Re: glam and gothic metal
I didn't care much for metal until a friend of mine started talking about Dream Theater constantly, and then my sister (for some reason) played some Dream Theater to me. She's not into the band though, she just loves a few songs, such as "Wait for Sleep", which was the first song I heard. Then I heard "Panic Attack", and as I was very new to metal and my mindset for interpreting it wasn't very developed, the fast playing and heavy sound was very appealing to me. That's pretty much how I got into music in general, progressive and metal in particular.