First I discovered Van Halen. Then it was Bon Jovi. After that was what I refer to my “Metal Awakening,” the day when I discovered eight different metal bands all at once. Picture it. McKenna Jr. High School. 1987.
We all had that friend who either had the older brother, older neighbors, or older friends who would turn them onto music. In junior high, my friends Chris had these two neighbors who I think were juniors in high school at the time. I never met them. Rumour was they were hot and he got to third base with them; the usual stories you hear when you’re thirteen. What was really important was this on 90 minute Maxell tape he handed me one time with a bunch of bands on it I had never heard of…
Metallica, Anthrax, Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeath, Iron Maiden, Dio, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, and Quiet Riot.
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