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For exemplary [[Score and Music Tropes|Score And Soundtrack]], see [[Notable Original Music]].
<small>''HAHAHA GET IT? MUSIC? [[Incredibly Lame Pun|OF NOTE?]] [[Don't Explain the Joke|HAHAHA]]''</small>
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== Classical and Orchestral ==
* [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. Countless musicians of all genres, from his death in 1750 to the present day, have listed him among their influences.
** His [[Toccata and Fugue
* [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]. The Requiem. That is all.
* [[Ludwig Van Beethoven]], ESPECIALLY after he started going deaf. His Ninth Symphony, a magnificent composition by any account, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|was written while he was totally deaf]].
** From [[The Other Wiki]]: "Over time, his hearing loss became profound: there is a well-attested story that, at the end of the premiere of his Ninth Symphony, he had to be turned around to see the tumultuous applause of the audience; hearing nothing, he wept."
* [[Music/Hector Berlioz|Hector Berlioz]]'s ''Symphonie Fantastique'' was one of the first symphonies with an accompanying storyline and may have possibly invented the [[Leitmotif]].
* [[
* [[Two Words]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM ''Pachelbel's Canon'' (in D)]
** Should have taken a cue from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ these guys.]
* Sergei Rachmaninoff, especially his piano preludes and concertos. Just pick any of the movements from his piano concertos, and you have instant [[Crowning Music of Awesome]].
* [[John Williams]] has composed some of the most memorable film scores in the last 40 years, including ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[
* The name [[Jerry Goldsmith]] alone is noteworthy enough.
* Likewise, [[Hans Zimmer]]'s scores have proved themselves both amazing and timeless.
* ''Greensleeves.'' Very popular in productions based on the Robin Hood version of medieval England, as well as ''[[King's Quest]].''
* ''[[
* ''The Planets'' by [[Gustav Holst]] has formed the basis for much music composed following it.
* [[The Magnificent Seven|The Magnificent Seven theme]] by [[Elmer Bernstein]], the score that defined Western film scores for 20 years.
** Also, Elmer Bernstein's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t98LWNwUhI score for the film To Kill A Mockingbird] is still a timeless piece that modern composers emulate all the time.
* "[[
** [[
* [http://www.imeem.com/wiwiey/music/uHS50tCY/alfred-reed-russian-christmas-musicmp3 Russian Christmas Music] by Alfred Reed, notably the Cathedral Chorus at the end. There's a reason that this is one of the most-played wind ensemble pieces ever written.
* Phillip Glass, pretty awesome, don't care what people think about minimalism.
* [[Ennio Morricone]] One of the most prolific soundtrack composers ever, who's put music on everything from Spaghetti Westerns to Science Fiction, from prestige films to sleazy exploitation flicks. The quality of the movies may vary, but you can always count on a kickass soundtrack.
* Lalo Schifrin. [[Bullitt]]. [[Enter the Dragon|Enter The Dragon.]] [[Mission: Impossible|Mission: Impossible.]] So, yeah.
* [[Also Sprach Zarathustra]]
* The 1812 Overture, composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Ya gotta love a piece of music that was written specifically to be accompanied and punctuated by ''artillery fire''.
** Tchaikovsky is also the best-known ballet composer, including Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, and especially ''[[The Nutcracker (
* Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, successfully melding classical and jazz stylings.
* Samuel Barber, ''Adagio for Strings''. Try to sit through it and not get something in your
** There's a reason it was used for the opening, the closing, and the most poignant scene in ''[[Platoon]]''.
** His Piano, Violin, Cello, and "Capricorn" Concerti all deserve mention as well, as does his transcendent Piano Sonata and his three essays for orchestra.
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* Karlheinz Stockhausen ''was'' the 1960s in classical music. As one of the leaders of the Darmstadt School, he and Pierre Boulez were pioneers in both serial, aleatoric, and even spectral music, changing the classical music landscape for years to come.
* Iannis Xenakis. He studied under the famous architect Le Corbusier and then the famous composer Olivier Messiaen. He incorporated all kinds of mathematical ideas into his music. He once wrote a beautiful (if a bit harsh) piece called Metastasis, then proceeded to ''design a building'' based off of it. That building was the famous Philips Pavilion.
