Albums/artists friends got you into.

[Spox]

I was thinking recently about albums and therefore bands which I got to know via friends.

When I was fourteen one of my best friends from school was an absolute Pink Floyd nut and through him I heard The Wall but he was going back the way to the Syd Barret era so through him I also heard Piper At The Gates Of Dawn and A Saucerful Of Secrets along with Meddle etc. Through his circle of friends I heard the Peter Gabriel melt album, Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced and one of the guys was a Rolling Stones nut so it was the Rolled Gold comp and Still Life live album. This is 1983, pre internet and cds, it was all vinyl or tapes. At the time of hearing these all I was really listening to was stuff like The Clash/Sex Pistols/The Jam.

It should be interesting to hear which bands other people got into this way.

 

[Toadtele]

As soon as I read the title to this thread, I immediately thought of The Wall.

 

[El Tele Lobo]

Metallica
Guns n Roses
AC/DC
Bon Jovi
Depeche Mode
Man or Astroman?
SRV
The Cure
Iron Maiden
Suicidal Tendencies
Echo and the Bunnymen
Siouxie and the Banshees
The Dead Milkmen

 

[Hey_you]

on Fearless!

 

[Hey_you]

"Thanks Fat Pat, for..."

 

[fendrguitplayr]

The Johnny Burnette Trio

 

[kuch]

I remember being "turned on" to "Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina Sitting In" by a high school buddy one night when we were cruising. I went out and scored the album the next day. Still on my oldies but goodies list......

Another one, same buddy, different day: "Black Sabbath"

 

[acoustic rob]

When I was in high school I was watching TV and some news magazine show like 60 Minutes or 20/20 was on and they had a segment on Bob Dylan. My dad said "You should watch this, Dylan is someone you should know about."

Now my dad is a Republican businessman, he was a 'straight' in the '60s, he's about the last person I'd expect to be boosting Dylan. So I watched the segment. The next day at school I asked my friend Bill Turek if I could borrow one of his Dylan albums. He lent me "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and I never looked back.

I haven't seen Bill in more than 30 years but my dad's still with us, so thanks to both of them.

 

[Si G X]

Like you say before the internet.... it's how I first heard almost everything.

I'm not listing all that, but most of my favourite bands I was introduced to by friends. It would be easier to list bands I discovered myself.

 

[Killing Floor]

The Jayhawks. My friend badgered me until I listened to them.

 

[Spox]

"Thanks Fat Pat, for..."
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I had a side of Space Ritual on the headphones/ipod whilst out a few days ago. I saw one of their side acts, possibly the Huw Lloyd Langton Group, at the camp at Stonehenge in 1988 and saw Hawkwind at Glastonbury the following year. Someone I know painted one of their album covers

 

[burtonfan]

Ironically, it happened the other way around just this morning. I received an email from an old high school buddy I haven't seen in over 35 years. He reminded me it was Ronnie Wood's b-day and thanked me for turning him on to "Gimme Some Neck" back in the 10th grade.

 

[uriah1]

Allman brothers live NYC Fillmore

 

[black_doug]

Muddy Waters, Hard Again. From there I discovered all the artists on the Chess label, and other electric blues.

 

[posttoastie]

Thanks Tom for your 8 track tape introducing me to Van

 

[aging_rocker]

Back in the mists of time, it was usually the John Peel show on the radio, the Whistle Test on tv, or a friend (or often their older siblings) where new stuff was heard.

 

[brookdalebill]

My childhood friend Chuck introduced me to Buffalo Springfield in 1968.
They were the first band (after the Beatles) I really got into.
My friend and bandmate Kelly introduced me to Fountains Of Wayne and The Weepies.
Great stuff!
Gracias, amigos!

 

[posttoastie]

I was done listening to the Beatles music at that time and then my buddy put this album into the 8 track tape deck

 

[IanMoss]

Ex gf:

 

[IMMusicRulz]

My parents were huge fans of Rush and Blue Oyster Cult, so I guess I can thank them for introducing me to the SG playing of Buck Dharma.

Agents Of Fortune and Spectres are 2 amazing albums.