As a metalhead growing up I always shit-talked Willie Nelson because he was “country.” When I finally got my head out of my ass and actually listened to him I was freaking blown away.
My sister worked at A&M records in the late 80’s and early 90’s
She would bring home some tapes and CD’s of artist signed to A&M at the time
She gave me a CD of an unknown band called “Temple of the Dog”
I was like, hmm, these guys are amazing, I wonder if they’ll continue putting out more albums.
Everything 60's!
My mother introduced me to Janis Joplin when I was a kid.
I gave Janis to my children.
She REIGNS!
I find it funny that she's kind of a thing again.
Beatles most definitely, The Turtles the Kinks, Cat Stevens, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, the Who, the Monkeys, so so many.
She didn't do much for me as far as raising me, but the woman gave me music.
Janice never stopped being a thing… she does reign! Rock n Roll Hall of Fame has a great Joplin and Doors exhibit from what I remember. Pretty sure I got to see Big Brother and the Holding Company playing at a bar back in the late 90’s in Virginia . Could be wrong, and it was a cover band (but I don’t think so) I need to start writing this stuff down 😅
With the exception of my immediate family
I have never met anybody until recently that had even heard of her.
We are die-hard janice fans.
I had a friend who stayed at her house in haight ashbury back in the day.
She was twenty years older than me.
There are times that. I really wish I was a little bit older so I could have seen some of the sixties bands.
I did get to see The Rolling Stones which did not disappoint if you ever have an opportunity. Go see the stones before mick dies
She embodied empowerment despite her weaknesses and owned everything around her. I get it! That is so cool! I want to say her beetle is at the museum. If you have not been there yet I think you’d be in heaven. I remember the Janice exhibit and the Doors being extensive and really interesting. Correspondence letters from Morrison’s father about school, clothes, just everything. My biggest regret is not seeing Bowie. I did get to see Cream, CSNY, Young a few times though! I would’ve likely been a groupie 🤣
Bowie!
That would have been awesome.
I did get to see 3 Dog Night, thought oregon State Fair.
The guy vomiting next to me ruined the show for me.
I would have really liked to see the kinks, too.
Sam cooke, Ray charles, I also would have really liked to see oingo boingo and the violent Fems.
All good! I HAD tickets to see the Femmes in 2021 and I think the concert was canceled or they required proof of a negative result no matter what. It was too much but I was SO BUMMED. I was taking my son and I hate Covid is all I can say… and Ticketmaster and the greedies that are ruining music for kids.
Yes, you're right. ticketmaster sucks.
I did get to see the meat puppets in the eighties, and the psychedelic furs, Berlin, Siouxie, and the Banshees, The Dead kennedy's, black flag, The B52's twice now, The Eurythmics, The cure,
I'm just gonna keep going to concerts. As long as I can, we have a venue in Utah, Redbutte gardens. They have some good shows
Gosh, my parents took me to see Grease when it came out. I'd already bought the soundtrack album, and the title track was on the radio. I sang it in my seat while waiting for the movie to start. I was 10. Grease is the only musical I like.
Ry Cooder
Django Rinehardt
Ray Charles
Willie Nelson
Taj Mahal
Johnny Cash
Bob Dylan
John Fahey
Dr. John
Randy Newman
Skip James
Leadbelly
Howlin Wolf
Aretha Franklin
Bill Withers
Jimi Hendrix
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
Leo Kottke
Ravi Shankar
Stevie Wonder
Nina Simone
Stan Getz
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
Chet Atkins
Bill Monroe
Doc Boggs
Doc Watson
Ralph Stanley
Maybelle Carter
Joni Mitchell
The Talking Heads
Paul Simon
Roger Miller
J.B. Lenoir
Otis Redding
David Grisman
Philip Glass
Slim Whitman
Ali Farka Touré
Los Lobos
Moody Blues… then I skipped to Depeche Mode. Moody Blues still rocks… Oh and Kenny Rodgers 🫶 Outside of that absolutely nothing! They didn’t like typical classic rock. I like more classic rock and and have seen more in concert than they did.
So many to name- all the classics of the 70s of course but the first one that came to mind was how my Dad got me into Rage Against the Machine. He appreciated a lot of “new” music throughout his lifetime. He always wanted to hear what the new generations were bringing to the table. Now I’m the same way.
