Where do I start....
Twenty odd years as a massive music geek, musician and music journalist have meant that music is a bigger deal for me than most people. So my answer could really go on for ever, but I'll limit it to a few exceptional examples:
Husker Du - when an acquaintance gave me a tape of "Flip Your Wig" and "Candy Apple Grey" I realised I had finally found the music I was born to listen to. In the last couple of years I have been able to interview both Bob Mould and Grant Hart (separately) and also met Bob. You should really check the albums but here a sample: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GduNBId1TQI It's sheer exuberance has never been approached in my 'umble.

The God Machine was a unique band - a trio of American teenagers who hooked into something amazingly powerful, they were spotted by an associate of the Happy Mondays who promised to manage them if they got across to the UK. They did, but never hooked up with him, instead setting up in a Camden squat and making two of the most incredibly awesome and creatively astounding albums of all time. The second was called "One Last Laugh In A Place Of Dying", as the bass player had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. They hit a holy spot with insanely tight, brilliantly simple songs that rested in between Janes Addiction, Black Sabbath and The Cure. Really you have to listen to the albums to really appreciate the breadth and splendour of this band but here's one to start you off: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZsUP4T8cHY

I could go on all day but I won't, so I'll just say that this QOTW has allowed me to find quite a few excellent things I hadn't heard before - so cheers!
(rampants, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 12:08, 1 reply)

Err

I hold the copyright on "cheers".

Cease and desist.

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 12:14, closed)