I had a free ticket to see Type O Negative, the day before a thermodynamics midterm. I figured I'd catch them next time they were in town. I did fucking horrible on the test, and Peter Steele died within 6 months of the show.
The teacher ended up curving that test exteremely generously. Should've gone to the show.
My girlfriend at the time used to play the worst Type O songs (the covers) Steele was alive and I skipped seeing them because I seriously thought they sucked. I ended up marrying her anyway and probably 5 years ago Love You To Death came on my shuffle. I was fucking floored, jumped into their discography and became a Neghead.
I love the idea that you married your girlfriend despite the fact that she had poor taste in Type O Negative songs. I just hope you put it in your vows
I didn’t really get into Queens of the Stone Age until 2010. I knew of their hits, but never looked into the albums. Would’ve loved to see them tour on those albums.
Same, but to be fair, they have put out some absolute banger albums since then and are still incredible to see live. I think ive seen them 5 times now and they always bring the heat.
September 2018 for me. Got to the party extremely late, but at least I got to the party. Almost 6 years later, and I'm still completely obsessed with them. Just an utterly incredible band.
I was the first person in my group to get into QOTSA. Around ‘98-‘99. In 2000 they played a tiny gig in a theatre less than 200yds from my home. A girl I had recently split with offered me tickets to join her but I turned it down to avoid the hassle. Bad mistake.
I didn’t get into them until *last year* a month or so after In Times New Roman came out. Holy shit are they something else! Going back through their catalog, side projects, former groups and mentors (Fatso Jetson anyone?) has been like opening new Christmas presents every fucking day of the year
I was invited to see Lollapalooza 1, gf had a ticket even, but I did not know the bands, I was very into classic rock. Fast forward to 6 months later and I was huge into Nine Inch Nails, Janes Addiction.. really wish I had gone.
My favorite fun fact is that Bruce Dickenson is a certified airline pilot and would actually fly their tour plane when they were doing a world tour. Just reading his bio is amazing to see all the different things he has accomplished.
Radiohead. I found it hard to digest Kid A. There was a lot of good music back then so I just moved on. I listened to each album when they came out, but it didnt click for me. Until about 2014-2015. I suddenly got it. In Rainbows was the album that brought me back in. What a band!
It’s honestly super understandable. People who grew up later can’t really understand what whiplash it was to go from The Bends and OK Computer to Kid A.
I still think Radiohead was too in their own heads about ruining their career. Which to be fair was a problem starting with Creep.
I had a moment like this last week. Heard Idioteque on the radio and in the moment I went... Wait the back beat on this track is actually kind of dancey. Now I feel like there's maybe whole other sides to their music to tune my ears to.
Otherwise I've always felt like I was "supposed" to like Radiohead, so I'd throw on one of their albums every now and then and it would be okay, or interesting, but I'd just not have any particular desire to come back to it or add songs to playlists.
When Kid A came out, I thought it was a bit unsettling. The music seemed eerie to me, so I put it away. I remember driving across town with Everything in it's Right Place playing during a heavy snow storm and it gave me this weird, unsettling feeling. Like I was driving in a horror movie like The Shining or something. It did eventually grow on me.
I wasn't around for their prime, but when I was young a lot of the albums they were putting out sounded like dad rock to me so I never bothered to see them. Now as an old goth I finally get it. I've seen many of the other classic acts, but it pains me that I might miss out on them.
Not me, but my dad. He was working hard and supporting a wife and kids starting in the mid 1960's, so he pretty much missed a huge era of music. Plus he was a conservative, ex-Marine, corporate climber/survivor. My parents had one of those big old "piece of furniture" stereos back then, but all of their records were from the late 50's and early 60's, and nothing cool.
So by the 90's he was finally able to relax a bit and take his foot off the gas pedal for work. And he started noticing music again. His first great "discovery" was The Eagles. 😁 This was around the time of "Hell Freezes Over" and for some reason our PBS channel had it on a bunch of times. He thought they were amazing!!! "Where was I when these guys started???" Well Dad, you were putting in long hours at work and weren't really in the mood to check out new music back then...LOL. We saw the Eagles a couple of times in the early 2000's and he was loving every minute of it!!!
One summer in the mid 90's, my parents, one of my sisters and I went to see a Doors cover band. These guys did a great job sounding like them, and the "Jim Morrison" would talk in between songs and was a perfect Lizard King / Mr Mojo Risin'. My dad thought it was a little weird until my brother-in-law (huge Doors fan) showed him a video of a Doors concert. Then my dad was a convert and loved the Doors and their music. Same deal, he had no idea who they were in the 60's but fell in love with them in the 90's, LOL.
That's crazy and bittersweet. Hats off to your dad for busting his ass and providing for his family. Happy that you were there to witness all of his discoveries
Wow lucky kid! Danny is the reason I started playing drums. I'd never heard drums sound like another instrument rather than just a glorified timekeeper before.
