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Name your top ten artists on Last.fm:

1. Underoath
2. The Acacia Strain
3. Norma Jean
4. Glassjaw
5. Misery Signals
6. Hopesfall
7. Saosin
8. Every Time I Die
9. Alexisonfire
10. Taking Back Sunday

How many times have you listened to number one?
336

Is this your favorite band?
Most definitely.

What got you into number one?
I can't really remember. I think I was just rustling around for some music, and I tried out Underoath. I downloaded TOCS, listened through it once, and was in love. Since then my adoration has increased a lot, especially when they released DTGL.

Why the hell have you listened to that so much?
Because they're so fucking awesome. Amazing melodies, great breakdowns, perfect riffs, powerful screams, beautiful singing etc.

Favorite songs of number one:
Young and Aspiring, You're Ever So Inviting, Reinventing Your Exit, I'm Content With Losing, In Regards To Myself.

Something you think you’d thoroughly enjoy doing with the band?
Chill out and have a curry, then have them play an awesome 3 hour gig for me, without a single mention of Jesus.

Favorite memory of the artist?
Either seeing them live for the first time, or when I bought DTGL and listened to it 11 times in a row.

How many times listened to number two?
293

What got you into them?
I think I just found their myspace by accident, and it was so brutal that I was in tears.

What makes you like them so much?
They are motherfucking brutal. So so so hardcore. None of this fancy pansy melody bullshit. Just straightout METALCORE.

Favorite songs:
3750, 4x4, Brown Noise, Whoa shut it down.

Favorite memory of artist?
Nothing really.

How many times have you listened to number three?
250

Would you pay thirty dollars to see them in concert?
I don't have $30, but I have £15 so yes. And I payed £10 and I'm seeing them in a couple of weeks :)

How many times have you listened to four?
244

Would you go fishing with them?
No, because they're split up and I don't believe in fishing really. I would go for a fun day out with them, though.

Any particular emotions run through you when you listen?
A cocktail of happiness and anger. Daryl Palumbo has the most powerful, angry voice and it chills me slightly. Not chill as in relax, but unnerve.

What songs do you like best?
Lovebites and Razorlines, Pink Roses, Cosmopolitan Bloodloss, The Gilette Cavalcade of Sports.

How many times have you listened to five?
220

What’s so intriguing about them?
They're just beautifully melodic and awesomely hardcore. Every song just works.

Could you imagine them in a circus?
Not really, especially 'cause the drummer never has any expression.

How many times for six?
208

How many 3s in a <3333333 would you give them and why?
Fifty Six Million and Fourty Eight Hundred Point One. One of the best bands ever (satellite years).

How many times for 7?
157

I hear 7 is a magical number, is this band magical?
They were better with Anthony Green, but they're still pretty magical. Not because Cove Reber isn't as good, but because the music has gone downhill.

What are some of your favorite songs and what memories are attached to them?
The entire of Translating the name, from start to finish, is pure genius. Best memory is them ending on They Perched On Stilts at TOC in Novemeber.

How many times for eight?
131

How long have you liked this artist?
About a year.

What are some songs you like/why?
Ebolarama, because it's lyrical perfection and has some amazing breakdowns. Equally with The Logic of Crocodiles, and Pincushion is amazing in its heaviness.

Poor nine and ten, how many times you listened to them?
106 and 104

Why have them as number nine and ten, where is the loveeee?
Christ, it's out of what? 100 or something? That has quite a bit of love. Alexisonfire are at 9 because although I like them, there are better bands. TBS are at 10 because I've listened to them quite a few times, but I don't like them that much.

How long have you liked them?
Alexisonfire: About 2 or 3 years.
TBS: About 2 or 3 months.

What are the poor artists from 11-20?
11. Emery - Absolutely brilliant, although I don't listen to them as much any more. The question was a bit of a disappointment too.
12. Poison the Well - Pretty good, but only one decent album.
13. Pearl Jam - Not my favourite artist by any means, but I've liked them for a long time. Plus, they're high up my list because I have 5 albums of theirs or something.
14. Anterrabae - Not popular enough to be higher up my list, but a really excellent band.
15. Joanna Newsom - So beautiful. Just beautiful. A complete change from my normal tastes, but so so beautiful.
16. Drop Dead, Gorgeous - Listened to them quite a bit, but not really one of my favourite bands.
17. HORSE the band - Funny and some quite cool music. Love the synth.
18. Caliban - Ugh, used to listen to these a lot. Gone off them completely. Really boring, sounds like AILD.
19. The Used - I listened to their 345,402,597 minute long album a couple of times and now they're in my top twenty. Not a very good band.
20. AFI - Used to be excellent; went a bit downhill.

In the past few days, I've been listening to Misery Signals a bit too much. It's quite scary actually; I must seem like an obsessive fan. But I love them! Mmm.. That's the shit.

In fact, I saw Misery Signals, Between the Buried and Me and Darkest Hour the other day at Manchester Academy 3. Only decided to go the day before, and it was well worth it. All 3 bands were awesome :) Misery Signals were obviously brilliant, but no-one seemed to go quite as mad for them as they did for Darkest Hour. When they told everyone to make a Circle Pit, oh the people did. And it was chaotic.

1. What are you listening to right now?
Ebolarama

2. What song makes you sad?
A Fool Such As I. I don't like Elvis, but this song is a "trigger" for tears. Pathetic, I know.

