I'm taking the idea from Frank:
First Record Bought: I'm sure it was something Rush.
First Concert: I think it was Stryper (and man, am I embarassed about that)
Favourite Music Movie: Spinal Tap or Standing In The Shadows Of Motown
Favourite Music Book: Jaco
Favourite Songwriter: Richard Bona
Favourite Record Label: Real World
Favourite Magazine: I usually avoid the rags.
Favourite Bassist: Wow, there's a long list. If I have to say one and only one, I've got to go with Victor.
Favourite Album Cover: Schroeder's Greatest Hits — so retro.
(In a new category)Least Favourite Album Cover: Boys For Pele — Tori Amos
Favourite Teen Idol: Umm... Hillary Duff. Sure.
Artist Who Broke Your Heart: Jimmy Buffett. I used to like his stuff until I realized it was all the same. Every last note of it.
Artist You Will Always Believe In: Prince. Miles of talent, always worth paying attention to.
Singer Who Makes Your Skin Crawl: Kenny G. and Courtney Love.
Singer Who Makes You Swoon: Norah Jones. And the Indigo Girls (Emily if solo, but together, their harmonies usually stop me cold).
Favourite Sound: Well played, correctly intonated fretless bass.
Album You Will Always Defend: Moving Pictures — Rush. Yeah, it's their most commercial, but it's still got some great work on it.
Album You Own That No One Else Does: Let The Kid Play — Isaiah Williams.
Classic Album You Own but Don't Like: The Very Best — 10cc.
Artist You're Supposed to Like but Don't: Wilco. Maybe I just haven't given them enough of a chance, but I don't quite get all excited like others seem to do.
Song You Can't Stand by an Artist You Like: Volare by Gipsy Kings. The first 30,000 times, it was okay....
Band That Should Break Up: Um, the Stones?
Band That Should Re-form: Just for my 80's nostalgia, Van Halen
Guilty Pleasure: Backstreet Boys, I Want It That Way
Favourite Music DVD: Spinal Tap or Standing In The Shadows Of Motown
Concert You Wish You'd Seen: Any with Jaco Pastorius.
Dream Collaboration: Richard Bona and Victor Wooten.
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1 - Duane
First Record Bought: Green River by CCR
First Concert: Yes
Favourite Music Movie: Spinal Tap
Favourite Music Book: The Lives of John Lennon
Favourite Songwriter: Jimmy Page
Favourite Record Label: don't care
Favourite Magazine: Guitar Player
Favourite Bassist: Jeff Berlin
Favourite Album Cover: don't care
Least Favourite Album Cover: don't care
Favourite Teen Idol: Micky Dolenz
Artist Who Broke Your Heart: Queen
Artist You Will Always Believe In: Peter Gabriel
Singer Who Makes Your Skin Crawl: John Mayer
Singer Who Makes You Swoon: I'm a guy. I don't swoon. Or else Harriet Wheeler from The Sundays
Favourite Sound: Gary Numan's wall o' synthesizers
Album You Will Always Defend: Relayer by Yes
Album You Own That No One Else Does: Magma Live
Classic Album You Own but Don't Like: I'm blanking on this one
Artist You're Supposed to Like but Don't: Bob Dylan
Song You Can't Stand by an Artist You Like: D'yer Maker by Led Zeppelin
Band That Should Break Up: Aerosmith
Bands That Should Re-form: Captain Beyond, Humble Pie
Guilty Pleasures: Marty Robbins, ABBA
Favourite Music DVD: Led Zeppelin thingy
Concert You Wish You'd Seen: David Bowie
Dream Collaboration: Steve Vai, Jeff Berlin, Bill Bruford
2 - Vern Halen
First Record Bought: Gwand Funk Live Album, maybe In A Gadda Da Vida
First Concert: Kenny Rodgers & the First Edition (a loooong story!)
Favourite Music Movie: Blues Brothers
Favourite Music Book: Hammer of the Gods
Favourite Magazine: Creem (1970's)
Favourite Bassist: John Entwhistle
Favourite Album Cover: Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat
Least Favourite Album Cover: ACDC Back in Black
Favourite Sound: bagpipe(?)
