My musical taste wandered all over the place when I was younger (teenager), my dad used to play alot of Maiden, AC/DC and Priest, which I always kind of fall back too.
But, the album that set me off on my main musical tastes to this date, was when I got a bootleg copy of The Special AKA - The Specials.
I was 17 when I heard that album, and it set me off along my infatuation with two-tone, which later progressed into my love of pretty much anything played on the off-beat.
RUDE BOYS FOR LIFE!!!