Who was your gateway band?

[Dgrda]

I guess to be more specific it was something like this:

Linkin Park
Slayer/Iron Maiden
Wierd phase of that Glam-Hardcore stuff
Hopesfall/HORSE the band (I know..)
PTW
Saetia

All of this happened somewhere between the 4th grade and now.

[Aidan]

Radiohead opened my eyes to everything that wasn't in the VH1 top 20 countdown, so I guess I could call them my gateway band. But as far as skramz goes, my friend gave me a flash drive with The Spirit Of Versailles and Saetia on it a long time ago. I guess that really started it for me.

[Ackley Kid]

Linkin park

[wounderaser]

skramz - alexisonfire s/t

SUCH a good record, totally skramz worthy.

yeah, this for sure. that record is still pretty good, overlistened to it though.

[AlecEberhardt]

For me, it was Linkin Park. I was all about that shit in 4th grade.
Hybrid Theory was my jam.

Shit, me too. I'm not alone.

[deathbed]

bad brains - i was in junior high and i already like janes addiction and the cure and shit, and also listened to tons of metal, but i heard bad brains on princeton's radio station and i had to find out about them. this was pre internet. bad brains led to everything

[AlecEberhardt]

yeah, to get more deep into it...

third grade (2004): linkin park
fourth grade: disturbed
fifth grade: blink 182
sixth grade: yeah yeah yeahs, strokes, von bondies
seventh grade: slipknot, chiodos, jack johnson
eight grade: cannibal corpse, cephalic carnage
freshman year: phish, dmb, ben harper, g love
sophomore year: dandy warhols, brian jonestown massacre, indie trash
end of sophomore year: indian summer, cap'n jazz

then it all happened.

[parry]

Death From Above 1979 was the start of me moving away from my electro phase pretty much :3

[Dgrda]

For me, it was Linkin Park. I was all about that shit in 4th grade.
Hybrid Theory was my jam.

Shit, me too. I'm not alone.

Shut up when I'm talking to you.

[Gnarlin Gnartree]

Beach Boys as a youngster

Black Sabbath got me into music in middle school

Opeth really got me into music with "extreme vocals", before that I thought growling and screaming was stupid.

Pig Destroyer really got me into grind,punk, and hardcore.

Comadre really got me into screamo