Favorite bands/artists of school shooters?

As humorously unexpected as it sounds, one of Usman Khan’s favorite singers was Beyoncé. When he was in prison, he was given the nickname “Beyoncé Boy” by other inmates, most of whom were Islamic extremists. He was also made fun of for pretending to practice Islam like the other inmates, but hiding a TV with a pop music channel on.

Charles Andrew Williams was a fan of LINKIN PARK. On a letter he wrote to his father, he wrote "I tried so hard, and got so far, but in the end it doesn't really matter."

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Moving this thread to its appropriate section.

Petri Gerdt was a fan of 2pac. He quoted the song “Hail Mary” in his signature on a bomb making forum.

Edit: Forgot this thread said "school shooters". My bad.

Randy Stair liked songs from MLP as well as the song 'Remember' sung by the Danny Phantom character Ember McLain. Listened to it almost obsessively.
Dylan Klebold quoted 2Pac in his day planner as well as liking DJ Spooky
Vladislav Roslyakov was a fan of $uicideBoy$ and Ghostemane
Kipland Kinkel liked the soundtrack for Romeo and Juliet (1996) and when police came to his house, they found it playing very loudly.

Steven Kazmierczak had homemade CDs of:
Rob Zombie
Red Hot Chili Peppers
"The Devil's Rejects soundtrack"
"H.I.M" (unsure what band that refers to)
Terry Reid
Mudvayne
Cradle of Filth
Marilyn Manson and Metallica (previously mentioned in this thread)
Type O Negative
The LoveCrave
Megadeth

I also am unsure of this, but I believe Jeff Weise's alleged horrorcore taste was a rumor invented by the artists for notoriety. Again, I'm just vaguelly remembering, so don't take it as fact either way.

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Robert Hawkins wore his his "H.I.M" zip up band hoodie during the shooting, a "Mushroomhead" band tshirt was found in his jeep, his favorite song according to his mother was "Hell Bent for Leather" by Judas Priest, in younger pictures he wears a "The Misfits" band shirt, and (can't verify) had cd's of theirs in his jeep during the shooting.

Cho wrote in high school that his favorite band was U2.
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William Atchinson said on 9 January 2015 that his favorite music was "Eminem, Eiffel 65, KMFDM, Offspring, Prodigy, Nirvana, AxCx [Anal Cunt,] Korn, [and] Marilyn Manson." Who knows if he was serious or trolling, though.

Karl Halverson Pierson wrote KMFDM on the top of a math test. When asked about it by a teacher, he said she might like it.
(What is it with school shooters and KMFDM? I feel bad for them.)

In addition to what was previously posed the the thread, Kip Kinkel liked Rage Against the Machine.

Not a school shoter, I know, but Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (Boston Marathon bomber) had the following artists in his playlist:
Dr. Dre
Eminem
Jay-Z
50 Cent
Mobb Deep
Rosario Dawson
Taye Diggs
Idina Menzel
Rosemary Clooney
The Mellomen
Billy Joel
Starland Vocal Band
Guns 'n' Roses
T.O.K.
Pitbill
Kendrick Lamar
Drake
Rick Ross
Michael Jackson
Wiz Khalifa
Big Mountain
Tom Lord-Alge
Death Cab For Cutie
The Weeknd
N1NT3ND0
More here.

Vlad Roslyakov listened to:

Massive wall of text:

And some more in Russian that I couldn't transcribe, available here or here.
Also, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Vlad Roslyakov both liked Mobb Deep.

dyonqqr wrote:

Karl Halverson Pierson wrote KMFDM on the top of a math test. When asked about it by a teacher, he said she might like it.
(What is it with school shooters and KMFDM? I feel bad for them.)

It's probably because of its connection to Columbine. It must be horrible for KMFDM just to be known as "The Band that the Columbine shooters liked".

