grunge etc

I am often asked by friends as well as others about the kind of music I grew up on and listened to as a teenager. While I started out listening to Heavy Metal(I still love to listen to it), around 2004 my tastes began to gear more toward the eclectic. I still loved Metal(and still do) but I wanted something different. This was before Grunge and Metal was still popular. But people were starting to kind of get tired of it. I remember playing in school bands and doing the whole thing and just feeling like I wasn't feeling like I belonged here. But I began to become inspired by alot of the newer sounds that were coming from the underground. I understand why metal died out after the 80's. But I didn't like the direction that Rock took in the 90's. Except, in the early(very early) 90's. It seems that in the years of 1989 to 1993, music became interesting. I am not a big fan of Grunge, but I love the music that came right before it took hold.

These were also my major teenage years so that may be why have have an affinity for this music. I am always amused when people try to pinpoint what my musical "tastes" are. Some think I only like fast guitar music. Some think I only like loud heavy music. None has ever been able to totally pinpoint my musical tastes which I find frustrating and refreshing. But over the years, I've grown tired of trying to explain my tastes mainly because I'm not sure that even I could do that. So I've created a list of some of my favorite albums that came out during my latter years as a teen. While not all of these are that well known today, and I'm sure that alot of people have never heard of some of these albums, they still have had a profound impact on me as an artist and a musician. I encourage everyone to check out these albums as well as other works by these artists. While this is not indended as a "best albums of all time" list, it is meant to show where the music would have gone if grunge had never taken over and how exciting it would have been. It is also meant to give people an idea of how vast my tastes really are and why it is so difficult to accurately explain what kind of music I like in a few simple words. This is the stuff I listen to when I think back to my teenage years. I'm sure many of you will be surprised. I guess the one common element of all of these is that they all had steller musicianship as well as individuality and substance.

Queensryche-Empire

Faith no More-The Real Thing

Kings X-Faith Hope Love

Skid Row-Slave To the Grind

Metallica-Metallica

Pantera-Vulgar Display of Power

Guns and Roses-Use your Illusions 1 and 2

Extreme-Pornograffiti

White Zombie-La Sexcristo Volume 6

Primus-sailing the seas of cheese

Saigon Kick-The Lizard

Ozzy Osbourne-No More Tears

Van Halen-For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Alice in Chains-Facelift

Dream Theater-Images and Words

Pearl Jam-Ten

Jane's Addiction-Ritual De La Habitual

U2-zoo tv

Nine inch Nails-Pretty Hate Machine

Ugly Kid Joe-America's Least Wanted

Red Hot Chile Peppers-Blood Sugar Sex Magic

Soul Asylum-Grave Dancer's Union

Megadeth-Countdown to Extinction

Steve Vai-Passion and Warfare

Aerosmith-Get a Grip

Kiss-Revenge

Queen-Classic Queen

Black Sabbath-Dehumanizer

Lynch Mob-Wicked Sensation