L7
Kittie
Garbage
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Dresden Dolls
(I just did bands not solo artists.)
L7
Kittie
Garbage
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Dresden Dolls
(I just did bands not solo artists.)
Date of exposure: c. 1993
Point of contact: 120 Minutes
Details: I first heard of them through the Columbia House catalog. Grave Dancers Union had already made me mostly like them but hearing this hit it
Result: realizing Minneapolis rocks
#musicsky #MusicChallenge
Date of exposure: c. 1993
Point of contact: 120 Minutes
Details: I first heard of them through the Columbia House catalog. Grave Dancers Union had already made me mostly like them but hearing this hit it
Result: realizing Minneapolis rocks
#musicsky #MusicChallenge
#i-dle #queencard #kpop #musicsky
#i-dle #queencard #kpop #musicsky
Date of exposure: 1992
Point of contact: Night on Earth
Details: I hadn’t really gotten into him yet but I loved the music in this movie
Result: I got all the Tom Waits albums and saw all the Jim Jarmusch movies I could
#musicsky #firsttime #tomwaits
Date of exposure: 1992
Point of contact: Night on Earth
Details: I hadn’t really gotten into him yet but I loved the music in this movie
Result: I got all the Tom Waits albums and saw all the Jim Jarmusch movies I could
#musicsky #firsttime #tomwaits
Date of exposure: 2000
Point of contact: Napster
Details: I was looking for Big Star’s third album which I had never seen anywhere and came across The Posies/Chilton live album which I had no idea existed as well as the Chris Bell album
Result: love
#musicsky #firsttime
Date of exposure: 2000
Point of contact: Napster
Details: I was looking for Big Star’s third album which I had never seen anywhere and came across The Posies/Chilton live album which I had no idea existed as well as the Chris Bell album
Result: love
#musicsky #firsttime
Date of exposure: 1989
Point of contact: MTV
Details: It may have been written for Roy Orbison but this came out first and it’s the best version w/a sexy music video
Result: intense attraction to Cyndi Lauper somewhat retroactively altered by Celine Dion
#musicsky
Date of exposure: 1989
Point of contact: MTV
Details: It may have been written for Roy Orbison but this came out first and it’s the best version w/a sexy music video
Result: intense attraction to Cyndi Lauper somewhat retroactively altered by Celine Dion
#musicsky
Date of exposure: 2002
Point of contact: Blind bought Handcream for a Generation
Details: I knew them from college radio; I got this album bc they were opening for Belle & Sebastian and I was curious
Result: This is a cool-ass record
#musicsky
Date of exposure: 2002
Point of contact: Blind bought Handcream for a Generation
Details: I knew them from college radio; I got this album bc they were opening for Belle & Sebastian and I was curious
Result: This is a cool-ass record
#musicsky
Date of exposure: 1993
Point of contact: The Line, The Cross and the Curve film
Details: I knew Kate Bush but seeing Rubberband Girl on 120 Minutes made me fall in love.
Result: I spent 5 years listening to this album every night; couldn’t sleep without it #musicsky
Date of exposure: 1993
Point of contact: The Line, The Cross and the Curve film
Details: I knew Kate Bush but seeing Rubberband Girl on 120 Minutes made me fall in love.
Result: I spent 5 years listening to this album every night; couldn’t sleep without it #musicsky
Date of exposure: 1992
Point of contact: Music video on 120 Minutes (fortunately randomly videotaped)
Result: Also took me till the streaming era to find the whole album
#basehead #firsttime #coolestsongsever
Date of exposure: 1992
Point of contact: Music video on 120 Minutes (fortunately randomly videotaped)
Result: Also took me till the streaming era to find the whole album
#basehead #firsttime #coolestsongsever
Date of exposure: 1990
Point of contact: Johnny Carson appearance, reinforced by tab published in Guitar (for the practicing musician) magazine
Result: I never learned how to play more than the first minute of the song
#EricJohnson #CliffsofDover #firsttime
Date of exposure: 1990
Point of contact: Johnny Carson appearance, reinforced by tab published in Guitar (for the practicing musician) magazine
Result: I never learned how to play more than the first minute of the song
#EricJohnson #CliffsofDover #firsttime
Date of exposure: 1988
Point of contact: Music video on Headbanger’s Ball (fortunately randomly videotaped). I couldn’t fathom how this wasn’t played constantly on the radio
Result: Also took me till the streaming era to find the whole album
#Pandoras #FirstTime
Date of exposure: 1988
Point of contact: Music video on Headbanger’s Ball (fortunately randomly videotaped). I couldn’t fathom how this wasn’t played constantly on the radio
Result: Also took me till the streaming era to find the whole album
#Pandoras #FirstTime
Date of exposure: 1993
Point of contact: Found Rhino Records’ DIY: Starry Eyes - UK Pop II (1978-79) in the cassette cut-out bin. All the songs are great. I had heard some Buzzcocks songs before but this one stuck
#Buzzcocks
Date of exposure: 1993
Point of contact: Found Rhino Records’ DIY: Starry Eyes - UK Pop II (1978-79) in the cassette cut-out bin. All the songs are great. I had heard some Buzzcocks songs before but this one stuck
#Buzzcocks
Date of exposure: 2000
Point of contact: Napster
Details: While looking for live Cure bootlegs I found one of Robert Smith singing this with Bowie at his 50th birthday concert. Though I’d had most Bowie albums since I was a teenager I somehow missed the best one: Hunky Dory
Date of exposure: 2000
Point of contact: Napster
Details: While looking for live Cure bootlegs I found one of Robert Smith singing this with Bowie at his 50th birthday concert. Though I’d had most Bowie albums since I was a teenager I somehow missed the best one: Hunky Dory