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No. Not really.

This is the third night in a row that I've stayed up until early in the AM just to get my music fix. I really should get some sleep. BUT, being the master at procrastination in all aspects of my every day life, I'm going to fill out this pointless survey instead:


Name your top 10 most played bands on Last.fm:

1. The Associates
2. Bauhaus
3. Tones on Tail
4. Tuxedomoon
5. 16 Horsepower
6. Siouxsie and the Banshees
7. Man Man
8. Modern Eon
9. Bubonic Plague
10. Tears for Fears

Just realized that I don't really listen to half of these artists as much anymore. but ANYWAY...

Now answer the questions according to the numbers:

What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
Arabian knights. Still one of my favorites by them.

What is your favourite album of 2?
In the Flat Field. Used to love listening to this while going to work, but had to roll my windows up since I'd always get weird, confused, and disgusted looks from other drivers.

What is your favourite lyric that 5 has sung?
"You are not needed here to help me feel low down. I'm doin' it fine all on my own." (Horse Head)
Oh, unwanted angst. haha.

How many times have you seen 4 live?
I'm ashamed to say never. I really ought to see them while they're still performing, but they must have Mr. Winston Tong with them, otherwise it'll feel... lacking. I can't come up with a better word at the moment. At 3 in the morning, my vocabulary dwindles down to about 100 words.

What is your favourite song by 7?
Only one? Well, how about I choose my top-played track by them, to save myself from the pain of choosing just one.
Black Mission Goggles. First song I heard by them, and always a treat for my unwilling passengers on long car rides.

What is a good memory you have considering the music of 10?
Dad. I miss him.

Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
I've never been sad while listening to Tones on Tail. They do have some darker tunes, but nothing sad. What's sad is that Go! is their most popular track and the only one that the majority of people (who've heard them) know. I'm in the minority when I say that it's one of my least favorite tracks by them. Whenever I hear it, all I can think about are bulging transvestites in ugly shoes.

What is your favourite lyric that 2 has sung?
That's difficult. Pretty much all of their lyrics are priceless.
First one I can think of:
"Nerves like nylon, nerves like steel" (Nerves)

What is your favourite song by 9?
I hate picking favorites. Excuse me... favourites.
but one I play a lot is bad moods.

How did you get in to 3?
I was obsessed with Bauhaus, and wanted to listen to anything and everything that was related to them-- Tones on Tail, Dalis Car, Love and Rockets, Peter Murphy solo, Daniel Ash solo, David J solo, the band (BlackBlack) of the DAUGHTERS of Kevin Haskins... like I said, obsessed.
but out of all the Bauhaus offspring, Tones remains my favorite.

What was the first song you heard by 1?
The Affectionate Punch. Got me hooked the first time I heard it, and it remains one of my favorites.

What is your favourite song by 4?
Desire. First song I heard by them as well.

How many time have you seen 9 live?
Never. I don't even know if they're still together. If not, I can always hope to see Geneva Jacuzzi live.

What is a good memory you have concerning 2?
Dancing uncontrollably to the In the Flat Field album, which was my preferred method of exercising.

Is there a song of 8 that makes you sad?
They do have some gloomy-sounding songs, but none that make me sad.

What is your favourite album of 5?
Sackcloth and Ashes, hands down.

What is your favourite lyric that 3 has sung?
"Gini, Gini, look at me, Gini. I let the stare that tries to cripple you slide down my back. Gini, Gini, speak to me, Gini. I let the words they shove in front of you crawl right back." (Lions)

What is your favourite song of 1?
No, no, no, only one favorite will not do. How about my top... ten?
In no order:
Gloomy Sunday, Tell Me Easter's On Friday, Q Quarters, The Affectionate Punch, A Matter of Gender, Perhaps, White Car In Germany, Breakfast, Skipping, The Best Of You.

What is your favourite song of 10?
Again with the favorites!
Top five in no order:
Mothers Talk, Head Over Heels, Everybody Wants to Rule the World (classic), Shout, Brian Wilson Said.

