My favourite band at 16 was...

[ras52]

Ah, 1977... The year I discovered two of my all-time faves, Peter Hammill and Todd Rundgren. Before that it had been mostly been Pink Floyd and Genesis, and Joy Division, Gang of Four et al were soon to join the throng...

Edited August 26, 2016 by ras52

[ras52]

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

...or more specifically


I hadn't picked up a musical instrument at this point
[/quote]

Well, not a musical one anyway!

[Roger2611]

Ramones

[Guest MoJo]

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1472227956' post='3119675']
Or a chick
[/quote]

True

[Guest MoJo]

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1472232252' post='3119721']


Well, not a musical one anyway!
[/quote]

[visog]

Yes (I caught the Drama tour at Deeside 22 Nov 1980 when I had just turned 15)

Chris Squire was ace!

[madshadows]

At 16 it was Mott The Hoople for me and still love that band and the stuff the lead singer of the band Ian Hunter puts out these days

John

[TheGreek]

Wow...I was listening to completely different stuff to you guys...At 16 my fave band was Light of the World - Paul "Tubbs" Williams was a big inspiration to play bass.

[Skybone]

Yup, 16, bought my first bass as well, a Kay P bass. It was awful, but here I am, many moons later still dreaming of being Geddy or Geezer.

[paul_5]

Rush. They still are.

[Heathy]

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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!!
[/quote]

Likewise. Although I had just turned seventeen when I heard Yankee Rose on the Casey Kasem American Top 40 radio show, so I left this off my earlier post!

At that time my first band was at a low ebb and I was thinking that bass playing may just have been a flash in the pan. Hearing that song changed everything for me.

[Rich]

[BassAgent]

NOFX and Rancid, probably. Can't really remember...

[Woodinblack]

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1472199400' post='3119281']
Hawkwind and Gong were my musical world when I was 16.
[/quote]

This, and Rush. An odd combination I guess

[Delberthot]

I was 16 in 1991 and a school friend gave me copies of:

Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Chilis - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Faith No More - The Real Thing

At 16 these three bands blew my mind. I hadn't heard anything like it before and they're still 3 of my favourite bands to this day

Edited August 26, 2016 by Delberthot

[interpol52]

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1472244228' post='3119840']
I was 16 in 1991 and a school friend gave me copies of:

Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Chilis - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Faith No More - The Real Thing

At 16 these three bands blew my mind. I hadn't heard anything like it before and they're still 3 of my favourite bands to this day
[/quote]

Great albums! I loved Frizzle Fry by Primus too.

[Count Bassy]

Family
(even though they split when I was 16)

Edited August 26, 2016 by Count Bassy

[josie]

1971 - that was my Pentangle phase. Danny Thompson on double bass.

[silverfoxnik]

Bowie; but he'd been my favourite artist since I was 11 anyway.

But by the time I was 16 in 1977, early Adam & The Ants, Talking Heads and Siouxsie & The Banshees had arrived and started to fil up my headspace.

Good times, they were!

[KingPrawn]

I thought I would never listen to another band

http://youtu.be/6dU9xu8VLMY

[miles'tone]

[quote name='interpol52' timestamp='1472160999' post='3119083']
I am 41. When I was 16 I used to love this, I had it on VHS and cassette. They were a strange band in retrospect, after King For a Day I tuned out but I still enjoyed watching this tonight. I loved Mr Bungle too!

[media]http://youtu.be/nennHnQiBGo[/media]

So who were your favourite band at 16?
[/quote]

I loved this!! Wore out the VHS myself, and a couple of the audio tapes too. Bloody excellent!! I was actually 18 myself as I'm a couple of years older than you. So at 16, I was high on The Smiths (still am really).
Another big shout out for Andy Rourke:

http://youtu.be/4cAs5RtWl44

[casapete]

The Stones. Had liked them for years by then, with Sticky Fingers and Exile already leaving a big impression.
I was 16 in 1974 when It's Only Rock n roll was released. Played along with it for hours.
Still probably my favourite all time band.

[TrevorR]

Or even more specifically...



Good reason why she was "Rear of the Year" a few years running!

[TrevorR]

This thread got me thinking about changing musical tastes... When I was 16 my absolute fave bands would have included: Electric Light Orchestra, Thin Lizzy, Gordon Giltrap, Doobie Brothers, Yes and Horslips. All still high up on my listening list today.

Others would have been right up there too. Pre-hair metal Whitesnake is now on the "Meh!" pile (though I still love Neil Murray's playing on those tunes). However, Led Zeppelin, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Gillan (silly metal phase) and a good chunk of 70s Deep Purple, although top spins then, I now find pretty much unlistenable! How times change.

Edited August 27, 2016 by TrevorR

[odysseus]

[quote name='Heathy' timestamp='1472240880' post='3119803']
Likewise. Although I had just turned seventeen when I heard Yankee Rose on the Casey Kasem American Top 40 radio show, so I left this off my earlier post!

At that time my first band was at a low ebb and I was thinking that bass playing may just have been a flash in the pan. Hearing that song changed everything for me.
[/quote]

Yes indeed. I was in the process of losing my way with guitar at this point, still 3 years away from picking up a bass. But listening to Steve Harris then Billy Sheehan, I got to thinking......