What were the first ten bands you got into ?

Well if we leave out pop artists like Micheal Jackson and Whitney Houston which were some of the first artists I was hooked on as a child and start with the first metal or metal-related artists I really adored it would be something like:

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Edited by DefinitionOfHatred - 14 Apr 2012 at 10:17am

Metallica
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Sepultura
Korn
Soulfly
Megadeth
Linkin Park
System of a Down
One of Kreator, Chimaira, and Anthrax.  Can't remember.

1. Led Zeppelin (I was 7 and still love them and listen, although less often)

1. The Beatles (I basically grew up with the Beatles with my father being a huge fan - there's no beating Sgt. Pepper's...)
2. Iron Maiden (my all time favorite music band)
3. AC/DC (my second all time favorite band)
4. Judas Priest (I got into them after hearing Turbo and then Painkiller blew me away - they are still one of my favorite bands)
5. D-A-D (I was really into Draws A Circle, No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims and Riskin' It All as well as Helpyourselfish - their post-Helpyourselfish releases didn't really appeal to me, but I still enjoy their early stuff)
5. Guns 'n' Roses (I still enjoy Appetite for Destruction and the two Illusions-albums, but I have outgrown Axl's stupid lyrics)
6. Metallica (my first venture into more extreme metal [thrash WAS extreme back then] - I still enjoy their music except Load and ReLoad which I never liked)
7. Megadeth (there's no beating Peace Sells, Rust in Peace and Countdown to Extinction - I am still a fan of their pre-Risk releases as well as The System Has Failed, United Abominations and Endgame)
9. Pantera (Cowboys from Hell and Vulgar Display of Power are still among my favorites)
10. Sacred Reich (I was totally into The American Way and Surf Nicaragua - I still love those albums, but my preferred release is now Ignorance)

Running Wild, Solitude Aeturnus, Nuclear Assault, Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Helmet, Nirvana (only Nevermind) , Blind Guardian, Helloween, Death, Clawfinger, Rage Against the Machine, Count Raven, Genesis, Depeche Mode and a bunch of other bands were also important in my formative years as were Kixx and Skid Row (I've totally lost interest in Skid Row and I was very disappointed when I recently listened to Slave to the Grind for the first time in many years - there were, like, only three songs that I liked).

Tough question because my memory is awful.
Here goes, in a very rough order after 2, as the rest were pretty simultaneous (the harder metal came after this ten):

Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Judas Priest
The Doors
Cream
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Santana
Hawkwind


Basically still listen to them all, but Cream, Deep Purple and Hawkwind have dropped off a little over the years.

After that I think I went into 90s metal and then anywhere from there


Edited by dreadpirateroberts - 15 Apr 2012 at 6:44am

After having bought some top-hits compilations of '93 and '94, my first 10 albums I bought in the mid-90's are:

As I remember: 

I had to brainstorm this list when I was at work this week.  Going with metal bands only, here's how I remember it.

I am doing this mostly for myself, to try and remember what were the first ones... thanks for the intriguing topic! I'll leave out stuff that I was listening to because my friends were listening to them and only include the ones that I really got into. Not excluding genres.

1. Bob Marley

Me and my friend found out that skateboarding and laid back music of Marley mixed very well together,  my parents had some compilation album and I really dug into that. I don't really listen to Bob that much these days, but I still enjoy some of his music when I get around to it.

2. Iron Maiden

I got introduced to Maiden also because of skateboarding. Number of the Beast was playing in some amateur skate video and I simply loved it. Bought 'Best of the Beast' (the one cd version) and almost wore it out. Really a big favourite of mine to this day, one of the biggest loves in music. A bit faded in the recent years, mainly because The Final Frontier didn't sound as good as A Matter of Life and Death to me, and the most recent gig I saw at Helsinki Olympic Stadium was a bit of a lazy one. I really felt dissapointed, because they have always been sort of a number one band for me. The first studio albums I bought were 'Killers' and 'Iron Maiden', I think in that particular order.

3. Judas Priest

It's starting to get a bit fuzzy after that, but I'm pretty sure the mighty Priest came after Maiden. I convinced my mom to buy me the compilation album 'Metal Works' at a trip to a cabin and I was hooked. The studio albums that i got first would probably be 'Sin After Sin' and 'Painkiller', from which the latter I still found to be a bit overrated. I still prefer the 70's Priest, but ofcourse the classic 'Screaming for Vengeance' and 'Defenders of the Faith' are up there among the best albums by the band. Sitll love 'em, always have and probably always will. Although KK is out of the band and Halford's singing has gone downhill for quite a long time now, they still deliver the goods live.

