Albums that influenced my music taste

Everyone has those albums that have shaped their music taste and have molded them into the person that they are today.
So I thought that I would share mine, despite how cringe worthy and shaming they are. Some of these I wouldn't even tell my closest friends about - yet here I am posting them for the whole internet too see.


Spice Girls - Spice
What can I say? I grew up when the Spice Girls were at their biggest and like every other girl who I knew, I loved them. I literally idolised them, yet I couldn't decided which one was the best, sure Posh had the best taste in fashion back then and Baby Spice was adorable but they all captivated my heart in different ways.
This album contained Wannabe, which too this very day I know every word too. No shame.
Sure I wouldn't listen to them now due to my music taste changing and growing over the years. But if I ever feel nostalgic I take a trip down memory lane listening to all the other cheesy 90s pop bands that I used to adore.


Jonas Brothers - Jonas Brothers
Another cringe worthy one...
This was the first album that I bought with my own money when I was about 10 or so from the Woolworth online just after it went bust, it cost me about £14 with postage. When it arrived I was ecstatic, I literally could not contain my excitement. Imagine what I was like when I opened it and found that it came with a poster!
I used to believe that I would one day marry one of them, but God forbid if you asked me which one if it would be, I'd always reply with a sarcastic "Which ever one wants me the most/which ever one wins the fight for me". Fair to say I soon grew out of their music within a year or so, but if I hear any of their old music played about I will sing my heart out.


Green Day - American Idiot
When this album come out, it was massive, my mother had always been a big Green Day fan and when this came out she transmitted her love of them on to me. Plus American Idiot was such a catchy tune that it was played at all the time at school discos even with the children not knowing what the lyrics meant.
After investing in this beaut of an album I then went on to delve into their other albums and fell in love with them, I'm still dying to this day to get to see them and I will make it happen.





Evanescence - Fallen
This is where my music taste started to change, some may say for the best...
I had stumbled across Evanescence when I was trawling through Youtube, I found Bring Me to Life and I fell in love instantly, there was something about them that just clicked and made me love them. I was singing them around the house when my aunt was over and she knew what song it was straight away and offered to lend me her CDs, so I said sure and then I got them and I fell in love with the whole band and I had the BIGGEST girl crush on Amy Lee, she has the best voice I have heard to date. And no matter how long I can go without hearing any song by them and will always go back to them without a hesitation.

Nirvana - Nevermind
When this album first came out, I wasn't even born. So you may say "How can an album that was released before you were born influence your music taste?"
But this album, is just one of Nirvanas albums that have influenced my music taste and lots of other peoples music taste worldwide.
My mother again, got me into Nirvana, she had their CD constantly playing in the car, so I obviously enjoyed their music and picked up on the lyrics and the music before I even realized what Kurt was singing about and as I grew a soft spot developed in my heart for this band, and when I was old enough to know that Kurt had died, I was devastated because I had always wanted to see them live, and that is never going to happen. Smells Like Teen Spirit has to be one of my all time favourite songs, and I'm always requesting this album and others by Nirvana to be played in the car.


Skindred - Union Black

Who would I be if I didn't place a Welsh band on this list? As you know I've spoken about Skindred a few times now on the blog. But they're a big part of the music I'm into now, seeing as I've seen them three times and counting, the first time that I saw them live was back in 2011, when I was 15, it was fair to say that they blew my mind. The sheer stage present that they had was unreal, no other band to date has lived up to their stage present or managed to get the crowd as excited which is a good thing because that's what you want when you see a band live.
I can still remember for each time that I've seen them live I've been on the barrier and even in the mini-documentary that they did about the one off show they did in their home town, you can see my mother and everyone on the barrier.
When I saw them in Merthyr Rock, Mikey threw his plectrum into the crowd right were we where standing, bearing in mind that there was at least twenty of us trying to find it in the dark and in the mud, we soon lost hope that one of us would have it. That is until my mother goes shopping one day and empties her handbag to find her purse and out tumbles it. Fair to say that plec has now gone to all the other Skindred gigs and even to a Fall Out Boy gig!

Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree
I have been a Fall Out Boy fan for as long as I can remember and this album is what set me off really, it contains hits such as Dance Dance and Sugar We're Going Down.
From the moment that I fell in love with them it spiraled into an obsession with the band, don't worry though, it's a healthy obsession(if there is such a thing)
They had been there for me no matter what and I could always find my way listening to them after a hard days work.
When I was old enough to go see them I found out that they were on hiatus, fair to say my little 12 year old heart shattered into a million pieces. But when I found out that they were back and that they were releasing an album, 12 year old me went absolutely nuts, and because I was definitely old enough to go, and my luck was rolling in, because I found out that they were touring in Cardiff, so I begged my mother and she said because she knew how much they meant to me that she'd let me go as long as I found someone to go with me, so I asked my aunt and uncle and they said yes. So I got to go. On the 15th Of March 2014, my dreams came true and I got to see the band that I loved for years, and it was the best night of my life, well besides the night that I saw Mayday Parade but that is a story for another time!