Your 5 most "important" artists?

[THEfightsAREfixed]

Britney Spears
Justin Timberlake
Matisyahu
ken jeong
Tiesto

 

[AleYeah]

Speaking just from a rock 'n' roll perspective so my brain doesn't break...

James Brown
Dylan
The Beatles
Elvis
Led Zep

Edit: Posted off the top of my head and I'm already experiencing second-guessing brain-breaking...

 

[bobgeese]

Charlie Parker
Miles Davis
Elvis
Beatles
Mike Jackson

 

[Badger67]

2pac
Tool
Breaking benjamin
Elliott smith
Smashing pumpkins

 

[HUGHPHUG]

Good question

The Doors
Pink Floyd
Gil Scott Heron
John Coltrane
Dilla

 

[HUGHPHUG]

But I should add the list doesn't stop there, there are many more equally important artists to me

 

[RogerB08]

Motörhead
Mötley Crüe
Black Sabbath
Paradise Lost
Guns n' Roses

 

[Jonathan Utah]

The Clash
Beatles
Metallica
Slipknot
Michael Jackson

 

[Gene Tunney]

John Farnham
Stan Bush
Laura Branigan
John Parr
Peter Cetera

 

[Dude Incredible]

Dispatch
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Drive-By Truckers
Pearl Jam
65daysofstatic

Wife:
Pink Floyd
Neil Young
V n V Nation
Dispatch
Mono

Speaking just from a rock 'n' roll perspective so my brain doesn't break...

James Brown
Dylan
The Beatles
Elvis
Led Zep

Edit: Posted off the top of my head and I'm already experiencing second-guessing brain-breaking...

it does hurt man... only 5?! craziness.

 

[Philadelphia Collins]

John Farnham
Stan Bush
Laura Branigan
John Parr
Peter Cetera

Peter Cetera? Oh, I really love that pick.

 

[Absolut]

In biographical order
ccr
Bb king
Zeppelin/ Floyd
Iron Maiden
Metallica

(I cheated)

 

[Absolut]

Speaking just from a rock 'n' roll perspective so my brain doesn't break...

James Brown
Dylan
The Beatles
Elvis
Led Zep

Edit: Posted off the top of my head and I'm already experiencing second-guessing brain-breaking...

James Brown and little Richard are so close on mine. Nice call.

 

[Absolut]

Good question

The Doors
Pink Floyd
Gil Scott Heron
John Coltrane
Dilla

damn. Already second guessing my list for a 5th time.

I hate this question. Too difficult

 

[Smokes]

Wu Tang Clan.
OutKast.
Marvin Gaye
Michael Jackson.
Jimi Hendrix

 

[KawhiDoh]

Death - Hugely important in the creation of Death Metal and pushing the boundaries of Extreme Metal as we know it.

Metallica - Biggest Metal band of all time who were at the forefront of Extreme Metal in the early 80's. Probably responsible for the majority of kids in the 90's picking up a guitar.

Black Sabbath - Invented Metal. One of the big three of Proto Metal, along with DP and LZ. Need I say more?

The Beatles - May have been the first boy band, but they also influenced damn near everyone on this list and no one's had the mainstream impact they had. Universally liked and respected by musicians and general fans of music.

Iron Maiden - Also one of the biggest Metal bands of all time. They had a huge impact on Melodic Metal and the popularity of Metal in general during the 80's and are still selling out arena's around the world.