Rock Is My Life And This Is My Blog Post

As of today, I have been attempting to evade this "reality" thing I've heard so much about for eighteen years.  I could say a few words on how much this (fairly arbitrary, really) date means to me.

I could talk about how various friends have shaped my life.

There are countless other ways that I could make a poignant statement about how I've gotten to where I am.

Instead, I'm going to talk about how a song that is essentially two and a half minutes of double entendres changed my life.

I first heard this song when I was six years old.  I was hooked.  Of course, at this point, I was way too young to understand the song.  I'm fairly certain I didn't get any of the double entendres until I was twelve, but that's not the point.  I got Back in Black for my seventh birthday.  AC/DC was the first band I could be considered to be a fan of, and they would continue to be my favourite band for, well, a long time.

Before that, I really didn't have much interest in music.  Yeah, sure, I'd listen to it, but I didn't really have a good idea of what good music was.  I knew I listened to classical music, and the pop groups that everybody else around me listened to, but I never really figured out what I liked.

When I discovered AC/DC, though, I began to actually take an interest in rock.  My dad had (and still has) a huge knowledge base for this topic.  It was him who got me into The Who.

While Pinball Wizard was probably not the first Who song I listened to, it's definitely the closest I'm going to get to remembering.  While AC/DC was still my favourite, The Who were a very close second.  Eventually, I'd get into other bands, ranging from The Beatles to Queen, most of which my dad was responsible for introducing me to.

Perhaps the major exceptions for this were Iron Maiden and Nirvana.

At this point, we've jumped forward about seven years, to just before high school.  Nirvana and Iron Maiden (particularly Iron Maiden), would proceed to have a huge influence on my tastes since then.  It was at this point where I started getting into bands that were formed after I was born, even though neither of those bands were.

So why is music such a huge influence in my life?  I have absolutely no idea.  I do know that I spend most of my spare time listening to music, and that I have an insane amount of it.  My favourite bands have gone from being AC/DC, the Who, and Steppenwolf to being Rush, Rammstein, and the Protomen.

What song am I listening to right now?

Isn't it obvious?

In conclusion, here is a squirrel with a party hat cunningly (and perhaps comically) photoshopped onto it's head.