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Last Saturday, I discussed the issues with the current similar artist formula...especially Metallica being top 10 in similarity with The Offspring (like what?).

Well, since then, I put my programming skills to work and well, I built a little program to test to see it would work with other artists. Results were noticed on several bands/artists as their similar artists over went a make over. However, it did lead to new problems as I tried testing it out super-mainstream acts including our favorite band...Radiohead.


Rage Against the Machine showed up as a similar artist.


...well, apparently. Radiohead's top 250 similar artists currently are all over the place in random genres. A bigger batch of similar artists would be needed to get the best results, but the question is...is my new formula better. I'm going to show you some examples of artists top 25 similar artists...before, and after. You guys make the decision.


Oh, you don't remember the formula? Very well...time for a quick summary
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AC/DC
27/11/2009 - Black Ice World Tour – Estádio do Morumbi

Angra & Tarja
25/09/2011 - Rock in Rio IV

Alice in Chains
14/11/2011 - SWU II - Paulinia

Amon Amarth
24/03/2012 - Carioca Club

Amorphis
05/02/2012 - Carioca Club

Blind Guardian
09/09/2011 - Sacred Worlds and Songs Divine Latin America Tour - Via Funchal

Cachorro Grande
27/08/2009 - Festival da Cultura Industrial – Santo André

Cavalera Conspiracy
26/03/2011 - Abertura The Final Frontier World Tour – Estádio do Morumbi

Children of Bodom
04/12/12 - The Ugly World Tour 2011 - Carioca Club

Coheed and Cambria
25/09/2011 - Rock in Rio IV

Dead Fish
03/05/2009 - Virada Cultural – CEU Aricanduva

Dead 'Til Friday
19/03/2013 - Jägermeister Music Tour - O2 Glasgow

Deftones
07/11/2009 - Maquinaria Festival – Chácara do Jockey

Down
14/11/2011 - SWU II - Paulinia

Faith No More
07/11/2009 - Maquinaria Festival – Chácara do Jockey
14/11/2011 - SWU II - Paulinia

Ghost
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Chronological order. Bands I like/liked are linked to their last.fm profile.

Hate
Incantation
Beef Conspiracy
Neuroma x2
Amputated
The Atrocity Exhibit
Leng T'che
Suicide Tuesday
Dirty Passion
Enuff Z'Nuff x2
Faster Pussycat
Man Must Die
Kataklysm
Decapitated
Necro Deathmort
Void of Voices
Ulver x2
Gallileous
Pantheist
Dawn of Chaos
Remasculate
Dead Beyond Buried
Insision
Varg
Arkona
Dornenreich
Eluveitie x2
Long Distance Calling
Swallow the Sun x2
Katatonia x2
The Mariana Hollow
Theatre of Tragedy
Latitudes
The Psyke Project
Nachtmystium
Inner Eden
White Wizzard
Eduy x2
Nervecell
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Annotations of an Autopsy
Suffocation x3
Salute
Aosoth
Blacklodge
Hell Militia
Fen
Fjoergyn
Alcest
The Vision Bleak
Eastern Front
Ethereal
Belphegor
Thunderstone
Scatorgy
Supreme Pain
Desecration x2
OMT
Korvus
Setherial
Impiety
Ancient Ascendant
The Rotted
Benediction
Rotting Christ
Bolt Thrower
Crypsis
Mutant
Gama Bomb x2
Haken
The Lovecrave
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Take the 50 top artists in your musical profile, and create a cloud of the similar artists that are not in your top 50. The result is a collection of highly recommended artists for your personal profile. You can generate your own cloud (in BBCode) at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/recommend.php

My recommendations are AC/DC Alice Cooper Alicia Keys Black Sabbath Britney Spears Cinderella Cream David Coverdale Deep Purple Def Leppard Destiny's Child Dokken Eric Clapton Firehouse Freddie Mercury Great White Jennifer Lopez Jimi Hendrix John Lennon Jon Bon Jovi Kiss Kelly Rowland L.A. Guns Lynyrd Skynyrd Mariah Carey Michael Bublé Mötley Crüe Nazareth Paul McCartney Peter Cincotti Pretty Boy Floyd Queen + Paul Rodgers Quiet Riot Rainbow Ratt Richie Sambora Rihanna Roger Taylor Scorpions Sebastian Bach Skid Row Slash's Snakepit The Doors The Who Uriah Heep Van Halen Velvet Revolver Warrant White Lion Winger

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Glam metal (also known as hair metal and often used synonymously with pop metal) is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene. It was popular throughout the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, combining the flamboyant look of glam rock and playing a power-chord-based heavy metal musical style.

The genre rapidly lost mainstream interest from 1991 to 1993 with the rise of grunge and the release of albums such as Nirvana's Nevermind. It experienced a partial resurgence around the turn of the century, due in part to increased interest on the internet, with the successful 'Glam Slam Metal Jam' music festival taking place in summer 2000.

Characteristics
Musically, glam metal uses traditional hard rock and heavy metal songs, incorporating elements of punk rock, while adding pop-influenced catchy hooks and guitar riffs. …

3 Doors Down (B'ham O2 Academy 12 Mar 2012)
4 Non Blondes (Prince - Edinburgh 29 Jul 1993)
Aerosmith (NEC - 3 Nov 1989)
Airbourne (Iron Maiden - NIA 31 July 2011)
Alanis Morissette (AVLC - 18 Apr 1996)
Alice in Chains (Megadeth - NEC 23 Mar 1991)
The Almighty (Megadeth - NEC 23 Mar 1991)
Anthrax (Iron Maiden - NEC 15 Dec 1990)
Atom Seed (x2) (Edwards No.8 - 1991?)
Atreyu (Bullet For My Valentine, NIA 6 Dec 2010)
Baby Chaos (Terrorvision - Wolves Civic 25 Oct 1994)
Barry Manilow (NEC - 17 Apr 1996)
Big House (Electric Boys, Institute 28 Jun 1992)
Bon Jovi (NEC - 12 May 1993)
Bhundu Boys (Madonna - Wembley Stadium 19 Aug 1987)
Bring Me the Horizon (Bullet For My Valentine – NIA 6 Dec 2010)
Bush (Wolves Civic - 4 Feb 1994)
Bullet for My Valentine (NIA – 6 Dec 2010)
Chaka Khan (Prince - Wembley Arena 26 Aug 1998)
China Black (Dina Carroll - NEC 14 Dec 1994)
Danny & Ben (Wulfrun Hall - 26 Jan 2012)
Dan Reed Network (Hummingbird - 30 Aug 1990)
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