How did you find your favorite bands/artists?

[DreamEater]

The title says it. Did you hear on the radio? Did someone suggest it to you? Did Youtube advertise it? Did you hear it on a movie or a show or a video game? Did you see it in someone's signature of MLK?

I'll list how I found all of mine:

Senses Fail: First heard the song "Can't be Saved" on Guitar Hero III.
Mindless Self Indungence: A family member introduced me to them, the song "Never Wanted to Dance".
The Rescues: From The Legend of Spyro I heard of Gabriel Mann, he produces the music to the games, he sings in the band.
Linkin Park: My mother listened to them all of them time, "In the End" was her favorite.
Evanescence: I really can't remember, but I know my mother loved them too.
Fireflight: A family member show them to me, I actually heard their song "Unbreakable" a while before, though.
All American Rejects: I think it was from that stupid Bionicle commercial, I liked the song "Move Along" so I checked them out.
Blessid Union of Souls: I hear their song "Brother, My Brother" in the first Pokemon movie.
Blink 182: I heard their song "All the Small Things" and "Dammit" a long time ago, recently I listened to "I Miss You" and started listening to them now.
Flyleaf: To be entirely honest, their song "All Around Me" is one of the first memories I have.
Of Mice and Men: I seen their song "Repeating Apologies" on the side of another Youtube video I was watching.
The Story of the Year: A family member introduced them to me, "Until the Day I Die" was the first one I heard.
The Birthday Massacre: A family member showed me the song "The Dream" and then a few more afterwards.
A Day to Remember: I seen the song "You Should Have Killed Me When You Had the Chance" on the side of a video I was watching so I checked it out.

That's how I came across my favorite bands, what about you guys?

[AdAstrα]

I think I've discovered most of my favourite bands through Youtube actually. Blackmore's Night, which is my favourite band of all time now, was one that I found completely by accident...heard one song and that was it. Hooked. Can't go a day without listening to their music now, and I'm seeing them live in July. They truly opened up my eyes to what I think music should be; inspiring. I've even started writing my own folk/fantasy inspired songs now. I honestly think that discovering them is one of the best things that ever happened to me, and I'm not even exaggerating.

[Lauren]

I'm going to start out with some of my favorite bands:

Nightwish (my all time favorite band ), Breaking Benjamin, Within Temptation, Nickelback, and 12 Stones: Several years ago, just at the time when I became a TLK fan, I constantely watched KiarasMate's TLK AMVs every week because his work is just so amazing. When I watched the AMVs with these artisits, I got introduced to them and I really loved their songs. Overtime, I looked for more songs that weren't used by KM and there I went from that point on. With his AMVs that have the songs by Nightwish, he used the instrumental versions of the songs, but I listen to the original version of the song with the vocals, but the instrumentals are very cool too.

Three Days Grace: When I was 8, I used to be really obsessed with Danny Phantom. By the time I started going on YouTube for the first time, I watched a Danny Phantom AMV with a Three Days Grace song called "Over and Over", which was the very first song I heard from them. I loved the AMV. I loved the song. Going back to KiarasMate, I found more TDG songs from his AMVs, since he used a lot of songs from them.

Evanescence and Kelly Clarkson: When I was little, I used to own a CD that was like Kidz Bop (which I absolutely hate), but you can't blame me. I heard the songs "Miss Independent" by Kelly Clarkson and "Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence. I heard some of Kelly Clarkson's hits on the radio all the time such as "Behind These Hazel Eyes", "Since U Been Gone", "Walk Away", "Because of You", and eventually "Miss Independent". I loved her songs ever since I was little. With Evanescence, again, I have to thank KiarasMate.

[ScarsLove]

I found all of my favorite bands through AMV's, random youtube searches, online/irl friends, family, movie trailers, or songs I heard on the radio.

[SlayerOfLight]

Something called ''internet''.

[Si-Amber]

A lot of my faves such as Fleetwood Mac, Dire Straits, Annie Lennox, Kate Bush, Billy Joel are bands and artists that my parents also like and that I grew up with.

[Wrightfan]

Beatles-In 1995, ABC (American Broadcasting Company) broadcasted "The Beatles Anthology" about the band and all. My first Beatles purchase was Anthology 2...ON CASSETTE TAPE! I got hooked right away though it was odd that a lot of great songs there I heard in their early form before the official version (the many takes of Strawberry Fields Forever for example.)

Beach Boys-This one is interesting. My Uncle who died young when I was 15 was always a Beach Boys fan. About a year or two after he died I bought Pet Sounds which became my go to album. I didn't become a hardcore fan until I listened to an old cassette (here we go again ) of his. When Heroes and Villains came on, I became hooked. Finding the then "bootleg" SMiLE stuff sealed the deal.

[Sigurd]

I find my favorite music mainly through Youtube and the music streaming service Spotify

[SophieCub]

Taylor Swift: I was looking through Kiara AMVs and I found one with one of Taylor Swifts songs in it. I liked the song and began to look for other songs by her and I just fell in love with her, aha.

Simple Plan: I was feeling depressed so I looked up songs that were about not having a dad, and one of their songs was listed, I had a listen in to it and loved it. I then looked for their other songs and now I can't stop listening to them. It's addictive.

[Yarrgasaurus]

I find my favorit artists just like everyone else would: the interwebs.