New Artist/Genre compilation list

[GrayInvisible]

I remade the other one, because the guy that posted it went inactive. If you see anything out of place, tell me.

This is copied from the other list, since the other list was good. I added a few bands.

Songs that are lacking an instrument are ok. They could be DLC or bonus songs, or on that instruments career.

Alternative
311 (1989 - present)
Rage Against The Machine (1991-2000, 2007)
Muse (1997 - present)
Foo Fighters (1995 - present)
Breaking Benjamin (1998 - present)
Staind (1995 - Present)
Sonic Youth (1981 - present)
Dinosaur Jr. (1984 - 1997, 2005 - present)
The Charlatans (1989 - present)
James (1981-2001, 2007-present)
The Verve (1989 - 1999, 2007 - present)
Radiohead (1991 - present)
Feeder (1992 - present)
Coldplay (1997 - present)
Keane (1997 - present)
The Inspiral Carpets (1986 - present)
The Happy Mondays (1985 - 1993, 1999 - 2000, 2004 - present)
Dredg (1996 - present)
A Perfect Circle (1999 - 2006)
The Pillows (1989 - present)
The Pixies (1985?1993, 2004?present)
Placebo (1994 - Present)
Angels & Airwaves (2005 - Present)
Redd Kross (1980-1997, 2004-Present)

Blues
Muddy Waters (1941 - 1983)
Johnny Cash (1955 - 2003)
BB King
Chicken Shack

Blues Rock
ZZ Top
Status Quo
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Cream
Fleetwood Mac
Eric Clapton
John Mayer
The Yardbirds
Foghat
The Animals

Brit Pop
Oasis
Suede
Blur
Ash
Travis
Embrace
Supergrass
Stone Roses
Stereophonics (1992?present)

Comedy Rock/Fictional bands
Tenacious D
Spinal Tap
Steel Dragon
Dethklok
Flight of the Conchords
Weird Al

Country/Southern Rock
Eagles
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Allman Brothers Band
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Willie Nelson

Classic Rock (from 65 - 80s, and doesn't fit well in other genres/was just rock at that time)
Electric Light Orchestra
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Toto
The Kinks
Huey Lewis & The News
The Sweet
The Beatles
Queen
Rolling Stones
The Who

Experimental Rock/Jam band
The Mars Volta
Phish
Colonel Claypools Bucket Of Bernie Brains
Oysterhead
The Rapture
Mr. Bungle
Frank Zappa

Folk Metal
Finntroll
Korpiklaani
Cruachan
Falkenbach

Folk Rock
Bob Dylan
America
The Highwaymen
Sondre Lerche
Donovan
Simon and Garfunkel
The Byrds
Van Morrison
16 Horsepower/Woven hand
The Band
Espers
Fairport Convention
Harmonium

Funk Rock
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Primus
Jane's Addiction
Incubus

Fusion
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Return to Forever
Weather Report
Al Dimeola
chick corea
Miles Davis (certain albums)
Allan Holdsworth
Soft Machine
Dixie Dregs

Grunge
Nirvana
Alice In Chains
Stone Temple Pilots
Mudhoney
Pearl Jam
Green River
Screaming Trees
The Melvins
Soundgarden (1984?1997)

Hair Metal
Warrant
Aerosmith
Dokken
Ratt
Scorpions
Loudness

Hard Rock
AC/DC
Van Halen
The Who
Thin Lizzy
U.F.O.
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Wolfmother
Audioslave
Golden Earring
Blue Oyster Cult
Shinedown
The Doors
Deep Purple
Living Colour
Cheap Trick
Guns'n Roses

Indie
The Cult
Kaiser Chiefs
Franz Ferdinand
Razorlight
Death from Above 1979
Interpol
Modest Mouse
The New Pornographers
Neutral Milk Hotel
Pavement
The Shin
The Strokes
Ted Leo
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Arctic Monkeys
The Kooks
Kasabian
Snow Patrol
The White Stripes
Tom Waits
Arcade Fire
Art Brut
Band of Horses
Brazilian Girls
Built To Spill
CYHSY
Cursive
Camera Obscura
Cat Power
CSS
Guillemots
The Hold Steady
Sufjan Stevens
Yo La Tengo
Death Cab For Cutie
Bloc Party
Better than Ezra
Silversun Pickups
Stars
Pavement

