POLL & Discussion - Your Age, Social-media Presence and So On

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Where do you fit?

  • 11-20

    Votes: 2 0.5%

  • 21-30

    Votes: 11 2.7%

  • 31-40

    Votes: 106 25.5%

  • 41-50

    Votes: 119 28.7%

  • 51-60

    Votes: 131 31.6%

  • 61-70

    Votes: 38 9.2%

  • 71-80

    Votes: 8 1.9%
  • Total voters
    415
Here's the demographics so far:

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What is interesting is that the bell curve sits around 1970 - people who would have been in high school during the mid to late 1980s, rather than who may have been performing in bands (outside of high school garage bands) during the 1980s. Is this forum more about nostalgia for adolescence?


There are a few distinct groups:
  • 1950s to early 1960s: only a few people. Late 'Baby Boomers'
  • Mid 1960s: average about 4-5 people per birth year, early 'Gen X'
  • Late 1960s to mid 1970s: the main group, squarely in 'Gen X'
  • Late 1970s to early 1980s: about 4-5 people per birth year, a cross between late 'Gen X', 'Xennials', and early 'Millennials' influenced by older siblings or cousins from 'Gen X'
  • Early 1980s to early 1990s: about 2-3 people per birth year, sometimes skipping, 'Millennials'
  • Mid-late 1990s: the smallest demographic, in fact only 2 people born in 1997, Late 'Millennials' and 'Gen Z/iGen'.
 
I was born in 1969, played my first high school gigs in '83 (14) and first bar gigs and local festivals in '84 (15). I was probably a bit younger than most of the people around, but there were a lot of high school aged dudes playing out at that point. Drinking age was 18 still, and nobody cared if you were underage - no penalties against the bar as I recall, and I think we were actually legal on stage at 16. I'd just help haul gear in from the ally and then just stay there for the evening. No problem. No big deal. (I was tall too, so that definitely helped.)

Anyhow, lots of guys by 16/17 locally, mixed in with lots of 20-somethings. It wasn't segregated by age.
 
How many people here still actively seek out new music? I read as article says that the average person stops listening to new music in their early 30’s. I find it sad. It leaves success of new artists in the hands of the kids. With all the attention deficits we don’t have a chance.
 
Crash-VR said:
How many people here still actively seek out new music? I read as article says that the average person stops listening to new music in their early 30’s. I find it sad. It leaves success of new artists in the hands of the kids. With all the attention deficits we don’t have a chance.
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I almost added that to my post above. I'm not living in nostalgia, at least completely.....still go back in the past at times. I've been into a bunch of new bands the last few years, and keep looking for new stuff. We should start a thread and recent musicians we're enjoying.
 
rstites said:
I almost added that to my post above. I'm not living in nostalgia, at least completely.....still go back in the past at times. I've been into a bunch of new bands the last few years, and keep looking for new stuff. We should start a thread and recent musicians we're enjoying.
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That’s actually a great idea. I’m 45 and still looking to see if there’s any thing new. As much as I dig the classic bands I listen to there’s only so much you can listen to same album’s
 
I love my classic stuff too but need 'x' amount of new stuff or I get burned out. New for me would be things like:

New Slipknot
New Tool
New Mastodon
New RHCP
New 311
Tree One Four
 
Crash-VR said:
How many people here still actively seek out new music? I read as article says that the average person stops listening to new music in their early 30’s. I find it sad. It leaves success of new artists in the hands of the kids. With all the attention deficits we don’t have a chance.
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Not me. I just sit around and listen to Steely Dan and classic Black Metal and drink bourbon.
 
Laars said:
58 I played guitar during the best 10 years of music. 80-90. Then Nirvana hit and killed music.
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Looks like you have some nice amps there :yes:
I'm younger than you but newer to guitar. Much newer.
I understand how you feel about Nirvana and maybe grunge in general.
Here the flip side the way I see it. Especially compared to today's popular music.
The 80's thing had kind of run its course at that point. It was in cliché mode. I didn't realize it at the time myself and was pretty devastated that all of my favorite bands (including Metallica and Megadeth to some degree) were changing or disbanding. The flip side is that grunge was at least more or less guitar forward. Grunge may have actually helped save rock and metal to some degree. Think about that for a minute.
 
I am 52
Grew up in the 70s and 80s
The 90s were my favorite time for music. It was an awakening for me. Also love the 2000s.
Still love all my favorite bands from the 70s and 80s.
 
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