how did you find out about the band you are listening to?

[benjamin]

Emery
- Amy

[summer]

joy division

i think everyone has heard of them?

[RedStratocas]

Modest Mouse -- saw the video for "Ocean Breathes Salty" online about 3 years ago when GNFPWLBN first came out. They were one of the weirdest bands I'd ever heard at the time, but now they're normal compared to most of the other stuff I listen to.

[dirrty]

linkin park - what ive done
saw it on music channel :)

[Jin]

Queens of the stone age - Saw Dave Grohl drumming on the video of "No one knows"

[RedStratocas]

Arctic Monkeys -- I probably heard of them somewhere through this forum in late 2005, but then the whole "5th greatest british album ever" thing happened and I listened and I thought it was okay, but over hyped. It wasn't really till their last album that I really started to like them though.

[samsaBEAR]

paramore
amy+someone else i cant remember

[dannyisnotamazing]

Avril Lavigne ain't a band but meh. Some music channel years ago when Complicated and Sk8er Boi etc was out.

[Kyle.tk]

the blackout- give it a name 06 ;']

[Blinger1]

Green Day

Saw the film clips on MTV.

Rammstein

Friend from school..

[benjamin]

The Offspring

My good mate Alice x

[summer]

babyshambles.

everyone has heard of them because of pete doherty always being in the media.

[Energizer]

hellogoodbye ~ someone on forum.

[RedStratocas]

Annuals -- I know someone who knew them while growing up, but I didn't really check them out until I saw them recommended on PitchforkMedia.

[Seren]

My Chemical Romance ~ A mate sent me the song "Helena" 2 years ago.

[Neversoft]

Journey - I was looking at a few old rock bands on Wikipedia and found a link to one about Journey, then downloaded some of their songs and liked what I heard. :)

[Seren]

30 Seconds To Mars ~ Taste of Chaos website.

[samsaBEAR]

the bled
bethie

[YoManGo!]

Maths
reallyyy good DIY hardcore/screamo, they added me on myspace. I'm going to see them support Cutting Pink With Knives at the end of July. can't waiittt.

[samsaBEAR]

you me at six
from the kerrang!/myspace thing they've had going for the past month
i wish that they'd keep on doing it tho

[Seren]

Sum 41 ~ I don't really remember, school mate I think..

[samsaBEAR]

dizzee rascal
um, idk, i heard fix up look sharp ages ago, havent really listened much untill my mate let me borrow the new album

[Energizer]

LCD Soundsystem. ~ Was bored so clicked the link in RedStratocas's sig.

[samsaBEAR]

lily allen
heard smile when it came out, loved her since then

[Seren]

Rise Against ~ Taste of Chaos 05. Best night of my life.

[Energizer]

sum 41 ~ i dno, i think it was on one of the old NOW! albums.

[samsaBEAR]

bump hehe

mute math
a combination of rockworld tv [channel 368 on sky] and the transformers film, as they do a remix of the original soundtrack for it

[YoManGo!]

walex
erm dunno really. myspace im guessing. hes a pretty sick rapper from brum
www.myspace.com/mrwalex (http://www.myspace.com/mrwalex)
srsly listen to speak softly

[samsaBEAR]

goldfinger
tony hawks pro skater 1
their song called superman is in the soundtrack, plus i glanced over spuds myspace and its his profile song, so i yoinked the best of album from a friend.

[liquid]

lethal bizzle - my brother played me "pow" a few years ago and i loved it! :]

[RedStratocas]

clap your hands say yeah ~ probably pitchforkmedia.

[YoManGo!]

goldfinger
tony hawks pro skater 1
their song called superman is in the soundtrack, plus i glanced over spuds myspace and its his profile song, so i yoinked the best of album from a friend.

was ;)
lol ive had 3 today (:

[liquid]

kano - my brother got his album early last year and i liked it so i ripped it to my pc :)

[hadouken!]

hadouken!

because i know alice.

[RedStratocas]

Arcade Fire ~ pretty much impossible not to hear of them in the indie scene, really.

[samsaBEAR]

the cooper temple clause
recommended to me by my girlfriend

[clarissa !!]

the cribs, jordan probably

[samsaBEAR]

the automatic
heard 'monster' on a friend's phone, then went to go see them live at a local festival

[Energizer]

the enemy - erm, listened to em on youtube, then bought the album today.

[samsaBEAR]

maximo park
probably my girlfriend again

[CJW93]

Zebrahead
Recomended by a friend

[mangle]

Sum 41

Think I saw them on my cousins TV on one of the music channels with in too deep.

[clarissa !!]

kano, not sure, known him for a long time

[Clouud]

Coheed and Cambria.
My friend Laura is like, majorly obsessed. :rolleyes:

[RedStratocas]

Built To Spill ~ Reccomended on napster

[Energizer]

snow patrol - cant rly remember, me dad bought the cd i think, so i copied it and rly liked them.

