Why?
I wear a Led Zeppelin t-shirt and I wasn't born when John Bonham died.

I like a bit of classical stuff, but I certainly wasn't alive when Mozart was.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:48, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Pretty much all the music I listen to
Was made by artists who'd split up or died by the time I was a toddler.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:50, Reply)

^this
well, except that I probably wasn't even a glint in the milkman's eye. Oh, the many hours spent studying my father's LP collection because I thought the music my friends listened to was* shite.

*_{Not sure why I used the past tense, thinking about it...}
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:55, Reply)

Indeedily
Also only heard of / got into the band Love when Arthur Lee died..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:52, Reply)

because they were overrated pish
Led Zeppelin however were not.
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:53, Reply)