The Bands That Brought me to Rock (Post #300)

Since this is my 300Th post I figured what better to write this post about than the music that I love, Rock!

So I'll take you all through a small journey. 1999 I was completely engulfed by rap Music especially West Coast rap and specifically that of 2PAC "Makaveli" Shakur. I didn't listen to rock because
1. I didn't like it
2. My friends only listened to rap and referred to rock music as "White boy $#!T."

But in 1999 I heard a song that changed the way that I looked at rock when I first heard Rage Against The Machine.

They were this hybrid child of rap and rock. Zach De La Rocha's flows over Tom Morello's extraordinary guitar skills was a match made in heaven.

Later that year I fell in love with a song by another group that seemed to be a fusion of funk, punk rock, and rap. That band was Red Hot Chili peppers.

The first time i heard "Californication" I immediately loved the smooth sound of the opening guitar riff. I still remember going on a camping trip that year with my buddies (not the gang members but my school friends), and belching out a tone deaf rendition of californication at the top of our lungs which woke everybody at the camping sight up that night. I kept RHCP in the closet since my friends didnt listen to rock but I did pick up their album.

In the year 2000 I heard a song called Lithium by an early 90's Aberdeen, WA based alternative punk rock group that pioneered a sound called "Grunge." The band was the legendary Nirvana.
Nirvana hit me like lightning. I had heard "Smells Like teen spirit" before but never really got into it. Lithium and all Nirvana Lyrics really summed up my depressed lifestyle at the time and So Nirvana became (and continues to be) one of my favorite rock bands of all time.

In 2002 I first heard the band Emery which without a doubt is my favorite rock band.

Emery really got me into the scene with their emo/screamo style of music. This is currently the type of rock that I am really into.

In 2003 my friend began introducing me to the world of hard rock. Although I didn't like some of it, the frustration that went into a lot of these lyrics really helped me to cope with relationship issues at that time. Three Days Grace was one of the best at expressing this anger towards the ex- girlfriend.

i bought their CD and lost it after a while but returned to it last year along with a return to harder rock.

Post #300 is dedicated to this amazing musical root genre called rock. Gotta love it!