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So here are my top 50 albums:

1. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
Genre: Hardcore Punk
Year: 1997

2. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
Genre: Hard Rock / Stoner Rock
Year: 2002

3. Kamp & Whizz Vienna - Versager Ohne Zukunft
Genre: Austrian Hip-Hop
Year: 2009

4. Deftones - White Pony
Genre: Alternative Metal
Year: 2000

5. Converge - Jane Doe
Genre: Mathcore
Year: 2001

6. Nirvana - In Utero
Genre: Grunge
Year: 1993

7. Slayer - Reign in Blood
Genre: Thrash Metal
Year: 1986

8. mclusky - mclusky Do Dallas
Genre: Noise Rock
Year: 2002

9. The Clash - London Calling
Genre: Punk Rock
Year: 1979

10. Eins Zwo - Gefährliches Halbwissen
Genre: German Hip-Hop
Year: 1999

11. Converge - Axe To Fall
Genre: Metalcore
Year: 2009

12. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
Genre: Alternative Rock / Stoner Rock
Year: 2000

13. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 2003

14. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
Genre: Punk Rock
Year: 2008

15. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
Genre: Mathcore
Year: 1999

16. Alice in Chains - Dirt
Genre: Grunge
Year: 1992

17. Deftones - Around the Fur
Genre: Alternative Metal
Year: 1997

18. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Genre: Progressive Rock
Year: 1975

19. Die Ärzte - 13
Genre: Punk Rock
Year: 1998

20. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Genre: Industrial Rock
Year: 1994

21. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 1999

22. Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 2001

23. Thrice - The Alchemy Index 3&4: Air & Earth
Genre: Acoustic Rock
Year: 2008

24. These Arms Are Snakes - Tail Swallower and Dove
Genre: Post-Hardcore
Year: 2008

25. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 2007

26. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
Genre: Hard Rock
Year: 2009

27. Beck - Modern Guilt
Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 2008

28. Manu Chao - Clandestino
Genre: Latin Alternative
Year: 1998

29. GZA/GeniusLiquid Swords
Genre: Hip-Hop
Year: 1995

30. Darkest Hour - Undoing Ruin
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Year: 2005

31. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Genre: Thrash Metal
Year: 1992

32. Korn - Korn
Genre: Nu Metal
Year: 1994

33. Billy Talent - Billy Talent
Genre: Punk Rock
Year: 2003

34. Tenacious D - Tenacious D
Genre: Comedy Rock
Year: 2001

35. Portishead - Dummy
Genre: Trip-Hop
Year: 1994

36. Soap&Skin - Lovetune for Vacuum
Genre: Singer-Songwriter
Year: 2009

37. Gallows - Grey Britain
Genre: Hardcore Punk
Year: 2009

38. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Genre: Hip-Hop
Year: 2002

39. Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
Genre: Alternative Metal
Year: 1999

40. Justice - Cross
Genre: Electronic
Year: 2007

41. Hard-Fi - Stars Of CCTV
Genre: Indie Rock
Year: 2005

42. Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
Genre: Indie Rock
Year: 2007

43. Kate Nash - Made of Bricks
Genre: Pop
Year: 2007

44. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
Genre: Indie Folk
Year: 2009

45. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine
Genre: Mathcore
Year: 2004

46. Coalesce - OX
Genre: Mathcore
Year: 2009

47. The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
Genre: Indie Rock
Year: 2006

48. K.I.Z. - Hahnenkampf
Genre: German Hip-Hop
Year: 2007

49. Muse - Absolution
Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 2003

50. Dynamite Deluxe - Deluxe Soundsystem
Genre: German Hip-Hop
Year: 2000

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

Final score 157
but it all still sounds the same

1. Iron Maiden
Bruce Dickinson
Judas Priest
Blaze
Black Sabbath
Megadeth
Metallica
Dio

2. Red Hot Chili Peppers
John Frusciante
Ataxia
Rage Against the Machine
Foo Fighters
Audioslave
Lenny Kravitz
Incubus
Nirvana

3. 65daysofstatic
Maybeshewill
God Is an Astronaut
You Slut!
And So I Watch You From Afar
If These Trees Could Talk
Gifts From Enola
Белые Флаги Зажигайте Медленно
Caspian

4. Eluveitie
Korpiklaani
Ensiferum
Equilibrium
Finntroll
Arkona
Turisas
Wintersun
Folkearth

5. Electric Wizard
Sleep
Acid King
Ramesses
Weedeater
Bongzilla
Ufomammut
Goatsnake
Church of Misery

6. Amon Amarth
Ensiferum
Arch Enemy
Dark Tranquility
Kalmah
Equilibrium
Wintersun
Korpiklaani
Hypocrisy

7. In Flames
Soilwork
Dark Tranquility
Sonic Syndicate
Children of Bodom
Arch Enemy
Scar Symmetry
Blinded Colony
Killswitch Engage

