

Gene Simmons was the character I wanted to be on Halloween. The music was raw, and the live setting made the album even more exciting. Fire breathing, blood spitting and a huge stage show. The cover and aesthetics were everything a kid could want. And being a kid, I felt like I was listening to something wrong, but I liked it! The songs "Halo of Flies" and "Dead Babies" have always been favorites of mine.Īmong the albums I received from my aunt was this gem. The one that stood out was Killer! A snake on the cover and a crazy photo of Alice hanging himself on the inside of the album. When I was around 10 years old, she moved away and left a few of her albums with my aunt, who said I could have them. She used to play his music all the time around us. When I was about six years old, I had a cousin named Gina who used to babysit my younger brother and me.

Here are the five main albums that helped me decide to become a musician and the reasons why. "Brögi" Broggi of Messiah for their awesome contribution for this second part of the series. Pulver of Poltergeist, Joe of Evil Invaders, Vladimir Korg of The Mist, Howard H Smith of Acid Reign, Heavy Kevy of Insanity Alert, Jukka Kolehmainen of Abhorrence, Christopher Appleton of Absolva, Romeo Promos Promopoulos of Schizophrenia, Guido Gevels of Cyclone and Joachim Kremer of Assassin and R.B. Thanks to Vincent Crowley of Vincent Crowley Band, Admiral Nobeard of Swashbuckle, Bobby Franklin of Medieval Steel, Kristian Havard of Xentrix, Freddy of Necronomicon, Martin Missy of Protector, Ralf W.

We here at the shiny ivory tower of The Metal Crypt are always willing to dig a little deeper and we contacted a bunch of musicians and asked what were their favorite and influential bands and albums from their childhoods (a so-called "soundtrack of youth") that eventually took them on a long journey in their career. Tons of music was probably lying around when we were all kids, being your parents' vinyl albums or your beloved aunt's cassettes or some random music that you liked on the radio, and we fell instantly in love with it. This road may be tough and rocky, that's for sure. It's a shame that only a small minority have the chance to be a part of a popular band and tour all over the world while putting bread and butter on the table.

Some of us (the most talented ones, I guess) go even farther and learn to play an instrument, form a band or become a solo artist and dream of fame and fortune. Most of us became interested in music at a very young age.
