My entire music taste SUMMARIZED!

so this list will be separated by decades up until like modern music where i’ll just list random genres and artists from those genres since i don’t listen to a hell of a ton of modern music. hope you enjoy! this masterlist could also probably be useful for people who are looking for friends to connect over music with. feel free to drop any suggestions below as well! i’m constantly on the lookout to expand my musical horizons. this is kind of an infodump post as well! enjoy! any artists/bands in the more info-dumpy paragraph sections who are bolded are artists/bands that i enjoy/want to get into!

1920’s-1950’s

I don’t listen to a lot of music from this time period but I listen to a LOT of jazz music, and a handful of the jazz I listen to comes from this time period. I also enjoy some 50s doo-wop music. But yeah. Most of what I listen to from this time period is big band jazz music. Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, and Louis Prima are quite rad! Other 50s music I enjoy comes from Duane Eddy, Harry Belafonte, and I also like various songs from other artists like Ritchie Valens even if I don’t regularly listen to those artists.

1960’s

1. 13th Floor Elevators (psychedelic rock) 
2. The Doors (psychedelic shit as well)
3. The Seeds (psychedelic garage type shit)
4. Jean-Jacques Perrey (experimental electronic type stuff)
5. Silver Apples (also experimental electronic music)
6. The Velvet Underground (one of my biggest faves, huge pioneers of noise rock and punk, proto-noise, proto-punk whatever u want to call it)
7. Simon & Garfunkel (gay folk music for gay people, if u don’t like Simon & Garfunkel u need to die /srs)
8. THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION!!! (kinda leads more towards the weird avant-garde side, frank zappa was a genius, these mfs were making fun of hippies pretty much and were the complete opposite of feelgood hippie protest music, they made protest music that was satirical and blunt) 
9. PINK FLOYD!!! (i really love psychedelic music if u couldn’t tell, i’m particularly into their 60s albums during the syd barrett era)
10. The Beach Boys (surf music u know how it is, honestly the beach boys are so important and special to me)
11. Desmond Dekker (ska pioneer!)
12. Ultimate Spinach (absolutely crazy psychedelic music)
13. King Crimson (banger prog music, i also love their later stuff as well, i just included them in the 60s section because of court of the crimson king)
14. Van Dyke Parks (he made some baroque pop type stuff in the 60s)
15. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (i’m an unironic captain beefheart enjoyer)
16. The Beatles (basic bitch moment, mostly into their later more psychedelic stuff though, revolver is one of my fave albums of theirs)
17. The Kinks (MY BABYGIRLS!!!)
18. Jimi Hendrix (<3)
19. The Rolling Stones (of course I also love their later stuff too)
20. The Zombies (their music is so beautiful)
21. Kaleidoscope (psychedelic folk/psychedelic rock, very lovely music)
22. Jefferson Airplane (hhhh love them so much)
23. The Byrds (rip david crosby fr)
24. Jacques Dutronc (yes i also love 60s french shit)
25. Bob Dylan (of course i am a dylan enjoyer)
26. DONOVAN!!! (his music is so comforting)
27. The Mamas & The Papas (CALIFORNIA DREAMING BABY)
28. The Free Design (more comfort music)
29. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (honestly their history is really fucked up but they made some banger psychedelic music)
30. The Blues Magoos (yup i am a massive psychedelic music nerd)
31. The Sonics (HELL YEAH 60s GARAGE ROCK)
32. deep purple’s early stuff
33. also grateful dead’s early stuff 
34. Pete Rodriguez (made some very fun boogaloo music)

