Boston- Don’t Look Back. My first song ever on headphones, followed shortly thereafter by Van Halen.

Derek and the Dominoes

Not really a band, composer wise Chopin.
My mother was a budding concert pianist, grew up as a child under the piano.

We were poor as shit in Brooklyn, mother had her Steinway from her childhood.

The first “Rock Band” that really appealed to me was CCR.

For me it was Hemispheres by Rush. Then one day I walked into a record store and the store owner was playing Killers by Iron Maiden and that's all it took.

dire straits

AC/DC

I was at a friend's house in elementary school and he played Led Zeppelin IV, I was hooked.