History PromotedFanboy / Music

* [=YouTuber=] Ola Englund covered Music/MachineHead songs Davidian and Old on his Website/YouTube channel. In 2022 when Machine Head perform at Sweden their invite Ola to play Davidian.

* How about an example for an ''entire country''? Since 1983, UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} has broadcast the Series/EurovisionSongContest, and it's always been a big event, to the point of being referenced in the contest proper. In 2015, to reward them for their longtime loyalty, Australia were selected as a one-off wild card participant to celebrate the contest's sixtieth anniversary. Since then, they were allowed to return for the following year (with a great force even, as Dami Im came ''second'' that year), and are the contest's regulars.

* How about an example for an ''entire country''? Since 1983, UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} has broadcast the Series/EurovisionSongContest, and it's always been a big event, to the point of being referenced in the contest proper. In 2015, to reward them for their longtime loyalty, Australia were selected as a one-off wild card participant to celebrate the contest's sixtieth anniversary. Since then, not only have they returned, but they've finished in the top 10 for all but one of their entries so far (Dami Im in 2016 came ''second''). They did not qualify for this year's final, though.

* Helen Love is a bubblegum pop-punk band that writes about almost nothing but the lead singer's crush on [[Music/TheRamones Joey Ramone]]. Joey Ramone did guest vocals on their song Punk Boy.

** When former Music/SakuraGakuin member, Momoko Okazaki, was asked what club she wanted to join in, she said the "Heavy Music Club", which was the club BABYMETAL originated from. Cut to years later, she joined BABYMETAL as one of the three dancers in rotation.

* Carl Magnus Palm, previously well-known for writing perhaps the most comprehensive book on Music/ABBA's recording sessions in 1994 was later hired by Polar to write CD liner notes for that group in 1999.

* Russian keyboard player and Music/{{Yes}} fan Igor Khoroshev got to do session work, and then became a full-time member of Yes (1997 - 2002) as a result of sending them a demo tape. Come to that, the Buggles (vocalist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoff Downes) were both Yes fans (they also shared a manager, Brian Lane), were both pleased when they were asked to contribute to the group, and both stunned to find out that they were to replace the departed Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman.

* YouTuber Ola Englund covered Music/MachineHead songs Davidian and Old on his Website/YouTube channel. In 2022 when Machine Head perform at Sweden their invite Ola to play Davidian.

* Russian YouTuber Ai Mori[[labelnote:*]]real name Olga Zimina[[/labelnote]] is a long-time fan of Music/LinkinPark. During Mike Shinoda's contest for the chorus to his single "Open Door", Ai Mori was chosen as one of the finalists and she was featured on the official release alongside the other winners.

* Although all of the members like [[{{Music/TWICE}} TWICE]], Felix ''loves'' them. Not only is he in the same company as them (and did at least 2 {{Website/TikTok}} videos with [[FaceOfTheBand Nayeon]]), he got to participate in a song from Nayeon's 1st solo album!

* A dual-sided example: Carlos "Indio" Solari, better known in Argentina as the lead singer of the band Music/PatricioReyYSusRedonditosDeRicota, is a self confessed fan of AndresCalamaro, calling him a "winner" for persuading a major label for releasing a five-side, 100-song album (2000's ''El Salmón’') to the point of even recording a CoverVersion of the title song of said album in a tribute CoverAlbum. Calamaro, from his part, also loves Solari's work on both his solo career and with his former band. He was invited by Solari to sing on his own album, and then to sing said song, the CoverVersion and other songs in a pair of gigs.

* Carlos "Indio" Solari, better known in Argentina as the lead singer of the band Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, is a self confessed fan of AndresCalamaro, to the point of even recording a CoverVersion of one of his songs in a CoverAlbum. Also Calamaro himself also loves Solari's work on both his solo career and with his former band. He was invited by Solari to sing on his own album, and then to sing said song, the CoverVersion and other songs in a pair of gigs.

* Ron Wood has stated that when he first saw Music/TheRollingStones, he said to himself that he wanted to be in that band someday. Years later, he became their lead guitarist.

** Inverted by Trevor Rabin when he was putting together a band called Cinema which gradually had more and more members of Yes join. [[TemptingFate He never wanted the band to be called Yes and did not want to be seen as Steve Howe's replacement]]. And then Jon Anderson joined, and Cinema became the next lineup of Yes.

** Music/RingoStarr joining the band in the first place was both an example and an inversion of this. Starr was a fan of the Beatles in their prefame days and sometimes filled in for PeteBest (their original drummer); but at the same time, Paul and George saw Ringo--then drummer for a more popular band called Rory Storm and the Hurricanes--as cool older kid (by a couple of years, anyway) coming down from on high to help them out. When he finally joined, everyone was happy... for a few years, anyway.

