Top 10 Albums That Changed My Life

These albums are personal to me. They led to how I discovered some of my favorite bands and ultimately some of my all-time favorite albums. But it’s the stories behind the albums, the nostalgia, that makes these all hold a special place in my heart and ultimately are the Album That Changed My Life.
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[@v-guy2004]

I'm only 18 years old and love the metal/rock music that you grow up with.🤩🤘

[@BrendonSnyder]

That’s so cool! 🤘

[@TheMetalComedianene]

Same. I’m 29 years old and love this music. 🤘🏾

[@federicomartin5044]

Great stuff here! The album that really got me into the genre was GNR's "Use Your Illusion II". I remember going to the movies to watch Terminator 2 and when I heard the song "You Could Be Mine" I thought : I have to get that! I asked my mom to buy the cassette and I was immediately hooked. Others that came in my top ten are AC/DC "The Razor's Edge", WASP "The Crimson Idol", Ozzy Osbourne "No More Tears", Jon Bon Jovi "Young Guns II".

[@ericmiller1881]

I had Dr. Feelgood and Hysteria on cassette. Those were huge for me . Sweet memories

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yes they’re full of good memories!

[@martymartin2894]

I think a lot of us have our older brothers to thank for getting us into great music.

[@Randy-ix2xy]

I'm the oldest, but my older cousin would count as an brother!....Ratt Out of the Cellar. 😀

[@georgeedward1226]

Kiss Alive was the first rock album I owned. Got it when it first came out and it blew my mind. I was Kiss obsessed for a couple of years afterwards though eventually branched out into the heavy hitters of the 70s such as Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Led Zeppelin, Yes etc...

[@BrendonSnyder]

Nice to start with the classics!

[@jornfox3545]

I still play cassettes lol. I love em.

[@bobgordon236]

As a teenager in '64 - '69 the albums that changed my life: Revolver - the Beatles Disraeli Gears - Cream Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix Experience The White Album - the Beatles Beggars Banquet - the Rolling Stones Sgt. Pepper - the Beatles Thanks.

[@BrendonSnyder]

A bunch of cool selections! Had I ground up then, I could easily see those being on my list too.

[@robertgordon-ji4rg]

@@BrendonSnyder Thanks ! I turned 18 in 1969, 71 now. An amazing time to be a teen. Music-wise. Never a dull moment.

[@TheOldDylanGuy]

Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet was the album that got me into music. Absolutely love it. Gun N Roses: Use Your Illusion II was the album that showed me there was other music out there, not just Bon Jovi.

[@michaelravvennous4183]

Loudness: Thunder in the East. Akira Takasaki is my favorite guitarist of all time. Every time people are talking about great guitarists I always bring him up. Twisted Sister: Stay Hungry. I knew every lyric to those songs and I would use my bed as a stage and sing every song. Queensryche: Empire. Geoff Tate is my third favorite singer right behind Freddie Mercury and Elvis Presley. When I moved from Texas to Oregon it was the only CD I listened to during the whole drive. All of these and more bring back some great memories.

[@rongabrieljr.8784]

Metal Health was my first cassette I ever bought. Great memories.

[@neverleftthe80s29]

My very first album as a 9 year old birthday present was 'Back In Black'. From there it was Dire Straits 'Brothers In Arms' on tape (1985 xmas present), Bon Jovi 'Slippery When Wet', Van Halen '5150', Poison 'Look What The Cat Dragged In', Cinderella 'Night Songs', Def Leppard 'Hysteria', Motley Crue 'Girls, Girls, Girls' and GNR 'Appetite For Destruction'. Amongst many others. But thinking back it really was 'Slippery When Wet' as a 14 - 15 year old. Need that time machine to go back to 1986 - 1990 Brendon. Simpler times.

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Kansas: Song For America Supertramp: Crime Of The Century Bought these two for the album covers. I was someone who liked general rock/pop/radio hits. These two albums kindled my love for prog rock, and took me away from just following what was on the radio. Kansas and Supertramp are still my two favorite artists. Steely Dan: Aja This one scratched my jazz itch while still getting some rock with it(I grew up listening to my dad constantly listening to jazz, liked it). Steely Dan is my 3rd favorite(or sometimes 4th)artist, trading places with the next artist/album. Dire Straits: Debut. I heard " Down To the Waterline " on an FM station that played album deep cuts. thought it was cool. Two days later, heard " Sultans Of Swing "...I was hooked, Dire Straits was so different than the " popular " music at the time, which appealed to me. Dire Straits is my 4th favorite(or 3rd) artist Billy Joel: The Stranger Love this one because it led me to his albums " Turnstiles " and " 52nd Street ", timeless music Styx: " Paradise Theater " My sentimental favorite Styx album, a concept album that mostly works, and led me to their excellent run of albums in the mid-70s that started with " Equinox " through " Paradise Theater " Al Stewart: " Time Passages " This one led me to " Year of The Cat ", and the rest of his catalog...interesting music, all kinds of styles, his songs based on historical events/figures are fascinating, a great story teller Jethro Tull: " Aqualung " This one led me to the Tull catalog, an endless fascination with Tull/Ian Anderson, and further down the prog rock highway. King Crimson: " In The Court Of The Crimson King " This album really confirmed that prog rock was my favorite genre, and led me to the rest of the KC catalog Boston: Debut. This album is still a constant listen for me, when I want just good, hard rock, well performed. And " Foreplay/Long Time scratches my prog itch Honorable mentions: Pink Floyd--" Dark Side Of The Moon "...which led me down the Pink Floyd catalog Heart: " Dreamboat Annie ", which led me to a lifelong enjoyment of Heart(and a lifelong crush on the Wilson sisters) ELO: A greatest hits compilation called " Ole ELO ", which led me to the rest of the ELO catalog

