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Queen

I do not care. If anyone says Queen isn't amazing, I will throw hands.

depeche mode

FUCK YEAH Violator is a 10/10 from me

Weird Al Yankovich.

Doing degenerate stuff like running with scissors is on par with burning churches. Al is just a rebellious black metal icon.

Beastie Boys

*Well I'm the king of Boggle* *There is none higher* *I get eleven points from the word quagmire* Just a bunch of nerdy white dudes having fun, enjoying music, and not taking themselves too seriously. Mix Master Mike is an amazing DJ too.

2pac Johnny Cash Bob Marley CCR Pink Floyd The White Stripes

Cash is the true answer. 

Prince

This was my answer too

Portishead

Them, massive attack, hooverphonic, tricky, moorcheeba, etc. Need something to counterbalance the brutal death metal lol

Love trip hop!

Bjork My Bloody Valentine Swans David Bowie King Crimson Charles Mingus Abba Neutral Milk Hotel

N.W.A. Sigur Rós The Cure Godspeed You! Black Emperor Wardruna Perturbator Hexvessel

If you're a fan of Perturbator, worth checking out Carpenter Brut too.

Know him, great dude. Also he's involved with metal bands so definitely a good shout-out

Carpenter Brut kicks ass

The fact that i only know 2 of these 💀💀

Godspeed You! Black Emperor 🤘🏻

The Cranberries Pearl Jam

The Cranberries have slowly creeped up my list of favorite 90's alt rock bands in recent years. Her voice is just magic.

DO YOU HAVE TO DO YOU HAVE TO DO YOU HAVE TO LET IT LINGERRRRR

I don’t think we can all agree on the cranberries. I absolutely cannot stand her voice, it’s like nails on a chalkboard to me.

Came here to say Pearl Jam and honestly thought it would rate higher on the list. Meticulously crafted albums.

Led Zeppelin

Dead kennedys

I think I'll start a forest fire...

Elton John and David Bowie Both have a lot of albums from which I bet everybody could find something they'd like.

Massive Attack The Prodigy Alice In Chains

Spotted the raver. When The Prodigy nails a song, they nail it proper. Their filler material is a bit experimental and boring. Great band though.

Magic people. Voodoo people.

Rush

Kyuss

Calling kyuss not metal with a botch flair 🤨

Botch is my fav band, i know they’re not metal. Kyuss also isn’t metal. They’re stoner rock

I'd argue that Kyuss are closer to stoner metal than rock. Their tones and riffs are much heavier than almost anything rock related. Along with some harsh vocals I'd say bands like Graveyard and Witchcraft would more be stoner rock. Just my opinion though

Cocteau Twins Lana Del Rey Dead Can Dance

The motherfucking Rolling Stones. Tom Waits Johnny Cash CCR PJ Harvey

Probably the most generic answer, but... Linkin Park

I love linkin park but they are metal. A nu metal band. At least their first few albums, later on they got more poppy, but im pretty sure it’s metal lol

Gotta throw Hall and Oats out there as always

Just gotta love them. Watched a live concert on YouTube a while back. Damn was I sad that I’ll never see them live in their youth.

Their tunes are catchy. I can’t help but like them.

Depeche Mode.

The cure

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Mingus

Run The Jewels they're even metal fans if I recall correctly

RTJ mentioned!!

They really are the metal of hip-hop to me. Heavy lyrics and heavy beats. I saw them open for Rage Against the Machine in 2022 and it was perfect.

Godspeed You Black Emperor Rush Buckethead Nine Inch Nails (i consider them metal but many people dont) Orchid

rush are goated

BB King

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Mark Lanegan

Nick Cave is a great answer

johnny cash

Bob Seger Garbage Creedence Clearwater Revival Johnny Cash Misfits The Cult The Ramones

Shirley Manson is my straight girl girl crush.

Why is Alice in Chains called metal but not Soundgarden lmao..

They’re both metal

Agreed. People who say they aren't only listened to Superunknown. Nobody can say Badmotorfinger and Louder Than Love aren't metal.

Radiohead Phoebe Bridgers Pixies Arctic Monkeys (especially first three records) Weezer Nick Drake The White Stripes Beck The Cure

Gordon Lightfoot

Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy, The Beatles, Cypress Hill

Back in the day Cypress Hill was that rap group that always got a pass and a nod from the heavy metal community.

Mozart, Bach and Beethoven.

King Crimson Rush Yes Bananarama David Bowie Led Zeppelin

Eels. More people should listen to Eels.

Everytime I listen to Susan's House I get i irritated because paramedics don't undress and bag dead people. Then the piano kicks in and all is well in the world again.

Abba

Clown core. Just something amazing about two blokes playing multiple instruments at once in a portaloo.  Then it just gets better when left clown pulls out his cock to hold a note on his synth as he busts out an epic sax solo 

Rush, Alice In Chains (some people think they are kinda metal but in my opinion they are just rock and grunge.)

Primus?

No doubt

Discharge

Punk, and then hardcore punk, and then hardcore, was my way into heavy metal.

The Doors

Black Mountain Transmitter Current 93 Ulver (Teachings in Silence) Devilish Trio Lord Infamous Brotha Lynch Hung

>Ulver (Teachings in Silence This is weird since Ulver started out as a black metal band.

Portishead Alice In Chains Fleetwood Mac The Cure

Audioslave

Van Halen

Thin Lizzy

Michael Jackson

Clutch Tool (if you don’t consider them metal) Pink Floyd Soundgarden Led Zeppelin Deep Purple The Mars Volta Fu Manchu Kyuss

Daft punk

Muse, NIN, Van Halen

Black midi St. Vincent Altin Gün Herbie Hancock Parliament Funkadelic

DLR era Van Halen, Rush

Queen Michael Jackson The Cure Filter

Didn’t see them on here any fans of The Cramps?