How many times have you seen 8 live?
Never. and it's unfortunate that they're no longer around.

What is your favourite album of 1?
How about two favorites? Sulk and Fourth Drawer Down.

What is a great memory you have considering 9?
Um... driving to the airport at 4 in the morning while having bad moods break the silence of the empty streets.

What was the first song you heard by 8?
Euthenics, since it happened to be their most easily accessible.


and that took much longer than I expected.

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Am I tired yet? Yes, I am.
but am I going to sleep now? Not just yet!

Another, stolen.

Of all the bands/artists in your cd/record collection, which one do you own the most albums by?
Strangely, it's a tie between David Bowie and Opeth, which are two completely different artists.
Pop and glam rock versus progressive death metal.

What was the last song you listened to?
Pram - Track of the Cat

What's in your record/cd player right now?
In my CD player: a mix CD I made for someone (had to test it out to make sure all the songs played through)
On my record player: Tones on Tail - Pop
but my favorite track, Lions, skips :[

What song would you say sums you up?
No idea.

What's your favourite local band?
None, really. The local bands here just don't appeal to me.

What was the last show you attended?
Nothing I can remember.

What was the greatest show you've ever been to?
I've honestly not been to any real good show since I live on a stupid island and we don't get good bands around here. When I move out, I'll make up for it.

What's the worst band you've ever seen in concert?
I never stay long enough to find out the name if they're awful.

What band do you love musically but hate the members of?
I don't really hate anyone. I may hate a persons voice, but that's about it. If I really did dislike the members of a group, I don't think I could love them musically.

What show are you looking forward to?
see third question up.

What is your favorite band shirt?
I'd say my vintage Bauhaus shirt, but it's really not all too comfortable since the material is thick and stiff. SO... my worn out, faded, holey Led Zeppelin shirt, just because it's so worn in.

What musician would you like to hang out with for a day?
Billy Mackenzie, which is impossible since he's dead.
or... The Residents. So I could see the faces behind the eyeballs.

What musician would you like to be in love with for a day?
That's ridiculous. In love for one day? How is that even possible? I'll pass.
To be honest, I don't really pay too much attention to the musicians themselves anymore-- it's more of their output that really interests me.

Metal question - Jeans and Leather vs. Cracker Jack clothes?
No idea what cracker jack clothes are, so I can't choose.

Sabbath or solo Ozzy?
Don't really care for either.

Commodores or solo Lionel Ritchie?
Same as above.

Punk rock, hip hop or heavy metal?
Punk rock. Unless it's hardcore/thrash punk. Can't stand that.

Doesn't Primus suck?
I've only heard one song by them, so I can't judge.

Name 5 flawless albums:

The Associates - Fourth Drawer Down (I know most people prefer Sulk, which is a fantastic album as well, but I find myself listening to Fourth Drawer Down more often)
Opeth - Damnation (Yes, they're a progressive death metal band, but this album is their most mellow. No kidding. No screaming or heavy guitars-- you could play this album to a baby, though I wouldn't recommend it)
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (Yeah, I know it's on pretty much everyone's list of flawless albums, but it's perfect. You can't listen to the album without listening to it in it's entirety)
Silverchair - Diorama (I've gone through many musical phases, but this has stuck with me for the longest. It's so beautifully orchestrated)
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (The first time I listened to it, I hated it. Second time, still hated it. Third time, something hit me and I ended up playing the album on repeat for about a week)

Did you know that filling out this survey makes you a music geek?
I already knew that long ago.

What was the greatest decade for music?
The eighties. Don't judge it by VH1's "I Love The 80's" -- it's so much better than that. So much gold that most people tend to skip over.

How many music-related videos/dvds do you own?
Three.
Bauhaus Shadow of Light/Archive (DVD)
The Associates and Billy Mackenzie (DVD)
Pink Floyd's The Wall (VHS) (I don't even really like that album, so I don't know why I have it)

Do you like Journey?
No.

Don't try to pretend you don't!
Honest. No.