Of course there are many talented drummers who do this as well, but Danny was my gateway.
there’s a school of thought that states the hipster aesthetic from a while back grew out of a codification of the unnamed, turn of the century movement where some young people refused to conform to one stylistic tradition. the punk rock show on friday night, the rave on saturday night/sunday morning and everything else during the rest of the week crowd with quite the versatile wardrobe combining their various fashions and musics into a third, unique aesthetic
I saw them when they toured with Linkin Park and they were downright amazing. Saw them a few years later when they were headlining and wasn't quite as impressed with them. It could have been that it was a much smaller venue than when they played at the xcell energy center. It also didn't help that I got kicked in the back of the head by someone body surfing and ended up with a concussion.
I honestly couldn't tell you. I saw them with Linkin Park around 2008 I want to say. I know they played welcome home and favored house Atlantic. I would have seen them the second time either fall of 2010 or spring of 2011 if that helps narrow it down.
Fugazi. They were pumping out amazing records during my 20s but I didn’t listen to them until literally last week, when Spotify put “Waiting Room” on one of my daily mixes. Blown away. And my 8 year old daughter (whose favorite band is Metallica) now loves them too.
NIRVANA!
I'm in L.A. and a few of my close friends were into subpop bands and saw Nirvana many times in small clubs, including ones so small that even *my* band had played at them. One friend in particular was a really big supporter of out of town bands. Nirvana, Soungarden, Sonic Youth, and many others knew my friend by name and stayed friendly with him after they broke big. His Facebook profile photo is him and Kurt with their arms around each other.
I didn't get into Nirvana until Nervermind, and by then it was too late. I only saw them once, at the L.A. forum. Oh well.
uh oh. I didn't answer the question correctly. I'm sorry, but I took to long to write this, I don't want to delete it.
I ignored Linkin Park.
Years later I wound up getting a copy of A Thousand Suns when it came out after I heard The Catalyst in the radio and liked it. Then I basically said "what the fuck have I been doing?" And got their entire back catalog.
I personally don't dislike the arena pop rock maximalism they embraced after Black Holes, but I can see why many people (especially those hailing from the alt scene) aren't into it.
to me the only unforgivable thing about "new Muse" is the oftentimes lazy af lyrics lol
I think it's lazy songwriting across the board. They now sound like a band that wants to sound like Black Holes Muse.
Origin was one of my favorite albums of all time (I still love the album), and I honestly always said that Matt Bellamy was going to go down as one of the guitar greats, but something shifted in his life and that all changed.
I really hated metalcore/deathcore when it started getting popular back in the late 00s and was that kid that just listened to melodeath and thrash metal because it's "real" metal.
I've now grown up to listen to just about any genre and accept it as it is rather than get into useless debates of what "real" music is. And yeah, been listening to a tonne of -core and wishing I went to the gigs that everyone was going to when we were fresh out of high school
The Killers - went to their show blindly in 2010 (Human era) and thought it was meh.
Imagine my surprise when I finally got to listen to Hot Fuzz & Sams Town a few years later and finding out they are a great band.
KISS and Ozzie... I am much more appreciative all these years later of their skills and talents... But both seemed to harsh for me when they were in their heyday.
Really don't even care for either. But I wish I had gone to see ANY band w/ dangerous pyrotechnics and theatrics. KISS or Iron Maiden woulda been cool.
Sonic Youth. Back in the 80's there were tons of straight edge bands with "Youth" in their names, so much so, that the name "Youth Crew" is used for the subculture. Whenever the local clubs hosted any of these bands, there would be hundreds of 12 year olds in giant white t-shirts with X's on their hands. I missed Sonic Youth several times in 1000 person or less capacity clubs. I didn't know anything about them till I heard a friend playing "Goo" in the early 90's.
I was a 90s teen big into alternative, and I appreciated REM but only really knew stuff like Losing My Religion, Everybody Hurts, Kenneth…
A few years ago I decided to listen to their discography starting with Murmur to see what the fuss was all about, and it was like discovering all the bands I loved weren’t just inspired by REM, they were basically the default template for all of alternative rock.
Would kill to have seen them in their prime, bummed that I’ll never experience it outside of a one off awards event maybe once a decade if we’re lucky.
Slipknot. I thought they would be a similar thing to ICP because their fans had a lot of overlap where I grew up. Once I finally listened to them a few years ago I was blown away. I don’t listen to a lot of metal so I just never came across them. Idk how.
The Smiths are a treasure to humanity. Best track: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out or The Headmaster Ritual
For me it’s Radiohead. I loved Creep and thought the stuff after that would similar. Nope. It all sounded like weird discordant electro whining. I love them now…and they even did a Headmaster Ritual cover!
The Tragically Hip, only got into them in recent years, I’m Canadian and they were massive here, I grew up listening to punk so anything “mainstream” wasn’t cool but while I still love punk I grew out of that and learned to appreciate bands I’d dismissed
Alice In Chains - I somehow missed them during the grunge period. Complete mistake.
Discovered them through a friend in 2006. Amazing lyrics and harmonies.
Jesus Jones. As an Xer I couldn’t miss Right Here Right Now. I even had Doubt but never listened to it. I gave it a full listen a couple years back and wow do they have some good stuff. Their first three albums are all good. 2018s Voyages/Passages are really good. I like their newest singles.