* Georges Bizet's ''Carmen,'' an opéra comique. Don't mistake it for a comedy
* Harry Partch, who almost single-handedly introduced just intonation <ref>tuning based upon pure mathematical frequency ratios</ref> into the dialogue of modern classical music. A massive influence on musicians like [[The Residents]].
* Christoper Tin's ''[[Calling All Dawns]]'', the leading piece of which--''[[Civilization|Baba Yetu]]''
== Rock and Pop ==
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* [[Buddy Holly]]: In a mere 18 months as a professional musician, he pioneered numerous new techniques in recording and in songcraft, changed the entire concept of what a rock star was supposed to look like, set the stage for rock music's redefinition in the 1960s, and, of course, rocked and rolled like nobody's business.
* [[Bo Diddley]]: Not often recognized for what he did. He was known as "the Originator" for being one of the first artists to start playing Rock & Roll. The Beatles cited him as a favorite, and Hendrix and Clapton were directly inspired by him. His most famous contribution was the "[[Bo Diddley Beat]]" that rock bands the world over still use.
* [[Dick Dale]] pretty much created the blueprint for
* [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]] redefined pop music with ''Rubber Soul'', ''Revolver'', ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'', ''The Beatles'' (commonly known as "The White Album") and ''Abbey Road''. They also redefined pop music with every single other album they released, just not as much. Also responsible for a unique fandom phenomenon: what other band has ever been so popular that they had to ''stop touring'' for fear of widespread riots?
** Not only is that not unique, but they weren't even the first to have riots at their shows. The first showing of Igor Stravinski's ''The Rite of Spring'' in 1913 actually incited a riot because of the music itself.
*** The difference is probably that most music-related riots tend to be because of fan disappointment, either due to a poor performance, or failing to show up, not zeal and joy. The Beatles could show up, do their thing very politely, and still have thousands of screaming fans going insane.
* [[The Rolling Stones]]: elevated the three-minute riff-oriented rock song to an art form. Threw blues and pop in a blender, and everyone knows what came out
* [[The Beach Boys]]: the Sixties' masters of memorable melody. ''Pet Sounds'', arguably the band's finest album, is a masterpiece of songwriting and production by Brian Wilson; they'd still be going strong today if Wilson hadn't suffered a massive [[Creator Breakdown]] while working on ''Smile''... and if manager Murry Wilson (father of the three Wilson brothers) hadn't created a massive tangle of royalty- and copyright-related red tape that took the judicial system twenty years to resolve.
* [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Madonna]]; the King and Queen of Pop respectively.
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* [[Led Zeppelin]], ''IV'': The album that set the foundation for modern rock and roll.
* [[The Who]], brought a rougher side to rock that hadn't been seen before and led to the punk genre, as well as influencing 70s rock greatly. Also famous for ''Tommy''; the first "rock opera". Their followup album, ''Who's Next'', was also influential for its use of synthesizers, which would become increasingly common in '70s rock.
* [[Neil Young]]. Pioneer of folk-rock, but also willing to experiment with different styles like hard rock, jazz and even grunge, and arguably one of the best acoustic guitarists alive. Lots of personal lyrics abound in his work.
* [[Pink Floyd]] didn't invent concept albums, but they proved to be masters of the form - most notably with ''The Dark Side Of The Moon'', ''Animals'', and ''The Wall''.
* [[Gogol Bordello]], [[X Meets Y|punk meets gypsy polka]]!
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* [[The Residents]]: Bought the 3rd digital sampler off the assembly line, and put pop, anonymity, utter strangeness, and a twisted sense of humor into a blender. Also helped fuel genres such as punk and industrial without even realizing it.
* [[Elvis Costello]], especially his catchier first few albums.
* [[David Bowie]]: Released definitive albums (or at least songs) in a vast variety of genres, including glam rock, ambient music, electronic music, industrial rock, heavy metal, and
* [[Brian Eno]]: glam rock figurehead, influential producer, inventor of ambient music, creator of Oblique Strategies... the list can go on longer.
