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List some of your favorite artists from ALL genres...
that is if you are cultured enough to listen to more than just one...

2007-07-29 16:33:45 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music Music Rock and Pop

33 answers

classic rock-beatles, queen
prog rock-yes, jethro tull
hard rock-led zep, the who
"future" metal-deep purple, rush

jazz-miles davis, coltrane, parker

classical music

romantic classical-tchaviosky, mahler
baroque-bach, vivaldi
high classical-beethoven, haydn
modern-stravinsky, schavtachovic
impressionistic-debussy, ravel

Arabic music-don't remember the artists names

new age-enya, yanni

2007-07-29 17:26:13 · answer #1 · answered by Damn Dara Turner 2 · 0 1

You asked for it......

Arch Enemy
The Ataris
The Beach Boys
The Beat Farmers
The Beatles
Before The Dawn
Frank Black
Black Uhuru
Billy Bragg
BR5-49
David Bromberg
George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars
John Coltrane
Alice Cooper
Elvis Costello
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Dead Kennedys
Mink Deville
Ani Difranco
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Dry Kill Logic
Fairport Convention
Front 242
Gilberto Gil
Gipsy Kings
Benny Goodman
Grateful Dead
Buddy Guy
Holy Moses
Jorn
Lacrimas Profundere
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Liquid Soul
Nick Lowe
Midnight Oil
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Najee
Naked Raygun
Nash The Slash
Old And In The Way
Oomph!
Oysterband
Pere Ubu
Polecats
Porcupine Tree
Professor Longhair
Radio Birdman
Vernon Reid & Masque
Paul Revere & the Raiders
The Reverend Horton Heat
Todd Rundgren
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Klaus Schulze
Ravi Shankar
Skinlab
Sonata Artica
Sparks
Static X
Steppenwolf
Subway To Sally
Swallow The Sun
Tangerine Dream
They Might Be Giants
The Toasters
Trail Of Tears
Naná Vasconcelos
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
The Velvet Underground
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Jerry Jeff Walker
T-Bone Walker
Chris Whitley
The Who
XTC
Yellowman
Frank Zappa
Zebrahead

...and there's probably several dozen genres I've forgotten about.

2007-07-29 20:59:28 · answer #2 · answered by phatzwave 7 · 2 2

Please allow me to impress you with my extensive and expensive taste in music.

Country - Johnny Paycheck, Charlie Feathers
Folk - Bob Dylan
Garage - The Sonics, The Seeds, The Trashmen, The Standells, The Bees
Gothic - Bauhaus, The Smiths, Siouxse and The Banshees
Hard Rock - MC5
Hip Hop - Beastie Boys
Horror Punk - The Misfits
Metal - White Zombie, Slayer
New Wave - The Cure, B-52's, Stray Cats, Killing Joke, Joy Division
Pop - KT Tunstall, Rufus Wainwright
Oldies - The Who, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Choclate Watchband, The Animals
Old School Punk - Dead Kennedys, The Clash, X Ray Spex, The Slits, UK Subs, The Vibrators, X
Psychobilly - The Cramps, The Meteors, Horrorpops, Demented Are Go!
Post Punk - Gang Of Four, The Pixies, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Love & Rockets
Proto Punk - New York Dolls, The Stooges, Television
Hardcore Punk - Bad Brains, Black Flag, The Casualties, GBH, Circle Jerks, Fear, Gorilla Biscuits, Adolescents, Subhumans
Reggae - Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, John Holt, Gregory Isaacs
Pop Punk - Green Day, AFI, The Queers, The Vandals
Riot Grrrl - Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy, The Gits, Sleater-Kinney, The Frumpies
Rock - The Donnas, Live, The White Stripes
Rock N Roll - Little Richard, Chuck Berry
Ska - The Specials, Leftover Crack, The Wedgewoods, Reel Big Fish, Sublime
Southern Rock - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Soul - Anthony Hamilton
Big Band - Glenn Miller
Techno - Le Tigre, Daft Punk
Indie - The Besties, Silversun Pickups
Straight Edge - Minor Threat, Teen Idles, Fugazi
Skate Punk - NoFX, Bad Religion, Zeke, The God Awfuls, The Briefs, The Dickies
Street Punk - Sham 69, The Cro Mags, The D.icks, NOTA
No Wave - Sonic Youth
Darkwave - The Cruxshadows

