Reply With QuoteCame late to the party:
- Derek Trucks
- McCoy Tyner
- Coco Montoya
Valar Morghulis
Bands & Artists you got... Late!
Instead of bands we don't get, or bands we no longer like, how about...
Bands and artists that we didn't give a chance/didn't listen to, etc., until later in their career.
This especially includes someone who changed and then you started liking because of that change, like a specific album or lineup change.
Last edited by Tig; June 2nd, 2010 at 05:58 PM.
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Valar Morghulis
A few more
Came late to the party:
- Derek Trucks
- McCoy Tyner
- Coco Montoya
Last edited by Tig; June 7th, 2010 at 02:46 PM.
Guitar: Gibson SG Standard Natural Burst, Squier CV 50's Tele, Hell Guitars No. 2, Squier CV 50's Strat, Reverend Club King 290, Taylor 522e 12-Fret mahogany,
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amp: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I, Acoustic B20 1x12 bass amp
Pedal: Budda Budwah wah, Wampler Ego Compressor, Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, Seven Sisters Eve Tremolo, TC Electronics Gravy Tri Chorus & Vibrato, Catalinbread Echorec, TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 Delay, Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb, MXR Carbon Copy, Catalinbread RAH, Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker, BYOC Mouse 2.0 Distortion, BYOC Boost/OD-2
Reverend Rawk
For me it would have to be a lot of blues guys: the Kings, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, etc. I didn't really get into the blues at all until I first heard Stevie Ray Vaughan. That got me listening to some of his influences. I mean, I knew who B.B. King was, but that was about the extent of it.
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Regular Fretter
I tend to get to most bands late. I don't really know why that is...
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Master Fretter
I feel you. I can count on one hand the bands I haven't discovered late. The funny thing is when you take the same route to bands as some other people (e.g. discovering Wilco via Yankee Hotel Foxtrot), but then you get so into them you feel like you've known them far longer than everyone else. That happens to me on a regular basis.Originally Posted by Katastrophe
Of note for me would be King's X, Uncle Tupelo, Pixies, Ryan Adams, New Pornographers, etc.
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Luke Skyrawker
For me it's been:
The Flower Kings
Camel
Cornerstone
Aviary
Eric Gales
Gentle Giant
It Bites
Kevin Gilbert
Pallas
Spocks Beard
XTC
Talisman
and generally most of the really good progressive bands. Being stuck in the Rocky mountain west without internet only left me with what was on the radio which is crap. Thanks to the web my soul has been reborn.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
Regular Fretter
Ok I admit it...I am a late bloomer...
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Pink Floyd fan.
At least I "got it" at some point. Better than not at all.
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Regular Fretter
The beatles...could not stand them in the 70s or 80s even....it was not until maybe the late 90's early 2000s that I started enjoying their work.
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Advanced Fretter
Hated Neil Young until I was like 22.
Hated Iron Maiden until 2 years ago.
Just now trying out Blue Oyster Cult and UFO--liking them a lot.
Trying hard right now with Thin Lizzy, but not digging them so much.
Bronze Supporter
I didn't really lime ac/dc in my teens...and seriously disliked black sabbath w/ozzy until quite recently. I still don't like ozzy's voice in his solo & later career but I dig old sabbath a lot now.
Dee
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Regular Fretter
I didn't really care for The Police until after they broke up. When I bought a guys whole record collection in 1985 he had all their albums. Then I discovered I loved them! And I could have seen them in concert, but passed.
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Regular Fretter
Also, I discovered Led Zeppelin in 1982.
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"I am a sworn enemy of the saccharine, and a believer in grace over karma." Bono 2001
Advanced Fretter
Two bands I didn't get until "later" would be:
The Cure
Rush
I didn't get into the Cure or Rush until the early 90s... now they are two of my favorite bands of all time.
"It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you are dead, you are made for life." - Jimi Hendrix
Regular Fretter
Led Zep , Bon Jovi and Johnny Cash
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