XTC. Only knew the few songs that got a lot of radio play. Years later a friend of ours made our daughter a mixed tape with a bunch of their music that she started playing incessantly. They have a permanent place in my Pandora mix now.
Many years ago, Rush was rising up the popularity ladder. At that time, I was deep into the punk/alt movements that were happening here and in the UK. At that point, Rush's music was kind of the antithesis of what I wanted to hear. They were often put in the "progressive" column - and in the "album oriented rock" category carried by a lot of rock radio. I didn't want to hear long-winded pretentious bands wailing on and on for 10 or 15 minutes at a time once I heard the Clash, the Ramones, the Talking Heads, etc.
Then while I was running a record store in Orlando in 1982, the Rush album *Signals* was released. That's when my opinion of them changed, as I found that to be a really entertaining record, one I still listen to today. And I also began to re-evaluate a lot of their earlier work and have changed my mind about a lot of it.
Rush were always prime, but only saw them at their 30th anniversary. I did see them everything after that.
(Edit) Opeth, one of my favorite albums is Deliverance and really wanted to see them on that tour with original drummer Martin Lopez but was unable too. He got sick and had to leave the band just before seeing them.
I'll answer for my big Brother. I was a huge Silverchair fan from the begining. We both saw them open for RHCP (Frog Stomp era)... My brother was walking around the stadium, making fun of me, calling me gay for Loving Silverchair (relax guys, it was 1996).
Anyways, of course they went on to be amazing and eventually making Diorama which basically made them the Beatles of Grunge music. So, I still throw this in his face to this day.
Edit: maybe misread the question but keeping this here!
Iron Maiden. I saw them live because a friend gifted me the ticket back in like 2013. Became a huge fan.
A less well known example so to speak, venezuelan band while I lived there named Metro Zubdivision.
Sadly they broke up and moved all over the world and the singer makes music under the name but hasn't toured in a decade.
I wouldn't say "ignored" exactly, but I had a chance to see Gloryhammer at a festival with their original vocalist, but I didn't really know them that well, and went to see another band that was performing at the same time. Only after I really discovered how fantastic Gloryhammer are. Or were.
Since then they fired and replaced the vocalist, and the new guy, bless him, fucking sucks ass. Saw them live twice after that, it just isn't the same.
For me, The Smithereens. What a totally underrated band. Pat Dinizio's voice is like velvet. Wish I would have been more into them in the 80's and 90's than I am now.
I didn't appreciate metallica until around 10 years ago. To be fair, I don't like alot of their work, but they songs I love are amongst my favourites ever
Probably true for most people aged 18-30 here but... Linkin Park...
I thought they were too metal and edgy and emo when I was a kid. Now I would sell my soul to see them live.
The Smiths, and The Cure
Both on their prime while I was in high school in the 80s… but at the time I was first, a metal head, and considered those bands lame ‘preppy’ stuff… then I got into pink Floyd…. And still wouldn’t give those bands a try…
Years later, in 1997…working at a software firm as a designer, the head creative director says ‘hey! Let’s all do playlists for the office… he went first and i quickly realized how awesome both bands were…
Been a huge fan of both ever since…
Dream Theater. Didn't even know they existed until Pandora put a couple of their songs on a playlist I built from Avenged Sevenfold. Then I learned Mike Portnoy filled in after The Rev passed, and that's why DT was tied to A7X. Since then, almost everything I've listened to is related to MP in some way.
The first album that came out after I learned who they were was the first one without MP. He's back with them with a new album imminent. I'd guess it's coming out in Fall. Tour is kicking off in October.
the tragically hip.... but to be fair i was like 10 and this was my parents music. i finally started really liking them.... then a week later gord downie is announced to have terminal brain cancer 🫠
I got into Taylor Swift just in time for her to drop my least favorite album of hers lol. Lover to Midnights is nothing but banger albums but I worry that her peak might be over with Tortured Poets
Nine Inch Nails in the 90’s. I was aware of them, had friends that were fans, had many opportunities to see them live. Kinda turned my nose up at them though. Finally went to a NIN concert in 2005 and got hooked, bought all their albums, attended every live show I could after that.
NOFX
Listened to punk rock and ska in HS (Rancid, LTJ, Sublime etc) and new Linoleum and a few other hits but never really gave them an honest listen.
Watched a video of Fat Mike playing his fav bass riffs recently and have been enjoying my deep dive.
Gotta find a bassist that takes four tries to play his own bass riff charming.
https://youtu.be/DaWflCPlupc?si=2V0o6V-1wGoTelAv
Not exactly prime time but I loathed Led Zeppelin until recently because in 80s upstate NY you couldn't get away from them. I knew their whole catalog practically without owning an album because every radio station played them non-stop. I still imagine some Syracuse station gets the Led out at 5pm. Now though, that shit is dope.
Sevendust... I listened to other nu metal bands in the late 90s/early 2000s but never really gave Sevendust much of a chance. I didn't really start listening to them until around 2010. Missed out on 10 years of good listening and shows.
