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Due to the surge of shitty bands being called "metal", "heavy metal", "thrash metal", "death metal", "grindcore", "deathgrind", "brutal death metal" and so on, I have invented a new tag. It's called brutal pop.

Let me be clear: these bands are absolutely terrible and definitely not any form of metal music. Fuck you all.

First wave brutal pop bands:
Pantera
Slipknot
System of a Down
Disturbed
Korn
Coal Chamber
Godsmack
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
Mudvayne
Dope
Static-X
Mudvayne
Ill Nino
Soulfly
Papa Roach
Otep
Machine Head

Second wave brutal pop bands:
As I Lay Dying
Killswitch Engage
Bullet For My Valentine
All That Remains
Avenged Sevenfold
Trivium
Lamb of God
Shadows Fall
Cradle of Filth
Children of Bodom
In Flames (post-2002)
Chimaira
Underoath
Darkest Hour
Demon Hunter
Every Time I Die
Poison the Well

Third wave brutal pop bands:
Bring Me the Horizon
Suicide Silence
Job for a Cowboy
Carnifex
All Shall Perish
Whitechapel
Killwhitneydead
The Black Dahlia Murder
As Blood Runs Black
Arsonists Get All The Girls
Heaven Shall Burn
Animosity
New Cryptopsy
The Acacia Strain
Five Finger Death Punch
Dr. Acula
iwrestledabearonce

...Top 30 on Last.FM over the last 7 days...

Monster Magnet- 94
Butthole Surfers - 24
DevilDriver - 17
Filter - 14
Dope - 13
Queens of the Stone Age- 13
Lifer - 12
Nothingface- 11
Insane Clown Posse - 11
Slipknot - 11
From Zero - 10
Machine Head - 9
Glassjaw- 7
HIM- 6
Ulver - 6
Alice Cooper - 6
Mudvayne - 5
Andrew W.K. - 4
Nickelback - 4
The Union Underground - 4
Reveille - 4
Kyuss - 4
The Offspring - 4
Puddle of Mudd - 3
Slayer - 3
Fuel- 3
Limp Bizkit - 2
Linkin Park - 2
(hed) Planet Earth - 2
LMFAO - 2
Breaking Benjamin- 2
Econoline Crush - 2
American Head Charge - 2

...Top 30 on Last.FM over the last 7 days...

Monster Magnet - 94
Butthole Surfers - 24
DevilDriver - 17
Filter - 14
Dope - 13
Queens of the Stone Age - 13
Lifer - 12
Nothingface - 11
Insane Clown Posse - 11
Slipknot - 11
From Zero - 10
Machine Head - 9
Glassjaw - 7
HIM - 6
Ulver - 6
Alice Cooper - 6
Mudvayne - 5
Andrew W.K. - 4
Nickelback - 4
The Union Underground - 4
Reveille - 4
Kyuss - 4
The Offspring - 4
Puddle of Mudd - 3
Slayer - 3
Fuel - 3
Limp Bizkit - 2
Linkin Park - 2
(hed) Planet Earth - 2
LMFAO - 2
Breaking Benjamin - 2
Econoline Crush - 2
American Head Charge - 2

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. Muse (9)
// Franz Ferdinand
// Placebo
// Kasabian
// Radiohead
// The Killers
// Arctic Monkeys
// Kaiser Chiefs
// Keane

2. The Strokes (17)
// Julian Casablancas
// Albert Hammond, Jr.
// Little Joy
// The Libertines
// Kings of Leon
// The Last Shadow Puppets
// Moptop

3. Arctic Monkeys (20)
// The Rascals
// The Kooks
// Milburn

4. Radiohead (26)
// Thom Yorke
// Jonny Greenwood
// Coldplay
// Interpol
// Blur
// Beck

5. The Beatles (35)
// John Lennon
// George Harrison
// Paul McCartney
// Ringo Starr
// Paul McCartney & Wings
// Wings
// The Who
// The Rolling Stones

