Your Music Evolution

I'm not even sure how my musical evolution plays out. I'll do my best to start from as early as i can remember.

Ice Cube
Yeah, i sorta went through a rap thing. Music was never really pitched to me when i was young by my parents, i was left to find my own taste in music. Me, not having a solid base in any form of music was left to listen to what my friends listened to. For a long time i thought the only bands out there that weren't classical music were Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, DMX, and so forth. I remember the one CD my friend had that wasn't rap, or that kind of stuff was Big Shiney Tunes album 2. The very first song i heard off of it was Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson. That song really caught me, and i wanted that album, even just for that song (yeah i was really impressionable).

Big Shiney Tunes 2
This compilation probably played the largest role in my musical development. I loved each song on this album, some more than others. It opened the doors for me to bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Third Eye Blind, Smashmouth, and other such mainstream stuff, but nothing that really stuck with me, except for The Tea Party. I wasn't huge into them, mostly because the sound of the song on that Compilation kind of scared me.

Crash Test Dummies
It was around this time that i got hooked on the folk band Crash Test Dummies. They had a terrific singer, and great instrumentalists to boot. Their song writing was creative. I lived off of this, and other bands my dad had lying around until i took another shot at the more mainstream stuff.

The Tea Party, and Creed
I bought myself a Creed album not long after starting grade 7. I was instantly hooked. After this i decided to try and branch out. I tried The Tea Party head on, along with Weird Al, and Smashmouth's less popular hits. None of the other ones stuck, but the Tea Party did grow on me over time, but Weird Al was an instant hit.

Rammstein
I was at a friend's house, and i was introduced to the dark Industrail sound of Rammstein. I couldn't understand it, but i didn't care, i loved the sound. I bought two of the albums and set down for a while just enjoying their music. After that, i discovered a website that listed almost every German born musical artist in existance. That's where i discovered...

Helloween
This band was an instant hit. I heard the song I Want Out, and i went right into downloading more of their stuff. Over the course of two days i had downloaded over 30 individual songs off Kazaa by them. They opened the door to the more talented side of music. Along with them came Rush, Dream Theater, the other two pillar bands to my taste in music. I went along with basically these three bands with some stragglers running along the side until for christmas i was given a rather strange gift that i was not expecting at all. I got a CD for christmas not too long ago, it was called...

Get Behind Me Satan
This album blew down all the walls surrounding my musical taste. Ever since receiving that album i've been going for almost anything i can find if it's recomended to me. I've gotten so much more adventerous, and i'm not afraid of new styles. I still listen to the three "pillar" bands in my taste more than anything, but i'm extending the pillar system to other such bands as The Tea Party (i'm now officially a fan), The White Stripes, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, and so on.

That's pretty much where i am now.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by MetheGelfling

Also props to Helloween for listening to The Tea Party. My fav of theirs has gotta be The Edges of Twilight.

Yay, i love props. Also totally agreed on the Edges of Twilight thing. It's definitely my favourite of their albums. Splendor Solis is catching up though, that's a fine album.

I didn't know the Tea Party ever made it down to the states.

There's nowhere I can't reach.