3. What is the most annoying song in the world?
Anything by The Kaiser Chiefs.

4. Your all time favorite band?
Underoath.

5. Your newly discovered band is?
How new is new? The most recent band I've started liking is probably Drop Dead, Gorgeous.

6. Best female voice?
Jewel.

7. Best male voice?
Toby Morell.

8. Music type you find yourself listening to most?
Post-Hardcore, although I'm shifting towards metalcore.

9. What do you listen to to hype you up?
Norma Jean or HORSE the band

10. What do you listen to to calm down?
Copeland or Massive Attack

11. Last gig/concert you went to?
AFI at Manchester.

12. Band you find yourself listening to the most right now?
In the past week, The Acacia Strain. But mainly Underoath and Glassjaw.

13. Most hated band?
Anything that's indie pop.

14. Song that makes you think?
Glassjaw - Lovebites and Razorlines. (I can't be arsed with tags anymore)

15. Band that you think the world should love as much as you do?
Underoath.

16. Coolest music video?
That one where the girl walks around the city with the giant heart.

17. Music video with the most babe watch?
Anything by Girls Aloud (minus the ginge).

18. What "do you play/would you play" in the bedroom to spice things up?
Ed Gein ;)

19. Can you play a musical instrument?
Guitar, Piano and Drums.

20. Ever been in a mosh pit?
Oh yeah :D

21. Are you in a band?
Used to be in some shit one. Glad I'm not anymore.

22. If yes, what kind of music does your band play?
Shit.

23. Ever dated a musician?
Nope.

24. If yes, what kind of music did he/she/they play/instrument/band?
Nope still.

27. If no, would you consider?
As long as she didn't play the viola.

28. Do you wish yourself that you were a musician?
Sometimes I'd like the concept of being in a band, but I HATE HATE HATE being on stage. Terrified.

29. Best chick band you know of?
All shit.

30. Best guy band you know of?
Underoath, again. Surely all bands are guy bands.

31. Last song that you heard on the radio/cd...etc...?
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now.

32. What do you think of Classical music?
Good for ringtones ;)

33. What do you think of Country music?
Mostly shit.

34. What do you think of Death metal?
The type of metal that makes me want to vomit. Like Cradle of Filth.. Blluuurrrrgh!

35. Last BIG band that you saw live?
AFI. Seeing taste of chaos in a fortnight :):):)

36. Are you a groupie?
Hah, no.

37. Do you listen to music in foreign languages?
Very rarely.

38. What famous musician do you find sexy?
Mandy Moore, if she counts.

39. Worst concert moment?
RHCP. They were shit.

40. Funny Concert moment?
All of them were entertaining.. but nothing hilarious.

41. Sad Concert moment?
AFI ending on Miss Murder.

42. Best local act you can think of?
Doctrine :D

43. If you were a musical instrument what would you be?
A plectrum.

44. Do you listen to the radio?
Nope.

45. Do you watch music TV?
Sometimes, but it's all shit nowadays.

46. Do you follow the music charts, like the top 40?
Nope.

47. Have you meet any famous musicians?
Strangely enough, no.

48. Are any of your friends/family etc musicians?
Nope. Well, I have mates in various bands.

49. Song that best describes your feelings right now?
Silverchair - Stoned.

50. Song that describes your life?
Pearl Jam - Insignificance.

51. Do you know the names of all the band members that you listen to?
Some, but I listen to a lot of music.

52. Does a musician’s physical attractiveness play a role in the music that you listen to?
God no. Underoath, NJ and Emery all ming.

53. What famous musician do you want to marry?
Mandy Moore.

53. Favourite movie sound track?
Kill Bill.

55. Any musician pet hates?
Not really.

56. What do your parents listen to?
Mum listens to REM, David Gray etc. Bland, basically. Dad listens to old Ella Fitzgerald and shit.

57. What are you listening to right NOW?
Pearl Jam - Glorified G. You're asking this a lot.

58. Do you wear band etc T-shirts?
I have.. erm... 4, although my coheed one is now about 20364564 times too small.

59. What do you think of people who do?
It's alright as long as it's not those Iron Maiden ones.

60. What music sub-culture do you feel like you belong to?
Hardcore bitch.

61. What song is stuck in your head right now?
Glassjaw - The Gilette Cavalcade of Sports, purely because it's currently playing and it's hard to not have that in your head.

62. Do you sing in the shower?
Not really. I sometimes do a little breakdown, and then feel ashamed.

63. If so, what? If not, why not?
I don't know...

64. Would you rather marry a musician or be one yourself?
If a girl played in a good band without looking like a gimp, then marry. All female musicians in rock bands are shit. Like in roadrunner united or that shit one who wears pvc. Or Kitty. Ugh.

65. What is in your walkman/discman right now?
Nothing. I used MP3s.

66. How important is your partners taste in music to you?
It's not important, but being able to share music tastes is quite an important thing, I find. It means you can go to gigs together, listen to music at the same time etc.

67. Hanson moves in next door to you, do you go introduce yourself, or do you arrange to beat them up?
Introduce myself. I used to fucking love Hanson when I was 8.

68. Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll, you dig?
I like them all.

69. Do you cook to music?
I don't cook.

70. Do you sing in the toilet?
See #62.