Nirvana just opened me up to a slew of new shit. Other than these, I had a couple of AC/DC cassettes my dad gave me and Michael Jackson's "Thriller". Whitesnake, Quiet Riot, Cinderella, Guns and Roses, Def Leppard, Poison, and Van Halenall were represented. These tapes were chock full of '80's hair bands. There are more than a few catchy songs there and at the time my music collection was a couple of shoe boxes full of mix tapes my uncle Pete made for me. Either way, in the 7 th grade, Nevermind was shooting to the top of the charts and it just caught me at the right time. Bands that I dread to think that might not be such a deep part of my fabric today. I find some value in returning to and revisiting so-called "Gateway" bands that turned me onto other things I might have missed out on. Looking back at past years,age 12 to be exact, I, like most people get a kick out of pondering the lineage of my musical preferences.
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