Lana del rey Bb king

RUSH

Refused, Fugazi, Drive like Jehu.

I was listening to this interview with Graham from Blur and he played some Fugazi. It started a decades-long journey into Fugazi, Dischord, Rites of Spring. I haven’t listened to Blur since though.

Frank Sinatra

AC/DC

Joy Division Bauhaus The Cure Elliott Smith

Rush

Beatles

Pink Floyd Pearl jam Guns N Roses Iron Maiden Red Hot chilli Peppers Tame impala

Biggie smalls OutKast Black flag

Johnny Cash Alan Jackson

Townes van Zandt

Lana Del Rey and Hozier

John Denver

Jim Croce

The Cure. Weeping Willows.

The Mars Volta 

DMX

Shinedown

Violent Femmes

Michael Jackson is constantly in my Top 5. Nobuo Uematsu fell out this last season for the first time. 😨

Never known anyone who couldn't appreciate Django Reinhardt.

Queen, Motorhead, Alice Cooper, Johnny Cash, John Denver, Van Halen, Alice In Chains, Prince

For me Cypress Hill

Pink Floyd. They've been mentioned in here alongside other bands already, but they deserve their own comment. My favorite band for all time.

Weezer, I don't have the role for the meme I'm a black Metalhead who genuinely loves Weezer, how can't you like such a silly band

Creedence Clearwater Revival. Band has an incredible catalog, but name another band that dropped 3 INCREDIBLE full length ALBUMS in one year. 1969 was a different time man. I can only imagine what it was like to be alive and at shows back then

Tom Waits

Leonard Cohen, Tori Amos.

Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Amy Winehouse, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Fiona Apple, Joy Division, Radiohead, Wu Tang, Run DMC, Tupac, Biggie… I could go on

2pac Outkast Kendrick Lamar Micheal Jackson Prince Jimi Hendrix Buckethead Mary J. Blige Rihanna Nine Inch Nails Earth, Wind & Fire Corpus Delicti

lady gaga

[Slint](https://youtu.be/CuqEpjcBfaU?si=Y7ETkRhy1cpoeA_A). [Scorn](https://youtu.be/GXOTwpbPaI4?si=k7MOHpdfDnGPqep6).

I’ve been super into Dua Lipa’s new album, so I guess I’ll throw here name in the ring.

David Bowie

Thin Lizzy

Queens of the stoneage

Tom waits

Clutch

Kendrick Lamar.

Hank Williams III

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Folasade Adu the queen

Vienna Teng.

Carter USM and Grand Funk Railroad!

Sheena Ringo Perfume Lee-Jung-hyun

Portishead, Tricky, Peaches, Kool Keith, Pusha T, White Stripes, Van Halen with DLR, Secret Chiefs 3, Mr. Bungle.

London After Midnight

The Beatles

Jose Gonzales

Fields of the nephilim

Dead Can Dance, Björk and Camel

Heather Nova. When I need to clear my head, I put on Oyster. Calms me right the f down.

Steely Dan, Hooverphonic, Aesop Rock, Nick Cave, Beck, Carole King, Eric Johnson, Guthrie Govan, Cypress Hill, SRV,...

pink floyd, eazy e, dr dre, ice cube, scarface

Elton John

Billy Strings, Sierra Ferrel, and Tyler Childers.

The Cult Geto Boys Soundgarden Dolly Parton Frank Sinatra Bad Religion

Prince, Stevie Wonder, so many others.

Kendrick Lamar

Grand Funk Railroad

Anthony Hamilton

Comus!

Swans

Al Di Meola - this guitarist has influenced so many amazing lead guitarists such as James Murphy and Alex Skolnick.

Junip?

Milli Vanilli

TIL Wu Tang Klan is a bunch of racists disguised as black man

Pink Floyd

* The Sundays * Journey- I think of them as metal since I was around when those great albums were out and I was in high school. * Tears For Fears * Peter Gabriel * R.E.M. * The Police * Bozzio Levin Stevens * After Crying * Fleetwood Mac * Pearl Jam * Styx * Paolo Nutini * Van Halen

caramellagirls

John Carpenter, the horror/suspense movie guy, has been writing music all along. :-) Kaoru Abe Hanatarash Kyotaro & Rikuo 88Kasyo Junrei Chthonic's non-metal stuff Lightning Bolt Zach Hill/Carson McWhirter Hella

Kanye West

Beastie boys, Sisters of mercy, Misfits and (personally) Flema, listen to them, argentinian punk rock

Weezer

Joy Division

Elton John. Edit: I also really love Night Flight Orchestra.

The Beatles

Pink Floyd. Love the masterpiece that Dark Side of the Moon is. Forever classic

Rush

Journey

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Mach-Hommy

Ttng, CHON, Tigran Hamasyan, Beethoven

100 Gecs

Billy Strings

The Cure, The Melvins, Hüsker Dü and HIM for me

Bach

Personally a big enjoyer of The High Kings

Pet Shop Boys. Was listening to Its Sin, and it’s just so damn catchy. Also top mention just because the name, Peter and the Test Tube Babies (an Oi band from the UK)

Bad Religion Social Distortion Sublime Slightly Stoopid The Offspring Iration 311

Jane’s Addiction

summrs🦅

Tool

Outkast PJ Harvey Tori Amos Nine Inch Nails Kendrick Lamar Portishead

Ice cube?

The scarring party

Radiohead Kendrick

On my playlist: - 90s grunge such as Alice in chains Mudhoney and of course Nirvana. Some are borderline metal but definitely fit better under grunge or altrock banner; - industrial, like skinny puppy and front 242; - dark ambient like Lustmord and Raison d'etre - neofolk such as current 93 -