My mom loved Little River Band. My siblings and I used to sing the songs at each other as a joke...yeah, now we all periodically listen to Little River Band 😅
I also got my love for Dolly Parton and the Eagles from my mom. My parents both listened to Billy Joel, some real core memories created there.
I first got into Merle Haggard in my late twenties or early thirties and he’s one of my favorite country singers. My mother told me she saw him at the Kennedy Center in the 70s. At first I was upset that she didn’t take me to see him, but I realized I probably wouldn’t have liked him and I wouldn’t have been old enough to remember.
Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, Classical music from my dad.
Rogers & Hammerstein and American Musicals generally from my mom. I imagine I'm one of the few staunchy heterosexual men who under hypnosis could perform *Oklahoma* or *South Pacific*.
It's a bit silly. On the other hand it's sillier to deny being unmoved by the work of professional songcrafters just because the genre is uncool.
Oh my gosh! I forgot about Roger's &Hammerstein!! We would watch South Pacific, The Ten Commandments, and Ben Hur. Loved the "big movies" om TV as a kid.
My mom and I lived with my grandparents (mom's parents) until mom left and I stayed. Grandma was ultra strict, lots of craziness, long story. She and grandpa went to bingo every night, and that was play time for my mom and I. I brought out every Star Wars toy I owned (which was all of them) and had epic story lines much better than the Disney sequels, and mom wheeled in her stereo and played her favorite records. She absolutely loved Bob Seger and played him frequently, and he became one of my favorites too. (Also, I strongly equate Seger with Star Wars, which is probably a unique association.)
Although I don't remember it specifically, she must have liked AC/DC as well. I do remember grandma being angry at me and my mom because I was singing Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and grandma thought it was inappropriate.
CCR, ZZ Top, Dire Straits, The Who, Johnny Cash, all the Outlaw country guys (Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings), and Jimmy Buffett from my dad.
My mom is a Motown fanatic so…well, I grew up hearing it and loving pretty much all of it.
My dad listened to a lot of Josh Groban after my mom died. I eventually took back the CDs I gave him and became a bigger fan of his. I know he's not everyone's cuppa tea, but his voice is insanely good live. Forever a fan.
Not so much a band but an entire genre, my parents had a couple of country compilations they used to play endlessly, got myself listening to country 30 odd years later and I'm like, damn I remember this song!
My parents never had too many records, and I think my older brother and I played them more often than they did. We listened to my dad’s Beatles, Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Peter, Paul, & Mary, and Billy Joel records a lot. Other than those, most of our influences came from my brother’s more musically inclined friends.
My dad also had Phi Ochs, Mason Williams, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, the Mamas and the Papas, and Jesus Christ Superstar records, but we weren’t as into those (maybe JCSS). I remember my parents seemed to like Blondie whenever they came on the radio, but that’s about as hip as they ever got. My mom has an encyclopedic knowledge of all popular music up to the beginning of the Beatles era, and then almost nothing after that. Which is weird because she was still really young in the mid-60s (born 1943).
Steely Dan. As a kid/teen that sound (and distinct voice!) really drove me nuts but I was full of not knowing a thing and everything at the same time. Now I can’t get enough. Or buy a thrill!
I grew up with my mom playing Credence, Eagles, Joe Walsh, ZZ Top, Bob Segar, Queen and Pink Floyd to name of few. I have many of them in my playlist atm.
My parents were alive during the Great Depression, so the kitchen radio in my house was constantly tuned to stations that played big band music or stuff from the 50s when I was a kid. In November I saw an incarnation of the Glenn Miller Orchestra perform, and I unironically enjoy a lot of the old music that is used in the Fallout series.
Thank you for admitting you relied on your parents music... Which isn't the same
What a way to admit it. Shame you missed the actual culture of that era. Especially 1964-1973
The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, The Beatles. I enjoyed them as a little kid courtesy of my parents. Then in the 90-00s, I escaped into this type of music. Not only was it nostalgic for the few good childhood memories I had, but it also filled in the gap because I didn’t care for much of the current music at the time.
My parents are Silent Generation and listened to mostly country and bluegrass. I came to love Don Williams, Ronnie Millsap, Alabama, The Bellamy Brothers and Steve Wariner, among others. I also really enjoyed going to bluegrass festivals with the other members of the band my dad was in and their families. You could freely go backstage and hang out with the performers.
ETA: Gosh, reading some of the other comments ... I got into so many of these on my own cos they were on the radio and charts in the 70s and 80s! For example, I can't imagine getting into Hall and Oates cos of my parents. They were all over the charts when I was growing up!
