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Originally Posted by htismaqe
I was into Led Zeppelin, The Who, Deep Purple, Hendrix when I was young because my dad listened to it. I got my first guitar when I was 11. In junior high and high school, I got into neoclassical stuff (Yngwie Malmsteen mainly), Sabbath, Ozzy, Dio, and Judas Priest.
I actually got into NWOBHM through the backdoor - I discovered thrash and speed metal in the mid-80's and every time I read or heard an interview, they mentioned Diamond Head or Motorhead or Maiden. So I had to check them out and I ended up liking NWOBHM more than I ever liked thrash.
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I'm thinking you must be in your early 40's?
The year I graduated, I was working in a grocery store and became friends with a guy that was really into metal and hard rock. He introduced me to a lot of music that I hadn't heard before.
We started going up to Portland to a big record store there and would check out their import section. With no internet or magazine coverage, we knew next to nothing about these bands and would frequently buy stuff based on the album cover. The first two albums I bought were Holocaust "The Nightcomers" and Tank "Filth Hounds of Hades" and I was blown away.
I spent a ton of money there. My favorites from that time were Holocaust, Tank, Angel Witch, Saxon, Twisted Sister (hey - "Under the Blade" was an awesome song and album), Krokus, Ozzy, Black Sabbath and a bunch of others that I'm forgetting at the moment.