When I worked at Parcelforce, they used to play Capital Radio 24/7, so I remember this nightmare roundabout of Natalie Imroglia(sp? bird off Neighbours), Lighthouse Family, U2, Robbie Williams, Texas, Natalie etc etc
I once changed it to XFM and the Prodigy came on, and everybody complained and laughed and said what a racket. But the weirdest thing - I used to talk to this world-weary 50-yr old Filipino bloke, married with kids, about industrial. He didn't believe me that any of these bands existed and would just laugh if I mentioned PTV, etc. One day, we just left the floor and went to his car, and I played him the entire "Erector" album by Whitehouse. Inevitably, he thought it was weird and kept on laughing as I was deadpanning that it's meant to be music to have sex to, but he did give it a chance.
Nowadays? Sorry, got coastguards tryna ring me, can't listen to anything, but there's several people here you wouldn't believe (and they say shipping journalism's boring!) - an ex member of an 80s anarcho punk band, a bloke whose dad used to manage Motorhead, an ex-"Brookside" actress and ,er, "The Phantom Wanker"