What is your favorite movie soundtrack?
Probably Donnie Darko or O Brother, Where Art Thou? (yes, I like the bluegrass)

What was your last musical "phase" before you wisened up?
I've gone through so many musical phases it's ridiculous...
The last awful phase I went through was in high school when I listened to a lot of crappy metal and grunge (although I do still enjoy some grunge every now and then). After that, I started to discover better music.

What's the crappiest CD/record/etc. you've ever bought?
Pretty much every CD I got when I was in middle school. Oh, and a couple of records I got from a thrift store that was awful eighties pop. I love the eighties, but this was sappy, whiny, super cheesy (in a bad way) crap. Can't even remember the names of the albums since I got rid of them.

Do you prefer vinyl or CDs?
Vinyl. Better sounding, and more aesthetically pleasing.

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.

#1 Madonna
1 Kylie Minogue
2 Janet Jackson
3 Cher
4 Lady GaGa
5 Britney Spears
6 Danii Minogue
7 Cindy Lauper
8 Spice Girls

#2 Marilyn Manson
9 Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids
10 Nine Inch Nails
11 Rob Zombie
12 Rammstein
13 Deathstars
14 John 5
15 KoЯn
16 Dope

#3 Crass
17 Flux of Pink Indians
18 Conflict
19 Subhumans
20 Rudimentary Peni
21 Zounds
22 Poison Girls
23 Dirt
24 Aus-Rotten

#4 Icon of Coil
25 Combichrist
26 Rotersand
27 Panzer AG
28 Covenant
29 Assemblage 23
30 Seabound
31 Neuroticfish
32 Apoptygma Berzek

#5 Combichrist
Panzer AG
33 Icon of Coil
34 Suicide Commando
35 Grendel
36 Noisuf-X
37 Aesthetic Perfection
38 Agonize
39 :wumpscut:

#6 London After Midnight
40 Fear Cult
41 Clan of Xymox
42 All Gone Dead
43 Cinema Strange
44 Diary of Dreams
45 Rosetta Stone
46 Christian Death
47 Two Witches

#7Nightwish
48 Tarja
49 Epica
50 Within Temptation
51 Delain
52 Vision of Atlantis
53 Leaves' Eyes
54 After Forever
55 Sonata Artica

#8 Megadeth
56 MD.45
57 Anthrax
58 Testament
59 Slayer
60 Exodus
61 Kreator
62 Pantera
63 Annihilator

#9 Fun People
64 Boom Boom Kid
65 Cucsifae
66 Eterna Inocencia
67 Loquero
68 El Otro Yo
69 Shaila
70 Flema
71 2 Minutos

#10 Immortal Technique
72 Jedi Mind Tricks
73 Poison Pen
74 Akir
75 OuterSpace
76 Ill Bill
77 Sabac
78 dead prez
79 Army of the Pharaohs

#11 Propagandhi
80 I Spy
81 Dillinger Four
82 Good Riddance
83 Strike Anywhere
84 Bigwig
85 None More Black
86 A Wilhelm Scream
87 Dead to Me

#12 Social Distortion
88 Mike Ness
89 The Bones
90 Rancid
91 Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
92 Pennywise
93 Backyard Babies
94 Street Dogs
95 The Bouncing Souls

#13 Siouxsie and the Banshees
96 The Creatures
97 Siouxsie
98 Bauhaus
99 X-Mal Deutschland
100 The Glove
101 Alien Sex Fiend
Christian Death
102 Skeletal Family

#14 1200 Micrograms
103 Talamasca
104 Astrix
105 GMS
106 Hallucinogen
107 Infected Mushroom
108 Shpongle
109 Electric Universe
110 Astral Projection

#15 Depeche Mode
111 Dave Gahan
112 Martin L. Gore
113 Recoil
114 Camouflage
115 De/Vision
116 Erasure
117 And One
118 Pet Shop Boys

#17 Atmosphere
119 The Dynospectrum
120 Brother Ali
121 Slug
122 Eyedea & Abilities
123 Sage Francis
124 Murs
125 Mac Lethal
126 Aesop Rock