1970’s

1. FRANK ZAPPA!!! (one of my biggest faves, he was so ahead of his time)
2. The Residents (yeah a good chunk of the 70s music i like is really weird)
3. Gang Of Four (70s punk music my beloved)
4. CAN (really experimental stuff pretty much)
5. Kraftwerk (i also really love their 80s stuff)
6. Todd Rundgren (one of my comfort musicians ngl)
7. T. Rex (i need to listen to more glam rock)
8. David Bowie (honestly his entire discography slaps regardless of decade, i’m a sucker for his let’s dance album from 1983)
9. XTC (they also produced lots of bangers in the 80s)
10. Slade (YASSS)
11. Devo (their 70s and 80s albums are bangers, their 1978 debut is one of the best debut albums tbh)
12. Steely Dan (erm yas)
13. Talking Heads (both their 70s and 80s stuff>>>)
14. Elvis Costello/Elvis Costello & The Attractions (hell yeah) 
15. CHEAP TRICK!!! (one of my top 5 fave bands i should’ve placed them higher wtf…also their 80s albums go really hard)
16. Roxy Music (<3)
17. Ian Dury & The Blockheads (do it yourself top 10 albums ever)
18. The Clash (i LOVE 70s punk music so much)
19. Stiff Little Fingers (they have one album from the 70s but still, their 80s stuff goes hard too, i am a punk rock gay boy)
20. THE STRANGLERS!!! (who else cheered, their 80s stuff is awesome too especially la folie)
21. The Stooges (who else cheered)
22. Wire (more banger punk music)
23. The Damned (also more banger punk music)
24. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers (rip johnny thunders fr)
25. The New York Dolls (gotta love sleazy 70s glam rock with a proto-punk edge)
26. Public Image Ltd. (i also love their 80s stuff)
27. Television (these guys were post-punk before post-punk)
28. Buzzcocks (can be considered pop-punk, yes pop-punk isn’t just stuff like green day and early paramore, pop-punk’s been around since the 70s)
29. The Specials (i love 2 tone ska revival music so much, their 80s stuff goes hard also rip terry hall)
30. Madness (their 80s stuff is really good, think they can be considered more 80s than 70s but whatever, i’ll include them in the 80s section as well)
31. Blondie (chris stein is my babygirl)
32. The Slits (some 70s post-punk stuff)
33. CHIC (70s disco goes hard)
34. Joy Division (they can be considered both 70s and 80s, also the band that got me into post-punk)
35. Squeeze (they are so cool…for cats!)
36. Lou Reed (such an asshole but so gender and he made some great music)
37. JOHN CALE!!! (my babygirl, his 80s stuff is banger too oh and he recently came out with a new album called mercy it is actually amazing)
38. Suicide (you can consider them no-wave pioneers perhaps idk, they pioneered a lot of shit such as post-punk)
39. James Chance/James Chance & The Contortions (i LOVE no-wave music)
40. The B-52’s (can be considered more 80s but whatever, anyways they were like queercore before queercore existed)
41. Lizzy Mercier Descloux (no-wave queen, made a banger cover of “fire” by arthur brown)
42. Alice Cooper (legend)
43. The Police (also love their 80s stuff! andy summers is my babygirl)
44. Tubeway Army (gary numan’s band before he embarked on a solo career)
45. Sparks (they have bangers from every decade)
46. Japan
47. Pere Ubu
48. The Monochrome Set
49. X-Ray Spex

there’s probably some other bands/artists i’m forgetting but i’ll add them in later 

