I started playing _________ because of _________

[LeeRatbag]

I started playing drums because of my dad.

Same here. I was six years old when my old man first stuck me behind the kit. I couldn't reach the pedals.

[Einstein Lawless]

Absolute truth: I started playing with my older brother's guitar because he said he would kick my ass if I touched it. He was very Chet-from-Weird Science when it came to his guitar. If he was that guarded about it there had to be something attractive about messing with it.

So did you and your brother ever end up jamming together and bonding?

[Einstein Lawless]

I started playing Dungeons & Dragons because of Mom’s Satanic Panic.

Was totally ambivalent about it until she started going off about it one day and asking me if I played it.

Kid who moved to my town next fall had the Red Box and told me to come over and play…

That was 1988… we’re still best friends.

[Mikky_Five]

I started playing victim because of hot dom chicks that randomly came to our house after spaghetti dinners.

[VinnieVincentsVag]

I started playing Dungeons & Dragons because of Mom’s Satanic Panic.

Was totally ambivalent about it until she started going off about it one day and asking me if I played it.

Kid who moved to my town next fall had the Red Box and told me to come over and play…

That was 1988… we’re still best friends.

I was in to it 81-85

[HottKarl777]

I was in to it 81-85

Yeah I played it a ton for one year in 1985. Then I got my finger in some vagina and gave up on it. With the benefit of hindsight I should have just stuck with D&D. I would have saved myself a lot of torment.

[exitflagger]

Absolute truth: I started playing with my older brother's guitar because he said he would kick my ass if I touched it. He was very Chet-from-Weird Science when it came to his guitar. If he was that guarded about it there had to be something attractive about messing with it.

So did you and your brother ever end up jamming together and bonding?

Yeah but he doesn't practice enough.

[assasin]

I started playing bass because of Kelly Nickels and how cool he looked in the Rip n Tear video.

Went out, got myself a purple Ibanez. Air brushed the logo of my fictitious band on the case...Malaria.

Malaria never came to be, I sucked at playing bass or any other music...and the purple Ibanez was sold for I think $75 or something.

[Einstein Lawless]

I was in to it 81-85

Yeah I played it a ton for one year in 1985. Then I got my finger in some vagina and gave up on it. With the benefit of hindsight I should have just stuck with D&D. I would have saved myself a lot of torment.

I myself, took a long hiatus from RPGs/ Wargaming in my early 30s that lasted until my late 40s (49 now) but but I've jumped back into the hobby and am now thinking about taking a hiatus from my cover band hobby.

[risingfarce]

Did you cut off two fingers, suck on one and jam the other up your ass?

I'm not interested in your fantasies.

You're gayer than Paul.

[daveg]

I started playing bass because of Kelly Nickels and how cool he looked in the Rip n Tear video.

Wow, that's about as random as it gets.

[tooth]

I was in to it 81-85

Yeah I played it a ton for one year in 1985. Then I got my finger in some vagina and gave up on it. With the benefit of hindsight I should have just stuck with D&D. I would have saved myself a lot of torment.

I myself, took a long hiatus from RPGs/ Wargaming in my early 30s that lasted until my late 40s (49 now) but but I've jumped back into the hobby and am now thinking about taking a hiatus from my cover band hobby.

I work with a guy who, with the same friends, still plays D & D most every Friday night & has been for over 30 years. Also, he started his own LARPing campaign/community &, at one point, had well over 100 people participating one weekend a month. I would do the LARPing thing every once in a while as they always have room for civilians.

[EyeDocOfRock]

Basketball because of Julius Erving …. Dr. J !