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. Say Anything
2. Modest Mouse
3. The Matches
4. Gym Class Heroes
5. Brand New
6. Manchester Orchestra
7. Tool
8. Taking Back Sunday
9. Mitch Hedberg
10. Weezer
11. Snow Patrol
12. Bright Eyes
13. Violent Femmes
14. Blue October
15. Rise Against
16. The White Stripes
17. U2
18. The Offspring
19. Death From Above 1979
20. A Perfect Circle

1. Saves the Day
2. The Early November
3. Motion City Soundtrack
4. The Spill Canvas
5. Bayside
6. The Academy Is...
7. The Starting Line
8. Ugly Casanova
9. Built to Spill
10. The Shins
11. The Flaming Lips
12. Wolf Parade
13. Broken Social Scene
14. Pinback
15. The Decemberists
16. Hit the Lights
17. Midtown
18. The Pink Spiders
19. The Cab
20. The Hush Sound
21. Shwayze
22. N*E*R*D
23. Cute Is What We Aim For
24. This Providence
25. Forgive Durden
26. Kevin Devine
27. Straylight Run
28. Jesse Lacey
29. Right Away, Great Captain!
30. Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
31. Dear and the Headlights
32. Copeland
33. Pucifer
34. Deftones
35. Riverside
36. Porcupine Tree
37. Rishloo
38. Fair to Midland
39. Peach
40. Senses Fail
41. The Used
42. Armor for Sleep
43. My Chemical Romance
44. Dashboard Confessional
45. Matchbook Romance
46. Lewis Black
47. Patton Oswalt
48. Jim Gaffigan
40. George Carlin
41. David Cross
42. Demetri Martin
43. Dane Cook
44. Mike Birbiglia
45. Rivers Cuomo
46. Ozma
47. The Rentals
48. The Special Goodness
49. Space Twins
50. The Get Up Kids
51. The Presidents of the United States of America
52. Ash
53. Athlete
54. Coldplay
55. Keane
56. Razorlight
57. Embrace
58. Feeder
59. Stereophonics
60. Editors
61. Conor Oberst
62. Desaparecidos
63. The Good Life
64. Elliott Smith
65. Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
66. Cursive
67. Commander Venus
68. Son, Ambulance
69. Camper Van Beethoven
70. Pixies
71. The Replacements
72. Talking Heads
73. Gang of Four
74. The Jesus and Mary Chain
75. Mission of Burma
76. Devo
77. The Juliana Theory
78. Lovedrug
79. Acceptance
80. Semisonic
81. Marjorie Fair
82. The Goo Goo Dolls
83. Anti-Flag
84. Strike Anywhere
85. Pennywise
86. Ignite
87. Sum 41
88. Strung Out
89. Millencolin
90. A Wilhelm Scream
91. The Raconteurs
92. The Black Keys
93. Jack White
94. The Hives
95. The Strokes
96. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
97. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
98. The Kills
99. R.E.M.
100. Passengers
101. Bono
102. INXS
103. Lenny Kravitz
104. Simple Minds
105. Crowded House
106. Midnight Oil
107. Green Day
108. Bad Religion
109. Blink-182[/aratist]
110. Zebrahead
111. Hoobastank
112. Sebastien Grainger
113. The Rapture
114. Test Icicles
115. You Say Party! We Say Die!
116. !!!
117. Thunderbirds Are Now!
118. Foals
119. LCD Soundsystem
120. ASHES dIVIDE
121. Chevelle
122. 10 Years
123. Black Light Burns

I did it wrong and didn't include my top 20 when they were in the similar artists so it's in reality around 140.

