Bands you know thanks to...

[Anya82]

What bands have you discovered/listened to thanks to a friend of yours?



Auf der Maur. Thanks to a friend of mine, Carmen, who sent me some mp3 of the Smashing Pumpkins, James Iha, and Auf der Maur. I love "followed the waves"

Matchbook Romance. A friend of mine told me about them, but i never heard their songs, so i soon forgot. But then, Hysteria (yeah, this bbs' Hysteria) posted something about them at the S2A forums, and passed me the link to their site. Listened to them.. and i like them.

Face Tomorrow. I really don't remember how... but I DO remember it was my beloved e-boyfriend BuddyHolly<3who introduced them to me!!!!! :D

[Faust]

nufan,gob,cky,vandals,nofx,mxpx,

[BuddyHolly]

i got to know Pennywise cause some classmates told me of them after the found out i like Offspring and Bad Religion, same with Heideroosjes...

[NIX-on-the-MAN]

Pennywise:
That one skateboarding video game that you play in the arcade.

Queens of the Stone Age:
My big Sis who showed me the "No One Knows" video.

HIMSA:
My good friend Danny, I didn't care for any metal music until he made me listen to them.

There's more, but I am lazy and don't want to back-track to for into the past.

[Vera]

Descendents - 1565 on this board receives props.

AFI - Another internet friend.

Hmm... Other bands I've discovered through other bands or more or less by myself.

[Tired_Of_You]

The Offspring - My cousin made me listen to them years ago

The Distillers - even though it's not one of my friends who made me discover them. Thanks to one of the friends of my mother.

probably more I can't think of.

[LLadnard]

Offspring
Guns n' Roses
Def Leppard
Metallica

There's a few more, but I'm too lazy to think right now

[Offspring Pyro]

Offspring- my brother
TSOL- people on this message board
Pennywise- My friend, nick
Down by law- vh1

[Unnatural Disaster]

The Offspring - My uncle
Green Day - My uncle

I mostly am the one who gets other people to listen to bands... they don't get me to listen to bands

[MaaQhimself]

The Offspring - my friend years ago (by the time americana was released), and big thanks go for finnish radio too. they played and still play lots of offspring.

Rancid - Im really not an old Rancid fan and i found them out because of Need For Speed Underground soundtrack... out of control..

Pennywise - Skate movies...

Godsmack - my friend and his Changes DVD. my newest fave band...

Lars Frederiksen & The Bastards and The Transplants - found them because of Rancid, naturally.

Mad Caddies - alanthedrivein21! he can be found here (http://www.theoffspring.com)

Wasted, Endstand, Bombshell Rocks - an internet friend.

[dexterisMYman]

TSOL- my friend along time ago
The Vandals-friend
Rocket From The Crypt- Tony Hawks Pro-Skater 4
Alkiline Trio-Friend on the way home from somewhere like 4 yrs ago

[original_psycho]

The Exploited - My best friend
E.M.I.L. (romanian band) - My best friend's friend
Implant Pentru Refuz (romanian band) - My best friend
Rammestein - Three of my friends
The rest of the bands I listen to - The tv and radio

[nieh]

I really don't listen to the radio and haven't since way back when, so almost every band I get into nowadays is thanks to someone.

[intothevalleyofdeath]

Avenged Sevenfold-friend
Lamb of God-same friend
Black Label Society-same friend again
Boston-dad

thats all off the top of my head

[Chris]

Looking through my playlist now, I *really* can't remember where I first heard a lot of them - I guess thats the joy of growing up with lots of friends where you're all discovering new bands in a new scene. Though times have changed now, I generally find out about bands on various forums now and checking them out myself. I also have a bad knack of getting into bands after i've seen them live and not enjoying it first time round, or when I could have gone but didn't and then they split.....typical. Anyway, the best bands that were recommended to me....

The Living End - by some guy who was one of the first people on my msn oh so (4) years ago - the fun of making random friends on chatrooms...
Muttleys Dastardly Skam - a localish band who I only got to appreciate after they split, but at least I managed to see them once - some sublime duel female vocals in the vein of DHC, but thrown over a mixture of ragga/ska. My friend had sent me one of their songs years ago which Im glad I kept

and worthy mention must also go out to The Amphetameanies, its not often I actually buy the album of a band that friends recommend these days!

[Betty]

Umm...

My parents for all my classic rock.

My boyfriend for Radiohead, Pink Floyd.

Break, for a few bands... Spoon, Pavement... and some other bands that I've taken some interest in or more interest in than before...

My ex-bestest-internet-friend for SO, SO, SO, SO many amazing bands when I didn't know anything about music... including Social Distortion, the Clash, the Replacements, Husker Du, the Minks and so much more.

Break + 1565 for Nick Cave.

Two-Faced Bastard for 88 Fingers Louie.

Break + DG for Down By Law.

And of course, my ambitious self for a whole bunch of bands.

[coke_a_holic]

Everyones gonna hate me for this:

Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, and (not really, but sort of) the Ramones... Before like last year I didnt know any songs from any of these bands cuz I only listened to newer stuff... Now im really into the old stuff like the above and the Clash and stuff. And everything else is basically due to the awesomeness of Launch Radio and the local radio stations. And almost every tony hawk game before THUG 1.

[billiejoe87_greenday]

I used to be a massive offspring fan and nothing else after americana, but then one of my friends told me about Green day. I wasnt interseted in them but then in the car on the way down to the country, my uncle told me to grab a couple of his cds for the ride. I grabbed Offspring americana and cos it was the only other one id heard of, i also grabbed green day's dookie. Ever since ive fallen in love with green day. And think they are the greatest band ever. Saw the live at the sydney superdome last week and they were awesome. Long live Green day!!

[dirtybird]

All of the metal bands I like, also Cake, Alice Cooper, and Pink Floyd.

[nitropenguin!]

Kill Hannah - online friend, Stacey.
Buried Inside - My dad, one of the guitarists is a colleague of his. They're a rising Ottawa, Ontario band. =)
Fightstar - bestest friend of mine, Sonya.
Among Ashes - Treawna, metal head. She constantly visits purevolume.com. (http://www.purevolume.com)

[Goblin]

NoFX-a friend of mine gave me "pump up the valuum"

Bad Religion-my ex-girlfriend gave me "80-85"

Stranglers-the same girl gave me the greatest hits

(this one rocks)Sex Pistols-I listened to my moms old records...That`s how I discovered punk...Well she gave me the record...

Casualties-were on a compilation tape that my friend gave me