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Talkin' bout YOUR generation...

Hello.

A lightweight thread here, folks. Just want to see where we are all coming from - YOUR generation, that is.

We all had a defining band growing up. In your formative years, who was that band??? The only rules are that you have to pick a band from the time when you were somewhere between the ages of 11 and 17, and they have had to be current at the time - still together and vibrant. For example, at age 34, I can't pick The Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, or The Who, even though I may have listened to them a great deal. As such, I doubt any of us will be able to choose Haydn or Vivaldi...

It would be that if CDs were in cars at the time, that would be blaring when you picked up your friends. It doesn't mean you have to still be listening to them today. Heck, you may even hate them now.

I think it will provide a little insight into our backgrounds and a special time of our lives. OK, so let's have some fun with this!

MY choice in my time period(1980 - 1986) would have to be Van Halen, and I don't even listen to them anymore
trelja
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jond
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he Grateful Dead! I could not have gotten through high! school and college without them.
trelja OP
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Yes, Lugnut, while it was supposed to be your "one, defining band", I kind of messed that up in translation.

Wow, it's really enlightening to see the diverse group of acts people have lined up with! It sure must have been an absolute blast to flower in the fruitful time of the mid-60s to mid-70s. I see some really seminal stuff there, which had a great impact on my listening.

Anyway, I'll go ahead and break my own rules, and expand my list:
Dead Kennedys
The Police
Grandmaster Flash
Run - DMC
The Cars
Public Image Limited
Kraftwerk
U2
The Smiths
unclejeff
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The One Enlightening Band?

The Beatles.
fatparrot
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I graduated high school in 1972. I was an AM Top 40 listener, as FM progressive radio was pretty much in its infancy, and no one I knew had an FM radio in their cars. Also, these were the days before component stereo (except for a few audiophiles) and listening was done on those big ugly console stereos (more a piece of furniture than an audio reproduction system) or on dinky little portable record players. Phono cartridges were pizo-electric ceramic devices (tracking at 5 to 9 grams...OUCH!) and 45 RPM 7" singles usually comprised the majority of teenagers record collections.

Then, in the late spring/early summer of 1972, like Tommy, I "became aware that year". After my "altered state of mind", I heard two albums that totally changed my perception of music, and forever set my feet on the path of musical and audio discovery.

These two LP's were:
1) David Bowie "THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST..."
2) Jethro Tull "THICK AS A BRICK"

Off to college (U. Miami in Florida) late summer of 1972, and further mind and music expansion. Vietnam, the "generation gap" (to quote L.B.J.), and Nixon's antipathy towards this country's youth were very powerful driving forces to create a genre of music that was ALL OUR OWN....and $5- or $6- concert tickets for major acts didn't hurt, either!
jsonic
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Monkees, Beatles, Stones, Cream , Led Zep, Grand Funk RR, Jethro Tull, The Who, ELP, The Band , Black Sabbath, T.Rex, Sly & The Family Stone, Motown, Dylan, Johnny Cash. The music that came afterwards has only strengthened my love for these artists. Born in '58.
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