[@anti7928]

The album that changed my life was KISS love Gun.. Got it in 1977 when i was 11 years old... That album made me the metal fan i am today...

[@Protometal66]

My love for metal started very similar with Rock and Roll Over. Kiss were a game changer if you were a teen ( or preteen in my case) in the 70s

[@Starman2112ofKings]

I go a little further back I was 11 and Christmas of 76 I got Alive!, Dressed To Kill, and Rock And Roll Over! Then came Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Rush………..etc

[@madmaxx3573]

In 1977 I was 6 years old.. I'm a huge kiss fan.

[@Starman2112ofKings]

@@madmaxx3573 what was your first year/tour you got to see

[@madmaxx3573]

@@Starman2112ofKings well to be honest with you I didn't get to see them until they reunited with your original lineup and that is the kiss that I am a huge fan of not the new KISS I'm sorry to say but I saw them in Oklahoma City with Ted Nugent skid row. I really don't remember what year that was.

[@jimmyr204]

Another great topic! You picked some good ones. 80's metal fan here. Off the top of my head, I'd say Ratt - Out of the Cellar, Scorpions - Love at First Sting, and Def Leppard - Pyromania. I first heard these on late night 98 Rock - Baltimore on my vintage Walkman lol. Then probably Iron Maiden - Live After Death and Judas Priest - Live (Turbo era). Waxie Maxie's was our local music store. This is when I really started collecting cassettes and getting into heavier stuff. I was a bad influence too on my younger brother lol. He kept stealing my tapes!

[@VincentBautista365]

My gateway "Drug" to Rock was KISS "Destroyer"! The first album I bought with my own money in 1976, I was 12 years old. 😉

[@BrendonSnyder]

Classic album to have started with!

[@victorsvorinich1595]

These are great stories Brendon. Thanks for sharing! I’ll agree with Painkiller, be it the first concert I ever seen in 1990 in the Meadowlands, as a 15 year old boy. Megadeth and Testament opened. Also agree with older friends and siblings influencing musical tastes and journeys. Keep it coming!

[@lucaboscolopalo7613]

I'm 45 years old, and I still regularly listen to those wonderful hard rock CDs that indelibly marked my years between 1989 and 1992, wonderful years, we were lucky enough to experience them when we were teenagers. Now we are over forty, but our thoughts are always turned to those years. Maximum respect from me, from a completely different part of the world.

[@ItsMickey]

I'm in my 20's and I'm already nostalgic for the music I listened to 5 years ago, 10 years ago, it's so much more meaningful to me now. I can't imagine what another 20 years of marinating on music that means everything to me will do, especially now that I'm graduated and have disposable income to discover new artists in person (streaming is fantastic and I'm very grateful for it, I'm sure most people in their 40s wish they had their artists so readily available back then!!) But as I'm sure you know, nothing in the world beats hearing it live, or secondarily, listening to it on disc vs a compressed stream.

[@dirkbag22]

Great stuff! Here's one for me: I was in Jr. High jazz band in Colorado in 1971, and our instructor/director, Mr. Nichols, would bring in albums now and then and share music with us. I still remember being awestruck the day he brought in the debut album from Emerson, Lake & Palmer. He played "Tank" from that record, with Carl Palmer's amazing drum solo. I was already a drummer but hearing Tank gave me a new level to go for. As time went on I became obsessed with ELP, and saw the Brain Salad Surgery tour in Anaheim after we moved to California, my first concert. That album sounds like magic to me still.

[@lorenzoferguson7055]

I was 11 in 1988. Great memories to relive. Dr Feel Good, Appetite for Destruction and Open Up and Say Ahh are in my top 10 of all time.🤘

[@BrendonSnyder]

Oh such good memories! 👍

[@jasonwalt1664]

There was a challenge on Facebook a few years ago to list the top ten records that influenced you. 1 record 10 days in a row. What got me hooked on music was Ratt out of the cellar. Still one of the greatest in my opinion

[@irishflink7324]

Hi Brendon Here are some of my favorite albums 1. Razamanaz - Nazareth 2. Sweet Fanny Adams - Sweet 3. Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy 4. Machine Head - Deep Purple 5. Rainbow Rising - Rainbow 6. Vol.4 - Black Sabbath 7. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac 8. A New World Record - Electric Light Orchestra 9. Let There Be Rock - AC/DC 10. Caught In The Act - Grand Funk Railroad

[@j.j.guerrieri5257]

Volume 4 is such an underrated album, great stuff

[@JulioLopez-qv8fp]

Let there be rock -Bone crushing album 🎸🎤🥁⚡️👍🏻

[@motleyfan7558]

Great show Brendon. All great picks

[@gregorykrug8034]

Great video! None of your "Top 10 Albums That Changed My Life" albums would be on my list, but that's the beauty of music! There are no wrong answers!

