What bands/music did you "discover" at college?

[flvegan]

Starbucks Anarchist got me thinking in my previous post about this. I discovered so much kick ass music at college, and also made me really appreciate what I already liked. My university experience was a big part of this. Maybe it was just the time and the crowd. I dunno.

Anyway, for me:
house music, in general
techno, for better or worse

If not for USF, and the friends I made there, I might not have come to appreciate:

The Cult
Social Distortion
Faith No More
Public Enemy
Lords of Acid
My Life With the Thrill Kill Cult
Revolting Cocks
New Order
Bauhaus
Einsterzend Neubauten (I SO spelled that wrong)
Anthrax
The Sex Pistols
PiL
Black Flag

Tons more of one-offs where I liked a song or two, but not the rest.

These are all musical influences that I still like and appreciate. I hate that I'd not know of them if not for "the college years" you know?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Here you go:

Art Blakey
Cannonball Adderley
Jimmy Smith
The Who
Wilco
Tricky
A Tribe Called Quest
The Roots
Charles Mingus
The Meters
Barry Adamson
Blackalicious
Dave Brubeck
Gorillaz
Herbie Hancock
Jurassic 5
Talib Kweli
Mos Def
De La Soul
Bill Hicks
Ben Harper

I'm sure there's more, but that's what I remember right now.

[sakabatou]

2. Ai Otsuka

[ZombieNixon]

3. I'm discovering them right now.

I'll get back to you in a couple of years when I have a complete list of band discovered in my college career. :P

[Broken_Hero]

4. Korn,

Type O Negative, Life of Agony, Alice in Chains....

[MassLiberal]

5. late '70s/early '80s

Pousette-Dart Band
Joan Armatrading
Grateful Dead
B-52s
The Clash
Dylan
Pat Metheny

[Mz Pip]

6. When I was in college

back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, concerts were cheap.

I saw:

The Doors
Bob Dylan
The Mommas and the Papas
Led Zepelin
The Who
Jefferson Airplane
Jethro Tull
Vanilla Fudge
Hot Tuna
Grateful Dead
Peter, Paul & Mary
The Kinks
Jimi Hendricks
Cream


Probably cost me about the same amount total as it did for one ticket to see the Rolling Stones back in '97.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

7. Quite a bit...

The Cure, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Decemberists, The Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio, Epic45, Beck, Dinosaur Jr., The Flaming Lips, to name a few. :P

[ghostsofgiants]

8. I'm nearing the end of my first university run, and my list is way too long, ahah.

[elshiva]

9. Bjork