Industrial
Nine Inch Nails
Fear Factory
Manson
Celldweller

Instrumental Rock
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
John Petrucci
Buckethead
Dick Dale

Latin Rock
Santana
The Tribe of Gypsies

Mathcore
Psyopus
August Burns Red
The Human Abstract
Between The Buried and Me
Dillinger Escape Plan

Metalcore/New Wave of American Heavy Metal
Shadows Fall
Caliban
All That Remains
Lamb of God
The Black Dahlia Murder
Trivium
Avenged Sevenfold

Noise Rock
Boredoms
Lightning Bolt
Polysics
Melt-Banana
Boris

New Wave/Post Punk/Classic Alternative
Oingo Boingo
Elvis Costello
Duran Duran
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
The Police
XTC
New Order
Talking Heads
The Boomtown Rats
Big Country
INXS
The Cure
R.E.M.
The Smiths
Split Enz
The Squeeze
Modern English
Dukes of the Stratosphear (XTC, but their music is a different style)

New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Def Leppard
Blitzkrieg
Angel Witch
Praying Mantis
Samson
Saxon
Urchin
Girlschool
Diamond Head

Power Metal
Dragonforce
Symphony X
Rhapsody Of Fire
Hammerfall
Blind Guardian
Nightwish

Pop-Rock
T.Rex
U2
Elton John
Asian Kung Fu Generation
Ok Go
Weezer
Rooney
Pilot

Post-Metal
Isis
Giant Squid
Neurosis
Cult of Luna
Pelican

Progressive Metal
Dream Theater
Opeth
Strapping Young Lad (Very hard to place in a genre, almost in its own)
Mastodon
Stratovarius
Protest The Hero
Gojira
Akercocke
Meshuggah

Progressive Rock
Rush
Pink Floyd
King Crimson
Yes
Jethro Tull
Tool
Oceansize
L'Arc~en~Ciel
Kansas
Procol Harum
Moody Blues
Genesis
anekdoten
anglagard
areknames
camel
caravan
Egg
Gentle Giant
Liquid Scarlett

Punk
Sex Pistols
The Clash
The Ramones
The Stooges
The Thermals
The Buzzcocks
The Jam
Wire
Anti-flag
NOFX
Be Your Own Pet
999
Buzzcocks
Descendents
Eddie & The Hot Rods
New York Dolls
The Replacements
Undertones
X-Ray Spex

Rockabilly/Early Rock and Roll
Elvis Presley
The Stray Cats
The Reverend Horton Heat
Unknown Hinson
Buddy Holly And The Crickets
Chuck Berry
Bobby Fuller
Flat Duo Jets
HorrorPops
The Living End

Shock Rock/Glam Rock
Alice Cooper
David Bowie
Mott The Hoople
Motley Crue
KISS
The Darkness
T. Rex.

Shoegazer
Autolux
Catherine Wheel
Jesus and the Mary Chain
Mogwai
My Bloody Valentine
Sigur Ros
Swervedriver
Slowdive


Ska
Madness
Reel Big Fish
Streetlight Manifesto
Desmond Dekker
Sublime
Rancid
Catch 22
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Goldfinger
The Aquabats
The Impossibles
Less Than Jake
Operation Ivy
The Specials
The Selecter

Traditional/Classic Metal
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne
Black Label Society
Dio
Rob Halford
Bruce Dickinson

Speed Metal
Sex Machineguns
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Helloween

Black metal
Emperor
Dissection
Dimmu Borgir
Mayhem
Burzum
Satyricon
Reaper
Cradle of Filth
Enslaved
Mithotyn
Summoning
Opthalamia
Primordial
Naglfar
Bal-Sagoth
Immortal

Thrash Metal
Megadeth
Slayer
Metallica
Anthrax
Venom
Pantera
GWAR
Obliveon
The Chasm
Coroner
King Diamond

Melodic Death Metal
In Flames
At The Gates
Norther
Kalmah
Dark Tranquillity
Wintersun
Amon Amarth
Children of Bodom

