Bands you "discovered" and turned you friends onto

[volinbham]

For me the biggest that gained some fame were:

CheapTrick
Wall of Voodoo

How about you?

 

[Billy Costigan]

 

[gorockytop101]

Explosions in the Sky
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[BearCat204]

Flickerstick

Bonehead

 

[dan4vols]

It was ''Hootie and the blowfish'' just before david letterman labled them as his new fav band.

 

[Kingston Vol]

Lupe Fiasco
Matchbox Twenty
The Dirty Guv' 'Nahs

 

[pantone151]

Marc Brousard
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[Crew]

Clipse
Reflection Eternal
The Black Keys

 

[JTrainDavis]

I saw Dropkick Murphys several times locally, bought their first EP CD, knew them before they were "Them", with the original singer.

 

[OrangeVol79]

Shinedown
Fuel

 

[OrangeVol79]

Mic Harrison
Superdrag

 

[volger]

Turned the neighborhood girls and friends who were all about disco into Van Halen fans.

Caught their act for the 1st time leading off for Steve Miller Band in 75 or 76. I knew they would be huge after that show.

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

Andrew Jackson Jihad.
Gogol Bordello.
The Knife.
The XX.

 

[therealUT]

Bachman, before he teamed up with Turner and kicked it into overdrive.
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[BearCat204]

Forgot a couple....

Corey Smith
Old Crow

 

[JTrainDavis]

Adam Carroll....Youtube him.

Wait, I did

YouTube - Adam Carroll with Scrappy Jud Newcomb Red Bandana Blues

 

[IPorange]

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

 

[BearCat204]

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Backstreet Boys, NKOTB, and NSYNC
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[IPorange]

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So true.

 

[Spartacavolus]

Coldplay
Audioslave

Others definitely knew about them but I introduced them to us 40 somethings a few years back.

 

[OrangeVol79]

Coldplay
Audioslave

Others definitely knew about them but I introduced them to us 40 somethings a few years back.

Chris Cornell is one of the best!

 

[MadcapLaughs]

Los Amigos Invisbles.

Flippers Guitar

 

[therealUT]

The Quarrymen...

 

[golfballs]

Pepper

 

[VolinMichigan]

Bachman, before he teamed up with Turner and kicked it into overdrive.
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