Album You Will Always Defend: REM's Document
Album You Own That No One Else Does: Walk the West self/titled
Classic Album You Own but Don't Like: Sgt. Pepper
Artist You're Supposed to Like but Don't: Van Halen
Song You Can't Stand by an Artist You Like: all Aero ballads
Band That Should Break Up: how about cancelling American Idol?
Band That Should Re-form: Modern Lovers (original)
Guilty Pleasures: Petula Clark
Concert You Wish You'd Seen: Iggy & the Stooges the night they recorded Metallic KO
Dream Collaboration: Tom Petty, Marty Stuart & Dan Baird produced by Rick Rubin & Brendan O'Brien
3 - Shark
First Record Bought: Are You Experienced?
First Concert: Jimi Hendrix
Favourite Music Movie: The Kids Are Alright
Favourite Music Book: San Antonio Rose: Life & Music of Bob Wills
Favorite Songwriter: Cole Porter
Favorite Magazine: ...magazines are for morons
Favourite Bassist: Jaco Pastorius
Favourite Album Cover: Axis Bold as Love
Favourite Teen Idol: Robert Wyatt
Artist Who Broke Your Heart: Karen Carpenter (by dying)
Artist You Will Always Believe In: ...what the hell does that mean?
Singer Who Makes Your Skin Crawl: John Mayer (That's TWO votes!)
Singer Who Makes You Swoon: Cecilia Bartoli
Favorite Sound: Robert Wyatt playing his high hat
Album You Will Always Defend: Beggar's Banquet
Album You Own That No One Else Does: "Of Queues and Cures" by National Health
Artist You're Supposed to Like but Don't: Bob Dylan (That's TWO votes!)
Song You Can't Stand by an Artist You Like: Yellow Submarine - Beatles
Band That Should Break Up: REM (or better yet, God could strike these pretentious, untalented dicks with lightning)
Bands That Should Re-form: Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North
Guilty Pleasures: Dusty Springfield, Carpenters, Beach Boys, Early Madonna
Favourite Music DVD: Cinderella - Cecila Bartoli w/Houston Opera
Concert You Wish You'd Seen: Early Pink Floyd (Umma-Gumma tour, ie. pre-commercial crap phase)
Dream Collaboration: Jim Morrison and Madonna
4 - Eric Olsen
First Record Bought: "Crimson and Clover" single by Tommy James and the Shondells
First Concert: I think Deep Purple
Favourite Music Movie: A Hard Day's Night
Favourite Music Book: Mystery Train
Favourite Songwriter: Lennon/McCartney
Favourite Record Label: the old Columbia
Favourite Magazine: old Rolling Stone
Favourite Bassist: Bootsy
Favourite Album Cover: Siren
(In a new category)Least Favourite Album Cover: any CD
Favourite Teen Idol: Elvis
Artist Who Broke Your Heart: Beatles breaking up seemed like the end of the world, which it was
Artist You Will Always Believe In: Neil Young
Singer Who Makes Your Skin Crawl: Axl Rose in whine mode, James Hetfield
Singer Who Makes You Swoon: Norah right now
Favourite Sound: my children sleeping
Album You Will Always Defend: first Tindersticks album
Album You Own That No One Else Does: Skyhooks - Living In the '70s
Classic Album You Own but Don't Like:
Artist You're Supposed to Like but Don't: Oasis
Song You Can't Stand by an Artist You Like: "Drive All Night" Springsteen
Band That Should Break Up: Little Feat
Band That Should Re-form: If we can bring back the dead, Beatles; if not, original Roxy Music with Eno
Guilty Pleasure: Monkees, but I don't feel particularly guilty
Favourite Music DVD: Animal House
Concert You Wish You'd Seen: any of the great early rock 'n' roll package tours, the Beatles in Liverpool
Dream Collaboration: Neil Young and Paul McCartney
5 - JR
Okay, notwithstanding the embarassing cheesiness of the music, the band and their ideology; Stryper's second album rocks!