[liquid]

funeral for a friend - my friend gave me 'hours' and i loved it :)

[samsaBEAR]

tokyo police club
heard 'your english is good' on mtv2, then got a couple of songs from friends

[Tash.]

Example - Saw the video for 'I don't want to' on mtv2 and thought it was quite good.

[liquid]

bloc party - i heard "helicopter" on a game yearsss ago & i loved it. went from there really.

[Energizer]

the fratellis - heard chelsea dagger on some cd, then got their album.

[beth]

the blood brothers - someone sent me a track back in the day & i got hooked.

[liquid]

coldplay - idk how i discovered, but who hasn't heard of them?

[Invent]

elliot minor - some street team thing.

[Energizer]

arctic monkeys - dno, it was ages ago.

[liquid]

!!! - just saw them somewhere and thought it was a cool band name, so i listened to them and they're ok :)

[Energizer]

linkin park - mate told me about them so i downloaded a load of their stuff

[RedStratocas]

!!! - just saw them somewhere and thought it was a cool band name, so i listened to them and they're ok :)

lozl, theyve been around a while. they're with the same scene as lcd soundsystem and friends. you actually pronounce it "chk chk chk". apparently they got it from a foreign film. the translation for the sound "chk chk chk" was exclamation points.

[liquid]

lozl, theyve been around a while. they're with the same scene as lcd soundsystem and friends. you actually pronounce it "chk chk chk". apparently they got it from a foreign film. the translation for the sound "chk chk chk" was exclamation points.
yeah i know about them :]

i don't mean as in i only just saw them, i mean like i just saw them one day somewhere..

&

dirty pretty things - via the libertiness

[RedStratocas]

yeah i know about them :]

i don't mean as in i only just saw them, i mean like i just saw them one day somewhere..

&

dirty pretty things - via the libertiness

ohz

spoon ~ i think i first heard them on a commercial, but then i heard more at pitchforkmedia.

[Tranquilox]

all that remains

Liked a song of theirs on guitar hero 2.

[liquid]

blur - my mum always used to listen to the 'parklife' album when i was young.

[RedStratocas]

Junior Boys ~ pitchforkmedia.com [again, lol]

[Jõnathan]

bloc party - i heard "helicopter" on a game yearsss ago & i loved it. went from there really.
FIFA 05 lol
Mumm-Ra - When MTV2 wasn't crap as it is now, I saw this preview thing on there and I thought they were The Maccabees LOL
About 90% of the bands I like have come from MTV2 lolz

[samsaBEAR]

art brut
from reviews in nme i think

[ShaneIsMe]

Rammstein - ummm... a friend at school found about it in year 8 and then I heard more in Switzerland at the youth group ****.

[liquid]

kanye west - heard through the wire yearsss ago and bought college dropout a few weeks later. loved it!


FIFA 05 lol


nah burnout actually. either 3 or 4.

[Jõnathan]

nah burnout actually. either 3 or 4.
Oh.
They're on the 4th one (I don't have it lolz)
Mad Capsule Markets - THPS3 or The Amp (anyone remember that TV station?)

[RedStratocas]

not gonna lie, i first heard of radiohead from that south park episode.

[liquid]

the rakes - jonathan off the forum told me to get "capture/release" and i did, and it was excellent :)

[Jõnathan]

the rakes - jonathan off the forum told me to get "capture/release" and i did, and it was excellent :)
Yay! :D:D:D
Ordinary Boys - Burnout 3.

[liquid]

the wombats - through the nme i think?

[clarissa !!]

jamie t, if you got the money was on someones myspace agesssss ago and i liked it.

[velocity]

air traffic - i found them on itunes aaaages go.

[liquid]

mark ronson - heard "ooh wee" agess ago, dno where though

[beth]

boys night out - uh i was on an lj lyrics community, and they had safe lyrics so i downloaded them.

[liquid]

lupe fiasco - he featured on kanye west's touch the sky, which i love, so i thought i'd give his album a listen. i did, loved it :)

[Narsh]

Puddle Of Mudd ~ My brother.

[Energizer]

r.e.m - i dno i've know them for agessss.

[beth]

the medic droid - some fool called one of their songs a "the used remix" so i downloaded it. and then googled the lyrics, hurrah!

[Energizer]

gym class heroes- heard cupids chokehold on youtube then downloaded some of their stuff.

[Jõnathan]

r.e.m - i dno i've know them for agessss.
Who HASN'T heard of them?!
Foals - MTV2 before it sucked

[beth]

bullit & rio - some guys from my ends, who my friend mc's with. aha.

[Energizer]

the fray - i heard 'how to save a life' and liked it so i downloaded more of their stuff.

[majesticdragon]

Mcr

friends of a friends cousin is bob from the band

[clarissa !!]

kate nash, my sister told me about how much her friend hated carolines a victim a few months back.

