.......and going way back there was OINGO BOINGO, The Cure, David Bowie, Surf Punks, Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys, Suicidal Tendencies, The Cramps, THE RAMONES, CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, Jane's Addiction, Misfits, The Stranglers, Devo, The Smiths, B 52's(everything before "loveshack"
), PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.
The first song I heard outside of traditional FM pop radio was David Bowie's "Starman" and after that I begged my mom for a Bowie record.
I would choose the Bowie album she gave me, but that was 1981 and I was 9 yrs old so I don't remember wich record that was