As I have said music has a huge influence in my life so it is with this love of music that I have set up this page to let people understand and hopefully experience some the music that I love, and ok those who know me know that I love my punk but that aside I recognise the value in an eclectic taste in music.

So this page lists my favourite genres and my favourite bands within that genre.

The genres are:

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THE CAT EMPIRE
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Melbourne, Vic, AUST Ska/Reggae/Dub The Cat Empire One Four Five (off: Cat Empire)

COG
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Sydney, New South Wales, AUST Hard Rock/Metal The New Normal 1010011010 (off: Just Visiting Pt1)

THE DISABLES
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Fortitude Valley, Queensland, AUST Punk Rock Nuthin For No One Lackey Country (off: Lackey Country)

FRENZAL RHOMB
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Sydney, New South Wales, AUST Aussie Punk/Punk Rock Mongrel (Meet the Family) Punch In The Face (off: Not So Tough Now)

THE LIVING END
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Melbourne, Victoria, AUST Punk/Rockabilly Roll On From Here On In (off: It's For Your Own Good)

THE B52's
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Athens, Georgia, USA Electronic/Rock The B-52's Rock Lobster (off: The B-52's)

CREAM
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		London, England Rock/Blues The Very Best of Cream Crossroads (off: Wheels of Fire)

THE DOORS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Los Angles, California, USA Rock/Blues The Best of the Doors Light My Fire (off: The Doors)

JIMI HENDRIX
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Seattle, Washington, USA Rock/Experimental Are You Experienced? Fire (off: Are You Experienced?)

LED ZEPPELIN
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		London, England Rock How the West Was Won Immigrant Song (off: Led Zeppelin III)

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Don't cringe, these bands aren't too bad

ALEXISONFIRE
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Emo/Screamo/Hardcore Watch Out! No Transitory (off: Watch Out!)

THE BLOOD BROTHERS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Seattle, Washington, USA Screamo/Rock Crimes Set Fire to the Face on Fire ( off: Young Machetes)

COHEED AND CAMBRIA
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Kingston, New York, USA Emo/Punk The Second Stage Turbine Blade Everything Evil (off: The Second Stage Turbine Blade)

FROM FIRST TO LAST
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Georgia/Florida/California, USA Screamo/Hardcore Heroine Ride The Wings of Pestilence (off: Dear Diary...)

I AM GHOST
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Long Beach, California, USA Emo/Screamo We Are Always Searching Eulogies and Epitaphs (off: We Are Always Searching)

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BRATMOBILE
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Olympia, Washington, USA Alternative/Rock Girls Get Busy Affection Training (off: Ladies, Women and Girls)

FABULOUS DISASTER
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		San Francisco, California, USA Punk Put Out or Get Out Flesh & Bones (off: Fat Music Vol 5.)

LE-TIGRE
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		New York, NY, USA Feminist Electro Punk Le Tigre Deceptacon (off: Le Tigre)

SLEATER KINNEY
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song Extra		Olympia, Washington, USA Rock/Alternative Dig Me Out Faraway (off: One Beat) The most amazing live band, Corin Tucker's voice is phenomenal!

SUBMISSION HOLD
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Raw Punk/Punk Rock/Alternative Eat More Garlic Hypocrisis (off: Eat More Garlic)

Honourable Mentions:
Bikini Kill, Cadallica, Huggy Bear, Rainer Maria, Skulker


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ALICE IN CHAINS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Seattle, Washington, USA Grunge/Hard Rock Dirt Grind (off: Alice In Chains)

NIRVANA
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Aberdeen, Washington, USA Grunge Nevermind Aneurysm (off: Incesticide)

PAW
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Lawrence, Kansas, USA Grunge Dragline Jessie (off: Dragline)

SILVERCHAIR
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Newcastle, New South Wales, AUST Grunge/Rock Frogstomp Israle's Son (off: Frogstomp)

SOUNDGARDEN
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Seattle, Washington, USA Grunge/Rock A-Sides Spoonman (off: Superunknown)

Honourable Mentions:
Babes in Toyland, L7, Melvins, Mudhoney, Pearl Jam


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THE BRONX
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Los Angeles, California, USA Hardcore/Rock/Punk Bronx History Stranglers (of History Stranglers)

FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Brooklyn, New York, USA Hardcore/Emo/Screamo The Fiction We Live Short for Show (off: Abandon Your Friends)

NORMA JEAN
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Douglasville, Georgia, USA Hardcore/Metal O God, the Aftermath Face:Face (off: Bless The Martyr, Kiss The Child)

POISON THE WELL
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Miami, Florida, USA Hardcore/Metalcore/Metal The Opposite of December A Wish For Wings That Work (off: The Opposite of December)

REFUSED
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Umeå, Sweden Hardcore/Punk Rock The Shape of Punk To Come Poetry Written in Gasoline (off: The EP Compilation)

Honourable Mentions:
Carpathian, The Locust, Raised Fist, Shai Hulud, Swallowing Shit


