Fascinating story in yesterdays Metro about the results of Prof Adrian North's survey into the links between musical taste and personality.
After talking to 36,000 music fans he determined that fans of Heavy Metal and Classical music have very similar personalities. I can see how this works just compare say Metallicca to Mahler or Wagner to the Sabs it really isn't that far apart when you break it down.
So what are we like the Mussorgsky Moshers?
Apparently we are creative and at one with ourselves, which is a refreshing change from the old perceived view of a metal head being a bit of a thicko, not that some, like the rest of the human race, aren't of course.
Now I also like a bit of Reggae and Ska every now and then, especially if the Sun is shining, I'm not at work and I have a drink in my hand, and Reggae fans are according to Prof North are more at ease.
Regular readers of this space will also know I like some Country too and fans of the Dixie Chicks, the Man in Black and Emmylou are hard-working, fair cop if its something creative, mayhap that explains my penchant for 50s Rock 'n' Roll and Psycho Americana like the Cramps and the Gun Club.
Now then what about people who like Coldplay, Snow Patrol and Travis, well the bad news according to the survey is that Indie fans lack self-esteem. But surely that would mean XFM's DJs would string themselves up every time they played Hang the DJ - Oh no they are DJs so they don't actually like music that much when they could be listening to themselves.
