Started out playing Slayer sorta stuff in my first band, moved quickly onto Metallica-ish, then it's gone through pretty much every type of metal/rock/indie, up until now; the band I'm in now (my wife on occasional bass and/or vocals
) plays kinda "Mogwai" stuff.
If you've never heard them, they do an amazing song called "Mogwai fear Satan". Instrumental but beautiful. Huge, noisy, long build up type stuff...
Went through all the "guitar wanker" type stuff when I was a 'teen' - Quickly left it behind thank god!