This is just a few, I listen to many, many more bands, artist and composers. Rush Iron Maiden Metallica Megadeth Nujabes OreSkaBand Maximum the Hormone The Pillows BACK-ON Pink Floyd Jimi Hendrix Thin Lizzy Black Sabbath Scorpions Dio Animals As Leaders NIN Depeche Mode Billy Idol Rod Stewart Dave Brubeck The Seatbelts King Diamond Dream Theater Death Opeth Children of Bodom Anthrax Rage Against The Machine Darkest Hour August Burns Red Misfits Ramones Left Over Crack Long Shot Party Gama Bomb Incubus Chevelle Potato Silly Fools As for genres; Baroque and Heavy Metal are my favorites, but I listen to pretty much anything (even music in languages I can't understand) except for Country, Rap, Hip-Hop and Pop. With that said though, there's a few bands, artist and genres I listen to that fit one of those genres. For example, I said I don't like Country, but I like Bluegrass and Folk, both of which are sub-genres of Country. I don't like Rap or Hip-Hop, but both Rage Against the Machine and Nujabes are closely related to both. I don't like Pop, but a lot of the Japanese music I listen to is Pop or has Pop influences.