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So Escapist users, how did you discover your favourite band?
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I have three, can't choose just one. The three are: The Gaslight Anthem, Gallows, Every Time I Die
I discovered Gaslight when The '59 Sound came out and they featured on the cover of Kerrang! which was the only time I managed to persuade myself to buy that god-awful magazine since I was about 14
I discovered Gallows when they came up on a suggested video list on YouTube. Not sure what I was watching at the time... probably Rancid
And I discovered ETID through a friend who has gotten me into a lot of great music and vice versa. I really owe him big time for ETID. Although, I did get him into Periphery
I discovered Gaslight when The '59 Sound came out and they featured on the cover of Kerrang! which was the only time I managed to persuade myself to buy that god-awful magazine since I was about 14
I discovered Gallows when they came up on a suggested video list on YouTube. Not sure what I was watching at the time... probably Rancid
And I discovered ETID through a friend who has gotten me into a lot of great music and vice versa. I really owe him big time for ETID. Although, I did get him into Periphery
My father showed me almost every single band I like, there's a few bands that we don't both like but overall my father's taste in music is pretty much identical to my own. It wasn't always this way, in fact I used to dislike everything my Dad liked simply because it was "Old People Music". 
I remember playing with my action figures one day. My brother turned on MTV, and in his room, I heard the glorious opening of Pretty Fly or White Guy. My brother was kind enough to give me the CD. Addicted ever since.
A friend of mine dumped all the music he had in his laptop into my ipod video when I bough it, amongst all the music/porn, was a band called Dream Theater, specifically the album Train of Tought. After the first song I had to listen to the rest of the album and proceeded to listen to all the albums he put into my ipod. I even have the band's logo tatted on my right deltoid.
Guitar Hero 2 for me. I didn't like metal whatsoever when I started learning to rock the plastic guitar, and then I listened to "Six" by All That Remains. It was a pain in my ass to beat and I just learned to appreciate it. After a few weeks that appreciation became love and the rest, as they say, is history.
Yeah. All That Remains rocks hard. Fact.
Yeah. All That Remains rocks hard. Fact.
I was introduced to Aphex Twin through Stepmania.
Got curious about Brian Eno because of his influence on electronic music.
Looked into Squarepusher because of his relationship with Aphex Twin and µ-Ziq.
Mother was a big David Bowie fan.
Samurai Champloo got me into Nujabes, which in turn got me interested in more hip-hop such as Del, OutKast, Kanye, DJ Shadow, and Flying Lotus.
/mu/ exposed me to Animal Collective. King Crimson, and The Mars Volta, and convinced me to give Number Girl a second chance.
I heard about Mass of the Fermenting Dregs from a guild on Gaia Online.
Got curious about Brian Eno because of his influence on electronic music.
Looked into Squarepusher because of his relationship with Aphex Twin and µ-Ziq.
Mother was a big David Bowie fan.
Samurai Champloo got me into Nujabes, which in turn got me interested in more hip-hop such as Del, OutKast, Kanye, DJ Shadow, and Flying Lotus.
/mu/ exposed me to Animal Collective. King Crimson, and The Mars Volta, and convinced me to give Number Girl a second chance.
I heard about Mass of the Fermenting Dregs from a guild on Gaia Online.
I discovered Nirvana long before I decided they were my favorite band.
It all started when I a friend who worshiped them, and he told me how great they were, and how Kurt Cobain was a god. Then, I heard Rape Me, and I thought it was pretty good, but nothing to go crazy over. But then I heard In Bloom.
It blew me away
It all started when I a friend who worshiped them, and he told me how great they were, and how Kurt Cobain was a god. Then, I heard Rape Me, and I thought it was pretty good, but nothing to go crazy over. But then I heard In Bloom.
It blew me away
I was looking at Yngwie Malmsteen Guitar stuff then off to the side on youtube I saw this person named Hizaki and after hearing a few of his songs I saw that he was in a bad called Versailles and the rest is history.
Started dabbling in music in my teens, and a friend from school came along with the "Facelift"-album by Alice in Chains, simply stating that I would probably like it.
He was absolutely right.
Other than that, all the music I still listen to was discovered through friends, browsing the recordstores and listening to different types of band, jamming in the rehearsalroom and someone saying "that sounds a bit like (insert band here)" and of course I had to check it out.
He was absolutely right.
Other than that, all the music I still listen to was discovered through friends, browsing the recordstores and listening to different types of band, jamming in the rehearsalroom and someone saying "that sounds a bit like (insert band here)" and of course I had to check it out.
Flicking through the music channels, and a video called "Dance, Dance" comes on, I become intrigued.
Now being in a what seems to be quite metal music orientated forum, I'll be putting my flame shields right up.
Now being in a what seems to be quite metal music orientated forum, I'll be putting my flame shields right up.
