Originally Posted by Engine

Well, pre-internet you used to have to put a lot more effort into discovering bands. More likely you happened to know somebody who puts you on to them.

My GB story is similar. A kid I knew asked me if I would drive him to a show they played in a suburban rec center outside of DC (also 91 or 92) because his parents wouldn't let him take their car. I had never heard them before. I still love Start Today and listen to it more than a lot of stuff from that time.