[samandhi]

I grew up to some of the heavyweights of metal, and loved all of them. Back when Metallica was classified as speed metal, not 'sell out crap metal' (but I DO like SOME of thier newer stuff, just the old stuff ALL was good). Dio, Dokken, Ratt, and yes, quiet riot was good still. Carmine apiece, Rudy Sarzo, and Tony Banoli were titans of rock (hell two out of the 3 played with ozzy at one point or another). It was Kevin Dubrow (sp) that f$cked it up for QR.... But I digress. I am a huge fan of music in general. My grandmother would not let me listen to any music besides Country when I was very young, becuase of the nastiness of the rock music. Ironic though, because if you had ever heard any country back then you would know that it was as dirty or more dirty than rock... C'mon, Conway Twitty sang "Lay me down"....... Anyhow, I Like everything from good orchestra (as trump pointed out, not nessecarily classical), to jazz, to rap (yes I like the way SOME rap is put together, as a song on the whole), and country (not much of that do I like though). I epecially like live music ... I just appreciate the talent it takes to be able to come together and play instruments in such a manner as to entertain an audience. That to me is good music.