Something fun...
This is a list of the people who, for lack of a better word, inspired me to regularly listen to the bands listed under their names. In situations like Goo Goo Dolls under Amanda, of course I'd heard the band before, but I'd never listened to them outside of the context of their hits or I'd never listened to them regularly until said person "re-introduced" them to me. Get it? Good, here we go.
Myself (i.e. the radio, television, etc.)
AC/DC
Aerosmith
Bad Company
Barenaked Ladies
Black Crowes
Blink-182
Blues Traveler
Cake
Eric Clapton
Eve 6
Everclear
Fastball
Hootie and the Blowfish
Jason Mraz
John Mayer
Lit
Maroon 5
Nine Days
Norah Jones
Pink Floyd
Sister Hazel
Spin Doctors
Sugar Ray
Tenacious D
Third Eye Blind
Vertical Horizon
Parents (Mostly my dad)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
The Beatles
Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Boston
Charlie Daniels Band
Chicago
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills, Nash, (& Young)
Deep Purple
Don McLean
Dr. Hook
Fleetwood Mac
Harry Chapin
Harry Nilsson
James Taylor
Jethro Tull
Led Zeppelin
Meatloaf
Moxy Fruvous
Peter Frampton
Queen
Randy Newman
Simon and Garfunkel
Styx
The Beach Boys
The Eagles
The Guess Who
Amanda
Arrogant Worms
Ben Folds (Five)
David Gray
Death Cab for Cutie
Deep Blue Something
Foo Fighters
Gin Blossoms
Goo Goo Dolls
Great Big Sea
Iron & Wine
Jimmy Eat World
Less Than Jake
Postal Service
Sarah McLachlan
Tabitha's Secret
The Ataris
The Exhibitionists
The Shins
Brendan (my brother)
Billy Joel
Blues Brothers
Matchbox 20 (Twenty)
Sublime
Train
Bov
Better Than Ezra
Five O'Clock Shadow
Jon (my roommate)
Oasis
The Decemberists
Luke Stevens
Counting Crows
Ryan Thome
The Wallflowers
I'm actually surprised at how parentally heavy that list is, but I guess I shouldn't be, they did play a lot of music as I was growing up.
if you know of any discrepancies in this list please let me know and I will either correct them or argue with you :-)