1. Death Cab for Cutie (x2)
2. Bright Eyes (x3)
3. Nada Surf
4. Verdena (x2)
5. Chris Garneau (x2)
10. Death Is Not Glamorous
11. The Smashing Pumpkins
12. Maria Taylor (x3)
13. Kristofer Åström
17. The Cure
18. SoKo (x2)
19. Maximilian Hecker
27. Brand New
32. Bloc Party
36. 7yearsbadluck
38. Something Less Than Perfect (well, almost. Andy organised a private gig just for me. haha)
40. Incubus
45. The Decemberists
48. Placebo (x3)

19/50. Not bad. considering half of my top bands are dead and/or broken up.

and on another (very lovely) note.
I got my gig tickets two days ago for:

Alkaline Trio @ Flex
Islands @ Arena (not quite as cool as The Unicorns... but almost)
Emilie Autumn @ Szene
God is an Astronaut @ B72

and I am also going to:

Francis International Airport @ Chelsea
Emiliana Torrini @ Szene
Soap&Skin @ Brut
Son, Ambulance @ B72


I don't have my ticket yet for Son, Ambulance yet. not that they are so big here, but still. You never know when shows sell out, which is simply super weird at times. I could get a guest list spot, but I DON'T LIKE GUESTLISTS! (though they are good when you are broke). Also, my friend Laura is coming to play at Arena with her band Medeia on the same day. but I can't go, because I am in love with Son, Ambulance. dilemma. what to do? I've done gig-hopping more than once (Verdena+SoKo in London, Bloc Party+These Arms Are Snakes in Vienna) and yes, it's worth the hassle. and I want to see Medeia. sooooooo... hm. Arena, B72, and some massive backstage hangout maybe?

"Post your top ten bands/artists, the first song you heard of theirs, the song that made you fall in love (with the band?), and your current favorite."

1a
All Time Low.
1b I think the first song I heard from these guys is "The Party Scene"
1c probably "Running from Lions" or "Lullabies"
1d "Breakout1 Breakout!"

2a The Starting Line
2b "The Best of Me"
2c anything from their album Say it Like You Mean it
2d "The Night Life"

3a Paramore
3b "Pressure"
3c "Here We Go Again"
3d " Franklin"

4a Amber Pacific
4b "Gone So Young"
4c "Gone So Young"
4d "Poetically Pathetic"

5a Mae
5b "Suspension"
5c Anything from the Everglow
5d "Sun"

6a The Rocket Summer
6b "Cross My Heart"
6c "Brat Pack"
6d "Story" haha

7a Senses Fail
7b "Buried a Lie"
7c Anything from Let it Enfold you.
7d "Steven"

8a Fall Out Boy
8b "Grand Theft Autumn"
8c " Saturday"
8d pretty much anything from TTYG. Its a really good album.

9a Taking Back Sunday
9b "Your so Last Summer"
9c " Cute without the 'E'"
9d "Set Phasers to Stun"

10a Brand New
10b "The Quiet Things That no One ever knows"
10c " Seventy Times Seven"
10d " Jude Law Semester Abroad"

artists
1. Counting Crows (216)
2. Bon Jovi (178)
3. Fall Out Boy (173)
4. Jack Johnson (154)
5. Augustana (78)
6. Billy Joel (77)
7. Brand New (70)
8. OneRepublic (69)
9. The Fray (56)
10. Fiona Apple (52)
10. Bruce Springsteen (52)

tracks
1. Trouble (11)
1. Wanted Dead or Alive (11)
3. Dead on Arrival (10)
3. A Long December (10)
5. Who Says You Can't Go Home (9)
5. Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued (9)
5. Holiday In Spain (9)
8. Sullen Girl (8)
8. Rain King (8)
8. All At Once (8)

