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Well I've been on last.fm for almost 2 years now and my taste has changed dramatically over time. Looking at my top 50 overall I'm really not happy with most of the artist on their. Partly because at first when I discovered a band I loved I would scrobble the shit out of them until they reached a high status on my charts. Nowadays I can't be bothered with how much I scrobble an artist because there's always so much other music I want to check out. So here I am at 2 am listening to Tom Waits wasting the night away writing about what I think about my top 50.
= Looks great on my charts
= I like them but I'm not for 100% in having them high in my charts
= GTFO my charts.

1. Tool
Took me a while for me to love them. Then when they finally grew on me they immediately became one of my favorite bands. All their albums are great even their live album Salival is something worth checking out. And with each album better than the last I can only imagine how amazing their next album will be since 10,000 Days was so perfect.


2. The Cure
Immediately loved them when I first heard Disintegration. There early post-punk stuff is great but I think they hit they're peak with Disintegration. Weak was alright but everything after pretty much sucks. I still haven't checked out everything by them even with over 2000 scrobbles. They have so much material.


3. Opeth
First checked out Still Life. Loved it. Then Damnation. Bored me, except Windowpane. Like Tool it took me awhile before fully appreciating them. Now they've become one of my favorite bands.


4. Pink Floyd
Yeah classic band. Darkside Of The Moon, The Wall, and Animals are all classics to me.


5. A Perfect Circle
I don't really listen to them at all anymore. At first I was just a blind Tool fan loving Maynard's voice and his lyrics, now I think most lyrics are complete bullshit and appreciate artist for their musicianship. These guys are better than your average mainstream rock bands, some nice song writing that sets them apart from simply sounding generic. 3 Libras will always be one of my favorite songs.


6. Katatonia
I'm always an "on again off again" type of relationship with these guys. First heard The Great Cold Distance, loved it at first now I can barely sit through the whole thing. There other albums are the same, except Brave Murder Day which will always be their best. Overall, they have a lot of gems spread out in their albums, the best usually being bonus tracks and CD-singles.


7. Celldweller
I used to listen to this guy all the time. Now I think he is pretty overrated. Being a part of the AMV community is really sickening because everyone considers this guy a genius, pretty much every single song is done to death. Why do people praise this guy for being a one man band? Like there isn't millions of other solo artist who also create great music. He has some great material but I wouldn't call anything he's done a masterpiece. Every song he has released lately has been solid but I really don't think he can create a great album. I'll take a great album over a great song any day.


8. Puscifer
Actually checked him out before APC or Tool. Still love this project. V is for Vagina is a great album but I do think that it is very hit and miss. The stuff he has been putting out lately especially The Humbling River have got to be the best material released on here. I'm liking this new atmospheric direction.


9. Rise Against
My favorite generic nostalgic band. I don't really listen to them at all anymore but I don't mind it when I do.


10. Metallica
Really not sure how they got this high on my charts in the first place. I think they're classic albums for the most part are very overrated. Kill 'em All and ...And Justice for All are pretty good though. When Death Magnetic first released I loved it but since then I've gotten into a lot of other superior metal bands.


11. Eminem
Yeah hes a guilty pleasure. Will always be.


12. Devin Townsend
I completely love this guys work. His insanity is of my liking. Great musicianship. Addicted has also got to be one of my favorite 09 releases.


13. Agalloch
These guys can't release a bad record. Everything they've done is great.


14. King Crimson
Masters of Prog? Yeah In the Court of the Crimson King, Larks Tongue in Aspic and Red. are all essential for every prog lover.


15. Shining
Checked these guys out when I read that fucked up description about their beliefs and live performances, I just had to hear how fucked up this was. I'm glad I did give them a listen. Besides being fucked up V: Halmstad has got to be one of the greatest pieces of music I have ever heard. Every track is mind blowing. I haven't really gave their earlier stuff much of a listen. VI: Klagopsalmer was awful though.