* [[Talking Heads (
* [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] was one of the first bands to be called New Wave (a term invented by their record label to differentiate the group from the punk scene) and were also one of many bands to play at the now legendary CBGB club. "Heart Of Glass" was their breakthrough single, cashing in on the disco craze of the era, and "Rapture" was one of the first songs to introduce rap to a wider audience.
* Television were another group that came from CBGB's, and were probably the most technically talented group to have ever played there. Though they initially fronted by Richard Hell, they only achieved recognition under the leadership of Tom Verlaine a few years later. Their debut album, "Marquee Moon", is featured in the top ten of virtually every best album list ever made.
* Alex Chilton and [[Big Star (
* [[The Smiths]], a founding band in the British indie scene of the 80s and cited as a key influence by practically every Brit band from the 90s on.
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[Radiohead]]: British group largely responsible for bringing alternative rock to worldwide attention. Also, they put on a kickass live show. In terms of Last.fm play counts, more popular than the Beatles (amongst the younger demographic of course).
** [[REM]] popularised celebral 'alternative' garage rock in the late 'eighties. Radiohead took over in the '90s.
* [[My Bloody Valentine (
** And the only band I can think of to give out earplugs to concert attendees. They do, because they ''have'' to, for insurance reasons.
* [[The Police|Sting]]. Just... Sting.
* [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]
*** Allow me to introduce you to [http://www.myspace.com/turisasofficial Turisas] and [http://www.myspace.com/korpiklaani Korpiklaani]... though not as noteworthy as TMBG, if you like accordion, definitely worth a listen.
* [[Blur (
** Their lead singer, Damon Albarn, deserves a special mention not only for Blur but also singing in 'Gorillaz' and 'the Good the Bad and the Queen' and also composing the music for the operatic version of 'Monkey: Journey to the West'. Every single one is a complete and utter gem and their songs should all be heard at least once.
** Blur and Oasis seem to the major influences on most of the major british bands of the 90's and 00's, with a new resurgence of britpop as well as a few influential indie bands who claim heavy inspiration from the two bands. Recently, this trend has even extended to the US with increasing influences on popular alternative rock bands.
* [[Gorillaz]] is known for being a band comprised of cartoon characters (one of the first virtual bands), each with their own tastes in music. This is reflected in their songs, which are notoriously difficult to pin down to a particular genre. Their influences range from Electro to Punk to Hip Hop to Dub to Disco to Reggae and many more styles. They are also known for the veritable army of collaborators they have had working with them since the birth of the band, as well as the special techniques employed during live performances to visually bring the characters to life. Outside the music, there is also a plot between albums that chronicles the misadventures of the different band members.
* [[Neutral Milk Hotel]]: Basically the Descartes of the indie scene, they combined your usual fuzzy lo-fi guitars and unusual vocal style with brass, accordion, musical saw, bagpipes, and some of the most mindwarpingly odd yet strangely poignant lyrics ever created.
* [[
* [[
* [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]: Quintessential Southern rock.
* The Plastic People Of The Universe: A late '60s Czech avant-rock who faced constant pressure from the communist regime (even getting some of their members arrested at one point), and one of the few rock bands that can be said to have a true historical impact.
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* [[Napalm Death]]: creators of the modern [[Grindcore]] scene, infamous for their two-second punk freakout "You Suffer".
* [[Nine Inch Nails]], responsible for popularizing industrial rock; its sole member is brilliant multi-instrumentalist Trent Reznor.
* [[
* [[Frank Zappa]]: used xylophones and kazoos on a rock album in the mid sixties, inspired everything from [[Captain Beefheart]] to They Might be Giants, and explored everything from blues-rock to jazz fusion.
* The Wrecking Crew, a collection of legendary studio musicians in 1960's and 70's Los Angeles. Helped producer Phil Spector create his renowned "wall of sound" signature style, and are also the guys you hear adding all those layers of music on top of the Beach Boys' best songs.