Death metal
Bolt Thrower
Morbid Angel
Death
Behemoth
Nile
Sepultra
Cannibal Corpse
Necrophagist
Blood Red Throne
Suffocation
Psycroptic
Deeds of Flesh
Gorguts

Doom Metal
My Dying Bride
Candlemass
Paradise Lost
Boris

Hardcore Punk
The Blood Brothers
Black Flag
Minor Threat
Dead Kennedys
Snapcase
Refused
Shai Hulud
Bad Brains

Visual Kei (visual style)
X Japan
Dir En Gray
Malice Mizer

[Coldplayer]

Actually, what is this list for?

Anyway, I miss the bands of my sig.

The Cure (probably New Wave or something), Bloc Party, Placebo (both Alternative, I guess) and Stars and Death Cab For Cute (both either Alternative or Indie...).
Oh, and even Angels & Airwaves (Alternative) and blink-182 (eh..punk?)

[Eman311]

311

alternative or rap/rock

[Rev0lver]

i'm not exactly sure where i would place it, but i've never seen protest the hero in the same list with lamb of god and black dahlia murder. they're not metalcore.

edit: wtf NIN in alternative??? make an industrial/industrial metal section with them, fear factory, manson, celldweller, etc

also, maybe a mathcore section, with bands like Psyopus, August Burns Red, The Human Abstract, Between The Buried and Me, etc.

[ObsceneReality]

You sure got rid of the jazz section fast, hahahahahaha.

[GrayInvisible]

Updated

Keep the suggestions, and corrections coming.

Also, if you can, put it in a list like

Genre
band
band
band

it's easier to copy.

EDIT:


You sure got rid of the jazz section fast, hahahahahaha.

OOps I did? I don't remember deleting it. I deleted Nu metal.

[MrGrieves]

ok I added a few bands I want to see:

Indie
Arcade Fire
Art Brut
Band of Horses
Brazilian Girls
Built To Spill
CYHSY
Cursive
Camera Obscura
Cat Power
CSS
Guillemots
The Hold Steady
Sufjan Stevens
Yo La Tengo

Post Metal
Neurosis

Shoegazer
Autolux
Catherine Wheel
Jesus and the Mary Chain
Mogwai
My Bloody Valentine
Sigur Ros

btw The Mars Volta its not a jam band

[Desensitized]

Punk
Sex Pistols
The Clash
The Ramones
The Stooges
The Thermals
The Buzzcocks
The Jam
Wire
Anti-flag
NOFX
Be Your Own Pet
999
Buzzcocks
Descendents
Eddie & The Hot Rods
New York Dolls
The Replacements
Undertones
X-Ray Spex

Rockabilly/Early Rock and Roll
Elvis Presley
The Stray Cats
The Reverend Horton Heat
Unknown Hinson
Buddy Holly And The Crickets
Chuck Berry
Bobby Fuller
Flat Duo Jets
HorrorPops
The Living End


Ska
Madness
Reel Big Fish
Streetlight Manifesto
Desmond Dekker
Sublime
Rancid
Catch 22
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Aquabats
The Impossibles
Less Than Jake
Operation Ivy
The Specials
The Selecter

Shoegazer
Autolux
Catherine Wheel
Jesus and the Mary Chain
Mogwai
My Bloody Valentine
Sigur Ros
Swervedriver
Slowdive

Edit: Also, add Redd Kross to alternative.

Additions in bold.

[Rock_Starman]

We need some reggae mon! Jammin by Bob Marley would be nice for the game or No Woman No Cry. :cool:

[gmoneyrecker]

If people aren't sick of that "typical" song by mutemath, that song is rocking. Or should it be saved in case of a keytar hero? hah. I guess they would be under alternative.

And british beef is a good pop punk band that isnt too widely known, a song like "without me"

But i think that ska and reggae bands like sublime, pepper, 311 and slightly stoopid should def have representation in this game

[Coldplayer]

Updated.

Ah? I don't see any of the bands I suggested on your list. :(

[GrayInvisible]

Ah? I don't see any of the bands I suggested on your list. :(

I added the cure. I'll add the others soon. Look at New Wave/Post Punk.

