Bands by MBTI type

[dynamiteninja]

Bands that give off a certain vibe, and is the type of sound most likely to be enjoyed by that MBTI type. Also, I want to try and keep to one example for each type. The most undisputable in type and best known will enjoy priority when I edit the list.

For starters:
Belle & Sebastien: INFP
Daft Punk: INTP
Iron Maiden: ENTP
Guns n' Roses: ESTP
Metallica: ESTJ
Rolling Stones: ESFJ
My Chemical Romance: ISFJ
Marilyn Manson: INFJ
Kraftwerk: INTJ
Queens of the Stone Age: ISTJ
Oasis: ISTP
Franz Ferdinand: ISFP
ABBA: ESFP
Rage Against The Machine: ENFP
System of a Down: ENFJ

[Orangey]

Placebo: INFP
Nightwish: ENTP
VNV Nation: INTP (? maybe)

[Members Only]

Radiohead - INFP

[Evan]

Tool - INTJ
Atmosphere - INFJ
Les Claypool - ENTP?
Nirvana - INFP
Tech N9ne - ENFP?

[Oso Mocoso]

Guns n' Roses: ESTP

I'd have said Right Said Fred, but okay.

VNV Nation: INTP (? maybe)

I dunno about this one ... he seems like more of a Feeler.

[Thursday]

Queens of the Stone Age : ISTJ

[Haphazard]

Queens of the Stone Age : ISTJ

:wubbie:

Franz Ferdinand: ISFP

[Thursday]

Muse : xNFJ
Heart : INFJ(Ann) and INFP(Nancy)

[alicia91]

Death Cab for Cutie: ISFX
Kid Rock:ESTP ?

[Thursday]

RATM : ENFP
Elvis Costello and the...: ENFJ

[Thursday]

john mayer - ISFP

[Haphazard]

OK Go: ESFP

[Thursday]

aesop rock - INTJ

[Usehername]

Metallica-ENTJ
Goo Goo Dolls-INxJ

[mlittrell]

woo more generalities !

[Orangey]

I dunno about this one ... he seems like more of a Feeler.

Yeah, I just re-listened to "Beloved" and I think you're probably right. It's his four-note vocal range that threw me for a loop.

[Kora]

What makes a band T? Just curious.

[ajblaise]

What makes a band T? Just curious.

Not singing about love in 90% of their songs.

[Night]

Off the top o' my head:

The Cure - INFP
Enya - INFP
Kenny G - INFP
Josh Groban - INFP
Cake - INFP
Jane's Addiction - INFP
Madonna (post 1990) - INFP
Sonic Youth - INFP
Smashing Pumpkins - iNFP
Fiona Apple - INFP
Sheryl Crow- INFP
Bjork - INFP
J.S. Bach - INFP

Spice Girls/Backstreet Boys/most boy bands - ESFP

Michael Jackson - ISFP
30 Seconds to Mars - ISFP

Dead Can Dance - INFJ
Blind Melon - ENFP
Tristania - INxP
Henry Rollins - INTJ
Eminem - INTJ
Beethoven - INTJ

[Nocapszy]

Fiona Apple - INFP

I don't really know shit about this, but on the surface she strikes me more as INTP.

[pure_mercury]

I wouldn't really peg Oasis as Introverts.

And how about Lee Greenwood for a musical ESTJ?

[MetalWounds]

Eminem has always seemed more INFP to me.

[dynamiteninja]

This thread is for typing bands, not individual artists, check the OP!

[babelfish]

Eminem has always seemed more INFP to me.

Don't get me started with Eminem. I won't say anything other than what this guy says :)

Eminem: Nowadays everybody wanna talk
But nothing comes out
When they move the lips
Its just a bunch of jibberish
And motherfuckers act like Eminem aint' gay
Everybody forgot
What happened?

