Music Evolution
My first CD was a an album by Salt-N-Pepa , which I've never learned how to spell properly until now. My second CD was some single by an R&B artists that the girl I fancied at the time was into. Eventually my cousin turned me onto the scam that was Columbia House mail order CDs. I immediately signed up for the free CDs that my cousin recommended to me and signed my soul over to Columbia House. My collection quickly grew to include Pink Floyd, Metallica, Primus, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, and many others. I have a very distinct memory of my cousin telling me that I needed to listed to this new album that was destined to be huge and he "knew about it" before anybody else. That album was Temple of the Dog . Keep in mind that this was pre internet days ; the only way to hear about music was to listen to the radio or take advice from friends and buy the albums. Sometimes it worked and sometimes you were left with a CD that was destine