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Take your top 20 artists.
For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists.
The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score.
If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference.
You can compute your own score at
http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently




The 77 related artists for my profile are
Andre Matos - ?
Anthrax - I do own several cds, but they're in another place (marked N below)
Austria 3 - ?
Avantasia (3) - one of my favorites already!
Ben Del Maestro - oh yessss ... very nice
Blind Guardian (2) - favorite already even if my own cds are N
Bonfire - ?
Clannad - very nice!
Dark Moor - among the favorites
Demons & Wizards - not that much of favorite but quite listenable sometimes and some songs are tremendous
Edguy (5) - among the absolute favorites! most cds are N though :(
Edu Falaschi- ?
Epica (2) - yes, rather nice :)
Equilibrium - ?
Evanescence - some great songs
Fair Warning - ?
Finntroll - funny koncept
Gamma Ray (2) - among the favorites already, most cds N though :(
Gotthard - ?
HammerFall (4) - oh YESSS!
Hans Zimmer - well, not that keen on film score apart from the LOTR films
Harry Gregson-Williams - ?
Helloween (4) - yesss, very nice :) , most cds N though :(
Iced Earth - some are great, some much less so
Iron Maiden - ditto
Iron Savior - some good stuff
James Horner - see above under Hans Zimmer
Jan Johansen - no thanks
Jeff Scott Soto - yes - at least in Talisman
Jessica Andersson - huh?
John Williams - see above under Hans Zimmer
Kaizers Orchestra - huh?
Kamelot - already among the favorites, most cds N though :(
Korpiklaani - they have som nice stuff yes!
Kotipelto - good
Lacuna Coil - some very nice stuff
Last Autumn's Dream - ?
Leaves' Eyes - some nice stuff
Lena Philipsson - NO THANKS!
Loreena McKennitt - *dreamily*
Luca Turilli - very nice stuff
Lucifer's Heritage - ?
Ludwig Hirsch - ?
Lumsk - ?
Manowar - some nice classic stuff there :)
Masterplan - among the favorites, but most cds i own are N
Megadeth - nice trash metal, but all cds are N
Metalium - ?
Nanne Grönvall - yesss :)
Nightwish - some VERY nice stuff!
Nocturnal Rites - they have some very nice stuff!
Pantera - well, not that much of a fan
Peter Cornelius - I guess not ...
Pink Cream 69 - ?
Postgirobygget - ? probably not though, stupid mainstream "swedish" taggers
Primal Fear - ?
Rainbow - ?
Rainhard Fendrich - well, no thanks to too much of that one
Rhapsody (4) - oh yesss! :) but most cds N
Rhapsody of Fire - oh yesss! :)
Ritchie Blackmore - could be interesting
Roger Pontare - some good songs, but the rest no thanks
Seigmen - ?
Shaaman - njae ... Rituals Fairy lady is nice but the rest I've heard of them isn't
Slayer - SOME songs, the rest is too heavy
Sonata Arctica (2) - oh yesss, among the absolute favorites! but most cds are N
Soul Doctor - ?
Stefanie Werger - NO thanks
Stratovarius (4)[b] - #1 :) - ALL cds with me here :) [/b]
Symphony X (2) - some nice stuff
Ten - ?
Turisas - some really nice stuff!
Vamp - ?
Winger - ?
Wintersun - the one album I own is N
Zeno -.?
Мельница - ?

In this journal I make up two Top 10's of artists from a non-English speaking country anywhere in the world. I'll look a that country's weekly top artists and pick out the 10 highest ranked bands or artists from that country. I'll make a top 10 for artists who sing in their own language and a top 10 for artists who sing in English or produce instrumental tracks.

