>Not sure how but ended up with Linkin Park's Meteora and OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, but I did
>Enjoyed all of Meteora, particularly Hit The Floor, only really played the singles from Speakerboxxx/Love Below
>that feel when only just re-introduced myself to both those records relatively recently, enjoy the hell out of both
>Get American Idiot when it comes out, play the whole thing quite a bit
>Around the same time, get some new music from a WWE/RAW game for PSP, including a fairly kickass stoner rock band
>13
>couldn't sleep one night
>turned on the radio
>they play Tool's Aenima
>like nothing I'd heard at the time, must've remembered some lyrics as I googled that shit the next day, limewired the shit out of their songs
>eventually move to their albums, play all of them for about a year straight
>15
>start getting into Melvins, an influence on the Tool
>start getting into Boris, an influence on the Melvins
>the list goes on
>meet my bestest buddy in the whole world, he introduces me to a hell of a lot of black/death/prog metal, as I introduce him to some of the above
>eventually begin browsing moo on his recommendation
>both our tastes grow increasingly closer to this day
>somehow end up with 1420 albums in library over the 5 years I've loved music