I just cannot get into any of the chili's at all. It's weird because I used to like it so much, I think I just got sick of it and now none of it appeals.

And yeah, as much as I like Is This It and Room on Fire so much more, I still think First Impressions is good. It's different which is what they needed since the first two were like one album split apart basically.

You thought Room On Fire and Is This It were that similar?  Room On Fire came off as a lot harder to me.  Like, I loved Is This It because it was so ridiculously mellow and laid back and WARM and you do not hear warm indie rock nearly enough, and I wasn't disappointed by Room On Fire, but I definitely thought it wasn't nearly as mellow, you know?  Like it tossed that out and replaced it with a more traditional rock sound I guess.  First Impressions seemed to continue that trend, and while I'm glad they're developing as artists/not sounding the same forever, it wasn't really as compelling to me.  It felt like they'd lost most of the fresh sound that made me like them to begin with.

Also ahahaha who would think LET'S GET THE STROKES TO OPEN FOR METALLICA was a good idea?  They're a little too big for that anyway, I think!

I haven't lost my respect for the Chili Peppers, because yeah, as headphonics said, they're still incredibly talented musicians. My friend is the biggest Frusciante fan I know and he constantly raves about how great all his solo albums and how great the Chili Peppers are... and yeah, I can see it; some of his works are amazing and Flea is a really good bassist, etc. Thing is though, EVERYWHERE I go these days, all I hear is the Chili Peppers. It seems like they're one of those bands that are universally liked by pretty much everyone...and whether I'm at a mall, outside or anyone's car they're always being played. So I guess you could say that overplaying them killed them for me, but I don't even listen to them at home anymore as I've used to because I feel I get enough of it outside!

Anyway, I got into music pretty late...at around 14. I remember I always used to listen to whatever was on the radio or whatever my dad played in the car, but I remember hearing "Time Is Running Out" by Muse on the radio and absolutely loving it. I ran over to Music World and bought it as fast as I could and listened to the album religiously for a while. Not only did I just listen to radio, but I just took whatever my friends were listening to -- Sum 41, Linkin Park, shit like that -- and being satisfied. But after getting the Muse album it pretty much broke me free from all of MY FRIENDS' tastes and I started exploring music by myself. Even then, though, I was sort of close minded and just listened to some modern rock and some classic rock.

9th grade was probably one of the biggest musical milestones in my life. I remember seeing this kid sitting in gym class in the beginning of the school year and he was wearing a Sex Pistols' "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols!" t-shirts and I was so INTRIGUED as to what this was.  At this point I was getting pretty bored of listening to Muse so I asked him what it was and he said it was a band... from thereon I asked him to write down on a piece of paper the top 50 albums that he knew and later I downloaded it all and listened to it. Sure, there was some classic rock on it (we've both grown out of it by now) but it also had a lot of INDIE artists and just really weird bands like SONIC YOUTH that I've never heard of before and I soon fell in love with.
Funny thing is, my dad always used to play stuff like Sonic Youth and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in the car when i was younger, I just never really thought much of it, just HEY MUSIC WOO. Like el capitano, I pretty much grew up with some of my favourite bands without knowing it for a while!

Yeah I think a few of us feel the same, my parents used to always listen to stuff like James Taylor, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan etc and I just thought it was boring rubbish, now I appreciate it a whole lot more and I can actually talk to them about it once in a while!

Frank Zappa definitely shaped my perspective and the way that I write music. Also, I think RHCP was very influential and I've noticed many people here also hold them in high regard.

I guess it was Nirvana.

I beg you not to laugh, but my ventures into music started with Busted. They seemed to be what dragged into listening to music. I may not have stick with them very long, but it led me to discover other types of music such as rock for a short while before I converted to rap. I guess it's due to them and influence of friends I was able to find my way back recently to rock and alternative music.

KoRn

everyone knows that Korn isnt music!!!!!!!!

you liar   

thanks for the warn but uh... i was serious.

i feel enough shame no need to warn me as well

sorryz i had just woken up, i have no idea what climbtree is talking about either but his one came off as a little bit less of ONEWORD REPLY JOKEPOST

korn was the first band that really got me into music. I remember buying their first 3 albums (got the life had just come out like a month before) with my christmas money. I loved korn so much, they were just the epitome of musical talent to my 14 year old mind.

once I found out about SOAD and Tool my tastes became less horrible, but they were pretty bad fora  long time! It wasn't until I was out of highschool and into college (I guess i was 19 or 20) that i actually developed taste and liked bands that weren't embarassing (although i kind of went the opposite direction, listening almost exclusively to postrock so nobody had ever heard of any bands i liked (heh, yeah i'm progressive so what)).

Also slipknot had a pretty big influence on me for a while, in-between korn and tool. fuck man i hate how like, everyone was stupid as hell when they were younger so like nobody blames you for it but its still embarrassing!