Red Mosquito

Whether it be an opening band, a spotify playlist, who have you discovered thanks to another band/artist? I'll start:

I read an interview with Mike McCready where he said he and Ed were into a band called Sigur Ros. That was the first I had heard of them.

I once saw the group Liz Cooper and the Stampede as an opener for Houndmouth. Really got into them for a while.

Thom Yorke said his favorite song was a Bjork song, and then I gave her a shot and fell in love

Saw Grace Potter open an Allman Brothers show. Blew me away.

I picked up King’s X’s stuff after seeing them open for PJ back in ‘94.

Through Pearl Jam: Ben Harper, My Morning Jacket, Mudhoney, Sonic Youth, The Who, Neil Young, countless classic rock bands

Through My Morning Jacket: Strand of Oaks

Through The Rolling Stones: Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf

Through Temple of the Dog: Fantastic Negrito

You never heard Neil young before pearl jam?

Laura from the Myanbirds did backup vocals on a Bright Eyes album and then toured as their opening act.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:You never heard Neil young before pearl jam?

No. I discovered Pearl Jam when I was 14? I didn’t know my ass from my elbow.

Yeah, I'd reckon many of us elder millennials discovered PJ before Neil Young.

Yeah I definitely got into NY through PJ. Sorry but I was like 11 years old.

I downloaded some My Morning Jacket songs when they opened for Pearl Jam, and one of them was on a split with Songs: Ohia, which led to Jason Molina becoming my favorite artist of all time. Fun topic!

Every band lead to another band for me.

washing machine wrote:Yeah, I'd reckon many of us elder millennials discovered PJ before Neil Young.

In all fairness I discovered Pearl Jam more or less summer of ‘93. But at that point, it’s not as if Neil Young was some sort of mainstream juggernaut, especially not for a 14/15 year old just hearing all this stuff from the early 90s and then being introduced to classic rock through Led Zeppelin, the official musical scratch of the 15 year old itch. Neil Young I think is a bit down the line from that. Rockin in the Free World was probably my first taste, then Mirrorball and everything that came from there.

Also through Bright Eyes: M Ward and My Morning Jacket.

Also through Pearl Jam: Sonic Youth and Sleater Kinney.

Simple Torture wrote:I downloaded some My Morning Jacket songs when they opened for Pearl Jam, and one of them was on a split with Songs: Ohia, which led to Jason Molina becoming my favorite artist of all time. Fun topic!

If you hadn't gone to that show, I might not have hung the Pyramid Electric Co. vinyl sleeve above my bench saw in the work shed. Weird thought.

Vanilla Ice introduced me to David Bowie