hmm, I was lucky enough to have The Beatles, Zep, Elton John and all sorts of other good rock played from before I can remember. The first album I bought was Kiss Destroyer (grade 3). The next band I really remember getting into was AC/DC around 1980 (Dirty Deeds was getting tons of airplay, and my older brother's influence was there. That album was a 1981 release). I was introduced to Black Sabbath's Iron Man later that year. Then Metallica's Ride the Lightning grabbed me and never let go.
Later, Alice in Chains' Man in the Box got me into grunge (Nirvana's Nevermind, Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger, Pearl Jam 10 were great (1991 was an amazing year for albums) )
Recently, nothing has really stood out for me. I'm stuck on mostly the old standards. Metal has terrific musicianship, but the cookie monster vocals kill it for me. And "rock" has been lame for quite some time.
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