These albums have shaped me into the wide-ranged aficionado I am today. I grew up in a household with my ma who came to the US from the Caribbean as a young woman in the late 60's (she's a fan of Elvis Presley and the Golden Oldies as well as Hindi/Bollywood tunes in addition to Trinidadian music, Norah Jones and appreciates anyone who's "got pipes on 'em") and two much older siblings. My brother was a house/club DJ so that shit was bumping constantly and is embedded in my brain. My sister was into R&B like Tevin Campbell, Jodeci and whatnot yet also smooth jazz. I was all about solo chick singers, Disney tunes, Show Tunes, Carnival music, salsa, merengue and dance hits from all eras (especially disco and club remixes of pop hits) until the fifth grade when I got my hands on Tragic Kingdom and Razorblade Suitcase. Thus began my foray into alternative rock, interrupted only for a brief moment when I became Bad Boy records obsessed as a tween. I first heard ...Baby One More Time on Z-100 in the limo my sister rented to take my friends and I to the city to celebrate my advancement to teenage-dom. I had heard all about the seventeen year old sensation, but hadn't heard the hit until that moment. I was an instant fan. That eased my Backstreet Boys, N Sync obsession. My long-ass-term ex-boyfriend from middle school until college introduced me to the magic of the archetypes of rock. My closest childhood friend reintroduced me to hindi music. My best dude buddy exposed me to punk, ska and Nyack in my mid-teens. The ex's cousin introduced me to pop punk and The Chance. From there I've veered off into the realms of acoustic rock, post hardcore, alternative metal, new prog, downtempo, post-rock, cover songs, live music, indie rock, underground hip-hop, instrumental and psychedelic rock. I'm currently trying to expand my funk horizons. I will always have a place in my heart for soca, calypso and chutney. I find myself leaning toward more mellow (less screaming and metal -- though I really dig when those styles are tastefully sewn into a tune), insightful lyrical content with insatiable driving beats that still leave room for whinin' up. Oh and actual singing is nice too. Seems to be something recent music has lost sight of. I'm also very intrigued by the use of less common instruments such as violin, lap steel guitar, chapman stick, mandolin, warr guitar, sitar, continuum, thermin, chaturangui, stand up bass... I seek out music that makes me think and feel. I really dig concept albums (a cohesive work of art should have some form of continuity). Along those lines, I love me a good rock opera.


I would not be who I am today without these masterpieces


1967 Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Tower / Capitol
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Parlophone / Capitol
The Doors - The Doors - Elektra / Asylum
The Doors - Strange Days - Elektra / Asylum
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? - Reprise / Track / Barclay / Polydor / MCA

1968 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal - Blue Thumb
The Doors - Waiting for the Sun - Elektra / Asylum
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love - Reprise / Track / Barclay / Polydor / MCA
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland - Reprise / Track / Barclay / Polydor / MCA

1969 The Doors - The Soft Parade - Elektra
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King - Island / Atlantic / Polydor / E.G. / Virgin
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - Atlantic
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - Atlantic

1970 The Doors - Morrison Hotel - Elektra
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III - Atlantic

1971 The Doors - L.A. Woman - Elektra
King Crimson - Islands - Island / Atlantic / Polydor / E.G. / Virgin
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - Atlantic
Pink Floyd - Meddle - Harvest / Capitol

1973 Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy - Atlantic
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - Harvest / Capitol / EMI

1974 Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Charisma / Atco
King Crimson - Red - Island / Atlantic / Polydor / E.G. / Virgin

1975 Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti - Swan Song
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Harvest / EMI / Columbia / Capitol

1976 Led Zeppelin - Presence - Swan Song

1977 Pink Floyd - Animals - Harvest / EMI / Columbia / Capitol

1978 Rush - Hemispheres - Anthem / Mercury
various artists - Grease - RSO

1979 Samantha Fox - I Wanna Have Some Fun - Jive
Pink Floyd - The Wall - Harvest / EMI / Columbia / Capitol

1980 Rush - Permanent Waves - Anthem / Mercury
The Sugarhill Gang - The Sugarhill Gang - Sugarhill

1981 King Crimson - Discipline - Warner Bros / E.G. / Virgin
Rush - Moving Pictures - Anthem / Mercury

1982 King Crimson - Beat - Warner Bros / E.G. / Virgin
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall - Epic

1984 King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair - Warner Bros / E.G. / Virgin

1986 Janet Jackson - Control - A&M

1987 Michael Jackson - Thriller - Epic

1988 Mary J. Blige - Share My World - MCA
Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got - Elektra
Pixies - Surfer Rosa - Rough Trade / 4AD / Elektra
various artists - Cocktail - Elektra / Warner Bros

