West Brom defender Jonas Olsson hoping to head-bang his way to victory

Head-banger Jonas Olsson will listen to Metallica to fire himself up for West Brom's derby at Aston Villa - but if they lose it'll be a mournful Jim Morrison lament on his iPod.

The centre-half, signed from NEC Nijmegen last August for £800,000, is a huge music nut who plays the guitar.

And despite Albion being bottom of the Premier League, Olsson is loving life in the Midlands as he goes to gigs at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena.

But the Swede, who has two goals this term, says his taste in music does depend on the Baggies' fortunes. "If we lose perhaps I should put on some Doors music to listen to Jim Morrison and slit my wrists," he joked. "I am a major music fan and like the old stuff and particularly The Stones and The Who.

"Abba was not my kind of music growing up in Sweden. I listened a lot to bands like Nirvana and Oasis. I read interviews with them saying they took their influence from The Beattles and Rolling Stones so I started listening to them. They are part of music history and I have seen the Stones live and have DVDs of their concerts.

"I have also been to the NIA a few times and seen Oasis, Coldplay and Kings of Leon.

"There are good gigs here - better than Holland. There are so many good bands from England to see and it is a good side-effect of living in Birmingham."

Olsson will have his iPod on today before kick-off listening to the Foo-Fighters and Metallica as he doesn't like his team-mates' choice of music in the dressing room.

He added: "I listen to harder music before the game to get pumped up but most footballers are more into R&B and hip-hop so it is 25 against one."

Olsson grew up idolising his defensive compatriot Olof Mellberg, who was a huge favourite at Villa making 232 appearances before joining Juventus on a free last summer.

"Mellberg was an inspiration," added Olsson. "He is one of the greatest players Sweden has had in the last decade.

"He has been the captain of the national team for six or seven years and the way he plays, always putting his body on the line, gives an inspiration.

"I would like to do as well here as he did. I want to get everything out of my abilities and be as professional as possible."

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