[@steverogers2635]

Cool video Brendon. First, I'm probably one of those older brothers everyone is talking about. So ten albums that changed my perceptions of music were, in no particular order, Sgt. Pepper-The Beatles, Are You Experienced -Jimi Hendrix Experience, Wheels of Fire-Cream, In the Court of the Crimson King-King Crimson, In Rock-Deep Purple, Black Sabbath-First Album, Led Zeppelin II, Tommy-The Who, Blonde On Blonde-Bob Dylan and Exile On Main Street-The Rolling Stones.

[@anhell32]

I was 14 when Dr feelgood came.....I was already a mc fan ...but girls girls girls wasn't good except for a few songs...then comes this masterpiece...had it on cassette...man ..times flies...hi from puerto 🇵🇷 rico..

[@joshuatrimmer3661]

First album my pop bought me when I was about 10 that changed my life was Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil. It was everything hair and heavy from then on out. Van Halen - 1984, ZZ Top -Eliminator, Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry, Michael Jackson - Thriller, Alice Cooper - Constrictor all had influence as well.

[@israelvaldez26]

I was in high school in the mid to late 80's and pretty much listened to all of those Albums. Great channel, I really like your enthusiasm for the music that you love!

[@stevebubar6129]

Pyromania. Picked up a guitar the minute I saw photograph video. I’ve been teaching kids guitar since 98. Thank u Def Leppard and Mom!

[@BrendonSnyder]

That’s an awesome way to have started! And what a great song. I bet it started a million bands!

[@I-am-god-who-are-you]

One of my favorite episode from you . Always nice to get a little story or reason you like a band o album .. it can be so many reasons you like an album .

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yeah there are so many reason that an album can click with someone. These stories are just the tip of the iceberg for why I like these albums.

[@johned2769]

Great channel. Brilliant story of your best albums. The first Judas Priest album I bought was Painkiller. Played it to death.

[@BrendonSnyder]

What a great album to start with!!

[@adammozsolics7097]

Glad to see Pink Floyd The division bell. It's my 3rd favourite album from the band. Poison....Mötley...Painkiller...Metal Health....we have so much things in common 🎉 As a hungarian I can offer you "Tankcsapda - Legjobb méreg". Maybe the best of the best in my country 😊

[@BrendonSnyder]

Cool! 👍

[@toddboyle1716]

Great stories, Brendon - thanks for sharing! I tried to do a similar thing on Facebook a couple of years ago, but not in a video format, just posting each album separately.

[@BrendonSnyder]

It was interesting trying to distill the selections down to only 10. There are so many albums that have had an impact over the years.

[@steveverboom]

Great idea for a video. Way to share. It's funny that you took a photo of the CDs together. I did that with my top 10 of all time. A lot of Ozzy, Motley Crue, Ratt and Def Leppard in there. My island albums.

[@sergiopaulino859]

My 10 albums no order in specific . 7Th Son - Iron Maiden , Somewhere in Time - Iron Maiden , Operation Mind Crime - Queensryche , Gutter Ballet -Savatage - Keepers PT1 - Helloween , Headless cross - Black Sabbath . Children - WASP , Turbo - Judas Priest , 1987 - Whitesnake , Headless Cross - Black Sabbath , Ultimate Sin + No more Tears- Ozzy ( Honorable south of heaven - Slayer , Long cold Winter - Cinderella , Animals -Pink Floyd , Hysteria - Def Lepard

[@richsmith9063]

Great content, Brendon !

[@krudetube795]

Good to see Painkiller on your list. It was considered by most at the time as a comeback album for them

[@kennethhardbargeriii2798]

Great picks them albums always takes me back in time.

[@BrendonSnyder]

They sure do!

[@justslb]

Great topic! My favorite video of yours 👌🏻 Regards

[@BrendonSnyder]

Thanks! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[@PipoPhefunchal]

You are lucky with these cool brothers who opened so many musical horizons for you.

[@jazzpunk]

Agree. I thank God I had cool cousins & uncles!

[@gregwhitaker8947]

We have very similar tastes and probably the same experiences growing up watching MTV. Twisted Sister and Def Leppard were my first favorite bands. I'm shocked to hear you say that your favorite TS album is Love Is For Suckers. I happen to like that one a lot also although I can understand why it didn't go over well with the masses. It's not my favorite but I definitely put it before Come Out And Play. Great video!

[@robertorosano9496]

My list is ELO Discovery, Supertramp Breakfast in América,Kiss Disnaty, Alan Parsons Project Eve, Queen The Game, Prince 1999, Bruce Springsteen Darkness to edgle Town, Bob Dylan at Budokan , Neil Young freedom e Rolling Stones Emotional Rescue

[@mrrandy1]

I love the back stories Brendon to your picks,

[@BrendonSnyder]

Glad you enjoyed them! I wasn’t sure if people would be interested or not. But I guess we all have similar types of stories for our influences.

