what year was it when you were 17, and what were you listening to?

[Yossarian]

1990

The Stone Roses
The Pixies
Dinosaur Jr
Dead Kennedys
Pop Will Eat Itself
Velvet Underground
Happy Mondays
Clash
Nine Inch Nails
New Fast Automatic Daffodils
Jane's Addiction

And about a thousand other things, I've probably forgotten most of the crapper ones - but I think I've still got a Northside record from the era floating around somewhere...

 

[Bomber]

1974

Van Morrison
Al green
Led Zeppelin
The Stones
Earth Wind & Fire
Springsteen
Stevie Wonder

 

[R.I.C.O.]

1999

My albums of 1999 were.....

Blur - 13

Pulp - This is Hardcore

The Verve - Urban Hymns

Mos Def - Black on Both Sides

The Arsonists - As The World Burns

Big Punisher - Yeeaahhh Baby

 

[Orang Utan]

1990
Was getting sick of Goth and Indie (Cure, Sisters)
Was still listening to Dead Kennedys and lots of American punk.
Was getting really into hiphop and electro, but 1990 is when I discovered the RAVE! Apart from buying lots of Sonic Youth and Buttholes and the like, I never really looked back and have barely bought a guitar record since (though I have been more recently)

 

[SubZeroCat]

I was 17 in 2003/2004.

I'm not even gonna bother...

 

[wiskey]

1997

i was coming out the end of working on a pirate d&b/jungle station so that kinda swallowed me up.

 

[MankyMonkey]

The Levellers, Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Pulp and Metallica.

 

[top_biller]

1997

i was coming out the end of working on a pirate d&b/jungle station so that kinda swallowed me up.

Which one?

1994 - started going clubbing and was very into happy hardcore (was buying up everything on Naughty Naughty and anything touched by Vibes and Wishdokta) and house (of which there was but one variety).

Great year.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

1995. I was a proper heavy metaller, long hair and all. Lots of stuff like Sepultura, Metallica, Neurosis etc.

 

[lyra_k]

Theatre of Hate (and maybe Spear of Destiny)

Spear of Destiny were the first band I ever saw! That was in about 1984/5, I think, it was the World Service tour. I know everyone says they were going downhill by then, but I loved that album, especially 'Mickey'. Memories!

 

[milesy]

92

the stuffies, ned's, PWEI, the levellers o) new model army, jesus jones, sex pistols, the cure....oh and kylie

 

[bristol_citizen]

1983

In no particular order...

B52s, Bauhaus, Bunnymen, Joy Division/New Order, Gang of Four, Teardrops/Cope, Berlin period Bowie (NOT Let's Dance!), Iggy Pop (The Passenger relentlessly), Pete Shelley, Cabaret Voltaire, Human League, Soft Cell, Visage, John Foxx/Ultravox, PiL

 

[Looby]

95/96

Pulp
Levellers
Stone Roses
Suede
Manics
Billy Bragg
Elvis Costello
Lemonheads
The Smiths
Blur
Nirvana
Sleeper
Lots of other indie bands I can't remember.

I forgot The Cure

Pretty predictable really.

 

[Clintons Cat]

june 87

Doctor and the Medics at No 1.

holding back the years by mick "bleedin" hucknall at number 2

and the insane twinky twanky waccca wacca synth-pop sound of one-hit wonders New Shoooz at number 3.

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Raising Hell by run dmc

Crushin by the fat boys

rock the house by dj jazzy jeff and the fresh prince

criminal minded by BDP

yo bum rush the show by public enemy

licensed to ill by the beastie boys

plus loads of classic motown/atlantic/stax artists inspired by the mid eighties soul revival.

 

[Dubversion]

september 1985.

the smiths
crass
the cure
thin lizzy
zounds
pink floyd
the mob
deep purple
bob dylan
lots and lots of van morrison
siouxsie
sisters of mercy

so a kind of hippy/punk with vague goth leanings

 

[Stobart Stopper]

1982, I was listening to Wham, soul and Radio London's Robbie Vincent.

 

[tastebud]

sisters of mercy

yay!

 

[marty21]

1982, I was listening to Wham, soul and Radio London's Robbie Vincent.

1982 for me as well, can't remember really, maybe the police, u2, human league, the pretenders, stiff little fingers, the undertones, hall and oates, the cars

 

[Top Dog]

1990/91, levellers, chumbawamba, citizen fish, rdf ( & the rest of that lot)nirvana, mudhoney, tad, bad brains, black flag, big black, husker du, fugazi, minor threat, babes in toyland, sonic youth, minutemen, beat happening, dinosaur jr, pixies, ministry, revolting cocks, faith no more, therapy... ad nauseum

 

[Sir Belchalot]

1978/79: Great time for U.K.live music. Mainly punk and post-punk indie bands e.g. Penetration, Magazine, Au Pairs, PragVec, The Scars, Barracudas, The Pack, Adverts, Only Ones, Wire, Clash etc.

 

[Iam]

1991.

Madchester.
Just getting into Hip Hop.
The Orb and the like.
The tail end of my teenage metal years.
Neil Young.

 

[comstock]

1990/91, levellers, chumbawamba, citizen fish, rdf ( & the rest of that lot)

Who were rdf?

1991 was my year too, but I was still listening to chart pop on Atlantic 252. Didn't discover stuff like Levellers, Wonderstuff , Carter, Pulp etc for another couple of years.

 

[Sir Belchalot]

Who were rdf?

Dreary crusty reggae band.

 

[stewpot]

17 in 85'

Just moved to London in 85 and was listening to Echo and the Bunnymen, Icicle Works......

 

[nathansears]

1991, listening to
Nirvana
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Deep Purple
Jimi Hendrix
The Clash
The sex pistols
and starting to listen to
Muddy Waters
John Lee Hooker
Howlin Wolf

 

[EatMoreChips]

'91/'92 - all I seem to be able to remember is The Levellers, Manic Street Preachers and Orbital, although I'm sure there must have been some other stuff. I think that's just about when I gave up listening to U2, most importantly.

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

The cloying depression of 1989 was leavened by these motley characters:

And lots of this kind of malarkey:

Plus - naturally - loads of wildly eclectic stuff that no one will have heard of. Such as Death By Milkfloat.

 

[Sunspots]

Fuckin' hell, that's probably the most frightening picture of MES I've ever seen!

<right clicks, saves as wallpaper...>

 

[boing!]

2000/01

Would have been listening to stuff like:
king prawn
pulkas
iron monkey
rachel stamp
kyuss
led zepelin
elliot smith
pitchshifter
and starting to get into drum and bass so probably lots of One Nation tape packs and what not

 

[knopf]

17 in 1987, and listening to....

Big Black
Sonic Youth
Butthole Surfers
Head of David
The Fall
Captain Beefheart (Safe as Milk -- still my favourite album)
Band of Susans
Faust
John Lee Hooker
Robert Johnson
Dinsosaur Jr
Husker Du