#16 Eminem
127 D12
128 50 Cent
129 Obie Trice
130 Stat Quo
131 Benzino
132 Proof
133 Dr. Dre
134 2Pac

#18. Mind.In.A.Box
135 Edge of Dawn
Seabound
136 Pride and Fall
Rotersand
137 Liquid Divine
138 Syrian
Neuroticfish
139 Code 64

#19. Black Sabbath
140 Ozzy Osbourne
141 Judas Priest
142 Dio
143 Heaven and Hell
144 Deep Purple
145 Motörhead
146 Iron Maiden
147 Rainbow

#20. Angelspit
148 Ayria
149 Helalyn Flowers
150 Zombie Girl
151 I:Scintilla
152 Pzychobitch
Combichrist
153 Hanzel und Gretyl
154 Psyclon Nine

That took time -.-

My score is 154/160 :D

CrowfeatheR's influences are; Guitar:Juliana Hatfield, Jeff Martin(TEA PARTY), Dave Navarro(Panic Channell, Janes Adiction),Zakk Wylde (Ozzy), Sony Mayo (Seven Dust),Les Paul, ALAN HOLDSWORTH, Steve Howe (Yes)
Bass: John Taylor (Duran Duran), DUG Pinnick (King's-X),Chris Squire (Yes),Bootsy Collins, James Jamerson.
Vocal: Jeff Buckley, Billy Idol, Chris Cornell (Audioslave, Sound Garden), Jim Morrison (The Doors), Jeff Martin (Tea Party),Scooter Ward(November Falls, Cold), Ian Astbury (The Cult), Scott Stapp (Creed) Keyboards: Rick Wakeman (Yes), Laurence Tolhurst (The Cure)
Drums/ percussion: Lars Ulrich (Metalica), Sam McCandless (Cold)
Programming: Trent Reznor (NIN)
I cut my musical teeth in my early years being influenced by the great progressive bands of he 1970's and 1980's like Yes and Rush. Lately my musical tastes have been heavier and I think for my tasteToolis the best band actively together.
Sounds Like
Halo Guitars
Pigtronix Effects Pedals
Mangan FusionMatched guitar strings

Vocally;
Peter Murphy(Bauhaus)
Jeff Martin (The Tea Party)
Jeff Buckley(R.I.P)
Chris Cornell (Audio Slave, Sound Garden)
Chris Daughtry (Daughtry)
Lajon Witherspoon (Seven Dust)
Billy Idol
Ian Astbury (the Cult, The Doors)
Jim Morrison (The Doors)
Robert Smith(The Cure)
Sean Morgan (Seether)


Guitar;
Juliana Hatfield
Dave Navaro (The Panic Channell, Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Steve Howe (YES, GTR, ASIA)
ALAN HOLDSWORTH
John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
Joe Satriani
John 5 (Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson)
Zakk Wylde (ozzy, Black Label Society)
Les Paul

Musically;
Audio Slave
The Cult
The Tea Party
ZZ Top
Incubus
Billy Idol
The Cure
Sevendust
Nickel Back
Daughtry
Muse
Seether
Disturbed

