I was always a Clash fan, but I bought Pennie Smith's The Clash: Before and After (photographs of the band), and I became a HUGE Clash fan.
But then I was 14 at the time and they were just the coolest looking group of people I'd ever seen.
Then it was Black Flag, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Husker Du, Sonic Youth and the whole anti-image thing was very appealing to me as an image.
Now, I couldn't tell you what most of the bands I listen to even look like, but if I see a cool looking band/artist in a magazine, it has a definite appeal to me.
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