For me its headphones unless I like what is playing in the shop (we have speakers in FAI connected to the shop speakers with our own volume control. I like hard rock/metal (Disturbed, Korn, Volbeat, Slipknot, ect...)
Quite a few cookie monster sounding lyrics on a few of those listed......Sorry, but if KIKAGAKU MOYO was playing in the background it wouldn't help sooth me and might have to the opposite effect... Reign in blood might have a lot of similarities to working in QC...
In the CMM lab I have speakers and will play more uptempo music metal or rap(lyricists not garbage gangsta) but at my desk if im programming offline i have headphones and will go more chill stuff like lofi hip hop. But either way i find a live stream on youtube to keep the ads away since i cant get a blocker on these computers.
Look at this photograph Every time I do it makes me laugh How did our eyes get so red? And what the h_ell is on Joey's head?.......... That is a kick azz song!!!! Actually
DAN_M the candlewax is before work, gets me going in the morning
Saw this lineup in Toronto Sunday night, first two can be a bit heavier than I'm normally into but got some good hard jams going. Gizz is Gizz, they were all over the board, played from at least 8 different albums, but definitely owned the room. Saw them last year, they seemed a bit looser (in a good way) than the previous show. The thing about KGatLW is they have an album in virtually every genre, so whatever you're into they probably have something you'd like.