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First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

1.In Flames
-Soilwork
-Dark Tranquillity
-Sonic Syndicate
-Children of Bodom
-Arch Enemy
-Scar Symmetry
-Passenger

2.Morbid Angel
-Immolation
-Suffocation
-Nile
-Malevolent Creation

3.Entombed
-Dismember
-Death Breath
-Grave
-Unleashed
-Gorefest
-Nihilist
-Asphyx

4.Dream Theater
-Liquid Tension Experiment
-Jordan Rudess
-James LaBrie
-John Petrucci
-Transatlantic
-Symphony X
-Pain of Salvation

5.Obituary
-Pestilence
-Autopsy
-Bolt Thrower

6.Sepultura
-Soulfly
-Cavalera Conspiracy
-Slayer
-Nailbomb
-Kreator
-Pantera
-Ektomorf

7.Death
-Control Denied
-Atheist
-Necrophagist

8.Deicide
-Vital Remains
-Krisiun
-Hate Eternal

9.Carcass
-Napalm Death
-Blackstar Rising
-At the Gates

10.Metallica
-Megadeth
-Iron Maiden
-Anthrax
-Machine Head
-Motörhead

11.Opeth
-Bloodbath
-Katatonia
-Cynic
-Porcupine Tree
-Gojira
-Riverside

12.Alice in Chains
-Mad Season
-Jerry Cantrell
-Soundgarden
-Mother Love Bone
-Temple of the Dog
-Stone Temple Pilots

13.Pearl Jam
-Eddie Vedder
-Stone Gossard

14.King Diamond
-Mercyful Fate
-King Diamond & Black Rose
-Metal Church
-Halford
-Venom
-Judas Priest
-Running Wild

15.Absu
-Deströyer 666
-Melechesh
-Aura Noir
-Razor of Occam
-Averse Sefira
-Gospel Of Horns
-Archgoat

16.Cannibal Corpse
-Six Feet Under
-Dying Fetus

17.Al Di Meola
-Return to Forever
-John McLaughlin
-Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin
-Allan Holdsworth
-Pat Metheny Group
-Jean-Luc Ponty
-Chick Corea

18.Bloodbath
-Hypocrisy
-Vomitory
-Decapitated

19.Atheist
-Gorguts
-Nocturnus
-Martyr
-Obscura

20.Led Zeppelin
-Pink Floyd
-Page & Plant
-Jimi Hendrix
-Robert Plant
-The Doors
-Cream
-The Jimi Hendrix Experience

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

1.In Flames
-Soilwork
-Dark Tranquillity
-Sonic Syndicate
-Children of Bodom
-Arch Enemy
-Scar Symmetry
-Passenger

2.Morbid Angel
-Immolation
-Suffocation
-Nile
-Malevolent Creation

3.Entombed
-Dismember
-Death Breath
-Grave
-Unleashed
-Gorefest
-Nihilist
-Asphyx

4.Dream Theater
-Liquid Tension Experiment
-Jordan Rudess
-James LaBrie
-John Petrucci
-Transatlantic
-Symphony X
-Pain of Salvation

5.Obituary
-Pestilence
-Autopsy
-Bolt Thrower

6.Sepultura
-Soulfly
-Cavalera Conspiracy
-Slayer
-Nailbomb
-Kreator
-Pantera
-Ektomorf

7.Death
-Control Denied
-Atheist
-Necrophagist

8.Deicide
-Vital Remains
-Krisiun
-Hate Eternal

9.Carcass
-Napalm Death
-Blackstar Rising
-At the Gates

10.Metallica
-Megadeth
-Iron Maiden
-Anthrax
-Machine Head
-Motörhead

11.Opeth
-Bloodbath
-Katatonia
-Cynic
-Porcupine Tree
-Gojira
-Riverside

12.Alice in Chains
-Mad Season
-Jerry Cantrell
-Soundgarden
-Mother Love Bone
-Temple of the Dog
-Stone Temple Pilots

13.Pearl Jam
-Eddie Vedder
-Stone Gossard

14.King Diamond
-Mercyful Fate
-King Diamond & Black Rose
-Metal Church
-Halford
-Venom
-Judas Priest
-Running Wild

