I was 13 in 1997 when I discovered Bloodhound Gang via the radio and got One Fierce Beer Coaster on tape. They were on another level for me - I nearly wore that tape out and still consider them my fav band now. As for every song and fact, it was way more difficult to know those back then. No Google or mp3s and info on the internet was so incomplete. But even then I found it overwhelming growing up with endless info to absorb. I found their prior album on CD a year later or so, but for a while I had no idea if it was a newer album or what the deal was. Like I couldn't take a moment to slow down, think and realise I could look at the copyright years printed on the albums or read the web more carefully.
I started listening to Metallica in January 1998 and was shaped as a metalhead from there.
