Hi my name is Jonathan and I've been lurking for about a month. Live in Utah, USA. I'm 20 years old. I first got into DT at about age 15 by playing rock band. At that age I was just into mainstream stuff and alternative rock (late bloomer I know). But I loved the song Panic Attack, though I never looked for anything else by them. Then I made a new friend when I was 16 and one day he showed me Metropolis Part 1. My first thought was: "This guy sings too high, I don't like it". But he told me to keep listening to them, they would grow on me. I finally decided to buy I&W just for fun. I still remember the first day they "clicked". By that time I was getting into heavier rock. So I was mowing the lawn and listening to Pull Me Under for the 10th time, when it got to the chorus... BAM!! Huge chills down my spine. Same thing happened with Metropolis. I knew then I was hooked, so I bought 8VM next, then SC, Six Degrees, BC&SL, Awake, TOT, ACOS, SFAM, and ADTOE was the first one I was waiting for (which turned out to be in my top 3), and got into each one of them before buying the next. Truly changed my musical life.
Anyway, eagerly anticipating D12. These are some of the other bands I love: Animals as Leaders (Love em as much as DT, wow these guys are amazing!!), 10 Years, A7X, Mars Volta, Periphery, Chevelle, Tesseract, Scale the Summit, Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, feel free to recommend me bands!
Also we started an instrumental band with that same friend, influenced somewhat by DT, and others. If you want to check out the album it's up free at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WieU7bTsZE&list=PLtuPCnn1r1pwPkXT7f80Pe4xZy_ZaPC_v