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Does music influence religion... I honestly cannot tell. I feel that most of my Pagan friends listen to either Rock, like I do, or they listen to music without words, soundtracks from movies and the like. What do you think?

Music can influence someone's religious preference. Then again, so cana book or a painting; multiple factors can contribute, or it can be just a sudden feeling. The underlying reason(s) vary from person to person.

However, I would not say that listening to a certain genere would turn people into Pagans. In prominent example, the notion was held be extremist groups back in the 80s that rock and metal turned children into Satanists, and that proved dramatically wrong. Another example is my mom loves rock, but she's a devout Catholic.

I, myself, listen to a wide variety of music, including rock, metal, and country. razz

Oh, Gods... Anything from Led Zepplin to Panic at the Disco... Mostly various forms of Rock. I hate most mainstream music now-a-days, though. ><;;
I really like a lot of Japanese Pop and Rock... And Japanese R&B drives me to a swoon, on occasion.
I like a lot of non-English music. Non-American, non-Canadian, non-British... Lyrics that I don't really understand. And a tonne of non-lyrical music, too.
But for the most part, I like Goth-, Punk-, and Hard Rock, and most forms of plain Rock. And New Rock.

I wouldn't say that music has influenced my religion so much as my religion has influenced my taste in music to a degree. I can listen to most genres to an extent; rap in very small degrees and provided it's nothing "gangsta" (I even wonder if Will Smith counts as rap any more), and I like the lighter side of metal; I love the guitar, but I hate having someone screech into a microphone. My father is a country music lover, as is a coworker this summer, so I hear a lot of that and it's not all painful, but I prefer to listen to rock, your stereotyipcal Maritime music with obvious Celtic influence xd , some pop, classical, show tunes, and anything else I come along that sounds neat. And the oldies. I love the oldies! Since last summer, I've really enjoyed Blackmore's Night, mainly for their medieval/Renaissance sound in most of their music, and I found them because they were featured in a Pagan magazine a friend had given me.

I say that my religion has influenced my taste in music in that since becoming Pagan, I've sought out music that to me had a more Pagan feel, something a little more earthy. That's how I found Celtic music. I'm also to a point where I'd like to be able to simply seek out Pagan groups and hear what they're about.

no im not a neo-nazi but i like the music

nice job puting me down crying