These bands you loved

[Breine]

Hmm, I don't know. I'm definitely a whole lot more alternative and indie now than I was back then. Undoubtedly. I listen to a lot of music I would never ever touch back when I was 13-16. I've always had an open mind when it comes to music, but I was definitely more "pop" back then.
I remember listening to a lot of Alicia Keys, Dido, Justin Timberlake and Alanis Morissette.

It's only natural to go through a change in your music taste, just like you change as a person as you get older. Personally, my taste grew along with my passion and interest for music. These days I listen to all sorts of things.

[VexNet]

It might sound a bit odd, but I'm still into the music I listened to when I was very young.

It doesn't matter how long it's been or how cheesy the song is, if I like it, then I like it for life. I've found music from my childhood (I'm talking about like around ten years old) with tapes like "smurfs go pop" it's horrible and cheesy but enjoyable to listen to. Then again at the same time my parents would blast out Beatles, Rolling Stones and lots of other 60's through to 70's and 80's music mainly. Delving into a lot of Reggae.

Then in my Teens I delved in and around the cheese factor a lot. Europop was a guilty pleasure with bands like Toybox and Aqua. I also had a big thing for Third Wave Ska in my teens too I notice by my 2005 playlist from Last.FM which mainly consisted of Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Goldfinger which kind of molded itself into punk rock/pop/ska like Stroke 9 and MxPx.

I got myself into the HipHop genre after being a huge Eminem fan, and subsequently it got me into Rap, RnB and Beatboxing.

Around the same time I was listening to a lot of the pop metal rock of the time, like Nickleback, RatM, Linkin Park, SR-71, Saliva.. etc.

My favorite band of my teen years without a doubt however, was Barenaked Ladies. I absolutely loved Alternative Rock. That led me to find some oldies like Bob Dylan and Joe Satriani.

I found a lot of bands I still love to this day from Video Games during my teens too. NBA games introduced a lot of HipHop into my life, NHL games introduced more Pop Rock, and Guilty Gear for some ace Hard Rock tunes! I really like all the Sonic the Hedgehog music that has been released too, very upbeat fun fast songs to get running to! Of course not forgetting the beautiful orchestral songs of Final Fantasy (specifically the soundtrack to FFVIII being exceptionally good) and Despite all this, it was a game like Jet Set Radio with it's BreakBeats and Trip-Hop hop sounds from Guitar Vader, Hideki Naganuma and Richard Jacques that made me fall in love with that type of music, it really gets a good groove going.

in my late teens as I entered an Animé club I listened to a lot more Japanese music, Rock and Pop, A lot faster than English music. Orange Range, I discovered a Japanese band called ELLEGARDEN and this is still my favorite Japanese band to date.

The latest new wave of music I've discovered would be even more DubStep, Trip-Hop, Drum n Bass music. I've found a lot of good 70's music lately; Hawkwind, Barclay James Harvest, Gong. Also I've started to get into the latest version of pop music with that X-Factor and Lady Gaga. Also found a lot of brilliant music from German Snowboarding Team Isenseven from their Music DVDs. Still finding new music every week almost, it's fantastic!

Nowadays I just put on whatever I feel like listening to, since I tend to try to listen to stuff to match my mood or affect it in some way, or if the song has insightful lyrics, maybe it just had some kick butt tunes. It's all relative nowadays.

It's embarrassing for me to admit this too, but I am still quite suprised when I hear songs that the Beatles have done but I don't recognise them. With my type of history and who I know, I should know all their songs, right? But nope, I really am, suprised to find out that some songs I obviously know what song it is and it's imprinted into my head, but I just never knew it was the Beatles that did it.. There are a few other bands which give me the same suprise with their ever changing musical ideals but I've forgotten their names at this moment in time.

I'm well aware I've left loads of other genres and stuff out, but as of yet, I'm still to come across a Music Genre I don't like. How I see it, is that ever Genre has it's good and it's bad stuff. If you don't like what you hear on the radio then chances are it's because it's made for the mass market and sounds bad because of that. Look more deeper into the genre and you'll find some real gems.

For those with attention deficiency disorders, here is a summarized snippet of the general ramblings for you to ponder over -?
so uhm.. I guess I still like all the music I liked when I was a kid.. hmmm

[Bunny]

For the most part, I've stuck with two genre themes within my music over the years. 'Metal' and 'Alternative rock', even though I really dislike applying genres to music, have been my main listening preferences.

