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12 - Robbie Williams was my favourite musician, leads to accusations of being gay.
13 - The Caesars became my favourite band, it gives me a taste for liking something that nobody else knew about. Later in the year I watch School of Rock, which has a Ramones song in its soundtrack. I buy Hey! Ho! Let's Go! The Anthology, and music becomes the main part of my life. The Ramones inspire me to learn guitar (though my friend also helped: he told me he was going to learn drums and he'd found someone to play bass, and I could join his band. I said I wanted to be the singer, and he told me I had the worst singing voice ever, so I wasn't allowed to, and I decided to do the next best thing). I discover more of the punk bands such as The Clash, the Sex Pistols etc.
14 - I listen to Television's Marquee Moon, soon after I parade around school claiming Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd are the greatest guitarists ever. Everyone laughs at me because they all think Television is the worst band name ever. More discoveries include The Smiths and The Saints.
15 - I watch Silver Rockets and Kool Things... I buy Daydream Nation, which I will soon love. The Verlaines and other Flying Nun bands. I have a go at playing keyboard, once I work out how to play chords, I decide I want to get a quality one. I discover the Laughing Clowns, who will later become my favourite band. For my birthday I get an Epiphone Les Paul, based on its looks.
16 - I get a keyboard. After searching through Wikipedia, I discover a band called Mayhem - I'm intrigued my the stories behind them, but I don't like the music. Later I buy an album of theirs, and Black Metal becomes one of my main obsessions. I discover Ed Kuepper, who soon becomes my idol. The Laughing Clowns inspire me to get a saxophone, and I decide I want to learn as many instruments as possible, later I get a drum kit and start up my one man band. Einstuerzende Neubauten's Haus der Luege becomes my allt ime favourite album.
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