Sorry if this has been done before.

Rank your previous favorite bands in order (from kid). Good opportunity for people to lie and make themselves out to be ultra cool. Mine were

Dire Straits
Bruce Springsteen
Bon Jovi
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Nirvana
Pearl Jam

So a bit of a dip in the middle.

I couldn't make a satisfying list because my tastes have been eclectic my whole life, and I hated a lot of popular music in the 80's. I remember some kid punching me in the face in 3rd grade because I made fun of his "Slippery When Wet" cassette - the same thing happened in 7th grade when I told some wigger girl that Vanilla Ice was fucking stupid. When I think of people who should be embarrassed, I think of those people. I mean, I liked The Beatles and The Beach Boys and The Monkees when I was little, and people made fun of me for that, but now it's "cool" to like those bands, so I was probably ahead of my time. Plus I don't know too many people who were listening to Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath at the age of 7.

Yep good start, excellent lying

preschool years - Raffi

elementary school years - i listened to lots of popular stuff at the time but nothing that really held my focus over anything else. i just had lots of mix tapes of singles that i would listen to obsessively. some of it was sort of cool (AC/DC, Guns n Roses) some of it was terribly embarassing (Vanilla Ice, Ace of Base, Michael Jackson). I guess i had a couple Bryan Adams tapes that i listened to more than i'd care to admit . And Aerosmith too.

1993-1997 - Nirvana
1997-2002 - Tool
2002-2006 - Pearl Jam/Death Cab For Cutie
2006-now - it changes a lot (My Morning Jacket, ISIS, Rosetta, Opeth, Boris)

probably

Elton John
--no favorite for a little while--
Green Day (this is when I first really got into music)
Metallica
Pearl Jam

I'm sure during each transition period there were fits and starts, and Metallica and PJ shared the mantle for a little bit. PJ still ranks as favorite but not to the level they once were.

Soulwax
AC/DC
Radiohead
Pearl Jam

+

Kiss
Bruce Springsteen
Guns N Roses
Pearl Jam
Neil Young

So Kiss and Bruce Springsteen were from when i was young. Pretty much very influenced by my parents. I don't listen to much kiss anymore but i still dig the boss.

Guns N Roses was more middle school up until when pearl jam exploded in the early 90's. Truthfully from the end of high school until a few years ago it would bounce between pearl jam and neil young depending on the day.

I would say over the past 4 years I don't have a fav i have some i like a lot.

Lets see

Grade School - Quiet Riot
High School - Metallica
Post High School up until about 2002 - Pearl Jam
2002 - ? Not sure I have one favorite band, it varies between Maiden, Priest, & Pearl Jam. PJ is waining now I think. The next album will be key.

easy

Aerosmith
Pink Floyd
Pearl Jam
Matthew Good Band
<long dark night of the musical soul>
The Mountain Goats

All over the map for me growing up. From Van Halen and The Who, to Big Daddy Kane and Public Enemy.

But, there was a year or two, maybe around 4th or 5th grade, where Huey Lewis and The News could do no wrong by me.

there were no rock radio stations around and we didnt get MTV. i dont think i knew Pearl Jam even existed until 95.

Aerosmith
Green Day
Marilyn Manson
Korn
Limp Bizkit
Insane Clown Posse

then I growed up and started listening to death metal

Diamond Rio
Gin Blossoms
Matchbox 20
Pearl Jam
Belle & Sebastian

Elton John
Styx
Van Halen
Led Zeppelin
Aerosmith
The Who
Springsteen
Prince
Run DMC
Beastie Boys
Motley Crue
Pearl Jam
U2
Gaslight Anthem
Porcupine Tree

As I get older I'm probably more about supporting the local music scene than am about raging over a big band or two. I still own up to liking all the bands on my list. Some of my more played artists wouldn't make my list of previous favorite bands but I couldn't imagine not having their music in my like. Likes of Bob Marley, the Beatles, the Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, UB40 and hair metal in general.

I never would've guessed.

I was obsessed with their first album when I was like whatever age I was when their first album came out.

I remember liking their first single quite a lot, but they never became my favorite band by any means. I think I was heavily into Oasis at the time.

Collective Soul was one i'd rather forget. and not just their hit. i thought their second album was awesome.

I loved Sports in grade school.

I used to listen to my dad's copy of "I Want a New Drug" over and over.

i think my earliest music was that one Oak Ridge Boys song (the low voiced guy amazed me for some reason), The theme song to Night Rider, Michael Jackson's Thriller, and the always reliable Weird Al Yankovic. this is from age 3-6 or something.