6. Oasis (43)
// Noel Gallagher
// The Stone Roses
// The Verve
// Stereophonics
// Richard Ashcroft
// The La's
// Ian Brown

7. Franz Ferdinand (45)
// The Fratellis
// The Rakes

8. The Cribs (53)
// The Maccabees
// Jamie T
// Bombay Bicycle Club
// Good Shoes
// The Paddingtons
// The Courteeners
// Johnny Foreigner

9. M83 (62)
// School of Seven Bells
// The Radio Dept.
// Slowdive
// Maps
// The Album Leaf
// Air France
// Hammock
// Eluvium

10. We Are Scientists (69)
// The Futureheads
// Maxïmo Park
// Boy Kill Boy
// The Automatic
// Bloc Party
// Mystery Jets

11. Nine Inch Nails (78)
// Modwheelmood
// Trent Reznor
// Marilyn Manson
// Tweaker
// Halo33
// Black Light Burns
// Puscifer
// KMFDM

12. The Presets (87)
// Pnau
// Midnight Juggernauts
// Grafton Primary
// Van She
// Cut Copy
// Muscles
// Bag Raiders
// Simian Mobile Disco

13. Foals (93)
// Maths Class
// Late of the Pier
// These New Puritans
// Friendly Fires
// Youthmovies

14. Hot Chip (100)
// LCD Soundsystem
// Junior Boys
// Metronomy
// Fujiya & Miyagi
// Lo-Fi-Fnk
// Grovesnor

15. Howling Bells (109)
// The Duke Spirit
// The Joy Formidable
// Giant Drag
// The Long Blondes
// Waikiki
// The Grates
// Little Birdy
// Sky Larkin

16. Friendly Fires (114)
// Passion Pit
// Jack Peñate
// The Temper Trap
// Frankmusik
// Delphic

17. The Last Shadow Puppets (115)
// The Little Flames

18. Glasvegas (123)
// White Lies
// Broder Daniel
// The View
// Timo Räisänen
// Kent
// The Twilight Sad
// Laakso

19. Rage Against the Machine (132)
// One Day as a Lion
// Audioslave
// Zack De La Rocha
// Street Sweeper Social Club
// The Nightwatchman
// Limp Bizkit
// Red Hot Chili Peppers
// Incubus

20. Yeah Yeah Yeahs (140)
// Metric
// The Kills
// Be Your Own Pet
// Arcade Fire
// Florence + The Machine
// The Gossip
// Bat for Lashes