Imagine smooth, subtle, seamless transitions from jazz influenced chord structures to riff rock set to a familiar contemporary rock feel with catchy sing song, powerpop, vocal hooks and melodies. Guitar: this is heavily Jazz influenced, with melodic and shred metal tidbits here and there when called for. To get me out of Jazz mode I have to use alternate tunings. "CrowfeatheR" on the guitar is a nuclear-jazz guitarist with a sonic chameleon and multiple personality disorder complex. Every section of every song must have its own sonic principal and style that suits the feel of the music. My favorite guitar sound is from a HALO guitar and an EMG pickup. My primary instrument in the past has been the electric Bass. My greatest influences growing up were John Taylor (Duran Duran), James Jamerson, Bootzilla (that's Bootsy Collins to you), Muzz Skillins (living Color), Doug Pinnick (Kings-X, Pound hound), Chris Squire (YES) and of course Geddy Lee (Rush). Although I have the technical ability for endless masturbatory riffing and blazing runs faster than any guitar player could ever do using a pick, using my "cross finger picking" technique, I chose not to include too much of that in my popular music. I have put most of that behind me and I am trying to loose my musical ego. I am more worried about how things sound other than playing stuff no one else can. My favorite Bass tone is my custom made Bass through a bright, tube preamp with new sparkling Curt Mangan light stainless strings, mmmm, warm, punchy and crunchy. My percussion tracks are a Combination of live drums and percussion and digitally sampled or electronic, drum programming. My favorite drummers are too many to list , but include Morgan Rose (Seven Dust), Danny Carey (TOOL), Sam Mcandless (COLD), Jerry Gaskill (Kings-X) and the creator of the modern drumming style, Neil Peart (Rush). I prefer the sound of Mahogany drum shells, ported bass drum heads, a hard beater and a beater patch.



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Did I mention Alice in Chains totally ripped him off? Soundgarden too!

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.



1. Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids
Rob Zombie
Rammstein
Deathstars
John 5
KoЯn
Dope


2. Thea Gilmore

Dar Williams
Rachel Sage
Karine Polwart
Eliza Carthy
Vienna Teng
Kathryn Williams
Kirsty MacColl
Jill Sobule


3. (hed) Planet Earth

Insolence
Primer 55
(hed) P.E. ft. The Dirtball
Bionic Jive
Snot
Kottonmouth Kings
Reveille
Dirty Womz


4. Mötley Crüe

Vince Neil
Poison
Sixx:A.M.
CRASHDIET
Pretty Boy Floyd
L.A. Guns
Brides of Destruction
Hanoi Rocks


5. The Sisters of Mercy

Fields of the Nephilim
The Mission
The Sisterhood
Bauhaus
Rosetta Stone
The Merry Thoughts
Clan of Xymox
Ghost Dance


6. Nine Inch Nails

Modwheelmood
Trent Reznor
Tweaker
Halo33
Black Light Burns
Puscifer
KMFDM


7. Apoptygma Berzerk

VNV Nation
Covenant
Icon of Coil
Assemblage 23
Fairlight Children
Code 64
Seabound
Colony 5


8. Daughtry

Hinder
David Cook
Rob Thomas
Breaking Benjamin
3 Doors Down
Sick Puppies


9. Paradise Lost

Tiamat
My Dying Bride
Katatonia
Moonspell
Type O Negative
Lake of Tears
Amorphis
Anathema


10. VAST

Jon Crosby And The Resonator Band
Stabbing Westward
Tweaker
Filter
The Tea Party
ASHES dIVIDE


11. Seether

Staind
Shinedown
Puddle of Mudd
Crossfade
Alter Bridge
Cold


12. The Offspring

Sum 41
Rise Against
Green Day
blink-182
Zebrahead
Pennywise
Billy Talent


13. Ian Brown

The Stone Roses
The Charlatans
The Seahorses
Happy Mondays
Inspiral Carpets
Shed Seven
Richard Ashcroft


14. Matchbox Twenty

Tabitha's Secret
Train
Vertical Horizon
Goo Goo Dolls
Nine Days
Counting Crows
Sister Hazel


15. Bad Religion

NOFX
Lagwagon
Descendents
Anti-Flag
No Use for a Name
Rancid
Good Riddance


16. Dope

Drowning Pool
Static-X
SOiL
Powerman 5000
Spineshank
Crossbreed
Mushroomhead


17. Saliva

Adema
Crossfade
Submersed


18. Kasbian

The Enemy
Arctic Monkeys
Oasis
Franz Ferdinand
Kaiser Chiefs
Editors
The Last Shadow Puppets
Reverend and The Makers