1980’s

1. Oingo Boingo (literally one of my fave bands ever, also the 80s are my main favorite decade so expect a LOT of music from this time period listed here)
2. Thomas Dolby 
3. Talking Heads (remain in light top 10 albums ever)
4. Devo
5. The B-52’s
6. R.E.M. (their 90s stuff goes hard too)
7. The The
8. Thompson Twins (i am a major new wave geek)
9. Duran Duran
10. XTC
11. Depeche Mode
12. Madness
13. Bauhaus (i love my goth music)
14. THE CRAMPS!!! (their 70s stuff goes hard too)
15. Echo & The Bunnymen 
16. New Order (one of my faves ever, dance music pioneers!)
17. Yellow Magic Orchestra (they also produced some bangers in the 70s but i preferred to include them in the 80s section)
18. The Cure (<3)
19. ESG (very unique post-punky funk no-wave music)
20. Happy Mondays (their music is so vibey)
21. Stone Roses (they can be considered both 80s and 90s)
22. Joy Division
23. The Smiths
24. Love and Rockets (daniel ash slays)
25. Gary Numan (can be considered 80s and 70s because of pleasure principle but mostly 80s i’d say)
26. The Romantics (really fun power pop and new wavey stuff)
27. Tom Tom Club (fuck tina weymouth and chris frantz though)
28. The Damned (yeah they made some 80s bangers too)
29. Pet Shop Boys (gay people music)
30. Squeeze
31. Adam Ant/Adam & The Ants
32. The Dead Milkmen (80s punk goes hard)
33. Men Without Hats (the safety dance was my childhood)
34. The Police
35. Big Audio Dynamite (they made some 90s bangers too)
36. Altered Images
37. Sonic Youth (they had so many 80s bangers although a handful of people know them for their 90s stuff, confusion is sex is a no-wave noise masterpiece)
38. Pylon
39. Gang Of Four
40. Cleaners From Venus (lo-fi post-punk stuff jangle pop pretty much)
41. Orange Juice (YASSS jangle pop)
42. Fehlfarben (i love neue deutsche welle so much)
43. Public Image Ltd.
44. Sparks
45. Dead Kennedys (hardcore punk my beloved)
46. Bad Brains
47. Pigbag (kinda hard to explain their music but it’s like upbeat big band jazz combined with new wave idk?)
48. Wipers 
49. Minor Threat (hardcore punk moment)
50. Descendents 
51. Japan
52. Pere Ubu
53. The Lounge Lizards (hell yeah avant-garde jazz)
54. The Monochrome Set
55. Fad Gadget
56. Carambolage
57. Kleenex/LiLiPUT (think they also have some stuff from the 70s? can’t remember)
58. The Gun Club
59. Patrick Cowley (i love hi-nrg music and instrumental disco!)
60. AGENT ORANGE!!! 
61. Bill Nelson
62. Beastie Boys 
63. The Soft Boys
64. U2
65. Camper Van Beethoven
66. Misfits
67. The English Beat/The Beat
68. Fun Boy Three
69. Bananarama
70. The Go-Go’s
71. They Might Be Giants (honestly they work for every decade especially considering they still make music)
72. The Teardrop Explodes

i know that’s definitely not all so if i remember any more i’ll add them in!

1990’s

1. Nirvana
2. Beck
3. Mr. Bungle
4. Country Teasers
5. Saint Etienne
6. Neutral Milk Hotel
7. Le Tigre
8. Deee-Lite
9. Blur
10. Pulp
11. A Tribe Called Quest
12. No Doubt
13. Sublime
14. Happy Mondays
15. Don Caballero (math rock goes hard)
16. They Might Be Giants
17. Stereolab
18. Ween
19. Primus
20. Bikini Kill
21. System Of A Down (mostly 2000s but still)
22. Broadcast

to be honest i don’t listen to a lot of 90s stuff compared to like the 80s 70s and 60s but i should definitely check out more 90s music 

2000’s

Now I honestly don’t really listen to much 2000s music (even though I was literally born during that decade LMFAO) but there is some stuff I like. For example I’m a huge Animal Collective fan. And I also love System Of A Down, and Broadcast. I kinda want to check out Paramore’s early stuff since I’m a big fan of their newer stuff but I’m not the biggest fan of modern pop-punk and “emo” music (which is funny since a lot of scene/scemo people are on this website). I really have been meaning to get into Franz Ferdinand though. I also love Ween and Gorillaz, and like some songs by MGMT but I want to listen to them more. I also want to get more into LCD Soundsystem and Sufjan Stevens. 

2010’s-2020’s

When it comes to this time period I’m the biggest fan of post-punk revival stuff, so for example I’m a massive fan of Viagra Boys and Automatic, as well as Shopping and Special Interest. I listen to a lot of contemporary post-punk considering post-punk is my main favorite music genre. I also like some modern punk like Amyl and The Sniffers and The Spits. I’m also really into modern synth-pop and vaporwave and all that. Some of my other modern favorites are MARINA, Part Time, Poppy, TV Girl, and various hyperpop artists such as Fraxiom and SOPHIE. I also really love The Garden and Jack Stauber. I also occasionally listen to Lemon Demon, Chloe Moriondo, and Addison Grace. I also really love Mac DeMarco and black midi, and King Gizzard!

*this list will be updated as i get into more artists/bands! also unfortunately spacehey decided to be stupid while i was editing and as a result for the 2000’s and 2010’s-2020’s sections the artist names aren’t bolded and the headers aren’t underlined and it’s pissing me off because it doesn’t look right but whatever i give up ❤️ the 1990’s header isn’t underlined either*