31 and love Limp Bizkit. Though I’m also a poster child for “it never was a phase, mom” (still listen to emo music + am still as gay as I was in the early 2000s)
…to clarify not implying that Limp Bizkit is emo, it just happened (happily) to be included in the music I was listening to at the time
I still listen to select emo music at 39. All the pop stuff was a bit too late for me, but what was going on in the indie scene in the early 2000s still has my heart. Bright Eyes specifically. I love every single record from Letting off Happiness to Cassadaga and I also jam several solo Oberst records as well as the Bright Eyes record from 2020.
Nu Metal was my thing when I was a teenager. I let that go until recently because I “outgrew” it. It turns out I don’t care as much these days and I can enjoy it almost like I did as a teenager (and that includes the first two Limp Bizkit records).
The only two bands that have stayed with me from my childhood to now that I love more than I did even then is Nirvana and The Beatles. I would say In Utero is my favorite record of all time and the Beatles are my favorite band of all time.
I feel bad for this, but I can’t handle a lot of Kurt Cobain’s interviews these days. I obsessed over them as a teenager. He just comes across as a moody elitist kid that figures his taste is superior to everyone in the planet. Of course, that was me as a teenager. “Oh my god, yuck. You listen to that? What do you get from it?”
Dude was my hero when I was a kid. It feels strange to be so old sometimes.
31 and love Limp Bizkit. Though I’m also a poster child for “it never was a phase, mom” (still listen to emo music + am still as gay as I was in the early 2000s)
…to clarify not implying that Limp Bizkit is emo, it just happened (happily) to be included in the music I was listening to at the time
I still listen to select emo music at 39. All the pop stuff was a bit too late for me, but what was going on in the indie scene in the early 2000s still has my heart. Bright Eyes specifically. I love every single record from Letting off Happiness to Cassadaga and I also jam several solo Oberst records as well as the Bright Eyes record from 2020.
Nu Metal was my thing when I was a teenager. I let that go until recently because I “outgrew” it. It turns out I don’t care as much these days and I can enjoy it almost like I did as a teenager (and that includes the first two Limp Bizkit records).
The only two bands that have stayed with me from my childhood to now that I love more than I did even then is Nirvana and The Beatles. I would say In Utero is my favorite record of all time and the Beatles are my favorite band of all time.
I feel bad for this, but I can’t handle a lot of Kurt Cobain’s interviews these days. I obsessed over them as a teenager. He just comes across as a moody elitist kid that figures his taste is superior to everyone in the planet. Of course, that was me as a teenager. “Oh my god, yuck. You listen to that? What do you get from it?”
Dude was my hero when I was a kid. It feels strange to be so old sometimes.
Sorry for the rant.