Though neither are school shooters they did listen to

Brenton Tarrant

Tool

Connor Betts

Cattle decapitation
Acacia Strain
Brutal truth

dyonqqr wrote:

Steven Kazmierczak had homemade CDs of:
Rob Zombie
Red Hot Chili Peppers
"The Devil's Rejects soundtrack"
"H.I.M" (unsure what band that refers to)
Terry Reid
Mudvayne
Cradle of Filth
Marilyn Manson and Metallica (previously mentioned in this thread)
Type O Negative
The LoveCrave
Megadeth

I also am unsure of this, but I believe Jeff Weise's alleged horrorcore taste was a rumor invented by the artists for notoriety. Again, I'm just vaguelly remembering, so don't take it as fact either way.

H.I.M is a gothic metal band I think, though their sound is very similar to Breaking Benjamin in a degree.

Eric liked "Enya" took me by surprise

Randy stair liked Andrew W.K

Michael Carneal liked Ween.

Nikolas Cruz listened to:
[Link] Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
[Link] Skrillex - Kill Everybody
[Link] Token - Exception
[Link] Rusty Cage - Knife Game Song
(Source.)

Juniors listened to Marilyn Manson

Mitchell Johnson had TuPac Shakur's All Eyez On Me, and Bone Thugz n Harmony's E 1999. He also had six barbershop quartet tapes and many gospel tapes.

I know he's not a school shooter so I apologize for the irrelevant fact, but George Hennard liked Steely Dan (specifically this album The Royal Scam and the song “Don’t Take Me Alive.”)

Morné Harmse (2008 Nic Diederichs Technical High School sword attack):
Slipknot (his masks were based off of theirs.)

Anthony "T.J." Solomon (1999 Heritage High School shooting):
Tupac Shakur (and other gangsta rap)
Korn
(Source.)

Hayden Jagst:
Evanescense
Papa Roach
Three Days Grace
Red
Skillet
KMFDM
Marilyn Manson
AC/DC
Burzum
Megadeth
Metallica
Led Zeppelin
Dream Theater
Pantera
Black Sabbath
Opeth
Slipknot
Cannibal Corpse
Cradle of Filth
Linkin Park
"All kinds of rock and metal music."

Sorry if it's too soon, I'm just filling out the usual TV/books/music threads.

Kip Kinkel liked Marylin Manson and had the lyrics to his song 'The Reflecting God' on his bedroom wall.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say Alvaro Castillo liked Avril Lavigne.
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Not a school shooter but Artyom Anoufriev and Nikita Lytkin enjoyed a grindcore band called 'Anal Cunt' (Sounds lovely!) and covered one of their songs for their band.

Elliot Rodger listened to Phil Collins, Whitney Houston, and The Police in some of his videos.
Nikolas Cruz also listened to Mac DeMarco and And One.

Artyom Anoufriev and Nikita Lytkin (as Расчленённая-ПугачОва) covered MyDuck666,  Кристина Орбакайте, Коррозия Металла, and Руки Вверх and featured Говно-Никита on one of their songs.

They did splits with:
Кровавая Соска
Brutal Pigs
Анальные Дети
Hysteraectomia
Чак Шульдинер Пидорас
Pipiski International
on Popsekal Records, a Russian netlabel. Their music is still available online, if you look for it.

Menstrual Munchies did splits with:
Cum Book
Fetus Omlet
Gravesperm
Botched Anastomosis J-Pouch
Sinworm
Gutter Slut Pulverizer
Beastiality Boys
Anal Milk
Bong Full of Cunt Juice
Fetal Autopsy
Necro Cannibal Ass Grinder

I'm not sure if Connor Betts with involved when those splits happened, though. His role in the band was always somewhat murky to me.

Christopher Harper-Mercer:

Spoiler:

Justin Christian Bourque:
Led Zeppelin
Megadeth
Iron Maiden
Slash

(He had posters of all of these hung on his walls.)

Mass shooter, not a school shooter, but John Timothy Earnest's favorite artist to play on the piano was Chopin and he also referenced Ludwig van Beethoven and Pink Guy in his manifesto.

