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A "Rustie Age Poll" (1996)

(poll conducted by Joseph Berkemeier - jberk@expert.cc.purdue.edu)

Here are the results to the Rustie Age Poll. There were exactly 100 respondents out of the around 850 Rusties. Originally, I also asked for other favorite musicians besides Neil, but listing them is pointless. Rusties basically like everything.

Also, some people added their first NY album, which I also added in to the final results. Some people when responding forgot to say how long they had liked Neil. For instance, someone told me they had been a Neil fan for 35 years, but then they neglected to tell me their age.


Simple Breakdown:

0-20: 16%   21-30: 25%   31-40: 40%   41-50: 17%   51-wow: 2%

Detailed Breakdown:

Next to each age bracket is what Neil was releasing when they became fans.

Ages 0-20: 16 Rusties

  • 8 had been Neil Young fans for at least 1 year. (Weld, Harvest Moon, Unplugged, Sleeps With Angels, Mirror Ball)
  • 4 had been Neil Young fans for at least 5 years. (Landing On Water, This Note's For You, Freedom, Ragged Glory)
  • 4 did not elaborate.
First Neil Young Album: 1 vote each for Harvest, Unplugged, Harvest Moon, and Freedom.

Ages 21-30: 25 Rusties

  • 4 had been Neil Young fans for at least 1 yr.
  • 9 had been Neil Young fans for at least 5 yrs.
  • 6 had been Neil Young fans for at least 10 yrs. (Re*Ac*Tor, Trans, Everbody's Rockin', Old Ways)
  • 1 had been a Neil Young fan for at least 15 yrs. (American Stars'n'Bars, Decade, Comes A Time, Rust Never Sleeps, Live Rust)
  • 5 did not elaborate
First Neil Young Album: One vote for Ragged Glory.

Ages 31-40: 40 Rusties

  • 1 had been a Neil Young fan for at least 1 yr.
  • 2 had been Neil Young fans for at least 5 yrs.
  • 1 had been a Neil Young fan for at least 10 yrs.
  • 10 had been Neil Young fans for at least 15 yrs.
  • 12 had been Neil Young fans for at least 20 yrs. (Harvest, Journey Through The Past, Time Fades Away, On The Beach, Tonight's The Night, Zuma)
  • 12 had been Neil Young fans for at least 25 yrs. (Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young, Everbody Knows This Is Nowhere, "CSNY", After The Gold Rush)
First Neil Young Album: 2 votes for Harvest, 1 vote each for Neil Young, Rust Never Sleeps, Freedom.

Ages 41-50: 17 Rusties

  • 1 had been a Neil Young fan for at least 10 yrs.
  • 13 had been Neil Young fans for at least 25 yrs.
  • 2 had been Neil Young fans for at least 30 yrs. (Buffalo Springfield, "Squires")
First Neil Young Album: 4 votes for Buffalo Springfield, 1 vote for Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 2 votes for After The Gold Rush, and 1 vote for Trans.

Ages 51 and older: 2 Rusties

  • 1 had been a Neil Young fan for at least 25 yrs.

Interesting stories

From Welfare Mother (CharleneKi@aol.com): "I know of one rust contributor who is only 12 years old. We on AOL know him, we love him, ...but I'm not going to blow his cover, in case he prefers people not know what a child he really is. He's from Texas, that's a hint, and he is a bona fide Neil Young guitarist, too. Not much rust on that one yet!"

From Pete Culliney (CULLINEY@findsvp.com): "The night the New York Rusties hung out en mass for the first time I was talking to Ordinary Person about how cool it is that people of such varying ages can hang out so well together and he reminded me 'Numbers add up to nothing'."


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