What music did you listen to back in the day...

k_c_collectibles · Post by **k_c_collectibles** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:41 pm

So - what music did you listen to back in the day when reading your Valiant comics?

I listed to Metallica and other hard and heavy music myself.

Are there any songs you hear now and think "that reminds me of a Valiant character..." Enter Sandman from Metallica kinda reminds me of Master Darque.

Chris

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:45 pm

Nirvana

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:06 pm

The Hippity Hop. When I was in the sixth grade I got my very first CD player, along with it came three CDs. My black friends are always shocked that I got Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet and Apocalypse '91....The Enemy Strike Black, along with Living Colour's Time's Up (this one doesn't bother them, they don't know who they are). They are even more surprised that my parents bought them for me.

I guess what is shocking for them is that I am the whitest Hip Hop/Rap fan they have ever met. I used to roll up into parties where I was the only white guy and I would be wearing a Polo and chinos that were the proper size, the place would get real quiet for just a sec until I was confirmed as "safe." I am not even allowed to go across town with a friend of mine to roll dice because he said I look like a cop and it would tarnish his rep, that's reverse racial profiling.

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:23 pm

I was a teenage headbanger.

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:28 pm

Heath wrote:I was a teenage headbanger.

Since you mention it, it would be interesting to see what cliques we were all in in high school.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:29 pm

I don't listen to music while I'm reading. I feel it does a disservice to both IN MY EXPERIENCING OF THEM, in my own personal view....but then, I'm a freaky music guy, so....

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:31 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:I don't listen to music while I'm reading. I feel it does a disservice to both IN MY EXPERIENCING OF THEM, in my own personal view....but then, I'm a freaky music guy, so....

Uh Oh. I didn't read the first post very well.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:22 pm

Metallica for me as well and some Boss

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:25 pm

TKWill wrote:
Heath wrote:I was a teenage headbanger.
Since you mention it, it would be interesting to see what cliques we were all in in high school.

Off topic, I know, but the group I was in was an oddball one. There was me and John the headbangers, Jack the jock, Ryan the nerd, another guy that was stoned all the time who I can't remember his name, and a broom we named Hilda. Other people would rotate in and out, but that was the core group. We all hung out after lunch at the end of the hall where the janitor kept this broom. And we would stand it up balanced on the bristles while we just hung out and chatted like teenagers do. We didn't really hang out all together any other time. And we weren't normally the type of people that would all get along together. It was kinda weird.

Anyway, back on topic since I didn't read it too closely either. There's not any music that I directly associate with reading Valiant comics, but there is music that takes me back to those days in general when I was discovering Valiant and working in my first comic shop. Bob Dylan's "Good As I Been To You" because it was the first CD I ever bought because I didn't have a CD player until I was in college in '91. Skid Row's "Slave To The Grind", GnR's "Use Your Illusions", and Queensryche's "Empire" because I played those constantly during that period. GnR's "The Spaghetti Incident?" because I first listened to it at the comic shop I worked at. Crash Test Dummies, Jackyl, Spin Doctors just cuz they had hits in that time frame. The chain of thoughts when I hear a bunch of those songs sometimes involve Valiant just because of how big Valiant was for me at that time as well.

Ben(inabox) · Post by **Ben(inabox)** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:27 am

I was just getting into punk stuff so it was probably Misfits, Screeching Weasel and NOFX

Cyberstrike · Post by **Cyberstrike** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:34 am

Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith, Billy Ray Cyrus, Sammy Kershaw,
Alabama, Martina McBride, Clay Walker, Alan Jackson, Reba, Trisha Yearwood, and Hank Williams Jr.

DarqueArcher · Post by **DarqueArcher** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:37 am

superman-prime wrote:Metallica for me as well and some Boss

Metallica here as well. I got to see them open for Ozzy and have been a Metallica fan every since.

imagesowner2 · Post by **imagesowner2** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:49 am

I grew up in the country so my exposure to music was whatever was on Casey Casems Top 100 , . I liked country or whtever was on the latest Rocky movie

h-comics · Post by **h-comics** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:58 am

For me it was always Depeche Mode and The Cure.Even though Robert Smith had some depressive music,it still was good to hear while I was reading

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Jesse

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:01 am

JustCallMeAric wrote:Nirvana

Yep . . 1991 - 1992 . . Valiant's heyday . . .

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:44 am

siren3-4 wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:Nirvana
Yep . . 1991 - 1992 . . Valiant's heyday . . .

Nirvana does take me back to the comics because the guy at the shop I went to my first year of college (not the one I eventually worked at which is where I discovered Valiant) would only talk about Nirvana. I think that's what turned me off of them. That and I was still too into metal and thought grunge was stupid. Still do, too. Stop staring at your feet and mumbling and hold your head up and scream it loud and proud!

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:54 am

Heath wrote:
siren3-4 wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:Nirvana
Yep . . 1991 - 1992 . . Valiant's heyday . . .
Nirvana does take me back to the comics because the guy at the shop I went to my first year of college (not the one I eventually worked at which is where I discovered Valiant) would only talk about Nirvana. I think that's what turned me off of them. That and I was still too into metal and thought grunge was stupid. Still do, too. Stop staring at your feet and mumbling and hold your head up and scream it loud and proud!

I love Nirvana . . .

The 4 bands that I credit with making me stop listen to Rap/Hip Hop exclusively are Nirvana, Faith No More, Nine Inch Nails & Tool

But Nirvana led the charge . . . really hit a chord with me . . . now I have 1000 CD's from every type of genre you can think of . . so I credit them with a lot . .

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:58 am

PUNK RAWK

Crass, Subhumans, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Circle Jerks, Misfits, Germs, Sex Pistols, Rudimentary Peni, Descendents, Citizen Fish, Operation Ivy, Black Flag, and on and on and on...

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:02 am

Nirvana for sure.

Also alot of STP and Rage Against the Machine.

But I have always listened to Rap. So also De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, LotNS.... and Kris Kross and Cypres Hill.

Fanboy375 · Post by **Fanboy375** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:09 am

Paperboy - "Ditty"
Slick Rick - "Children's Story"
N2Deep- "Back to the hotel"

Cutting Crew - "I just died in your arms tonight"
A-ha - "Take on me"

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:17 am

Fanboy375 wrote:Paperboy - "Ditty"
Slick Rick - "Children's Story"
N2Deep- "Back to the hotel"

Cutting Crew - "I just died in your arms tonight"
A-ha - "Take on me"

You were listening to old school, sweet.

Slick Rick had some of the best "flow", for me easy top 5 ever. I can still do every word of Children's Story.

Big Daddy Kane and Rakim are tied for #1. (for me)

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:34 am

Everyone has to love Nirvana. Remember that album cover with the naked baby in the water? WTF was with that?

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:39 am

JustCallMeAric wrote: Remember that album cover with the naked baby in the water? WTF was with that?

Remember . .remember . . when Paul McCartney was in the Beatles . . . remember . . . that was awesome . .

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:21 pm

The best thing about Nirvana was the Weird Al parody.

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:23 pm

Heath wrote:The best thing about Nirvana was the Weird Al parody.

I also happen to love Weird Al . . . he can do no wrong . . .