2000 - I think I’d been given Enema of the States at this point by my mum, so probably has to be blink-182. Had always liked music but was still just discovering specific favourites
2005 - could go in all sorts of directions here. Definitely loved Neil Young, used to play Harvest most mornings for a whole summer. Was starting to get into Idlewild, DCFC and Bloc Party etc, though maybe that all clicked a year or two later. The real answer is probably RHCP, was obsessed with By the Way and was actually making the effort into branching out to more of their albums, learning guitar parts etc. Still a fan, fuck the haters
Oh no wait, this was definitely Nirvana 
was just starting to grow my hair out in honour of Kurt, fully into plaid and ripped jeans. Gotta be them
2010 - now we’re getting into Last.fm territory, so I can actually use stats! Looks like this was when Guided By Voices appeared in my life, I’d have thought it was a little later. But given they basically had an unbeaten favourite band run from here to 2020, worthy winners. Runner-up might be Archers of Loaf, got really into them as the underdogs of the 90s alt scene, had all the albums, and they were 2nd in scrobbles behind GBV for the next few years
2015 - just before I totally dropped out of listening to music in 16-17, so a weird spot. Maybe The National as someone who I’d been getting more and more into since 2010
2020 - Charli xcx time. I’d got into the self-titled having missed the boat on Pop 2, then HIFN was the best piece of lockdown art, and it was just upwards from there. Megafan now
2025 - hmm unsure. Maybe The Hold Steady, just as another late blooming fav band? Also got into them around 2020, but having been to two of their weekenders since, know all the albums, want to go see them next year again - they earned a place
actually it’s Young Fathers for this slot, going from never getting them to being obsessed in the space of about a year is a pretty big turnaround. Other option for a newer band would be Fontaines DC