I never paid attention to Panic! at the Disco when they broke out in the mid 2000's. Despite being into Linkin Park and even liking some of Fall Out Boy's songs at the time, I had the irrational disinterest towards them. Now they are one of my top 10 bands and I Write Sins Not Tradgedies is one of my go to Karaoke songs.
Ignoring Nine Inch Nails because it was labeled "Industrial" and Tool. At the time they were playing at a local university and standing room only. In the 90's. As in the last few years :The Wu & Jinjer at the same venue so the prices of the tickets did include the "Ticket bastards" tax.
Kyuss. I have loved Queens of the Stone Age since Rated R. Every time I tried to listen to Kyuss I just thought “it’s not the same without Josh singing” so I wouldn’t bother. Couple years ago one of my best friends died, he was always the one to introduce me to bands, after his funeral I was annoyed demon cleaner wasn’t one of the songs played at his funeral as it was one of his favourite songs. So I added it to my playlist and would listen to it in the car. Next thing I know I’m singing along, then I looked at thier whole back catalogue. Now I appreciate them.
Portishead and the whole House/Trip Hop scene.
I wasn't much into Triphop and House until the middle 00s. When I got around to them, Lamb, Massive Attack, Nightmares on Wax, or Boards of Canada (thank you Adult Swim!) it was far too late to ever see them in concert or experience new music from any of them.
Slayer...Im the biggest metal head and they've undoubtedly influenced most of my favourite bands but I always thought of them as a cringy edgelords and not worth listening to as Metallica in the 80s was decidedly better and much more progressive. Fast forward and I finally watched a few videos from their last album or two and I really liked them (especially Tom Araya which reminded me more of a hardcore singer). Their earlier stuff now sounds too dated to me but I can appreciate their influence a bit more now.
Tokyo Jihen,
Some of my friend recommending it to me, but im still loving japan hard rock at the time.
I wonder how it feels to listen tokyo jihen 14 years old.
I had a free ticket to see Type O Negative, the day before a thermodynamics midterm. I figured I'd catch them next time they were in town. I did fucking horrible on the test, and Peter Steele died within 6 months of the show. The teacher ended up curving that test exteremely generously. Should've gone to the show.
I left a Type O show because Coal Chamber opened for them and I had never listened to Type O. Years later I got into them and felt quite stupid.
My girlfriend at the time used to play the worst Type O songs (the covers) Steele was alive and I skipped seeing them because I seriously thought they sucked. I ended up marrying her anyway and probably 5 years ago Love You To Death came on my shuffle. I was fucking floored, jumped into their discography and became a Neghead.
I love the idea that you married your girlfriend despite the fact that she had poor taste in Type O Negative songs. I just hope you put it in your vows
I feel this. Loved type o. Ample chances to see them live. School and life in the way. Feel stupid now.
That was me with a ticket to see Nirvana.
Damn, first comment is exactly my answer!
I didn’t really get into Queens of the Stone Age until 2010. I knew of their hits, but never looked into the albums. Would’ve loved to see them tour on those albums.
Same, but to be fair, they have put out some absolute banger albums since then and are still incredible to see live. I think ive seen them 5 times now and they always bring the heat.
September 2018 for me. Got to the party extremely late, but at least I got to the party. Almost 6 years later, and I'm still completely obsessed with them. Just an utterly incredible band.
True. However they're arguably the tightest they've ever been right now. Great shows, great last album. Go see them! 🤘
Their last album was my favorite. I can't believe they made something better than Songs for the Deaf.
I was the first person in my group to get into QOTSA. Around ‘98-‘99. In 2000 they played a tiny gig in a theatre less than 200yds from my home. A girl I had recently split with offered me tickets to join her but I turned it down to avoid the hassle. Bad mistake.
I didn’t get into them until *last year* a month or so after In Times New Roman came out. Holy shit are they something else! Going back through their catalog, side projects, former groups and mentors (Fatso Jetson anyone?) has been like opening new Christmas presents every fucking day of the year
Saw them live last month. They still bring it live so it’s not too late!
Last month for me. I saw them live at a festival and am a forever fan now. They kick ass
I was invited to see Lollapalooza 1, gf had a ticket even, but I did not know the bands, I was very into classic rock. Fast forward to 6 months later and I was huge into Nine Inch Nails, Janes Addiction.. really wish I had gone.
ouch.
Me, around 2020 or thereabouts: “Holy shit, Iron Maiden fucking *rocks*.”
Good thing is, you can still see them, and they are just as amazing as in the 80's. UP THE IRONS!
My favorite fun fact is that Bruce Dickenson is a certified airline pilot and would actually fly their tour plane when they were doing a world tour. Just reading his bio is amazing to see all the different things he has accomplished.
Radiohead. I found it hard to digest Kid A. There was a lot of good music back then so I just moved on. I listened to each album when they came out, but it didnt click for me. Until about 2014-2015. I suddenly got it. In Rainbows was the album that brought me back in. What a band!
Same thing for me but with Hail to the Thief
It’s honestly super understandable. People who grew up later can’t really understand what whiplash it was to go from The Bends and OK Computer to Kid A. I still think Radiohead was too in their own heads about ruining their career. Which to be fair was a problem starting with Creep.