IZIA, Wu-Tang Clan, Suprême NTM, Assassin, Nirvana, IAM, Bob Marley & The Wailers, La Spirale, Django Reinhardt, Squarepusher, The Prodigy, Necro, Ill Bill, Cypress Hill, Craig Armstrong, Heather Nova, La Coka Nostra, Scala & Kolacny Brothers, Keny Arkana, Bérurier Noir, Birdy Nam Nam, System of a Down, dead prez, Le Peuple de l'Herbe, Beastie Boys, Busta Rhymes, Alpha & Omega, House of Pain, Seth Gueko, Aphex Twin, Profecy, DJ Krush, Prefuse 73, R.A. the Rugged Man, Rage Against the Machine, Laurent Garnier, Dead Can Dance, Kool Keith, High Tone, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Erik Truffaz, Portishead, Wax Poetic, Johnny Cash, Foreign Beggars, Lady Sovereign, Sinéad O'Connor, Vitalic, Radikal Dub Kolektiv, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jan Garbarek, Svinkels, Love Spirals Downwards, KRS-One, Dave Clarke, DJ Cam, The Doors, Clint Mansell, Lisa Gerrard, Fat Jon, Les Gourmets, The Beatles, Johannes Heil, KoЯn, Sleater-Kinney, Wax Tailor, B-Real, J Dilla, Filastine, Two Fingers, Asian Dub Foundation, Eminem, Jefferson Airplane, Autumn's Grey Solace, Gym Class Heroes, Shpongle, Herbie Hancock, Radiohead, Rockin' Squat, Mike Patton, Björk, Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Waldeck, Millencolin, Massive Attack, This Ascension, Lordz of Brooklyn, Ensemble Badila, Snoop Dogg, The Problemaddicts, Dub Syndicate, Groundation, Wolf Myer Orchestra, Beth Orton, Oh No, Edward "Kid" Ory, The Offspring, Venetian Snares, Alexander Kowalski, Rageous Gratoons, Noir Désir, Ben Harper, Nas, Ideal J, Verbose, Micropoint, The Black Seeds, Metallica, General Elektriks, Buraka Som Sistema, The Chemical Brothers, Thom Yorke, Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke, Ayọ, EZ3kiel, Amon Tobin, Mano Negra, King of Conspiracy, Bob Marley, Moondog, 25G, Jimi Hendrix, Bauchklang, Moderat, Sigur Rós, DJ Muggs & Planet Asia, Louis Armstrong, Son Doobie, Tryo, Kronos Quartet, Iration Steppas, Looptroop, Mysa, Nine Inch Nails, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Olympic Gramofon, Leftfield, Fairy, Joy Division, 2Pac, Peace Orchestra, Eek-A-Mouse, Snowgoons, Heiko Laux, The Temptations, Le Trio Joubran, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Guru, Flunk, Earl Hines, Erykah Badu, Burning Spear, Mary Lou Williams, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Oi Va Voi, 80kidz, Infected Mushroom, Animal Collective, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, NOMAK, Year of No Light, Horace Andy, The Cinematic Orchestra, Red Snapper, Nneka, Leila, NOFX, Lucky Thompson, Cal Tjader, Le Klub des 7, Jeff Buckley, Manu Chao, Wagon Christ, Drummers of the Societe Absolument Guinin, Barney Wilen, Ol' Dirty Bastard, UNKLE, Erik Truffaz & Sly Johnson, The Blue Stars, Underworld, Shurik'N, Arsonists, Madeleine Peyroux, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Nostalgia 77, Terry Callier, Medine, Fingathing, Big Daddy Kane, Macka B, Keith Jarrett Trio, Iration Steppas Meet D. Rootical, De La Soul, Chali 2na, Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters, John Coltrane, DJ Food, Sergent Garcia, Rockamovya, Antonio Vivaldi, Notorious B.I.G., Sidney Bechet et Claude Luter, Tracy Chapman, Angélique Kidjo, EPMD, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, St. Germain, Daft Punk, Fat Freddy's Drop, Fatboy Slim, Johnny Clarke, RJD2, René Thomas, Soul Assassins, Deftones, Kaophonic Tribu, Linkin Park, The Skatalites, Muse, Belleruche, Sunflower Caravan, Les Reines Prochaines, DJ Shadow, Mass Hysteria, múm, Кочани Оркестар, Israel Vibration, Jurassic 5, Gelka, Lionel Hampton, Lost in Hildurness, Hilight Tribe, Shadow Dancer, Elek Bacsik, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Tânia Ârab, Troublemakers, William Orbit, Plastikman, The Specials, CunninLynguists, dead prez & DJ Green Lantern, Mansfield.TYA, Thievery Corporation, Raphael Saadiq, Smooth, Kery James, DJ Muggs vs. GZA/Genius, Love Is Colder Than