Also, mars volta is experimental. Thats why they are in that list.

[Monsterpoptart]

put some pantera in and i'll be a happy camper. and i dont really think children of bodom is power metal...

[Rev0lver]

i still don't see why PTH is under Metalcore, they're more of progressive metal. and definitely not New Wave of American Heavy Metal. they're canadian :P

[GrayInvisible]

i still don't see why PTH is under Metalcore, they're more of progressive metal. and definitely not New Wave of American Heavy Metal. they're canadian :P


I'll get on it.

[WingsOfSteel]

You should bold/italicize/underline/do something to the genre headers to make them stand out from the lists of bands.

[GrayInvisible]

You should bold/italicize/underline/do something to the genre headers to make them stand out from the lists of bands.


Yeah, I was planning on that. I keep forgetting though. Might as well do it now.

[ObsceneReality]

Well, originally it just said jazz with nothing under it :D I was going through the jazz'ists' that I listen to today and realized there is almost nothing with vocals. Shame, really.

I dig the variety in your lists. I've been digging Silversun Pickups and Better than Ezra(even more than usual) lately so I'd throw them in, but that's just me. I would also take the time to add some grindcore/goregrind, but it's a lost cause so I won't bother ;)

[GrayInvisible]

Well, originally it just said jazz with nothing under it :D I was going through the jazz'ists' that I listen to today and realized there is almost nothing with vocals. Shame, really.

I dig the variety in your lists. I've been digging Silversun Pickups and Better than Ezra(even more than usual) lately so I'd throw them in, but that's just me. I would also take the time to add some grindcore/goregrind, but it's a lost cause so I won't bother ;)


This isn't really mine. It's everyone's who posted and suggested. I add some songs I like, and manage it. But thanks anyway. Better than ezra and silversun are what genre?

[ObsceneReality]

You could throw them under either indie or rock, it's basically your choice. I would say indie is a slightly more accurate representation. If you have classic rock and Sweet isn't on there I'd add that spectacular band too :)

[Desensitized]

You forgot to add the second half of my additions.

Also add Pavement to Indie and Stone Roses to Brit-pop, please. :)

[Coldplayer]

Thanks for adding my suggestions.

But you've written Death Cab For Cute instead of Death Cab For Cutie. ;)

Oh, and you could still add Stars to Indie.

[GrayInvisible]

Updated. Fixed a few things too, and added a Classic Rock section for general rock from the 65-80s time period that doesn't fit anywhere else.

[Ardius]

Ha, cool you continued my thread. Btw, the original point for it was a reference for people to go look at when making setlists so that they could give a balanced and more varied setlist, as I noticed loads of people on the guitar hero forums used to always ask for suggestions to their setlists and always ended up with setlists that were one genre only.

I also made the original list to place some kind of order on which bands go where concerning genres, as a lot of people have no clue that half the bands most people think are metal are most likely metalcore, which is only related to metal in name. (its really heavy punk). Or they think some random rock band should be considered hard rock or something.

GrayInvisible, be careful to research people suggestions, as they tend to try and complain about genres and artists when there really is no argument/or the artist can be considered multiple genres.
Also, for your metal queries: www.metal-archives.com
Try not to use wikipedia too much as well for research, it tends to be unreliable, as you should know.

Theres also some people who dont READ THE LIST and continue to ask for bands they couldnt be bothered to find on the list/or are in a place they wouldnt expect them to be. So, dont feel bad if they accuse you of ignoring them, they are the ignorant ones for not reading properly.

Good luck trying to keep up with updates and ranty people! :rolleyes:
Oh, and Im glad you and other people think my original list was so good, really appreciate the appreciation!

[GrayInvisible]

Ha, cool you continued my thread. Btw, the original point for it was a reference for people to go look at when making setlists so that they could give a balanced and more varied setlist, as I noticed loads of people on the guitar hero forums used to always ask for suggestions to their setlists and always ended up with setlists that were one genre only.

I also made the original list to place some kind of order on which bands go where concerning genres, as a lot of people have no clue that half the bands most people think are metal are most likely metalcore, which is only related to metal in name. (its really heavy punk). Or they think some random rock band should be considered hard rock or something.

