This is a interesting topic, at least to me.
I remember back in 2007, when I was with 13 years old. I was very insecure and, at same time, how can I say... undecided. I mean, people ask to me: which kind of shirt do you like? Which band? Color? Anything? And nothing, I couldn't answer these questions, because neither I know what were my "style". In music, for example, I only listened to songs on radio or ones that friends of mine shared. And that's how I "met" LP, 3 years before that. Well, at least Breaking the Habit, Nobody's Listening, In the End...
Back on 2007, I remembered about LP, and how I liked that band. So, I decided to search about the band, the songs... everything. I was very noob in music at that point [and I still a noob ], so I "discover" singles such as Papercut and From the Inside, thinking that were "new" songs. This was the way I discover all the albums [i remember that I used to "hate" MtM in first listen xD], the LPU songs, and all that stuff. This help me to find which were, and are, my tastes, my "style", because I feel that, in that moment, I discover myself. After that, I decided to "recover" the other bands that I listened too, and with this I was able to create my own personality. It's weird to say this just listening to a band, but this fact led to other factors, and the set of all these factors construct who I am right now ^^.
And, of course, I discover LPLive, and became interested by the English language, mainly to understand what Chester was screaming ... and to being a [tiny] part of this big community.
So, I think that is this ^^