1989 Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 - A&M

1990 Madonna - I’m Breathless - Sire / Warner Bros

1991 Michael Jackson - Bad - Epic
Michael Jackson - Dangerous - Epic

1992 Madonna - Erotica - Maverick / Sire / Warner Bros
En Vogue - Funky Divas - East West
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly - Goldmind / Elektra
various artists - The Bodyguard - Arista
Dr. Dre - The Chronic - Death Row / Interscope

1993 Mariah Carey - Music Box - Columbia
Janet Jackson - janet. - Virgin
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary - Next Plateau / London
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang - Loud / RCA / BMG
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle - Death Row / Interscope / Atlantic

1994 Bush - Sixteen Stone - Trauma / Interscope / Atlantic
KoЯn - Korn - Immortal / Epic
Madonna - Bedtime Stories - Maverick / Sire / Warner Bros
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die - Bad Boy
TLC - Ooooooohhh... On The TLC Tip - LaFace
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary - Sub Pop
Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number - Blackground / Jive / BMG
Method Man - Tical - Def Jam

1995 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - Maverick / Reprise
Mariah Carey - Daydream - Columbia
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E 1999 Eternal - Ruthless
various artists - Waiting to Exhale - Arista
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom - Trauma / Interscope
Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways - Delerium
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith - Def Jam / Blood Boys

1996 Bush - Razorblade Suitcase - Trauma / Interscope
KoЯn - Life Is Peachy - Immortal / Epic
Lost Boyz - Legal Drug Money - Uptown
Fugees - The Score - Ruffhouse / Columbia
112 - 112 - Bad Boy
Lil' Kim - Hard Core - Undeas / Big Beat
TLC - CrazySexyCool - LaFace
Blackstreet - Another Level - Interscope
Spice Girls - Spice - Virgin
Tool - Ænima - Zoo Entertainment
Aaliyah - One In a Million - Blackground / Atlantic
Toni Braxton - Secrets - LaFace
various artists - Space Jam - Atlantic
Porcupine Tree - Signify - Delerium
Nas - It Was Written - Columbia

1997 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys - Jive
The Get Up Kids - Four Minute Mile - Doghouse
Mariah Carey - Butterfly - Columbia
Mase - Harlem World - Bad Boy
Puff Daddy - No Way Out - Bad Boy
Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death - Bad Boy
Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 - Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam Recordings
Lost Boyz - Love, Peace & Nappiness - Uptown
The Firm - The Firm: The Album - Aftermath / Interscope / MCA
Wyclef Jean - The Carnival - Sony / Columbia
Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes - Flipmode / Elektra
SWV - Release Some Tension - RCA
En Vogue - EV3 - East West
Spice Girls - Spiceworld - Virgin
Mary J. Blige - What's the 411? - Uptown / MCA

1998 Catch 22 - Keasbey Nights - Victory
KoЯn - Follow the Leader - Immortal / Epic
Madonna - Ray of Light - Maverick / Warner Bros
The LOX - Money, Power & Respect - Bad Boy
DMX - It’s Dark and Hell is Hot - Def Jam / Ruff Ryders
Jay-Z - Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life - Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam Recordings
Kelly Price - Soul of a Woman - T-Neck / Island
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Ruffhouse / Columbia
112 - Room 112 - Bad Boy
*NSYNC - *NSYNC - RCA
The Offspring - Americana - Columbia
various artists - Rush Hour - Def Jam
various artists - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - Musicrama / Koch
Godsmack - Godsmack - Universal / Republic
Brandy - Never Say Never - Atlantic
various artists - Dil Se - Venus
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment - Magna Carta
N.O.R.E. - N.O.R.E. - Penalty

