Somebody voted Wilco. To me that's not worlds different from Phish.

Nirvana.

Believe it or not, it was Garbage for me. I immediately fell in love with Version 2.0 at the age of 9. I started going to the Garbage fan forum when I was 11 or so. Then, in 2002, I heard praise of Murray Street. A month later I bought Dirty of course. After that, I purchased NYC Ghosts & Flowers, and that's how it began.

What? Really? You and I have a vastly different perception of music.

wilco is country nerd rock

I'd heard many mentions of Sonic Youth through Nirvana, but i hadnt gotten around to pursuing them myself just yet . It wasnt til I was 14 in 1998 that my first boyfriend actually brought himself, then me, a copy of Daydream Nation and we both instantly lost it for them .

I put Nirvana as the band that led me to Sonic Youth but actually that's a lie. I have always heard of Sonic Youth while reading about NIRVANA...though....I always blew it off. Until one day my friend tells me he bought an SY album and I was like "that's coo". He had bought Confusion is Sex/KillYr Idols. We listened to it and it completely changed my world. Soon after that my friend bought Daydream Nation....and we listened to it. Soon after that my friend and I were on a SY craze.

"Dirty Boots" vid on 120 Minutes.

I always got their name in mind while pursuing nirvana and its history. the first time I saw them was when I was watching Live! tonight! sold out!, where they appear very short with sunglasses. I thought they are the coolest fuckers around. still got the tape lying around, should watch it again, its great.

Yet another Nirvana vote - first time I properly heard SY was watching 1991: TYTPB. I had been vaguely aware of them for a while before that, but that live version of Brother James ripped my fucking head off...

JAMC, I s'pose. There was an issue of NME that had them as cover stars, so I bought it, and there was an SY interview in there as well. I read the interview and thought, "this sounds interesting", went out and bought Flower / Halloween. Never looked back.

It was Nirvana for me.

I was into rap music bigtime from the mid 80's to the early 90's. I still think thats the best of the rap days. Anyways I saw 100% on MTV's 120 minutes. Kim looked hot and that song rocked and I was hooked. It change my life for the better. Now I cant go 2 days without listening to a song by Sonic Youth.

Smashing Pumpkins, I was looking for alternative rock bands and I found SP and SY the same day :) But SY are WAY better !

I discovered them at the same time. I bought the 100% single and Mellon Collie on the same night.

Did anyone say GH3? heh.....

whatsthat?

Guitar Hero 3.....They had Kool Thing it's also on Rock Band. and TEENAGE RIOT IS GONNA BE ON ROCK BAND 2 w00t.

" ......Woot. ..........."

So yeah, for me it was the fact that I already loved the Velvet Underground, MBV and The Jesus and Mary Chain, and simply because those 3 bands are always mentioned in the same breath as Sonic Youth for exploring 'noise''s place in rock. They were simply a band that kept popping up, getting name dropped, and I had to check them out eventually.