| Talking to fans of a band you like for more ideas is a great method. That's how a friend of mine got into a lot of prog metal (and recently went to the prog power 3 in atlanta here). Real good scene. Lots of hardcore fans, not crazy people, just big fans on an underground scene (US has almost a nil metal scene, compared to the rockstar status you get in Europe)
And word of mouth. That's how I got into Porcupine Tree, and a little less esoterically (not that PT is avante-garde or anything), the flaming lips.
-tari |