DVDs.

[kearn1tm]

I've yet to have an artist radically alter my life.

In 2002, when I was 15, Taking Back Sunday's Tell All Your Friends inspired me to become a musician (bass/keyboards) because, well, I was 15 and had a limited musical perspective (see: Stupid), so this angst-ridden, heartbroken band was the ultimate musical template I wanted to aspire to. Furthermore, it was incredibly easy to play those 3-chord progressions.

It was 2006, when I was 19, that I listened to The Fall's Hex Enduction Hour, which was most likely the first album that forced me to transcend the marginalized music scene I'd been confined in most of my teen years.

It was later in 2006 that I heard Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, which inspired me to want to write about music (become a journalism major) for a living.

However, no band/artist has had a profound effect on my ideological perspective on life...yet.

[TooLateF0rRoses]

There should be an age limit to this thread. Some of the bands people are posting are ridiculous excuses for "bands that changed your life."

[DaveZeroZero]

There should be an age limit to this thread. Some of the bands people are posting are ridiculous excuses for "bands that changed your life."
That said, it's an entirely subjective thing, isn't it?

[TooLateF0rRoses]

That said, it's an entirely subjective thing, isn't it?

understood, but someone saying HH writes inspiring lyrics? that just isnt right haha

[DaveZeroZero]

understood, but someone saying HH writes inspiring lyrics? that just isnt right haha
Haha, objectively, no, I can't say that they do =]

[TooLateF0rRoses]

Haha, objectively, no, I can't say that they do =]

I have no problem with people and their tastes, i just have trouble understanding how some bands people choose can actually be inspiring...
"I love Katy Perry because she made me comfortable with being a lesbian"
Ok there...

[DaveZeroZero]

I have no problem with people and their tastes, i just have trouble understanding how some bands people choose can actually be inspiring...
"I love Katy Perry because she made me comfortable with being a lesbian"
Ok there...
That makes even less sense than saying that HH are inspiring. A joke song about not actually kissing a girl isn't something that's going to make comfortable within themselves.

Not only that, but also Katy Perry didn't write that song - she had someone else do it - meaning that saying that "I love Katy Perry because she made me comfortable with being a lesbian" is, in actual fact, completely incorrect =]

[TooLateF0rRoses]

well now you are just taking a joke and thinking way too much into it. I have no facts or caring of gaining facts behind that song, it was just an example made to show how poor some of these bands are as life changers.

[DaveZeroZero]

well now you are just taking a joke and thinking way too much into it. I have no facts or caring of gaining facts behind that song, it was just an example made to show how poor some of these bands are as life changers.
I just read it in a free newspaper on the train.

[TooLateF0rRoses]

I just read it in a free newspaper on the train.

its all good man, knowledge is power.

[mynameiscarterr]

It's gotta be blink-182.
As sad as this sounds, they inspired me to play music.

[TooLateF0rRoses]

copeland