I was answering the questions for myself at 3:50 and I thought of Billy Talent II then Marcus said it LOL. Didn't think Australian's knew about them lmao, really cool though.
I think it's pretty common. I used to play in a metal/hardcore/progressive band and we found ourselves really quickly getting bored with metal and looking for inspiration in other genres. We all actually listen to much more metal now that we're not playing it lol. Our bassist used to blast Vanessa Carlton and Carly Rae Jepsen when we were setting up.