Death, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, YAS, Chet Baker, Pendulum, Claude Bolling, Hubert Rostaing, Georges Brassens, Refractory, Scarface, Bill Coleman, Funkdoobiest, Telefon Tel Aviv, Lightning Bolt, Morcheeba, DJ Mitsu The Beats, Tricky, Hafdís Huld, Sidsel Endresen & Christian Wallumrød & Helge Sten, Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, Akhenaton, Alif Tree, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Maurice Meunier, TAT, Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald, Stéphane Grappelli, Black Uhuru, Kid Loco, Common, Ellen Allien, Roots Manuva, Joris Voorn, Method Man, Jah'licious, Hux Flux, Toots Thielemans, Blockhead, Rokia Traoré, Max Romeo, Cœur de Pirate, Method Man & Redman, RND, Volta & FX909, Venetian Snares & Speedranch, The Rolling Stones, BHASS Project, Orchestre National de Jazz, Pink Floyd, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Michel Legrand, Sayag Jazz Machine, Emilie Simon, Late Night Fruit, Buddy Banks, Pan•American, Booba, DJ Muggs vs. Planet Asia, The Kumba Mela Experiment, Jeff Mills, Ulytau, ZAMAN 8 & Hafez Modir, Ematom, Harmonic 313, Freestylers, The Gladiators, Control Machete, The Bush Chemists, Twista, Orange Street, The Roots, Michael Jackson, Los Hermanos, Dub Incorporation, RZA, The Ananda Shankar Experience and State of Bengal, Da Taz, Thelonious Monk, Limp Bizkit, Mr. Oizo, 雅-miyavi-, Ella Fitzgerald, Sex Pistols, AC/DC, Minty Fresh Beats, Gus Gus, Gideon, Themselves, Parabellum, K2R Riddim, Easy Star All-Stars, Rhythm & Sound, The Toraia Orchestra Of Algiers, Lee "Scratch" Perry & King Tubby, Keziah Jones, Ataraxia, TTC, Immortal Technique, Coldcut, A Tribe Called Quest, Lali Puna, Rhoda Scott & Kenny Clarke, Iron Maiden, Dizzy Gillespie, Pierre Michelot, Umek, Miles Davis, Gang Starr, DJ Muggs, Orbital, OutKast, Anthony Rother, Donald Byrd Quintet, Diego, Igorrr, Raekwon, Pharoahe Monch, Dream Theater, Anoushka Shankar, Sonny Criss, The Smashing Pumpkins, K's Choice, Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor, The Herbaliser, Blakroc, Lenny Kravitz, Cujo, Cosma, Killarmy, Big Punisher, Jamiroquai, Charles Mingus, Missak, Burial, Bernard Peiffer and his Saint-Germain-des-Prés Orchestra, Albert Nicholas, Édith Piaf, Mix Master Mike, Maceo Parker, Rae & Christian, Steel Pulse, Hocus Pocus, Opeth, Dee Nasty, Tom Waits, DJ Fresh, Manu le Malin, Khoiba, Animaltek, Peter Tosh, Steppenwolf, Alter Ego, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Boards of Canada, Red Hot Chili Peppers9, Bernard Zacharias et ses solistes, Ill Bill & Necro, Sublime, Crystal Distortion, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, GZA/Genius, Salmonella Dub, Harold Nicholas et son Orchestre, Grems, Missy Elliott, Sammy Price & Lucky Thompson, The Herbaliser Band, Ghostface Killah, Cranes, Slaine, Necro & Ill Bill, Lars Klein, Outlines, Saïan Supa Crew, John Dahlbäck, Junior Murvin, Delinquent Habits, Dubians, Arom & Gourmets Beatclub, Afu-Ra, Slide Hampton, Agoria, 2Pac & The Outlawz, Archive, The Alchemist, Somogo, Toots and The Maytals, Philip Glass, Ray Charles, Sia, Marcel et son Orchestre, Trust, Aretha Franklin, Sinsemilia, Public Enemy, Buck Clayton, James Brown, Zenzile & High Tone, The Streets, Adam F, Oscar Peterson, The Abyssinians, Improvisators Dub, Yuksek, Alanis Morissette, Alici, Cake, Up, Bustle and Out, Art Blakey, Scan X, DMX, Etikal Lab, Lady B, Keith Jarrett, David Carretta, Cocteau Twins, Lhasa de Sela, Jacques Brel, Charlie Singleton, Dimitri from Paris, Bonobo, Emmanuel Top, CéU, Kosheen, Jungle Brothers, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Nada Surf, Cercle Rouge, Monolake, Marilyn Manson, Rachid Taha, Alain Goraguer, Dub Pistols, Jimmy Archey, Pat Metheny, Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass, Jimmy Riley, Wailing Souls, Taigaz, Air, Triston Palmer, Donald Byrd, Promoe, Ice Cube, Gang Gang Dance, Barbara Morgenstern, Technasia, Dubmood, Josh Wink, Eddy Louiss, Africa Combo & Bugge Wesseltoft.

