blues - BB King
classical - Mozart
country - Steve Earle
electronica - Tangerine Dream
folk - Clannad
guitar - guitar player? Hendrix
alternative/grunge - Fields Of The Nephilim
metal - Iron Maiden
pop - The Beatles
psychedelic - Hawkwind
punk - The Stooges
reggae - Burning Spear
rap - Public Enemy
rock - Black Sabbath

Lot's more genres though:

SOUL
JAZZ
PROGRESSIVE
AMBIENT etc etc

Ambient - Miners of Moria
Blues - John Lee Hooker
Classical - Shostakovich
Country - Joe Diffie
Electronica - Chemical Brothers
Guitar - John Frusciante / Joe Satriani
Jazz - Thelonious Monk
Pop - Michael Jackson
Rap - Wu-Tang Clan


Rock:
Alternative - Faith No More / At the Drive-In
Classic - Allman Brothers Band
Folk - Pentangle
Funk - RHCP
Goth/New Wave - Fields of the Nephilim
Grunge - Alice in Chains
Post - Jakob
Prog - Camel / King Crimson
Psychedelic - Fuzzy Duck
Punk - Husker Du


Metal:
Black - Ulver
Death - Opeth
Doom - Katatonia
Folk/Viking - Windir / Ensiferum
Heavy - Iron Maiden
Post - Isis
Power - Angra / Iced Earth
Prog - Spiral Architect
Thrash - Mekong Delta / Torture Squad

Emocore-Moss Icon
Indiemo-Bells on Trike
Chaotic Emo-Impetus Inter
Screamo-The Fiction
Post hardcore-Fugazi
Folk-Pete Seeger

blues - (don't listen to enough blues)
classical - Mozart, easily.
country - Waylon Jennings
electronica - Brian Eno
folk - (too hard)
guitar - John Petrucci
Death Metal - Opeth
Doom Metal - Agalloch
Black Metal - Windir
Most diverse metal band of our time - Ulver
Avant Garde - Mr. Bungle
Progressive rock/metal - King Crimson
Neoclassical - Dax Johnson (My favorite musician.)'

and I don't feel like typing anymore so there you go.

I'm going to do favorites since thats what everyone else is doing, (I hope). I took out the genres I didn't like or didn't have answers for.


Country: Townes Van Zandt
Folk: Pete Seeger
Pop: the Beach Boys
Punk: Jawbreaker
Reggae: Jimmy Cliff
Rap: A Tribe Called Quest
Rock: Modest Mouse
Emo: Kidcrash
Post-Rock: 65daysofstatic

Most of my favorite artists didn't fit in any of that, what exactly is alternative?

I just love all these sub genres. Reminds me of late 80's metal.

THRASH
SPEED
DEATH
DOOM

blah blah blah

The difference being that metal sucks and punk does not.

I think all the hardcore subsects aren't ridiculous. There's a clear difference.

Indiemo? :laughing:

Could anything sound more unappealing to me?

oh yeah mods cant have strong opinions. theyre supposed to be bland rule enforcers.