long list of bands/artists who are relatively popular to be added here
65daysofstatic (post rock/metal)
Agalloch (neo-folk/black metal)
Alice in Chains (grunge/doom metal)
Amon Amarth (melodic death metal)
Amorphis (melodic death metal)
Anathema (doom metal (early), moody sounding rock I guess (now)
Anti-Nowhere League (old-school punk)
Aphex Twin (electronica)
Apples in Stereo (psychedelic/electronica/indie)
Arch Enemy (melodic death metal)
At the Gates (melodic death metal)
Ayreon (progressive metal/rock opera)
Bathory (black metal/viking metal)
Bauhaus (goth rock/post punk)
Big Black (punk I guess)
Bigelf (psychedelic/metal)
Billy Joel (old pop)
Black Flag (hardcore punk)
Black Sabbath (doom metal)
Blind Guardian (power metal)
Bloodbath (death metal)
Blue Oyster Cult (classic rock?)
Boards of Canada (electroncia/ambient0
Bob Dylan (American folk)
Bonnie Prince Billy (indie/singer with acoustic guitar)
Boris (experimental sludge metal)
Borknagar (post metal)
Brian Eno (ambient)
British Sea Power (indie rock)
Camel (psychedelic/progressive rock)
Candlemass (doom metal)
Cap'n Jazz (indie)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (experimental blues)
Carcass (melodic death metal)
Carpathian Forest (black metal)
Cathedral (doom metal)
Celtic Frost (thrash/doom/experimental metal)
Charles Mingus (jazz)
Charlie Parker (jazz)
Clutch (blues metal)
Corrosion of Conformity (punk/doom metal I think)
Cradle of Filth (early: symphonic black metal, later: metal people will make fun of you for listening to)
Creedence Clearwater Revival (classic rock/awesome)
