What was the year when you became a fan?

[bored]

1989.. a bad bad year.

 

[downie]

2004. My friend played me "There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out", and right after that my sister borrowed me Louder Than Bombs. At that time I didn't even know Morrissey had just released YATQ. That was the first Moz album I bought.

 

[Gin N Tonic Jil]

My parents f***ed it all up by deciding to move out of Los Angeles, which ended all of our childhood friendships, and go east to H-El Monte. New neighborhood, new school, didnt know a soul....nineteen eighty-H8 indeed.

 

[justme]

1990! My God! it's been... almost 20years

 

[anon x]

How come the poll is private?

 

[prisoner77]

1983. I was reborn..

 

[sweetness522]

I've chosen 1991, only because of the Kill Uncle tour, but it could have been 1989-1990. I missed a lot.

 

[iggy d]

89/90 for me,but i wonder what age most people were when they first became fans.i was 14

 

[justme]

89/90 for me,but i wonder what age most people were when they first became fans.i was 14

in 1990? oh, I was 57

 

[the beast]

curiousity bit me in 1989, subscriber the following year.

 

[mozmal]

1983. A mate brought a tape of the first two John Peel sessions. I've been addicted ever since.

 

[mozzia]

2004, specifically with I Have Forgiven Jesus. I was 19.

 

[oscillate wildly]

two thousand and six.

 

[sweet and tender hooligan]

2004 but it oddly enough it had nothing to do with the release of YATQ

 

[crimes]

2001 thanks to a friends mixtape.

 

[Sherry]

2003, I was 12. Thanks to a friend of mine who put The Smiths "Pretty Girls Make Graves" on her telephone.

 

[Kewpie]

How come the poll is private?

He didn't realise to tick the option public poll.

 

[anon x]

He didn't realise to tick the option public poll.

Thanks!

Ah well,doesn't really matter.

 

[karriemoz]

Cool this is my very 1st post/reply! 2003 was the year for me! There Is a Light was the 1st Smiths song I ever heard I was 23 yrs old then in Jan 03 and I've been hooked ever since! Then I just went crazy going iso everything Smiths and Morrissey! And today i'm 29 and this light shows no signs of ever going out!

 

[ryanm]

1991. I came aboard just in time to catch the 1st ever US solo show. My timing also allowed me to witness the unfolding of my favorite Morrissey era ('92-'94).