Norway:

Top 10 own language (Norwegian):
01. Kaizers Orchestra
02. Postgirobygget
03. Dimmu Borgir
04. Jokke & Valentinerne
05. DumDum Boys
06. Seigmen
07. deLillos
08. Raga Rockers
09. Satyricon (however most of their tracks are in English)
10. Ulver


Top 10 English or instrumental:
01. Madrugada
02. Turbonegro
03. Röyksopp
04. Dimmu Borgir
05. Kings of Convenience
06. Seigmen
07. Thomas Dybdahl
08. Motorpsycho
09. BigBang
10. Minor Majority

These are just the bands that are highest ranked in this week's last.fm chart. If you think these bands suck, be sure to add your favourites below.

Roskilde festival
200
Arctic Monkeys
Bullet For My Valentine
Deftones
Bob Dylan
Franz Ferdinand
Guns N' Roses
HIM
Kaiser Chiefs
Kaizers Orchestra
Magtens Korridorer
Opeth
Phoenix
Sigur Ros
The Strokes
Tool
Roger Waters
Wolfmother

Huset
Superfamily
Minor Majority

Others
Thomas Dybdahl - Sentrum Scene
Postgirobygget - Gjøvik gård

Arctic Monkeys
-Still take you home
-Old Yellow Bricks
-505

The Wombats
-Caravan in Wales
- Let’s Dance To Joy Division
-School Uniform

The Kooks
-She Moves in Her Own Way
-You Don’t Love Me
-Matchbox

Wolfmother
-Woman
-Apple Tree
-Joker and the thief

The White Stripes
-I want to be the boy that warms your mother’s heart
-Forever For Her
-Hardest Button to Button

Kings of Leon
-Genius
-Charmer
-Holy Roller Novocaine

KISS
-Beth
-Detroit rock City
-Psycho Circus

Jimi Hendrix
-Purple Haze
-Are You Experienced
-Ezy Rider

The Strokes
-Between love and hate
-The end has no end
-Juice Box

Maxïmo Park
-Acrobat
-Once, a Glimpse
-Graffiti

The Killers
-Somebody Told Me
-This River is Wild
-Bones

Bromheads Jacket
-Trip to the Golden Arches
-Pinch of Psalt
-When you wasn’t famous

Kate Nash
-Birds
-Skeleton Song
-Merry Happy

Little Man Tate
-What, What You Got?
-Boy in the Anorak
-This Must Be Love

We Are Scientists
-Lousy reputation
-Spotomatic Freeze
-The Creeper

The Clash
-Rock the Casbah
-Straight to Hell
-White Man in Hammersmith Palais

Lynyrd Skynyrd
-Tuesday’s Gone
-Free Bird
-Don’t Ask Me No Questions

The Zutons
-Someone Watching over me
-Remember Me
-Hello Conscience

The Enemy
-Happy Birthday Jane
-Get Blown Away
-We’ll live and die in these towns

