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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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mwilson
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I grew up right in the middle of the thrash wave of the mid/late 80s (I'm 29) - undeniably the most vibrant and explosive period in heavy metal's brief and colorful history. Some important albums that come to mind:

Fates Warning: Awaken the Guardian
Celtic Frost: Into the Pandamonium
Omen: Teeth of the Hydra
Annihilator: Alice In Hell
King Diamond: Them
Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime
Cirith Ungol: King of the Dead
Candlemass: Nightfall
Forbidden: Forbidden Evil
Laaz Rockit: Annihilation Principle
Coroner: Punishment for Decadence
Helloween: Walls of Jericho

I still listen to TONS of metal(about 50% of my listening) and am still filling in the missing gems I don't have from this era, and finding a few new ones. Thank goodness for Ebay, this stuff can be hard to find otherwise. I vastly prefer the "classic" stuff over new stuff - the 80's for metal were like the 70's were for hard rock - the "classic" period, period!

As Manowar wrote, "Stripes on a tiger don't wash away." We may branch out and try new things, but we'll always have a soft spot for the music we grew up with - especially when you grew up listening to something truly special.
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