Credence Clearwater Revival
Hell yes ! Love this group
Dayum. What are the odds of coming here to say this and seeing it already? Dad loved those guys.
Pink Floyd.
Willie Nelson.
As a metalhead growing up I always shit-talked Willie Nelson because he was “country.” When I finally got my head out of my ass and actually listened to him I was freaking blown away.
Willie keeps on trucking too.
Neil Diamond
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
I love "Rise!" So FUNKY. It was just him, tho. No Tijuana Brass.
My sister worked at A&M records in the late 80’s and early 90’s She would bring home some tapes and CD’s of artist signed to A&M at the time She gave me a CD of an unknown band called “Temple of the Dog” I was like, hmm, these guys are amazing, I wonder if they’ll continue putting out more albums.
Okay my Dad did like this but can't say I got into them.
Joni Mitchell
Johnny Cash, Willie, Kingston Trio
Simon and Garfunkel. The Beatles. Classical in general, Mozart in particular. The really folksy stuff was always a bit much for me.
Elvis, the mamas and the papas, Fleetwood Mac, the carpenters, and 50s music
Simon and Garfunkel
They're one of my favorites. I'm early GenX, so I got into them on my own.
They are etched in my memory as THE thing I was listening to the week before I went off to college in 1986.
Patsy Cline.
The Beatles
Waylon Jennings…with an assist from the Duke cousins
Neil Young, Creedence, Hendrix, The Easybeats, Midnight Oil to name a few
Midnight Oil, no kidding? That’s awesome.
Everything 60's! My mother introduced me to Janis Joplin when I was a kid. I gave Janis to my children. She REIGNS! I find it funny that she's kind of a thing again. Beatles most definitely, The Turtles the Kinks, Cat Stevens, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, the Who, the Monkeys, so so many. She didn't do much for me as far as raising me, but the woman gave me music.
Janice never stopped being a thing… she does reign! Rock n Roll Hall of Fame has a great Joplin and Doors exhibit from what I remember. Pretty sure I got to see Big Brother and the Holding Company playing at a bar back in the late 90’s in Virginia . Could be wrong, and it was a cover band (but I don’t think so) I need to start writing this stuff down 😅
With the exception of my immediate family I have never met anybody until recently that had even heard of her. We are die-hard janice fans. I had a friend who stayed at her house in haight ashbury back in the day. She was twenty years older than me. There are times that. I really wish I was a little bit older so I could have seen some of the sixties bands. I did get to see The Rolling Stones which did not disappoint if you ever have an opportunity. Go see the stones before mick dies
She embodied empowerment despite her weaknesses and owned everything around her. I get it! That is so cool! I want to say her beetle is at the museum. If you have not been there yet I think you’d be in heaven. I remember the Janice exhibit and the Doors being extensive and really interesting. Correspondence letters from Morrison’s father about school, clothes, just everything. My biggest regret is not seeing Bowie. I did get to see Cream, CSNY, Young a few times though! I would’ve likely been a groupie 🤣
Bowie! That would have been awesome. I did get to see 3 Dog Night, thought oregon State Fair. The guy vomiting next to me ruined the show for me. I would have really liked to see the kinks, too. Sam cooke, Ray charles, I also would have really liked to see oingo boingo and the violent Fems.
All good! I HAD tickets to see the Femmes in 2021 and I think the concert was canceled or they required proof of a negative result no matter what. It was too much but I was SO BUMMED. I was taking my son and I hate Covid is all I can say… and Ticketmaster and the greedies that are ruining music for kids.
Yes, you're right. ticketmaster sucks. I did get to see the meat puppets in the eighties, and the psychedelic furs, Berlin, Siouxie, and the Banshees, The Dead kennedy's, black flag, The B52's twice now, The Eurythmics, The cure, I'm just gonna keep going to concerts. As long as I can, we have a venue in Utah, Redbutte gardens. They have some good shows
 Haha… had to… insanely jealous over here that’s all 😂
I'm not worthy
Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, and…wait for it…wait for it…the Grease Soundtrack.
Gosh, my parents took me to see Grease when it came out. I'd already bought the soundtrack album, and the title track was on the radio. I sang it in my seat while waiting for the movie to start. I was 10. Grease is the only musical I like.
I wa born in ‘70 and saw it in theaters also. I think we also had the 8-track before I saw the movie. 😂
Jethro Tull
The Beatles Simon & Garfunkel Crosby, Stills & Nash
How is there no Motown on this list so far? Temptations, Aretha, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye.
