Dylan’s Music Guide

March 6, 2023

chill rock – The Sundays, Mazzy Star, Buckingham Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, Blind Melon, Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon, Twilight Singers, The Gutter Twins, The Cranberries, Portishead

alt rock – A Perfect Circle, The Afghan Whigs, The Waterboys, Grant Lee Buffalo, Meat Puppets, PJ Harvey, Sponge, The Stone Roses, Pixies, The Police, The Church, Bush, Gin Blossoms, Goo Goo Dolls, Radiohead

heavy rock – Jane’s Addiction, Faith No More, Nine Inch Nails, Deftones, Linkin Park, The Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, Fuel, Rage Against The Machine, Swervedriver, Flyleaf, Made Out Of Babies, Battle of Mice

songwriters – Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Kate Bush, Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith, Fiona Apple, John Martyn, Phil Collins, Sarah McLachlan, Björk, Tori Amos, Sophie B Hawkins

post-rock – Bark Psychosis, Talk Talk, Isis, Pelican, Kinski, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai, Cult Of Luna, Slint, Mono, toe, tricot, paranoid void, Dysrhythmia

classic prog rock – Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Casiopea, Soft Machine, Rush, The Who, Genesis, Yes

modern prog rock – Tool, The Mars Volta, Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Frost*, Children Of Nova

prog metal – Fates Warning, Dream Theater, Pain Of Salvation, Karnivool, Periphery, Tesseract, maudlin of the Well, Kayo Dot, Intronaut, Guapo

post-hardcore – At The Drive-In, Chiodos, Enter Shikari, Circa Survive, Saosin, Hail The Sun, Sleeping With Sirens, Sunny Day Real Estate, Sparta, Letlive., Motion City Soundtrack, Thursday, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Stolas, Sianvar, Dance Gavin Dance, Nova Charisma, Strawberry Girls

post-punk – The Cure, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Tones On Tail, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, Talking Heads, Swans, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Psi Com, Public Image Ltd, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Sonic Youth, Rhys Chatham, Glenn Branca, Devo, Pere Ubu, The Birthday Party, Psychedelic Furs

punk – The Offspring, Black Flag, Minor Threat, The Replacements, Wire, Ramones, The Clash, Coil, The Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, Bad Religion, Hüsker Dü, Rites Of Spring, Fugazi, Television, Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains

grunge – Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Temple Of The Dog, Alice In Chains, Mudhoney, Live, Collective Soul

sludge – Melvins, Godflesh, Neurosis, The Angelic Process, Codeine

blues – Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, Susan Tedeschi, Allman Brothers, BB King

experimental – Magma, Faust, Art Zoyd, Popol Vuh, Can, Nurse With Wound, Fantomas, Eider Stellaire, Ibliss, Golem, The Shaggs, Monks

electronica – Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, Venetian Snares, World's End Girlfriend, The Qemists

r&b – Sade, Aaliyah, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, SWV, TLC, En Vogue, Alicia Keys, Brian McKnight, Simply Red, Frank Ocean, Kelela, Keith Sweat

soul – Prince, Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell, Luther Vandross, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Earth Wind & Fire, Funkadelic, Curtis Mayfield, The Supremes, The Temptations, Isley Brothers, Bill Withers, Al Green, Prince, Anita Baker, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Gap Band

jazz – Amy Winehouse, John Coltrane, Don Ellis, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Ryo Fukui

classical – Alexander Scriabin, Toru Takemitsu, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Bela Bartok, Franz Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Chopin, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, La Monte Young, Wendy Carlos



Japanese
ambient – Midori Takada, Takashi Kokubo, Satoshi Ashikawa, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Satoshi Shibano, Motohiko Tamase, Tomoyuki Asukawa

funk – Minako Yoshida, Taeko Ohnuki, Osamu Kitajima, Takako Mamiya, Miki Matsubara, Mai Yamane, Mariya Takeuchi, Tatsuro Yamashita, Kimoko Kasai, Kikuchi Momoko

j-pop – Utada Hikaru, Ayumi Hamasaki, Tsukiko Amano, Do As Infinity, boa, Dream, Ringo Shiina, Namie Amano, Gackt, Crystal Key, Dreams Come True

folk – Hajime Chitose, Hako Yamasaki, Yoshiko Sai, Meiko Kaji, Junko Yusume



Hip-Hop
OG hip-hop: Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J, Rakim, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Naughty by Nature, Run-DMC, KRS-One, Grandmaster Flash

Freestyle hip-hop: Eyedea, Supernatural, Immortal Technique, Iron Solomon, Cassidy, Aesop Rock, El-P, Slug, Jin, Thesaurus, Dizaster

Southern hip-hop: Outkast, Goodie Mob, Geto Boys, Scarface, Willie D, Big Mike, UGK, Pimp C, Bun B, Slim Thug, Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Three 6 Mafia, 8Ball & MJG

East coast hip-hop: Biggie Smalls, Nas, Mobb Deep, DMX, Missy Elliott, Timbaland & Magoo, Wu Tang Clan, Big Pun, Fat Joe, Lord Finesse, Big L, Percee P, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Heather B, Gang Starr

West coast hip-hop: 2pac, Outlawz, Eazy-E, Cypress Hill, Yo-Yo, The Lady of Rage, Sylk-E. Fine, Kurupt, DJ Shadow, Warren G, Nipsey Hussle

Midwest hip-hop: J Dilla, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Do or Die, Twista, Lupe Fiasco, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez, Beanie Sigel, Eve, Tech N9ne

Modern hip-hop: The Roots, Gorillaz, Eminem, Childish Gambino, MF DOOM, Danny Brown, Run the Jewels, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, Kanye West, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Peep, Marlon Craft, XXXTENTACION



Organized by Instruments
guitarists – Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, David Gilmour, Robert Fripp, Jerry Cantrell, Dave Navarro, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Hedges, Edgar Fröese, Lindsey Buckingham, Syd Barrett, Kurt Cobain, Kim Thayil, Adam Jones, Aaron Turner, Eddie Hazel, Buzz Osbourne, Jim Matheos, Dick Dale, Carlos Santana, Rick McCollum, Allan Holdsworth, Jeff Beck

male singers – Perry Farrell, Maynard James Keenan, Chris Cornell, Michael Jackson, Chino Moreno, Chester Bennington, Layne Staley, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Mike Patton, Trent Reznor, Greg Dulli, Anthony Green, Craig Owens, Brett Scallions, Marvin Gaye, Brian McKnight, Donny Hathaway

female singers – Dolores O’Riordan, Harriet Wheeler, Stevie Nicks, Lisa Gerrard, Sinead O’Connor, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Amy Winehouse, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Janis Joplin, Sade, Aaliyah, Tammi Terrell, Susan Tedeschi, Kate Bush, Björk, Julie Christmas

drummers – Danny Carey, Billy Cobham, Josh Freese, Jon Theodore, Neil Peart, Mitch Mitchell, Donovan Melero, Zakir Hussain

pianists – Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Bud Powell, Ryo Fukui, Ray Manzarek, Chick Corea, Isaiah “Ikey” Owens, Stevie Wonder, Elton John

bassists – Jaco Pastorius, Justin Chancellor, Eric Avery, Juan Alderete

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