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Originally Posted by zedius
Not me. I discovered real music through Nirvana, and Smashing Pumpkins, and Nine Inch Nails. Then a whole bunch of skanky nu-metal drove a plow through what I loved and dissipated the integrity.
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Yeah i've said it before The Smashing Pumpkins were the first band I ever really loved. They opened up a whole new world for me. But certainly I arrived at the Pumpkins from the usual avenues, Green Day, Avril Lavigne, Bon Jovi. Those were the bands that made me start listening to rock music. The Pumpkins were the band that made me love it. Once I had heard 1979 there was no going back. Something about that music made more sense to me than what I was listening to before...
People criticize bands like Green Day, but kids never make a jump from their pre-teen Britney records straight to Hair Police do they? These things usually go in stages. If you had handed my 13 or 14 year old self a copy of EVOL or Daydream Nation I wouldn't have given them a second listen. In fact I would have told you to fuck off and listen to 'Blizzard of Ozz'....I always have to remember this when I see black clad 14 year olds in Trivium Hoodies...