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Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

Prince for me. I was listening to music such as Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and Prince doesn't have much in common with those artists. And now I love Prince, Sign 'O' The Times is one of my all time favorite albums. Also, Elvis.

Prince

I'm glad you discovered him from this website. If you don't already, make sure you get every album from his "glory days" of 1980-1988. It's well worth it!

For me, I've discovered several from this website, including the Velvet Underground, Franz Ferdinand, Patti Smith and Television.

Re: Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

Black Box Recorder
The Stranglers
Timex Social Club
The Heptones

Re: Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

Outkast
Eminem
Elvis Costello
The Pogues
Drive-By Truckers

Re: Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

Way too many to even name. A serious shitload. I think at least half of the artists now on my top 50 wouldn't have been there if it wasn't for AM.

Re: Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

Three that come to mind are The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and Massive Attack

Re: Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

my latest example: The Bats

Re: Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

i think that AM has played a part in my discovery of every artist that i've discovered since finding AM. i've bought so many albums just because they're ranked highly. and even with recommendations from friends, i always check to see whether they're on AM before i bother to check out their music. it's almost a requirement that an artist is mentioned on AM before i listen to them.

Re: Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

Two that leap to mind are LCD Soundsystem and Curtis Mayfield.

Re: Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

Sufjan Stevens and Sly and the Family Stone.

Re: Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

Pulp (Common People came out during my non music years. Great song.)

Nick Drake (I knew about him, but comments on this site inspired me to get the albums, which I love).

I'm sure there are more, but they don't spring to mind. I wish this website (and the world wide web itself) had existed when I was 19 or 20, as it would have been a lot easier to find the good stuff here than the way I went about it.

Re: Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

Gnarls Barkley, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Cure, New Order, Dusty Springfield, Moby Grape, Eric B & Rakim, probably a few dozen others.

Re: Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

I don't know what you really mean by "easily encountered", but the artists I would probably have never listened without AM that I now love are:

The Velvet Underground
Nirvana
Radiohead
Stevie Wonder
Talking Heads
The Smiths
Miles Davis

And that's just in the top 40

Re: Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

I just realized that I never answered this question myself!

Just off the top of my head:

Lou Reed/Velvet Underground/Nico
Franz Ferdinand
Can
Echo and the Bunnymen
Patti Smith
Tubeway Army/Gary Numan
Sparks

Re: Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

moonbeam, yes you have. second post lol.

Re: Artists that AM introduced to you that you wouldn't have easily encountered on your own

Oh shit!