* Zakk Wylde was an enormous Music/OzzyOsbourne and Music/BlackSabbath fan who got hired to Ozzy's band partly for knowing practically every Ozzy and Sabbath song released at that point. He often cites former Ozzy guitarist Randy Rhoads as his hero and the reason he plays the way he does and he is so devoted in his worship that he played the same model and color guitar as Rhoads (which he had his now trademark black bullseye painted on so the imitation wouldn't be so obvious to Ozzy fans), spent every hour he could mastering Rhoads' songs until he could hit them note by note, [[Stalker even built a shrine to Rhoads in his closet]] and [[NamedAfterSomebodyFamous eventually named his kid after him!]] To this day he still enthusiastically expresses his love for Rhoads and has a few custom built replicas of Rhoads' other guitars. As for the gig with Ozzy, it lasted for 20 years (with a few breaks) and Ozzy is the godfather of his kids.

* Current Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato and drummer Billy Rymer were both originally fans of the band before being invited to join.

* 30 Seconds to Mars' guitarist Tomo Milicevic was a fan of the band before joining up and got the job due to his talent...and due to camping out on Jared Leto's lawn for a whole week. He was also the main person responsible for updating the band's website during "A Beautiful Lie"'s album cycle.

* In one Music/GreenDay concert, Billie Joe Armstrong saw a teenage fan in the audience holding up a sign that said "I can play every song on ''{{Music/Dookie}}!"'' So Billie Joe pulled him up on stage and handed him the guitar. He played "When I Come Around" with the band and ''nailed it.''

* Arnel Pineda was asked to join the hard rock band Music/{{Journey}} after Neal Schon (guitarist) saw some of his vocal covers on Youtube.

** Mike Delguidice has been a lifelong fan of Joel himself, who started a tribute band named Big Shot in 2000 and has included Joel's lead guitarist Tommy Byrnes and drummer Chuck Burgi at times. In 2013, the Piano Man himself invited him to join his touring band as rhythm guitarist and backup singer.

* Amy Lee of Music/{{Evanescence}} has always been a huge Music/{{Korn}} fan, and covered their song ''Thoughtless'' while on tour in 2003-2004. Well, not only did Jonathan Davis praise the cover in an interview, but Evanescence got to go on tour with Korn in Europe – according to Davis, Evanescence were supposed to headline over Korn, but Amy Lee made Korn headline instead out of respect. Flash forward to 2006 and Lee sang a duet with Davis on ''Freak On A Leash'' for Korn's Mtv Unplugged live album.

* The ultimate promoted fanboy in music is probably Tim "Ripper" Owens (AKA, [[FanNickname The Man of a Thousand Bands]]) of Music/JudasPriest, Music/IcedEarth, Music/YngwieMalmsteen's Rising Force, and Music/BeyondFear. He was a singer in a Judas Priest tribute band, and took over as lead singer after Rob Halford left the band.

* After the [[AuthorExistenceFailure death]] of original Music/RedHotChiliPeppers guitarist Hillel Slovak, the band auditioned new guitarists until they discovered John Frusciante, a teenager who knew how to play every single one of their songs and was quite skilled on his own. He joined the band and was an integral member for many years before leaving to work on his solo career. Today, he is hailed as one of the greatest guitarists in the history of music.

* Zakk Wylde was an enormous Music/OzzyOsbourne and Music/BlackSabbath fan who got hired to Ozzy's band partly for knowing practically every Ozzy and Sabbath song released at that point. He often cites former Ozzy guitarist Randy Rhoads as his hero and the reason he plays the way he does and he is so devoted in his worship that he played the same model and color guitar as Rhoads (which he had his now trademark black bullseye painted on so the imitation wouldn't be so obvious to Ozzy fans), spent every hour he could mastering Rhoads' songs until he could hit them note by note, [[CrazyAwesome even built a shrine to Rhoads in his closet and eventually named his kid after him!]] To this day he still enthusiastically expresses his love for Rhoads and has a few custom built replicas of Rhoads' other guitars. As for the gig with Ozzy, it lasted for 20 years (with a few breaks) and Ozzy is the godfather of his kids.

* How about an example for an ''entire country''? Since 1983, UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} has broadcast the Series/EurovisionSongContest, and it's always been a big event, to the point of being referenced in the contest proper. In 2015, to reward them for their longtime loyalty, Australia were selected as a one-off wild card participant to celebrate the contest's sixtieth anniversary. Since then, not only have they returned, but they've finished in the top 10 for all but one of their entries so far (Dami Im in 2016 came ''second'').

** Inverted by Trevor Rabin he was putting together a band called Cinema which gradually had more and more members of Yes join. He never wanted the band to be called Yes and did not want to be seen as Steve Howe's replacement.

** Benoît David. He became the lead vocalist of a Yes tribute band called Close to the Edge in 1994. In 2008, he was selected by members of the group Yes to stand in for an ailing Jon Anderson

** ''Fly from Here'' itself would feature an Promoted Fanboy in the form of Benoit David, a Jon Anderson-soundalike (and lookalike) Canadian member of a Yes tribute band. The album would feature the song The Buggles sent to Yes to record, expended into a [[EpicRocking lengthy epic]], and would mark the return of Horn (as producer and guest vocalist) and Downes (as keyboardist), ironically enough replacing Anderson and Wakeman for the second time!

* R&B duo Chloe x Halle started out covering pop songs on Website/YouTube until their cover of "Pretty Hurts" caught the attention of the original artist, none other than Music/{{Beyonce}}. The sisters were then featured in Music/Lemonade2016 and were the opening act for her Formation World Tour.