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[Dizzy Storm]

I'm really excited by the progress being made by electronica artists, particularly the fusion between new technology and 'organic' instruments. A great example of this, which I urge anyone to get a hold of, is the Mathew Herbert Big Band Album. Alternatively, check out the acts put on by the 'Interesting Music/Unkown Pleasures' promoters.

Z.F

[Dizzy Storm]

Interesting Music Promotes...

Colditz

Optimum Dose (ex Delicate Awol)

DRN


...@ Dr. Drakes on Sunday 8th August.

just so's you know.

[thesultanofswing86]

My fav music used to be blues. It started with kind of rockier stuff like Dire STraits, then i started getting into blues and country. Then after i saw Blade Runner i really started to dig Pink Floyd which opened me up to Space Rock, Progressive rock and psychadelia. Now i'm listening to Steve Hillage, King Crimson, Tool, Camel, Opeth, early Fleetwood Mac and the Ozric Tentacles.

first band i ever listened to was Queen when i was about 5, i thought they were fantastic. still do actually. then i saw bands like Pennywise and NOFX when i got Sky so i got some of their cd's and got into punk and ska which is the main-stay of my record collection. since i started playing bass i've began listening to old two-tone bands, blues, hip-hop, stuff with really funky bass lines.

When I was a kid, I listened to a lot of my parents stuff they had lying around on tapes in the car etc, stuff like dire straights, john farnham, crowded house, bruce hornsby, the eagles.
My older cousin introduced me to hiphop at a fairly early age, I was into stuff like the Pharcyde, Kurious, Ice T, Ice Cube, Cypress Hill etc. around age 12-14, aswell as being very into the scottish techno scene which was thriving back then (bass generator, q-fx) and other techno like Altern8 and Utah Saints.
When I left school at went to college at age 15, bought my first DJ Krush album (holonic) and I was hooked. This got me into stuff out on Mowax and Ninja tune heavily, like dj shadow, luke vibert, dj vadim, 9lazy9, coldcut, also other things like kruder & dorfmeister, future sound of london, aphex twin, squarepusher, neotropic. People I met in London introduced me to drumnbass around 1997, I started listening to ed rush and optical, mixtapes from clubnights like helterskelter, with people like ray keith and swanee.

Now I listen to anything which is good, just depends the mood im in. Quite partial to bits of classical even.

It's interesting to note perhaps, that when I moved to aberdeen and met some people at college, they were all into stuff like REM and nirvana etc. I tried to listen to it, but it just did nothing for me, and I've always associated rock/indie/punk with miserable self-harming dysfunctional troglodytes.

It's also interesting to see that a lot of your own personal evolution of taste youve posted here, just spans sub-genres of rock!

[bryn]

Nirvana got me into guitar playing, then got into all the grunge, mainly soundgarden, then progressing to metallica and pantera, but as the chugga-chugga riff metal got boring, got into old chilli peppers, Primus and Mrbungle, then came Vai and also stuff like funkadelic, sly and the family stone, roundabout then i got into floyd and Yes, Jeff beck.
Right now I'm listening to:
Miles Davis
Beethoven
Ted Nugent !!

[daveofficer]

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.

[less_than_stu]

hmmm.

I used to be into my punk and Metal. Bands like Korn, Blink 182, Greenday, Slipknot, Offspring, etc. Quite mainstream rock. I don't really listen to any of that very often these days, although I still appreciate it. The only bands I still listen to frequently from my early music collection is Less Than Jake.

Now, I've broadened my tastes to incorporate a little from just about every genre. ie: jazz, alt/post-rock, prog, ska/reggae/dub, hip-hop, Indian raga, black metal, Hawaiian, delta blues, emo, indie and pretty much any easy-listening.

A lot of stuff, although I can still be picky when it comes to actualy bands within htose genres.

[medichi]

Hmmm. RATM, Appetite For Destruction and The Black Album formed my cornerstones of rock when I were but a lad. From there, I ventured forth to heavier stuff with Carcass, Pantera and Sepultura, and I still LOVE those bands.

And of course, Rock N Roll showed the way, with the Wildhearts, Almighty, Kerbdog, Supersuckers, Rocket From tha Mutherfuckin' Crypt, Backyard Babies, ZEKE and the Ramones showing me how to rock the fuck out.

Godflesh, Ministry and Pitchshifter showed me a more mechanical way, and Sick Of It All, Shelter and Vision of Disorder were the first hardcore bands I loved. I admit to a dalliance with Nu-metal (The first Korn album is a classic), and there are even a few Limp Bizkit albums kicking about (none finer dumbed down rap-rock-pop). Deftones are still my favourite band ever.

Over the last coupla years its been the hardcore stuff thats been the most interesting (Converge, Scarlet, American Nightmare etc) but my mind is open to new country (Ryan Adams is a star, but his recent stuff is a bit poor), hip hop (love the Atmosphere record, and Wu Tang have long been a favourite), and some acoustic stuff like Tom McRae.....

I don't think I'll really ever go back on any of the stuff I've liked (hell, I'm 25 now, and still listen to the records I bought aged 15 regularly), so my parents hope that it was all "a phase" is all but lost. I probably temper my tastes a little ( I rarely return to Obituary), and theres a fine line between beautiful noise and just plain NOISE, but hell, it's all been fun!

[Pierre Von Mondragon]

[quote=Philip]but now find myself listening to early Foreigner(gasp!!!).QUOTE]

Jukebox hero is not bad