Bands you listened to before everyone else

[Mythra]

So what bands have you listened to, and then some time later, everyone else started listening to them? Mine would have to be 30 Seconds to Mars. I saw them in concert last November, really got into them then and now it seems like alot of people listen to them. So has this happened to anyone else?

[Xander]

Jack Johnson, someone I worked with must have downloaded him very early on and I loved his stuff, I think it was only a year later he was popular, or at least he suddenly got played on the radio loads, singles out etc. Then I got a little sick of him cos of that, heard him too much. I think that's all though.

It really bugs me when some fans act all superior because they heard bands first though... like omg we're bigger fans cos you only liked them when they became mainstream! Guess what, some people only get to hear bands when they become mainstream, so how would they know of them before? Gah.

[Venom]

I remember listenening to the beastie boys before alot of people in my class did, and then when they're album "To the 5 boroughs" came out people in my class became Beastie boy addicts.

[Helios]

I was into Muse before all my friends got into them, and System Of A Down. I got Muse' albulm 'Showbiz' when i was about 10. No one I knew had heard of them, and I got into System of a Down before Toxicity came out and every one started to like them.

[tailz]

i got the entire freaking alto population at school to listen to bowling for soup so yeah id say i listened to it first :D

[The Captain]

I am proud to say that I had the pleasure of hearing Dave Matthews Band WAY back in 1992 and from then on, I was hooked as a fan.

Take care all.

[Moon Rabbits]

The Go! Team.

[I Am Stoner]

Well, I heard killswitch engae before everyone else in my area, also I heard Dragonforce before any of my mates. Thats pretty much it.

[Shoden]

not exactly before everyone else but before they become huge and popular. Dragonforce.

[Avarice-ness]

Yeah, Everyone's all "YAAAAAAAY" DragonForce and they act like they just showed up or something, it's annoying. =/

But since most people say that they like popular bands older albums and had really just heard them maybe 5 years ago. I've listened to NIN since NIN debuted because of my sister knowing that NIN is a great influence for a 4 year old child when she baby sat me. ^^

[Zeldy]

I listened to Lordi months before anyone in my school had heard of them after Eurovision.

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

panic at the disco

[I Took the Red Pill]

Staind.

[Madame Adequate]

Schoolyard Heroes.

[jrgen]

I listened to Lordi months before anyone in my school had heard of them after Eurovision.
Wow, months before eurovision!??
That is so kvlt.

[Cz]

I don't pretend to have "discovered" any bands, since any band that I hear for the first time will probably already have a single out, or at least have a record deal. I got into the Arctic Monkeys before they hit mainstream success, but they were so hyped by the musical community that it's nothing to be proud of.

[Alive-Cat]

What Cz said. :spin:

[feona17]

Death Cab For Cutie, easily. I started listening to them years ago, and no one knew that I did, of course, 'cause no one knew who they were. Once they appeared on the O.C. everyone was like, "Gosh Feona, you're such a follower." Sure, that's right. :rolleyes2

[Germ Hamee]

Evanescence.

[Mercen-X]

There must be something, but since I was grossly unpopular my entire life, I would never know if I was listening to music that no one else was.

[GooeyToast]

The Mars Volta

[Nominus Experse]

Massive Attack

I recieved their album Blue Lines when I was six years old, and have been an avid fan of them since then. Once Protection and Mezzenine hit, it seemed like there was quite the flux of "followers".

It does alwyas strike me as odd when people feel as if they are more of a fan if they "discovered" a band before everyone else did. It just seems like a sad, strange excuse to gloat or boast...

[NorthernChaosGod]

Most bands I listen to I found out about before 90% of the population.

Just to name a few:

Children of Bodom
Kalmah
Dragonforce
Amon Amarth
Job for a Cowboy
3 Inches of Blood
Lamb of God
Mastodon
The Black Dahlia Murder

[riku brave]

practically EVERY band I've ever listened to...Good Charlotte I LOVED but now I hate them. I can just have no respect for a band whose lead singer is dating Hilary Duff. I liked it when they sang about getting beat up in school, not this crap they do now. But they were still my first concert ever, and that was like the best day of my life. I had so much fun. I just can't like them like I used to, and that's sad. Also, I loved Rancid before they were popular, and the Ataris