[@runarhegglundkarlsen1459]

Fantastic canal. I love your eclectic taste of rock music. Division Bell, Afterburner, Painkiller and Apetite has similar influence on my youth. Probably some reason for my way too big CD collection. I miss The old conversations in The Music Stores that you remind me of. Do you have a video of The albums that you would bring on a desert island ?

[@heavychevy4616]

1st vinyl... quiet riot metal health! ...& still got it... thank u sir

[@BrendonSnyder]

👍

[@yyman23]

Great video. Thanks for sharing! I have a few of those as well. I remember hearing Queen "love of my life" from Live Killers when I was 8 or 9 or so. Or the first time I heard Rage Against The Machine. Hendrix's Are You Experienced... I should really make my own list ;-)

[@georgeedward1226]

I saw Twisted Sister in 84 on the Stay Hungry tour. It was an outdoor show on the Pier on the west side of Manhattan. Ratt and Lita Ford opened. It was at the peak of their popularity and the show was sort of a homecoming party for a local NY band made good. The atmosphere was electric and Dee Snider was an amazing front man. They all bust their asses to put on a memorable show. To be frank, the show they put on was far better than their music would indicate.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Sounds like it was a great show

[@themindseyecmh]

Great video! Loved hearing all the stories attached to these albums! Also does my smf heart good to see Twisted Sister on your list.... even though Stay Hungry is my favorite, Love Is For Suckers is a great underrated album! A few of mine: KISS - Destroyer..... started it all for me Bon Jovi - Crush....my first Bon Jovi album, has to include something from the group I consider my favorite band! Van Halen - Fair Warning.... even though I had the debut first, hearing this album and specifically Mean Street blew my 13 year old mind and made VH, at the time, my new favorite band! Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock N Roll... Stay Hungry was my first album, and still my favorite, Under the Blade has my all time favorite TS song, but this album cemented TS as my new favorite band at the time, I was 14, and for the next year and a half, Twisted Sister was untouchable for me, right band at the right time! Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose.....Foos opened me up to 90s and newer music at 16, whereas before I was only listening to classic 70s and 80s bands, such a peaceful, melodic, yet heavy alt rock album and one of my all time favorite albums Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl..... Goo Goo Dolls are a great pop rock band and Johnny is a fantastic song writer imo Collective Soul - Disciplined Breakdown..... another one of my favorite bands, the first album I got from them for $1 at the Salvation Army, it made me realize that this band who I was just starting to discover was a band I needed to get all their albums... The Hooters - Nervous Night..... the late 2010s was a weird time musically for me, I had stopped collecting cds because after all you can stream all this stuff now, I also had sorta reached a point where I wasn't getting into alot of band anymore, though I still loved music I was at a stand still and feeling stale, at work my brain was pumped full of boring radio hip hop pop songs enough to drive you insane... that is when I discovered The Hooters, though I knew their two big hits, I realized how much great music was hiding from me and I got back into cd collecting and I realized that streaming just isn't what it's cracked up to be Goo Goo Dolls - Chaos In Bloom.... just released last year, but after nearly a decade of subpar pop music from the pop rock masters of the 90s and 00s, I didn't think I'd ever get an album like this from them again, and it's an album that just hits me this day and age, reminds me why I love Johnny's writing so much Metallica - And Justice For All.... though it's no longer my favorite album by them, nor am I a huge metal head or anything, I'm more of a rock guy, but hearing this album back in the day really blew my mind

[@rotadyma]

Top 10 Albums that changed my life: 10. Styx - Pieces of Eight 9. Van Halen - I 8. ELO - Out of the blue 7. Kiss - Rock and roll over 6. Judas Priest - Screaming for vengeance 5. Foreigner - 4 4. Journey - Escape 3. Def Leppard - Pyromania 2. Scorpions - Blackout 1. Bryan Adams - Reckless These aren't my top 10 of all time but they certainly changed my life when I first heard them.

[@tapanim6576]

Great selection of albums.

[@hmetaljustin]

Very cool video! We're the same age so a lot of your picks resonate with me also. I would add Van Halen 1984 and Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time. Those were very big for me as a kid.

[@ericwalker6068]

KISS - Destroyer Rush - 2112 Styx - The Grand Illusion Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind Van Halen - I U2 - The Joshua Tree Al Jarreau - Jarreau Journey - Departure Pat Metheny Group - Letter From Home Marillion - Six Of One, Half Dozen Of The Other

[@wallofrock6725]

Pat Metheny 👍

[@Dave-ti2ue]

Not a big jazz fusion guy, but I heard Metheny in Pittsburgh. He played the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in the Oakland section of Pgh. Good show!