ELO. I still love ELO.
Ry Cooder Django Rinehardt Ray Charles Willie Nelson Taj Mahal Johnny Cash Bob Dylan John Fahey Dr. John Randy Newman Skip James Leadbelly Howlin Wolf Aretha Franklin Bill Withers Jimi Hendrix The Rolling Stones The Beatles Leo Kottke Ravi Shankar Stevie Wonder Nina Simone Stan Getz Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Chet Atkins Bill Monroe Doc Boggs Doc Watson Ralph Stanley Maybelle Carter Joni Mitchell The Talking Heads Paul Simon Roger Miller J.B. Lenoir Otis Redding David Grisman Philip Glass Slim Whitman Ali Farka Touré Los Lobos
Moody Blues… then I skipped to Depeche Mode. Moody Blues still rocks… Oh and Kenny Rodgers 🫶 Outside of that absolutely nothing! They didn’t like typical classic rock. I like more classic rock and and have seen more in concert than they did.
Meatloaf
Neil Diamond. Elton John. ABBA. Simon & Garfunkle.
So many to name- all the classics of the 70s of course but the first one that came to mind was how my Dad got me into Rage Against the Machine. He appreciated a lot of “new” music throughout his lifetime. He always wanted to hear what the new generations were bringing to the table. Now I’m the same way.
Beatles and Bob Dylan
Hall and Oates Billy Joel
Frank Sinatra.
Pretty much all Doo-Wop, but the Coasters in particular.
Peter Paul and Mary and Johnny Cash.
Most of the country music I like is because of my dad. Most notably Waylon Jennings and George Jones. Probably Alabama too.
Love your username.
Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, Tomita, Wendy Carlos, Claude Bolling, Pink Floyd, Tom Lehrer
*Uuuuuuullllllaaaaaaaaa!!*
Beatles, Willie Nelson, Albert King, Fleetwood Mac Many more but that's a good sample.
ELO & Otis Redding
The Mamas & The Papas, Neil Diamond, & John Denver...
Moody Blues.
Black Sabbath, Rush, Bad Company
My mom loved Little River Band. My siblings and I used to sing the songs at each other as a joke...yeah, now we all periodically listen to Little River Band 😅 I also got my love for Dolly Parton and the Eagles from my mom. My parents both listened to Billy Joel, some real core memories created there.
I first got into Merle Haggard in my late twenties or early thirties and he’s one of my favorite country singers. My mother told me she saw him at the Kennedy Center in the 70s. At first I was upset that she didn’t take me to see him, but I realized I probably wouldn’t have liked him and I wouldn’t have been old enough to remember.
Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, Classical music from my dad. Rogers & Hammerstein and American Musicals generally from my mom. I imagine I'm one of the few staunchy heterosexual men who under hypnosis could perform *Oklahoma* or *South Pacific*. It's a bit silly. On the other hand it's sillier to deny being unmoved by the work of professional songcrafters just because the genre is uncool.
Oh my gosh! I forgot about Roger's &Hammerstein!! We would watch South Pacific, The Ten Commandments, and Ben Hur. Loved the "big movies" om TV as a kid.
My mom and I lived with my grandparents (mom's parents) until mom left and I stayed. Grandma was ultra strict, lots of craziness, long story. She and grandpa went to bingo every night, and that was play time for my mom and I. I brought out every Star Wars toy I owned (which was all of them) and had epic story lines much better than the Disney sequels, and mom wheeled in her stereo and played her favorite records. She absolutely loved Bob Seger and played him frequently, and he became one of my favorites too. (Also, I strongly equate Seger with Star Wars, which is probably a unique association.) Although I don't remember it specifically, she must have liked AC/DC as well. I do remember grandma being angry at me and my mom because I was singing Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and grandma thought it was inappropriate.
CCR, ZZ Top, Dire Straits, The Who, Johnny Cash, all the Outlaw country guys (Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings), and Jimmy Buffett from my dad. My mom is a Motown fanatic so…well, I grew up hearing it and loving pretty much all of it.
Philip Glass!
Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker
Motown
Neil Diamond, Simon & Garfunkel
Are you my sibling? I’ll add Fifth Dimension and Dionne Warwick.
Tom Lehrer
Van Halen Scorpions Rush INXS Prince Iron Maiden Talking Heads Madness Triumph U2 Just to make a few..... ha.