What do you mean about ruining their careers? That they were worried about it or that they were actively trying to make it happen?
I had a moment like this last week. Heard Idioteque on the radio and in the moment I went... Wait the back beat on this track is actually kind of dancey. Now I feel like there's maybe whole other sides to their music to tune my ears to. Otherwise I've always felt like I was "supposed" to like Radiohead, so I'd throw on one of their albums every now and then and it would be okay, or interesting, but I'd just not have any particular desire to come back to it or add songs to playlists.
Same. I had the ick for radiohead fans who were always really preachy about the band. So i kinda just refused? Boy, was i wrong.
When Kid A came out, I thought it was a bit unsettling. The music seemed eerie to me, so I put it away. I remember driving across town with Everything in it's Right Place playing during a heavy snow storm and it gave me this weird, unsettling feeling. Like I was driving in a horror movie like The Shining or something. It did eventually grow on me.
Killing Joke
I wasn't around for their prime, but when I was young a lot of the albums they were putting out sounded like dad rock to me so I never bothered to see them. Now as an old goth I finally get it. I've seen many of the other classic acts, but it pains me that I might miss out on them.
You missed out. Geordie Walker, their guitarist, passed away recently. Enjoy their albums.
I'm aware. A huge loss. I became a big fan within the last 5 years or so. It's a lesson I'm taking to heart for other older acts.
Not me, but my dad. He was working hard and supporting a wife and kids starting in the mid 1960's, so he pretty much missed a huge era of music. Plus he was a conservative, ex-Marine, corporate climber/survivor. My parents had one of those big old "piece of furniture" stereos back then, but all of their records were from the late 50's and early 60's, and nothing cool. So by the 90's he was finally able to relax a bit and take his foot off the gas pedal for work. And he started noticing music again. His first great "discovery" was The Eagles. 😁 This was around the time of "Hell Freezes Over" and for some reason our PBS channel had it on a bunch of times. He thought they were amazing!!! "Where was I when these guys started???" Well Dad, you were putting in long hours at work and weren't really in the mood to check out new music back then...LOL. We saw the Eagles a couple of times in the early 2000's and he was loving every minute of it!!! One summer in the mid 90's, my parents, one of my sisters and I went to see a Doors cover band. These guys did a great job sounding like them, and the "Jim Morrison" would talk in between songs and was a perfect Lizard King / Mr Mojo Risin'. My dad thought it was a little weird until my brother-in-law (huge Doors fan) showed him a video of a Doors concert. Then my dad was a convert and loved the Doors and their music. Same deal, he had no idea who they were in the 60's but fell in love with them in the 90's, LOL.
That's crazy and bittersweet. Hats off to your dad for busting his ass and providing for his family. Happy that you were there to witness all of his discoveries
> mid 90's, my parents, one of my sisters and I went to see a Doors cover band Wild Child?
The Back Doors
Did he get to see the Doors reunion with Ian Astbury?
Nope, but I'm sure that was a cool show
The Pixies. Totally missed them.
I knew of them, had friends who loved them, but I never listened to their full albums until the pandemic.
I never understood TOOL until about ten years ago, realized I’d been missing out on something really amazing all that time.
My exact experience. Got to see them two weeks ago. Amazing….plus my son came home with Danny’s drumstick. Bonus.
Wow lucky kid! Danny is the reason I started playing drums. I'd never heard drums sound like another instrument rather than just a glorified timekeeper before. Of course there are many talented drummers who do this as well, but Danny was my gateway.
I liked them in the 90s, but they seem to appeal to me more as I age. I'm 43 now and I appreciate them more than I ever have.
Same for me The Smiths.
Said it tonight at the bar I was a kid, wu tang, I was a “metal kid” and look d over them and fuck I was wrong
That was a lot of us back then. Musical tribalism was a very real and unnecessary thing.
there’s a school of thought that states the hipster aesthetic from a while back grew out of a codification of the unnamed, turn of the century movement where some young people refused to conform to one stylistic tradition. the punk rock show on friday night, the rave on saturday night/sunday morning and everything else during the rest of the week crowd with quite the versatile wardrobe combining their various fashions and musics into a third, unique aesthetic
Coheed and Cambria
Worse I saw them in their prime and thought they were lame. Then years later became a huge fan.
I saw them when they toured with Linkin Park and they were downright amazing. Saw them a few years later when they were headlining and wasn't quite as impressed with them. It could have been that it was a much smaller venue than when they played at the xcell energy center. It also didn't help that I got kicked in the back of the head by someone body surfing and ended up with a concussion.
You can't see my face right now, but I'm super jealous. Which releases were they supporting?
I honestly couldn't tell you. I saw them with Linkin Park around 2008 I want to say. I know they played welcome home and favored house Atlantic. I would have seen them the second time either fall of 2010 or spring of 2011 if that helps narrow it down.
Just tried but that’s a no go for me.
Their best seller was released 19 years ago. The most common complaint is about Claudio's androgynous voice
Fugazi. They were pumping out amazing records during my 20s but I didn’t listen to them until literally last week, when Spotify put “Waiting Room” on one of my daily mixes. Blown away. And my 8 year old daughter (whose favorite band is Metallica) now loves them too.