6 - Mark Saleski
First Record Bought: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
First Concert: Blue Oyster Cult (Spectres tour)
Fave Music Movie: High Fidelity
Music Book: The Real Frank Zappa Book
Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen
Record Label: either CIMP or ECM, on any given day
Magazine: Creem (isn't it supposed to come back soon?)
Bassist: Steve Swallow
Album cover: Overnite Sensation
Teen Idol: ?
Artist Who Broke Your Heart: Captain Beefheart
Artist You Will Always Believe In: Pat Metheny
Singer Who Makes Your Skin Crawl: Celine Dion
Singer Who Makes You Swoon: Dar Williams
Fave Sound: a twangy, reverb-laden Stratocaster
Album You Will Always Defend: Trout Mask Replica
Album You Own That No One Else Does: ?
Classic Album You Own But Don't Like: Bat Out Of Hell (wait...is that actually 'classic')
Artist You're Supposed To Like but Don't: Coldplay
Song You Can't Stand by an Artist You Like: this never happens to me (really!)
Band That Should Break Up: Tupac
Band That Should Re-form: The Beatles
Guilty Pleasure: Hall & Oates
Fave Music DVD: Koyaanisquatsi
Concert You Wish You'd Seen: Springsteen & the E. Street Band at the Augusta Civic Center on the Darkness tour
Dream Collaboration: these never work out
7 - Johno
First Record Bought: Led Zeppelin IV
First Concert: Aerosmith w/ The Black Crowes
Favourite Music Movie: Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
Favourite Music Book: Charles Mingus, "Beneath The Underdog"
Favourite Songwriter: Tom Waits
Favourite Record Label: Pre-1972, Motown. 1972-1987, (T) Asylum/Elektra, Island. 1987-1996, Rykodisc. 1996-present, Fat Possum.
Favourite Magazine: MOJO
Favourite Bassist: so many… so very many... Bootsy Collins
Favourite Album Cover: Frank Zappa, Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Least Favourite Album Cover: Guns ‘n’ Roses, Appetite for Destruction, original robot rape scene cover.
Favourite Teen Idol: Christina Aguilera
Artist Who Broke Your Heart: Prince
Artist You Will Always Believe In: Tom Waits
Singer Who Makes Your Skin Crawl: Celine Dion
Singer Who Makes You Swoon: George Jones
Favourite Sound: Fender Stratocaster and a stack of Marshalls, knobs on eleven, flapping your pants and shaking your testes.
Album You Will Always Defend: Skid Row, Skid Row
Album You Own That No One Else Does: Reid Paley, Revival
Classic Album You Own but Don't Like: Metallica, The Black Album
Artist You're Supposed to Like but Don't: Sleater-Kinney
Song You Can't Stand by an Artist You Like: Prince, "Delirious"
Band That Should Break Up: U2
Band That Should Re-form: Billy and the Boingers
Guilty Pleasure: I have no guilt about any of my pleasures
Favourite Music DVD: This Is Spinal Tap
Concert You Wish You'd Seen: Frank Zappa with special guest John Lennon (really happened, 's true!)
Dream Collaboration: Flaming Lips and Neil Diamond
8 - Eric Olsen
you're right Mark, they don't - the ones that DO work are the ones you wouldn't have thought of
9 - Mark Saleski
neil young and paul mccartney?
man, that would be 'effin strange.
besides, neil'd walk out mid-recording session.
10 - JR
First Record Bought: Band On the Run
First Concert: Rainbow (with Ronnie James Dio)
Favourite Music Movie: Almost Famous
Favourite Music Book: The Real Frank Zappa Book
Favourite Songwriter: Paul McCartney
Favourite Record Label: Blue Note
Favourite Magazine: Nature
Favourite Bassist: Geddy Lee
Favourite Album Cover: Spectres (honorable mention: Come Away With Me)
Least Favourite Album Cover: Grand Guignol (no, don't look it up!)
