In no particular order:

1. The Beatles

2. The Who

3. Linkin Park

4. The Kinks

5. The Rolling Stones

6. John Lennon

7. Joe Cocker

8. Talk Talk

9. Billy Mack

10. AC/DC

11. Billy Idol

12. Black Sabbath

13. Deep Purple

14. Johnny Cash

15. Led Zeppelin

16. Pink Floyd

17. Creedence Clearwater Revival (C.C.R.) I'M A HUGE FAN!

18. Lynyrd Skynyrd

19. R.E.M.

20. The Stranglers

21. Dire Straits

22. Mark Knopfler

23. Bee Gees

24. The Eagles

25. Bob Dylan

26. Puccini

27. Beethoven

28. Jennifer Warnes

29. Starship

30. Bobby Fuller

That should be about it.

In no paticular order either:

1. Marilyn Manson

2. Linkin Park

3. Slipknot

4. Korn

5. Avenged Sevenfold

6. Fever Ray

7. Soap & Skin

8. Cocorosie

9. Celldweller

10. Callie Moore

11. Emelie Autumn

12. Rasputina

13. J'Lostein

14. Black Veil Brides

15. Malice in Wonderland

16. Deathstars

17. November Blessing

18. Trading yesterday

19. I am Ghost

20. The Used

21. Pineapple Theif

22. Get Scared

23. Florence and the Machine

24. Elvenking

25. Parry Gripp

26.Lacuna Coil

And so much more, but I would be here all day lol.

Don't know if anyone'd know most of this list, but (in no particular order):

Most favorite of all: James Newton Howard


Alan Silvestri (he's starting to get repetitive, but I still like him)

Hans Zimmer (absolutely HATE him as a theme writer since his work is incredibly recycled or outright plagiarized from himself, but as a composer, I love him)

James Horner (Feel the same hatred for him as I do Zimmer, only multiplied by 3... but as a composer, I love him; his older work is overall much better)

Alexandre Desplat

John Powell

Brian Tyler

John Williams (His music is completely recognizable in all settings from constant use of the same orchestral techniques and instruments, which makes me much less respecting of his work, and his themes are starting to get VERY recycled, but as a composer, I love him)

Thomas Newman (Again, very recognizable, but it seems like no matter how many times he uses the same technique, it works as a theme)

Danny Elfman (Only love his themes; his composing is so-so to me, and his techniques are very tiresome after hearing them a million times)

John Debney

Alan Menken

Elmer Bernstein

Klaus Badelt (Very recognizable Media Ventures offspring, but nevertheless a very excellent theme writer)

Johann Sebastian Bach (Too musically subdued IMO, but the greatest master of counterpoint that has ever lived)

Frédéric Chopin

Franz Liszt

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Copied himself a bit, but nevertheless excellent)

George Gershwin

Benjamin Britten

Aaron Copland



...and probably the only two contemporary artists I like: Kenny G and Yiànnis Hrysomàllis (Yanni).

i'm only listing individuals, not bands. if i included bands it would just be a list of metal bands and i doubt some of you want to read through that.

-2 Pac
-Alicia Keys
-BB King
-Bob Marley
-Dr. Dre
-Eminem
-Ice Cube
-James Horner (simply because he composed the greatest movie score ever)
-Jimi Hendrix
-Norah Jones
-Paul Collier
-Roger Troutman
-Snoop Dogg (new songs suck)
-Talib Kweli
-The Game

Numbers 1 and 2 for sure:

-The Who (plus a lot of Pete Townshend's solo work)
-Syd Barrett (my answer to the question "Which one's Pink?")

And then in alphabetical order:
-Copland, Aaron
-Hawkwind
-Joy Division
-MC5
-Neutral Milk Hotel
-Pink Floyd
-and a whole bunch of others

I used to have a radio show on my college's station where I'd play a lot of R&B-influenced British bands, '60s garage and psychedelic rock, very early punk, and whatever current releases that seemed to fit in. Sometimes some (northern) soul well. It was great fun and I loved spinning that music, but it's been awhile since I did that. These days I find myself listening to a lot of classical music and soundtracks.

This. THIS. THIS.

