Today is Record Store Day in the U.S., kind of like Free Comic Book Day except that very few of the products offered are free and it focuses more on driving existing fans and collectors into the shops than to generating new fans (there are, after all, not that many people who don’t already listen to music).And while there are some great comics that revolve around music or feature musicians (let’s just go Love and Rockets, for one), this list isn’t about that. I’m actually taking some inspiration from an episode of Steve Gorman Sports I heard yesterday while driving.On the radio, Gorman — the drummer for the Black Crowes — asked his audience to list their top five records. Not the best ever, or even your favorites…but the ones you’ve heard the most times in your life. The idea being that the music you grew up with might not be your favorite or the best, but it’s probably what you played a thousand times while walking to school in your Walkman or whatever.In a little twist on that, I’m taking a handful of comic book bands that have made an impact on my reading experience over the years and, in celebration of Record Store Day, will talk about the musical archetypes that each of them represents in the context of the albums you might walk out of the store with.
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