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LOUIE BELLSON
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Born: Rock Falls, Illinois, USA Jazz Drummer Live At The Jazz Showcase I Hear a Rhapsody (off: Live At The Jazz Showcase)

JOHN COLTRANE
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Born: Hamlet, North Carolina, USA Jazz Saxophonist The Very Best of Coltrane (Impulse!) My Favorite Things (off: My Favorite Things)

MILES DAVIS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Born: Alton, Illinois, USA Jazz Trumpeter Kind of Blue Freddie Freeloader (off: Kind of Blue)

JACO PASTORIUS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Born: Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA Jazz Bassist Jaco Pastorius (1976) Kuru/Speak Like A Child (off: Jaco Pastorius)

WANDERLUST
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Sydney, New South Wales, Aust Contemporary Jazz Full Bronte Manchao (off: Full Bronte)

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BOTCH
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Tacoma, Washington, USA Metal/Mathcore/Hardcore We Are the Romans Frequency Ass Bandit (off: We Are the Romans)

DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Morris Plains, New Jersey, USA Metal/Mathcore Miss Machine Panasonic Youth (off: Miss Machine)

MASTADON
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Atlanta, Georgia, USA Metal Blood Mountain The Wolf Is Loose (off Blood Mountain)

SYSTEM OF A DOWN
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Los Angeles, California, USA Metal / Hard Rock System of a Down (1998) P.L.U.C.K. (off System of a Down)

TOOL
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Los Angeles, California, USA Hard Rock/Metal Aenima The Grudge (off: Lateralus)

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Ok not too many people know Psychobilly but it’s an awesome genre that stems from punk. Musically its Punk Rock and Rockabilly but with a flair for the gothic. Basically if the Misfits and AFI teamed up with Brian Setzer and the Living End you would have Psychobilly

DEVILS BRIGADE
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Berkeley, California Psychobilly/Punk Rock Vampire Girl Vampire Girl (off: Give 'em the Boot, Vol.3)

HORRORPOPS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Copenhagen, Denmark Female Fronted Psychobilly Hell Yeah Crawl Straight Home (off: Bring It On!)

NEKROMANTIX
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Copenhagen, Denmark Psychobilly/Rock Return of the Loving Dead Gargoyles Over Copenhagen (off: Return of the Loving Dead)

TIGER ARMY
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Berkeley, California, USA Psychobilly/Country III: Ghost Tigers Rise Nocturnal (off: I: Tigre Army)

ZOMBIE GHOST TRAIN
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Psychobilly Glad Rags & Body Bags In The Shadows

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THE ALKALINE TRIO
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Chicago, Illinois, USA Punk Good Mourning Time To Waste (off: Crimson)

THE BOUNCING SOULS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA Punk/Punk Rock The Bouncing Souls Hopeless Romantic (off: Hopeless Romantic)

FLOGGING MOLLY
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Los Angeles, California, USA Irish/Punk/Folk Drunken Lullabies The Seven Deadly Sins (off: Within a Mile of Home)

TSUNAMI BOMB
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Petaluma, California, USA Female Fronted Punk The Ultimate Escape Take The Reins (off: Warped Tour 2001)

ZERO DOWN
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song Extra		California, USA Punk/Punk Rock With a Lifetime to Pay The Best (off: With a Lifetime to Pay) RIP Jim Cherry

Honourable Mentions:
Against Me!, Bad Religion, Common Rider, NOFX, Strung Out


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AFI
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Ukiah, California, USA Punk/Punk Rock/Hardcore/Emo Black Sails in the Sunset Synesthesia (off: The Leaving Song Pt II)

ANTI-FLAG
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Pittsburgh, PA, USA Political Punk/Punk Rock The Terror State Underground Network (off: Underground Network)

DEATH BY STEREO
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Orange County, California, USA Metal influenced Punk Rock Into The Valley of Death Entombed We Collide (off: Death For Life)

THE DISTILLERS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Los Angeles, California, USA Punk Rock Sing Sing Death House I Am Revenant (off: Sing Sing Death House)

PROPAGANDHI
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Political Punk/Punk Rock Potemkin City Limits ... Nation States (off: Less Talk, More Rock) & A Speculative Fiction (off: Potemkin City Limits)

Honourable Mentions:
Blind Pigs, Choking Victim, Missing Teeth (NZ), Rancid, Rise Against, Strike Anywhere


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>Punk - Old School

Ok some of these bands are not too old, but they retain the cool old school punk sound

THE CLASH
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		London, England Ska Influenced Punk London Calling London’s Burning (off: The Clash)

THE DAMNED
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		London, England Old School Punk Rock Machine Gun Etiquette New Rose (off: Damned Damned Damned)

DEAD KENNEDYS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		San Francisco, California, USA Old School Punk Rock/Anarcho-punk Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables Nazi Punks Fuck Off! (off: In God We Trust, Inc.)