16. Meshuggah
Didn't really want to check them out because how stupid their band pictures look. Chaosphere made me laugh, Jens Kidman sounded like a barking dog and the music just sucked. Catch-33 was a much better experience, their music was kind of annoying but I think that's what inevitably made them great for me....for some reason, don't really know how to describe my feelings toward them. They also became the headliners of the first concert I attended :).


17. Infected Mushroom
First heard the song Artillery which was great. I didn't check out the full album until a long time after which I regret because Vicious Delicious is a damn satisfying album. I don't care about how pop it is compared to how magical their earlier albums are. Infected Popshroom > Infected Mushroom. Not too much of a fan of them, they're live performance was hands down the best I've been too. I also helped advertise for them in their fanmanager street team and won an autographed poster and CD :D.


18. Amon Amarth
Twilight of the Thunder God unleashed my hidden craving for death metal. Now I think it's a pretty boring record. Metal gets old fast man.


19. Jerry Goldsmith
Lol, short lived movie soundtrack craving.


20. Angelspit
Addicting shit. Addicting when I first heard them. Still as addicting now. Even they're new release cleared my disappointment after a few listens. 2nd album has yet to grasp me.


21. My Bloody Valentine
Loveless


22. Beastie Boys
Hell Yeah! Probably a guilty pleasure, isn't it?


23. "Weird Al" Yankovic
Another guilty pleasure, right?


24. Nine Inch Nails
I never really liked them as much as I wanted to. All these scrobbles are a failed attempt for the most part. The Downward Spiral and The Fragile have some good songs but other than that I have never been able to see the magic.


25. Linkin Park
Angry generic emo shit.


26. Joy Division
A truly great band. Ian Curtis wrote some wonderful songs. Lyrics are all fantastic. Simple but hold so much meaning.


27. Ayreon
Gets old after while.


28. Mastodon
They're pretty good. Crack The Skye is such an overrated album it's ridiculous. Leviathan is great.


29. Cynic
Metal Gods!


30. Tom Waits
Absolute genius!


31. maudlin of the Well
Fucking insane band. Toby Driver is a genius.


32. Mindless Self Indulgence
Yeah I considered myself daring for listening to a band like this. They still have a few classics but I don't really listen to them anymore.


33. Modest Mouse
Have some great songs but as albums go they tend to fade with time.


34. John Carpenter
Only around Halloween


35. Scarling.
They are great...I haven't listened to them in a long time now


36. Guns N' Roses
Meh.


37. Shpongle
Should be as high as Infected Mushroom. Great music.


38. Porcupine Tree
I haven't really listened to many albums by them. I love Deadwing and Lightbulb Sun but most of the other stuff I've checked out is pretty boring.


39. Astronautalis
Amazing artist. Barrel Jumping (A Man Of Letters), The Waterfall and The Story of My Life all have got to be some of the greatest songs I've heard.


40. Thousand Foot Krutch
Generic Christian Rock


41. System of a Down
Such a faux pas


42. Vader
They won't be relevant in a couple of months


43. Have a Nice Life
Great album. Great bootleg demo album but recently I'm not feeling what I felt when I first listened months ago.


44. ASHES dIVIDE
Wow something completely shot out of my life.


45. Gojira
Metal that doesn't get boring. Great drumming also.


46. J.Viewz
Local New York band. Chill out album. So great.


47. Unwound
Leaves Turn Inside You is so great but like Have a Nice Life I think I'm growing out of this depressing shit.


48. Dane Cook
Why did I have him to begin with? =(


49. Bill Conti
Short lived Rocky soundtrack addiction. Still great but not something meant for heavy listening.


50. Black Light Burns
I kind of forced myself to like them. They suck. Only New Hunger, Cruel Melody and Lucretia My Reflection are good.



Final Verdict: Only 23 out of 50 artist I am satisfied with =(

Now, tell me. Where is this from?



