Shnate McDuanus Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 An offshoot of the "favorite band" thread: what was your favorite band when you were twelve? And the song? For me it had to be either Queen: Or Rush: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FSrOJod_cA They still hold up, too! Still two of my favorite bands and I doubt I'll ever outgrow them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I was 12 in 1958, not a lot of "bands" back then. Doo-Wop groups, a few "teen idols", so around that time I was more interested in classical and jazz. Rock was just starting. I never cared much for Elvis but always liked Cash and Ray Charles but radio in central California back then didn't play a lot of that. It was even hard to find any Folk music. Surf music started showing up around '62 and in '64 the Beatles arrived and the age of "bands" began. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnastynebr Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Primus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJScott Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I was 12 in 1977...this is an easy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowdiddley Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei96qswXCuI&feature=related They were my fathers favorite band so by default they were also my favorite as well. I'll forever be grateful that I was carried to see them in '70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHD5nd3QLTg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 From 10 to 12 it was all about the Beatles...THEN Jimi came into my life along with Jeff and it really started to change my style a bit. THEN my older brother took me to see Van Halen in late 1976 at the Santa Monica Civic, and that was the biggest change in my guitar life.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpanda Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I went to my first concert when I was 12. It was the Eagles, before and after the show I was pretty much obsessed. I think I learned 3-4 of their albums on guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitargreg1993 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 hmmm that was only 5 years ago but I'm not sure if it was: Zeppelin: (quite ironic how i used to love Immigrant Song so much, and now it just sounds like garbage to me... I've discovered the rest of Zeppelin's music and immigrant song sucks compared to just about every other Zeppelin song ) or it might have been, AC/DC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fSEjlLQcRY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Given that I'm even older than Grampa <grin>, what he said, even though we were in different areas of the country. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAAflFyWNPo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 The Beatles - She Loves You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 RUSH 2112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anrynike Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Van Halen - Runnin with the Devil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Owl Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Was and still is one of my all time favourite bands; Great Big Sea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0SpwEdU5ak they're awesome recorded, but even more awesome live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Don't judge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Well, since I'm "Old As Dirt," and The Beatles didn't happen, until I was 14, I guess I'd have to say, The Beach Boys, and/or The Kingsmen! There was, of course, early Elvis, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins, too. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Got to thinking a bit more on this... I had a huge old console radio with an antenna stretched out to a tree, so I got all kinds of am radio - there wasn't much fm in those days. Anyway, I remember hearing John Lee Hooker circa age 12. That made a big impression. It was a piece on the great flood at Tupelo. But Grampa really nailed it. There were a lotta "name" folks, but even though Chuck Berry had stuff charted, it was as "Chuck Berry," not a band name. I dunno if you count the Everly Brothers as a band... Buddy Holly had the Crickets, but it was Buddy Holly that everybody thought of, the band was kinda irrelevant. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 . '65 Beatles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 Well then, for those who grew up in the "name" or "soloist" era...let's just say "favorite act" or "favorite artist" from when you were twelve. And trust me, I meant age 12 to be completely arbitrary. It's just that I figure that that was, for me, pretty much the time when I first started to really get into music instead of just whatever was on the radio or whatever mom and dad played in the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Got to thinking a bit more on this... I had a huge old console radio with an antenna stretched out to a tree, so I got all kinds of am radio - there wasn't much fm in those days. Anyway, I remember hearing John Lee Hooker circa age 12. That made a big impression. It was a piece on the great flood at Tupelo. But Grampa really nailed it. There were a lotta "name" folks, but even though Chuck Berry had stuff charted, it was as "Chuck Berry," not a band name. I dunno if you count the Everly Brothers as a band... Buddy Holly had the Crickets, but it was Buddy Holly that everybody thought of, the band was kinda irrelevant. m Well, given what you've said, then I'd have to say The Beach Boys and Kingsmen! All the others, that I liked, even "blues" guys, were "front" players, with back-up bands, as was the "norm" most often, Way Back Then! LOL And yeah, even the Everly Brothers, were a Duet, and not a "band," per se. Kind of the Simon & Garfunkle, of their day. So...??? CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feldkeen4 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I was 12 in 72/73 and no question about it, I was into Bachman Turner Overdrive. Nice SG in this vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7miRCLeFSJo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Oh....I forgot "The Ventures," as well. ;>) CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 . The Ventures - great stuff. ... I'd have to say ... The Kingsmen! ..... HA! Loved the "garage band" stuff from the 60s - Louie Louie - great - the lyrics investigation and FBI involvement was hilarious. A couple more - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDEmmLDyHZc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO2Y2sGZ1dk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codename Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I was 12 in 74. The Beatles always were and always will be my favorite but in 74 I discovered Nazareth and was into them large at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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