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Care to go a little deeper and explain your choices?

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8 more and job's a good'un.

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Green Day - American Idiot

Started me off. I really doubt I would have any passion for music if not for it.

Kind of Like Spitting - Thrill of the Hunt

My all-time favorite album. I don't think anything means quite so much to me, just based on how much it reminds me of some very important teenage experiences (basically the soundtrack to making my first new friends in high school).

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

Destroyed my philosophy on music in seconds, and rendered most of my collection up to this point worthless.

American Football - American Football

Stay Home speaks to me the way no other song does lyrically.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#oo

My first taste of true, textured, elongated and original post-rock.

Radiohead - The Bends

One of the first albums I somehow felt like I'd heard (due to my sister playing it constantly). Very very very VERY nostalgic.

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

This pulled me out of a long-term Green Day/Billy Talent/AC/DC phase.

Phil Ochs - There But for Fortune Compilation

I didn't think I could like Bob Dylan, and I never knew why. So I fell in love with this first. I will always see him as a more sincere and brilliant Bob Dylan, even though I have come to terms with the fact that some of Bob Dylan's catalogue is indeed in the same ballpark.

John Coltrane - Sun Ship

Got me interested in jazz, and by association a lot of other brilliant things.

Nickelback - All the Right Reasons

Not a joke entry. This legitimately taught me what was wrong with music, and what I knew I hated to be associated with.

OctaneHugo

I ****ing love you

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TheCunningStunt

I kind of like the idea of adding an album you absolutely hate, then again giving one of your spots to twats like Nickelback over a band that actually means something to you..

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clutnuckle

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Well I'm not paticularly in love with American Idiot or Dark Side anymore, they just really do mean a lot as they pushed me in a certain direction. Nickelback definitely DEFINITELY pushed me in a direction, which would be to better music.

TheCunningStunt

I've never actually listened to a full album of Nickelbacks.. it just can't be done. Well done for sitting through it though.

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Pulsar

Ok so.. Numbers 6-10 are not in any specific order, since it's too hard to decide which ones influenced me more past my top 5 :p

10. Billy Talent - Billy Talent
One of the first rock albums I ever liked. Before that you could say I didn't have a real taste in music since it wasn't such a big part of my life. This was the first step towards change.

9. Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains
A year or so after my Billy Talent era (which goes back to when I was 14), I started getting into Alice In Chains. Something about Laney's voice just drew me in more and more with each listen. This is how I got into grunge.

8. Nirvana - Nevermind
I discovered it not too long after Alice In Chains, quite obviously. It created the same effect for me as Alice In Chains did, but I ended up getting into it much more than Alice In Chains. Favorite songs: Lounge Act, In Bloom and Come As You Are.

7. Alter Bridge - Blackbird
A fairly recent discovery of mine (a couple of years back) made me completely fall in love with this great band. Myles Kennedy completely blew me away with his 4-octave range.

6. Audioslave - Audioslave
This is an breathtaking album, from Cochise to Gasoline and Like A Stone. Chris Cornell is a legend. Tom Morello will be forever in my heart.

5. Bullet For My Valentine - The Poison
The whole album is just so moving and powerful. I've been hooked since hearing the intro and never stopped loving them since. They don't just make noise like a lot of other hardcore (or more hardcore than my usual taste) bands, they know exactly where to add those little guitar solo or screamo vocals.

4. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory / Meteora
It's too hard to decide which one of those albums had a bigger influence on me. I think they're one of the few bands that combined rap and rock beautifully, alongside Rage Against The Machine (sorry, they're not on this list, discovered them way too late). Chester's screams almost bring me to an orgasm.

3. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Do I even need to say anything? They're one of the greatest bands that ever lived. I am proud to be alive while they're still playing.

2. Radiohead - OK Computer
Wow, it was almost impossible to pick my favorite album by them. This is one of those bands that change your understanding of music. I wouldn't even call them a band. They're in a league of their own. Brilliant. Heart stopping. Can't say enough. They make me shiver.

1. Muse- Origin Of Symmetry
Since the moment I heard Citizen Erased for the first time I knew they were going to be my favorite band for a long time. And I was right, it's been 4 years and I still listen to this band more than any of my other music combined. Their music excites me in ways I cannot even describe. It brings me to tears of joy, and that's not an over-exaggeration. I completely forget about everything bad in this world, and I come to complete peace and bliss when I listen to this album. Muse has actually made me a more complete person, and that's why they are number one for me. Matthew Bellamy, I question my sexual orientation when I hear your voice and your heart touching solos. That's all I can say.

scottsy

Seriously, it's a challenge to just get through one song...

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