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Thu 15 Oct – KMFDM, Angelspit, Legion Within

I arrived a bit early. I had no problems with the merch people, they all seemed nice. Legion Within came on and they were all right. I wasn't a huge fan of their vocalist, though he sort of reminded me of the vocalist from Jane's Addiction (who I saw/walked out on on May 22nd this year with Nine Inch Nails and Street Sweeper Social Club). The music itself was sometimes okay though. I liked the drummer. Then there was Angelspit who were amusing for the first two minutes, and I quickly tired of. Too heavy or chaotic or whatever you want to call it for me. It all seemed to sound the same.

KMFDM, of course, did not fail me. Sascha came out, expressionless, and the rest filled the stage. The horns on "D.I.Y." began to sound and I was extremely excited. For another hour and a half or so, KMFDM put on a great show. Hau Ruck rocked as hard as I always imagined it would (this was my first time seeing KFMDM). "Adios" was a great sort of solo for Sascha. "Godlike", of course, I was hoping with all of my heart to hear this, and as soon as it started to play, the show was complete for me.

I loved the venue, the Regency Ballroom. I was mainly happy that there were so few people there, I sort of expected more. However, I got an excellent view of the whole stage, I cannot complain.

If anyone knows of any recordings of the show, please link to them in the comments!

Here is the setlist:

D.I.Y.
Bait & Switch
Tohuvabohu
Son of a Gun
Hau Ruck
Looking for Strange
Potz Blitz
Attak/Reload
Saft und Kraft
Megalomaniac
Light
Free Your Hate
A Drug Against War
- encore 1 -
WWIII
Adios
- encore 2 -
Godlike

Here's my new favorite songs from this week:

Alek Száhala - Lumi
Alien Vampires - Rave to the Grave
Amduscia - Perverse Party
Angelspit - Skinny Little Bitch
Apoptygma Berzerk - Unicorn (Hocico remix)
Arome - Visions of Paradize
Axel Force - It's My Life (Javi Boss Remix)
Benny Benassi - Satisfaction (Ruthless & Vorwerk remix)
Cinderella - The Realm (D-Devils Remix)
David Guetta Ft. Akon - Sexy Bitch
Dir en grey - OBSCURE
Electric Six - Dance Commander (Benny Benassi remix)
Fright Ranger - Oh Oh Oh Sexy Vampire
Goldfrapp - Strict Machine (Benny Benassi Radio Edit)
Hocico - Instincts of Perversion
Hocico - Ruptura (Combichrist remix)
JTB & DJ Chuck-E - If I Do (Mars W & Vandall Remix)
Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl (Pussylickerz meets XTC Remix)
Klubbhoppers - Suck My Dick (Pussylickerz Remix)
Madonna - Celebration (Benny Benassi Remix)
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love (Female Vocal Version)
Maski - Bom Bim Bom (DJ Yan Bomba Remix)
Mental Miracle - After the storm (Schwarzende remix)
Mizuki - Futurism (original)
Negative A - Suck My Dick (Angerfist Remix)
Nish - Dying For You (Wragg + Log-One Remix)
Nish - Listen To Me
O-MIND ft. Laura Nori - Vampire´s Kiss (Hands Up Mix)
Pastry - Hell for Frandle
Sokól i Pono - W Aucie (Remix)

8)...

I'm bored...

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 7 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 7 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 140 represents an extremely varied one.

1 - The Birthday Massacre
2 - Tegan and Sara
3 - Paramore
4 - Thrushes
5 - Emilie Autumn
6 - Jack Off Jill
7 - The White Stripes
8 - Silversun Pickups
9 - The Raveonettes
10 - Pavement
11 - The Dead Weather
12 - Alizée
13 - Nine Inch Nails
14 - Tool
15 - Protest the Hero
16 - Sonic Youth
17 - Otep
18 - Le Tigre
19 - Black Moth Super Rainbow
20 - Scarling.

