Well this is fun for a Clash fan or any music fan. MusicMap.com claims the following:

Even if you don’t know what you are looking for – gnod will find it. Gnod is a self-adapting system that learns about the outer world by asking its visitors what they like and what they don’t like. In this instance of gnod all is about music. Gnod is kind of a search engine for music you don’t know about. It will ask you what music you like and then think about what you might like too.

A fairly bold claim but it’s time to find out if you feel it works. I’ll let you visit the site and experiment with The Clash and others of your choice. I’ll share a few selections of mine and share the 3 bands they feel are most likely I’d enjoy based on typing in a band that I do like. So away we go….you type in the name of the band and hit enter and wait…the contenders jostle for position and it takes a little while to all settle down. The closer to your band the other band appears, the more you’ll like them. Sounds simple enough…

BAND I LIKE – The Pale Fountains

BANDS I SHOULD LIKE -

Nick Heyward (not especially but I see the point)

The Pearlfishers (never heard of them….this might be useful after all)

The Higsons (why yes…yes I do like the Higsons…you mentioned the Higsons!)

BAND I LIKE -Suede

BANDS I SHOULD LIKE -

Manic Street Preachers (fair cop….yes I do)

Feeder (no, really I don’t at all)

Stereophonics (well, Stereophonics are a bit like toast, they are edible but do you ever really crave them?)

BAND I LIKE – The Libertines

BANDS I SHOULD LIKE -

Babyshambles (well yes…obviously)

Maximo Park (I love Maximo Park)

Joy Division (yep – a good call…but related how?)

So there you have it, it’s a fun tool and you can keep clicking through and charting your own music map. The Clash search is good…but it did however provide Cheap Trick? Send in your best and worst.

Tim