What were the songs that got you into your fav band/s?

I have four favourite bands.

The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Placebo - Every Me Every You - Cruel Intentions Soundtrack
Nightwish - End of All Hope - Century Child
The White Stripes - My Doorbell - Get Behind Me Satan

 

My all-time favorite band is Funeral for a Friend and the song that got me into them was "The Art of American Football" off Seven Ways to Scream Your Name.

 

I'll do the ones I can distinctly remember keeping the song on repeat upon finding it

Saosin - They Perched On Their Stilts, Pointing And Daring Me To Break Custom (Translating The Name EP)
Anthony Green - I've Been Dying To Reach You (This song confirmed him as my favorite vocalist, the original demo from 03)
Circa Survive - Living Together (On Letting Go) (As soon as the first song started on this album (being the first one I had listened to, skipping Juturna) I was hooked)
Panic At The Disco - I Write Sins, Not Tragedies (A Fever You Can't Sweat Out)
Linkin Park - In The End (Hybrid Theory)
Motion City Soundtrack - Everything Is Alright (Commit This To Memory)
The Dear Hunter - Red Hands (Act II: The Meaning of and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading)
Alkaline Trio - Stupid Kid (From Here To Infirmary)
Artist Vs Poet - Assurance, Closure (Alive Once Again EP)
Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache (The End Of Heartache Album)
The Color Fred - If I Surrender (Bend to Break)
Billy Talent - Line & Sinker (Billy Talent)
My Chemical Romance - Helena (Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge)
Blink 182 - Adam's Song (The Mark, Tom, And Travis Show)
City And Colour - The Girl (Bring Me Your Love)
Reel Big Fish - Beer (Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album)
Sum 41 - Fat Lip (All Killer, No Filler)
Skillet - Whispers In The Dark (Comatose)
Tegan & Sara - Back In Your Head (The Con)
Atreyu - Ex's And Oh's (A Death Grip On Yesterday)
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (The Wall)
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (Gorillaz)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face Down Demo
Fall Out Boy - Sugar We're Goin' Down (From Under The Cork Tree)
Coheed And Cambria - Blood Red Summer
Halos - Amalgam (Kyle Sessions)
Angels & Airwaves - The Adventure (We Don't Need To Whisper)
Breaking Benjamin - So Cold (We Are Not Alone)
Taking Back Sunday - Liar (It Takes One To Know One) (Louder Now)
+44 - Make You Smile (When Your Heart Stops Beating)
Forgive Durden - Life Is Looking Up (Razia's Shadow) (Most recent)

Damn, I guess it was a little more than I thought at first.

 

Linkin Park - Papercut
NIN - Hurt
Thrice - Stare At The Sun
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Pink Floyd - Money

 

LP---> Somewhere I Belong ... not sure though..

TOOL---> Stinkfist

Pink Floyd---> Shine on You Crazy Diamond

Deep Purple---> Hush

Metallica---> One

and many many more!!

 

Breaking Benjamin - Polyamorous
Linkin Park - In The End
Fair To Midland - Dance Of The Manatee (Heard it on the radio)/Walls Of Jericho (got me into the band)

 

Linkin Park- In The End
Slipknot- Wait and Bleed
30 Seconds to Mars-A Beautiful Lie
Atreyu- Ex's and Oh's
Bullet for My Valentine- Tears Don't Fall

 

12 Stones - Broken
Evanescence - Bring Me to Life
Linkin Park - One Step Closer
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
The White Stripes - Fell In Love With a Girl
Puddle of Mudd - Blurry
Panic at the Disco - Time to Dance
Fall Out Boy - Grand Theft Autumn
Breaking Benjamin - Polyamorous
Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You
Cobra Starship - Bring It
Coheed and Cambria - A Favor House Atlantic
Atreyu - Wrong Side of the Bed
Chevelle - The Red
Every Time I Die - Kill the Music
Taproot - Poem
Mindless Self Indulgence - Shut Me Up
My Chemical Romance - Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us
The Used - Buried Myself Alive
Yellowcard - Only One
Story of the Year - Until the Day I Die
Hoobastank - Crawling in the Dark
P.O.D. - Alive
Avenged Sevenfold - Chapter Four
Evans Blue - Cold (But I'm Still Here)
Thousand Foot Krutch - Rawkfist
Shinedown - Fly From the Inside
Mute Math - Typical
Innerpartysystem - Don't Stop
Seether - Gasoline


That's all I can remember for now. It was made a lot easier because I have a shit load of album covers on my wall and I just looked over at the band/album and it triggered my memory

 

The smashing pumpkins - Porcelina of the vast oceans, Where boys fear to tread, 1979, Thru the eyes of Ruby, Beautiful and Starlight. Thank god my sister bought Mellon Collie and I thought it looked interesting and popped it in.