Postgirobygget
-Bohemen er Død, Bohemen Lever
-Idyll
-En Solskinnsdag

120 Days
22
a-ha
Alanis Morissette
Ane Brun X2
Animal Alpha X2
Askil Holm
Balkan Beat Box
Bare Egil
BigBang X2
Billy Talent
Bjorn Again
Black Debbath
Blonde Redhead
Blondie
Björn Rosenström
Bobby McFerrin
Brian Wright
Briskeby
Bryan Adams
The Cardigans X2
Carpark North
CC Cowboys
Charlotte & The Co-Stars
Cowboy-Per og Lasso-Knut
D.D.E.
Damn Seagulls
Datarock X2
De Lillos X2
Dia Psalma
Dinosaur Jr.
DJ Tiësto
Drive-By Truckers
Dropkick Murphys
dum dum boys X4
Dungen
Easy Star All Stars
eX-Girl
Franz Ferdinand
Gartnerlosjen
Gary Louris
GOCOO
Gogol Bordello
Hans Rotmo
Heroes & Zeros
Hellbillies X2
Hopalong Knut X2
The Horrors
Hurra Torpedo
Hærmætti Tysland Band X2
Jaga Jazzist
Joddski
Joe Gideon & The Shark
Joe Purdy
Johndoe
Johnossi
Junipher Greene
Kaizers Orchestra
Kashmir
Kevin Devine
Kira Kira
Knauskoret X4
Lars Winnerbäck
Lee Scratch Perry
Let 3
Lillasyster
Machine Head
Madrugada
Mari Boine
Mark Olsson
Marthe Valle
Meshuggah
Midlake
Mira Craig
Moneybrother
Mory Kanté
montée
Motorpsycho X2
Muse X2
The National BankX2
Nullskattesnylterne
of Montreal
Ole Edvard Antonsen
Knutsen og Ludvigsen
Paramore
Pete Doherty
Petter Carlsen
Postgirobygget
Propaghandi
Raga Rockers
Reidar Roses Orkester
Rufus Wainwright
Ruphus
Röyksopp
Samantha Fox
Samvirkelaget X2
Seven doors hotel
Sierra Leone’s Refugee Allstars
Silver
Skambankt
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
The South
Span X2
Spiritualized
Terje Tysland X2
Thomas Dybdahl
Thom Hell X2
Thulsa Doom
Thåstrøm
Tift Merritt
TimbuktuX2
Tom McRae X4
Tommy Tokyo & Starving For My Gravy
Torch
The Tuesdays
Turbonegro X2
TV Smith
Valentourettes
Vømlingan
Watcha Clan
WE
Woven Hand
X-tra Lars
Åge Aleksandersen X unknown




I think that's all that is worth mentioning. Though I'm not too proud of all of the names...

last edited: Nov 09

Alice Cooper
Animal Alpha
Artifact
Bullet For My Valentine
Danko Jones
Dog Eat Dog
dum dum boys
Foo Fighters
Gojira
Gothminister
Guns N' Roses
Hatesphere
Helloween
Kaizers Orchestra
Lagwagon
Looptroop
Mew
Motörhead
NOFX
Pain
Postgirobygget
R.E.M
Satyricon
Seigmen
Silver
Sirenia # 2
The Presidents of the United States of America
The Smashing Pumpkins # 2
Turbonegro
Volbeat
Zeromancer

Trying to dig up some concerts i've been to through the years, more might be added as i remember them...