[samsaBEAR]

kate nash, nme/mtv2
now its changed to calvin harris, which is probably the radio from when it was played non-stop a while ago

[Energizer]

green day - dno, can't remember.

Edited By Rizter (Forum Moderator): Please do not create pointless posts.

[RedStratocas]

cursive ~ friend recommendation

[YoManGo!]

new found glory off my friend when i was like 10

[RedStratocas]

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah ~ i was looking through a bunch of pitchforkmedia end-of-year best-of lists, and their self titled album was pretty high up.

[YoManGo!]

cursive, someone said they were the next fugazi so i checked them out.

[RedStratocas]

wolf parade ~ i heard lots about them, and then i heard isaac brock from modest mouse produces for them, so i though i'd take a listen.

[Fifteen]

Intresting thread.

I find about music from friends, tv, raido, last.fm, bands reconmendations.

[hobo]

Mcfly - TV ;D

[Lily-Beth]

Found out about Fratellis wen my brother bought the CD & most other bands/songs w.e from radio or friends :D

[hobo]

30 seconds from mars - friend told me his friend from uni had recommended them to him and that i would like them, so i trusted his judgement lol.

[Smurtz]

Gazette ~ Friend over msn told me about them - after that i downloaded a few songs and got into their music

[Energizer]

the fratellis - heard chelsea dagger on an nme cd, then got me dad to buy the album ;D

[omgitslily]

kate nash - saw her on mtv2 :]

[samsaBEAR]

gym class heroes - someone on the forum, probably amy/benji

[Janeisntpleased]

i am kloot.


they supported babyshambles last november when my friend went watching them & he sent me some of their songs :)

[Energizer]

razorlight - dno think i was just watching some music channel and they came on

[English]

Richard Ashcroft

He was (or should I say is;)) the lead singer of an excellent band called The Verve. He went on to do some solo work and thus I am enjoying Song For Lovers

[Janeisntpleased]

the dykeenies

ermm.
myspace i think

[YoManGo!]

i didnt
i have never heard of eazy e

[distraction]

graham coxon; he was/is the lead guitarist of blur who were one of the biggest bands of the 90s.

[majesticdragon]

Paramore - Kerrang

[Charlie]

Justin Timberlake; Amount of time his videos are on tv.

[English]

graham coxon; he was/is the lead guitarist of blur who were one of the biggest bands of the 90s.
Reforming/making some new material aren't they? Not entirely sure, my head may be playing tricks with all these other britpop/indie bands reforming/creating new material out of the blue.

[distraction]

Reforming/making some new material aren't they? Not entirely sure, my head may be playing tricks with all these other britpop/indie bands reforming/creating new material out of the blue.

late last year they said they are talking to graham again and will most likely make one more album as they don't want 'think tank' to be remembered as the last blur album. this is only if their sessions go well.

[English]

late last year they said they are talking to graham again and will most likely make one more album as they don't want 'think tank' to be remembered as the last blur album. this is only if their sessions go well.
Yeah I thought as such!

Cold War Kids - My mate heard of them about 8 months ago, he sent me 'Hang Me Up To Dry' and we both got their album for £5 - cheap as.

[Axel]

System of a Down is my favourite at the minute, and has been for about 2 months after Linkin Park's let down of an album. I got into them by my friend giving me loads of music, and SOAD was among them.

[omgitslily]

we smoke **** - off myspace.

btw, this thread should be stuck imo :)

[Energizer]

american hi-fi

dno, someone on this forum i think

[liquid]

maxïmo park - apply some pressure was on an nme compilation cd in 2005 and i loved it :)

[Charlie]

Cute is What We Aim For; I found them on Purevolume ages ago, and then people started listening to them.

[liquid]

bloc party - helicopter was on a game (burnout i think) that i played a few years back

[Energizer]

new years day - their song 'ready aim misfire' was on saints row

[Charlie]

Paramore; Once again, I found them on purevolume agains ago and then more people started to listen to them.

[Energizer]

akon - well i've known about him for ages but i got into his music when me mate sent me snitch last year, so i downloaded loads of his stuff.

[omgitslily]

the sounds - off myspace.

[clarissa !!]

kelis

dno.

[velocity]

the streets.

..my dad -cringe-

[Saosin]

Kids In Glass Houses - Seen them supporting Hundred Reasons.

[Energizer]

hard-fi - was just searching on youtube and they came up.

[hobo]

plain white t's.
er i think i heard hey there delilah on myspace sometime last year and lovedddd it.

[RedStratocas]

jamie t ~ one of my friends played me 'sheila' the other day, and i loved it, it makes me so happy. so i bought his album yesterday.

[FlyingJesus]

Something Corporate - my sister was into them back in 2002 with the first album ^_^ been an album of proper meaning to me since, as it reminds me of the good times being that sort of age, and also the lyrics apply to me a fair amount

[YoManGo!]

tupac
err
i dunno. pretty standard tbh.