2007-07-29 17:26:41 · answer #3 · answered by Bloody Hell 5 · 2 3

Hello Good Vibrations Good Question ya posted. Here's my answer I will list my favorite five Bands and my favorite songs of theirs which I am into...I consider myself to be Musically Eclective but We'll See.
Classic Rock
Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
Led Zeppelin-Carouselambra
The Rolling Stones-Dead Flowers(A Country Song BTW)
Aerosmith-Sick As A Dog
Lynyrd Skynyrd-Tuesday's Gone
Prog Rock
Genisis-Home by The Sea/Second Home By The Sea
Yes-Starship Trooper
Asia-Go
Kansas-Dust In The Wind
Emerson Lake And Palmer-Touch And Go
Dance Music
K.C. And The Sunshine Band-Shake Your Booty
Abba-Dancing Queen
Blondie-Heart Of Glass
The Pet Shop Boys-West End Girls
Ah Hah-Take On Me
Heavy Metal
Judas Priest-Living After Midnight
Iron Maiden-The Number Of The Beast
Metallica-One
AC/DC-If You Want Blood You Got It
UFO-Love To Love
Country
Johnny Cash-Ring Of Fire
Steve Earle-Guitar Town
Dwight Yoakam-1000 miles from Nowhere
Hank Williams Jr-O.D.d In Denver
The Jayhawks (ok they are alt-country big deal.....lol)-Two Angels
Hip Hop
Dr Dre-Let Me Ride
Ice Cube-It Was A Good Day
Cypress Hill-Cock The Hammer
Snoop Dogg-Murder Was The Case
The Geto Boys-Mind Playin Tricks On Me
Aletenative or Grunge (depends on your p.o.v.)
Alice In Chains-Rooster
Soundgarden-Outshined
The Red Hot Chili Peppers-Under The Bridge
Stone Temple Pilots-Big Bang Baby
Soul Asylum-Runaway Train
Pop
Joan Jett-Crimson And Clover
Sixpence None The Richer-Kiss Me
The Pretenders-Back On The Chain Gang
Coldplay-Clocks
Gordon Lightfoot-Sundown
A few others I like in other categories are
Jazz/Jeff Beck-Blue Wind
Classical/Ravel-Bolero
Classical/Strauss-The Blue Danube Waltz
R and B/Marvin Gaye-What's Going On
Blues/B.B. King-The Thrill Is Gone
Just to name a few...Eclectic Enough for you?

2007-07-30 05:52:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Just a single band/artist/group of each genre I listen to:

Opeth - Melodic Death Metal

Anglagard - Symphonic Rock

The Who - Rock and Roll

Paco De Lucia - Gypsy Jazz

Michael Hersch - Post 20th Century Classical Music

Edgard Varese - Modern Classical Composers

Frédéric Chopin - Romantic Classical

Sha'aban Yahya - Indonesian Tribal/Ethnic Music

Laya - Indian Classical Music

Blind Willie Johnson - Blues

Isao Tomita - Electronic

Robert Fripp - Ambient

Miles Davis - Modal Jazz

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Jazz Fusion

Atheist - Jazz Death Metal

Ahmed Mukhtar - Traditional Iraqi Oud Player

Steely Dan - American Rock and Blues

Frank Zappa - Rock in Opposition

Terry Riley - Experimental Music/Minimalist

King Crimson - Progressive Rock

PFM - Italian Symphonic Rock

Quintessence - indo/Raga rock

Porcupine Tree - Alternative/industrial/ambient rock/metal

Paul Anka - 50's rock and roll/pop

Hatfield and the North - Canterbury

Aphex Twin - IDM

The Cure - Punk

Cardiacs - Pronk

Eric Dolphy - Avant Garde Jazz

Peccatum - Avant Garde Black Metal

Criola - Classical Vocal Music

Foggy Mountain Boys - Progressive Bluegrass/Bluegrass

Fools of Prophecy - Mid Eastern Pop/rock

Orphaned Land - Mid Eastern Metal

Idan Raichel's project - World Music

Mike Oldfield - World Music (different than the above immensly)

Emma Shapplin - Oprah

James Last - Big Band

Arturo Sandoval - Latin Jazz

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Post Rock

Leon Boellmann - Church Organ Music

Konk - No wave

Boyd Rice - Noise Music

Jimmy Cliff - Reggae

Fela Kuti - African Ethnic Jazz

Magma - Zeuhl


I listen to much more in each genre, I just thoughts most people will recognize the biggies in each genre, so I put them on.

