Nirvana
Black Sabbath
Alice in Chains
The Velvet Underground
Niel Young

Belle & Sebastian
Radiohead
The Verve
The Beatles
The Shins

System of a Down
Tool
Avenged Sevenfold
Three Days Grace
Incubus

Old Korn and the Red Hot Chilis follow close behind...

Avenged Sevenfold
Slipknot
Incubus
Disturbed
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Hank Williams Sr.
Bruce Springsteen
The Beatles
CCR
Alice in Chains

Wow, outside of the Beatles I don't listen to any of the same music as you people. My list has much to do with the world I live in and the forces that act upon me, and a little less to do with choices I make for my own listening pleasure.
Therefore, my list would look something like:
The Beatles
Rascal Flatts (my wife's influence)
Lifehouse (several different influences)
Norah Jones (again with my wife)
several way tie for 5th, something urban to bring me back to the real world - a combo of 50 Cent, Usher, Kanye West and classic Dre.

1. Eminem
2. 50 Cent
3. G-Unit
4. 2Pac
5. Kanye West

audioslave
white stripes
sade
2pac(pre death releases typically)
Parliament/Funkadelic(their obscure and hard to find material)

Rascal Flatts (my wife's influence)


Damn man, Rascal Flatts?? :rolleyes:

Oh well, I guess it's excusable since it's a result of your wife's influence.

Classic Dre is great though... I'm all about that. Classic Snoop Dogg is great too. Doggystyle was an outstanding album. I saw Audioslave and The White Stripes mentioned too, and I dig those two bands a lot.

Incubus
Pearl Jam
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sade
Uh, oh. Running out of steam... Ok... how about Seal, or Dido, or or or... Shit. I can't reach a consensus. Can we change this to top 4?

Elvis Presley
Bad Religion
Danzig
Sisters of Mercy
Misfits ('77-'83 only)

so hard to come up with just 5, but here goes...

richie hawtin
adam beyer
dj hype
primus
lot of hip hop here, ill go with wu-tang, kool keith and 50 cent in a tie.

I agree, 5 is too hard.

I'd go with:


Jay-Z
Frank Sinatra/Rat Pack
Kanye West
AC/DC
Common