15.Absu
-Deströyer 666
-Melechesh
-Aura Noir
-Razor of Occam
-Averse Sefira
-Gospel Of Horns
-Archgoat

16.Cannibal Corpse
-Six Feet Under
-Dying Fetus

17.Al Di Meola
-Return to Forever
-John McLaughlin
-Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin
-Allan Holdsworth
-Pat Metheny Group
-Jean-Luc Ponty
-Chick Corea

18.Bloodbath
-Hypocrisy
-Vomitory
-Decapitated

19.Atheist
-Gorguts
-Nocturnus
-Martyr
-Obscura

20.Led Zeppelin
-Pink Floyd
-Page & Plant
-Jimi Hendrix
-Robert Plant
-The Doors
-Cream
-The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Okay, first off, dramatic title, but I know myself that on this website I skim down artist pages, and only bold titles grab my attention. Hell, there's a good reason for it; journals here have went mostly to piss since every user and their mate decided it would be a good idea to post 'My top albums' lists ad infinitum.

It's been a while since I vented my thoughts, and looking through past journals and comments, it invigorated me, to an extent where I wish to share something that's been driving me crazy for quite a while.

The X-Factor, never off our red-banner tabloids (What's Afghanistan matter when Tiger is about, eh Sun?) or TV screens was angry to discover this week that the funk/rap metal band Rage Against the Machine's classic song Killing In The Name had been chosen to spoil the fun.

On Facebook, the group is hundreds of thousands strong, a casual look at the shoutbox here on Last Fm tells us a similar story, and every rock/music blog and magazine has been shouting about it. Now, I'm all for a shake up of the mainstream charts and system. It's refreshing to see the 'alternative' music scene get their share of the publicity pie.

What annoyed me was that arrogant, smug bastard Simon Cowell's reaction. For all his millions, that man has no class - he argued that such an online movement was 'stealing' his TV show competitor's chance at a big hit. The way he said it made him sound as though he feels that every Christmas, the X-Factor winner has a divine right to a Number 1 hit. His shown has been denying EVERYONE for YEARS.

If you look at what I listen to, you'll realise I've never cared for what's top of the charts, I couldn't name you a Mika song and I detest Nickleback. That's all and good, everyone has non-subjective tastes. But what I hate is programs like the X-Factor, that manufacture talent, that water down original versions, pollute any sense of artistic meaning in music, and ram their own views down the throats of millions. This show is an abomination; a macabre mixture of the freak-show auditions, ratings squeezing rounds and then what is usually a vastly overrated, unprepared winner. How many have swam, not sank? JLS? I personally wouldn't call that talent, but each to their own.

In short, The X-Factor, and to a certain extent shows like 'I'm a Celebrity...' and 'Big Brother' are mindless, inane shows, devoid of meaning or a context in reality. Every year, I watch masses of people turn into cogs in a greater industry machine. Call me a typical black metal 'Grim' person but it disgusts me.

Buy the RATM single, hell, buy two. It's about time such trivial filth gets a slap in the face, and the X-Factor has got one, whether they get their coveted number one or not. I just hope that in result of this competition, people stop taking what they are given for granted, and look for some real, tangible meaning in what they listen to. I know some people will argue otherwise, but I can't imagine being emotionally connected to Gimme More without being a little shallow. When with others, particularly in a school, or social environment I feel such disparagement at what goes for meaningful music in popular culture.

Is there a difference between a musician and an artist?



PS: Hope that was coherent and better than another '20 Questions about your top 50' journal. Opinions are welcome. Thanks.