Some more from Hayden Jagst:
Pentagram
Nickelback
Soundgarden
Tool
Silverchair
Black Label Society
Wumpscut
Suicide Commando
Plain White T's
Regina Spektor
The Pretenders
Johnny Cash (with June Carter)
Extreme
Guns 'N' Roses
Reba Mcentire
Candlemass
MY DYING BRIDE
Black Sabbath
Moonspell
Jarost Marksa
Bathory
SeanAttardMetal
VENOM
Burzum
Crade of Filth
Keep of Kalessin
Mayhem
Filii Nigrantium Infernalium
PunaTerrori
MRAKOBESIE THE BEAST
Thy Light
Darkthrone
Behemoth
Abba
The Go-Go's
Devo
Michael Jackson
Kim Carnes
Cyndi Lauper
Madonna
Laura Brinigan
Blondie
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart
The Police
Rockwell
Winds of Plague-
SUICIDE SILENCE
Bring Me The Horizon
Chelsea Grin
Job For A Cowboy
Carnifex
THY ART IS MURDER
Infant Annihilator
Whitechapel
Rammstein
KMFDM
Suicide Commando
Laibach
Skinny Puppy
Ministry
Nine Inch Nails
Raubtier
Black Light Burns
Circle of Dust
Stabbing Westward
Celldweller
Motionless In White
Sarcophagic
Oomph! ft. Marta Jandová
3TEETH
Psyclon Nine
Mindless Self Indulgence
Blue Stahli
Rob Zombie (the same song Petterson liked, in fact, no coincidence)
Queen of the Damned
Limp Bizkit
Korn
Vanilla Ice
Linkin Park
Crazy Town
TRUSTcompany
Ded
Kittie
OTEP
Mudvayne
Disturbed
Mystikal
Eminem
Mars (ft. ADR)
NWA
D12
Nate Dogg
Jimmy Donn
50 Cent
The Notorious B.I.G.
Dr. Dre
Snoop Dogg
The Jubalaires
Flo Rida
T-Pain
Positive K
Estoy Enamorada
Jedi Mind Tricks (Vinnie Paz + Stoupe)
Ill Bill
Tupac
Eve
Gwen Stefani
Cypress Hill
Hollywood Undead
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Wanz

He also liked the V-Tech Rampage soundtrack.
He used Lostprophets, Oingo Boingo, and Cascada in meme videos.

I didn't sort through these playlists yet, though:
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Brenton Tarrant - Black Sabbath he went to one of their concerts in 2013

15 year old perpetrator of the 2018 Ulan-Ude school attack: KMFDM (he was wearing a shirt of the band.)

Vladislav Roslyakov: Sagath

Almost all of them listen to KMFDM.
I feel sad for the band, known as "school shooter band" :/

Daniil Pul’kin: Foster The People, Oxxxymiron
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Scott Beierle (mass shooter): KISS

Kimveer Gill - Doomsday refreshment committee

Luiz Henrique de castro: Iron Maiden

Breanna Long (2016 Dunbarton High School stabbing):
Creature Feature
LunarDragon
Star Charmer
Kagome Kagome / Hatsune Miku
Musical Mike
Stolen Babies
Paige Stewart
ElectroKaplosion
The Peirces

Ian David Long: Jethro Tull (he was named after Ian Anderson and was proud of this.)
Dylann Storm Roof's favorite song was reportedly Ice Cream Truck by Montana of 300.

Nathan Gale (2004 Columbus nightclub shooting) was obsessed with Pantera, the band that existed before Damageplan, which he attacked.

Guilherme taucci- Three Days Grace.

A photo of the band logo was his facebook cover. 

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William Atchison stated his favorite musicians were Eminem, Eiffel 65, KMFDM, Offspring, Prodigy, Nirvana, AxCx, Korn, Marilyn Manson

Matti Saari: Eisbrecher, Scar Symmetry, Soilwork, Wumpscut, Gloria Morti, In Flames, Rammstein, KMFDM, Metallica, Kiuas

dyonqqr wrote:

And some more in Russian that I couldn't transcribe, available here or here

If you REALLY want, I can transcribe, being a Russian speaker and all.

Alexandre Bissonnette (Mass Shooter)
Weezer
Alice in Chains
Marylin Manson
Katy Perry
Megadeth
Heaven Shall Burn
Rammstein
KMFDM (As a side note, someone should make a thread for shooters that listened to KMFDM, there are so many).