[@christopherrichardson5352]

You were just a lad of 9 in 1985. I was 17. Just enough difference in years to shift some of the album choices. I have Afterburner, but Eliminator was more of a life changer for me. It still remains as one of my all time favorites. As far as Pink Floyd goes nothing beats The Wall in my journey. I know everyone cites Dark Side of the Moon as their best. It was their most commercially successful, but The Wall was a not too distant second. I absolutely love Hysteria. Their best album by far in my humble opinion. I don't know if you are a John Mellencamp fan or not, but Uh-huh was a real life changer and defining album for me. It is one that never gets old. Another great video Brendon. Keep rocking my friend. 👍🙂

[@anderstietz809]

My #1 life changer is The Beatles White Album. Middle Schooler in the early 1980’s. First Beatles album I bought, never looked back from there.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Great album to start with. What made you start with the White album?

[@anderstietz809]

Trying to remember back, been so long 😁. Didn’t have older siblings, but my cousin was 6 years older. He was the biggest influence. First started with Paul McCartney, then branched from there. Also, cousin had white vinyl White Album, so I was chasing that. The one I bought was black vinyl 😟😄. As the song says, ‘Obla-Di-Obla-Da, Life Goes On’. Appreciate your content.

[@lukedolinski8125]

Great stuff! My favorite album was Master of Puppets by Metalica. Thanks to my older brothers.

[@sunshinevarney8806]

Hi Brendon, Solid video and album choices. Always enjoy your content. I am two years older than you, so our musical tastes are very similar. Being an only child, it was my Dad who introduced me to bands such as: The Doors, The Who, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Aerosmith and Blue Oyster Cult, just to name a few. Between the ages of 10-12, was when I really started getting into music. So, here are the 10 albums, in no particular order that mean the most to me, and some honorable mentions: 1. Van Halen- 1984 2.Iron Maiden- Somewhere In Time 3. Metallica- Master Of Puppets 4. Tesla- Mechanical Resonance 5. Ozzy Osborne- No Rest For The Wicked 6. Deep Purple- Machine Head 7. Led Zeppelin- IV 8. Aerosmith- Toys In The Attic 9. Rush- Signals 10. Guns N’ Roses- Appetite For Destruction. Honorable Mentions: Def Leppard- Pyromania, Megadeth- Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?, Anthrax- Among The Living, Judas Priest- Turbo, Motley Crue- Theatre Of Pain, Cinderella- Night Songs, AC/DC- Fly On The Wall, King’s X- Gretchen Goes To Nebraska, Living Colour- Vivid, Alice In Chains- Facelift, Pearl Jam- Ten, Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger, Helloween- Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part Two, Metal Church- The Dark and Boston- S/T.

[@vayres7512]

Good to see your choices. My list would be : Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Dire Straits - eponymus Supertramp - Crime of the Century Neutral Milk Hotel - In the aeroplane over the sea Sufjan Stevens - Illinois Slint - Spiderland Gang of Four - Entertainment! The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper´s Waterboys - This is the Sea Peter Murphy - Deep King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Roger Waters - Amused to death Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Dire Straits - Communiqué Pink Floyd - Animals XTC - Drums and wires Genesis - Selling England by the pound Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis? Eels - Beautiful Freak Television - Marquee Moon The Chameleons - Script of the bridge The Smiths - The Queen is dead Steely Dan - Aja Keith Jarrett- Koln Concert

[@Original_Lurke_fromthe_Unknown]

Interesting concept. I will definitely have to get back to you about this. But I will be back with the albums that mean a lot to me.

[@BrendonSnyder]

👍

[@fleecyproduct2497]

Great list and totally agree about Judas Priest Painkiller … opened up the heavier metal I hadn’t listened to. Great getaway album …

[@piotrlangtvedt]

My top 3: Dżem - Najemnik Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74

[@johng.7560]

Foreigner's first album, Van Halen 1, Back in Black are the three that started me down the path.

[@Wez666]

oh man I was in grade 11 in 1985. I was introduced from an older brother to The Cars, Boston, Pink Floyd. I still think the Cars debut is one of the greatest debut albums ever

[@Eric-qx1kx]

New subscriber, I enjoy this channel, too many KZbinrs out there are music snobs or 'purists', who think Glam Metal is trash, the only good albums are those with a bands original lineup, or hate anything that was mainstream or had commercial success. You seem pretty openminded, whether its Roth or Hagar, Rodgers on Howe, mainstream or obscure, etc, etc, you just seem to appreciate good music.

[@matthewvoss7365]

I didn't see the Burn In Hell video and eventually Pee Wee's Big Adventure Movie until I was an adult. Doctor Feelgood I got in cassette in 1991 at age 12. Classic Album!!! I also grew up with Hysteria, Stay Hungry, Metal Health, and Poison's hit songs. GNR AFD was my first hard rock/metal album at age 12-1991.

[@waynepimentel1680]

Paranoid and Grand Funk Railroad’s Closer to Home. My first two vinyls and showing my age.

[@BrendonSnyder]

That’s a great start for a collection!