Favourite Teen Idol: Shakira
Artist Who Broke Your Heart: David Lee Roth
Artist You Will Always Believe In: Ritchie Blackmore
Singer Who Makes Your Skin Crawl: Michael Stipe
Singer Who Makes You Swoon: Norah Jones (before whe went country)
Favourite Sound: distorted guitar
Album You Will Always Defend: Ram
Album You Own That No One Else Does: Cheshire Cat, Tails Out
Classic Album You Own but Don't Like: Transformer
Artist You're Supposed to Like but Don't: The Talking Heads
Song You Can't Stand by an Artist You Like: "Radio Ga Ga"
Band That Should Break Up: what Shark said
Band That Should Re-form: The Police
Guilty Pleasure: Stryper
Favourite Music DVD: Rammstein, Lichtspielhaus
Concert You Wish You'd Seen: Led Zeppelin
Dream Collaboration: Miles Davis/Jimi Hendrix
11 - Shark
JR, I saw Led Zepplin three times, once around 1 am at the Texas Pop Festival.
On acid.
neener, neener.
12 - Eric Olsen
ooh, I really love Ram too
13 - Tim Hall
First Record Bought: Pink Floyd, The Wall
First Concert: Hawkwind, supported by Vardis
Favourite Music Movie: This is Spinal Tap
Favourite Music Book: The Real Frank Zappa Book
Favourite Songwriter: Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser
Favourite Record Label: Harvest
Favourite Magazine: Modern Railways (Hey, you didn't say it had to be music magazine!)
Favourite Bassist: Geddy Lee
Favourite Album Cover: Some Enchanted Evening, Blue Ã-yster Cult
(In a new category)Least Favourite Album Cover: Lovehunter, Whitesnake.
Favourite Teen Idol: I'll take the fifth amendment on this one.
Artist Who Broke Your Heart: Phil Collins, by selling out.
Artist You Will Always Believe In: Marillion
Singer Who Makes Your Skin Crawl: Elvis Costello. Don't know why, but his voice just grates badly with me.
Singer Who Makes You Swoon: Anja Orthodox (Closterkeller), Rannveig Sif Sigurdardottir (The Icelandic soprano guesting on two albums by Luca Turilli), Jon Anderson.
Favourite Sound: Mellotron or Hammond organ
Album You Will Always Defend: Drama by Yes
Album You Own That No One Else Does: Just about everything really obscure I can name, I can think of someone else who's got it - even albums by Polish goth-metal bands or Hungarian prog-rock acts! I do have some LPs of train noises; do they count?
Classic Album You Own but Don't Like: Layla by Derek and the Dominoes
Artist You're Supposed to Like but Don't: The Smiths
Song You Can't Stand by an Artist You Like: Goin' Through the Motions, Blue Ã-yster Cult
Band That Should Break Up: Oasis
Band That Should Re-form: Genesis with Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett
Guilty Pleasure: Rhapsody
Favourite Music DVD: Don't have a DVD player
Concert You Wish You'd Seen: Rainbow with Ronnie Dio
Dream Collaboration: Ronnie Dio and Yngwie Malmsteen
14 - boomcrashbaby
First Record Bought: Led Zepplin II
First Concert: That my parents took me to? Elvis. That I went to with friends and got fucked up? I think it was Rush, or maybe Dio. Billy Squier? Van Halen?
Favourite Music Movie: Tommy
Favourite Songwriter: George Michael
Favourite Album Cover: Holy Diver
Artist Who Broke Your Heart: Traci Lords
Artist You Will Always Believe In: Traci, you've turned boomcrashcrazy into boomcrashbaby. I miss you, hon.
Singer Who Makes Your Skin Crawl: Counting Crows, Dave Matthews
Singer Who Makes You Swoon: Blue Murder, George Michael, White Lion
Favourite Sound: Enya
Album You Will Always Defend: Listen Without Prejudice Vol. II
Album You Own That No One Else Does: 1,000 Fires by Traci Lords
Song You Can't Stand by an Artist You Like: Father's Field, poetry set to music where Traci recounts her rape. It's really creepy.
Band That Should Break Up: Counting Crows and anybody else with that style
Guilty Pleasure: shhhh. I love 80's glam/rock. Poison, Winger, Cinderella, Ratt, Quiet Riot, Steelheart, Firehouse, Trixter, etc.