19. Theory of a Deadman

Saving Abel
Default
Nickelback
Rev Theory


20. Three Days Grace

Skillet
Papa Roach
Thousand Foot Krutch
Red




= 134

oximoronx's top albums (6 months) 1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (96) 2. Wire - Pink Flag (84) 3. Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective (83) 4. Swell Maps - A Trip To Marineville (80) 5. Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology (76) 6. Pixies - Trompe le Monde (76) 7. The Stooges - The Stooges (69) 8. The Monochrome Set - The Strange Boutique (69) 9. Theoretical Girls - Theoretical Girls (68) 10. Orange Juice - The Glasgow School (67) 11. Wire - Chairs Missing (66) 12. George Harrison - Wonderwall Music (65) 13. Arcade Fire - Funeral (64) 14. Deerhunter - Weird Era Cont. (63) 15. Faust - The Faust Tapes (63) 16. Lucky Dragons - Dream Island Laughing Language (62) 17. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace (60) 18. The Chameleons - Dali's Picture (60) 19. Joy Division - Substance (60) 20. fIREHOSE - Flyin' the Flannel (59) 21. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (59) 22. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (59) 23. The Clash - London Calling (59) 24. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (57) 25. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (57) 26. Josef K - Entomology (57) 27. Ciccone Youth - The Whitey Album (54) 28. Cocteau Twins - BBC Sessions (53) 29. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (51) 30. Wire - 154 (49) 31. The Fall - Grotesque (After The Gramme) (49) 32. HEALTH - HEALTH (48) 33. Lydia Lunch - Queen of Siam (48) 34. Disco Inferno - In Debt (48) 35. Disco Inferno - D.I. Go Pop (47) 36. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow (47) 37. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (47) 38. Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange (46) 39. Brian Eno - Music for Films (46) 40. High Places - High Places (46) 41. Pixies - Doolittle (46) 42. Cocteau Twins - Lullabies To Violaine (45) 43. Yo La Tengo - Electr-o-pura (45) 44. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (45) 45. Liars - Liars (44) 46. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field (44) 47. David Bowie - Low (44) 48. Television - Marquee Moon (44) 49. Cluster - Zuckerzeit (44) 50. Sebadoh - Bakesale (43)

Astroboi really loves movies. Science isn't good at english. Somehow they manage to stay alive for four hours and bring classic 80s to your radio. Wonderful. Power.

Playlist:

Herbie Hancock- Rockit
Key to the City- Back in Black Lagoon
X-Ray Spex - Identity
Velvet Underground- Femme Fatale
Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade of Soul
The Videodead - Let's Dance

The Cure - Hot Hot Hot
Prince - Little Red Corvette
The Mighty Defenders - Over the Horizon
Corey Hart - Komrade Kiev

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Crazy
John Cale - Leaving It Up to You
Joy Division - Shadowplay
Camouflage - The Great Commandment

Hot Little Rocket - I Want to Buy a Rug/I Don't Want to Buy a Rug
The Slits - Ping Pong Affair
The Dudes - Small Mercies
Public Image Limited - The Order of Death
Fist - Teenage Love Affair

Shift - Shake it Down
Yello - Lost Again
Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams
Numan & Sharpe - Change Your Mind
ELO - Prologue/Twilight

Aaaaand... The Mighty Movie Hour begins.
The Naughty Prowlers - Baby
Mick Smiley - Magic
OMD - If You Leave
The Hood - Salvation! Have You Said Your Prayers Today?
Simon & Garfunkle - Sound Of Silence
Azeda Booth - Squall

Tron (Side A)
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Tron (Side B)
James T. Kirks - Theme From The Twilight Living Room

The Bloodsugars - Form/Function
Killing Joke - Eighties
Suicide - Ghost Rider
Steve Jones - Pleasure & Pain
The Big Pink - Dominoes

Bauhaus - Rosegarden Funeral of Sores
Tones on Tail - Lions
Love and Rockets - If There's a Heaven Above
Freddie Mercury - Let's Turn It On

Science: Grandma Science phoned me the next day. She told me that next time I came over to play Scrabble that she'd roll up in aluminum foil. Thanks Grandma.

