I remember my 'goth' cousin got me into white zombie. She gave me this album...which is the one I still own to this very day. She was a big influence on my metal career, aside from my degenerate friends who opened my eyes to Pantera.....
Before the internet and all its 'glory' music was generally introduced to me by other people, or going to shows and seeing diff bands I never heard of. A big thing for me was collecting concert bills, and investigating the bands on said bills.
Also much music (Canada) and 'the wedge' or the metal program. I can't remember what it was called. Heavy something...? Also Beavis and butthead..... That's where I was introduced to gwar