Rock 1950s-now: Beatles, Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, etc
Alternative ’80s and ’90s: Cure, Smiths, Depeche Mode, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, etc
Punk/Experimental/New Wave: Clash, X, Stranglers, The Jam, Patti Smith, Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, etc
Industrial: Nine Inch Nails, Front 242, Skinny Puppy, etc
Jazz: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, etc
Soul/R&B: James Brown, Funkadelic, Parliament, etc
Hip Hop/Rap: 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G., Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, etc
Blues: Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin’ Hopkins, B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, etc
Folk: Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, John Fahey, Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, Sandy Denny, etc
Bluegrass: David Grisman, Bill Monroe, Alison Krauss, Tony Rice, et
Classic Country: Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Patsy Cline, Bobbie Gentry, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, etc.