I think my first album was Michael Jackson. I was like 6 or 7. Then a year later I got Beach Boys which somehow led me to the Fat Boys because they did a song called Wipe Out together. If you wanna debate as to who it was that mixed rap and rock together, It was them.
Which then led me to the Beastie Boys, Aerosmith, then GnR. My first metal albums was Armored Saint "march of the saint". The only reason why I got it was for the album cover. There was no other factor, simply the album cover. I first heard Anthrax in 88. Around that same time. I was a huge Anthrax fan but Slayer and Megadeth, along with Metallica were all pretty much the same in my priority of metal. It wasn't until Bush joined Anthrax that I became a diehard fan. Slayer never really did anything classic after Abyss and Megadeth got lamer and lamer every year. Anthrax has aged really well.