Like that 'gateway drug' concept that soft drugs lead to heroin, though in this case, 'softer bands' that have led people to discover more 'out there' or extreme types of music. The theory of Pink Floyd leading people onto Musique concrete or Nuggets-type psych bands is interesting, tho there are many others.
My own gateway band were defintely Talking Heads and maybe Kraftwerk, which led me to the Birthday Party, the Velvet underground, Stooges, DefJam hiphop, Aussie 80s psych-garage punk to Sonic youth, Dinosaur, Dylan/Young/Mojo type collector-scum muzak, UK shoegazers, Drum n' bass and then house and Detroit and prolly back again...
My own gateway band were defintely Talking Heads and maybe Kraftwerk, which led me to the Birthday Party, the Velvet underground, Stooges, DefJam hiphop, Aussie 80s psych-garage punk to Sonic youth, Dinosaur, Dylan/Young/Mojo type collector-scum muzak, UK shoegazers, Drum n' bass and then house and Detroit and prolly back again...