NOFX - Rockefeller (Oslo)
The Real McKenzies - Rockefeller
Strung Out - Rockefeller
Bad Religion - Rockefeller
Twopointeight - Rockefeller
The Skanksters - Checkpoint Charlie (Stavanger)
UK Subs - Last Train (Oslo)
Silver - Hydranten (Hamar)
Johndoe - Hydranten
CARBURETTORS - Grotta (Hamar)
Trashcan Darlings - (Not sure, Grotta?)
Silence the Foe - Grotta
The team spirit - Grotta
Desperado - Grotta
Dirty/Deeds - Hydranten
Gåte - Hydranten
Valentourettes - Rockefeller
Bright Eyes - Rockefeller
Dungen - Garage (Oslo)
Tellusalie - Garage
Mew - Ullevål Stadion (Oslo)
Madrugada - Ullevål Stadion
REM - Ullevål Stadion
Flogging Molly - Roskilde 05
Green Day - Roskilde 05
Jimmy Eat World - Roskilde 05
Bright Eyes - Roskilde 05
The Faint - Roskilde 05
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - Roskilde 05
Audioslave - Roskilde05
Black Sabbath - Roskilde 05
Block Party - Roskilde 05
Skambankt - Roskilde 05
Sonic Youth - Roskilde 05
Turbonegro - Roskilde 05
Postgirobygget - Dødens Dal (Trondheim) -It Sucked (like they always do)
deLillos - Dødens Dal -It Sucked (like they always do)
Raga Rockers - Dødens Dal
Amulet - Samfundet (Trondheim)
JR Ewing - Samfundet
Johndoe - Samfundet
The Liptones - Samfundet
Brut Boogaloo - Samfundet
Black Debbath - Samfundet
Hurra Torpedo - Samfundet
Hopalong Knut - Samfundet
Phoenix - Samfundet
Kaizers Orchestra - Samfundet
Sally Suicide - Samfundet
Jim Protector - Samfundet
Valentourettes - Rockefeller
Barn av regnbuen (Broiler) - Dirty Nelly (Hamar)
El Cuero - Samfundet
The Hillstone Halos - Samfundet
Build nest sleep - Samfundet
thunderbirds are now - Samfundet
The Bin Lads - Blæst (Trondheim)
Sista skriket - Blæst
Buzzcocks - Blæst
Siste Dagers Helvete - Blæst
The Vibrators - Blæst
Frost - Supa (Trondheim)
The Goo Men - Samfundet
Franky Lee - Tømmerfløterferstivalen (Flisa)
The Hives - Way Out West 07
Manu Chao - Way Out West 07
The Pogues - Way Out West 07
Sparta - Way Out West 07
Moneybrother - Way Out West 07
Juliette & The Licks - Way Out West 07
TeddyBears - Way Out West 07
Sahara Hotnights - Pstereo 07
Lemonheads - Pstereo 07
The Boys - Pstereo 07
NOFX - Pstereo 07
Backstreet Girls Samfundet
Charta 77 - Storås Utested (Trondheim)
Dog Day - Samfundet (Uka 07)
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Samfundet (Uka 07)
Raga Rockers - Samfundet (Uka 07)
InGlow - Dødens Dal (Uka 07)
Muse - Dødens Dal (Uka 07)
Bare Egil Band - Samfundet (Uka 07)
Black Debbath - Samfundet (Uka 07)
El Cuero - Samfundet (Uka 07)
Brutal kuk - UFFA (Trondheim)
Bare Egil Band - Storås Utested
Sham 69 - Blæst
Jimmy Eat World - Rockefeller
Hayseed Dixie - Samfundet
El Perro del Mar - The Mirror (Valencia)
el cuchillo - The Mirror
Scott Matthew - The Mirror
Starsailor - Ciudad De Las Artes Y Las Sciencias (Valencia)
Mando Diao - Ciudad De Las Artes Y Las Sciencias
Franz Ferdinand - Ciudad De Las Artes Y Las Sciencias

Take your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently




The 95 related artists for my profile are :wumpscut: A Love to Kill Ost Above & Beyond Air Alanis Morissette Animal Alpha Armin van Buuren Avril Lavigne BEAT CRUSADERS Beck Belinda Carlisle BigBang Blondie BoA Bob Dylan BONNIE PINK byul Cocco Coldplay (2) Combichrist Culture Club Cyndi Lauper Daft Punk Dido DJ Shadow Do As Infinity Eurythmics Flow Foo Fighters fra-foa Franz Ferdinand Funker Vogt Gabriela Robin Goo Goo Dolls Green Day (2) Jens Lekman Kaizers Orchestra KMFDM L'Arc~en~Ciel Led Zeppelin Lifehouse Madonna Matchbox Twenty Moby Motorcycle New Order Nine Inch Nails Nirvana (2) No Doubt Oasis OceanLab ORANGE RANGE ORIGA Pink Floyd Placebo Postgirobygget Radiohead (2) Rain Red Hot Chili Peppers Sambassadeur SE7EN Seigmen Solar Stone Suburban Kids With Biblical Names System of a Down (2) the brilliant green The Cure The Embassy The Go! Team The Legends The Rolling Stones The Seatbelts The Strokes The White Stripes Third Eye Blind Train UA Velvet Acid Christ YUKI ポルノグラフィティ 倖田來未 坂本真綾 天野月子 宇多田ヒカル 安室奈美恵 崎元仁 松枝賀子 & 江口貴勅 梶浦由記 植松伸夫 椎名林檎 浜渦正志 矢井田瞳 谷岡久美 鬼束ちひろ 이수영