Bands that took a long time to grow on you

tonadax
tonadax Posts: 594
edited July 2007 in Other Music
It took me a couple of years to get into the Velvets as well. It wasn't until I heard "Sweet Jane", that I once again, "got it". Now, I own everything by the Velvets. I still pull out "Metal Machine Music" to torture my pop-loving girlfriend now and then.

So I'm curious if there are others who have had those wonderful epiphanies, where indifference becomes obsession.
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  • chaos345
    chaos345 Posts: 30
    Backstreet Boys.
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    I like Pearl Jam.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    The White Stripes
    Radiohead
    Nine Inch Nails
    Nirvana
    Pink Floyd

    I consider all these bands except Radiohead in my top 10 now. Go figure.
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,168
    wilco
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    It took me a while to get into Sonic Youth. When I first heard them I didn't think they were anything that great and really couldn't decipher why a lot of the bands I liked looked to them as an influence. Then, the first time I heard Goo in it's entirety, it hit me and I've been a fan ever since.
  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Floyd
    Sonic Youth
    Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
    Koenjihyakkei

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  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    Art Brut

    I used to cringe when my husband would put on "bang bang rock & roll" and then one day I realized I loved it and started listening to it all the time on my ipod.
  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    Art Brut

    I used to cringe when my husband would put on "bang bang rock & roll" and then one day I realized I loved it and started listening to it all the time on my ipod.
    I've never heard them but I LOVE the name of that album.
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  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    I've never heard them but I LOVE the name of that album.

    yeah, it's a good one. you should check them out. they're definitely not for everyone, but that record is so much fun.
  • Bremerton
    Bremerton Posts: 279
    Band of Horses and MMJ took me more than a few repeated listens over a long span of a couple of months to get into, but now they are two of my favorites.
  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    Pearl Jam strangely. Now they're my favorite.
  • btb002
    btb002 Posts: 183
    Pavement, those lyrics are downright brutal at first to listen to. But now it's all good.
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  • orig_long red
    orig_long red Posts: 2,029
    Get_Right wrote:
    wilco


    i second this....took me years. many years.
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  • DeetroitBaasketball
    DeetroitBaasketball Posts: 379
    Most punk rock... Rancid, Sex Pistols, X, Black Flag...
  • CornishMan
    CornishMan Cornwall, UK Posts: 455
    Pink Floyd & Radiohead. Took a while to totally get it, but now they are awesome :)
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  • Schoki
    Schoki Posts: 5,072
    Soundgarden - Smashing Pumpkins - Kyuss - Pink Floyd - White STripes
  • rhcpjam1029
    rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,982
    no bands took me a long time to get into....

    but when i bought yield it was cause everybody said it was amazing and i already loved the other pj records i had... and the first time i listened to it im like ok... are there any good songs besides brain of j and do the evolution?

    it took me a few listens but now i love it
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  • meme
    meme Posts: 4,695
    I'd have to say Pearl Jam :o

    Brother brought VS. in the house, I listened but not really. Then bought Yield the day it came out. I liked it, but didn't fall helplessly in love like I did 3 years ago :)
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • not4u10
    not4u10 Posts: 239
    Led Zep
    NIN
    silverchair - always liked a little, but since Diorama, they are one of my favorites.
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Pink Floyd
    Radiohead
    The Minutemen
    Nine Inch Nails
    Linkin Park
    Incubus
    Notorious B.I.G.
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  • iAmNoKiller
    iAmNoKiller Posts: 25
    wilco, the doors, the shins, and the yeah yeah yeahs.

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