[@joet6434]

Hearing Dookie by Greenday when i was young, my sister owned it, but i did when she wasn't around, loved it, and still do to this day. The first band i became obsessed with at 12 was Zeppelin, i picked up the greatest hits of theirs after hearing WLL on the radio. It was Early Days & Latter Days, i have since picked up everything i could find by the band multiple times. They became my favourite band and still are 25 years later. Hearing Outshined by Soundgarden, Chris became my favourite rock vocalist. Wish you Were Here by Floyd was another album i loved & turned me into a huge fan. Hearing my mum playing & dancing around to T.Rex led me down the Bolan rabbit hole with great albums like Electric Warrior & Slider, such an imaginative lyricist. Hearing Shakin hands with the Holy Ghost by Blackberry Smoke on planet rock led me to my favourite modern band, seen them a few times, such a tight outfit who play snippets of theirs & my favourite older bands like sabbath & zep during their live gigs, their album Whipporwill is my favourite, great writing, excellent delivery. It's funny thinking about listening to that album years back as i walked my dog in the evenings , makes me happy & sad at the same time, happy that my dog is still here but sad that i can't walk anymore. Thanks for sharing your picks Brendon, have been enjoying the lists you have been posting the last few days. It has sparked listening ideas, keep em coming.

[@ItsMickey]

Wow...thank you for this comment Joe. I'm listening to Cosmic Dancer now from the album Electric Warrior, and read your words about not being able to walk right as the lyrics ' I was dancing since I was 8' popped up, followed by 'I danced myself into the tomb.' It can get so easy to be overwhelmed by the simple, small things, at the same time, those things can feel like the entire world. I'm so happy your dog is still with you. The passage of time is a bittersweet tea. I'll continue to check out the songs from your comment. But seriously, your comment reminded me to sing while I can, run while I can, dance while I can, no matter what anyone says, because no matter what, the next chapter will come.

[@joet6434]

@It'sMickey! Thank you, i hope you enjoy your days, that they are filled with awesome music & cheer.

[@movielove587]

awesome video. my mom was the one who got me into metal. My cousin was big into Bon Jovi and I wanted to be in metal too but I didn't want to copy him. Being a Christian, my mom told me about this metal band known as Stryper. So I went to mall with my mom and bought To Hell With the Devil and that lead me to the metal fan I am today!! now my mom regrets it, because that lead to guns n roses, poison and even Metallica lol.

[@TheBloodiac]

I just listened to the Poison album for a bit on KZbin, because I actually didn't know the band. Sounds pretty awesome! :)

[@zakkjagneaux2600]

I like the debut Look What Cat Dragged In and the third Flesh and Blood way better than Open Up . Not a Beau Hill producer fan , listen to the live record , songs have way more punch

[@iancocks9408]

Kiss dynasty, black sabbath paranoid, dio sacred heart, Metallica ride the lightning, guns n roses appetite for destruction, def Leppard hysteria, iron maiden the number of the beast, pink Floyd the wall, led zeppelin 1, deep purple in rock.

[@michaelharrington75]

Appetite for destruction corrupted the hell outta me at 12 years old. Still one of my favorite albums.

[@BrendonSnyder]

It’s my favorite rock album

[@esteeb67]

Seminal records for me: Spill the Wine - Eric Burdon (45), Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert, Steve Miller's Greatest Hits, AC/DC - Let There Be Rock, Rush - 2112, Stones - Tattoo You, Ozzy - Blizzard, Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast, REM - Life's Rich Pageant, Weezer - Blue Album, Radiohead - Kid A, White Stripes - De Stijl, Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat.

[@jazzpunk]

"Spill The Wine" was an early 45 for me..."Light My Fire", "Lola" were a couple others.

[@esteeb67]

@@jazzpunk Too funny. My oldest mix tape has all those songs on it. People Are Strange was another early 45 that I played all the time and made that mix.

[@thomaswery3087]

here are some of mine Brendon The Beatles-Meet The Beatles The Beatles-Sgt.Peppers Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over Cream-Fresh The Doors-Self Titled Led Zeppelin-Self Titled Uriah Heep-Look At Yourself Black Sabbath-Self Titled Iron Butterfly-In-a-godda-da-vida The Who-My Generation

[@42yearoldboy5]

Nice video! Good picks! Can’t say I dislike any of those except for pink Floyd,not a huge fan of them. I am curious, are your brothers collectors also? What do they think of your insane collection?

[@9875Scotty]

Deep Purple Stormbringer for me. Older boy next door gave it to me after I used to listen to it every time I went over there.

[@ricomamaril7532]

1. Ratt - out of the cellar 2. Savatage - power of the night 3. Def leppard - high n dry 4. Cinderella - night songs 5. Poison - look what the cat 6. Ratt - invasion of privacy 7. Ratt - dancing undercover 8. Warrant - dirty rotten filthy 9. Wild side - under the influence 10. Motley crue - too fast for love

[@Protometal66]

