Back in 2007 I had written a post about the number of years that I had been a fan of my favourite bands. 2007 is such a long time ago now and it’s time to see how may years have I been a fan of the artists that I enjoy listening to so much. My list of songs & albums and decided that it deserved a post. So here it is, in descending order, the bands that I have been a fan of (I’m not including bands that have disbanded but artists who have died are included, provided that they have a considerable amount of recorded material) :
Band / Artist No. of Years Year which I first heard them
- Bon Jovi – 34 – 1986
- Europe – 34 – 1986
- Scorpions – 33 – 1987
- Van Halen – 33 – 1987
- Deep Purple – 33 -1987
- Bryan Adams – 32 – 1988
- Def Leppard – 32 – 1988
- Neil Young – 32 – 1988
- Eric Clapton – 32 – 1988
- Deep Purple – 32 – 1988
- AC / DC – 32 – 1988
- Aerosmith – 32 – 1988
- Guns n’Roses – 31 – 1989
- Metallica – 31 – 1989
- Alice Cooper 31 – 1989
- Warrant – 31 – 1989
- Poison – 30 – 1990
- Iron Maiden – 30 – 1990
- Jeff Healey – 30 – 1990
- Queensryche – 29 – 1991
- Megadeth – 29 – 1991
- Rush – 28 – 1992
- Pearl Jam – 28 – 1992
- Joe Satriani – 28 -1992
- Yngwie Malmsteen – 28 – 1992
- Steve Vai – 27 – 1993
- Alice In Chains – 27 – 1993
- Crash Test Dummies – 27 – 1993
- Ugly Kid Joe – 27 – 1993
- Barenaked Ladies – 22
These are the longest that I can think of. There are other bands that I like, but I either own just a few songs (like Ozzy, Judas Priest) and or never bought any of their albums (Led Zepplin).