Eminem: What up Dre
Dre: Yeah
Eminem: It's all about Dre
Eminem: It's all about Dre
Dre: Compton's in the house
Eminem: Yeah, thats right Compton is in the house
Dre: Come here pull down your panites you little bitch
Eminem: Aiight, hold up dog go easy on me and shit you ripped my asshole last time
Dre: Come get some of this Compton dick
Eminem: Let me take off this white shirt so you can see my bird chest
Dre: You wanna be famous?
Eminem: Uh huh
Dre: Spread that bitch ass
Eminem: It's all about Dre
Dre: Yeah, Compton
Eminem: Uh, dog, your hurting me dog
Dre: Your the tightest detriot rapper you little bitch
Eminem: Your ripping my asshole dog, hold on a sec, wait don't bust
Dre: Yeah
Eminem: Hold on a sec, don't bust
Dre: Come here
Eminem: Wait, uh wait, uh, hold on don't bust
Dre: Take all of this Compton dick
Eminem: Hold on don't bust, do it on my lip like a milk ad
Dre: Comptons in that ass
Eminem: It's all about Dre
Eminem: It's all about Dre, ahh ahh
Dre: You wanna be famous you little bitch
Eminem: Man don't tell Kim dog please, it's all about Dre
Dre: Aiight, now get the fuck out of here
Eminem: Aww shit

Bitch boy mutha fucka
You might have them 11 year old groupies
Believing your shit
But you ain't fooling nobody bitch
You a mutha fuckin bitch

You ain't never shot at us with no paint balls
Matter of fact you can come get these painted balls, mutha fucka
Come get these juggalo painted balls, bitch
You ain't never chased us out of no club, bitch
Only club you ever chased anybody out of was a gay bar, bitch.

Straight out of Warren
Bitch you a joke
Sucking so much dick your fucking lips smoke
With your silly ass pretty boy rap
Mean muggin and thuggin sittin on Dre's lap.

Pull a gat on my thug
No bullets or nothin, you shaking
Stumbling, nervous
Fumbling, scared to death
Screamin for help
So damn shook you almost shot yourself.

You're a radio thug with your preppy smile
Got everybody hoppin out every 35 miles tellin us we fake
Lil faggot, I'ma knock your teeth out the back of your neck

You might have little girls cryin and shit
But the detroit thugs aint buying your shit
Run your ass back to Dr Dre and open your butt
Little groupie ass boy get fucked!

*chorus*
Dumbass, hoeass, weakass, bitch!
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Weakass, markass, punkass, bitchass, bitch!
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Sissy ass radio bitch (bitch)

Wait a minute don't run, what's up with that?
I'm just trying to give you this 300 bucks back
That you gave to Twiztid so you could open up they show
You little pussy ass hoe

Look at us dawg who put us on the map?
3 plat, 2 gold, and we still like that
We did it alone without D.R.E)
But he owns and knows your butt like a puss

Husband, tell me where she at
Everybody be fucking that bitch you don't see that?
I know 3 people she fucked on you
Over at Hotrocks, she be fucking bitches too
You told the world you gonna kill the slut
Then you on tv licking her butt
Be careful your prolly gonna taste my nut
Cause even I be fucking that bitch raw, like what

*chorus*
Dumbass, hoeass, weakass, bitch!
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Weakass, markass, punkass, bitchass, bitch!
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Preppy ass teenie bop bitch (bitch)

I remember yo ass at St. Andrews Hall, handing out yo flyers
"Come one come all, come to my show"
I looked at it, WHAT, right there
"Insane Clown Posse might show up".

What the fuck kind of rapper could be that lame
Only way you draw people is to use our name
I could have just fucked you up right there
But I let it pass.
I felt bad for ya bitch ass

Everytime I met you your sucking dick
Now your on the pop charts sucking dick
You'll be sucking dick for eternity
Look at ya mouth it look like a pussy
I know that Slim Anus got to you
Yeah only because it was so damn true
When think of your daughter, it makes me sad
She got a whore for a mama and a bitch ass dad

*chorus*
Dumbass, hoeass, weakass, bitch!
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Weakass, markass, punkass, bitchass, bitch!
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Top 40 pussy rap beotch (bitch)(bitch)(bitch)(bitch)(bitch)
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)(bitch)(bitch)(bitch)(bitch)
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Mainstream pretty boy bitchhhhhhhhhhhhh (bitch)

Sucka ass mother fucka
Hitler ass haircut
Bitchass mother fucking
Boyband ass Top 40 Casey Casem
Carson Daly dick suckin mutha fucka

Icp - Eminem ain't nothin but a bitch Lyrics (http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/i/icp4323/eminemaintnothinbutabitch526460.html)

[mippus]

Radiohead - INFP

please please please agree on INTPness...:cheese:

[Kora]

please please please agree on INTPness...:cheese:

I support you there. Despite they may have some sappy songs, they seem pretty T to me.