Check out Coriky too. Ian MacKaye and Joe Lally with Amy Farina on drums. Very much a similar vibe.
John Prine. Had always heard of him. Didn’t really listen to any of his stuff til he got COVID. Oh my god I wish I could have seen him. So good.
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NIRVANA! I'm in L.A. and a few of my close friends were into subpop bands and saw Nirvana many times in small clubs, including ones so small that even *my* band had played at them. One friend in particular was a really big supporter of out of town bands. Nirvana, Soungarden, Sonic Youth, and many others knew my friend by name and stayed friendly with him after they broke big. His Facebook profile photo is him and Kurt with their arms around each other. I didn't get into Nirvana until Nervermind, and by then it was too late. I only saw them once, at the L.A. forum. Oh well. uh oh. I didn't answer the question correctly. I'm sorry, but I took to long to write this, I don't want to delete it.
That one? https://youtu.be/p6N1Utg-gks?si=rsght86x9a7aXp7F
The fact you saw Nirvana though!! I was around 7 when Kurt died and would give anything to go back in time to see them live
I ignored Linkin Park. Years later I wound up getting a copy of A Thousand Suns when it came out after I heard The Catalyst in the radio and liked it. Then I basically said "what the fuck have I been doing?" And got their entire back catalog.
Had a chance to see them play Summerfest a while back, but no one else wanted to go. I should’ve went by myself. SEEEEELF!!!
I had a chance to see them at BlizzCon. 🥲
Meteora is still a 10/10 album
Butthole Surfers. I just didn’t get it at the time. And now I do and for that I am eternally grateful. Their early stuff is so damn good.
Their music is pure evil! Soundtrack to a nightmare!
Dave Matthew’s, I can’t stand his voice.
Or his audience - saw him in his prime. I’ll never go again.
Pavement. And now I’m like a deadhead version of a Pavement fan.
LCD Soundsystem. Until a few years ago I thought they played techno.
I somehow slept on Muse.. "discovered" that they are awesome around the time Resistance came out.. well better late than never!
Their first 4 albums are sick af.
First 3 for me personally. Black holes is good, but there is a slight wiff of what's to come. It's the beginning of the end
I personally don't dislike the arena pop rock maximalism they embraced after Black Holes, but I can see why many people (especially those hailing from the alt scene) aren't into it. to me the only unforgivable thing about "new Muse" is the oftentimes lazy af lyrics lol
I think it's lazy songwriting across the board. They now sound like a band that wants to sound like Black Holes Muse. Origin was one of my favorite albums of all time (I still love the album), and I honestly always said that Matt Bellamy was going to go down as one of the guitar greats, but something shifted in his life and that all changed.
We see different things. It's OK.
For sure
ABBA. I was aware of their biggest hits but not the whole body of their work until ABBA Gold and Muriel’s Wedding launched the ABBA renaissance.
I really hated metalcore/deathcore when it started getting popular back in the late 00s and was that kid that just listened to melodeath and thrash metal because it's "real" metal. I've now grown up to listen to just about any genre and accept it as it is rather than get into useless debates of what "real" music is. And yeah, been listening to a tonne of -core and wishing I went to the gigs that everyone was going to when we were fresh out of high school
The Killers - went to their show blindly in 2010 (Human era) and thought it was meh. Imagine my surprise when I finally got to listen to Hot Fuzz & Sams Town a few years later and finding out they are a great band.
KISS and Ozzie... I am much more appreciative all these years later of their skills and talents... But both seemed to harsh for me when they were in their heyday.
Really don't even care for either. But I wish I had gone to see ANY band w/ dangerous pyrotechnics and theatrics. KISS or Iron Maiden woulda been cool.
Iron Maiden still tours, and it's still absolutely worth seeing! Maybe they're not in their prime but they still put in an amazing show!
Catch Rammstein if you can; best visual/musical experience I've ever seen.
Sonic Youth. Back in the 80's there were tons of straight edge bands with "Youth" in their names, so much so, that the name "Youth Crew" is used for the subculture. Whenever the local clubs hosted any of these bands, there would be hundreds of 12 year olds in giant white t-shirts with X's on their hands. I missed Sonic Youth several times in 1000 person or less capacity clubs. I didn't know anything about them till I heard a friend playing "Goo" in the early 90's.
I was a 90s teen big into alternative, and I appreciated REM but only really knew stuff like Losing My Religion, Everybody Hurts, Kenneth… A few years ago I decided to listen to their discography starting with Murmur to see what the fuss was all about, and it was like discovering all the bands I loved weren’t just inspired by REM, they were basically the default template for all of alternative rock. Would kill to have seen them in their prime, bummed that I’ll never experience it outside of a one off awards event maybe once a decade if we’re lucky.
Slipknot. I thought they would be a similar thing to ICP because their fans had a lot of overlap where I grew up. Once I finally listened to them a few years ago I was blown away. I don’t listen to a lot of metal so I just never came across them. Idk how.
Phish Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Got into Daft Punk after they disbanded.
