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RE: Albums Influential to My Future Taste in Music (Full Album Links)
My tastes were largely guided by curiosity - I was interested in learning more about how the sound of an artist or band I liked came to be by diving into their influences. Gives you a lot of perspective when learning more about a genre.
absolutely! once i got into Tool later on, i read that they were heavily influenced by King Crimson (who i came to enjoy immensely as well). certain labels put out certain kinds of music (Impulse, Blue Note, Subpop) and you could pretty much guarantee quality, or at least a high likelihood of enjoying the music without hearing it first.
but the influences of my influences are always interesting to explore. it'll be fascinating to see the influences of the bands that will be "popular" in ten years.