[IAJP]

So you want a broad musical encompas then eh?

It's 20 to 1 in the morning, so we'll go then eh...

Rock
Led Zeppelin (I'm being obvious here)
Lynyrd Skynyrd,
Black Sabbath,
Deep Purple,
Creedence Clearwater Revival,
David Bowie,
Grand Funk Railroad,
The Beatles,
The Who,
The Doors,
Iggy Pop,
The Velvet Underground.

Newer Metal Acts
Faith No More,
Danzig,
Rage Against The Machine,
Soundgarden,
Pearl Jam,
Stone Temple Pilots,
Alice In Chains,
Screaming Trees,
Primal Scream,
Guns 'N' Roses (For the majority, a decent band),
Jane's Addiction.

Rap & Hip Hop
The Beastie Boys,
Cypress Hill,
Public Enemy,
N.W.A,
Ice Cube,
Dr. Dre,
Big Daddy Kane,
Rob Base,
2 Pac,
The D.O.C,
Above The Law,
Eazy E.

Dance & Electronica
Mr. Fingers,
Fatboy Slim,
Grooverider,
Goldie,
DJ Fabio,
Basement Jaxx,
Underworld,
Portishead,
Lemon Jelly,
Mr. Scruff,
Storm,
Kernkraft 400,
Gary Numan,
Ed Rush & Fierce,
Kraftwerk.

Blues
Mississipi Fred Macdowell,
John Lee Hooker,
Ry Cooder,
Ben E. King,
Nat King Cole,
Al Green,
Eddy Grant,
Isaac Hayes,
The Rollin' Stones,
Cream,
Eric Clapton,
Jimi Hendrix,
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers,
Jimmy Page (with Zeppelin too...)
Rod Stewart.

Country
Juice Newton,
Johnny Cash,
Eva Cassidy,
Jerry Reed,
Hank Williams,
Ed Bruce,
The Statler Brothers,
Eddie Rabbit,
Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings.

Funk
Parliment,
Funkadelic,
Kool & The Gang,
Cameo,
The Gap Band,
Rick James,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Maze,
Fatback,
The Isely Brothers,
The Brothers Johnson,
Prince.

Soul & Funk
Charles Wright,
Geno Washington,
Smokey Robinson,
Booker T & The MG's,
Bobby Byrd,
James Brown,
Harlem Underground Band,
Gloria Jones (Man, who can forget Tainted Love...?)
Stevie Wonder.

Jazz
Miles Davis,
John Coltrane,
Charlie Parker,
Nina Simone.

Pop
Dido,
Joss Stone,
Michael Jackson,
Madonna,
Missy Elliot,
The Beach Boys.

Reggae
Bob Marley,
King Tubby,
Prince Buster,
Steel Pulse,
Jerry Wexler.

Wow, that really tested my musical knowledge, I can't really be arsed doing the bad ones though, that'd take ages.