Great list and it's just a reminder that everyone's taste is so different. Age might play a part in this, not sure Here is mine in order of when I discovered them... Kiss - Rock and Roll Over ( 1976) Deep Purple - Machine Head (1978) Black Sabbath - Master of Reality ( 1978) The Doors - Strange Days (1983) The Beatles - White Album (.1983) Metallica -.Kill'em All ( 1983) Bathory - The Return of the Darkness and Evil ( 1985) Iron Butterfly -.Ball ( 1988) Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation ( 1989) Love - Forever Changes ( 2001) Also , just wanted to Stay Hungry has also always had a special place in my heart. I remember playing the crap outta that album back in the day. Saw them on that tour ,thought they were awesome! Love pretty much all their output but Stay Hungry might be my favorite.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Oh of course age, what era you grow up in, who your friends were, if you have siblings…there are lots of influences that come into play. But that’s why I preferences the video with “My” because the list is unique to me. I almost added a Doors album to mine except the one that changed my live was the 2 CD Best Of and I wanted to include actual album over original material. Another Greatest Hits that changed my life was Journey’s but again I opted for Frontiers instead. I considered Led Zeppelin’s IV because that blew my mind at the time but I now find it so overplayed that I can’t enjoy it the same way. But yes, it’s all personal preference in the end.

[@Protometal66]

@@BrendonSnyder Its been frustrating watching some of these videos ( not yours) where ultimately someone isn't able to accept another's opinion and you are right, there are a lot of things at play when it comes to musical taste. I didn't think of Led Zeppelin IV . That was another album that made a huge impact on me. Love your videos :). Have a great day!

[@jeffswanson3740]

Wow. We definitely have different tastes in rock music. Probably cuz I’m 12 years older. Good channel.

[@BrendonSnyder]

This isn’t the only music I listen to though…just albums that changed my life and then I branched out from here.

[@danielmcevoy976]

3 albums for me 76' - 79'. Thin Lizzy Jailbreak, UFO Lights Out, Judas Priest Hell Bent for Leather. Borrowed all of them from my older brother when they were released. Still thank him to this day for being a music nut with a job 😅

[@rockroll7131]

This was a great episode. I was engaged throughout.

[@mikepatton78]

Faith No More - Angel Dust Neil Young - Tonight's the night Jethro Tull - Living in the past Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Deep Purple - Burn The Damned - Phantasmagoria Cardiacs - On land and in the sea Beatles - Sgt Peppers Husker Du - Zen Arcade Black Sabbath - Vol.4

[@ItsMickey]

I'm a kpop collector and I was randomly looking up ways to store my new jewel cases, since I didn't grow up with them! Kpop has helped me discover and get into so many other genres of music, including metal. I'd love to expand my collection to other genres (considering kpop is insanely expensive to collect than picking up local cds or vinyls), so this is a nice insight into what that hobby might look like--time consuming but fun. Music changes the shape of our lives in more ways than we can count, I hope to have my own body of work one day that touches even a couple people. Bless up from Jamaica

[@BrendonSnyder]

Hi Mickey, thanks for stopping my my channel. You mentioned wanting to see how I store my collection. I have over 11,000 CDs and have made a video about how they’re stored, see link if you’re interested kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5urk6Wff9SoicU

[@Kissfan96dr]

my top 10 change my life albums are: Eight Arms to Hold You - Veruca Salt (the only grunge band I like. This and Heart are my two fav female rock bands) Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi (turned me into a hardcore Bon Jovi fan for about 10 years) Triumph of Steel - Manowar (introduced me to power metal) Leftoverture - Kansas (incredible musical journey) Passion and Warfare - Steve Vai (guitar on a whole new level) Whitesnake - Whitesnake (hardcore awesome! Been a coverdale fan ever since) Jesus Christ Superstar - Andrew Lloyd Webber (the ultimate rock opera) Warriors of the World - Manowar (made me a hardcore Metal warrior) KISS Alive - KISS (inspired me to learn to read and play music, percussion/drum set) Destroyer - KISS (the album that got me into KISS and hard rock. Without this one, I'd still be listening to Donny Osmond and Sean Cassidy)

[@jaxflfreebird]

Lynyrd Skynyrd -- up to 1977 albums plus First and Last in 1978 Bad Company --- Bad Company ZZ Top ---------------Tres Hombres Molly Hatchet----- First and second albums Led Zeppelin Two America ----- Greatest Hits The Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 1 Boston 1st album Doors Greatest hits The Who, Live at Leeds --- Young Man's Blues Styx ----- Pieces of Eight Resurrection Band --- Rainbow's End

[@jimsteele3423]

Love your collection of albums

[@666cramtheman]

Mother love bone…Apple Nirvana…Nevermind Aerosmith…Rocks Journey…Frontiers Alice in chains…Dirt Soundgarden..Badmotorfinger KISS..Alive 2 Pearl Jam…Ten Faith no more….Angel dust

[@michaelharrison6263]

My 10 albums in no particular order: Led Zeppelin IV KISS: Alive Motley Crue: Girls, Girls, Girls Nirvana: Nevermind King's X: Dogman Metallica: Black Album Aerosmith: Permanent Vacation ZZ Top: Eliminator The Clash: ST Tom Petty: Full Moon Fever

[@gregsteeves1733]

Kiss - Alive! Bachman Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile Nazareth - Hair of the Dog Aerosmith - Rocks AC/DC - Highway to Hell Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare April Wine - Stand Back Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Iron Maiden - Killers Sweet - Give Us a Wink Judas Priest - Hell Bent for Leather Max Webster - A Million Vacations Metallica - Ride the Lightening Triumph - In the Beginning Accept - Restless and Wild Megadeth - Peace Sells, But Who's Buying Sorry, I couldn't stop at 10.