I was raised on Echo and the Bunnymen, the best sixties album in the world... ever!, various [English] mediaeval songs, The Muppet Show, and my sister's compilation tapes from (I guess) when she was in high school. I hated classicalmusic and I was ambivalent to all the music that the media was forcing down everyone else's throats because I just wasn't exposed to it (much).
As I approached the age of 11 I began to care about/listen to music less and less (and I became more and more of a compulsive reader). This stopped one winter when I found myself ill, bedbound, and without anything new to read. I had received an FM radio that Christmas, and the only station that was any fun to listen to was Classic FM (they happened to be playing Ludwig van Beethoven's Ode to Joy when I turned it on). I spent most of a year gradually accepting the classical aesthetic as superior before I started to learn the piano (aged 12). As I progressed through the grades (grade 2 after 1 year, then 4, 6, 7, and 8) My teacher allowed me increasing freedom to play what I wanted. Either that, or I just played whatever I wanted to on top of all the exam pieces and ones she suggested. Hard to remember. Also, throughout this period I desperately wanted to play the harpsichord and the clarinet. These days, just the harpsichord.
Anyway, as I grew I became more fascinated by Beethoven's music, which I perceived as beautiful, well-constructed, and emotional without (in general) having to rely on extramusical texts and programmes. Reading about him and looking at his works in chronological order (paying particular attention to opus 90 and onwards) revealed a concern for pushing the (then very strict) boundaries of music and struggling to find a musical idiom that was his own. This seemed a very noble cause, and the chaotic fun of the fugue from his Hammerklavier
Sonata, not to mention the 20th-century avant-garde that continued along similarly abrasive lines, convinced me that this was a direction I would like to take with any music I might compose.
By then, I pretty much held any music that used a drum kit in contempt. :)

At this point the chronology starts to break down. Aged 16, I discovered Dada while perusing the art section of my sixth form library. Dada became a focus for my thoughts on visual art, though not for my thoughts on music until, on a whim, I listened to the dada tag radio on last.fm. Most if not all of it blew my mind, but the most memorable results were Pornoheft and Nakkilan palokunnan tanssiyhtye. NPTY is probably the main cause for my appreciation of the apskaft no-fi aesthetic.
At some point, I snatched someone's goff rock compilation off the internet, mostly out of curiosity because I had a goffick friend and no idea what her music actually sounded like. In the dark, The Hanging Garden and Transmission, among others, were surprisingly listenable, and after a while I ended up just buying the albums that contained them (and a few others). So, my approach to all rock and pop is via Bauhaus, Joy Division, The Cure, and The Sisters of Mercy.
The next thing to mention is black metal. I was unimpressed by metal in general, because it seemed to lack the subtlety of the gothic rock that I had begun to listen to. The heavy timbres and textures didn't interest me as much as the creepyier , more subdued textures (and minor harmonies) of gothic rock. However, the first piece of black metal that I heard was Des médecins malades et des saints séquestrés, which behind all the guitar noise used compound metre, interesting (and mediaeval-inspired) melodies, complex structure, and basically everything else I liked. It was a while before I went looking for other tracks, let alone other bands, but it happened.

Just before going to university, I did a few things:
First, I put my AS-level music composition on last.fm (Maybe).
Second, I recorded various components of my computer (on the suggestion of everything2.com and put them on last.fm.
Third, I visited Erik Satie's grave and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Only the latter affected my music, but the former was very moving. While I was at the Pompidou Centre (which is the only thing within the bounnds of Paris worth seeing), I bought Andy Hamilton's book Aesthetics & Music; a DVD containing various Dadaist film experiments; and one of Sub Rosa's Anthologies of noise & Electronic Music. You can imagine how this interacted with my desire to be Beethovenish in pushing the limits of music...

From there it's too chaotic to write meaningfully or concisely about (Not that this is concise). Suffice it to say that I should have mentioned minimalism post-rock, spoken word, polish, neofolk, french, neoclassical darkwave, and...
Yeah anyway. Stopping now.