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1) The Birthday Massacre
- Helalyn Flowers
- I:Scintilla
-Ayria
- Angelspit
- Dope Stars Inc.
(5)

2) Tegan and Sara
- Tegan Quin
- An Horse
- Rachael Cantu
- Uh Huh Her
- Northern State
- The Cliks
- Tender Forever
(7)

3) Paramore
- Hey Monday
- VersaEmerge
- Boys Like Girls
- Automatic Loveletter
- Flyleaf
- All Time Low
- Fake Number
(7)

4) Thrushes
- Air Formation
- Airiel
- Highspire
- Rumskib
- Tears Run Rings
- Skywave
- The Daysleepers
(7)

5) Emilie Autumn
- Hannah Fury
- Rasputina
(2)

6) Jack Off Jill
- My Ruin
- QueenAdreena
- Daisy Chainsaw
- Switchblade Symphony
(4)

7) The White Stripes
- The Raconteurs
- Jack White
- The Black Keys
- The Greenhornes
- The Kills
- The Hives
(6)

8) Silversun Pickups
- Autolux
- The Airborne Toxic Event
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Cage the Elephant
- Mew
- Metric
- Band of Horses
(7)

9) The Raveonettes
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- The Duke Spirit
- Psyched Up Janis
- A Place to Bury Strangers
- The Warlocks
(6)

10) Pavement
- Stephen Malkmus
- Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
- Silver Jews
- Built to Spill
- Sebadoh
- Guided by Voices
- Preston School of Industry
(7)

11) The Dead Weather
- The Horrors
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Dan Auerbach
- Kasabian
(4)

12) Alizée
- Mylène Farmer
- Lorie
- Najoua Belyzel
- Jenifer
- Natasha St-Pier
- In-Grid
- Zazie
(7)

13) Nine Inch Nails
- Modwheelmood
- Trent Reznor
- Marilyn Manson
- Tweaker
- Black Light Burns
- Halo33
- Puscifer
(7)

14) Tool
- A Perfect Circle
- Peach
- Rishloo
- ASHES dIVIDE
- Riverside
- Porcupine Tree
(6)

15) Protest the Hero
- The Human Abstract
- Between the Buried and Me
- SikTh
- The Fall of Troy
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
- The Number Twelve Looks Like You
- August Burns Red
(7)

16) Sonic Youth
- Thurston Moore
- Ciccone Youth
- Lee Ranaldo
- Free Kitten
- My Bloody Valentine
- Dinosaur Jr.
- Yo La Tengo
(7)

17) Otep
- Kittie
- Eths
- Exilia
- The Agonist
- Mudvayne
- Straight Line Stitch
(6)

18) Le Tigre
- Bikini Kill
- Sleater-Kinney
- Bratmobile
- Julie Ruin
- Peaches
- Lesbians on Ecstasy
- The Gossip
(7)

19) Black Moth Super Rainbow
- Tobacco
- The Octopus Project & Black Moth Super Rainbow
- The Octopus Project
- Black Moth Super Rainbow + The Octopus Project
- satanstompingcaterpillars
- Animal Collective
- Panda Bear
(7)

20) Scarling.
- theSTART
- Die So Fluid
(2)

118/140

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. Kanye West
Kid Cudi
Lupe Fiasco
Jay-Z
Drake
Consequence
Common
N*E*R*D
Wale

2. The Pierces
Soho Dolls
The Filthy Youth
Charlotte Sometimes
Leighton Meester
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
Lincoln Hawk
Eisley

3. Coldplay
Keane
Snow Patrol
Travis
The Killers
Oasis
Radiohead
U2
The Fray

4.The Lonely Island
Incredibad
Bing Bong Brothers
Bo Burnham
Jon Lajoie
Flight of the Conchords
Group X
Tom Green
Jamie Kennedy & Stu Stone

5. Emilie Autumn
The Birthday Massacre
Helalyn Flowers
Angelspit
Ayria
Rasputina
Jack Off Jill
Zombie Girl

6. Jem
Kate Hevnevik
Anna Nalick
Imogen Heap
KT Tunstall
Dido
A Fine Frenzy
Nerina Pallot

7. Michael Giacchino
John Williams
Jerry Goldsmith
James Newton Howard
John Powell
John Ottman
James Horner
Thomas Newman
Alan Silvestri