* [[Blue
** "Cities on Flame with Rock 'n Roll"
** "Subhuman"
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* [[Peter Gabriel]]: Co-founder and former frontman of one of the most famous and influential prog-rock bands of all time, Genesis; helped pioneer the use of African influences in popular music and was confronting topics such as disease in Africa and elsewhere long before it became vogue. His solo career has made him even more popular, with hits such as "In Your Eyes," "Big Time," "Games Without Frontiers," and "Sledgehammer," the music video for which helped pioneer the medium, and is probably second only to "Thriller" as the most-played and most famous music video ever.
** In this Troper's opinion, the best songwriter alive.
* [[
* [[Dead Can Dance]]
* [[Faith No More]]: Though they weren't the first to do it, not to mention the term came much later, they pretty much defined the Rap/Rock genre that many artists like [[Rage Against the Machine]] and P.O.D. would eventually display. Not to mention they are very influential to many current Rock artists.
** Speaking of Rage Against the Machine, how about credit to them for bringing politically agitating music back into the mainstream? Most notoriously for their protest concert outside the 2000 Democratic National Convention, but also acts light their video "Sleep Now in the Fire" outside the New york Stock Exchange, their involvement in the protest concerts against the 2008 Republican National Convention, their attempts to hang inverted American flags on [[Saturday Night Live]] in protest of Steve Forbes and numerous other moments.
* Experimental band Mr. Bungle has been influential on many artists as well as inadvertently inspiring most bands of the nu-metal genre.
** And with that note, [[
* [[Bruce Springsteen]]! One of if not the most inspirational live performers of all time. Springsteen is one of the most influential and important singer/songwriters in modern music. 40 years into his career his top grossing epic 3 hour concert marathons cross generation gaps as audiences of young and old alike travel around the world to partake in what many consider to be the most communal concert going experience on the planet.
* [[Nick Cave]] and the Bad Seeds produced some brilliant, disturbing post-punk albums in the 80's. Cave's lyrics are fantastic - hilarious and wise and powerful and weird, all at the same time, and he has a talented band behind him. Recently, the Bad Seeds have softened up a bit, but most of these softer songs are quite beautiful, and their most recent album, ''Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!'' and Cave's Grinderman side project have brought them a bit more of their 80's sound.
** And before them, [[The Birthday Party]], who (inadvertantly) pioneered [[Goth Rock]].
* [[The Pixies]], often described as [[The Velvet Underground]] meets [[Talking Heads]], formed in the mid-1980s and released several albums now counted among the greatest to come out of the decade. They had a unique sound formed mostly from the [[Soprano and Gravel|contrast]] between the two main vocalists voice and the chaotic, "angled" music of the lead guitarist. They influenced many bands that followed, with [[Kurt Cobain]] listing them as one of his favorites, and citing their influence as evident in Nirvana, especially the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
* [[
** Codeine is often considered another top contender for the best [[Slowcore]] band, although they lack the consistent critical appeal and longevity of RHP.
* Gackt, former lead of Malice Mizer, one of the most popular Visual Kei bands who tend went on to a solo career where he experimented with various lyrics, and has a sizable fandom both in Japan outside.
* [[Simon and Garfunkel]] showed us how much you can two with a harmony and guitar chords. Sing "Hello Darkness my old friend" and see how many eyes lit up. They also are responsible for the most equally haunting, and most recognized version of Scarborough Fair.
* [[Hawthorne Heights]] was pretty much the genre codifier for ''modern'' Emo-Screamo's angsty lyrics and vocals.
* [[Van Halen]], the band that started the craze of 80's rock. They had a larger-than-life, over the top attitude that helped them. Eddie Van Halen is a guitar god, for good reasons. The song ''Eruption'', which is basically just a guitar solo is probably the only song of it's kind to enjoy extensive radio-play.
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* [[ABBA]]. They're the fourth highest selling artists ever, selling 1-2 million records per year nearly 30 years after breaking up. They refused a one ''billion'' dollar offer to reunite. Many of their songs are instantly recognizable all over the world.
* Idlewild. Unofficially known as "the most popular unheard-of band in the world".