UlverKatatoniaOpethSlayerSodomAnaal NathrakhMetallicaExodusArcturusMastodonJesuIsisNeurosisAnthraxGod Is an AstronautAnathemaParadise LostDevilDriverCarcassDarkthroneDeathspell OmegaDark TranquillityDownHead Control SystemIron MaidenNapalm DeathNilePanic CellSanctitySatryiconAbigail WilliamsSlipknotTriviumStone SourTestamentVenomMardukBurzumSolefaldIhsahnAudioslaveGodfleshShiningLifeloverGnaw Their TonguesSuicide SilenceWaking The CadaverBring Me the HorizonEvilePanteraNecrophagistDeicideCannibal CorpseEntombedDaathThe Bloody BeetrootsAngels & Airwavesblink-182MaeOneRepublicDarkthroneThe BeatlesRadioheadSleepOMIntronautSnow PatrolThe KillersBritney SpearsLemarLady GaGaMuseOasisLamb of GodLeviathanMeshuggahMorbid AngelAgallochChristina AguileraMichael JacksonMariah CareyManic Street PreachersIan BrownP!nkMichael BubleAlexandra BurkeEarthSunn O)))CobaltDimmu BorgirParamoreMy Chemical RomanceCeline DionDashboard ConfessionalMy Bloody ValentineBullet For My ValentineAvenged SevenfoldNirvanaMadonnaRobbie WilliamsSusan BoyleABBAPink FloydBlack Eyed PeasKanye WestTaylor SwiftJay-ZEminem50 CentNasDarkspaceRosettaScar SymmetrySolitude AeturnesTexturesTaake

Didn't want to sound pretentious, and for those who tl;dr'd...

What the fuck is wrong with people?
"Everything?"
Yeah, yeah, I meant apart from that.

Just conversing with a friend about the original nationality of Fosters beer via facebook (not my preferred method of communication, I assure you.)
Some fag comes on and says "WHO CARES lol".


What the FUCK is that?
Honestly, do you walk up to people talking on the street and yell in their ears "WHO CARES"
It used to be that, that was a fucking point, but nowadays, chances are you probably do.
At least I can get satisfaction from the fact that you can't maintain an erection, you often feel like a woman stuck in a man's body and you look like this:



Of course to make this relevant, I'll point out that it happens here too.
I'm discussing whether or not shitty Backspacer is shit or not and some fool turns up going "Hey, shut der fuck up, ur like the guyz on the Metallica page arguing over nothing. SWEAR MOR!"

It used to be that all these guys were 12 years old...

Let me go over this for you shits, if it's not going to be entertaining to you, me or anyone else, why the fuck are you saying it?
It's pretty fucking obvious who cares and it's pretty fucking obvious that we're not arguing over nothing.

Next time you feel like saying some useless shit like that, ironically something people care even less about, why don't you turn off your computer, turn to your fat ugly wife and say "I want a divorce".
You'll be a lot happier and so will I.


I'll post the time and date of the very first unoriginal comment saying "Who cares?" or "You're talking about nothing".


_{Alice in Chains,Anthrax,Blind Melon,Black Sabbath, Children of Bodom, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Faith No More, Fantômas, Godsmack, Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Jane's AddictionJerry Cantrell, KISS, Lifeseeker, Living Colour, mc chris, Megadeth, Mudhoney, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, The Offspring, Pearl Jam, Pantera, Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, Screaming Trees, Slayer, The Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Tool,}

Statistics as of 04/13/08
316 Albums

A
A Perfect Circle - Pet
Alice in Chains - Nothing Safe: Best of the Box
Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged
Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Alice in Chains - Facelift
Angels & Airwaves - We Don't Need to Whisper
Anthrax - Sound of White Noise
Apocalyptica - Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Ark - Burn the Sun
Asia - The Very Best of Asia
Autolux - Future Perfect
Ayreon - 01011001 (Special Edition)
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Ayreon - Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer
Ayreon - Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight Of The Migrator

B
Johann Sebastian Bach - Bach Greatest Hits
P. Bateman - Dr. Strangelove: The Films of Stanley Kubrick
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Beatles - 1
Various Artists (Beavis And Butt-Head) - The Beavis And Butt-Head Experience
Ludwig van Beethoven - Immortal Beloved
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Garth Brooks - No Fences

C
Jerry Cantrell - Degredation Trip
Collective Soul - 7Even Year Itch: Greatest Hits
Harry Connick, Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas
Harry Connick, Jr. - We are in love
The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet
The Cranberries - No Need To Argue
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
Creed - Greatest Hits

