What was your first proper band?

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First single? Rupert the Bear by Jackie Trent

First group I was into? Does Alice Cooper count?

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Alice Cooper most certainly counts, they were just behind my Mott The Hoople addiction
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Ahhhhhhh, I do like a bit of conformity ;)
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James Blast wrote:Seconded! :D :notworthy:
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First single - (I dont care to remember)

First Group - Huey Lewis And The News

Having bought their "Best Of" cd in Tesco's I do have occasions to listen to some great tracks, and I dont mean the stuff from "Fore". Their third album "Sports" was / is much better!
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Andy TG wrote:
...First Group - Huey Lewis And The News

Having bought their "Best Of" cd in Tesco's I do have occasions to listen to some great tracks, and I dont mean the stuff from "Fore". Their third album "Sports" was / is much better!
Glad to hear I'm not the only one with a soft spot for HL & TN.
They're something of a guilty pleasure of mine...

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Black Shuck wrote: Nothing can beat cruising in your car, with the windows wound right down, blasting out to all and sundry 'It's Hip to be Square'! :oops:
first the poster, now this :roll:
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Having located the remains of my singles collection I can now admit to the following:

1)What was the first record you ever bought?

Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo if lumping your pocket money together with your brothers counts. If not, then all the evidence points to either ELO - Turn To Stone,Wings - Mull Of Kintyre, ELP - Fanfare For The Common Man or Santana - She's Not There. Whichever was earliest - all dated 1977 on the label. Quite a relief really. I was pretty sure it was David Essex - Hold Me Close but that must have just been a bad dream.

2)What was the first 'proper' band you ever got into?

Slade. Of course they were a proper band. I even joined their fan club.

3)Do you still listen to that band today?

Only at Christmas.

Edit: Too many typos for me to let it go.
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the first: The Pixies 12" Gigantic/River Euphrates with the excellent Vamos & In Heaven on the flip side. Somewhere along the way, I sold this one... still can't sleep sometimes...

First proper band: The Ramones , they just blew me away back then.

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The first piece of music I bought and really, really liked was George Michael's "Careless Whisper". I was 11 or 12. From that time and the first proper band I discovered -- which of course were the Sisters -- my mind is blank. Very little matters.

I remember though, listening to A-Ha "hunting High and Low" at a friend's place and since I only knew "Take on me" (that's what was on the radio) I remember asking her "wow, is that really A-Ha? That's good." And I remember Nick Kershaw from the same period. And of course, Duran Duran. The Neo-Romantics. But that was puberty. I was less than 12, surely.

Of all the bands mentioned I only don't listen anymore to George Michael/Wham.

PS: Downloaded Alphaville's "Forever Young" and "Sounds like a melody" the other day. I like it more now than I did then. I may even buy the album, who knows? Life is made of discovery.
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elguiri wrote:1.Inflammable Material.....By ....Stiff Little Fingers

2. Stiff Little Fingers

3.Too Right.......Best Album of all time............(More or Less)


Dead right, Inflammable Material must be one of the most angry and passionate records ever recorded.

Even now, after nearly three decades i still regularly dig Inflammable Material out, it's classic song after classic song, Suspect Device; Here We Are Nowhere, Alternative Ulster. Wasted Life and the punked-up cover version of of Bob Marley's Johnny Was. Classic stuff :)
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1. New Order : World In Motion.

2. Joy Division were the first band I would really have called myself a fan of, having always liked New Order.

3. Often.
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First band I was into U2.

First record I bought October - U2

Still listening? Not really since The Joshua Tree.
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First record-Sugar Baby Love - The Rubbettes

First Proper Album-Deep Purple-Come Taste The Band


It's still in perfect condition and is lying beside my turntable as I type.


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First record bought:
Jackie Lee sings Rupert and other children's favourites.