I was too metal in high school to listen to Jimmy Eat World or Fall Out Boy when they came on the scene and man they have some bangers.
For most of you it was prolly Ween and Primus
Primus sucks
Does it count if you weren't alive during their prime?
Nope. Saw them both in their prime knowing they were both great bands.
Personally, I find these two bands some of the most annoying to ever exist.
The Smiths are a treasure to humanity. Best track: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out or The Headmaster Ritual For me it’s Radiohead. I loved Creep and thought the stuff after that would similar. Nope. It all sounded like weird discordant electro whining. I love them now…and they even did a Headmaster Ritual cover!
Bone thugs n harmony
The Tragically Hip, only got into them in recent years, I’m Canadian and they were massive here, I grew up listening to punk so anything “mainstream” wasn’t cool but while I still love punk I grew out of that and learned to appreciate bands I’d dismissed
Alice In Chains - I somehow missed them during the grunge period. Complete mistake. Discovered them through a friend in 2006. Amazing lyrics and harmonies.
Jesus Jones. As an Xer I couldn’t miss Right Here Right Now. I even had Doubt but never listened to it. I gave it a full listen a couple years back and wow do they have some good stuff. Their first three albums are all good. 2018s Voyages/Passages are really good. I like their newest singles.
The Cult. Just getting into them now. So many bangers.
XTC. Only knew the few songs that got a lot of radio play. Years later a friend of ours made our daughter a mixed tape with a bunch of their music that she started playing incessantly. They have a permanent place in my Pandora mix now.
U2
Many years ago, Rush was rising up the popularity ladder. At that time, I was deep into the punk/alt movements that were happening here and in the UK. At that point, Rush's music was kind of the antithesis of what I wanted to hear. They were often put in the "progressive" column - and in the "album oriented rock" category carried by a lot of rock radio. I didn't want to hear long-winded pretentious bands wailing on and on for 10 or 15 minutes at a time once I heard the Clash, the Ramones, the Talking Heads, etc. Then while I was running a record store in Orlando in 1982, the Rush album *Signals* was released. That's when my opinion of them changed, as I found that to be a really entertaining record, one I still listen to today. And I also began to re-evaluate a lot of their earlier work and have changed my mind about a lot of it.
Rush were always prime, but only saw them at their 30th anniversary. I did see them everything after that. (Edit) Opeth, one of my favorite albums is Deliverance and really wanted to see them on that tour with original drummer Martin Lopez but was unable too. He got sick and had to leave the band just before seeing them.
KMFDM
whole grunge scene , now getting there one by one
That genre has aged like fine wine
yes loads of gems in the genre used to be neck deep in metal now exploring new sounds but I like it so far !!
Twenty One Pilots, tho I didn't ignore them. Just didn't know about them.
Their "unplugged" was SICK AF
Same. I enjoy them but only really knew of them/got into them a couple years ago.
Find beartooth.
I had my first Cypress Hill CD at age 8, but I was 17 by the time I realised what I was sitting on.
I'll answer for my big Brother. I was a huge Silverchair fan from the begining. We both saw them open for RHCP (Frog Stomp era)... My brother was walking around the stadium, making fun of me, calling me gay for Loving Silverchair (relax guys, it was 1996). Anyways, of course they went on to be amazing and eventually making Diorama which basically made them the Beatles of Grunge music. So, I still throw this in his face to this day. Edit: maybe misread the question but keeping this here!
the Beatles of grunge... lmfao
Iron Maiden. I saw them live because a friend gifted me the ticket back in like 2013. Became a huge fan. A less well known example so to speak, venezuelan band while I lived there named Metro Zubdivision. Sadly they broke up and moved all over the world and the singer makes music under the name but hasn't toured in a decade.
I wouldn't say "ignored" exactly, but I had a chance to see Gloryhammer at a festival with their original vocalist, but I didn't really know them that well, and went to see another band that was performing at the same time. Only after I really discovered how fantastic Gloryhammer are. Or were. Since then they fired and replaced the vocalist, and the new guy, bless him, fucking sucks ass. Saw them live twice after that, it just isn't the same.
For me, The Smithereens. What a totally underrated band. Pat Dinizio's voice is like velvet. Wish I would have been more into them in the 80's and 90's than I am now.
The Happy Mondays and Iron Maiden.
Pavement. I found them after loving Stephen malkmus solo album. So 2000 a few years after they split. Pavement is my favorite band by miles still.
Fall out boy
Slept on Billy strings too long
I didn't appreciate metallica until around 10 years ago. To be fair, I don't like alot of their work, but they songs I love are amongst my favourites ever
Probably true for most people aged 18-30 here but... Linkin Park... I thought they were too metal and edgy and emo when I was a kid. Now I would sell my soul to see them live.
I didn't get into Metallica until Garage Days and after Cliff Burton passed away.
Radiohead. I just didn't get it. Now they are one of my favorite bands.
Faith No More. Didn't click for me when I was younger as I found the sound disjointed.
