My favourite band at 16 was...

[Hobbayne]

The Specials first album was played to death when I was 16

[Skybone]

Was in a strange place at 16, was transitioning from proggy-rock to thrash metal, goth and punk.

[BigRedX]

The Pretty Things.

Still one of my favourite bands, even if their post 1980 output has been mostly dull. However the most recent album released last year and recorded with the current live line-up is a welcome return to form.

[Colonel36]

The Beatles and Buddy Rich.

[Cat Burrito]

Everything was about the Dogs D'Amour

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Probably should give Hanoi Rocks and the New York Dolls an honourable mention. Back in the days when men were men...

[Bassassin]

Stranglers. By a complete lack of coincidence, I got my first bass at 16 and learned by playing along to IV: Rattus Norvegicus.

Pretty much lost interest after they released The Raven, but JJ Burnel is one of the main reasons I play bass and doubtless why I remain drawn towards upfront, aggressive bass.

[Lozz196]

The Sex Pistols

[interpol52]

[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1472196836' post='3119252']
Ah, 16.

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That's how I feel when I think about being 16.

I think using 16 as a point in time is, for me, a time when I felt that music defined who I was and how I dressed more. Up until then it was just 'songs I liked'. Its an interesting age!

[Highfox]

Edited, 16 was a bit later on

PIL or The Ruts for me, the latter were local and luckily got to see them a few times before Malcolm sadly passed away.

Edited August 26, 2016 by Highfox

[sykilz]

[quote name='Heathy' timestamp='1472192048' post='3119215']
When I was 16, Iron Maiden were my world. I don't recall there being any other bands around at that time!
[/quote]
Ditto.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='interpol52' timestamp='1472213660' post='3119499']
That's how I feel when I think about being 16.

I think using 16 as a point in time is, for me, a time when I felt that music defined who I was and how I dressed more. Up until then it was just 'songs I liked'. Its an interesting age!
[/quote]

For me at 16, everything was in limbo.

Glam rock was over, and punk hadn't happened if you didn't live in London. I didn't really "discover myself" until I left home to go to university in 1979.

[leschirons]

Jeff Beck group

[KevB]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1472211155' post='3119458']
The Pretty Things.

Still one of my favourite bands, even if their post 1980 output has been mostly dull. However the most recent album released last year and recorded with the current live line-up is a welcome return to form.
[/quote]

Nearly went to see them at the Flowerpot but the date clashed with another band I wanted to see so they missed out. I liked '...Are In Bed Now' too.

[NickD]

Slayer had just released Reign in Blood, and I could listen to nothing else. Even looking back now, it redefined a genre.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1472214966' post='3119518']
Nearly went to see them at the Flowerpot but the date clashed with another band I wanted to see so they missed out. I liked '...Are In Bed Now' too.
[/quote]

Their 50th Anniversary gig at The Flowerpot was the first time I got to see them live, and despite the fact that the set was drawn entirely from their 60s repertoire, I really enjoyed it.

My very first band was named after one of their tracks.

[Twincam]

In 1999/00 I was 16.
My Fav band was Talking Heads they were well out of fashion I guess by then, I wasn't cool or trendy. But didn't care either.

[tauzero]

Either Focus or Tyrannosaurus Rex.

[Paul S]

I was 16 in 1973 and plunging head first into the rock bands of that era. My favourite at the time may well have been Uriah Heep but, for staying power, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath have been accompanying me for the ensuing 40-odd years.

[Guest MoJo]

ABBA

...or more specifically


I hadn't picked up a musical instrument at this point

Edited August 26, 2016 by MoJo

[bigjohn]

[quote name='Burrito' timestamp='1472212043' post='3119476']
Everything was about the Dogs D'Amour

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I was also a big fan.

[Dan Dare]

Was 16 in 1969. Beatles or Stones - not possible to choose. Liked both equally.

[Cat Burrito]

[quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1472224873' post='3119637']
I was also a big fan.
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Good man!

[Highfox]

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1472224797' post='3119634']
ABBA

...or more specifically


I hadn't picked up a musical instrument at this point
[/quote]
Or a chick
Love some ABBA to.

[odysseus]

At 16 it was all about Iron Maiden for me, but then David Lee Roth released 'Eat Em And Smile' the same year, which blew me away!!

[bonzodog]

W.A.S.P