Rush, for sure. I grew up on the more earthy, gravelly vocal sounds of the early '90s alternative movement, so Geddy Lee's high pitched sound seemed utterly irrelevent. You'd think I'd have noted the irony of dismissing Lee while embracing Billy Corgan. I also assumed bands like Zeppelin and the Grateful Dead were washed out stoner music and little more. I didn't so much dislike them as fail to take note of them as being worthy of my attention.

I still don't like Zeppelin (I think Plant is whiny and Page is a phony)... but I love me some Rush. I definitely didn't appreciate the drumming of Neal Peart until I was older.. I thought the drum guys in band were just hero worshipping. His lyrics are just so good, too!

I definitely appreciate the Stones more as an adult as well.. I was kinda OD'ed on them as a kid (my dad is a MASSIVE fan) but now I can enjoy them without being forced to.

I didn't get Miles Davis at all as a kid either, not sure why.

Pretty much everything. I had pretty limited tastes as a kid. There was music my parents listened to and whatever was popular on the radio. Then there was grunge, Brit pop and alternative music in my teen years. It wasn't until I graduated high school that I started listening to different types of music, beginning with Prince, James Brown, and Parliament.

To answer the question, I wasn't really into 90s hip hop as it was happening but later became a massive hip hop fan, so probably some combo of Biggie, Tupac, Nas and Wu Tang Clan.

Rush is probably the best answer; I wasn't fond of them, in junior high and high school; but, I picked up Moving Pictures because Tom Sawyer was Kerry Von Erich's entrance music, in World Class Wrestling, then found I liked a lot more of it, vs earlier stuff I heard on the radio. Over time, I came to appreciate the early stuff, too. I definitely still prefer their stuff, more, post-kimono.

My mom was all about show tunes and the crooner types and I could do without a lot of that, as a kid; but, people like Perry Como and Andy Williams have grown on me, over the years and Julie Andrews blows away what passes for modern singing.

I also used to mostly ignore country music, other than some songs and artists, though we watched Hee-Haw every week, waiting for prime time programming to come on, on Saturday evening; but, I find that I like a lot more of 60s and 70s Country music than 80s or later, and enjoy a lot of the 50s material, too. Love Bluegrass and a lot of Western stuff and Rockabilly rules! I caught a couple of old Hee-Haws, on Youtube and the music was really very good, across the board. Held up better than the jokes did; but I always enjoyed the cornball stuff, especially Archie Campbell and Junior Samples. "Doom, Despair and Agony" was always great, as was "Where, Oh Where, Are You Tonight...."

Rush is one of those bands I don't mind but have never really gotten into deeply. I've liked most of what I've heard on the radio over the years, but not enough to buy an album. And I like a lot of the bands the cite as influences, e.g. Zeppelin (I think?) and prog acts like Yes and Genesis, but it doesn't sound to me like they ever reached the heights those bands did musically. However, I have picked up one of there earlier albums on cd so I plan to give that a try some day.

I don't know if I would have a accurate answer. I think in my adult years it is more about exposure as a teen than it is whether I like it now than I did as a teen. I grew up in St. Louis in the 80's and 90's. I was a small percentage of the racial mix in the neighborhood I grew up in, church we went to and schools I attended. So I didn't get exposed much to pop or grunge or hair bands and the such associated with my race. I grew up with Motown, R&B, jazz, rap/hip-hop. The first time I heard Aerosmith (outside of their part in Walk This Way) I was a senior in high school. A fellow classmate let me borrow a Aerosmith and Metallica CD. Needless to say Metallica was a bit much for my ears at that point lol but I did like quite a few Aerosmith songs.

I think that also is influenced a lot by what is popular in your circle of friends. You want to listen to what your friends listen to. And so that, well maybe not prevented, but stalled me out on exploring other types of music besides what my friends listened to. It wouldn't be till my early 20's before I started exploring other music and being opened to trying new things which would lead me to discover bands that I do like now, like Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Rolling Stones, T-Rex, David Bowie and others that in my teens I would have never imagined liking or wanting to listen to.

So I am really not sure I can give you an exact answer. But I would say the closest thing would be how much I despised Nirvana growing up as a teen in the 90's. Maybe it is because I would hear schoolmates talk about them a lot and they'd assume because of the color of my skin I just had to automatically like them because what white teen doesn't like grunge. Well that would be me. Whole genre wanted to make me stab myself in the ears then. Now Nirvana is just meh. If it comes on somewhere I am fine with it. Still don't necessarily like it, but I am fine with it. I married a grunge girl I am bound to hear it now and then :-)