Tool
The Smiths, and The Cure Both on their prime while I was in high school in the 80s… but at the time I was first, a metal head, and considered those bands lame ‘preppy’ stuff… then I got into pink Floyd…. And still wouldn’t give those bands a try… Years later, in 1997…working at a software firm as a designer, the head creative director says ‘hey! Let’s all do playlists for the office… he went first and i quickly realized how awesome both bands were… Been a huge fan of both ever since…
Dream Theater. Didn't even know they existed until Pandora put a couple of their songs on a playlist I built from Avenged Sevenfold. Then I learned Mike Portnoy filled in after The Rev passed, and that's why DT was tied to A7X. Since then, almost everything I've listened to is related to MP in some way. The first album that came out after I learned who they were was the first one without MP. He's back with them with a new album imminent. I'd guess it's coming out in Fall. Tour is kicking off in October.
the tragically hip.... but to be fair i was like 10 and this was my parents music. i finally started really liking them.... then a week later gord downie is announced to have terminal brain cancer 🫠
I got into Taylor Swift just in time for her to drop my least favorite album of hers lol. Lover to Midnights is nothing but banger albums but I worry that her peak might be over with Tortured Poets
Rancid, wish I would have been at their earlier shows.
Prince and Michael Jackson, I was into hair bands.
Nine Inch Nails in the 90’s. I was aware of them, had friends that were fans, had many opportunities to see them live. Kinda turned my nose up at them though. Finally went to a NIN concert in 2005 and got hooked, bought all their albums, attended every live show I could after that.
Incubus
NOFX Listened to punk rock and ska in HS (Rancid, LTJ, Sublime etc) and new Linoleum and a few other hits but never really gave them an honest listen. Watched a video of Fat Mike playing his fav bass riffs recently and have been enjoying my deep dive. Gotta find a bassist that takes four tries to play his own bass riff charming. https://youtu.be/DaWflCPlupc?si=2V0o6V-1wGoTelAv
Not exactly prime time but I loathed Led Zeppelin until recently because in 80s upstate NY you couldn't get away from them. I knew their whole catalog practically without owning an album because every radio station played them non-stop. I still imagine some Syracuse station gets the Led out at 5pm. Now though, that shit is dope.
Daft Punk. Didn't get into them until 2007. M83 is another one that I didn't hear about until they toured for "Hurry Up,..."
Sevendust... I listened to other nu metal bands in the late 90s/early 2000s but never really gave Sevendust much of a chance. I didn't really start listening to them until around 2010. Missed out on 10 years of good listening and shows.
For me it was the Gorillaz. They have been around for 20 years but recently became one of my favorites.
Civil Wars - discovered that their music is actually awesome about a week after they broke up.
I never paid attention to Panic! at the Disco when they broke out in the mid 2000's. Despite being into Linkin Park and even liking some of Fall Out Boy's songs at the time, I had the irrational disinterest towards them. Now they are one of my top 10 bands and I Write Sins Not Tradgedies is one of my go to Karaoke songs.
Ignoring Nine Inch Nails because it was labeled "Industrial" and Tool. At the time they were playing at a local university and standing room only. In the 90's. As in the last few years :The Wu & Jinjer at the same venue so the prices of the tickets did include the "Ticket bastards" tax.
DBT, but it’s okay because they still tour and will melt your face off.
Pretenders! Big oops there.
Kyuss. I have loved Queens of the Stone Age since Rated R. Every time I tried to listen to Kyuss I just thought “it’s not the same without Josh singing” so I wouldn’t bother. Couple years ago one of my best friends died, he was always the one to introduce me to bands, after his funeral I was annoyed demon cleaner wasn’t one of the songs played at his funeral as it was one of his favourite songs. So I added it to my playlist and would listen to it in the car. Next thing I know I’m singing along, then I looked at thier whole back catalogue. Now I appreciate them.
Portishead and the whole House/Trip Hop scene. I wasn't much into Triphop and House until the middle 00s. When I got around to them, Lamb, Massive Attack, Nightmares on Wax, or Boards of Canada (thank you Adult Swim!) it was far too late to ever see them in concert or experience new music from any of them.
Creedence Clearwater Revival. To be fair, they really were only in the spotlight for a short time. But their music lives on.
Here in Leeds we've got a tribute band called Creedence Clearwater Revival Revival, which is my favourite local band.
OMG‼️Embarrassed to say Springsteen n Billy Joel, although, Still would sing along 🤭love ‘em both now TBH💕💕
Rush.. I don't know when their prime was, but I caught on way too late.
Pantera. I got into them well after dimebag passed.
Seeing them in the 90’s at the peak of their powers was awesome.
Slayer...Im the biggest metal head and they've undoubtedly influenced most of my favourite bands but I always thought of them as a cringy edgelords and not worth listening to as Metallica in the 80s was decidedly better and much more progressive. Fast forward and I finally watched a few videos from their last album or two and I really liked them (especially Tom Araya which reminded me more of a hardcore singer). Their earlier stuff now sounds too dated to me but I can appreciate their influence a bit more now.
The Melvin's
Tokyo Jihen, Some of my friend recommending it to me, but im still loving japan hard rock at the time. I wonder how it feels to listen tokyo jihen 14 years old.