8. Rammstein
Emigrate
Oomph!
Eisbrecher
Megaherz
Marilyn Manson
Rob Zombie
Static-X
System of a Down

9. Queens of the Stone Age
Desert Sessions
Them Crooked Vultures
Kyuss
Eagles of Death Metal
Mondo Generator
Masters of Reality
Fatso Jetson
Brant Bjork

10. Biffy Clyro
Sucioperro
Marmaduke Duke
Twin Atlantic
Reuben
Hundred Reasons
Frightened Rabbit
Idlewild
Fighting With Wire

11. Disturbed
Drowning Pool
Godsmack
David Draiman
SOiL
Slipknot
Stone Sour
Mudvayne
Dope

12. Megadeth
MD.45
Slayer
Anthrax
Testament
Exodus
Kreator
Pantera
Annihilator

13. Saxon
Running Wild
Accept
Judas Priest
Grave Digger
U.D.O.
Tygers of Pan Tang
Diamond Head
Dio

14. John Frusciante
Ataxia
The Bicycle Thief
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez
The Mars Volta
Vincent Gallo
Jeff Buckley
Eddie Vedder

15. Bruce Dickinson
Iron Maiden
Blaze
Samson
Dio
Judas Priest
Paul Di'Anno
Halford
Saxon

16. My Bloody Valentine
Slowdive
Chapterhouse
Ride
Pale Saints
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Lush
A Place to Bury Strangers
Swirlies

17. The Clash
Joe Strummer
The 101'ers
Ramones
Sex Pistols
Stiff Little Fingers
Buzzcocks
Rancid
The Damned

18. Modest Mouse
Ugly Casanova
Built to Spill
Wolf Parade
Arcade Fire
Neutral Milk Hotel
Bright Eyes
The Flaming Lips
Minus the Bear

19. Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne
Dio
Judas Priest
Deep Purple
Heaven & Hell
Motörhead
Iron Maiden
Rainbow

20. Soundgarden
Temple of the Dog
Alice in Chains
Chris Cornell
Mother Love Bone
Mad Season
Stone Temple Pilots
Pearl Jam
Screaming Trees

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

Final score 157
but it all still sounds the same

1. Iron Maiden
Bruce Dickinson
Judas Priest
Blaze
Black Sabbath
Megadeth
Metallica
Dio

2. Red Hot Chili Peppers
John Frusciante
Ataxia
Rage Against the Machine
Foo Fighters
Audioslave
Lenny Kravitz
Incubus
Nirvana

3. 65daysofstatic
Maybeshewill
God Is an Astronaut
You Slut!
And So I Watch You From Afar
If These Trees Could Talk
Gifts From Enola
Белые Флаги Зажигайте Медленно
Caspian

4. Eluveitie
Korpiklaani
Ensiferum
Equilibrium
Finntroll
Arkona
Turisas
Wintersun
Folkearth

5. Electric Wizard
Sleep
Acid King
Ramesses
Weedeater
Bongzilla
Ufomammut
Goatsnake
Church of Misery

6. Amon Amarth
Ensiferum
Arch Enemy
Dark Tranquility
Kalmah
Equilibrium
Wintersun
Korpiklaani
Hypocrisy

7. In Flames
Soilwork
Dark Tranquility
Sonic Syndicate
Children of Bodom
Arch Enemy
Scar Symmetry
Blinded Colony
Killswitch Engage

8. Rammstein
Emigrate
Oomph!
Eisbrecher
Megaherz
Marilyn Manson
Rob Zombie
Static-X
System of a Down

9. Queens of the Stone Age
Desert Sessions
Them Crooked Vultures
Kyuss
Eagles of Death Metal
Mondo Generator
Masters of Reality
Fatso Jetson
Brant Bjork

10. Biffy Clyro
Sucioperro
Marmaduke Duke
Twin Atlantic
Reuben
Hundred Reasons
Frightened Rabbit
Idlewild
Fighting With Wire

11. Disturbed
Drowning Pool
Godsmack
David Draiman
SOiL
Slipknot
Stone Sour
Mudvayne
Dope

12. Megadeth
MD.45
Slayer
Anthrax
Testament
Exodus
Kreator
Pantera
Annihilator

13. Saxon
Running Wild
Accept
Judas Priest
Grave Digger
U.D.O.
Tygers of Pan Tang
Diamond Head
Dio

14. John Frusciante
Ataxia
The Bicycle Thief
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez
The Mars Volta
Vincent Gallo
Jeff Buckley
Eddie Vedder

