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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Wow Smotyka, The Yardbirds!!! Now, that was a band. Reading that sent a chill through me. It must have been wild to see them first hand.

One of my best friends, who is no audiophile always points to Led Zeppelin as one of his. He said when they hit in the late 60s, they were like NOTHING else that ever came before them. That's the kind of thing that propels many of us into this hobby, the lust for music, and the eternal search for hearing it in perfection.

Ashra, are you still in the area? If so, maybe we can hook up? By the way, did you go to Northeast High? Reading The Inquirer article in yesterday's sports section comparing St. Joe's year with Delonte West and Jameer Nelson to Temple with Hal Lear and Guy Rodgers made me wish I was able to see them before. I always hear that when Guy was at Northeast, it was absolutely unreal how good he was.
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