I've found working in record shops has opened me up to all kinds of stuff i may never have heard. i think the most important thing is just to listen to everything with an open mind and just check things out all the time.
oasis got me interested in music and will always hold a special place in my heart(trust me they will make another good album!) as do the likes of the charlatans and the bluetones. then i got into american punk music like nofx and pennywise and from that things started to really kick off, some bands led me to heavier stuff and others led me to more experimental bands like fugazi. mogwai got me interested in bands like godspeed and sigur ros. people introduced me to hip hop and things like company flow and the anticon stuff. when i joined one up i started taking an interest in electronic music like aphex, squarepusher, boards of canada, and bits and pieces here and there. recently my tastes have broadened to include a huge amount of 'country' music and *gasp* some prog, though i'm still scared of listening to rush for fear that i'll like them and yes are still a few steps away.
there's not much i won't listen to these days, except generic dance stuff and manufactured pop(though that mcfly know their way round a tune, had it stuck in my head all weekend). haven't listened to techno for many a year or drumnbass. don't really listen to ska-punk much these days either, though i still like sublime. surprised myself by liking grindcore and some black metal(though still haven't gotten round to buying any black metal, one step at a time). also enjoy listening to some ambient stuff now and again to relax.
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