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

#1 Madonna
1 Kylie Minogue
2 Janet Jackson
3 Cher
4 Lady GaGa
5 Britney Spears
6 Danii Minogue
7 Cindy Lauper
8 Spice Girls

#2 Marilyn Manson
9 Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids
10 Nine Inch Nails
11 Rob Zombie
12 Rammstein
13 Deathstars
14 John 5
15 KoЯn
16 Dope

#3 Crass
17 Flux of Pink Indians
18 Conflict
19 Subhumans
20 Rudimentary Peni
21 Zounds
22 Poison Girls
23 Dirt
24 Aus-Rotten

#4 Icon of Coil
25 Combichrist
26 Rotersand
27 Panzer AG
28 Covenant
29 Assemblage 23
30 Seabound
31 Neuroticfish
32 Apoptygma Berzek

#5 Combichrist
Panzer AG
33 Icon of Coil
34 Suicide Commando
35 Grendel
36 Noisuf-X
37 Aesthetic Perfection
38 Agonize
39 :wumpscut:

#6 London After Midnight
40 Fear Cult
41 Clan of Xymox
42 All Gone Dead
43 Cinema Strange
44 Diary of Dreams
45 Rosetta Stone
46 Christian Death
47 Two Witches

#7Nightwish
48 Tarja
49 Epica
50 Within Temptation
51 Delain
52 Vision of Atlantis
53 Leaves' Eyes
54 After Forever
55 Sonata Artica

#8 Megadeth
56 MD.45
57 Anthrax
58 Testament
59 Slayer
60 Exodus
61 Kreator
62 Pantera
63 Annihilator

#9 Fun People
64 Boom Boom Kid
65 Cucsifae
66 Eterna Inocencia
67 Loquero
68 El Otro Yo
69 Shaila
70 Flema
71 2 Minutos

#10 Immortal Technique
72 Jedi Mind Tricks
73 Poison Pen
74 Akir
75 OuterSpace
76 Ill Bill
77 Sabac
78 dead prez
79 Army of the Pharaohs

#11 Propagandhi
80 I Spy
81 Dillinger Four
82 Good Riddance
83 Strike Anywhere
84 Bigwig
85 None More Black
86 A Wilhelm Scream
87 Dead to Me

#12 Social Distortion
88 Mike Ness
89 The Bones
90 Rancid
91 Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
92 Pennywise
93 Backyard Babies
94 Street Dogs
95 The Bouncing Souls

#13 Siouxsie and the Banshees
96 The Creatures
97 Siouxsie
98 Bauhaus
99 X-Mal Deutschland
100 The Glove
101 Alien Sex Fiend
Christian Death
102 Skeletal Family

#14 1200 Micrograms
103 Talamasca
104 Astrix
105 GMS
106 Hallucinogen
107 Infected Mushroom
108 Shpongle
109 Electric Universe
110 Astral Projection

#15 Depeche Mode
111 Dave Gahan
112 Martin L. Gore
113 Recoil
114 Camouflage
115 De/Vision
116 Erasure
117 And One
118 Pet Shop Boys

#17 Atmosphere
119 The Dynospectrum
120 Brother Ali
121 Slug
122 Eyedea & Abilities
123 Sage Francis
124 Murs
125 Mac Lethal
126 Aesop Rock

#16 Eminem
127 D12
128 50 Cent
129 Obie Trice
130 Stat Quo
131 Benzino
132 Proof
133 Dr. Dre
134 2Pac

#18. Mind.In.A.Box
135 Edge of Dawn
Seabound
136 Pride and Fall
Rotersand
137 Liquid Divine
138 Syrian
Neuroticfish
139 Code 64

#19. Black Sabbath
140 Ozzy Osbourne
141 Judas Priest
142 Dio
143 Heaven and Hell
144 Deep Purple
145 Motörhead
146 Iron Maiden
147 Rainbow

#20. Angelspit
148 Ayria
149 Helalyn Flowers
150 Zombie Girl
151 I:Scintilla
152 Pzychobitch
Combichrist
153 Hanzel und Gretyl
154 Psyclon Nine

That took time -.-

My score is 154/160 :D

Band's I've seen :) [In no order]