I started out with bands like Tool and A Perfect Circle in the metal genre and then moved onto things I feel are a tad deeper within the genre with more intricacies and whatnot. Pain of Salvation, Opeth, Agalloch, Ayreon, etc. I still listen to Tool every once and awhile but not as heavily as I did back in the day.

For Alternative rock, my main choice is Radiohead and I've been a fan of them since about 2002 or 2003. I don't listen to them as much nowadays but every once and awhile I throw back and get all emo listening to their music. I think it gets a little tricky moving around within the alt rock genre so I won't list any other bands.

There was a time when I went through an electronica phase with Aphex Twin, The Chemical Brothers and Autechre. I very rarely listen to those bands today though.

[Cuchulainn]

trip hop, d'n'b, jungle, dubstep, breakbeaaats...

MMM'HMM SISTA~

dubstep...oh how that wobble hypnotises me so.

[SuperMillionaire]

In my high school, almost everyone else listened to nothing but rap, even at prom; I was like, "ENOUGH WITH THE HIP-HOP ALREADY!!!!!" Later on, I began listening to some metal, because one friend at school often listened to metal, the difference being that he listened to EXTREME metal, but I only listened to regular metal.

These days, my musical tastes have reverted back to my elementary school days, plus I've also gained some new musical tastes. I tend to listen to mostly pop, rock, dance, country, reggae, and jazz, along with some regular metal and very little hip hop. I like many old music created before my time, ranging from the 1950s to now, and also enjoy both upbeat songs and ballads.

To me, I classify music by method of expressions into four divisions:
Cheesy- silly, casual
Edgy - gritty, aggressive
Formal - demure, refined
Abstract - artsy, progressive

I like music from all four classifications.

The only thing I don't like in music is explicit language. (Please don't ridicule me for that.)

Toodles.

[Moon Rabbits]

I was so metal when I was like, 14 and under. I was listening to Marilyn Manson and KoRn when I was in grade 3 cuz I was that cool.

lol wat

Internet + sarcasm = break.

I did listen to real metal when I was starting highschool/in middle school though. Cradle of Filth, Theatre des Vampyre or whatever they were called, Cannibal Corpse, Blind Guardian, etc. etc.

trip hop, d'n'b, jungle, dubstep, breakbeaaats...

MMM'HMM SISTA~

dubstep...oh how that wobble hypnotises me so.

WOBBLE BAAAAAASSSSSSSSS <33333

[The Space Pope]

Some bands I've grown out of, but stuff like Alice In Chains, Nirvana, GG, Pantera, etc etc etc I've liked since the early 90's.

[Cuchulainn]

WOBBLE BAAAAAASSSSSSSSS <33333

YouTube - Cookie Monsta - Ginger Pubes

Probably my favorite.

[SuperMillionaire]

Have you ever liked any music from before, then lost interest, then regained interest again?

[Moon Rabbits]

WOBBLE BAAAAAASSSSSSSSS <33333

YouTube - Cookie Monsta - Ginger Pubes

Probably my favorite.

YouTube - BORGORE - MAMA'S BOY

No way man. Borgore ftw.

[Cuchulainn]

WOBBLE BAAAAAASSSSSSSSS <33333

YouTube - Cookie Monsta - Ginger Pubes

Probably my favorite.

YouTube - BORGORE - MAMA'S BOY

No way man. Borgore ftw.

He ok but very predictable. YouTube - Stenchman - Only Human

[NorthernChaosGod]

I was so metal when I was like, 14 and under. I was listening to Marilyn Manson and KoRn when I was in grade 3 cuz I was that cool.

lol wat

Internet + sarcasm = break.

I did listen to real metal when I was starting highschool/in middle school though. Cradle of Filth, Theatre des Vampyre or whatever they were called, Cannibal Corpse, Blind Guardian, etc. etc.

Inference fail. Haha, good to know though.

[Moon Rabbits]

WOBBLE BAAAAAASSSSSSSSS <33333

YouTube - Cookie Monsta - Ginger Pubes

Probably my favorite.

YouTube - BORGORE - MAMA'S BOY

No way man. Borgore ftw.

He ok but very predictable. YouTube - Stenchman - Only Human

I love that song. ALSO CLASSIX.

[Cuchulainn]

actually...i think my favorite might be Emalkay 'When i look at you'. We seem to have the same taste in music. Pity u live in the frozen wastes of Canada we could partay.

Skream almost invented Dubstep. He's a cokehead tho.

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