Slatfatf Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 The Jam Then before I turned 17 I heard Black Dog by Led Zeppelin That track hit me like a shock from the mains and I changed my mind instantly to Zep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendall Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 It was The Sisters of Mercy for me at 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Back then I was mostly into synth pop/ electro stuff, the gamut of post punk and hip hop. Roll on another 30 years and little has changed . I think fave bands were Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Tears for Fears and Heaven 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DorsetBlue Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 At 16 - Iron Maiden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Genesis - but this was before We Can't Dance and Invisible Touch (just about) so it's ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Well, I am surprised. Seems I'm the only life-long fan of "Middle of the Road" and their song, Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheap, Cheap. You lot don't know good talent when you hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkandrew Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 That would have been Depeche Mode - saw them on the Music for the Masses tour (as captured in the 101 DVD / CD) when I was 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransistorBassMan Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I was 16 in 1984 and my favourite bands/artists were Gary Numan/Tubeway Army, Big Country, Red Guitars, The Specials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hurrah! This might be the first mention of The Red Guitars. Top band but like many fine but overlooked combos of the timothy cameo nowt. Good Technology is a top tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristo Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Oasis. Went to see them at Knebworth just before my 16th birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Happy Jack Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 So that means I'm only the third person to choose [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/GIF%20files/AbbeyRoadmoving_zps1de8ff88.gif.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/GIF%20files/AbbeyRoadmoving_zps1de8ff88.gif[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rOB Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hmm. 16 so 2001. Probably Idlewild or White Stripes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlloyd Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 [quote name='rOB' timestamp='1472590765' post='3122474'] Hmm. 16 so 2001. Probably Idlewild or White Stripes. [/quote] Golly... Roddy, the singer from Idlewild, was at the same school as me. I sort of knew his sister, but not him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlloyd Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1472169931' post='3119171'] At 16 my favourite band was John Mayall and the Blues Breakers, with Eric Clapton. [/quote] Me too... and also BB King, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Freddy King, Howlin Wolf, John Lee Hooker... all because of the Bluesbreakers/Yardbirds/etc. I haven't really listened to blues in a long time, but it entirely defines my playing as a guitarist, even though I play jazz most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Depending on my mood , The smiths , the stingrays or some northern soul (I know not really a band) , oddly I also quite liked the 2nd Witney album as I recall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Sultans of Ping FC But Also Radiohead, The Cure, and The Stone Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 The Nice [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmcP9kY2a5g"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmcP9kY2a5g[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Motorhead. Still love 'em to bits now. Many bands have come and gone since being 16, but Motorhead stayed the course with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashweb Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 16 years old - 1985 - Would have been The Police Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HengistPod Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 1982 ... UFO / MSG / Scorpions ... ... with Marillion just appearing on the horizon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el borracho Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 1980 for me - favourite was pre-Rockin' All Over the World Quo. Still can't believe I got to see them playing songs from that era - twice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graulges Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 The Downliners Sect & John Mayalls Bluesbreakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 my fuzzy memory leads me to beleive it was 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul and probably Appetite for Destruction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samthebassman Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 At 16 my favourite band was RHCP, probably still is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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