[Members Only]

Thom Yorke is INFP
Johnny Greenwood is INTP

Radiohead is INXP. They contain equal F and T.

[dynamiteninja]

Pink Floyd: INFP, or INTP?

[Members Only]

I'd say a slight leaning to INFP over INTP.

They were always very concerned with social, metaphysical, and humanistic issues, in a very abstract way. Very Fi.

I do not know enough about Waters and Glimour individualy to accurately make an assumption of their type. But the overall vibe of the band is very Fi/Ne.

For example, the lyrics to Echoes. (One of my favorite songs of all time).

Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine.

And no-one called us to the land
And no-one knows the wheres or whys
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb towards the light

Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can

And no-one calls us to move on
And no-one forces down our eyes
And no-one speaks and no-one tries
And no-one flies around the sun

Cloudless everyday you fall upon my waking eyes
inciting and inviting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning

And no-one sings me lullabies
And no-one makes me close my eyes
And so I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky

These lyrics seem very Fi to me.

I just love this verse.

Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can

This verse is a train of Ne thought, passing through a tunnel of Fi. It is a why, with the attached, inquisitory, feeling based analysis. It's broad, it's abstract, it's humanistic, it's emotional.

[mippus]

... and that is the tricky thing about this thread... one may use lyrics to determine what type a band is like, but lyrics are written by one bandmember, and that would imply that you type that person, not the band?

[kuranes]

The Nice - Music on FoxyTunes Planet (http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/the_nice)

INFJ

[Kora]

The Dresden Dolls - INXJ

[ajblaise]

Rush - INTJ
The Mars Volta - INFP, maybe ENFP
Metallica - ESTJ
Mastodon - ESTP
Grateful Dead - INTP
Phish - ENFP
Dillinger Escape Plan - ENTP

[groupie]

Don't get me started with Eminem. I won't say anything other than what this guy says :)

Eminem: Nowadays everybody wanna talk
But nothing comes out
When they move the lips
Its just a bunch of jibberish
And motherfuckers act like Eminem aint' gay
Everybody forgot
What happened?

Eminem: What up Dre
Dre: Yeah
Eminem: It's all about Dre
Eminem: It's all about Dre
Dre: Compton's in the house
Eminem: Yeah, thats right Compton is in the house
Dre: Come here pull down your panites you little bitch
Eminem: Aiight, hold up dog go easy on me and shit you ripped my asshole last time
Dre: Come get some of this Compton dick
Eminem: Let me take off this white shirt so you can see my bird chest
Dre: You wanna be famous?
Eminem: Uh huh
Dre: Spread that bitch ass
Eminem: It's all about Dre
Dre: Yeah, Compton
Eminem: Uh, dog, your hurting me dog
Dre: Your the tightest detriot rapper you little bitch
Eminem: Your ripping my asshole dog, hold on a sec, wait don't bust
Dre: Yeah
Eminem: Hold on a sec, don't bust
Dre: Come here
Eminem: Wait, uh wait, uh, hold on don't bust
Dre: Take all of this Compton dick
Eminem: Hold on don't bust, do it on my lip like a milk ad
Dre: Comptons in that ass
Eminem: It's all about Dre
Eminem: It's all about Dre, ahh ahh
Dre: You wanna be famous you little bitch
Eminem: Man don't tell Kim dog please, it's all about Dre
Dre: Aiight, now get the fuck out of here
Eminem: Aww shit

Bitch boy mutha fucka
You might have them 11 year old groupies
Believing your shit
But you ain't fooling nobody bitch
You a mutha fuckin bitch

You ain't never shot at us with no paint balls
Matter of fact you can come get these painted balls, mutha fucka
Come get these juggalo painted balls, bitch
You ain't never chased us out of no club, bitch
Only club you ever chased anybody out of was a gay bar, bitch.

Straight out of Warren
Bitch you a joke
Sucking so much dick your fucking lips smoke
With your silly ass pretty boy rap
Mean muggin and thuggin sittin on Dre's lap.

Pull a gat on my thug
No bullets or nothin, you shaking
Stumbling, nervous
Fumbling, scared to death
Screamin for help
So damn shook you almost shot yourself.