15. Bruce Dickinson
Iron Maiden
Blaze
Samson
Dio
Judas Priest
Paul Di'Anno
Halford
Saxon

16. My Bloody Valentine
Slowdive
Chapterhouse
Ride
Pale Saints
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Lush
A Place to Bury Strangers
Swirlies

17. The Clash
Joe Strummer
The 101'ers
Ramones
Sex Pistols
Stiff Little Fingers
Buzzcocks
Rancid
The Damned

18. Modest Mouse
Ugly Casanova
Built to Spill
Wolf Parade
Arcade Fire
Neutral Milk Hotel
Bright Eyes
The Flaming Lips
Minus the Bear

19. Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne
Dio
Judas Priest
Deep Purple
Heaven & Hell
Motörhead
Iron Maiden
Rainbow

20. Soundgarden
Temple of the Dog
Alice in Chains
Chris Cornell
Mother Love Bone
Mad Season
Stone Temple Pilots
Pearl Jam
Screaming Trees

Tracks played on The Mourning Hours of 6-7 AM on 88.1 KWVA Eugene
Theme: Brett Grey and Evan Marshall Pick Teh Awesome Tunes

Evan's Picks

You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar But I Feel Like A Millionaire - Queens of the Stone Age

California Über Alles - Dead Kennedys

Hanuman - Rodrigo y Gabriela

Tank! - The Seatbelts

London Calling - The Clash

Wish I Had An Angel - Nightwish

Brett's Picks

Reptiles - Them Crooked Vultures

Bomboleo - Gypsy Rebels

Anenome - Brian Jonestown Massacre

Music Is Mine - Nujabes

Every Planet We Reach Is Dead - Gorillaz


Ragged Wood - Fleet Foxes

Ko-Ko - Duke Ellington

Encore 1am - The Subways

What’s Left of the Flag - Flogging Molly

Since writing This entry, a few things have changed with my top 15 artists...

My top two are still the same, which hardly surprises me at all:

1. The Smashing Pumpkins
2. Liz Phair

Since the last report, Liz has exceeded 1000 scrobbles, and the Pumpkins have added another 1000 scrobbles onto their numbers (from about 2,500 to 3,500!).

But while in the past, Silverchair came in at number 3, they have now been booted off that pedestal by...

3. Veruca Salt

Of course, there's only 12 songs difference in the scrobbles for these two bands, but still!

Last time, #4 spot was taken by Soundgarden, but since the 'Chair got bumped down...

4. Silverchair

We have a new holder of 5th position:

5. Soundgarden

(a spot formerly held by Veruca Salt!)

Back in the day also, Nirvana were topping the Foo Fighters, but in more recent times their positions have been reversed, so my charts look more like this:

6. Foo Fighters
7. Nirvana

Further changes are afoot in positions 8, 9 & 10. Formerly they were taken by QotSA, Madonna and Kittie (in that order). Now we have the following:

8. Madonna
9. Heather Nova
10. Queens of the Stone Age

What happened to Kittie? Well, let's read on and find out!

11th position is taken up by an artist that has only recently made it into the top 15, though they certainly deserve to be there!

11. Alice in Chains

And following up from them is the unceremoniously bumped and yet awesome as ever...

12. Kittie

There! Mystery solved! But there's another that has arisen, and that's regarding Unwritten Law: they were formerly in 12th position, but that spot is now occupied by Kittie! So where are the Law?

Well, first we get to our 13th listed artist:

13. Helmet

Booo-ya. But interestingly enough, these guys are another band that have maintained their same position in the charts. They were lucky 13 before, and lucky 13 they remain! Go boys!!!

In a rather shocking development, Hole have been bumped from the top 15 completely! They actually maintain 16th position, but they're still way up there in my heart! Love you Courtney!!

So who's at 14 now? Well, remember that second unsolved mystery?

14. Unwritten Law

Finally, one of my all-time faves from the olden days, Jawbreaker, have also lost their grip on 15th position, and have been replaced by the ever wonderful...

15. Catherine Wheel!!!

I am thrilled to see the Wheel up there in the top levels, because they totally deserve to be there. They have been amongst my favourites for a couple of years now (probably more, I have a strangely confusing grip on time...), and I think my love of them shows!

Over 'n out.

Rules:
Get your overall top 10 artists from Last.fm, and find the top 3 of their tracks that you've scrobbled most. Then note where it comes in that artist's "most-played" lists. The lower the track in the list, the weirder you are... or something to that effect.

