How did you become a fan?

[louielouie2000]

I think it was February of 1993, and my Mom and I were in the car on the way to a shopping day in Raleigh, NC. Our local classic rock station was having one of those Two For Tuesday things, and they played Gold Dust Woman and The Chain back to back. I was just immediately hooked and blown away. At the time, all my peers were listening to Nirvana and Pearl Jam, but I just couldn't get hugely into either... I didn't like how depressing they were. I'd always loved the mystical... I grew up on stories of magic by Tolkein, John Bellairs, and always loved the supernatural, ethereal, and witchy. So when I heard both those songs back to back, I knew I had finally found MY band. At the time, Fleetwood Mac couldn't have been LESS cool to my peers. I'd never really cared what was in style, and was a weird little person (still am). Anyway, my parents have a huge music collection, so when we got back home I made my Mom try to find some Fleetwood Mac stuff. The second she pulled out Rumours, it just further cemented that these guys were my band. They actually LOOKED the part! Then she dug out Bella Donna too, and I knew for sure that Stevie would be my icon. I must have listened to those albums nonstop for a decade lol. My Aunts gradually began supplying me with more Mac music over the years, and the instant obsession with the Mac just grew and grew and grew.

I remember hearing about the upcoming Going Home documentary on Disney in 1994, and waiting what seemed like AGES for it to air. I couldn't have been more captivated. I always wondered why Stevie had voiceover commentary in that show, but didn't have any on camera shots like the other band members. Then I saw this interview late one night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCZ7ockvw4M
I was just so shocked at the change in Stevie's speaking voice and appearance. I guess that's why I never ended up going to any Street Angel shows. Let me tell you though, for any of us who were fans before The Dance, it seemed like some sort of unfathomable miracle sent from the heavens that the Rumours crew reunited. I guess it can also coincide with the advent of the internet, but I've been especially active in the Mac community since then. And that's my not so abridged story!