== Jazz ==
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* John Coltrane: Master saxophonist and spiritual thinker who covered nearly every jazz style of his time (even creating a few); many great jazz musicians, from the 50's to the 70's, and beyond went through his band for at least a short time.
* The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Redefined what could be done with bebop, bringing avant-garde polyrhythm and polyphone to the masses with such oddly-timed instant classics as "Take Five," "Blue Rondo a la Turk" and "Unsquare Dance."
** All of the members proved to be influential, not just Dave. Joe Morello was more or less the Neil Peart of jazz; Eugene Wright showed future bassists how to play polyrhythm; saxophonist Paul Desmond's laid-back style is instantly
** They were also racial equality pioneers, refusing to play any gigs where black bassist Wright would be treated unfairly.
* Thelonious Monk: Best known not for his beard, his odd onstage antics, or his collection of unusual hats, but for his idiosyncratic style of
* Ornette Coleman: Made the legendary ''Free Jazz'' which broke every single musical rule possible.
* Vince Guaraldi: Jazz Pianist who wrote and performed the music in the various Charlie Brown films. The piece 'Linus and Lucy' is instantly recognizable as the theme of Charlie Brown.
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* Art Blakey: Brilliant drummer whose band, the Jazz Messengers, created almost as many big names as Coltrane's various lineups.
* Benny Goodman: Master clarinetist and band leader, he brought hot swing with a big focus on improvisation into the mainstream at a point when most big bands were almost exclusively using arrangements. He also made a major effort to include the best musicians he could find regardless of their race when most jazz orchestras were officially segregated. When he was booked into Carnegie Hall, it was the first time that the whole bill would include nothing but jazz.
* Charles Mingus: The angry man of jazz, absolutely brilliant and over-opinionated in every place that counted. Known for taking pot shots at other jazz musicians, being a brilliant social activist, and writing a [
* Albert Ayler: Brought together the big band themes of early jazz and freeform improvisation at its most primal, later adding funk elements. [[Wild Mass Guessing|May or may not have]] [[Driven to Suicide|committed suicide.]]
== Folk ==
* [[Bob Dylan]], whose politically-conscious style of folk music inspired such contemporaries as Joni Mitchell, [[Peter, Paul
* [[Joni Mitchell]] had a string of nigh-flawless records, from 1969's ''Clouds'' to 1976's ''Hejira''.
* Woody Guthrie, who created both original folk songs and traditional folk and blues songs that hadn't been recorded. He was and is a figurehead in Folk Music.
* Arlo Guthrie, best known for the song called "[[Alice's Restaurant (
* [[Peter, Paul
* [[The Byrds]], [[Trope Maker|TropeMakers]] and [[Trope Codifier|TropeCodifiers]] of folk-rock.
* [[Gordon Lightfoot]]: Author of such tracks as "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," "Early Morning Rain," "Ballad of Yarmouth Castle," "Sit Down Young Stranger," and "Ghosts of Cape Horn."
* [[Pete Seeger]], one of the greatest folk musicians and greatest Americans to ever live.
== Metal ==
* [[
* [[Deep Purple]]. The other band (besides Black Sabbath) that laid the foundation of heavy metal guitar work. Trademark sound was relatively simple riffs overlaid with virtuoso, orgasmic solos. For reference, the opening licks to "Smoke on the Water" are possibly the most recognizable guitar riffs ever. Also, Jon Lords experiment with piping a Hammond organ through a Marshall amp with distortion was unique, and virtually indistinguishable from a guitar. Meanwhile, "Fireball" and "Highway Star" prefigured what would become speed metal while the non-speedy sort was still in its infancy, and Ritchie Blackmore invented the neoclassical guitar solo.
* KISS. They were responsible for bringing metal to much larger audiences, and were the foremost American metal group during the early 70s. As their fame grew, they began embarking on more and more capitalist ventures in an attempt to secure more money and fans, ranging from a widely-derided film to a comic book series, and culminating in their attempt to cash in on the disco era. They're currently seen as one of the groups responsible for metal's downfall, along with the rise of punk and New Wave.
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** On a note, Lemmy claims that they only play rock n roll.
