good Q ...
for me, it started with Duran Duran. My first 'obsession' music-wise, and their sound opened my ears to an appreciation of most of the whole new wave/synth genres and what sprang from that.
The Cure - my 2nd obsession, and the beginning of my love for darker things.
Skinny Puppy - my first industrial love (nin and ministry came
after SP for me). Deepened my love for things hard and/or electronic.
...and these were the seeds. I think everything else sprang from them ... tool, 'tones, trance, whatever.
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Therell be days/When Ill stray/I may appear to be/Constantly out of reach/I give in to sin/Because I like to practise what I preach