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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
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ellery911
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I'm 35, so in 1980 or so, I was listening to Black Flag...I would probably hate to hear how it sounds on my stereo now vs my old boom box.

Ellery
slappy
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METALLICA!!!!
imin2u
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I have to agree with Jeffloistarca. I'm also 42 and I think He hit it right on the head. "The one band that captured my imagination in my early teens was Frank Zappa and the Mothers. Hands down the most talented musician ... and by far the best live show I've seen". Perfectly worded and true Jeff. I also listened to tons of Led Zepellin, Queen and Pink Floyd. I think I have seven copies of Dark Side ..." It's called ADDICTION.
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jmcgrogan2
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Good thread Trejla. My choice would be Led Zepplin. I was big into Zepplin. It would have been the years of 1971-1977 for my time period. I still have a 8 track recording of a 4 hour special my local radio station did when John Bonham died. I was crushed September 25 1980. Oddly enough, I don't listen to much Zepplin anymore. I guess I'm getting old.

Since we are expanding the thread, other faves were:

The Stones (yes, they used to be good)
Skynard
Black Sabbath
Pink Floyd
Aerosmith (they used to be good too)
Deep Purple
AC/DC (they still are pretty good)
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thaluza
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I have a different take on this. Saturday Night Fever was definitely the most defining album of my teenage years. I got so sick of it, and anything that had to do with disco, that I became a head bangin' heavy metal dude. Led Zep was #1, followed by Van Halen and AC-DC. I also listened a lot to Ted Nugent. Nowadays, I'm more into jazz and classic rock.
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