I find that the older I get and the more music I listen to, the harder it is to pick favourite bands. Placebo and Manic Street Preachers changed my life, but the fact is I don't listen to them as often as, let's say, Charles Mingus or Laura Marling these days. So, uh, hard to say. XD I'm a music junkie and I could name like fifty favourites.

• Super Junior has been a huge part of my life since 2008 tbh, although sadly I can't say I'm active in the fandom at the moment [live]

• speaking of SJ, Zhou Mi is absolutely my most favorite artist to ever grace this earth, his voice is absolutely heavenly and he is the sweetest and most genuine idol I have ever heard of. He deserves so much better than how his company and the fandom have treated him over the years. [live]

• I listen to a lot of soundtrack music tbh, Ramin Dwajadi, Howard Shore and Bear McCreary are my usual go-tos.

I dont think I have any other specific favorites, I listen to a lot of various artists and don't really have any stronger ties to any. I quite like Imogen Heap, Bastille and Ed Sheeran, among a thousand other more or less generic pop singers.

Spock's Beard and anything with Steven Wilson in it (Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, and/or his solo work). I like really specific stuff, lol.

Funeral For a Friend. They'll always be my .

The Amity Affliction, Beartooth, Enter Shikari, Pendulum, The Blackout, Issues, Rise To Remain (they've broken up now, booooooo) are all honourable mentions :D

• Lady Antebellum
• Rascal Flatts
• Fall Out Boy
• Good Charlotte
• Alabama
• Westlife
• Hanson
• BlackJack Billy
• McAlister Kemp
• Zac Brown Band
• Gloriana

ZHOU MI IS A GIFT I haven't been active in the fandom in years, but roughly half of those nerds will always have a special place in my heart. TVXQ as well. Part of my soul, these boys.

It's stupid hard for me to actually narrow down a list of bands I love to a reasonable number, but I can say without a doubt that Kamelot, Fall Out Boy, Nightwish, Xandria, Eisbrecher, Panic! At The Disco, Device, and Epik High consistently top the list, nowadays. Especially Nightwish, Xandria and Kamelot. Listen to them near constantly.

Aerosmith thru Zepplin :)I love the "classics" of the 70's thru '90s era. Still kind of difficult to accept that I heard Metallica on an elevator - of all places....

I'm so Eclectic, it really depends on the mood of what I'm into at the time being. I gotta say my all time favorites are without a doubt, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Incubus, Florence and the Machine, A Perfect Circle, Lana Del Rey not technically a band, Blink 182 :D

Gorillaz. 'Nuff said XD

Hoo boy I'm not sure where to start. This is probably gonna be all over the place.

• Iceman
• The Radio Dept.
• My Bloody Valentine
• Spangle Call Lilli Line
• Boards of Canada
• My Dead Girlfriend
• Slowdive
• The Weakerthans

As for artists/solo projects I guess uh

• Adam Young (Port Blue, Aquarium, Windsor Airlift)
• Uncle Outrage
• M1dy
• Ricky Eat Acid/Heroin Party
• Utada Hikaru
• Frank Ocean

For me:

The Who R.E.M. The Beatles Hole Billy Joel Nirvana The Velvet Underground The Clash The Doors