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Now, before we get into the results themselves, the thing to bear in mind is that you could possibly have done this exact survey on 36,000 different people and got different results, that's just how statistics work. Also, just because the common threads within these 36,000 people suggest that, say, punkers are lazy, it's not clear weather there is any suggestion of cause and effect.

By which I mean, it's not like listening to punk MAKES you lazy. Or that only lazy people can enjoy punk rock. It's literally just that, of the 36,000 who have taken part in this survey, the ones who like punk have tended to be quite lazy. Which does make you wonder how they got around to filling the form in, really.

Here's what some other people who love the kind of music you love tend to be like as people:

Bollywood: Creative, Outgoing

Samba: High self-esteem, creative, outgoing, gentle and at ease

Blues: High self-esteem, creative, outgoing and at ease

Funk: High self-esteem, creative, not hardworking, outgoing and at ease

Jazz: High self-esteem, creative, outgoing and at ease

Classical: High self-esteem, creative, introvert and at ease

Opera: High self-esteem, creative, gentle

Easy-listening: High self-esteem, not creative, hardworking, outgoing, gentle and at ease

Country & Western: Hardworking, outgoing

Hip Hop: High self-esteem, outgoing

Reggae: High self-esteem, creative, not hardworking, outgoing, gentle and at ease

Dance: Creative, outgoing, not gentle

Disco: High self-esteem, not creative, hardworking, outgoing, gentle

Indie: Low self-esteem, creative, not hard working, not gentle

Punk: Lack self-esteem, creative, not hard-working, not gentle

Rock 'n' Roll: High self-esteem, creative, hardworking, not gentle, at ease

Rock/Metal: Low self-esteem, creative, not hard-working, not outgoing, gentle, at ease

Pop: High self-esteem, not creative, hardworking, outgoing, gentle, not at ease

Soul: High self-esteem, creative, outgoing, gentle, at ease

Swing: High self-esteem, creative, at ease

Of course, most of the news coverage of this report is focussed on the 'hilarious' thought that people who are mainly into classical music and people who are mainly into metal have broadly similar personality types. Journalists are juxtaposing pictures of T-shirted long-hairs with professorial old gimmers, and raising a quizzical eyebrow for comic effect.

This is just journalistic fooey, as Professor North is quick to point out: "Aside from their age difference, they're basically the same kind of person. Lots of heavy metal fans will tell you that they also like Wagner, because it's big, loud and brash. There's also a sense of theatre in both heavy rock and classical music, and I suspect that this is what they're really trying to get at when they listen."

And let's not forget, both forms of music have been known to feature on-stage cannons (take a bow, Tchaikovsky and AC/DC).

But really, the people who should be most offended by the results of this survey are indie fans, a collective who are often thought to be quiet, studious, bookish and fey. According to the survey, they have NOTHING going for them, and it turns out they share almost exactly the same personality DNA as those lazy punkers.

These are the Top 5 things that I enjoyed the most about this academic work.

Thing 1: If you like the blues you basically have the perfect life. So what exactly have you got the blues about?

Thing 2: If you like funk, you have everything which people who like the blues have, only you're lazy. This is the exact opposite of the relationship between these two musical forms.

Thing 3: If you like pop you are not creative, but you have high self-esteem, so you probably think you are. As this is a survey, what is the difference?

Thing 4: Metallers, we congratulate you on your gentle ways. If only your dance cousins could take a leaf out of your book.

Thing 5: Does anyone else think the people who like country & western could use a few more apostrophes and adjectives? It just doesn't seem proper country enough. How about
Hard-workin', outgoin', truck-drivin', hard-drinkin', honky-tonkin', boot-scootin', horsey-ridin'...

If you would like to take part in this study, the website is ...