Wall of Mouths

im a lot older than that ,and im still at it,when all my contempaies packed it in years ago ,maybe i should get a long time acheivement award

So, us ageing rockers are just the coolest of the cool, is that it?

I used to only listen to rock punk up until I was 17 or so, then got really into dance music (got involved with techno & drum and bass free party soundsystems) for quite a few years, now I listen to a whole mixture of stuff but a lot is still guitar based (and fairly heavy) - nomeansno, T?, 20 Bulls Each, Mogwai, Trippy Wicked, Latitudes etc. That and lots of Dub/Reggae. Must admit a lot of the local bands I see who are into the metal end of things are fairly shit sadly.

Yeah, that’s a good point. I think a lot of the younger crowd who listen to heavy music do so because they like the scene rather than the music itself, and that is why they abandon it as they get into their mid-20s. It’s people like us who really loved the music all along who stick with it :-)

My musical tastes have definitely changed over the years, despite the fact that stuff that roughly falls under Rock accounts for about 50% of my listening I’ve bought 8 records over the last 2 days and only 10cc are guitar based, 2 classical, 1 Hip Hop, 2 Soundtracks and 2 electronic / beats / breaks.

Big fan of the 80s thrash bands and still play them a lot , even though I class as someone in his 40s now.

Having said that , you can’t beat a bit of jazz over a spliff and a bottle of Pinot Noir either.