It all started with Iron Maiden ! Up the Irons ...

Just through friends and radio really. I bought a metal compilation CD which was by the radio station I listen to because I got given a shop voucher by my Aunt and it was the best CD in the store at the time.

when I was in my teenage years, I was really sick of hongkong's pop music. so I started listening to music from england. at the time, depeche mode was my favorite and still is. and then, my friend told me about AC/DC but it wasn't really my cup of tea. and then I found Iron Maiden in a record store and thought the cover was totally beautiful. I think it was number of the beast. and after that, I totally dug their music. now I don't listen to metal anymore. I moved on to other music territories. but I am glad I found Iron Maiden and depeche mode. they let me know that music can be done in different ways than the poppy cheesy way.

I agree that alot of Pop music can be annoying . I listen to various Genres of music besides Metal as well , but I don't think I will ever stop listening to Metal completely . Infact I'm listening to Kasvet ( A Rap Band ) at the moment . I'm also fond of Depeche Mode and , of course , Iron Maiden !

What was the title of the Metal compilation ? I'm curious what Genre of Metal was on it , that's why I'm asking .

well basically a friend and her boyfriend got me into it in the early 90's...then I went to my first concert...Pantera and White Zombie...it was one of the most awesome experiences of my life

It was Triple J's "Thirteen - Mind Over Metal" It wasn't that heavy but it's what got me into metal.

CD1:
Tool / Hooker With A Penis
Non-Intentional Lifeform / Die
Napalm Death / Greed Killing
Bulldozer / Nutting
Segression / Internal Thought Flow
Orange 9MM / Fire In The Hole
Misery / A Song Before Dying
Corrosion Of Conformity / Born Again For The Last Time
Mortality / What God?
Pharoah's Playground / Forked Tongue
Henry's Anger / (Sic)
New Egyptian Kings / Hippy Club
Skunk Anansie / Selling Jesus
Hobson's Choice / Nod
Downtime / Tempered
Hipocrisy / Roswell 47
Karma To Burn/Six Gun Sucker Punch
Drain/I Don't Mind

CD2:
Machine Head/Ten Ton Hammer
In:Extremis/Hybrid Scarifier
Nitocris/Anxieties Smith
Ozzy Osbourne/Perry Mason
Pangea/Collosus
Pantera/The Great Southern Trendkill
The Mark Of Cain/First Time
Purged/Crushed Belief
Strapping Young Lad/Detox
Biohazard/Authority
Crane No.6/Cloth
Dogmachine/Headwound '97 remix
Beanflipper/Scuz
Cradle Of Filth/Dusk And Her Embrace
The Powdermonkeys/The Supernova That Never Quits
Crypt/Disgusting Lust
Allegiance/Ripped To Shreds
59 Times The Pain/Don't Belong Here
Grinspoon/Post Enebriated Anxiety

I love how the first song on the first CD is Tool. \m/(><)\m/ All-time favorite.
I started listening to rock and somehow got into harder rock, eventually metal. It's great, so I keep on listening to it, it'll never die.

No one ever recommended metal to me.

I evolved into it.

From Pop -> Alternative -> Emo -> Punk -> Power -> Industrial -> Gothic

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