2007-07-29 19:55:51 · answer #5 · answered by dankehila 3 · 1 1

Extensive and broad
Frankie Laine
Bobby darin
Patsy Cline
Hank Williams I II & III
Kiss
The Sweet
MC5
The Stooges
Dramarama
Social Distrotion
Flipper
Motorhead
Gene Vincent
The Four Tops
The Ronettes
David Bowie
The Ramones
The Specials
The Dirtbombs
Da Yoopers
BTO
The Railbenders
The Supersuckers
Zeke
Dusty Springfield
The Cramps
The Reverend Horton Heat
Junior Brown
The Cult
ZZ Top
The Dead Boys
Circus of Power
Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction

2007-07-29 17:53:22 · answer #6 · answered by Glow 3 · 1 1

Eisbrecher - Anitkorper
Peaches - Impeach My Bush
Buju Banton - Voice of Jamaica
Eva Cassidy - Live at Blues Alley
AC/DC - Back In Black
Mindless Self Indulgence - Frankenstein Girls...
Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
Sublime - Sublime
Elvis Presley - 30 #1 Hits
Kenny Chesney - No Shoes...
Deftones - Around The Fur
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
The Carpenters - Love Songs
J.S. Bach - The Essential Bach
Collective Soul - Dosage
Lil' Jon and The Eastside Boys - Crunk Juice
Hanson - Middle of Nowhere
MTV Party To Go - Vols. 1 - 4
Aqua - Aquarium
Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar

and my mixes of: La Bouche, Nora Jones, K.D. Lang, Culture Club, Rolling Stones, James, October Project, The Ramones, Patsy Cline, Elton John, and The Cranberries

I won't leave home without ANY of these!!!!!

2007-07-29 16:55:49 · answer #7 · answered by Weesy 4 · 1 1

Here is a list of some of my favourite artists. As for which genre, if you are cultured enough to listen to more than just one, you will know which genre these bands belong to...

Apocalyptica
Be Bop Deluxe
Cream
D.O.A.
Electric Light Orchestra
Foo Fighters
Generation X
Heartbreakers
Iggy & The Stooges
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Kinks
Lyres
Mikey Dread
Nick Lowe
Oasis
Pere Ubu
Queen
Ramones
Stranglers
Thirteenth Floor Elevators
Undertones
Viletones
Wire
X-ray Spex
Yes
Zeroes

2007-07-29 16:55:23 · answer #8 · answered by A. T. 7 · 3 1

Bright Eyes, The Good Life, Red Hot Valentines, The Beatles, Mika, Lily Allen, The Fratellis, Razorlight, Three Dog Night, Aqualung, Jets to Brazil, Death Cab for Cutie, Rilo Kiley, Spice Girls, Jimi Hendrix, Queen, David Bowie, Judas Priest, Mr. T Experience, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Billy Joel, Stephen Lynch, Beethoven, The Beastie Boys, Bangs, Captain & Tennille, Cheap Trick, Jo Dee Messina, Jethro Tull, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Just off the top of my head.

2007-07-29 16:50:21 · answer #9 · answered by Katie F 2 · 0 0

I really don't know how extensive my musical taste is but I'll try :)

Bach
Cobra Starship
Chiodos
Justin Timberlake
Bob Marley
Mozart
Jack Johnson
One Republic
Imogen Heap
The Hush Sound
The Scene Aesthetic
Joss Stone
I'm in love with Ella Fitzgerald
Journey
Kool and the Gang
I also listen to a lot of reggaeton but I have no idea who the artists are :(

2007-07-29 16:43:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Dir En Grey
Gackt
Malice Mizer
Hyde
L'arc En Ciel
Alice Nine
Enya
Loreena Mckinnett
Moi dix Mois
Schwarz Stein
Rammstein
Queen
Godsmack
Shawn Colvin
The Pillows
NIN
Marilyn Manson
John5
Rob Zombie
Do as Infinity
Mushroom Head
The Gazette
Cradle of Filth
Beethoven
Bach
Trans Siberian Orchestra
Sarah Brightman
Pink Floyd
kagrra
Amano Tsukiko
Yoko Ishida
H.I.M.
Zeromancer
AFI
Duran Duran
Dio
The Darkness
Murderdolls
Metalllica
Gaelic instrumental music
offspring
Smashing Pumpkins
Aural Vampire

2007-07-29 19:04:19 · answer #11 · answered by Trickster 6 · 0 1

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