re: How did you find new music pre-internet?

People in Baton Rouge forget that WBRH (Baton Rouge High School) was a fantastic rock station. They played deep cuts on most albums. For example, they played AC/DC's "Givin the Dog a Bone" (Back in Black) and Van Halen's "Drop Dead Legs" (1984).

They were the only station in town that played Ozzy, Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Dio--frickING DIO, MAN!, and pre-Hysteria Def Leppard, not to mention a myriad of others I can't name now.

They also played alternative music. I can't think of another station that would follow up Ronnie James Dio with Missing Persons.

But, typical Baton Rouge FM radio was awful. The DJs were just as rude and idiotic as they are now. Richard Condon was just getting his start, Randy Rice, Jim Nasium, Johnny A. All huge jerkoffs. However, being a teenager, I didn't really know any better, so they were "cool".

Once MTV started moving to more structured programming, and radio was moving to R&B and teeny bopper and boy band shite, I kind of stopped finding new music. When Beck swept the Grammies one year, I had never heard of him until that night.

TL;dr--I found new music through MTV and WBRH