Favourite Music DVD: Listen Without Prejudice Vol. II
Dream Collaboration: Enya and Charlotte Church
15 - Red
First Record Bought: Women & Children First (actually I got it for free)
First Concert: Van Halen
Favorite Music Movie: Crossroads
Favorite Songwriter: Joel Hanson
Favorite Album Cover: Them (PfR)
Artist Who Broke Your Heart: Stevie Ray (by dying)
Artist You Will Always Believe In: Billy Joel
Singer Who Makes Your Skin Crawl: Dio
Favorite Sound: Any sound Eddie Van Halen makes with his guitar
Album You Will Always Defend: Passion & Warfare
Album You Own That No One Else Does: DC talk (DC talk), please don't ask
Song You Can't Stand By Aritist You Like: Shoot to Thrill
Artist You're Supposed To Like But Don't: Joe Satriani
Band That Should Break Up: Any that formed after 1995
Guilty Pleasure: Weird Al
Favorite Music DVD: Vai live at Astoria
Dream Collaboration: Van Halen and Roth (oh wait...)
16 - Red
Bassist: Stu Hamm
Least Favorite Album Cover: Devastatin' Dave, Turntable Slave
Bands that Should Re-form: Led Zep, with Bonham's kid. Shame I never got to see them.
17 - HW Saxton Jr.
1st Record Bought(LP):
Rolling Stones - "Get Your Ya Ya's Out"
1st Record Bought(45):
Brook Benton: "Rainy Night In Georgia"
1st Concert - Chuck Berry / Bo Diddley
Fave Movie - "The Girl Can't Help It"
Book: "Unsung Heroes Of Rock N Roll"
Songwriter - Doc Pomus,Willie Dixon
Label - Chess/Checker,Stax,Fat Possum
Magazine - "Wavelength"
Bassist - Charles Mingus
LP Cover- The Memphis Jug Band (R.Crumb)
Artist That You Will Always Believe In:
McKinley Mitchell
Singer That Makes My Skin Crawl: Madonna
Singer That Makes Me Swoon- Aretha/Sade
Favorite Sound - Loud Drums/Tenor Sax
Album That You Will Always Defend -
Miriam Makeba - "Pata Pata"
Album You Own But Nobody Else Does:
Albert Collins - "The Cool Sounds Of..."
Song You Can't Stand By Artist You Like:
Frank Sinatra - "The World We Knew"
Artist You're Supposed To Like But Dont-
The Beatles
Bands That Should Break Up - Too Many
Guilty Pleasure - Barry White
Fave Music DVD - "Deep Blues"
Concert I Wish I'd Seen - The JB's doing
it to death,jamming with Fela & Africa
70 at The Shrine in Nigeria. True story!
Dream Collaboration - See Above Entry
18 - justin griffin
First record bought: Nirvana "Nevermind"
First concert: Metallica
Favorite Music Movie: "Almost Famous"
Favorite Music Book: "Cash: The Autobiography"
Favorite Songwriter: Bob Marley
Favorite Record Label: Anti
Favorite Magazine: Relix
Favorite Bassist: John Paul Jones ("Lemon Song," man)
Favorite Album Cover: "Wish You Were Here" Pink Floyd
Least Favorite Album Cover: "Goodbye" Cream
Favorite Teen Idol: C'mon
Artist who broke your heart: Metallica. The Napster thing really killed their fan friendly image for me.
Artist you will always believe in: Led Zeppelin, it never gets old
Singer who makes your skin crawl: Jennifer Lopez and Cher
Singer who makes you swoon: Norah Jones
Favorite Sound: Bluesy guitar
Album you will always defend: "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" Derek and the Dominos Best album ever!
Album you own that no one else does: "West Coast Boogaloo" Greyboy Allstars
Classic Album you own but don't like: "Piper At the Gates of Dawn" Pink Floyd
Artist you're supposed to like but don't: Velvet Underground
Song you can't stand by an artist you like: "Change the World" Eric Clapton
Band that should break up: Rolling Stones. Their emabarrassing themselves
Band that should reform: Pink Floyd. The classic line up is all still alive. Just kiss and make up already!!!
Guilty Pleasure: Moby
Concert you wish you'd seen: Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd
Dream collaboration: Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis