I like Kvelertak. Today, Spotify recommended a band called Red Fang to me. (Not anything to do with Kvelertak - it was because I listened to Godflesh, who as far as I know, haven't used any owl-based artwork.)
But it got me thinking, is the presence of an owl among the pictures used by a band a predictor of my liking them? So I did an experiment: google owl pictures related to bands and see how many I like (enough to follow on Spotify or add to a playlist on YouTube or whatever) and how many I dislike (or just get bored with). The first set of search terms was
Including Red Fang and Kvelertak, I managed to get a sample size of 15. Here they are:
Only three of those went under the "like" category - not enough to justify any further analysis. It was interesting though, to note that two artistes (not included above) were Japanese jazz keyboardists, so although owls may be metal as f##k, but in Japan they're also quite jazzy.
But it got me thinking, is the presence of an owl among the pictures used by a band a predictor of my liking them? So I did an experiment: google owl pictures related to bands and see how many I like (enough to follow on Spotify or add to a playlist on YouTube or whatever) and how many I dislike (or just get bored with). The first set of search terms was
- bands with owl artwork
- owl album artwork
Including Red Fang and Kvelertak, I managed to get a sample size of 15. Here they are:
- Blind Owl
- Brainchild
- Bring Me the Horizon
- Deftones
- DevilDriver
- Gerry Rafferty
- Jeff Hanson
- Kvelertak
- One Republic
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Procosmian Fannyfiddlers
- Red Fang
- Riverboat Gamblers
- Robert Babicz
- Rush
Only three of those went under the "like" category - not enough to justify any further analysis. It was interesting though, to note that two artistes (not included above) were Japanese jazz keyboardists, so although owls may be metal as f##k, but in Japan they're also quite jazzy.