*** And, since Lemmy=God, he would know.
* [[
** On a less music note, they also popularized studded leather among fans of metal and gave us an iconic figure in Rob Halford.
* [[
* [[
** [[
* [[Death (
* [[
** It's hard to say Pantera "carried the flame" when the 90's is more or less the rambunctious adolescence of power metal, death metal and black metal, but they were certainly one of the few metal bands who managed to be ''popular'' in the 90's. Still, they were playing manly, excessive, and dare I say ''----ing hostile'' metal without compromise. Pantera excelled as a mainstream metal act in a time nobody thought such a thing could exist.
* [[
* Voivod, whose guitarist (the late Denis "Piggy" D'Amour) inspired a whole generation of players with his
* Venom. The albums "Welcome to Hell" and "Black Metal" are two of the most influential albums in the history of metal. It can be argued that without Venom, Thrash, Death, and Black metal would not exist.
* Mayhem. A Norwegian band deriving influence from extant thrash metal bands (and ''especially'' Venom, above; their name came from one of their songs), who between their demo ''Deathcrush'' and their (infamous) debut album ''De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas'' they defined what would become known as black metal, and inspired legions of Scandinavian extreme metal bands.
* [[
* [[
* [[Apocalyptica]] started as a chamber music [[
* [[
* Skyclad: Although only moderately successful in themselves, their first album, ''The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth'', was the earliest attempt to combine folk music and heavy metal, laying the foundations for the now-popular genre of folk metal.
** Bathory's ''Blood Fire Death'' is often counted as the first example of a [[Heavy Mithril|viking metal]], a related genre which often overlaps in the Nordic countries.
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== [[Electronic Music]] ==
* [[
* [[
* Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky are British pioneers of trip-hop, and have recorded some truly original and startling work since in the 1990s.
** To that we can add DJ Shadow, the <s>sole</s> most influential American representative, famous for making excellent albums entirely out of samples. ''Endtroducing....'' and ''The Private Press'' should be mandatory listening.
* [[Throbbing Gristle]] made some of the most uncompromising and downright scary music ever with primitive synths, drum-machines and unnerving echo effects. Produced plenty of genuine musical horror(try 'Hamburger Lady', if you're game) but also capable of sweetness and light.
* [[New Order]], mixed Kraftwerk-style electronica with post-punk rock songs.
* [[The Prodigy]]. Began as an Essex-rave act but mixed dance, rock and punk for massive crossover success.
* [[Aphex Twin]], an electronic artist who started out making dreamy ambient works and went on to pioneer electronica genres such as drum'n'bass, jungle, electronic pop, and everything in between.
* [[
** Daft Punk are special because you can listen to their music over and over and never get tired of it. And their live shows? Just look up a video on Youtube, and you'll be amazed. Even people who don't like electronic music can agree that these guys rock. The robot helmets just make everything ten times as awesome. I could seriously type on for hours on why Daft Punk is so good, seriously.
* [[Negativland]]! Mastered the craft of sampling and cutting up tape recordings. Throughout their career, they made obvious their anarchist political agenda with humorous sound-collage masterpieces and booper symphonies. Hard to call it "electronica," but it does fit fairly well enough.
* [[The KLF]], Justified and Ancient of [[Mu Mu]], the JAMS, The Timelords = Bill Drummond & Jimi Cauty doing whatever they feel like doing. Very Media savvy and more known for their stunts as their music, but still a notable addition to the genre of electronic music.
** Their music was built on "The Manual," which was their explanation of how the pop music business worked. It's still a must-read for aspiring musician.
* Tangerine Dream, who like [[
* [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]], arguably the first [[Synth Pop]] band, was highly influential in electronic music and J-Pop. Their sound also crossed over into America and was used by early [[Hip Hop]] artists.
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** The New York Dolls, a deliberately provocative 'Glam' band, and Richard Hell's song 'Blank Generation' were very influential on Malcolm McLaren's eventual creation of the [[Sex Pistols]].
** [[The Ramones]]' debut album predated the Sex Pistols' by 18 months. The Ramones' crucial synthesis of buzzsaw thrash and bad taste lyrics were the first true examples of 1970s punk proper. Signature track: 'Blitzkrieg Bop'.
