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Bands by MBTI type

martinhardee

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Joined
Feb 2, 2013
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MBTI Type
ENFP
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

Linkin Park:
Chester Bennington: ENFP type 7
Mike Shinoda :ENFJ
Joe Hahn: INFP

System of a Down:
Serj Tankian: ENTP
Daron Vartan Malakian:ESTP

Green Day:
Billie Joe Armstrong - ENFP type 4

OK I adore Linkin Park, who like me are arguably ENFX. But isn't it also possible that dissimilar types attract and that like types sometimes repel? I find Green Day (also listed as ENFP) sometimes annoyingly full of themselves. And I love My Chemical Romance who are accurately portrayed above as ISFJ, even though I am ENFX. So, maybe type plays a part in music preference but is not the whole story. (BTW, some MCR songs are quite INFP, such as Disenchanted, I Don't Love You, Cancer, and the new The Light Behind Your Eyes.

P.S. My wife is ISTJ and hates Reggae and Country, which seem to me to follow a mostly SP temperament... so maybe there is something to this.

+1 or SOAD, but mainly because of Serj's voice.
 
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Stansmith

Guest
Animal Collective - INFJ
Dinasour Jr. - ISFP
Joy Division - INFP
Peter Bjorn and John - INFP
The Clash - ?STP
Daft Punk - IN?P
Radiohead - IN?P
Arcade Fire - INF?
Band of Horses - ISFP
The Smiths - INF?
Sonic Youth - IS?P
MGMT - ?NFP or ISFP 6/7

My knowledge is pretty limited.
 

hjgbujhghg

I am
Joined
Jun 6, 2013
Messages
3,333
MBTI Type
INFP
Enneagram
4w3
Instinctual Variant
sx/so
Pearl Jam - INFJ
Rise Against - ENFJ
Shinedown - ISFP
Alice In Chains, Nirvana - INFP
Hole- ESFP
Metallica- ENTP
 

Avocado

Permabanned
Joined
Jun 28, 2013
Messages
3,794
MBTI Type
ENFP
Enneagram
7w6
Instinctual Variant
sp/so
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
Queens of the Stone Age is not ISTJ.
ISTJ is so far from the truth, that if you stood at the right answer, you would be so many light-years away that all protons would have decayed by the time the light of ISTJ hit your eyes!

I would say ESTP.
 
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Infinite Bubble

Guest
Random stuff from iPod.

Jimi Hendrix Experience - ISFP
Mothers of Invention - ENTP
Massive Attack - INxJ
Queen - ENFP
Pink Floyd - INTP
Tool - INTP
The Flaming Lips - ENFP
The Beatles - ESFP (late era Lennon is more N)
Arctic Monkeys - ESTP
Carbon Based Lifeforms - INTJ
 

Emotionalogic

New member
Joined
Sep 28, 2013
Messages
123
MBTI Type
INTJ
Enneagram
5w4
Instinctual Variant
sx/sp
The Beatles: ENFP
The Rolling Stones: ESTP
Simon And Garfunkel: INFP
The Velvet Underground: INTJ (RIP)
The Doors: INTJ
The Who: ENTJ
The Clash: ENFP
The Jam: INFP
Led Zeppelin: ENTJ
Captain Beefheart + Magic Band: ENTP
The Mothers Of Invention: ENTP
Faust: INTJ
The Fall: INTJ
Joy Division: INFP
Talking Heads: INTP
Pixies: INTP
Replacements: ESFP
Fleetwood Mac: ISFP
U2: ENFJ
REM: ENTP
The Smiths: INFJ
Nirvana: INFP
Pearl Jam: ISTP
Soundgarden: ISFP
Oasis: ESTP
The Verve: INFP
Pavement: INTP
Arcade Fire: INFP
The White Stripes: ISTP
The Strokes: ISFP
Modest Mouse: INTP
Arctic Monkeys: INTP
Yo La Tengo: INTP
Radiohead: INTP
Tool: INTJ
 

HongDou

navigating
Joined
Nov 23, 2012
Messages
5,191
MBTI Type
ENFP
Enneagram
6w7
Instinctual Variant
so/sx
Cobra Starship: ESTP
Dashboard Confessional: ENFJ
Florence + The Machine: ENFP
One Direction: ESFJ
Panic! At The Disco: ENTP
She & Him: ISFP
Snow Patrol: INFP
The Maine: ESFJ
Trading Yesterday: INFJ
 

greenfairy

philosopher wood nymph
Joined
May 25, 2012
Messages
4,024
MBTI Type
iNfj
Enneagram
6w5
Instinctual Variant
sx/sp
Moody Blues (members):
Mike Pinder INXJ
Justin Hayward: INFP
Ray Thomas: INTP
Graeme Edge: ENFJ
John Lodge: ENFP

Even though I've types three of them as F's, the band overall seems Ti-heavy. Along with Ne and Ni.
 

idkman24

New member
Joined
Oct 20, 2013
Messages
134
MBTI Type
INFJ
Enneagram
3w2
Instinctual Variant
sx/sp
MGMT: INFP
Eminem is DEFINITELY an ISFP.
 

Noll

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Joined
Oct 12, 2013
Messages
705
MBTI Type
INFP
Enneagram
4w5
Instinctual Variant
sp
Another Sunny Day - INFP
The Field Mice - ISFP
 

CourtneyJD

New member
Joined
Dec 10, 2013
Messages
24
MBTI Type
ENxP
Enneagram
7w6
Instinctual Variant
sx/so
Florence and the Machine: ENFP
Queen: ENTP
Bon Iver: INFP
Counting Crows: ISFP
Coldplay: ESFP
 

Obsidius

Chumped.
Joined
Jan 2, 2015
Messages
318
MBTI Type
INTP
Enneagram
5w6
Instinctual Variant
so/sx
Agalloch: INxP

Need someone to help be decide...
 

EJCC

The Devil of TypoC
Joined
Aug 29, 2008
Messages
19,129
MBTI Type
ESTJ
Enneagram
1w9
Instinctual Variant
sp/so
Off the top of my head, and in no particular order, from the bands I listen to:

Queens of the Stone Age: ESTP
Tool/A Perfect Circle/Puscifer: INTP
Punch Brothers: ISFP?
Nirvana: INFx
Nine Inch Nails: INTJ
Soundgarden: ISTP
Ben Folds Five: ENTP
Marina and the Diamonds: ENFP
HAIM: No clue -- ISFP?
Radiohead: INFP
Drive-By Truckers/Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit: ISFJ? Southern rock in general seems Si to me
Foo Fighters: Not sure, but Dave Grohl's like the most ESFP ever

And I guess people keep saying Metallica is ESTJ, but I don't know why.

Eminem is DEFINITELY an ISFP.
IxFP for sure.

Pearl Jam - INFJ
What makes you say INFJ? They STRONGLY vibe IxFx but I'm not sure about the rest.
 

á´…eparted

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Some of my favorites based off the general vibe and feel I get from them (independent of the types of the band member(s) themselves):

Dead Can Dance - ISFJ
iamamiwhoami - ENFJ
Glasser - ISFJ
Purity Ring - ENFP
The Knife - ISFP
Boards of Canada - INTP
Planningtorock - INFP
Perfume Tree - INFJ
Parralox - ESFJ
FKA Twigs - ISFP
Crystal Castles - ESFP
HK119 - ENTP
Björk - ISFP
Light Asylum - ESTP
 
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