1/ Red Hot Chili Peppers
1/ Give It Away 9th
2/ Don't Forget Me 22nd
3/ If You Want Me To Stay 97th
average: 43rd

2/ Iron Maiden
1/ Hallowed Be Thy Name 7th
2/ The Thin Line Between Love and Hate 111th
3/ Out of the Shadows 80th
average: 66th

3/ 65daysofstatic
1/ Aren't We All Running? 13th
2/ Drove Through Ghosts to Get Here 3rd
3/ Radio Protector 2nd
average: 6th

4/ Eluveitie
1/ Bloodstained Ground 17th
2/ Primordial Breath 16th
3/ Gray Sublime Archon 15th
average: 16th

5/ Electric Wizard
1/ Mountains of Mars 20th
2/ Wizard in Black 9th
3/ We Hate You 4th
average: 11th

6/ Amon Amarth
1/ Thousand Years Of Oppression 27th
2/ The Beheading of a King 32nd
3/ Embrace of the Endless Ocean 15th
average: 25th

7/ In Flames
1/ Delight And Angers 16th
2/ My Sweet Shadow 18nd
3/ Cloud Connected 4th
average: 13th

8/ Rammstein
1/ Wo bist du 48th
2/ Seemann 41st
3/ Rosenrot 24th
average: 38th

9/ Queens of the Stone Age
1/ Born to Hula 81st
2/ In The Fade 28th
3/ If Only 44th
average: 51st

10/ Biffy Clyro
1/ 57 25th
2/ Justboy 26th
3/ Mountains 1st
average: 17th

overall: 29
what a waste of time haha

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.

Final Score:
134/160

Dream Theater
Liquid Tension Experiment
James LaBrie
Jordan Rudess
John Petrucci
Transatlantic
Symphony X
MullMuzzler
Pain of Salvation

Nevermore
Warrel Dane
Jeff Loomis
Sanctuary
Communic
Control Denied
Evergrey
Biomechanical
Iced Earth

Foo Fighters
Audioslave
Them Crooked Vultures
Queens of the Stone Age
Incubus
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Creed Eww...

Iron Maiden
Bruce Dickinson
Judas Priest
Blaze
Black Sabbath
Megadeth
Metallica
Dio
Manowar

Pink Floyd
David Gilmour
Roger Waters
Syd Barrett
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
Rick Wright
The Who
Jefferson Airplane

Sonata Arctica
Stratovarius
Northern Kings
Avantasia
Kamelot
Nightwish
Cain's Offering
HammerFall
Dreamtale

Gamma Ray
Helloween
Iron Savior
Primal Fear
Freedom Call
Edguy
Grave Digger
Rage
Stratovarius*

Austrian Death Machine
August Burns Red
As I Lay Dying
Threat Signal
Divine Heresy
Five Finger Death Punch
Shadows Fall
The Black Dahlia Murder
Parkway Drive

Opeth
Bloodbath
Katatonia
Porcupine Tree
Cynic
Pain of Salvation*
Gojira
Dream Theater
Riverside

Alice in Chains
Mad Season
Jerry Cantrell
Soundgarden*
Mother Love Bone
Temple of the Dog
Pearl Jam*
Stone Temple Pilots
Screaming Trees

Megadeth
MD.45
Slayer
Anthrax
Testament
Exodus
Kreator
Pantera
Annihilator

Edge of Sanity
Dan Swanö
Nightingale
Pan.Thy.Monium
In Mourning
Gates of Ishtar
Dismember
Bloodbath*
Unanimated

System of a Down
Serj Tankian
Scars on Broadway
Slipknot Ewww
KoЯn
Disturbed
Drowning Pool
Rammstein
Stone Sour

Helloween
Gamma Ray
Edguy*
Stratovarius*
HammerFall*
Iron Savior*
Primal Fear*
Michael Kiske
Andi Deris

Tarot
Northern Kings*
Kotipelto
Thunderstone
Brother Firetribe
Teräsbetoni
Leverage
Sinergy
Sapattivuosi

Avantasia
Edguy*
Sonata Arctica
Freedom Call*
Stratovarius*
Aina
Masterplan
Angra
HammerFall*

Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne
Dio*
Judas Priest*
Deep Purple
Heaven & Hell
Motörhead
Iron Maiden
Rainbow

Edguy
Avantasia*
Gamma Ray*
Helloween*
Freedom Call*
Stratovarius*
Masterplan*
HammerFall*
Primal Fear*
LOL ;P

Children of Bodom
Inearthed
Norther
Arch Enemy
Kalmah
In Flames
Warmen
Ensiferum
Wintersun

Alestorm
Battleheart
Swashbuckle
Korpiklaani
Ensiferum*
Equilibrium
Turisas
Týr
Finntroll



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