* [[
* [[The Clash]]: If the Ramones introduced punk, the Clash raised it to an art form. Their album ''London Calling'' is widely considered the greatest punk album of all time (and one of the all-time greats in general).
* Crass, known for being anarchists, and getting banned in the UK for blasphemy. Godfathers of Anarcho-Punk but due to their use of tape collages, graphics, spoken word releases, poetry and improvisation they are also considered Art-Punk. Still haven't sold out.
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== Rap and Hip-hop ==
* DJ Clive "Kool Herc" Campbell invented hip-hop as we know it today by spinning two records of the same track at somebody's house party, so as to isolate that drumming "break" in the song and make the funkiness last. Grand Wizard Theodore, Grandmaster Flash and Jazzy Jay followed suit and [[Took a Level
* [[
* [[
* Herbie Hancock's "Rockit". Watch ''Scratch'' (2000), the quintessential movie about the turntablist movement, and see who the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, the X-Men (now the X-Ecutioners), Mix Master Mike, and everyone else all say inspired them to start fucking up their mommas' records.
* Afrika Bambaataa took a Kraftwerk record and invented electro, giving us the basis for the use of synthesizers in hop-hop.
* LL Cool J
* [[Public Enemy]], the famous politically charged group responsible for some of the best hip-hop albums ever recorded.
* The period from the late '80s to the early '90s is considered to be hip-hop's Golden Age, as it was a time of extraordinary innovation in rhythms, sounds, lyrical styles, and content. The level of self-awareness and intellectual thought makes the music from this time still extremely popular amongst middle-class white college students looking to show how down they are. Notable acts include: [[
** This style of hip-hop experienced a resurgence in the late '90s, featuring such acts as the Fugees, the Roots, Common, Mos Def, Jurassic 5, DJ Shadow, Kool Keith, Mobb Deep, and Dead Prez.
* While mainstream hip-hop during the '80s had devolved into a gimmick, West Coast hip-hop (Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, N.W.A.) gave birth to gangsta rap and made hip-hop a force to be reckoned with.
* Death Row Records: Released ''The Chronic'' and ''Doggystyle''; founded by Dr. Dre and Suge Knight.
* Bad Boy Entertainment: label founded by Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, a.k.a. P. Diddy; home to Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace, a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G.
* [[Tupac Shakur]]
* [[Biggie Smalls]]
* Missy Elliot/Timbaland
* Busta Rhymes
* Cash Money Records (Li'l Wayne, Juvenile, Big Tymers) and No Limit Records (Mystikal, Master P, Silkk the Shocker, C-Murder) were responsible for bringing the "Dirty South" and bounce music into the limelight in the late '90s.
* [[Professor Elemental]]: Pioneer of "[[Chap-
== Country ==
* Hank Williams. More or less established the vocabulary for 20th century country music.
* [[
* [[Muisc/Dolly Parton|Dolly Parton]]. She is one of country music's most recognizable and loved singers; behind the sweet voice is a survivor who wrote many of her hits, including "I Will Always Love You" (yeah, that one).
* [[
* [[
== R&B ==
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* [[Bob Marley]], the most famous reggae performer of all time, famous for his many quotable quotes and catchy songs, including, but not limited to, "I shot the sheriff", "Redemption Song", and "One Love."
** Not to mention the early Wailers who featured him, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, who would both become successful solo musicians in their own right. Whilst Marley's Island stuff is more famous, many fans and critics tend to agree that his Wailers career from 1967-1971 is his best.
* Let's not forget the late-Seventies and early-Eighties bands of the 2-Tone movement, like the Specials and the Beat, who revived ska in the U.K. Not to mention [[Madness (
* The Toasters. The Toasters were the first third wave ska band from the United States and helped to popularize the genre in America.
* [[Reel Big Fish]], the first breakout hitmakers of the Orange County ska scene. Their song 'Sell Out' has become a ska/punk anthem.
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* [[Primus]]
* [[Dr. Demento]]
* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] -- The most famous musical parodist of the late-20th/early-21st century.
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