what music were you listening to when you first got into NO?

DM (it was the great 101 period) & PSB (it was the great Introspective period).

lo-fi indie rock. stephen malkmus and folk implosion were my staples in the cd player.

well, it was 1987 and i was 12. i had started listening to depeche mode and the pet shop boys about a year earlier, and talking heads maybe 2 years before, but, god this is embarassing...i was also listening to the following: bon jovi (they were HUGE at the time), debbie gibson, tiffany, def leppard, poison, richard marx, etc. shameful. :o :o :o :o

needless to say, by 1988 i had expunged the above artists (?) from my playlist and was fully a new wave chick.

I was going thru my Mod phase when I first became aware of NO and JD. I didn't own a Vespa scooter or anything like that, it's just that I couldn't get enough of the 60s English groups like the Beatles and the Who (never cared for the Stones, though). I got into NO later, but I was listening to a lot of the Beatles and the Who when I first discovered JD. I also dug the 'new British Invasion' of Oasis and Blur at the time. This was all while I was at good ole USC....

I was into PSB when I first heard True Faith. It seemed like the song PSB had been striving so hard to write (although that later turned out to have been BM.) Since then, NO has eclipsed all comers, gawd bless em. :)

Post-punk alternative mostly (whatever wasn't too popular back in the early 80s in the states).

the manics. the holy bible album introduced me to joy division and from there i met the order

around that time, late 1982 early 83, I listened to all sorts of stuff, the bands that I saw live before and after NO were the Human League, Japan, Sammy Hagar, Big Country and The Smiths. Other faves were harder to get tickets for even then U2, among others. Fire Engines, loads of Postcard stuff, Aztec Camera, OJ, Silicon Teens, Roxy, Bowie, then a bit Later on Sisters of Mercy, Theatre/Spear, more Gothic took over. But I still liked NO and still do.

At the beginning of high school, I listened mostly to Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, and stuff. The only music I knew of what was on TV, and I admired the "dark pop stars".

Around 16 I dove into the moody new wave bands such as The Banshees, Bauhaus, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, ect...

Finally I stumbled apon New Order, and of course that lead to me collecting Joy Division and the side projects as well. At the same time I was getting into the Pet Shop Boys and Kraftwerk.

Lately I've just been collecting classic rock and early to mid 90's alternative.

Originally posted by Low-Life At the beginning of high school, I listened mostly to Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, and stuff. The only music I knew of what was on TV, and I admired the "dark pop stars".Around 16 I dove into the moody new wave bands such as The Banshees, Bauhaus, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, ect...Finally I stumbled apon New Order, and of course that lead to me collecting Joy Division and the side projects as well. At the same time I was getting into the Pet Shop Boys and Kraftwerk.Lately I've just been collecting classic rock and early to mid 90's alternative.

Its quite interesting seeing how all these young folks got into NO from other bands, going the opposite direction to an elderly fellow like me. I remember first encountering NIN in a record store on a visit to the US and naively wondering if they'd sound anything like New Order.

Originally posted by Drep Hemarsarkus the manics. the holy bible album introduced me to joy division and from there i met the order

Did you read that early MSP interview where they gave Electronic a good slagging? 'fat rich boy wank' or something like that I think they called it. I always preferred the manics' interviews to their actual records.

My first New Order song was Temptation. I think it was...1997? earlier or later... I was listening to Beck, Massive Attack and Mansun at that time. But I remember I did not like Temptation. In fact, I came to be a Joy Division fan first, then New Order.

I was very much into Pink Floyd back then, an older, cooler uncle was a huge fan of Prog Rock (Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Asia, Yes, Genesis...) :barf: I must say but by 1981 I was already far more interested in Syd Barrett's period than in Roger Waters.

Then BM saved my life!

ah yes 404, ive just read it now. i thought this line was quite funny

"That picture of Johnny Marr trying to do a windmill on his Gibson when he's one-foot-tall and weighs 50 stones, it's pathetic. It's as bad as ELP."

:D

Heavy Metal was the thing in Macclesfield in 1978-9 !

Originally posted by almanso > Originally posted by Benny's Cobweb Eyes> Heavy Metal was the thing in Macclesfield in 1978-9 !

really? sorry about my ignorance, benny. which bands were cool those days?

None of them were cool ;)

Miles Davis, largely, focusing on the early 70s period, which was not well appreciated generally back then (mid 80s) but has since become much more well known. I was also listening to a lot of John Coltrane and other early 60s modern to early free jazz. I had been a Beatles fan prior to that from when I was about 7 to 12 years old, and after that I liked Bowie and some Talking Heads and other new wave stuff, but that was over for me by the time I encountered NO. NO and later JD got me started back toward pop music. Now, pop and rock (mostly the weirder side of each) make up about 20-25% of my collection, the rest split about evenly between jazz and avant garde/experimental. I am a pretty serious record collector. The main reason NO piqued my interest is that I had started playing music myself by then and had recently taken up bass guitar, having started on the upright bass; Hooky's playing on the Perfect Kiss video seemed a lot cooler to me than boring rock/pop bass lines or slap/funk wankerage. Hey - I was right !

Originally posted by almanso > Originally posted by AgentWood> i was also listening to the following: bon jovi (they were HUGE at the time), debbie gibson, tiffany, def leppard, poison, richard marx, etc. shameful. :o :o :o :o

hehe, the same kind of music my girlfriend used to listen to until she found me. I added new order and related bands to her musical taste. though I couldn´t erase bon jovi out of her head. you just can´t erase a girl´s youth idol as jon bon jovi. besides he stays in pretty good shape and good look at his 40s which makes it even harder to forget for girls!

don't get me wrong...i was into the band bon jovi, not the guy. never understood the appeal of jon bon jovi. any man who wears leather trousers and a suede/leather jacket with fringe needs to be shot.

but you've got to give him props for one thing--he's seen a million faces...and he's ROCKED THEM ALL!

Originally posted by almanso > Originally posted by AgentWood> don't get me wrong...i was into the band bon jovi, not the guy. never understood the appeal of jon bon jovi. any man who wears leather trousers and a suede/leather jacket with fringe needs to be shot.> > but you've got to give him props for one thing--he's seen a million faces...and he's ROCKED THEM ALL!

ok, I won´t get you wrong. it´s just that my girlfriend was always in love with jon bon jovi and can´t get that idea out of her head. I thought you loved him too, that´s why I asked. :D

'take my advice, get it feathered and layered, WHAAAAAOOOOH livin' on my hair!'

Originally posted by Al Jarvis I'm gonna have to go 'reggae/ska' here, though I was certainly never a fan of reggae at that time. A better choice would be 'ska/2-tone' if we want to be specific.Consider when Curtis committed suicide: 1980. And consider the over-riding musical influences on teenage yoof in Britain at that time, especially with boys: Madness, The Beat, The Specials, Bad Manners, Selektor. They dominated the teenage scene from about 79 to 82.

Then Al, you are the person I need to ask something I've never quite grasped: What is "Trojan"? Is it a kind of ska?