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I went from being into the whole metal thing in the late 80s (The reason I started playing guitar was because of Guns'n'Roses' "Sweet Child O'Mine") to wanting to expand my musical tastes in the early 90s.
I wasn't really into the Indie scene as such - but I knew a few people who weren't into the whole mainstream scene and liked stuff like the Ramones, Mudhoney and Dinosaur Jr.
I kept seeing these bands on Rage which is an Aussie late nite music video show with no hosts, no advertisments and just music. Every now and again, I'd see the same two Sonic Youth clips - 'Kool Thing' and '100%' and I thought, I'd like to have those songs in my collection.
As it turned out, they were on different albums so I got 'Goo' and 'Dirty' on the same day. My friend told me to check out 'Daydream Nation' because that's what his mate reckoned was their best album. Apparently, this mate of his got into the band when they first started and had every album on vinyl including the very first EP.
The more stuff I got, the more I got into them. I suppose I love the fact that they're so multi-demensional. They're super neat!
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