You're a radio thug with your preppy smile
Got everybody hoppin out every 35 miles tellin us we fake
Lil faggot, I'ma knock your teeth out the back of your neck

You might have little girls cryin and shit
But the detroit thugs aint buying your shit
Run your ass back to Dr Dre and open your butt
Little groupie ass boy get fucked!

*chorus*
Dumbass, hoeass, weakass, bitch!
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Weakass, markass, punkass, bitchass, bitch!
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Sissy ass radio bitch (bitch)

Wait a minute don't run, what's up with that?
I'm just trying to give you this 300 bucks back
That you gave to Twiztid so you could open up they show
You little pussy ass hoe

Look at us dawg who put us on the map?
3 plat, 2 gold, and we still like that
We did it alone without D.R.E)
But he owns and knows your butt like a puss

Husband, tell me where she at
Everybody be fucking that bitch you don't see that?
I know 3 people she fucked on you
Over at Hotrocks, she be fucking bitches too
You told the world you gonna kill the slut
Then you on tv licking her butt
Be careful your prolly gonna taste my nut
Cause even I be fucking that bitch raw, like what

*chorus*
Dumbass, hoeass, weakass, bitch!
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Weakass, markass, punkass, bitchass, bitch!
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Preppy ass teenie bop bitch (bitch)

I remember yo ass at St. Andrews Hall, handing out yo flyers
"Come one come all, come to my show"
I looked at it, WHAT, right there
"Insane Clown Posse might show up".

What the fuck kind of rapper could be that lame
Only way you draw people is to use our name
I could have just fucked you up right there
But I let it pass.
I felt bad for ya bitch ass

Everytime I met you your sucking dick
Now your on the pop charts sucking dick
You'll be sucking dick for eternity
Look at ya mouth it look like a pussy
I know that Slim Anus got to you
Yeah only because it was so damn true
When think of your daughter, it makes me sad
She got a whore for a mama and a bitch ass dad

*chorus*
Dumbass, hoeass, weakass, bitch!
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Weakass, markass, punkass, bitchass, bitch!
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Top 40 pussy rap beotch (bitch)(bitch)(bitch)(bitch)(bitch)
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)(bitch)(bitch)(bitch)(bitch)
Eminem ain't nothing but a bitch (bitch)
Mainstream pretty boy bitchhhhhhhhhhhhh (bitch)

Sucka ass mother fucka
Hitler ass haircut
Bitchass mother fucking
Boyband ass Top 40 Casey Casem
Carson Daly dick suckin mutha fucka

Icp - Eminem ain't nothin but a bitch Lyrics (http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/i/icp4323/eminemaintnothinbutabitch526460.html)

It's funny to read rationalizations of critics that want to portray Eminem as attacking the system for real... Eminem is a creature of his environment. He is the authentic voice of the poor, white working class. White trailer trash. He is what American capitalism has made him. His angst is real, his anger legit -- though misdirected at women and gays because of malign social forces. Like Elvis. Or Bill Clinton. One critic called him "our" Johnny Rotten. But where the Sex Pistols attacked the Queen, Eminem bashes queens. One's political, the other's not. And that's all the difference in the world.

But then on top of this a second defense is layered: namely, that Eminem is a master satirist; that his lyrics-which some demented writer in "The London Guardian" declared as being the equal of, and in some ways superior to Robert Browning's -- are really an ironic expose of our own homophobia, mysogyny, class bias. He's our Swift, Twain, Ishmael Reed.

Then, realizing there might be a potential conflict between defense A and defense B, a third one is proffered: namely, that the genius of Eminem is to be found in the "ambiguity" of his lyrics-which would, we guess, allow for him to be both "authentic" and "satirical". It's like there's an unreliable narrator at work, say the narrative voice in Henry James or Alain Robbe-Grillet.

My little sister's birthday, she'll remember me
For a gift I had ten of my boys take her virginity ("Mmm-mm-mmm!")
And bitches know me as a horny-ass freak
Their mother wasn't raped, I ate her female private part while she was 'sleep
Pissy-drunk, throwin' up in the urinal
("You fuckin' homo!")
That's what I said at my dad's funeral"

From the song "Amityville"

All these defenses are undermined by what Eminem himself has to say about what he's doing -- which is that the lyrics are a "gimmick", that "they don't mean what they say", and "aren't worth a grain of salt". In other words, it's all a put on, not for some satirical purpose, but merely because he and his label know that these kinds of exploitative lyrics appeal to pre-teens who share many of the same phobias/fantasies. In other words, it's not about making music, expressing the condition of the alienated working class in Detroit, but about making money. Eminem said this precisely in his attack on Napster. He's marketing hate to kids for money. It's that simple and not that different in kind from tobacco advertising -- which could be defended on artistic and First Amendment grounds as well, and indeed has been by the tobacco industry's hired guns.