GrayInvisible, be careful to research people suggestions, as they tend to try and complain about genres and artists when there really is no argument/or the artist can be considered multiple genres.
Also, for your metal queries: www.metal-archives.com
Try not to use wikipedia too much as well for research, it tends to be unreliable, as you should know.

Theres also some people who dont READ THE LIST and continue to ask for bands they couldnt be bothered to find on the list/or are in a place they wouldnt expect them to be. So, dont feel bad if they accuse you of ignoring them, they are the ignorant ones for not reading properly.

Good luck trying to keep up with updates and ranty people! :rolleyes:
Oh, and Im glad you and other people think my original list was so good, really appreciate the appreciation!

Glad you're back. Yeah, I moved a few questionable entries, but I'm not too well versed in metal. I use wikipedia as a source. I'll check out that site. What's as as the metal subgenres is the the onslaught of Alternative and Indie bands. There are so many.

[Milkman]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE LET US DOWNLOAD TRACKS FROM THESE BANDS

ALTERNATIVE

311
Rage Against The Machine
Foo Fighters
The Verve
A Perfect Circle


BLUES ROCK

ZZ Top
Stevie Ray Vaughan
John Mayer


BRIT POP

Oasis
Blur


COMEDY ROCK

Tenacious D
Spinal Tap
Weird Al


SOUTHERN ROCK

Eagles
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Allman Brothers Band


CLASSIC ROCK

The Beatles
Queen
Rolling Stones


FOLK METAL

Bob Dylan
America
Simon and Garfunkel
The Byrds


FUNK ROCK
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Primus
Jane's Addiction
Incubus
The Meters


GRUNGE

Nirvana
Stone Temple Pilots
Pearl Jam


HAIR METAL

Warrant
Aerosmith
Dokken
Ratt
Scorpions


HARD ROCK

AC/DC
Van Halen
The Who
Thin Lizzy
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Blue Oyster Cult
The Doors
Deep Purple
Guns'n Roses


INDIE

The Cult
The White Stripes


INDUSTRIAL

Nine Inch Nails


INSTRUMENTAL

Dick Dale


NEW WAVE PUNK

Duran Duran
The Cure


NEW WAVE BRITISH METAL

Iron Maiden
Def Leppard


PROGRESSIVE ROCK

Rush
Pink Floyd
Jethro Tull
Kansas


PUNK

The Clash
The Ramones


SKA

Reel Big Fish
Sublime
Slightly Stoopid


CLASSIC METAL

Judas Priest
Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne

[Milkman]

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[Rev0lver]

FOLK METAL

Bob Dylan
America
Simon and Garfunkel
The Byrds



FOLK METAL???????

[WingsOfSteel]

BLOWING IN THE WIIIIIIIIND, MOTHERF^&KERS!!!!!!!!! http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-black101.gif

[GrayInvisible]

I'm starting to add dates to the bands.

[KillerIsMe]

BLOWING IN THE WIIIIIIIIND, MOTHERF^&KERS!!!!!!!!! http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-black101.gif

That made me lol so hard xD

[battle_axe_of_doom]

ok let me help with some things. now if i delete a band its cuz i don't like em or don't know em and i'm merely using your list as a starter and also so that i won't repeat certain bands.

Alternative
Muse (1997 ? present)
Dinosaur Jr. (1984-1997, 2005-present)
Radiohead (1991?present)
Dredg (1996-present) DREDG IS A MUST
A Perfect Circle (1999?2006)
The Pixies (1985?1993, 2004?present)
meh alternative is such a ****ty genre name so i'll just leave this and add "alt" bands to other genres


Blues
Muddy Waters (1941 ? 1983)
Johnny Winter
BB King
Chicken Shack

Blues Rock
ZZ Top
Status Quo
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Cream
Fleetwood Mac
Eric Clapton
John Mayer
The Yardbirds
Foghat
The Animals


Comedy Rock/Fictional bands
Tenacious D
Spinal Tap
Flight of the Conchords
Weird Al

Country/Southern Rock
Eagles
The Allman Brothers Band
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Willie Nelson

