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Wow, things have really been great lately, look at how many old Grunge bands are releasing new albums; Pearl Jam'sBackspacer, Alice in Chains's Black Gives Way To Blue,Creed's Full Circle, and even Nirvana's post-humous Live at Reading, and that's just this year, there are other recent albums like Candlebox
's 2008 Into the Sun. Sure false Grunge artists like Melvins, Mudhoney, and Jack Endino have continued to release albums, but this is the REAL DEAL guys, I think Grunge is finally coming back, I'm gonna dust off my flannel and Doc Martin boots for sure! Now can we cross our fingers for more Grunge reunions like Jane's Addiction or the original The Smashing Pumpkins line-up with Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, James Iha, and Melissa Auf Der Maur!

Wow, things have really been great lately, look at how many old Grunge bands are releasing new albums; Pearl Jam'sBackspacer, Alice in Chains's Black Gives Way To Blue,Creed's Full Circle, and even Nirvana's post-humous Live at Reading, and that's just this year, there are other recent albums like Candlebox
's 2008 Into the Sun. Sure false Grunge artists like Melvins, Mudhoney, and Jack Endino have continued to release albums, but this is the REAL DEAL guys, I think Grunge is finally coming back, I'm gonna dust off my flannel and Doc Martin boots for sure! Now can we cross our fingers for more Grunge reunions like Jane's Addiction or the original The Smashing Pumpkins line-up with Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, James Iha, and Melissa Auf Der Maur!

These are the bands I remember seeing live:

2 Unlimited

a balladeer [2] [Photos on flickr]
Amsterdam Klezmer Band [2] [Photos on flickr]
An Gardai
Arling & Cameron

Bad Religion
Benjamin B.
Bettie Serveert [5]
Andrew Bird
Blumfeld
Boh Foi Toch
Brainpower
Claudia de Breij
Bush

Caesar [3]
Casiokids
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Claw Boys Claw
Clouseau
C-Mon & Kypski [Photos on flickr]
Codeine
Cooper
Cosmic Psychos
Cropdusters
Cypress Hill

Ellen ten Damme [2]
Daryll-Ann [2]
David Gilmour Girls
Dead Meadow
Dead Moon [3]
Deinum
dEUS [3]
DeVotchKa [Photos on flickr]
De Dijk
Dinosaur Jr. [Photos on flickr]
Doe Maar

The Ex
The Ex + Tom Cora
Extince

Faith No More
Fatal Flowers
Faun [Photos on flickr]
Liam Finn [Photos on flickr]
Frank Black
Frank Black and the Catholics
Fratsen [3]
Fugazi

The Gathering
The Girls
Gogol Bordello [2] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Gore
Gorefest
Gram [Photos on flickr]

Hallo Venray [3] [photos on flickr]
The Harries
Kirstin Hersh
Julia P. Hersheimer [2]
Hit Me TV
The Horse Company [Photos on flickr]
The Hot Stewards [Photos on flickr]

Ilse DeLange
Infadels [Photos on flickr]

PJ Harvey
The Jack Of Hearts
Jammah Tammah
Johan [3]
John Cale
Junkie XL [2]

De Kift [2] [Photos on flickr]
Tim Knol

L7
Leaf
The Lemonheads [2] [Photos on flickr]
Levellers [2]
LPG [2] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Lul

The Mahones [Photos on flickr]
André Manuel
André Manuel & De Ketterse Fanfare [2] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Merry Pierce
Milow
Moke [Photos on flickr]
Mudhoney

Nerve
No Means No
Normaal [Photos on flickr]

Klaske Oenema
The Opposites
Ottoboy The One Man Trash Band [Photos on flickr]

Pete Philly & Perquisite [Photos on flickr]
Pigmeat
The Pilgrims
Prodigal Sons
Public Enemy

Racoon [2]
De Raggende Manne [2]
Rapalje [3] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Reboelje
Lou Reed
De Rollende Donder Revue
Rollins Band [Photos on flickr]
Room Eleven
Rowwen Hèze

The Scene [2]
The Serenes
Shane Shu [Photos on flickr]
Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar
The Sheer
Simmer
Les Singes
Skindred
Soulwax
Soundgarden
Spinvis
De Staat [Photos on flickr]
Stevie Ann
Suede
Superamazoo

The The
The Ting Tings [Photos on flickr]
The Toy Dolls
Tröckener Kecks
Tuesday Child
Twarres

Urban Dance Squad [2]

Van Dik Hout
Värttinä
Voicst [3] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]

We Are Scientists [Photos on flickr]
Ween
Wipers [Photos on flickr]
Within Temptation

Ygdrassil
Dhafer Youssef

ДДТ [2] [Photos on flickr]

Калинов Мост

Манго-Манго

Thu 15 Oct – MUDHONEY! Exclusive Berlin show! First since 1995!

