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your gateway band
mooface:
I guess you could say it was Bright Eyes because that's the first indie band I've listened to. But I'm constantly having friends introduce me to new music, and the two people who have introduced me to the most bands are heavily into indie.
cacahuate:
I guess "Good News for People who Love Bad News" got me into the genre...
Willis:
I would have to say my gateway band would be R.E.M. Obvious, I know. I did the whole "who influenced them" thing and wound up buying the VU box set, Peel Slowly and See when I was a senior in high school. It tooke me awhile to really indulge and understand what that band was all about. I really didn't start to go all-out indie until around 1999/2000. I was on an R.E.M. message board and someone posted an "Indie Rock Primer" which included such gems as Slanted and Enchanted, Daydream Nation, Paul's Boutique, and Surfer Rosa. I started there and never looked back. And now its nice when I hear bands talk about listening to R.E.M. and how they influenced them.
~~Willis
Signum_Tenebrae:
The band that got me into metal was Metallica.
More specifically, a cassette tape of "Ride The Lightning" I bought when I was about 10 years old.
dako:
I listened to Pink Floyd and nothing else growing up. Then I heard 'Mommy, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight' by The Misfits and I was hooked.
The Misfits really opened the door for just everything. They led me to Black Flag and then reading Get In The Van which is Henry Rollins' tour journal entries got me into a bunch of bands that were on Black Flag's record label, SST. Those bands would include Sonic Youth and Husker Du. That was the stuff that got me into indie I guess.
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