Eminem's lyrics are a kind of premeditated infantilism, but not a healthy regression toward the polymorphous perverse, but a summons to the thanatic impulse, a call for division, repression, an invocation of the very forces that have divided the working class for decades. He serves the interests of the State. The idea that Eminem might be "censored" is a ruse, and a tired one, and an insult to those who have truly been censored. Cross the powerful, question the System and you risk censorship, lawsuits, SLAPP suits, beatings, harassment or worse. As long as Eminem remains a whore for the corporations, he will continue to accumulate wealth and be shielded from the censors of the state. And he is a corporate mercenary, whether it's flacking for Nike or for the music industy's trade association, the Recording Industry Association of America. Let him rap by all means. To our minds, he's a hired gun from the poor part of town who preys on the powerless, extorts money from the poor, and celebrates a thuggish brand of gangster capitalism. His defenders and apologists in the critical world are just another arm of the very same industry.

[m a r r o k]

Awesome analysis, groupie!

[locke]

INFP: The Legendary Pink Dots (http://www.myspace.com/thelegendarypinkdots)

[Kora]

The White Stripes: INTP

[Jack Flak]

No way, sister, the stripes are F, like INFP, even.

[Kora]

Oh boy. Let me try again.
Nine Inch Nails: ENTP.
Am I doing right?

[Jack Flak]

That is good.

[Kora]

Daft Punk: XNTP.
Can't decide on I/E.

[dynamiteninja]

No way, sister, the stripes are F, like INFP, even.

Good call

Daft Punk: XNTP.
Can't decide on I/E.

INTP: isn't there identity somewhat of a mystery? They always disguise themselves on stage in motor cycle helmets, and are notoriously publicity shy. True this could be a clever ENTP marketing ploy, but I say the more obvious explanation is the one that you should go with- the band is INTP. They don't want exposure and haven't sought fame, as E types would almost certainly do.

[dynamiteninja]

Reordered my OP to give the list more cohesion; you'll see what I mean.

[Kora]

INTP: isn't there identity somewhat of a mystery? They always disguise themselves on stage in motor cycle helmets, and are notoriously publicity shy. True this could be a clever ENTP marketing ploy, but I say the more obvious explanation is the one that you should go with- the band is INTP. They don't want exposure and haven't sought fame, as E types would almost certainly do.
I was going to say INTP, but I just doubted myself.
Daft Punk are Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de-something.

[dynamiteninja]

I was going to say INTP, but I just doubted myself.
Daft Punk are Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de-something.

Either way, they sure as heck act I, and I have no reason to believe them to be otherwise.

Edited OP as I believe Daft Punk are both more notable and more definitely INTP than Interpol.

[Verania]

Pixies-ENTP

[dynamiteninja]

Pixies-ENTP

Well Black Francis is an INTP, so the band is defo XNTP.

PS This thread seems to just keep on growing!

[Kora]

Eurythmics: ENTP
Garbage: INFP

[wolfy]

AC/DC- ESTP

What type is Pearl Jam?

[Orangey]

Danzig-era Misfits: ENTP(?)

[ajblaise]

Danzig-era Misfits: ENTP(?)

I might say ENTJ.

[Orangey]

^^I could easily see that.

[Bella]

Couls someone tell me what 'Lifehouse' would be?
So wonderfully depressing.

[ajblaise]

Couls someone tell me what 'Lifehouse' would be?
So wonderfully depressing.

Other than CRAP, they are probably ESFP.

[Orangey]

Other than CRAP <blah blah blah>

Yep.

[Bella]

lol
You want to tell me you don't love how every song sounds like the one before, and how all the woes of the world are suddenly upon you with every miserable note?

You're missing out, I'm telling you......

[Bella]

I heart Lifehouse

[Orangey]

lol
You want to tell me you don't love how every song sounds like the one before, and how all the woes of the world are suddenly upon you with every miserable note?

You're missing out, I'm telling you......

I've heard better misery songs.