Mudhoney

Charlie Megira

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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. Arctic Monkeys
- The Last Shadow Puppets
- The Rascals
- Milburn
- Franz Ferdinand
- Kasabian
- The Fratellis
(6)

02.Muse
- Kaiser Chiefs
- Coldplay
(2)

03. Radiohead
- Thom Yorke
- Jonny Greenwood
- Beck
- Blur
(4)

04. Placebo
- IAMX
- Placebo (fT. David Bowie)
- Trash Palace
- 30 Seconds to Mars
- Garbage
(5)

05. Joy Division
- New Order
- Bauhaus
- Warsaw
- The Smiths
- The Cure
- Gang of Four
- Echo & The Bunnymen
- The Chameleons
(8)

06. Portishead
- Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man
- Massive Attack
- Trippy
- Lamb
- Hooverphonic
- Morcheeba
- Mandalay
- Sneaker Pimps
(8)

07.Kings of Leon
- White Lies
- The Maccabees
- Cold War Kids
(3)

08. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- The Kills
- Metric
- Be Your Own Pet
- Arcade Fire
- The Gossip
- Florence + The Machine
(6)

09. The Strokes
- Albert Hammond, Jr.
- Little Joy
- The Libertines
- Moptop
(4)

10. Crystal Castles
- You Love Her Coz She's Dead
- HeartsRevolution
- Kap Bambino
- Klaxons
- Crystal Castles VS Uffie
- Bondage Fairies
- Late of the Pier
- Metronomy
(8)

11. Nirvana
- Mudhoney
- Alice in Chains
- Hole
- Green River
- Soundgarden
- Meat Puppets/artist]
- Pagoda
- Pearl Jam
(8)

12. Bloc Party
- Pin Me Down
- Foals
- Editors
- Maxïmo Park
- We Are Scientists
- The Cribs
- The Rakes
(7)

13. System of a Down
- Serj Tankian
- Scars on Broadway
- Slipknot
- KoЯn
- Disturbed
- Rammstein
- Static X
- Stone Sour
(8)

14. The Killers
(0)

15. Interpol
- Julian Plenti
- She Wants Revenge
- The National
- I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
- stellastarr*
- Elefant
(6)

16. The Kooks
- The Wombats
- Razorlight
- The Pigeon Detectives
- Cajun Dance Party
- The Subways
(5)

17. Peaches
- Chicks on Speed
- Lesbians on Ecstasy
- Miss Kittin & The Hacker
- Miss Kittin
- Fischerspooner
- Robots in Disguise
- Le Tigre
- Electrocute
(8)

18. Death Cab for Cutie
- The Postal Service
- Ben Gibbard
- The Shins
- The Decemberists
- Bright Eyes
- Ra Ra Riot
- Modest Mouse
- Band of Horses
(8)

19. The Presets
- Midnight Juggernauts
- Pnau
- Grafton Primary
- Cut Copy
- Van She
- Muscles
- Bag Raiders
- The Whip
(8)

20. Modest Mouse
- Ugly Casanova
- Built to Spill
- Wolf Parade
- The Flaming Lips
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
(6)


[u][b]TOTAL SCORE: [/u][/b]116

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. Pearl Jam
- Eddie Vedder
- Temple of the Dog
- Alice in Chains
- Mother Love Bone
- Soundgarden
- Mad Season
- Screaming Trees
- Stone Temple Pilots
(8)

02. Fall Out Boy
- Panic at the Disco
- Cobra Starship
- The Academy Is...
- The Cab
- Midtown
- All Time Low
- My Chemical Romance
- Hey Monday
(8)

03. Matchbox Twenty
- Rob Thomas
- Tabitha's Secret
- Train
- Vertical Horizon
- Goo Goo Dolls
- Nine Days
- Counting Crows
- Sister Hazel
(8)

04. KoЯn
- Jonathan Davis
- Limp Bizkit
- Head
- Slipknot
- Static-X
- Mudvayne
- Coal Chamber
- P.O.D.
(8)

05. Green Day
- Foxboro Hot Tubs
- Pinhead Gunpowder
- The Network
- Sum 41
- The Offspring
- blink-182
- Billy Talent
- Good Charlotte
(8)

06. Red Hot Chili Peppers
- John Frusciante
- Ataxia
- Rage Against the Machine
- Foo Fighters
- Audioslave
- Nirvana
- John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer
- Incubus
(8)

07. Slipknot
- Stone Sour
- System of a Down
- Disturbed
- Bullet For My Valentine
- Ill Niño
- Murderdolls
(6)

08. Eminem
- D12
- 50 Cent
- Obie Trice
- Benzino
- Stat Quo
- Proof
- Dr. Dre
- 2Pac
(8)

09. Nirvana
- Mudhoney
- Hole
- Green River
- Meat Puppets
- Pagoda
(5)

10. Tool
- A Perfect Circle
- Puscifer
- Peach
- Rishloo
- ASHES dIVIDE
- Riverside
- Porcupine Tree
- Deftones
(8)

11. My Chemical Romance
- Pencey Prep
- The Used
- My Chemical Romance and the Used
- The Used & My Chemical Romance
- Aiden
(5)