Classic Rock (from 65 - 80s, and doesn't fit well in other genres/was just rock at that time)
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Toto
The Kinks
The Beatles
Queen
Rolling Stones
The Who
Elton John
too many to mention

Experimental Rock/Jam band
The Mars Volta
Phish
Colonel Claypools Bucket Of Bernie Brains
Oysterhead
The Rapture
Mr. Bungle
Frank Zappa

Folk Rock
Bob Dylan
America
The Highwaymen
Sondre Lerche
Donovan
Simon and Garfunkel
The Byrds
van morrison
16 horsepower/woven hand
the band
espers
fairport convention
harmonium


Funk Rock
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Primus
Jane?s Addiction
Incubus

Fusion
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Return to Forever
Weather Report
Al Di meola
chick corea
miles davis (certain albums)
allan holdsworth
soft machine
dixie dregs


Grunge
Alice In Chains
Stone Temple Pilots
Screaming Trees
The Melvins
Soundgarden (1984?1997)

Hard Rock
Van Halen
Thin Lizzy
U.F.O.
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Golden Earring
Blue Oyster Cult
The Doors
Deep Purple

Indie
Interpol
The Shins
The Strokes
Arctic Monkeys
Arcade Fire
Cursive
blonde redhead
Cat Power
Sufjan Stevens
Bloc Party


Instrumental Rock
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
John Petrucci
Buckethead

Latin Rock
Santana

Mathcore
dillinger escape plan
Between The Buried and Me


Noise Rock
boris

New Wave/Post Punk
Oingo Boingo
Elvis Costello
The Police
Talking Heads
R.E.M.

New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Iron Maiden
Saxon
Diamond Head


Post-Metal
Isis
Giant Squid
Cult Of Luna
Pelican

Progressive Metal
Opeth
Strapping Young Lad (Very hard to place in a genre, almost in its own)
Mastodon
Protest The Hero
gojira
akercocke
meshuggah (not really progressive but i hate the term "technical metal")

Progressive Rock
Rush
Pink Floyd
King Crimson
Yes
Jethro Tull
Tool
Oceansize
L'Arc~en~Ciel
Kansas
Procol Harum
Moody Blues
anekdoten
anglagard
areknames
camel
caravan
egg
genesis
gentle giant
liquid scarlett

Shock Rock/Glam Rock
Alice Cooper
David Bowie
T.Rex

post rock
mogwai
Sigur Ros
explosions in the sky
god is an astronaut
65daysofstatic
magyar posse
russian circles


Traditional/Classic Metal
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne
Dio


Black metal
Emperor
Dissection
Mayhem
Burzum
Satyricon
Enslaved
Summoning
Opthalamia
Naglfar
Immortal
abigor
bathory
borknagar (early bork)
darkthrone
deathspell omega
keep of kalesin
leviathan
xasthur
masters hammer
shining
SIGH

Thrash Metal
Megadeth
Slayer
Metallica
Anthrax
Pantera
Coroner
sodom

Melodic Death Metal
In Flames (early)

Death metal
Bolt Thrower
Morbid Angel
Death
Cannibal Corpse (early)
Necrophagist
Suffocation
Gorguts
benediction
carcass
decapitated
deicide
dismembered
edge of sanity
entombed
vital remains
etc

stoner/Doom Metal
My Dying Bride
Candlemass
Paradise Lost
electric wizard
kyuss
qotsa
high on fire
sleep
colour haze
monkey3
orange goblin
stinking lizaveta
reverend bizarre
YOB

[Desensitized]

Teenage Fanclub - Brit-pop
Dodgy - Brit-pop
Mr. T Experience - Punk Rock
Screeching Weasel - Punk rock

Fishbone is a hard band to decipher, as they essentially play a bunch of genres, so maybe Alternative would make the most sense.

[xenopherus]

No Lamb of God?? How dare you!!

[battle_axe_of_doom]

if u are referring to me : how dare you for liking log!!!!!!

if u aren't : thats my additions to the list with stuff that i do know, and i deleted those that i hated or didn't know about. with that said he can keep the ones i deleted on his original list i was merely making mine and helping him broaden out some his lists like blues which is SERIOUSLY lacking in muzak

[GrayInvisible]

Updated with the suggestions. Should I make a classic alternative section to split the alternative section?