4. Helloween

Another one of my friends got 'Keeper of the Seven Keys pt. II', and there was no going back after that. Some of my fondest memories concerning this band are with that friend, checking out the 'High Live'-dvd in the dark of his room and just talking how cool and fast they were. First album I bought was 'Master of the Rings', which I still hold as one of the best albums by the band along with the two keeper albums and 'The Time of the Oath'. This is probably due to cranking 'High Live' so many times with my friend. I still enjoy them, but it's not that often when I spin one of their records.

From here onwards it's just guesses, so many bands in a short period of time, I can't recall the actual order.

5. King Diamond

Yet again through a friend. He send me a couple of songs and I loved them. Went and bought "Them", loved the album, went and bought 'Abigail', loved that one too. Sadly I have never seen the maestro live due to his problems with his back in the recent years, but I'm still hoping to experience that spine chilling scream og his. Some fun memories which incorporate King Diamond feature me and my friend (the one with whom we got into Helloween) playing a Biker Mice From Mars game with a super nintendo emulator and cranking 'Abigail'. Still love the music very much to this day.

6. Blind Guardian

Found out some mp3's in the internet, loved them and afterwards bought 'Imaginations From the Other Side', which I still consider to be their greatest triumph. This one was my own thing for quite a while, none of my friends seemed to like it at first. But I simply loved 'Imaginations' and went on to buy the rest of their albums. I have seen a short festival gig at Tuska by them, but ofcourse I still hunger for more. Why wont they do a headlining show at Finland? Still love the band very much, but I miss Thomen Stauch on the drummers spot.

7. Queen

I had listened to Queen for quite a long time, but I really got into them slowly. My father bought me 'the greatest hits I' album as a christmas present and told me to listen to some mindblowing music. Queen wasn't considered cool at the time amongst my friends, so that slowed things down quite a bit with this band, but after one of them got hooked, I "allowed" myself to get into them more. The first studio album I bought was 'A night at the Opera' followed by 'A Day at the Races'. The band was a really important part in broadening my musical horizons, and they are still one of my biggest favourites. Freddie was the best.

8. Rory Gallagher

Another one of my dad's inputs. He came home from work one afternoon and gave me a copy of Gallagher's 'Calling Card' (do I have to mention that this one is still my favourite album by him? ) and told me to listen to this great guitarist. I went straight upstairs and put the cd to my stereos. I was blown hooked immediately, and really loved the songs. We had an old VHS-tape laying around recorded from the TV, where Rory played live, and that also made a huge impact on me. This guy was at times even more energetic live than the heavier bands that I was so muc into. Still love the music, but for some reason I still don't own that much music made by the man. A very underrated musician today, but it is true that most of his albums are not that solidly good throughout.

9. Pink Floyd

My mom had 'The Dark Side of the Moon' as an LP, and one afternoon after a long school day I put it on wanting to try out some new band. I was hooked by the relaxin and beautiful tunes coming out of the speakers and for a month, every time I was alone at the house I used to put the record on and really absorb the music. This was probably one of the first times I listened to a vinyl record also, so that left a mark on me as well. I still love Pink Floyd and listen to them from time to time, although the first albums aren't as brilliant as their masterpieces 'Dark Side of the Moon', 'Wish You Were Here' and 'Animals'. Again a band that opened my eyes to new frontiers in music.

10. Running Wild

Might be that I got into this before Blind Guardian actually, but hey, I told you the order would be off. I still adore the early stuff like 'Port Royal', 'Pile of Skulls', 'Branded and Exiled'... oh too many great albums to mention. The newer ones like 'Black Hand Inn' (the first one I ever owned from the band) weren't as great, but still ass kicking music. Needless to say I still enjoy their looting very much.

Ok, I have to apologize, for I almost forgot one of the biggest and very first ones, but I can't decide which one I should leave off, so I'll just state that I got into Dio also, the band would be there on the third or fourth place actually. So I really started with the most classic 80's traditional heavy metal bands and they still hold a dear spot in my heart. I had lended a copy of 'Diamonds - the Best of' and ripped the music to my computer and loved every single track the album had. I started off with 'Holy Diver' as the first one I owned, and still surprisingly think it's the best by the band. I also got into Black Sabbath's Dio era somewhere around the same time as well, but not into Black Sabbath as a whole, so I wont include it. Thankfully I saw the mighty Dio live a few times, and all of them were magical.

So that's it, if I had to guess which one I would drop out to make room for Dio it would be probably Rory Gallagher or Pink Floyd, but I didn't have the heart to do that. Hopefully I'm not neglecting some very dear band to me by forgetting them...