BINGO...i've discovered TONS of great bands by file-sharing...and on the flip side saved myself $ by discovering albums I was GOING to buy were shit...
That´s it, i often download stuff, just to get to know some new bands that I don´t know yet, and when I like them of course I buy their albums, because I think it´s so much different when you really own an album, the original CD/LP with the booklet and the artwork and everything...