Isn't it boring to listen to the same kind of stuff over and over again?
what? if you are referring to me then i listen to lots of stuff. i like lots of stuff. those few artists i listed here have just impressed me enough to influence me.
it's sort of annoying/disgusting that i refer to a LAST.FM GENRE myself but i do it for the sake of practicality (i mean man it's mostly INDIE FOLK in that list and i kind of dislike that kind of stuff. i have a rant about that but maybe some other time!)
or the real reason is that once again i'm dismissive of my own taste, thus "heh....... see? my music taste, it's all in one genre. can't take seriously..."
on the other hand, if you mean Shepperd then i'm not sure how much he listens to other bands but my guess is that he likes this certain musical rhetorics/esthetics those band share in a way or another. SOUND i suppose. maybe he listens to other similiar bands, it's hard to tell from a list of five!