Country AND Western.

Happy Hardcore, Funky House, Bassline, UK Garage.

Additionally, the overwhelming majority of commercial hip hop is ultra generic, derivative, degenerate music.

I'm not sure whether that makes me narrow minded (I'll listen to anything else), but you can't like everything and I've heard enough of this trash to realise that I will never like it.

and I have no problem admitting that.

who goes on about how eclectic their taste is, I'm increasingly only listening to one type of music for a while, then schizing onto another narrow field.

For the last month or so I've been on Dischord bands from the early 90's.

Slavish worshippers? I'd go for techno. The sheer amount of music about makes everyone I know who is into that scene totally obsessive, completist and impossible to talk to in the pub (without a reference book to hand).

I'd imagine about 90% of my record collection is either white boys with guitars or singer-songwriter.

I think you can be diverse in different ways, some people seems to just muddle through 100's of genre's but only have stuff by 2 or 3 bands in each one whereas others have records by 100's of bands in one genre. I'm not sure if you'd particularly say it's better to be one or the other.

I like most of the stuff of DiS, as well as a lot of hip hop, both commercial and underground and more commercial metal like Tool, Deftones etc. I listen to a bit of grime/bassline/garage now and then. In the last few years I've started to get into dance music, like house, techno, trance (listening to Oakenfold's pioneering Goa mix from 1994 right now!). Been going to dubstep nights for last 2 years, so I'm glad I've able to witness the birth of a new style. I dont listen to noise/drone type stuff, or scary black metal.

I'd say progressive house/breaks/trance fans are pretty devout in my experience.

I find some genres much more difficult then others ala metal or hardcore but I will still give a reccomendation a punt.

as long as its got a donk on it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckMvj1piK58

Ilike lots of heavy guitar stuff, crunching bass, glitch electro, classical, some mindless pop... but not enough in all these genres to be a proper fan of them.

I would say that I normally give moststuff ago. The only one I am reversed to is commerical hiphop which can suck a fuck.

although I'm fairly picky about vocals which is probably the biggest limiting factor on the music I listen to.

And while the commercial hop-hop sound at the moment bores me I do think some of the production found on the records is great (particularly neptunes produced records).

Generally I like things, loud, messy and shouty. Or sludgey. Or ridiculous. I generally listen to things like velocity, dynamic, texture and creative use of swearing. I like some pop- but I don't like indie-pop as that gets rid of the best bits (stupid dance routines, siren noises) and makes it a bit earnest. If something makes me grin like an idiot then that's a good thing.

I generally dislike the following things:
- acoustic guitars
- boring guitar sounds (sterile guitar sounds all the way through a song- LAME) particularly when they're being 'angular'
- tweeness
- most commercial dance that sounds that it's been compiled using dance ejay presets.
- Rap/RnB that features the artist bragging about their bling etc.
- Pub rock, especially ones with ultradull rhythm sections.

SCHMINDIE 4 LYF YEAH

I do have a varied taste...but I head in deeper into certain genres over others. The focus of my special attention does change time to time.

I've been stuck into a late 80s/early 90s noiserock/grunge/hardcore rut for about 6 months.

...everything except hip-hop.