Who were your favourites bands in 1981, 1991 and 2001?
 

Assuming, of course, that you were born and musically aware in each of those years.

1981 - Altered Images
1991 - Sonic Youth
2001 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

1981 - i wasn't even old enough to go to preschool yet but i remember loving that song "i won't let you down" by phd when i was about 3 years old. that song is from 1981. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92T2LohMqG8

1991 - guns n' roses and nirvana i suppose

2001 - sonic youth

1981-not born
1991-not musically aware
2001-dave mathews band probably (i suppose your definition of 'musically aware' could factor here)

same here

I was 12 and 13 during 1981. I also liked Styx and Olivia Newton-John a lot, but I remember liking The Doors so much that I would listen to the radio constantly to try and tape their songs when played. A friend got me into Devo in the seventh grade too. I didn't start listening to The Beatles really until the following year when the local station did an A-to-Z The Beatles weekend and I taped all of the songs on several cassettes.

81 - Depeche Mode
91 - NIN
01 - Sonic Youth

Did you get to see NIN around '91? I saw them support Guns 'n' Roses about then. They were pretty good, but not really suitable for a stadium show.

EDIT - And I saw DM in 1981 and SY in 2001!

1981 - I was one year old, so I did not probably care much about music back then
1991 - Depeche Mode
2001 - Sonic Youth

1981- Devo
1991- Legendary Pink Dots
2001- Overhang Party

I've only seen them twice.
First time was at the Paradiso on 31 May 94.
Second time at the 013 on 28 Nov 99.

1981 - MDC
1991 - Sonic Youth
2001 - Nick cave & the Bad Seeds

1981 - Talking Heads
1991 - Nirvana
2001 - Lucinda Williams

well......... i wasn't born until 1988 so i don't have a favourite band from 1981.

In 1991 i was 3, my dad played alot of beatles when i was younger so thats all i listend to.

In 2001 my favoutite band was Nirvana.

1981-not born
1991-just born, but not musically aware, no shit
2001-didnt give shit about music

1981 - any Italian eurotrash pop group
1991 - Pet Shop Boys
2001 - Kosheen

That made me laugh when i've seen it.Americans.

Sorry,just ignore me.I'm talking incomprehensible jibberish.

1981-Rick Springfield "Jesse's Girl"
Pat Benatar- "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"

1991- Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Rapeman, Social D

2001- Sonic Youth, Trucker, Regraped

porky, gibberish because of shovel?

ha, good thread!

81- gary numan / depeche mode
91- sonic youth / mudhoney / pixies
01- sonic youth / whatever

1981-not even a glint of existence
1991-not aware-but i loved the video for "black hole sun" and "sledghammer" and "whip it"
2001-probably the ramones.

81-not borm yet
91-not aware of music
2001-Smashing Pumpkins

81 - i was 4 so p,robably some ABC learning shite.
91 - Nirvana, Sonic Youth
01 - Nine Inch Nails, Sonic Youth

1981 - Tenpole Tudor
1991 - The Fall (a love that started in 1986)
2001 - The Fall

2006 - The Fall and Sonic Youth share equal standing.

I think that the release of Murray Street was what really made me love Sonic Youth; the sheer brilliance ofMurray Street (my favourite LP of all time) made me listen again to what I had and explore the entire back catalogue with rather more seriousness. I came to love Sister and NYC Ghosts and Flowers almost as much as I already loved Murray Street and Dirty.

81 - The Birthday Party
91 - Nirvana
01 - Sonic Youth

i was certainly alive in 1981 but i don't remember what my "favorite" band may have been.

in 1991 probably sonic youth, yes, and kim so hot.

in 2001 again i'm lost-- was it already deerhoof? maybe.

1981: -3
Slayer

1991: 7
ZZ Top

2001: 17
Boredoms

81 - Not born
91 - Dunno
01 - Sonic Youth

1981 adam and the ants
1991 nirvana
2001 acid mothers temple

or something...

drum machines always and forever. she's got leeegs and she knows how to use them.

i stole that album from my older brother. still play it regularly.

1981 - My favorite song was All Those Years Ago by George Harrison (soon after it would be Cum On Feel The Noize by quiet riot

1991 - Teenage Riot - sonic youth

2001 - Teenage Riot - sonic youth

typical '80s teenage shit:...I had Quiet Riot - Metal Health, Ratt - Out of the Cellar, Billy Idol - s/t, Rebel Yell, Don't Stop ep wth interview on cassette, Rush - 2112 and Moving Pictures, Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil, all The Doors titles, etc... when I was in the Columbia House tape club deal, but that was like 1983-5.

the first slayer release is from 1983!


wish i could say sonic youth for 1991, but i only first found out about them about a year later when i saw sugar kane on mtv.

yes, and i'm from 1984. time has little baring on me.

ah ok, i get it.
my mind is working a bit slow today.

I think I was pretty hardcore into ZZ Top in 1981 as well, now that you mention it.

Shame on you.

sorry, grandpa.
i had only just outgrown my transformers at that time.