First proper:
The Undertones, Buzzcocks, Magazine


Do I still listen to them:
Yes, Yes and most definately yes .
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eastmidswhizzkid wrote:first record i bought with my own money(but i think my mum actually went and got it)was "YOUNG PARISIANS" 7" by ADAM AND THE ANTS

first record i went and bought on my own was "DIRK WEARS WHITE SOX"by AATA:they were definitely the first band i was into,having already got "KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER"(i won it at cubs for collecting most "bob-a-job week"money,honest!)and "PRINCE CHARMING"(x-mas prezzie)

cant say iever listen to them anymore but the track"kings of the wild frontier" is fine IMHO
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ADAM & the ANTS and THE JAM were the first bands I got into{thanks to two cousins & Pete Mcgaully fi Rosewell,a mate of Jonny Duncans 8) :notworthy: :notworthy: },do I still listen to them?,not enough :oops: .
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well, I don't listen to Ride a White Swan anymore, either
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scotty wrote:
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:first record i bought with my own money(but i think my mum actually went and got it)was "YOUNG PARISIANS" 7" by ADAM AND THE ANTS

first record i went and bought on my own was "DIRK WEARS WHITE SOX"by AATA:they were definitely the first band i was into,having already got "KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER"(i won it at cubs for collecting most "bob-a-job week"money,honest!)and "PRINCE CHARMING"(x-mas prezzie)

cant say iever listen to them anymore but the track"kings of the wild frontier" is fine IMHO
:eek: SNAP,first single from my own pocket money"YOUNG PARISIANS",
ADAM & the ANTS and THE JAM were the first bands I got into{thanks to two cousins & Pete Mcgaully fi Rosewell,a mate of Jonny Duncans 8) :notworthy: :notworthy: },do I still listen to them?,not enough :oops: .
great minds and all that eh, keith? i hate "young parisians" but "lady" (b-side) is a fucking classic!
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Black Shuck wrote:
1)What was the first record you ever bought?

2)What was the first 'proper' band you ever got into?

3)Do you still listen to that band today?
1.) single of "i wanna be your drill instructor) (soundtrack from "Full Metal Jacket) :)

2.) Judas Priest

3.) from no. 1= No *giggle*
from no.2 = Yes
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1.Suzi Quatro - 48 crash

2.Boomtown rats My first gig at Wakefield Unity Hall

3.It has been known Tonic for the troops has some good sing a long lyrics

As for Inflammable material I agree that is a Classic and up there with 'bollocks' as the all time bestest album in the whole wide world ever
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you're Irish, right?

welcome BTW :D
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James Blast wrote:you're Irish, right?

welcome BTW :D
Hello

Wrong not Irish - sorry

But looking at that selection I can see why you may jump to such a conclusion

However the mention of Wakefield could be a bit of a clue!
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upstairs_at_raffles wrote:
James Blast wrote:you're Irish, right?

welcome BTW :D
Hello

Wrong not Irish - sorry

But looking at that selection I can see why you may jump to such a conclusion

However the mention of Wakefield could be a bit of a clue!
nice name. Been there. chasing tigers. Or was it dragons?

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1)What was the first record you ever bought?

7 INCH SINGLE OF SUPER TROUPER BY ABBA

2)What was the first 'proper' band you ever got into?

I GOT INTO SOFT CELL WHEN I WAS A WEE LAD OF... 10?, THE CURE
WHEN I WAS 12, BUT I THINK TO REAL MOMENT OF GETTING INTO
A PROPER BAND WAS AT THE AGE OF 14 WHEN I BOUGHT MY
FIRST ALBUM FROM A SHOP : FLOODLAND ON CASSETTE

3)Do you still listen to that band today?
YES!
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1) Kraftwerk, Tour de France (1983). I was ten. Hey.

2) Proper music? Not sure I ever got that far. The first band where I bought everything, scoured the press for interviews etc was ... The Pet Shop Boys. Hmm. This was 1986. I was thirteen. Hey. The Sisters were just that odd stuff my cousin played at that point, and would remain so for another four years.

3) No. But whenever I hear them on Radio 2, I turn it up and bask in the memories. This is what the music of your childhood is for, surely?
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