But then again, orchestral music is pretty much the only music I listen to.

There are more, but these are the main ones I listen to. The begining of the list is kind of in order, but the list as a whole isn't quite in order though.

- Bone Thug N Harmony
- Spice 1
- Crucial Conflict
- Mystikal
- Brotha Lynch Hung
- Kid Cudi
- Tech N9ne
- Tommy Wright III
- Black Eyed Peas
- Prince
- Alicia Keys
- Do Or Die
- Eazy-E
- Dru Down
- Gangsta Pat
- II Tru
- Graveyard Shift
- Poetic Hustla'z
- Lil Boosie
- Three 6 Mafia
- Litefoot
- Michael Jackson
- Tupac

Is it bad that the only one I've heard of in this list is Michael Jackson?

The only thing which I am certain on is...



are, and will ever be my all time favorite band

And besides that... here we go...

In alphabetic order:

-3 Inches of Blood

-Alestorm

-Amon Amarth

-Annihilator

-At the Gates

-Behemoth

-Cannibal Corpse

-Cryptopsy

-Dark Funeral

-Death

-Death Angel

-Deicide

-Destruction

-Eluveitie

-Ensiferum

-Evile

-Exodus

-Finntroll

-F.K.Ü.

-Hatebreed

-Hate Eternal

-The Haunted

-Hypocrisy

-Immaculate

-Immolation

-Immortal

-Judas Priest

-Korpiklaani

-Kreator

-Lamb of God

-Legion of the Damned

-Megadeth

-Merciless

-Meshuggah

-Munical Waste

-Nile

-Origin

-Overkill

-Pantera

-Rage

-Sepultura

-Slayer

-Slipknot

-Snot

-Sodom

-Soulfly

-Swashbuckle

-System of a Down

-Tenacious D

-Testament

-Turisas

-Vader

-Warbringer

-Watain

- + future bands to come. It's a big world.

Did I score full pot?

Haha, no it's fine.
Some are/were some pretty big names though.

These are the main artists I listen to, but I listen to loadsa stuff...this is in no particular order:

- Muse
- The Beatles
- Mumford & Sons
- Bloc Party
- The Kills
- Kasabian
- Yeasayer
- The Blow
- The Cribs
- Architecture In Helsinki
- Scissor Sisters
- David Bowie
- Tilly & The Wall
- Maxïmo Park
- Florence + The Machine
- The White Stripes
- Late Of The Pier
- We Are Scientists
- Air
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Marina & The Diamonds
- MGMT
- Hurts
- Be Your Own Pet
- Death Cab For Cutie
- Miracle Fortress
- Regina Spektor
- Chase & Status
- Robots In Disguise
- Klaxons

bone thugs n harmony would probably be bigger, with more albums, if one of them didn't threaten his neighbour with an ak47 and didn't go to jail

Are we limited to 30?

OK then.
In no particular order (alphabetical for the most part because I went through my music folder):
1. Amon Amarth
2. Behemoth
3. Blind Guardian
4. Cannibal Corpse
5. Coldworld
6. Dethklok
7. DragonForce
8. Dream Evil
9. Einherjer
10. Ensiferum
11. Equilibrium
12. Finntroll
13. Firewind
14. Helloween
15. Immortal
16. Iron Maiden
17. Korpiklaani
18. Kotipelto
19. Manowar
20. Opeth
21. Power Quest
22. Ride The Sky
23. Sabaton
24. Silent Force
25. Sirenia
26. Slayer
27. Teräsbetoni
28. Thaurorod
29. Throes Of Dawn
30. Turisas

Quite a few missing from there, but that's 30 and it gives a good picture of what I like, I think
I approve of loveAVATAR's list

I've only heard of 6, and one of those only through a single reference

Here's my top 10. (ofc I listen to many other tracks, but usually not more than 5 songs by each artist)

1. Shania Twain
2. Nightwish
3. Within Temptation
4. The Rasmus
5. Two Steps From Hell (even though it's not a band)
6. Eluveitie
7. Linkin Park
8. Leona Lewis
9. Avril Lavigne
10. Ewa Farna

I love Two Steps From Hell.