24-05-2003 01:16									#1
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Okay, let's try something new.

At http://www.gnoosic.com/ is a site where you feed in three bands you like and based on those it suggests nine bands you might like, based on previous suggestions by users and suchlike. So, I punch in three bands I like and, based on the bands I get, your job is to tell me the bands I fed in. None of the bands I gave is unknown on the fan-club-of-three-people-and-a-dog-in-Idaho level, but none of them's sold on the Nirvana level, either.

So, I give you:

The Strokes
The White Stripes
The Hives
A Perfect Circle
Cocteau Twins
Placebo
Breeders
Belle & Sebastian
Dead Can Dance

And you tell me the three bands I fed in to get those results. To make it a bit easier, I'll tell everyone how many bands they got correct. Not which bands, of course, no point in making it too easy. And the first person to get all three right gets to feed in three of his favorite bands and the routine starts again! Hooray!

	24-05-2003 01:26									#2
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hmmmm, I got only one result
strange

	24-05-2003 01:30									#3
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I won't know yours.

Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, and Moody Blues yielded

Carly Simon , Stevie Nicks (duh) , Pretenders , Sue Foley (I didn't recognize, today), Paul Young (ditto), 883 (ditto ditto), Jim Croce , John Denver (uhhh, no), America (yeah, I guess so), Cat Stevens , James Taylor .

The majority listed, I liked.
A few I didn't recognize, I'll check out.
Cool link, Stefu.

	24-05-2003 02:21									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Boshko hmmmm, I got only one result strange

When you click on one of three links at the bottom (I like it/don't like it/don't know it) you'll get another suggestion.

Edit: oh, and I tried several combinations of bands. Most I either knew and liked, or didn't know (well, maybe knew the name, but not the music)...

Anyone heard of Autopulver?

	24-05-2003 02:23									#5
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Boshko is such a squirrel.

	24-05-2003 02:36									#6
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And Stefu...

How about The Pixies, Pavement and The Vines?

	24-05-2003 02:53									#7
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Two right, Mercator.

	24-05-2003 03:34									#8
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For the life of me, I can't find a third band.
(I'm pretty sure The Pixies and Pavement are the right ones, though)

	24-05-2003 04:03									#9
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The Ramones... now guess...


Stefu this game is impossible!

	24-05-2003 06:48									#10
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Tool

	24-05-2003 06:53									#11
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Pixies, Pavement, and... Dead Kennedys?

Ehhhh?

	24-05-2003 06:54									#12
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I put Official Governments, Nadezda Babkina ( ), and Soviet Red Army Choir, and i got:

MEGADETH

	24-05-2003 06:55									#13
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the number of bands you get isn't always 9

	24-05-2003 06:56									#14
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I had:

Massive Attack
Portishead
Tricky
Bjork
Chemical Brothers
Fatboy Slim
The Prodigy
Daft Punk
Crystal Method
Blur
Morcheeba
Moby

Now, who'd I pick?

	24-05-2003 07:22									#15
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Toby Keith
Travis Tritt
George Strait
Trisha Yearwood
Lone Star
Alabama
The Dixie Chicks
Shania Twain
Vince Gill
Faith Hill

Who'd I pick?

	24-05-2003 07:26									#16
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I only got one:

Mike Ness

	24-05-2003 07:56									#17
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Rolling Stones
Bob Dylan
Pink Floyd
The Doors
Neil Young
Paul Simon
Freddy Mercury
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zepplin
The Who
Radiohead

Who'd I pick?

Should be really easy...

	24-05-2003 09:58									#18
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Queen? (obiwan) 80% sure
Freddie Mercury points but also I put Queen as one of my 3, when I tried the site, and got almost exactly the same thing as you...

	24-05-2003 10:14									#19
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I only got

Miracle Workers (Who the **** are those)

BTW I entered 2 bands.

	24-05-2003 10:16									#20
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just to see what happens.

	24-05-2003 13:27									#21
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quote: Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous I had: Massive Attack Portishead Tricky Bjork Chemical Brothers Fatboy Slim The Prodigy Daft Punk Crystal Method Blur Morcheeba Moby Now, who'd I pick?

Sneaker Pimps
Underworld
Gorillaz

	24-05-2003 13:28									#22
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cinch got two right.

	24-05-2003 13:37									#23
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Pixies, The Vines, and Dead kennedys?

	24-05-2003 13:46									#24
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Shania Twain
Lone Star
Vince Gill
The Dixie Chicks
Trisha Yearwood
Garth Brooks
Travis Tritt
Toby Keith
Alan Jackson
Brooks & Dunn
George Srait

The three I input were:
Smash Mouth
Billy Joel
Alabama

I didn't make that up, I like all three, but it put a helluva lotta weight on Alabama.

	24-05-2003 21:51									#25
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I input:
Helloween
Judas Priest
The White Stripes

I got:
Iron Maiden
The Strokes
Gamma Ray
Blind Guardian
Stratovarius
Edguy
Sonata Arctica
Avantasia
Nightwish
Rhapsody
Hammerfall

I'm checking out their book service now.

	24-05-2003 22:02									#26
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Whoo, I've just won the Gnoosic game. Entering Rammstein, Joan Jett, and The Distillers gives you no hits at all. My tastes are ubereclectic.

Edit: Strangely enough, Rammstein/Nirvana/Pearl Jam and Rammstein/Smashing Pumpkins/Nine Inch Nails do not give you any hits either. How did it get such a good handle on power metal and such a lousy handle on the more mainstream stuff?

	25-05-2003 04:23									#27
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They do give hits, but if you press your browser's back button rather than reload the page, Gnoosic will continue the suggestions of the previous "round" (which will be none if you go to the end of the cycle).

	25-05-2003 23:34									#28
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Dastards.

	25-05-2003 23:43									#29
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Pixies, Pavement, and The Hives for Stefu.

How'd you get 9? I always get 1

	25-05-2003 23:51									#30
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quote: Originally posted by St Leo Whoo, I've just won the Gnoosic game. Entering Rammstein, Joan Jett, and The Distillers gives you no hits at all. My tastes are ubereclectic.

You know, I've entered Rammstein, Matmatah (French rock) and Saint Germain, and I only got an answer related to Saint Germain.
They must not know Rammstein enough I think