[Mordaa]

Not at all sure about the placement of a LOT of those bands (and there being a post-metal section but no post-rock section). Whatever, largely irrelevant.

I'd also like to see Russian Circles (post-metal), Skyclad (folk metal), Robert Johnson (blues), Pure Reason Revolution (prog/indie), The Cramps or The Meteors (not both, both are psychobilly), Slint (post-rock), Bloodbath (death metal) and Supertramp (prog). Though the latter's a bit hard to implement. There's more I'd like to see (27 and American Watercolor Movement come to mind) but I'd like to remain even remotely within the realms of feasibility. Also Gogol Bordello would be cool but probably impossible to implement.

Anyway, I'd like to see:

Alternative
Muse
The Verve
Radiohead

Blues
Muddy Waters (1941 - 1983)
Johnny Cash (1955 - 2003)
BB King

Blues Rock
The Animals

Brit Pop
Oasis
Blur

Comedy Rock/Fictional bands
Tenacious D
Spinal Tap
Dethklok
Weird Al

Country/Southern Rock
Eagles
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Allman Brothers Band

Classic Rock (from 65 - 80s, and doesn't fit well in other genres/was just rock at that time)
Electric Light Orchestra
Toto
The Kinks
The Beatles
Queen
Rolling Stones
The Who

Experimental Rock/Jam band [some dicky ones in here]
Phish
Mr. Bungle
Frank Zappa

Folk Metal
Finntroll
Cruachan

Folk Rock
Bob Dylan
America
Donovan
Simon and Garfunkel
Fairport Convention
Harmonium (could also fit in prog)

Funk Rock
Primus

Fusion
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Return to Forever
Weather Report
Al Dimeola
chick corea
Miles Davis (certain albums)

Grunge
Nirvana
The Melvins
Soundgarden

Hard Rock
AC/DC
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin (I'd say they're more blues rock, but eh.)
Wolfmother
Deep Purple

Indie
Kaiser Chiefs (FIRST ALBUM ONLY)
Franz Ferdinand (FIRST ALBUM ONLY)
Interpol
The New Pornographers
Neutral Milk Hotel
Ted Leo
Arcade Fire (!!!)
Cursive
Cat Power
CSS (not sure about this placing)
Sufjan Stevens
Stars

Instrumental Rock
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
John Petrucci
Buckethead
Dick Dale

Latin Rock
Santana

Metalcore/New Wave of American Heavy Metal
Lamb of God

Noise Rock
Lightning Bolt
Melt-Banana

New Wave/Post Punk/Classic Alternative
Elvis Costello (!!!)
Talking Heads (!!!)
The Smiths

New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Iron Maiden
Motorhead

Power Metal
Dragonforce
Rhapsody Of Fire
Nightwish

Post-Metal
Isis

Progressive Metal
Opeth (!!! - I like prog metal but it's the only one I'd really love to see)

Progressive Rock
King Crimson (!!!!!!!!!! - YES!)
Yes
Jethro Tull
Kansas
Procol Harum
anglagard
Gentle Giant

Rockabilly/Early Rock and Roll
Elvis Presley
The Reverend Horton Heat
Chuck Berry

Shock Rock/Glam Rock
David Bowie
KISS
T. Rex.

Shoegazer
My Bloody Valentine
Sigur Ros (not really shoegaze but nevertheless - YES!)

Ska
Madness
Streetlight Manifesto
Desmond Dekker
Catch 22
Goldfinger
The Aquabats
The Specials
The Selecter

Traditional/Classic Metal [quite a lot of this should probably be in classic heavy metal]
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath (!!!)
Dio
Bruce Dickinson

Speed Metal
Sex Machineguns (!!!)

Melodic Death Metal
Dark Tranquillity
Wintersun (definitely would not place them as melo-death but YES!)

Death metal
Death

Hardcore Punk
The Blood Brothers
Dead Kennedys (!!!)
Bad Brains

Visual Kei (visual style)
X Japan
Dir En Gray