8. Hannah Fury
Jill Tracy
Harlequin Jones
Pretty Balanced
Vermillion Lies
Revue Noir
Lily Holbrook

9. YUKI KAJIURA
See-Saw
Itou Eri
Kalafina
Emiliy Bindiger
Kinya
川井憲次
savage genius
千葉紗子

10. Akira Yamaoka
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Joe Romersa
Jason Gervais
KAVver.
Teisui Ichiryusai
john anthony matthewson
Chris Vrenna
Masami Ueda

11. The Postal Service
Death Cab for Cutie
The Shins
Ben Gibbard
PlayRadioPlay!
Stars
Her Space Holiday
Dntel
Owl City

12. Maroon 5
OneRepublic
Rob Thomas
James Morrison
James Blunt
Jason Mraz
Matchbox Twenty
Gavin DeGraw

13. Pearson Dunn Strings Orchestra
Rhian Owen
Isadore Goodman
Hyrule Orchestra
Darude vs Warp Brothers
新日本フィルハーモニー交
DJ Alice
Saiga Mitsuki (Robert Haydn)
Eugene Ormandy

14. frou frou
Sia
The Bird and the Bee
Shiny Toy Guns

15. Panic! At the Disco
Fall Out Boy
The Academy Is...
Cobra Starship
The Cab
Forgive Durden
The Hush Sound
My Chemical Romance
Black Gold

16. ORIGA
Ilaria Graziano
Gabriela Robin
菅野よう子
jillmax
Emily Curtis
Kimiko Itoh
新居昭乃
Steve Conte

17. Lamb
Lou Rhodes
Massive Attack
Hooverphonic
Mandalay
Tricky
Flunk
Pati Yang
Portishead

18. Justin Timberlake
*NSYNC
Timbaland
Usher
The Pussycat Dolls
Rihanna
Nicole Scherzinger
Christina Aguilera
Ciara

19. Pink
Kelly Clarkson
Katy Perry
Anastacia
Sugababes
Britney Spears
Lady GaGa

20. Emilie Simon
Anja Garbarek
Olivia Ruiz
Camille
Goldfrapp
Emilliana Torrini
Bjork
Emily Loizeau


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WELL DUH THIS SHIT IS VARIED

KANYE NEXT TO THE PIERCES???? YEAH, IT'S VARIED.

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.

-

01. Versailles
- Juka
- D
- Matenrou Opera
- Moi dix Mois
- Phantasmagoria
(5)

02. the GazettE
- SCREW
- alice nine.
- SuG
- Sadie
- Dio-distraught overlord
- D'espairsRay
- 12012
(7)

03. アンティック-珈琲店-
- 雅-miyavi-
- 少女-ロリヰタ-23区
- シリアル⇔NUMBER
(3)

04. Children of Bodom
- Inearthed
- Norther
- Arch Enemy
- Kalmah
- In Flames
- Warmen
- Ensiferum
- Wintersun
(8)

05. 新興宗教楽団NoGoD
- ネガ
- xTRiPx
- DELUHI
- Vidoll
- ClearVeil
- アヲイ
- 秋葉原少年団☆電脳ロメオ
(7)

06. LM.C
- 176BIZ
(1)

07. Emilie Autumn
- Hannah Fury
- The Birthday Massacre
- Helalyn Flowers
- Angelspit
- Ayria
- Rasputina
- Jack Off Jill
- Zombie Girl
(8)

08. DecoLa Hopping
- ＡＬｉＢｉ
- Ａｄｍｉｎｉｓｔｒａｔｏｒ
- DIS★Marionette
- ジュリエット
- ダリス
- Zip.er
(6)

09. お遊戯ゎが魔々団×【PaRADEiS】
- 愛狂います。
- Pizzcato.
- キャンゼル
- Himeyuri
(4)