Coldplay - Don't panic

Spinvis - Smalfilm

Patrick Wolf - Tristan

Royksopp - Only this moment

 

Muse - Hysteria
Linkin Park - Numb
Aly & AJ - Rush
Kerli - Creepshow
+44 - When your heart stops beating
The Veronicas - Everything I'm Not

 

Linkin Park // Crawling
MuteMath // Chaos
innerpartysystem // Dont Stop
Common // Be
Lupe Fiasco // Heat Under The Babyseat
Pendulum // Hold Your Colour
Panic At The Disco // Time To Dance
Incubus // Wish You Where Here
Deftones Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away)
Jacks Mannequin // Mixed Tape
Dans Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip // Thou Shalt Alway Kill
Dizzee Rascal // Just A Rascal
Enter Shakiri Mothership
Feeder Buck Rodgers
Fightstar Speak Up
Lostprophets // Shinobi vs Dragon Ninja
The Streets // Turn The Page
Biffy Clyro // Saturday Night Superhouse
Funeral For A Friend // Juneau

 

Funeral For A Friend - Juneau
Fightstar - Waste a Moment
Minus the Bear - Memphis & 53rd
The Receiving End of Sirens - Saturnus
Lostprophets - Burn Burn
Brigade - Null and Void
Saosin - Bury Your Head
Coheed & Cambria - Welcome Home
Linkin Park - One Step Closer, lol

I could actually probably go through and name the song that got me into every band I like, and that would be fun, but my whole life would pass me by in the process.

 

Linkin Park // One Step Closer
The Killers // Mr. Brightside
AFI // Girls Not Grey
Maroon 5 // This Love
Good Charlotte // Little Things
Panic! At The Disco // I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Fall Out Boy // Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy
John Mayer // Why Georgia
My Chemical Romance // I'm Not Okay
The Used // Buried Myself Alive
Taking Back Sunday // Cute Without The "E"
Brand New // Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades
Senses Fail // Bloody Romance
From First To Last // Kiss Me, I'm Contagious
Escape The Fate // The Ransom
Saosin // Bury Your Head
OneRepublic // Apologize
Green Day // Longview
The Birthday Massacre // Blue
Silverchair // Tomorrow
Blink 182 // Dammit

 

Linkin Park - One Step Closer
Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot
Trivium - Pull Harder
As I Lay Dying - The Darkest Nights
All that Remains - The Deepest Gray
In Flames - My Sweet Shadow
Parkway Drive - Smoke em if you got em
Adema - Freaking Out
Korn - Make me bad
Cold - Just got wicked

 

Breaking Benjamin - Polyamorous
Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You
Bullet For My Valentine - Tears Don't Fall, All These Things I Hate
Linkin Park - One Step Closer
Nickelback - How You Remind Me
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Pink Floyd - Time, Wish You Were Here
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
Evanescence - Bring Me to Life
Staind - It's Been A While
Avenged Sevenfold - Seize The Day
Puddle of Mudd - Blurry
Crossfade - Cold

and a whole lot more, but that's quite enough for now ..

 

Linkin Park A Place for My Head "Hybrid Theory"
Korn Freak on a Leash "Follow the Leader"
Metallica Enter Sandman "Black Album"
Limp Bizkit My Way "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water"
Lacuna Coil Tight Rope "Comalies"
Adema Giving In "Adema"
Ill Niño What Comes Around "Revolution Revolución"
Killswitch Engage Rose of Sharyn "The End of Heartache"
Atreyu Ex's and Oh's "A Death-Grip on Yesterday"
Breaking Benjamin So Cold "We Are Not Alone"
Avenged Sevenfold Bat Country "City of Evil"
Phoenix Mourning From Afar "When Excuses Become Antiques"
Disturbed Down With the Sickness "The Sickness"
Enter Shikari Sorry, You're Not a Winner "Take to the Skies"
Fireflight You Decide "The Healing of Harms"
Muse Hysteria "Absolution"
Mudvayne Happy? "Lost and Found"
The Offspring Come Out and Play [Keep 'em Seperated] "Smash"
Rage Against the Machine Killing in the Name "Rage Against the Machine"
Stone Temple Pilots Lounge Fly "Purple"
Spineshank New Disease "The Height of Callousness"
Staind It's Been Awhile "Break the Cycle"
System of a Down Chop Suey! "Toxicity"
Taproot Again & Again "Gift"
Thrice Under a Killing Moon "Artist in the Ambulance"
10 Years Wasteland "The Autumn Effect"

 

Against Me! - Don't Lose Touch
The Bronx - False Alarm
Converge - Eagles Become Vultures
Chimaira - Down Again
Deftones - My Own Summer (Shove It)
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Baby's First Coffin
Every Time I Die - Guitarred and Feathered
Glassjaw - Cosmopolitan Blood Loss
Green Day - Basket Case
Killswitch Engage - My Last Serenade
Mastodon - March of the Fire Ants
Meshuggah - Rational Gaze
My Chemical Romance - I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
Radiohead - Karma Police
Weezer - Buddy Holly
Zao - Lies of Serpents, A River of Tears

That's all that I can remember.

 

Muse- Bliss (Origin of Symmetry)
Placebo- Pure Morning (Im not sure which album this is on, I think its "Without You Im Nothing")
The Killers- Sams Town (Sams Town)

 

Eminem - My Name Is
Linkin Park - Numb
Placebo - Every You And Every Me
Evanescence - My Last Breathe
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love
Shiny Toy Guns - You Are the One
Pendulum - 9,000 Miles
Faithless - We Come 1
Rammstein - Stripped
Madness - Baggy Trousers