I had the same experience. In my mid-late teens, I had an enormous Wagner kick, and in my first few days at University, I was sitting in my room listening to Parsifal. I went out to the kitchen, and was very surprised to hear exactly the same music coming from a friend (nickbarnes)'s room across the landing, only on synthesisers.

For many years their concert at Hammersmith Apollo (1987? I'm not quite sure, but I may even still have the poster somewhere!) was the only rock concert I'd ever been to, and I still have a couple of their albums on my iPod.