10. LAREINE
- NEW SODMY
- IZABEL VAROSA
- MALICE MIZER
- BAISER
(4)

11. HIZAKI grace project
- Schwardix Marvally
(1)

12. Ayabie
- Megamasso
(1)

13. Nightwish
- Tarja Turunen
- Within Temptation
- Delain
- After Forever
- Visions of Atlantis
- Leaves' Eyes
- Sonata Arctica
(7)

14. Epica
- Xandria
- Sirenia
- Tristania
(3)

15. Kaya
- Schwarz Stein
- another cell
- Hora
- Velvet Eden
- GPKISM
- BLAM HONEY
(6)

16. Dir en grey
- lynch.
- La:Sadie's
- MUCC
- RENTRER EN SOI
- UnsraW
- kagerou
(6)

17. Sonata Arctica
- Stratovarius
- Northeren Kings
- Avantasia
- Kamelot
- HammerFall
- Rhapsody of Fire
- Edguy
(7)

18. Buono!
- berryz koubou
- °C-ute
- morning musume
- High-King
- 月島きらり starring 久住小春(モーニング娘。)
- Aa!
(8)

19. The Birthday Massacre
- I:Scintilla
- Dope Stars Inc.
- Vanity Beach
(3)

20. Danger☆gang
- exist†trace
- Licker
- CELLT
(3)


Total: 98

Ayy; I tought it would be worse ^^
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★★☆★☆★☆★

Take ten bands/artists that should play at your show and determine their set lists:

- The first one plays 5 songs.
- The second one plays 5 songs.
- The third one plays 5 songs.
- The fourth one plays 5 songs.
- The fifth one plays 6 songs.
- The sixth one plays 7 songs.
- The seventh one plays 7 songs.
- The eighth one plays 7 songs.
- The ninth one plays 11 songs.
- The tenth one plays 14 songs, with a 2 song encore.

1.) Tommy heavenly6
- my bloody knee-high-socks
- +gothic Pink+
- I'm Gonna SCREAM+
- Heavy Starry Chain
- Lollipop Candy BAD girl

2.) Leaves' Eyes
- For Amelie
- Elegy
- Mourning Tree
- Scarborough Faire
- My Destiny

3.) exist†trace
- Lost in Helix
- vanguard
- Venom
- 灰の雪
- リリム

4.) Helalyn Flowers
- Your Killer Toy
- Hybrid Moments
- Silent Conversation
- I'm Human, Defective
- DGT Al Blood

5.) Schoolyard Heroes
- The Girl Who Was Born Without a Face
- All-You-Can-Eat Cancer
- Screaming "Theater" in a Crowded Fire
- The Last Man on Earth
- They Live
- Razorblade Kisses

6.) Within Temptation
- Our Solemn Hour
- The Howling
- Blue Eyes
- Running Up That Hill
- Angels
- Memories
- See Who I Am

7.) Angelspit
- A la Mode, A la Mort
- Make You Sin
- Fuck Fashion
- 100%
- Vena Cava
- Get Even
- Wreak Havoc

8.) The Birthday Massacre
- Red Stars
- Science
- Play Dead
- Lovers End
- Blue
- Happy Birthday
- Remember Me

9.) Nightwish
- Dark Chest of Wonders
- Bless The Child
- Master Passion Greed
- Planet Hell
- Nemo
- The Poet and the Pendulum
- Wish I Had An Angel
- Romanticide
- Whoever Brings the Night
- High Hopes
- Meadows of Heaven

10.) Emilie Autumn
- Prologue: Across the Sky
- Castle Down
- How Strange
- Ever
- Miss Lucy Had Some Leeches
- Liar
- I Know Where You Sleep
- Misery Loves Company
- Opheliac
- Gothic Lolita
- Let the Record Show
- Dead Is the New Alive
- The Art of Suicide
- I Want My Innocence Back
- Encore 1: Face the Wall
- Encore 2: Unlaced