[ajblaise]

One listen to I'm Hanging By A Moment and I can't stop crying for hours, such deep meaning.....

[Orangey]

Haha

Although the song is so sickeningly sweet that it sort of does make me want to kill myself...

[EJCC]

Metallica - ESTJ

Jeez, everyone keeps saying this, and I don't see it. I hate Metallica.

I'm inclined to say, instead, any band/singer with very literal lyrics... like the Kings of Convenience. Or Ben Folds. Or Joe Jackson. Maybe... hm, trying to think of something more in the Metallica genre... Perhaps Disturbed? Sorry if I suck at this - I'm trying to overcome my S here!

"Fitter Happier" by Radiohead is VERY SJ... although it's a critique of SJs. But that wasn't the question...

[mlittrell]

Metallica could be ESTJ or ENTP or XSTP or many more...easily

[dynamiteninja]

Really Metallica are te only suggestion for ESTJ thus far. I never really saw them being as such, but I'd prefer to have them up there until a better replacement is found, if just so that people will take notice of it and make suggestions.

Metallica were originally typed as ENTP or ENTJ here, whihc I think is closer to the truth. But for now, I re-emphasize, they are really just placeholders so that the case for an ESTJ band is not forgotten about.

[mlittrell]

any of these bands can be any type for different reasons, thats what my point was.

[dynamiteninja]

any of these bands can be any type for different reasons, thats what my point was.

Nah. As your example you picked a good one, as they are (hopefully) the only one who are (probably) not the type that they are typed as here.

I'm sorry, but you can't deny the major ESTP appeal of GnR, or that Axel Rose is an ESTP. That is a good example to use, as that band is very much defined by its frontman, who is ESTP, so it is one of the easier bands to type.

[mlittrell]

oh sure i agree, some bands give off a certain aura but any band can be liked by any type for any reason. sometimes it is better not to "type" bands. though i must agree with you on GnR. then again, i know a zillion SPs and SJs as well as many many NTs that like GnR. i personally think a good chunk of these band "types" are pretty wrong.

[Gish]

Sigur Rós = INFP

[dynamiteninja]

oh sure i agree, some bands give off a certain aura but any band can be liked by any type for any reason. sometimes it is better not to "type" bands. though i must agree with you on GnR. then again, i know a zillion SPs and SJs as well as many many NTs that like GnR. i personally think a good chunk of these band "types" are pretty wrong.

People are just brainstorming. You can't expect a flurry of arrows to hit the bullseye every time.

But I think that the main list (post 1) is pretty damn accurate.

[mlittrell]

oh ok ya i was gonna say lol, my misunderstanding. maybe i just don't see the point really.

ya i would agree with your list (if looking at it in an extremely general way) is pretty good. i know a whole crapload of NTs that like Oasis.

[Babylon Candle]

i think people need to differentiate between band members MBTI types and what sensation/function their music gives off.

I want someone to type Pink Floyd's overall sensation. they are my favorite band of all time, yet i can't type the music beyond "the best ever".





Metallica - Te + Se (ENTJ) When ever i want to get shit done, but im low on energy, i put on metallica. it never fails to recharge/motivate me.

[dynamiteninja]

i think people need to differentiate between band members MBTI types and what sensation/function their music gives off.

I want someone to type Pink Floyd's overall sensation. they are my favorite band of all time, yet i can't type the music beyond "the best ever".





Metallica - Te + Se (ENTJ) When ever i want to get shit done, but im low on energy, i put on metallica. it never fails to recharge/motivate me.

I would have Metallica typed as ENTJ on my OP if it would actually let me edit it, which it won't for some reason.

[Yazoo]

I think Radiohead are clearly NT - well at least since OK Computer. Their music is logically and carefully structured, which plays into and reflects larger ideas. Thom Yorke's lyrics are definitely NT; he is preoccupied with exploring grand themes and philosophy (for example, the theme of death in 'The Pyramid Song' and 'Videotape'). Just because they because they have emotional resonance does not necessarily make them 'Feelers'. They are clearly a cerebral band.

I would say INTJ, as they can be quite directional and focused in what they are trying to achieve through an album. But I can see the argument for P.

[nonsequitur]

Sigur Rós = INFP

I would say that they're INFJ. Their music is very, very classically structured.

The National: INTJ.
Against Me!: ENTP (gotta love all that anarchism and cynicism).