User blog:Madi60517/How I Discoverd Different Bands

The title explains it. Not every band has an interesting story.

Matchbox Twenty
My mom

Paramore
One day in October 2013, I was on the bus. This was the only bus driver I had that put the radio on, and one song intrigued me. I couldn't find it the first time I tried to look it up, but the second time I heard it on the bus, I made sure to catch some of the lyrics. When I got home, I put the lyrics into Google. What came up was "Still Into You" by Paramore. My mom said, "So, you like the new Paramore song, huh?" I told her apparently I did, so then she showed me a few other songs like "Misery Business" and "crushcrushcrush". The next day, I started digging into Paramore's music and they were instantly one of my favorite bands.

Fall Out Boy
Paramore ended up touring the month after I found out about them, and they had two stops near me, but I missed them both, which made me extremely sad. My aunt told me, "Maybe they'll do what Matchbox Twenty did and come back around with another band." I told her it was highly unlikely, but, sure enough, January brought me the announcement of Monumentour, a co-headlining tour featuring Paramore and Fall Out Boy. I recognized the name Fall Out Boy, but I didn't really know them. My mom said they sing "Sugar, We're Goin' Down," which I remembered hearing on the radio, but it didn't bother to search them. Well, I sort of did, I taped their episode of MTV World Stage but only got through about two and a half songs. A month later, I had an iTunes gift card, but I was stuck on what to buy. My mom suggested I look up Fall Out Boy so I would know them when I saw the concert. I had no idea where to begin when I searched them, but my mom suggested "Thnks fr th Mmrs" since I was supposedly obsessed with it when it came out in 2007. I hit the preview and fell in love instantly. I bought that, along with "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race", which I remembered hearing on MTV World Stage. After that, I was much more open to the idea of liking Fall Out Boy. I started listening to those two songs, along with "Sugar, We're Goin' Down", at first, and then started to find more songs like "Dance, Dance" (which I vaguely recognized) and "I Don't Care," both of which I was obsessed with for a period of time (I remember the time that I loved "I Don't Care" being a bit longer). In May, I was fortunate enough to have some money to use at the CD store. I ran over to the Fall Out Boy section. I was disappointed not to find Infinity on High, but I'm now glad that what I got instead was From Under the Cork Tree. I listened to it while I made my Monumentour sign. The song that really stood out was "7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen)", and that helped me ease into the album by listening to the songs around it like "Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year". Again, I'm glad I got this, because now each album gives me different memories and I like this the way it is. Slowly, I started building my FOB CD collection, buying Saving Rock and Roll, and then Infinity on High, and then Folie á Deux and Take This to Your Grave. By Monumentour, I knew all the words to every song they played, plus fact upon fact about the band!

My Chemical Romance
My mom

Panic! at the Disco
I suppose that technically the first Panic! song I heard was "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", but I didn't recognize it as Panic! The first song I did know was Panic! was "Miss Jackson", which, I'm sad to say, I really disliked at first. Long after I heard them on the radio, I decided that I might like them since they're so related to other bands I liked. First I heard "I Wanna Be Free", then "The Only Difference...", "I Write Sins...", "Nine in the Afternoon", and "Northern Downpour". A lot of my first Panic! songs I didn't like at first, but now I love them :)

The All-American Rejects
When I was little, my mom loved their song "Gives You Hxll". I, however, didn't like it all that much. Eventually, she stopped playing it and I was relieved. Once again, later on I had an iTunes gift card but had no idea what to buy. I started to think of all the songs I loved when I was little. I remembered being obsessed with a song called "Move Along", and when I asked my mom who it was by, I was shocked to hear that it was AAR. I bought if and then started to look into them more, finding songs like "Swing, Swing", "Time Stands Still", "Night Drive", "Stab My Back", and "Why Worry". Now I love this band, and I'm glad I kept an open mind.

Pierce the Veil
In February 2014, I saw my step-aunt, who is two years older than me, for the first time in a while. I went to her house but was quite bored. This was when I liked rock music, but mostly alternative, hard rock, and a bit of pop-punk. She liked post-hardcore, metalcore, ect., and I wasn't really familiar with it. She showed me a few bands, but the one that really stood out was Pierce the Veil. I told myself I was going to go home and look into them, but, of course, I didn't. Every time I head their name or saw their shirts in Hot Topic, I felt guilty, so I eventually decided enough was enough and I was going to look them up. I found "Wonderless" and "Stained Glass Eyes and Colorful Tears", then took a break from them for a little while, and now I love them!

Sleeping With Sirens
They came up when I searched PTV.

Black Veil Brides
I didn't like them when my aunt showed them to me, but I decided to give them a second chance when I looked up PTV, and I'm glad I did :)

All Time Low
They came up when I searched PTV, but I didn't really like them upon hearing "Break Out! Break Out!" and "Circles". Months later, it was surrounded by people talking about them, and I thought, you know what? I'll give them a listen. I remembered liking "Circles" the best out of the two, so I looked it up and loved it. Now I think ATL are awesome!

Of Mice & Men
In my little 11 absolute favorite bands, they're technically the second-to-last favorite added because I discovered them before starting to like ATL a lot, but they're the last band I discovered out of these bands. When I'm looking up bands I like, I come across a lot of people talking about them with other bands, which are the ones I usually end up liking a little but not looking into that much. However, the first four OM&M songs I heard ("My Understandings", "When You Can't Sleep at Night", "SECOND & SEBRING", and "Would You Still Be There") really hooked me. I started looking into them more and more until I fell in love with the band.