Velvet Revolver x6

Backyard Babies x5

Megadeth x4

Trivium x6

Iron Maiden x2

Guns N' Roses

Slipknot x2

Slayer x3

System of a Down

AC/DC

Deep Purple x2

Black Sabbath

Anthrax

Machine Head x3

Metallica x2

Seether

The Offspring

Disturbed

Judas Priest x3

Scorpions x2

Bullet For My Valentine x2

Wednesday 13 x4

Whitesnake

Def Leppard

Black Stone Cherry

Duff McKagan's Loaded

H.I.M x2

Hellyeah

Iced Earth

Lamb of God x2

Arch Enemy x2

DevilDriver x2 (biggest pit I have EVER seen!!)

Heaven & Hell

Lost Prophets x2

My Chemical Romance

Korn x2

Deathstars

3 Doors Down

SOiL

Bullet For My Valentine x3

In Flames

Nightwish

Within Temptation x2

Lacuna Coil

DragonForce x3

Alter Bridge

Evanescence

Motley Crue

Thin Lizzy

Styx

Zico chain

The Crave

Crucified Barbara

Buckcherry x2

Bullets and Octane x2

Stone Sour x3

Papa Roach x3

Hanoi Rocks x2

The Wildhearts x2

Motorhead

Airbourne x2

Children of Bodom x2

Towers of London

Testament

Amen x2

Imperial Vipers x2

The Cult

Lauren Harris

The Answer x2

Garbage

Zebrahead

McQueen x2

Tokyo Dragons

The Glitterati

Pendulum x2

Wolfmother

Bowling for Soup x2

Biffy Clyro x4

ShadowsFall

Turisas

KISS

Alice in Chains

Shinedown

Opeth

3 Inches of Blood

Stone Gods

Evile

Hinder

Killswitch Engage

The Ga*Ga*s

Mastadon

Hurricane Party

Avenged Sevenfold

Heavens Basement

Roadstar

The Subways x2

Lauren Harris

In This Moment

Fly Leaf

Shinedown

There's probably some I've forgot...

I haven't had a chance to listen to any of these yet, but I thought it was an interesting mix of music I picked up today. See here. Bon Jovi The Circle, Nirvana Live at Reading, Pearl JamTen, Megadeth Endgame.

I pause to reflect on this selection because it is fairly representative of my thoughts on music. Eddie Van Halen once said "If it sounds good, it is good." It was with this basic and simple tenet that has since ruled my musical tastes. I used to let others dictate what I liked. The radio, friends, family, marketing. Whatever. You couldn't like Megadeth because I was a Metallica fan. You couldn't possibly like Poison and Anthrax. Bon Jovi was for posers. Nirvana sucked because they destroyed...whatever. It is all pretty silly when you think about it.

Once I began liking what I liked because it sounds good, I found myself open to a whole world of new musical worlds. Lyle Lovett was great! I COULD like Anthrax and Nirvana and Faith Hill. It was OK to enjoy, metal, pop, country, pop country, grunge, shoegaze, whatever, if it sounds good it is good.

My iTunes library has 17,000 songs in in from every possibly genre. Mostly rock, hard rock, pop rock, 90's rock, classic rock, modern rock and indie rock. But there is tons of pop, top 40, metal, pop country, classic country, punk, adult contemporary, soundtracks, classical, ect. If it sounds good, it is good.

I refuse to let others dictate what I listen to. I never listen to terrestrial radio, instead I use the internet, iTunes, last.fm, woxy.com, and recommendations from friends to discover new music. When discussing music, I try not to say something I do not like "sucks". All of the music I do not like is played by folks with far more talent than I have, just because I do not like it, does not make it suck. If someone says band X sucks, I do not take that on face, I listen if I am interested and make my own determination. Sometimes I like what I hear, sometimes I dont. I remember the night my cousin Brian told me how much Guns N' Roses sucks. One of my favorite bands for the last twenty years. If it sounds good, it is good.

So I imagine I will probably enjoy all four of these albums and blissfully ignore the ridicule that goes along with liking Bon Jovi. And Megadeth. Everybody likes Pearl Jam.