I have a very, very wide range of musical tastes. I guess my roots are actually in classic rock (Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Queen, the Eagles) and then from there moved onto harder modern rock music (System of a Down, Linkin Park, Inxs, Ataris, Our Lady Peace, Red Hot Chili Peppers).
Then there's the punkier modern stuff, Fallout Boy, Franz Ferdinand, Panic at the Disco, Death By Stereo, The Summer Rocket. And by some other influences, I'm slowly getting into opus metal.
Then, on the total opposite end of the spectrum, there's Eurobeat; the strange dance-ish music produced only in Italy and Japan, and only sold commercially in Japan. Defined by names like Dave Rodgers, KIKI & KIKA, Domino, and Dusty, it's of the same type of music you could find on DDR, and all the music found on Para Para.
Then there's J-rock, and K-rock, with a bit of J-pop influence thrown in. everything from T.M. Revolution, Glay, Dir en Grey, Malice Mizer, Metronome, Move, Nicotene, Orange Range (current favourtie), Miyavi, Pierrot, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Bump of Chicken, to Gackt, Ayumi Hamasaki, Morning Musume, Yoko Kanno, and even an independent Japanese university band; 403.
And classical and intrumental music really strikes a chord with me. So emotional and powerful, whether it's from the calssical composers or modern composition.
So yeah, I'm quite open to just about anything, but I'm much more critical on hip hop and country music. And I'm slowly getting over my apprehensions about ska
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Q: What weighs six ounces, sits in a tree, and is dangerous?
A: A sparrow with a machine gun.
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