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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