OPERATION IVY
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Berkley, California, USA Punk Rock/Ska Energy Knowledge (off: Energy)

U.S. BOMBS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Los Angeles, California, USA Punk Rock Covert Action! New Approach (off: The World)

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BOB MARLEY
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica Reggae One Love at Studio One (double CD) Sun is Shining (off: Soul Revolution)

HEPCAT
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Los Angeles, California, USA Reggae/Ska Right On Time No Worries (off: Right On Time)

THE SLACKERS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		New York City, New York, USA Reggae Close My Eyes Have the Time (off: Give ‘Em the Boot Vol2.)

SUBLIME
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song Extra		Long Beach, CA, USA Punk/Ska/Reggae/Dub Sublime Saw Red (off: Greatest Hits) The best band for a coast trip and for a hang over!

THIRD WORLD
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Jamaica Reggae Reggae Greats Don’t Give In (off: Reggae Greats)

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AT THE DRIVE IN
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		El Paso, Texas, USA Rock/Punk Rock Relationship of Command Arc Arsenal (off: Relationship of Command)

JIMMIES CHICKEN SHACK
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Annapolis, Maryland, USA Rock/Funk Pushing the Salmonella Envelope Lazy Boy Dash (off: Bring Your Stereo)

THE MARS VOLTA
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Long Beach, California, USA Rock/Experimental/Prog Rock Frances the Mute Inertiatic ESP (off: De-Loused in the Comatorium)

QUEENS OF THE STONEAGE
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Palm Desert, California, USA Rock/Hard Rock/Stoner Rock Songs for the Deaf A Song for the Dead (off: Songs for the Deaf)

THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Umeå, Sweden Political Rock Survival Sickness Capitalism Stole My Virginity (off: Capitalism Stole My Virginity)

Honourable Mentions:
3-11, Muse, Negu Gorriak, Primus, Sparta


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THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Central Coast, New South Wales, AUST Roots/Rock/Bit of Reggae Learn Yourself Big Mama's Door (off: Morning Sun)

BEN HARPER
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Claremont, California, USA Roots/Funk Diamonds on the Inside With My Own Two Hands (off: Diamonds on the Inside)

DONAVON FRANKENREITER
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Downey, California, USA Roots/Rock/Funk Donavon Frankenreiter It Don't Matter (off: Donavon Frankenreiter)

JOHN BUTLER
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Perth, Western Australia, AUST Roots/Blues/Rock Three Pickapart (off: JBT Ep)

XAVIER RUDD
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Torquay, Victoria, AUST Roots/Tribal To Let The 12th of September (off: To Let)

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CATCH 22
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA Ska/Punk Alone in a Crowd 9mm and a 3 piece suit (off: Keasbey Nights)

DANCE HALL CRASHERS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Berkeley, CA, USA Ska The Old Record (1989-1992) Pick Up Lines (off: The Old Record 1989-1992)

LESS THAN JAKE
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Gainsville, FL, USA Ska/Punk Hello Rockview Automatic (off: Losing Streak)

MAD CADDIES
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Santa Barbara, CA, USA Ska/Punk Rock The Plank Nobody Wins At The Laundromat (off: The Holiday Has Been Cancelled)

VOODOO GLOW SKULLS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Riverside, California, USA Ska/Skacore/Punk Rock Symbolic They Always Come Back (off: The Band Geek Mafia)

Honourable Mentions:
Aquabats, No Doubt (early ska albums), The Porkers, RX Bandits, Save Ferris


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ELLIOTT SMITH
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Portland, Oregon, USA Soft Rock XO Memory Lane (off: From A Basement On The Hill)

GEORGE
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Brisbane, Queensland, AUST Soft Rock/Alternative Polyserena Release (off: Polyserena)

SIA
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		London, England Soft Rock/Alternative Colour the Small One Sunday (off: Colour the Small One)

THE WAIFS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Perth, Western Australia, Aust Soft Rock/Roots/Blues Up All Night Lighthouse (off: Up All Night)

THE WEAKERTHANS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Soft Rock/Rock/Alternative Left & Leaving Confessions of A Futon Revolutionist (off: Fallow)

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Although I do enjoy older jazz and swing this section is dedicated to contemporary bands from the Swing Revival movement

BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Southern California, USA Swing Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Jumpin' Jack (off: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy)

CHERRY POPPIN' DADDIES
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Eugene, Oregon, USA Swing/Rock/Punk Zoot Suit Riot Mister White Keys (off: Zoot Suit Riot)

THE LOUISVILLE SLUGGERS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Sydney, New South Wales, AUST Swing Hey Honey, Please Time for Swingin' (off: The Louisville Sluggers)

ROYAL CROWN REVUE
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Los Angeles, California, USA Swing/Jazz The Contender Hey Pachuco! (off: The Mask Soundtrack)

SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS
		From Style(s) Fav Album Fav Song		Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Gypsy Jazz Perennial Favorites Prince Nez (off: Hot)

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