one word: ALICE! My friend's dad and my dad all went to Alice (their suggestion of course, our music taste was laughable at the time) We were instantly blown away by of course the stage show, and the seemingly heavy-as-a-metric-ton music!!! A day or 2 after the show, my dad bought me School's Out and Killer, I listened all the way through to both in one shot, went online for more bands...and here we are today, Alice remains one of my favourites along with Sabbath, Dio, Iron Maiden, Brides Of Destruction, Ozzy, White Zombie and Motley Crue