1999 Backstreet Boys - Millennium - Jive
Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - Jive
3 - Paint by Number - Planet Noise
The Get Up Kids - Something to Write Home About - Vagrant
Incubus - Make Yourself - Epic / Immortal
Jimmy Eat World - Clarity - Capitol
KoЯn - Issues - Immortal / Epic
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP - Aftermath / Interscope / Web
New Found Glory - Nothing Gold Can Stay - Drive-Thru / Eulogy
Saves the Day - Through Being Cool - Equal Vision
Shabutie - Penelope - Wisteria
Thursday - Waiting - Eyeball
Limp Bizkit - Significant Other - Interscope / RCA
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory - Elektra
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2 - Magna Carta
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream - K-Scope / Snapper
Jordan Knight - Jordan Knight - Interscope
Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin - Sony

2000 At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command - Grand Royal / Fearless
Britney Spears - Oops!... I Did It Again - Jive
Catch 22 - Alone in a Crowd - Victory
Deftones - White Pony - Maverick
Glassjaw - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence - Roadrunner
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory - Warner Bros
Madonna - Music - Maverick / Warner Bros
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP - Aftermath / Interscope / Goliath / Web
3LW - 3LW - Epic
Dru Hill - Dru Hill - Island
Midtown - Save the World, Lose the Girl - Drive-Thru
The Movielife - This Time Next Year - Revelation
Kronos Quartet - Requiem for a Dream - Nonesuch
Dashboard Confessional - The Swiss Army Romance - Fiddler / Vagrant
Papa Roach - Infest - Dreamworks
Disturbed - The Sickness - Giant
Deftones - [album artist=deftones]White Pony - Maverick
Cooter - Looking Up - Fueled By Ramen
Good Charlotte - Good Charlotte - Epic / Daylight
Explosions in the Sky - How Strange, Innocence - Sad Loud America
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun - Snapper

2001 Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon - Triple Crown
Britney Spears - Britney - Jive
3 - Half Life - Planet Noise
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American - Dreamworks
112 - Part III - Bad Boy
Next II Nothing - Boo Hoo - Skater Rock
Breaking Pangaea - Cannon to a Whisper - Undecided
Radiohead - Amnesiac - Capitol
Saves the Day - Stay What You Are - Vagrant
Sugarcult - Start Static - Rumbo / Fearless
Abandoned Pools - Humanistic - Extasy / Warner Bros
System of a Down - Toxicity - American
Thursday - Full Collapse - Victory
Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution - A Call to Arms - The RISC Group
Willa Ford - Willa Was Here - Lava / Atlantic
Adema - Adema - Arista

2002 various artists - Van Wilder - Ultimatum Records / Artemis Records
Codeseven - The Rescue - The Music Cartel
Coheed and Cambria - Second Stage Turbine Blade - Equal Vision
dredg - El Cielo - Universal
Finch - What It Is to Burn - Drive-Thru
The Get Up Kids - On a Wire - Vagrant
Glassjaw - Worship & Tribute - Warner Bros
Joey Eppard - Been To The Future - Planet Noise
Promonroe - Polaroid -
various artists - Queen of the Damned - Warner Bros
The Used - The Used - Reprise
Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends - Victory
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia - Lava
N*E*R*D - In Search Of... - Virgin

2003 Anadivine - Anadivine - Sidecho
Armor for Sleep - Dream to Make Believe - Equal Vision
Brand New - Deja Entendu - Triple Crown
Britney Spears - In the Zone - Jive
3 - Summercamp Nightmare - Planet Noise
Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 - Equal Vision / Columbia
Gatsby's American Dream - Ribbons And Sugar - Rocketstar
Less Than Jake - Anthem - Sire
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium - Gold Standard Laboratories / Universal / Strummer
Matchbook Romance - Stories and Alibis - Epitaph
Bear vs. Shark - Right Now, You're in the Best of Hands. And If Something Isn't Quite Right, Your Doctor Will Know in a Hurry - Equal Vision
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief - Capitol
Saves the Day - In Reverie - Dreamworks
Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave - Fueled By Ramen
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue - Capitol