I'm sitting on the train right now listening to Mr. Bungle's first album. I think I'm really drawn to music that is intricate or layered, as opposed to simple stuff. I like music that has a depth to it, a number of moving parts, rather than just a straightforward premise that an entire band plays to. Not that there's anything wrong with, for example, AC/DC - I do like them, and others in that "simple style" a great deal. However, thinking about some of my "top albums" of all time; Appetite for Destruction (Guns N' Roses), The Downward Spiral (Nine Inch Nails), Ocean Machine, The Chronic (Dr Dre), Mr Bungle's first album, Animals/Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) - they are all fairly deeply layered albums, that either push the boundaries of musicianship, or allow the listener to focus on different parts. The exceptions to the rule (in my world) are Kyuss, Pantera, Foo Fighters and You Am I - who are all amazingly good at what they do. Anyway, that's my ramble about music for the day :)

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