A lot of the music I listened to in college was because friends gave me copies. Then we'd end up going to shows together, and would even buy CDs, which we'd pro

A lot of the music I listened to in college was because friends gave me copies. Then we'd end up going to shows together, and would even buy CDs, which we'd promptly copy among each other. In fact, sharing was probably the only way for lesser known bands to find an audience at the time since they obviously weren't on the radio.