[@kingspade7347]

Theater of Pain from Motley Crue got me started followed by Shout at the Devil. Then in 1988 ….And Justice For All by Metallica change the game for me forever.

[@zakkjagneaux2600]

I got the Motley double punch like your Def Lep experience. My sisters boyfriend was big Crue fan and gave me his worn out Shout cassette . I would listen start to finish , while reading the cover . Then literally a month later , Theatre and Smokin hit MTV . Now my 6 year old self didn’t recognize the Crue in the Smokin video , verse my Shout cover . Then Home Sweet Home and they were everywhere .

[@donsavignano4396]

Hey Brendon, you you know if the Eddie money release of brand new day will ever be released on cd and vinyl?

[@BrendonSnyder]

I’ve not heard anything about it but wish it would get a CD release. I had heard a 2nd EP was forthcoming but nothing ever materialized. However today a new Covers album came out on CD. Tomorrow at RSD you can get the vinyl edition.

[@jasonjames6383]

The Angels - No Exit Dire Straits - Making Movies Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon Accept - Balls To The Wall Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil AC/DC - Fly On The Wall Metallica - Ride The Lightning Megadeth - So Far, So Good, So What The Cure - Disintegration The Pixies - Doolittle

[@martymartin2894]

It was AC-DC for me when my older brother got highway to hell and back in black around the same time when I was only about 8 year old.

[@richardwoodhouse8404]

Lovin these top 10s, the only quiet riot song ive heard is DON'T WANNA BE YOUR FOOL. its one of my favourite rock ballads, im going to give you the ONE album that changed my direction completely, in 92 i heard PULL ME UNDER by DREAM THEATER, i was into rock and pop back then but this was on another level to anything id heard then, i like hundreds of artists but only LOVE Dream theater, and something that will surprise other DT fans, my favoutite album is A view from the top of the world.

[@BrendonSnyder]

My fave album in the past was Train Of Thought (2003). But recently I’ve really grown to love their newer album Distance Over Time (2019). It’s slowly becoming my favorite album of theirs.

[@jamesbedford3774]

The Poison, Crue and GNR albums had a similar impact on me, especially 'Appetite...'. 'Cowboys From Hell' was my gateway to the heavier stuff.

[@guylanglois1802]

Love hysteria but I've always loved the follow up Adrenalize that I enjoy more

[@jessewallace666]

I watch a lot of your vids and I’m curious to know your thoughts/opinions on grunge, for obvious reasons. You are a huge glam metal fan and at the time grunge basically wiped it off the map.

[@BrendonSnyder]

I’m a big fan of Grunge as well so it’s a love/hate relationship with it. But ultimately Grunge didn’t kill Glam Metal, the record labels, radio stations, media outlets stopped promoting it which killed it. They all dropped Glam Metal to chase the hot new trend Grunge. Had Glam Metal been backed it could have survived IMO. But was also no help that lots of the Glam Metal bands tried to jump on the Grunge bandwagon and make their version of a Grunge album. Things like that also contributed to the downfall of Glam Metal. I’ve made a video about this, see link if you’re interested kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXa7n32ppKyWkMU

[@tmc1054]

Mine would be - (10) Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi (9) Reign in Blood - Slayer (8) Heaven And Hell - Black Sabbath (7) The Joshua Tree - U2 (6) Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche (5) Back in Black - AC/DC (4) Hysteria - Def Leppard (3) Greatest Hits - Queen (2) The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden (1) The Wall - Pink Floyd

[@TooSkinnyKenny]

me and my buddies in high school used to try to play our guitars to the songs on "Cosmo's Factory" by Creedence and "Are You Experienced" by the Jimi Hendrix Experience and probably "Climbing" by Mountain. "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye still engages my emotions even today. "Disintegration" and "Ultra" by the Cure and Depeche Mode made me actually enjoy music that sounded very depressing to me when I first heard them. The "Woodstock" soundtrack and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's "Four Way Street" are my favorite live albums. "Smokin'" by Humble Pie and "Exile On Main Street" by the Stones are the best wild rock albums I've ever heard. "Miracles" by Change and "Belle du Jour" by St. Tropez are dance music that still makes me feel like dancing after I've taken my arthritis medicine.

[@johnbain5747]

10 albums changed my life 1. New Jersey Bon jovi 2 rumours Fleetwood Mac 3. Thunder backstreet symphony 4.poison flesh and blood 5. The kinks everybody’ in show business 6. The cult sonic temple 7. Stevie nicks wild heart 8. The black crowes shake your moneymaker 9, heart bad animals 10. The almighty soul destruction

[@cristianramirez533]

Maiden the number of the beast (run to the hills) ,Judas painkiller, king diamond fatal portrait, stratovarius episode ,helloween, walls of Jericho

[@jtreacy86]

You mentioned loving to have those two CDs “in the car to listen to”. Do you listen to actual the actual CDs or digital versions.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Actual CDs…my car is old enough to have a CD player! 😂