When I was like 8 or 9 I was a fan of Avril Lavigne. I used to sing her song a lot on SingStar so my mum bought me her albums for Christmas. I also really liked P!nk. Soon after, I heard Coldplay's Violet Hill on the radio so I made my mum buy me Viva La Vida cd. I wasn't a big fan of it though and I lost the cd pretty soon. My mum was a big fan of RHCP at that time so I used to listen to their songs quite a lot too.
A few years later, when I was 11 or 12 I watched the movie Camp Rock, which got me into Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. I was seriously obsessed with Jonas Brothers. I still have their whole discography including solo projects and soundtracks on cds. I also liked Miley Cyrus.
When I was 13-14, Jonas Brothers went on a hiatus and my musical taste started chaning a lot. I was into Bon Jovi for a shorter time, I even saw them live at that time, but then I found my Viva La Vida cd and gave it a play. That's when I got into Coldplay really badly. For half a year I was only listening to Coldplay and Coldplay. Rumours about their fifth album started. That was the time I joined Coldplaying too. But then I found a part of Coldplaying called "The World of Music". There were so many threads about all of those bands I had heard nothing about. One of them that got my eye was - Radiohead.
I remember that almost all of the artists I liked before mentioned that Radiohead was one of their influences. And I had never heard a song of theirs before, so I decided to gave them a listen. That was a month before "The King of Limbs" was announced and released. I wasn't too impressed with them. Their songs seemed weird to me. But I didn't give up, I really wanted to like them. And then - The King of Limbs was released, marking the second big change in my taste. I really loved it from the first listen. It could also probably be the album I've listened to the most in my whole life. I downloaded the rest of their discography and found out that their other albums were even better than The King of Limbs. The next two years I spent most of my free time listening and exploring them. In Rainbows and Kid A became my favourite albums. They are still my favourite band. I saw them live in September last year. I was most-likely the youngest guy in the audience. :lol: People gave me weird looks, but that didn't put me away from "Yorke-dancing" in the front row. :lol: Sometime in those two years I also discovered Arcade Fire, which are still one of my favourite bands. Unfortunately, I got into them just a week after they performed here in Zagreb. :disappointed: They're the first band to see live on my bucket list.
Last year (I was 15) was when I discovered Pitchfork, which has been feeding me with new music until now. :lol: I got into a lot of other artists, but those worth mentioning are: Sigur Ros, Foals, Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver, The xx, The Antlers, Neutral Milk Hotel, Talking Heads, Joy Division, Crystal Castles, Beirut, Burial, Four Tet, Jai Paul, Susanne Sundfor (thanks to William), Sufjan Stevens (thanks to Violet), Frank Ocean, Kanye West (thanks to Eddie)...
Aaand now when I'm 16 I'm mostly listening to The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, The National, Tame Impala, Justin Timberlake, David Bowie, Phosphorescent, The Knife, etc... I probably forgot to mention a dozen of other bands I listen to.
Here's a full list: http://www.last.fm/user/SpaceSymphony