My story is not that glamorous, nor do I think it is that interesting.  But I think I'll share it with you anyway.

My Rock 104 experience is one that is subconsious.  Let me start off by saying that I am 29 years old, soon to be 30 in August.  You'll understand my saying that in a little bit.  Anyways, when I was young, my dad worked 50-60 hours a week while my mom stayed at home with me.  While I was at home with her, she would do her daily chores, which consisted of laundry, cleaning, keeping up after me....the usual.  While doing all of these chores, she would listen to music.  Most of the time it was "softer" music.  For example, Anne Murray, Chicago, Three dog night, Barry manilow, Kenny Rogers, just to name a few.  So just by being around her, the music seed was alreday planted.

When my dad would come home from work, he would go into a spare bedroom and lift weights.  This is where I got a taste of the heavier side of music.  Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Blackfoot.  As I grew older, and started school, my mom didn't see the need to stay at home as much any more and started to work part time.  She would have to work Saturday mornings, and when she left Dad would drag out his HUGE box of records and start to play them back to back.

I can remember begging him to play Queens' Jazz album over and over.  For what ever reason I loved the first cut off the album, "Mustapha".  ( Or was it all the naked women on the inside cover?)  So with these record listening sessions, the rock seed began to grow.  And then the Christmas of '87 or '88 all hell broke loose.   My dad, knowing how much I liked rock and roll, bought me Aerosmith's new album (tape) "pump".  After hearing the first song on the album, "Young Lust", I didn't care about anything else.  That's honest to god how I felt.  You could have burnt our house down that Christmas day, and I wouldn't have thought twice about it.  As long as I had my Aerosmith tape and the radio to play it.  That one tape opened up the musical tastes I have to this day.

Long story short, Rock 104 is to thank in a round about way for my love of Rock Music.  Rock 104 is the station that got my dad into these bands, which in turn got me into the Bands I like.  Without Rock 104, I'd probably be sagging my pants and listeing to 50 cent.  Thank god for Rock 104!!!!!

James Degitz