What singers or bands did you listen to as a teen?

Santana
Chicago
Three Dog Night
Moody Blues
Eagles
Steely Dan
Fleetwood Mac
Cat Stevens
The Ohio Players
War
The Brothers Johnson
LTD
Funkadelic
Parliament
James Brown
Joe Tex

Mine was the 70s I became a teenager in 75

Supertramp, Boston, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Status Quo, Queen, Bad Company, John Martyn, Genesis, Yes, Marillion, Weather Report Pat Metheny, The Police, The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Stranglers, Eric Clapton, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Judas Priest, Magnum, etc etc

Alice Cooper

Deep Purple

Linda Ronstadt

okay lets see. teens.... hmmm. say, around 16?

Nirvana was very popular, Smashing Pumpkins
I liked Deep Purple and the Beatles
I used to fall asleep listening to UB40
The Doors and Jimi Hendrix
My then bf liked AC/DC and Nazareth, Simon and Garfunkel so I listened a lot
I liked Tom Petty

so...

Nirvana
Smashing Pumpkins
Deep Purple
Beatles
The Doors
Jimi Hendrix
AC/DC
Nazareth
Simon and Garfunkel
Tom Petty
Natalie Merchant
Alanis Morisette
Tori Amos
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Led Zeppelin

I think that's about it and plenty to the radio as well.

Wow, nobody has mentioned the Beatles.

New Wave, Punk, Rock, classical, psychedelic, funk, etc.

And concerts were affordable then. I saw the Ramones, the Who, Pink Floyd, the Cult, Duran Duran, Heart, the Police, Bowie, Genesis, Neil Young, Rolling Stones, Nugent, Supertramp, etc.

Smiths
Cure
Cocteau Twins
Skinny Puppy
Dead Kennedys
Dead Milkmen
Velvet underground
Grateful Dead
Echo and the Bunnymen
Nine Inch Nails
Ramones
Simon and Garfunkel
Indigo Girls
Lyle Lovett
REM

Singers? Bands?

Uh...no bands, but lots of orchestras
The New York Philharmonic
The Boston Symphony/Boston Pops
The Cleveland Symphony
The London Symphony
...

No singers, but pianists like Artur Rubinstein, Rudolf Serkin, Murray Perahia, ..., and violinists like Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Nathan Milstein, ...

I used to listen to a lot of different music during my teens.. Most artists/bands could produce one or two good songs in their carrier but few held my attention for long.. The ones that held my attention where..

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Crowded House
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Pet Shop Boys
The Police
Simple Minds
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But yeah there where a lot of bands and artists who could produce 2 or 3 really good songs but few who could keep performing to a high standard..

Joy Division
The Buzzcocks
The Clash
Echo and the Bunnymen
Talking Heads
David Bowie
Wah
Teardrop Explodes
Bauhaus

I mostly listened to stuff from the 70's, 80's and 90's (and still do) such as:

Bill Withers
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Kool and the Gang
New Edition
SOS Band
Michael Jackson
Janet Jackson
Luther Vandross
Jodeci
The Bee Gees
Tony! Toni! Toné!
The Whispers
Melba Moore
Stevie Wonder
Diana Ross
Lionel Richie
Chicago

There are also various instrumentalists and instrumental groups that I've listened to over the years. Some of those would be:

The Rippingtons
Najee
Kenny G
David Benoit
Dave Koz
Warren Hill

Nirvana
Oasis
Pearl Jam
Stone Roses
Audioslave
Incubus

John McLaughlin, FZ and a lot of classical.

I used to listen to
Avril Lavigne
Justin Timberlake
Maroon 5
Linkin Park
bmth
sleeping with sirens
Cold play
Eminem
Black Veil brides
Pierce the veil
Of mice and men
Brand New
Neck Deep
La dispute

My family was religious so i only listened to that sorta stuff DC Talk, Twila Paris, FFH, Lamb (the messianic one) Dedi (brcause my dad was into hasidic stuff)

Back in 1970s
Abba
ELO
Queen
Fleetwood Mac
Bee Gees
Boney M
Chicago
America
Bread
Paul Simon
Paul McCartney and Wings
Eagles

The Shirelles, The Chiffons, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Elvis, Dion and the Belmonts[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvyOqKhKWQ4]

Slipknot
Foo Fighters
Linkin Park
Trapt
Disturbed
Killswitch Engage
Alesana

Mainly cheap trick and the doors. Liked elton john as a kid.

the Smith's
the stone roses
pink floyd

late 80s, so a lot of glam rock. Poison, Trixter, Ratt, Britney Fox, Skid Row, Warrant, Tesla, Motley Crue.

