R&P: Are there any bands/artists or albums that didn't 'click' with you on first listen?

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Thrash metal in general took me a while to get used to. I initially didn't like bands like Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, etc. but several more listens after first listening to them, they grew on me.

BQ1: El Camino by The Black Keys
BQ2: Noctourniquet by The Mars Volta...Show more

Coheed and Cambria
Cage the Elephant
Clutch

BQ: Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital

BQ2: I have a couple...

The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
Marilyn Manson - Born Villain
New Deftones
New Tool
New Eve 6...Show more

Most of the Celtic/folk/prog/rock groups from the early 70ies until I got rid of my old Garrard turn table & lousy amp & crummy speakers & bought some nice expensive stuff. Everything sounded so much better I knew I had made the right choices.
My downstairs neighbors did not appreciate my purchases unfortunately.
I still have the same Polk speakers, gave my thorens turntable away as well as all my old 33's.
Favorite 2011 album: Mumford And Sons perhaps?
2012: I have no freaking idea as yet. Nothing that grabs me by the short ones I suppose, so to speak....Show more

Tom Waits (Closing Time and The Heart of Saturday Night did click pretty immediately though)
Pink Floyd

BQ: Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
BQ2: Pond - Beard, Wives, Denim
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
The new Sigur Rós album...Show more

Yes, both my favorite and second favorite bands, Rage Against the Machine and Nine Inch Nails. For both I listened to one song. Killing in the Name for RATM and The Hand That Feeds for NIN. But then never tried them past that. Then I listened to more by them, and now they're my top two bands.

BQ: Watch the Throne - Kanye West & Jay-Z
BQ2: New Anti-Flag album....Show more