Musical Tastes

I used to be a very angry person (though most days, I'm still kinda angry, but now I know why that is, and whom it's directed at).  My musical tastes used to reflect this.  It didn't matter how terrible it sounded, if it was fast paced, angry, and made me want to break shit, I would want as much of it as possible.  Some days this may still be the case, but it's not like it once was.

As I've grown older, I've calmed down a bit, and now know much more about myself, and the way I think about a lot of things (who'd of thought, I actually formed my own opinions!).  My musical taste has not only changed, but expanded a lot over the years.  Gone are the days where I would sit around and listen to music talking about how pissed they were about everything, or how they wanted the whole world to burn (not all groups are like this, I know).  Gone are the times I would sit there, hear something amazing that my mom would be enjoying, and would denounce it because my own mother was listening to it and subsequently enjoying it (my mother is an awesome person, and has amazing tastes in music as well).

Here is a short list of some of the bands I used to listen to the most.

• Slipknot
• Mudvayne
• Korn
• Coal Chamber
• Marilyn Manson

The first four bands I don't even listen to anymore, and as soon as I hear them play I start cringing.  Mr. Manson and I still have a good relationship, though his latest album didn't spark my interest as much as his earlier works have (Holy Wood, Mechanical Animals, and Antichrist Superstar I still love to this day).  If you go to my last.fm page here you can look at a more comprehensive list, but for now I'll post a top 6 of what I've been listening to most (because 6 is a wonderfully arbitrary number for this post).

• Radiohead
• Primus
• Deerhoof
• Tool
• Broken Social Scene
• Modest Mouse

The list above doesn't do this post much justice, or show what I've been blathering on about, but I figure 6 bands should get what I'm trying to illustrate across.  None of the group above (save for Tool, but even then that's a pretty big stretch) sound anything like what I used to be into.

Music is very much a big part of my life now, and I'm very glad for it.  It's a wonderfully beautiful medium for communicating various things.  And the best part?  I'm still discovering songs and amazing groups to this day, and I hope it continues for a long time.  So if you have any recommendations, please let me know!