12. Kanye West
- Kid Cudi
- Lupe Fiasco
- Jay-Z
- Drake
- Consequence
- Common
- N*E*R*D
- Wale
(8)

13. Limp Bizkit
- Linkin Park
- Crazy Town
- Papa Roach
- (hed) Planet Earth
(4)

14. Linkin Park
- Fort Minor
- Jay-Z and Linkin Park
- Chester Bennington
- Xero
- Mike Shinoda
- Adema
(6)

15. Metallica
- Megadeth
- Slayer
- Pantera
- Anthrax
- Iron Maiden
- Machine Head
- Trivium
- Testament
(8)

16. Kelly Clarkson
- Carrie Underwood
- Jordin Sparks
- Katharine McPhee
- P!nk
- Ashlee Simpson
- Katy Perry
- Ashley Tisdale
- Lindsay Lohan
(8)

17. WWE
- WCW
- TNA
- ECW
- James A. Johnston
- Shawn Michaels
- Chris Jericho
- Mercy Drive
- John Cena
(8)

18. Disturbed
- Godsmack
- Drowning Pool
- David Draiman
- SOiL
- Breaking Benjamin
(5)

19. Foo Fighters
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Nickelback
(2)

20. Nine Inch Nails
- Modwheelmood
- Trent Reznor
- Marilyn Manson
- Tweaker
- Black Light Burns
- Halo33
- Dirty Scarab
(7)


TOTAL SCORE: 136

Something About My Top 50:

1. How'd you get into #11? Nirvana
Oh, I'm not sure really. Guess I heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit" somewhere when I was like 14 and then I was stuck to them.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by #2? The Smashing Pumpkins
Bullet with Butterfly Wings.

3. What's your favorite lyric by #41? Ramones
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, hehe.

4. What's your favorite album by #19? Håkan Hellström
Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg.

5. How many albums by #13 do you own? Flyleaf
None yet :/ I've been meaning to buy their self-titled, but it seems I haven't.

6. What is your favorite song by #50? Mudhoney
Here Comes Sickness.

7. Is there a song by #4 that makes you sad? Iron Maiden
Afraid to Shoot Strangers.

8. What is your least favorite song by #15? Metallica
Fuel.

9. What's your favorite song by #8? The Distillers
Aah, hard one. I guess "Coral Fang" is among them.

10. Is there a song by #6 that makes you happy? Alice in Chains
I Can't Have You Blues.

11. What's your favorite album by #5? Red Hot Chili Peppers
Californication.

12. What's your favorite song by #10? Kent
Den döda vinkeln.

13. What's a good memory you have involving #33? Bush
An important band during my rocking teenage :)

14. What's your favorite song by #17? Hole
Boys on the Radio.

15. Is there a song by #30 that makes you happy? Cinderella
Coming Home.

16. How many times have you seen #24 live? The Sounds
None yet :/

17. What's the first song you heard by #22? Buckcherry
Check Your Head.

18. What's your favorite album by #26? Pearl Jam
Vs.

19. Who's your favorite member of #1? The Rasmus
Favourite member? It's a band, isn't everyone as important?

20. How many times have you seen #3 live? Megadeth
None. They don't seem that good live to be honest.

21. What's a good memory you have involving #35? Foo Fighters
A friend likes them too.

22. What's your favorite song by #16? Exilia
Fly High Butterfly.

23. What's the first song you heard by #47? Emilie Simon
Désert.

24. What's your favorite album by #3? Megadeth
Youthanasia.

25. What's your favorite song by #18? Sonic Youth
Sugar Kane.

26. What's the first song you heard by #38? Babes in Toyland
He's My Thing.

27. What's your favorite lyric that #21 has sung? Mötley Crüe
Kickstart My Heart.

28. What's your favorite song by #2? The Smashing Pumpkins
Seriously, it's haaard. But my personal fav is Hummer.

29. What's the first song you heard by #32? Slipknot
Spit It Out.

30. What's your favorite song by #7? Papa Roach
The World Around You.

31. How many times have you seen #36 live? Muse
After two weeks from now: 1

32. Is there a song by #44 that makes you happy? Soundgarden
Not really.

33. What's your favorite album by #12? My Bloody Valentine
Loveless.

34. What's the worst song by #9? Björk
"Army of Me" is one of them.

35. What was the first song you heard by #44? Soundgarden
Black Hole Sun.

36. What's your favorite album by #42? Walls of Jericho
The "Redemption" EP

37. How many times have you seen #20 live? HIM
None.

38. What's the worst album by #1? The Rasmus
Hellofatester.

39. What's the first song you heard by #28? AC/DC
Back in Black.

40. What's your favorite album by #1? The Rasmus
Don't make me choose.. I guess "Dead Letters" is most personal to me.

Written October 11, 2009