Much of my music taste did not start to take shape until the early 90s when one song and one band busted the floodgates of musical discovery wide open. The song was “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and the band was Nirvana.

The year was 1991 and I had recently moved into a suburban area in Ajax, just outside of Toronto. A lot of the kids I went to school with listened to classic rock and the dying embers of hair metal. Musically, this was also a reflection of my personal taste.

I remember watching the video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on Much Music. Much Music was the Canadian version of MTV and back in those days they mainly played music videos. Now those networks primarily show a bunch of crappy reality shows that have nothing to do with music. But that is a rant for anot...

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