Also, some heavier stuff. Antrax, Metallica, Death, Iron Maiden, Annihilator, Helloween.

And some softer, poppier stuff. Debbie Gibson, The Bangles, T'pau, Bananarama, Expose.

Just to name a few

Pearl jam
Green day
Red hot chili peppers
Smashing Pumpkins
Counting crows
Rage against the machine
Bush
The cranberries
Nine inch nails
Third eye blind
Sublime
Garbage

Duran Duran
Martin Page
Go West
Tears For Fears
Madonna
Corey Hart
FYC
38 Special
Human League
Creed
Nickelback
Phil Collins
Black Sheep
RUN DMC
KLF
Black Box
Savage Garden
Soul Asylum
Rick Astley
PM Dawn

I can barely remember.

I know I listened to oldies in the car because I hated radio commercials (there were less on oldies).

Otherwise...
ABBA
Styx
Queen
Billy Joel
Asia
Huey Lewis and the News
Chicago
Police
Sting
Metallica

eric clapton
chicago
steely dan
the ojay
the spinners
james taylor
carole king
carly simon
the beatles
crosby stills and nash

I think everybody loves the groups from their teen years :)

Avril lavigne
Linking park
Limp bizkit
Evanescence
Brittany spears
Christina Aguilera
Crazy Town
Ace of base
Enya
Sneaker pimps

Slade,Bowie,Focus,Genesis,Earth and Fire,Golden Earring,New Seekers,ELO,Suzi Quatro,Mud,

Elton John
Led Zeppelin
The Stones
The Beatles
Aerosmith
Cheap Trick
REO Speedwagon
Bob Seger
ELO
Supertramp
Boston
Foreigner
And a lot of Disco, and Funk.

The Cure
Guns n Roses
Metallica
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Pantera
White Zombie
Slipknot
Marilyn Manson
Cannibal Corpse
Six feet Under
Korn
Tool

I've always been into 60s 70s rock. The band's that were around during my teens didn't interest me.

Sex pistols
Public image limited
The jam
Cyndi Lauper
Simple minds
The cure
Depeche mode
Duran Duran
Blondie
Ramones

Not sure. I was regressing. listening to all I could find of the 80's, 70's, 60's, 50's. I liked the 50's, a lot of fun songs written then.

Tori Amos, Alanis Morrisette, Jill Sobule, Nirvana, Oasis, Pulp, Bluetones, They Might Be Giants

Bill Haley and the Comets

I am showing my age, there were others, I just can't remember the names.

Madonna, Whitney, TLC, the Sugababes, Girls Aloud, Pussycat Dolls and various R&B and dance music.

The Cure
The Clash
The Pretenders
The Police
The English Beat
And Many many more

These were all the best bands Avril was the best though

Ozzie black Sabbath
Journey. Reo speed wagon. Stivei nicks.

Sex pistols, blondie, ramones etc!

for me there was only one band. WESTLIFE :)

Love your playlist. Maybe add Maroon5

This basically sums up the rest of who I listened to...

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Tears For Fears! They come from Bath, which is pretty near to here. Saw them twice. Brilliant band, brilliant live, brilliant songs, love em.
The video to Shout was done just along the coast at a place called Durdle Door. Check it out!

Jefferson Airplane
Pavlov's Dogg
Elvis Presley
Meat Loaf
U2
Wheezer
Roxette
Sisters of Mercy
Rage Against The Machine
Guns and Roses
Rammstein
Body Count
Slipknot
Therapy?
Korn
Limp Bizkit
Iron Maiden
Boudewijn De Groot
Louis Neefs
Ann Christy

dc talk & twila paris

David Bowie,Slade,Mud,Moody Blues,ELO,New Seekers,Earth and Fire,Focus,Genesis,Kate Bush,not so much Pink Floyd.I discovered them later.
I could write an endless and varied list.....
And I now see this is an old Q I probably answered before😀

I was a teen from 75 to 82.

Started with bands like Quo, Queen, Supertramp etc

Then punk exploded so The Damned, The Clash, stranglers, pistols etc

Then by the later years I moved to Yes, Rush, Marillion, Genesis etc

Dimmu Borgir
Cradle Of Filth
Amon Amarth
Slipknot
The White Stripes
the Doors
Ozzy Osbourne
Rob Zombie
Marilyn Manson
Burzum
Darkthrone
Immortal
Murderdolls
Metallica

I grew up with parents that listened to most everything from the 50s on up to today's music so that's what I listen to.

now that my daughter is a teen I am stuck listening to JoJo Siwa when she's in the car with me