I was born in 1972, and i listened to hard rock initially (Blue Cheer and Kiss). Mom bought Kiss' Love Gun home for me out of the blue and i loved the cover, so that was my first real album that i could call my own. I will always remember when i brought my Ace Frehley solo album to Show and Tell in Grade 1! A girl bumped me with her elbow because she had to show whatever she brought first and the album fell out of the sleeve and the first 2 minutes of Rip it Out and New York Groove cracked off the LP! When i was around 12, i started getting into Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden, and shortly after that was Celtic Frost and Metallica (around 1984-5). I was into speed/death metal for a few years and i also started to like old psychedelic stuff like The Doors, Led Zeppelin, and King Crimson. King Crimson's Three of a Perfect Pair was very influential to me at the age of 16-17 and i started listening to Skinny Puppy around this time. These two artists were the first i've heard of that you couldn't physically play the drums for. Hilt's Call the Ambulance (Before I Hurt Myself) also did this, and it mixed the aggression of industrial and thrash with some electronic additives and was also very influencial (1989). I also came across Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine, which had a lot of electronics in it and was influenced by pop/structure. Also, i fell in love with all things "the Cure" and bought about a dozen of thier cassettes within about 6 months of hearing "Lovesong" on the radio while being driven to school by a friend.
So by the time i finished high school, i was listening to Nine Inch nails, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Metallica, Skinny Puppy, etc.
My uncle had a few releases by the Orb and some old compilations with React 2 Rhythm and stuff on it, and i made a mixed cassette for myself (1993). I then bought Orb's "Adventures..." and Orbital's "Diversions" within a few months, and also heard the compilation "In Order to Dance 4" shortly after i moved to Vancouver (1994). This release was sooo good at the time and it was very influential on future purchases because it had Aphex Twin's Digeridoo on one cd and Analogue Bubblebath on the other. It had FSOL's Papua New Guinea on it too! It also had CJ Bolland, Electrotete, the Infinite Wheel, Dave Angel, etc among the two discs.
It really branched out from there, and i picked up Aphex Twin's "... I Care Because You Do" shortly after that and i was officially hooked for good. :)
Troy (sorry so long-winded for my first msg to this list).
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Millar
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 1:14 AM
Subject: [idm] Music #2
The really open-ended questions seem to bring out the best responses, so
here goes:
Who did you listen to /before/ you got into IDM? e.g. Depeche Mode, Bowie,
etc.
Not to say that you've necessarily stopped listening to those artists, but
what was it that really got you going prior to your introduction to AFX,
SQP, BoC, AE, K606 et al.
Right.
Next time I'll include more abbreviated latinisms (the OG emoticon).
Tom
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