A.A. Bondy
Alberta Cross
Allen Toussaint
Amber Pacific
Andrew Bird
Animal Collective
Apartment 26
Armor for Sleep x3
As Tall as Lions
Bad Religion
Bayside x2
Beastie Boys
Ben Folds
Billy Talent x3
Bob Dylan
Boys Night Out
Brand New x5
Brenda Lee
Brett Dennen
Bruce Springsteen
Busta Rhymes
Cale Parks
Cancer Bats
Cartel
Chairlift
Chiodos x3
Chubby Checker
Circa Survive x5
Circle Takes the Square
Citizen Cope
Coheed & Cambria x5
Cold
Common Denominator
Crime in Stereo
Crooked X
Cute Is What We Aim For
Damone
Dan Deacon
Dane Cook
Daryl Hammond
Dashboard Confessional x5 (once solo acoustic, three times free)
David Byrne
Dear and the Headlights x2
Death Cab for Cutie x2
Deftones
Disturbed x2
dredg
Drive By
Dropkick Murphys
Elvis Perkins
Emanuel
Emery
Fabolous
Fear Before the March of Flames
Filter
Flogging Molly
Four Year Strong x2
Franz Ferdinand
Girl Talk
Glassjaw
Godsmack
Gone By Daylight
Harlem Shakes
Hawthorne Heights
Hellogoodbye
Helmet
Hot Rod Circuit
IMA Robot
Jeanine Garafalo
Jerry Seinfeld
Jim Breuer
Jimmy Buffet
John Ralston
Jurassic 5
Kaddisfly
Kevin Devine x3
Korn x2
Limp Bizkit
Little Richard
Madi Diaz
Madonna
mc chris
mewithoutYou x3
MGMT
Michael Bublé
Mindless Self Indulgence
Mobb Deep
Motion City Soundtrack
Nas
New Found Glory x3 (once acoustic)
Nine Inch Nails
Nuclear Power Pants
of Montreal
One Minute Silence
Ours
P.O.D.
Paramore
Passion Pit x2
Phoenix
Poison the Well
Portugal. The Man x3 (once acoustic)
Public Enemy
Puddle of Mudd
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Reggie and the Full Effect
Rise Against
Rob Riggle
Rodrigo & Gabriella
Saves the Day
Seafood
Senses Fail
Silverstein
Slipknot
Snoop Dogg
SOAD
Staind x2
Steven Wright
Straylight Run
Taking Back Sunday x4
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
Tegan and Sara
The Get Up Kids x3
The Academy Is...
The All American Rejects
The Anniversary
The Appreciation Post
The Beach Boys
The Blood Brothers
The Cribs
The Crystal Method
The Decemberists
The Early November
The Life & Times
The Mars Volta
The Raconteurs
The Roots
The Sleeping
The Slip
The Starting Line x2
The Used
Thrice
Thursday x3
Tiger Army
Tokyo Rose
Trust Company
TV on the Radio
Under the Influence of Giants
Underoath x2
White Rabbits
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yellowcard


Unsigned Acts:

Dental Plan (I am the drummer)
Castine x5
The Wandas x5
The Bynars x4
Miars x3
Nemes x2
The Sift x4
Traphiq (I was the drummer '07 - '08)
the white mountains
pira reis
My Best Friend's Band
The Wrecking Coast
Shane Hall x5
Speaker for the Dead x5
Watcher x2
Dead Messenger
Close Friends
Bovachevo

I WAS THE BEST

fuck all other lists