What band/song started it all for you

[jobrok1]

ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'.
On Vincent Hanley's MT-USA when that show was airing.

From there I got hooked on Billy Idol's 11 of the Best comp tape which found its way into the house somehow.

Then the snowball started really rolling with Bon Jovi, Europe, Aerosmith, Whitesnake, GnR, etc.
Door opened to Sabbath, Ozzy, Priest and the Big 4 not long after.

[Necro Red]

For me it was discovering that there were different genres if that makes sense. Long story short, I was watching MTV and a Metallica video was on when a relative of mine came into the room and asked me if I liked Metallica. He said they were Heavy Metal. The seed was sown from there. The rest is history ha ha

[Trev]

My mam was big into Queen and would always have them playing, my older brother had a tape of Pearl Jam's Ten that I used to always stick on. Cut out halfway through Porch so never even realised it wasn't the full album until I bought a copy years later

I suppose the first discovery on my own as it were, was hearing Offspring back when Smash came out. From there it was on to stuff like Nofx, Bad Religion, then nu metal. But picking up a copy of Master of Puppets on a whim and hearing Battery kick in sealed it for me

[Ollkiller]

The parents had a vinyl of Thriller and Status Quo greatest hits. Played them to death as a five or 6 year old. When I heard Lithium by Nirvana for the first time that was the gateway to it all.

[open face surgery]

Always music in the house growing up and lived next door to a music shop until I was about 9. Had Blur and Oasis tapes and then the girl doing work experience when I was in 4th class taped me all the Nirvana albums. Spiraled from there.

[Pentagrimes]

I guess probably something like "Living on a Prayer" or "The Final Countdown" was the actual first step for me,when I was about 9 or 10, which lead me to the old "Monsters of Rock" shw on Sky. Figured it would just be that kind of stuff, and it was, with some Maiden and Motorhead thrown in probably. The first time I watched it though, the showed a clip of Slayer playing "hell awaits". I was fucking terrified.

[Cailleach]

The first metal song I ever heard was by Exodus. I loved it and then discovered Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer soon after that.

[Trev]

Actually the Metal Show on Phantom FM would have exposed me a shitload of stuff I'd never heard before, used to record loads off it each week for making mixtapes

[Iliketortles]

Would love to say the classics but in all honesty Slipknot got me into metal. Particularly Iowa. I then discovered metallica, Slayer. Went down a rabbit hole of trying to find the heaviest shit I could find. I have very broad music tastes now but was definitely metal only for years.

[jpm4]

When I was about 10 or 11 sitting in a friend's living room listening to a mix tape of Metallica songs he had put together. I remember the songs One, Sad But True and Master of Puppets made a big impact on me, even though I listened to absolutely no music at that point.

Also shout out to John Kennys Metal Show on 2FM - listening to it in the early 90s at the death metal peak had a big impact too.

[astfgyl]

I blame Appetite For Destruction, but the clincher into the heavier stuff was the first time I heard the solo in Propaganda by Sepultura. Had been listening to Nirvana and Therapy? as it was, but that time I heard that one it really did the trick for me

[Paul keohane]

Was into music from a young age;was obsessed with Michael Jackson in the 80s.

Heard Metallica 'Master of Puppets' around 90/91 in primary school!, the rest is history.

Hooked after that.

[Mr Barlow]

My dad was a big music head. So our house always filled with a lot of music. I grew to love The Beatles especially. A couple of others that had a big influence where Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds...and the original Jesus Christ Superstar album, with Ian Gillian on it. Both of those nurtured a love of prog, before i had any idea what prog was.
Along the way, i ended up with a copy of Queen's greatest hits...which i loved. That led to Bon Jovi and Def Leppard. In our little group there was one friend who was a couple of years older. One day he brought home an Iron Maiden tape. It's hard to remember the order, but I think it was Piece Of Mind. That was it. Hooked. We devoured all the Maiden albums, then it was Slayer, Megadeth...Anthrax. I just couldn't get enough..and there was always something new to discover.

[Barrytron]

 Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds was big with me and my brother alright, my young daughter recently discovered as well and loves it, knows it all off. Timeless seemingly

[The Great Cull]

Mad reading all the responses here and realising just how integral to the metal scene that Def Leppard and Bon Jovi were.

I have no clue who the modern equivalents are (if they exist at all) Linkin Park? Ghost?