I'm 24 and it still sounds like random noise to me sometimes... but I love it. I have a hard time understanding why I like it as much as I do. My dad and I are both drummers and he raised me on Zeppelin, Hendrix, Floyd, etc (all of which I still love) so I still feel weird about the fact that I like dubstep as much as I do...but I do.

I think for me, it's mostly about the energy. About finding the order in all the chaos. The first 'dubstep' song I heard (even though I know it's not technically dubstep) was Skrillex's "Hey Sexy Lady." That's about as chopped up as it gets, but still in all that chaos and commotion I could find the beat that stayed constant throughout it.

I think it's also a function of the high energy, multitasking world we live in nowadays. Our brains have been rewired to process so much information at once that I think we're all a little ADD. For this reason, the dynamic nature of dubstep appeals to me because it's all over the place, bombarding your ear drums with all kinds of crazy sounds, then mashing them up, twisting them around and repurposing them later in the song for a different sound. It really keeps my mind engaged and keeps me guessing what's next.

Then there are the shows. Once I went to my first show I was sold on the genre and the scene. I've never felt such a powerful, positive, collective energy that I do at EDM shows. Maybe it's the drugs (let's be honest, it's probably the drugs) but at almost every show I've been to, the people are overwhelmingly positive and accepting. You can literally do whatever you want and no one will judge you for it. Personally, I like to dance pretty intensely (rage, if you will, although I hate using that word) when I'm just by myself in my room..so giving me a license to go as crazy as possible while listening to music I love on a world-class sound system? Yea, that's enough to make me happy. Not to mention there are some beautiful women wearing very little clothing...

And there's just nothing like a live drop. It's almost...sexual in nature. You can feel it coming - the wind sound starts building, lights start strobing, everyone raises their hands and screams as the bass goes from quarter notes to half notes to 8th to 16th and 32nd, and finally...BOOM the place fucking explodes. Lights go crazy, people jumping everywhere, sweaty as fuck, and nothing but smiles all around. A good DJ will transition seamlessly between moments of intensity and moments of tranquility, from song to song, while the crowd rides the continuous wave of energy up and down all night.

But yea, besides that there's not much to like.