What friends have bands turned you onto?
 

Anybody make friendships by associating with a band or anything like that?

I can't say that I have.

No, but I've met Bill Wyman twice. And he introduced me to Richard Havers, his co-writer on a few books. He hasn't become a friend, but I had some very interesting conversations with him about music. Mainly r&b, country, blues and rockabilly; a very knowledgable man.

I can't say I have.
Though I'm starting to think emo girls are hot.

I've made a fair amount of good friends through going to gigs etc. I've also had the pleasure of meeting sonicl and Toilets & Bowels at gigs.

EDIT - Also made friends who are/were in bands I've admired a lot, but I won't bore you with name-dropping - they're not uber-famous celebs or anything.

Duh, they are.

Fat emos are the most hideous creatures in the good Lord's creation.

What about fat gothics? Or fat clubbers who wear hot pants?

No. Can't think of any. Not that my friends are into shit music or anything, but I am the one who seeks, or more appropriately just comes across good music (or that I consider good music). I tell them about them, some they listen to, some they don't. And some I keep all too myself. My girlfriend loves my music though - she's great like that. It's great because I know she genuinely likes the tunes. She'll just be randomly singing the songs or humming the tune. Which is awesome because that's the most natural way of discovering something - there's no forcing involved it's just "Yeah, I keep singing it and can't get it out my head, can you put this particular song on" etc etc. I like that.