especially since you kindly made this easy list.


A: Atheist
B: Black Sabbath
C: Carcass
D: Death
E: Entombed
F: Foo Fighters
G: Gojira
H: Hail of Bullets
I: Iron Maiden
J: Judas Priest
K: King Diamond
L: Led Zeppelin
M: Morbid Angel
N: Napalm Death
O: Obituary
P: Pestilence (very close honorable mention to Pig Destroyer)
Q: Queen
R: Rush
S: Strapping Young Lad
T: Terrorizer
U: UFO
V: Voivod
W: Wormed
X: XTC
Y: Yyrkoon
Z: Zappa, Frank

It was a pretty thin list of what I could pick from. X & Q were like easy since i'm a big fan of both XTC and Queen.

I'm just too much of a metal-head to not pick Obituary for O though.

I had to look through my winamp library for a Z and didn't find any Z bands that I like more than Frank Zappa. ZZ Topp would have been second choice though.

I was pretty thin in the Us too.


In fact, nearly all of my second and third choices would have been classic rock or country - I'm honestly not as musically one-dimensional as my list might suggest. I like stuff from nearly every genre out there but metal is my favorite so it will win most letters when I can only pick one band. Jazz, Blues, New Wave, Classical, Hip-hop, and others all could have made an appearance if I had 2 or 3 picks for each letter.

A: Allman Brothers Band
B: Black Sabbath
C: The Clash
D: Dethklok (or the Doors)
E: Emerson Lake & Palmer
F: Fear Factory
G: Grateful Dead (or Green Day)
H: Heart
I: In Flames
J: Jethro Tull
K: Kansas
L: Little Feat
M: Motorhead
N: New Order
O: Offspring
P: The Pogues (or The Prodigy)
Q: Quicksilver Messenger Service
R: Rush (or The Ramones)
S: System of a Down (or Santana)
T: Tool
U: UB40
V: The Velvet Underground
W: The Who
X: X
Y: Yes
Z: Frank Zappa

A: AC/DC (Bon Era)
B: Chuck Berry
C: Eddie Cochran / Collins Kids (tie)
D: Fats Domino
E: Everly Brothers
F: the Faces
G: Guns N Roses
H: Hanoi Rocks
I: Iggy and the Stooges
J: Joan Jett
K: the Kinks
L: Jerry Lee Lewis / Little Richard
M: the Minutemen
N: New York Dolls
O: Roy Orbison
P: Young Elvis Presley
Q: Queen
R: Rolling Stones
S: Sha Na Na
T: the Teenagers (featuring Frankie Lymon)
U: Uncle Tupelo
V: Gene Vincent and the Bluecaps
W: Larry Williams
X: X
Y: the Yardbirds
Z: ZZ Top

A: Alice in Chains
B: Butthole Surfers
C: Cream
D: Dr. Know
E: Emerson Lake & Palmer
F: Fang
G: GWAR
H: Jimi Hendrix
I: Iron Maiden
J: Jane's Addiction
K: King Crimson
L: Led Zeppelin
M: Ministry
N: Nomeansno
O: Ohio Players
P: Pantera
Q: Queens of the Stone Age
R: Rush
S: Slayer
T: Testament
U: Urban Dance Squad
V: Steve Vai
W: Johnny Winter
X: X
Y: Yes
Z: Frank Zappa

If I didn't have U2 it would be down to them and UB40

A: Allman Brothers
B: Booker T & The MG's
C: Credence Clearwater Revival
D: Deep Purple
E: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
F: Foghat
G: Grateful Dead
H: Humble Pie
I: The Isley Brothers
J: James Gang
K: The Kinks
L: Little Feat
M: Montrose
N: New Riders of the Purple Sage
O: Oingo Boingo
P: Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Q: Quicksilver Messenger Service
R: Robin Trower
S: Santana
T: Traffic
U: Uriah Heep
V: Velvet Underground
W: The Who
X: X-Ray Specs
Y: Yes
Z: ZZ Top

A: Audioslave (edging out Alison Krauss)
B: Brothers, The Allman (cheat)
C: Chains, Alice In (another cheat)
D: Dave Matthews Band
E: Eagles
F: Foo Fighters
G: Gabriel, Peter (also Genesis)
H: Emmylou Harris
I: Incubus
J: Jane's Addiction
K: Kansas
L: Leon, Kings of (yes, I cheated again)
M: Machine, Rage Against the (yep, cheat)
N: Nirvana
O: Old Crow Medicine Show
P: Pearl Jam
Q:
R: Rush
S: Soundgarden
T: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
U: U2
V: Verve (The)
W: White Stripes
X:
Y: Yes
Z: Zeppelin, Led (yes, filing under "Z", deal with it)

My post is full of cheat.

A: All American Rejects
B: Bon Jovi or Big Country (kinda a tie)
C: Counting Crows; Sheryl Crow
D: Duran Duran
E: Elton John
F: The Fray or Foster the People (they're too new, really, one album, but I really liked it)
G: Green Day. Genesis and the Goo Goo Dolls would be alternates
H:
I: Chris Isaak
J: John Mellencamp
K: Katy Perry (OK, some of her stuff is ok, some total drek, I just couldn't come up with any other "K&quot
L: Lifehouse
M: Matchbox 20. Michael Jackson gets honorable mention, as does Madonna (I came of age in the early 80's)
N:
O: O.A.R
P: Pink for a recent artist. The Police for older music
Q:
R: REM
S: Sarah McLachlan (OK, my "M" is already full!)
T: Train
U: U2 (is there any other possibility? NO!)
W, X, Y, Z
NUMERIC: 30 Seconds To Mars

A: Arcade Fire
B: Beatles
C: Cocteau Twins
D: Dead Can Dance
E: Eagles (maybe...)
F: Frames
G: Genesis
H: Hem
I: ??
J: Jethro Tull
K: King Crimson
L: Low
M: Moby
N: The National
O: ??
P: Pink Floyd
Q: Queen
R: Radiohead...and REM...and Red House Painters
S: Steely Dan
T: Talking Heads
U: U2
V: Velvet Underground
W: The Who
X: XTC
Y: Neil Young
Z: Frank Zappa...and Warren Zevon

A: Allman Brothers
B: Blind Gary Davis
C: Commander Cody
D: Deep Purple
E: Eric Clapton
F: Fever Tree
G: Grateful Dead
H: Henry Thomas
I: It's A Beautiful Day
J: Janis Joplin
K: King Crimson
L: Lightning Hopkins
M: Mountain
N: New Riders Of The Purple Sage
O: roy Orbison
P: Papa John Creach
Q: Quicksilver Messenger Service
R: Ry Cooder
S: Savoy Brown
T: T. Rex
U: Uriah Heep
V: Vanilla Fudge
W: Willie Dixon
X: Damfino
Y: Youngbloods
Z Zappa