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Bands I Got Into (Log)

This is basically just going to be a log of when I got into each band that I like, including the first song(s) that I listened to and how I discovered them.

Keep in mind beforehand that I've listened to a lot of bands. The ones listed are just the ones that I have specific playlists on Spotify for (I do this for all of the bands that I listen to consistently - it became a habit after having a free Spotify account where I couldn't pick and choose the songs I wanted to listen to).

Rascal Flatts
Date: I don't exactly have a date of when I started listening to them, because I started listening to these guys when I was about 3 or 4 years old.
How: I found out about this band because they were one of my mom's favorites, and still are to this day. I don't continue listening to them, but I do go back and revisit my old favorites by them from time to time.
Song(s): I'm pretty sure it was Life is a Highway...? If yes, the next one was probably Where You Are...but don't quote me on that.

Imagine Dragons
Date: late 2013/early 2014
How: My sister and mom were SUPER obsessed with the Radioactive music video after hearing the song from the movie, The Host, which had recently come out. They would play it CONSTANTLY, and I couldn't escape from it.
Song(s): Obviously, the first song I listened to was Radioactive. I don't exactly know which came next, it was either Demons or It's Time, then On Top of the World, then either Tiptoe or Amsterdam, and then Hear Me. Fun fact: I hated this band at first. I really didn't like them. Demons was the first song I heard that I could admit to enjoy. That and It's Time were the two songs that got me interested in hearing more from the band.

Cage the Elephant
Date: February 5, 2017 (I know EXACTLY when I listened to this band, because listening to them was the first big example of me crossing the threshold of tagging along with my family's taste in music, and really coming to find out my own.)
How: My section leader freshman year LOVED this band. I had first heard about them in either December of 2016 or January of the following year, but it wasn't until she started spamming my Instagram feed with news of them winning a Grammy that I finally decided to ask her for recommendations (which, spoiler alert, is often how I get into bands after this).
Song(s): The first one requested for me to listen to was Cigarette Daydreams, but I didn't listen to that until June 12 or 13 (maybe 11) of the same year. The first, if you've seen my top 15 songs list (COUGHCOUGHCOUGH) was Flow, then Telescope, Black Widow, Sweetie Little Jean, Spiderhead (or maybe Sweetie Little Jean after Spiderhead, but I'm pretty sure this is right), Shake Me Down (the first song that really clicked with me and lead me to crave listening to all their songs), and then I think the next one was Right Before My Eyes.

Fall Out Boy
Date: I don't even know XD I don't know when I started getting into them, but I officially got into them in August of 2017.
How: Again, I have no idea how I got into this band. I do know that I played one of their songs in my sophomore field show (first heard mid 2017), which made me want to listen to more songs, but I'm still not sure how I first found out about them. One of my internet friends showed me Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year, which officially got me into them.
Song(s): Centuries, Immortals, The Phoenix, then Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year (my favorite). I still haven't listened to that many. XD Fun Fact: Sophomore Slump was suggested to me when I had started my sophomore year of high school and it was pretty much the song to start off the new school year. :)

Linkin Park
Date: July 20, 2017
How: Yes, I first listened to the band on the same day that Chester committed suicide. This wasn't the first time I had seen or heard about them, though. The first time I saw them was on the YouTube talk show, Good Mythical Morning about a month prior. I was watching that episode again the same day that I saw so many Instagram posts paying tribute to him, and I was like, "Wait, that's the guy?!" I had really enjoyed the short, silly songs they had played in that episode, and I decided to start listening to them.
Song(s): Numb [I listened to a lot of songs, but I didn't add them all to my Spotify playlist(s), so this is the only one I know of.]