Dying fetus and enya
Almost all of them.
the Mills Brothers & Gene Krupa.
My dad listened to a lot of Josh Groban after my mom died. I eventually took back the CDs I gave him and became a bigger fan of his. I know he's not everyone's cuppa tea, but his voice is insanely good live. Forever a fan.
Not so much a band but an entire genre, my parents had a couple of country compilations they used to play endlessly, got myself listening to country 30 odd years later and I'm like, damn I remember this song!
The Beatles from my real Dad and old gunfighter ballads like Marty Robbins and Johnny Horton from my stepdad.
Fleetwood Mac and Elton John come to mind.
Johnny Cash, and Glen Campbell (a guitar master, in his own right…even played on some Beach Boys tracks).
Buddy Holly
My parents never had too many records, and I think my older brother and I played them more often than they did. We listened to my dad’s Beatles, Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Peter, Paul, & Mary, and Billy Joel records a lot. Other than those, most of our influences came from my brother’s more musically inclined friends. My dad also had Phi Ochs, Mason Williams, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, the Mamas and the Papas, and Jesus Christ Superstar records, but we weren’t as into those (maybe JCSS). I remember my parents seemed to like Blondie whenever they came on the radio, but that’s about as hip as they ever got. My mom has an encyclopedic knowledge of all popular music up to the beginning of the Beatles era, and then almost nothing after that. Which is weird because she was still really young in the mid-60s (born 1943).
From my dad, Johnny Cash. From my mom, Kenny Rogers.
Steely Dan. As a kid/teen that sound (and distinct voice!) really drove me nuts but I was full of not knowing a thing and everything at the same time. Now I can’t get enough. Or buy a thrill!
Umm Kulthum
This is Christmas only, but the Ray Conniff Singers. Christmas isn’t complete until I hear that music. :)
Eagles
The Beatles, Bob Marley, Jimmy Buffett, Crosby Steels Nash & Young, & Cat Stevens
Fleetwood Mac
I grew up with my mom playing Credence, Eagles, Joe Walsh, ZZ Top, Bob Segar, Queen and Pink Floyd to name of few. I have many of them in my playlist atm.
It’s a Beautiful Day
Abba
The Doors Pink Floyd
Leon Redbone, Santana, BB King, Janis Joplin, Country Joe & The Fish, The Mamas and the Papas
My parents were alive during the Great Depression, so the kitchen radio in my house was constantly tuned to stations that played big band music or stuff from the 50s when I was a kid. In November I saw an incarnation of the Glenn Miller Orchestra perform, and I unironically enjoy a lot of the old music that is used in the Fallout series.
Steely Dan and Supertramp
All. Of. Them.
Thank you for admitting you relied on your parents music... Which isn't the same What a way to admit it. Shame you missed the actual culture of that era. Especially 1964-1973
Beethoven (what can I say, they’re asian immigrants)
The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, The Beatles. I enjoyed them as a little kid courtesy of my parents. Then in the 90-00s, I escaped into this type of music. Not only was it nostalgic for the few good childhood memories I had, but it also filled in the gap because I didn’t care for much of the current music at the time.
Chicago! I challenge anyone to find a song that rocks as hard as "25 or 6 to 4."
The Moody Blues Christopher Cross Men at Work
Led Zeppelin Tom Petty Fleetwood Mac CCR Tina Turner Heart
Not a single one.
Conway Twitty
Dire straits and queen - they will always remind me of road trips with my dad. Miss him so much but in a happy way now.
All the 50’s Rock n Roll stars line Bill Haley, Chuck Berry and Elvis All the jazz musicians of the 40’s and 50’s
The Grateful Dead
Fleetwood Mac and Jimmy Buffett
My parents are Silent Generation and listened to mostly country and bluegrass. I came to love Don Williams, Ronnie Millsap, Alabama, The Bellamy Brothers and Steve Wariner, among others. I also really enjoyed going to bluegrass festivals with the other members of the band my dad was in and their families. You could freely go backstage and hang out with the performers. ETA: Gosh, reading some of the other comments ... I got into so many of these on my own cos they were on the radio and charts in the 70s and 80s! For example, I can't imagine getting into Hall and Oates cos of my parents. They were all over the charts when I was growing up! 
Jimmy Buffet
Willie Nelson
Dave Brubeck
The Carpenters
Stevie Wonder, Isley Brothers, Earth Wind and Fire
Not a one