Poster acts for...

Here's the acts I consider to be the "poster acts" for genres:

A

• Alternative rock: R.E.M.
• Art rock: Roxy Music and Kate Bush

B

• Britpop: Blur, Oasis and Suede

C

• Contemporary R&B: Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, R. Kelly and Boyz II Men

E

• Emo: Sunny Day Real Estate, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance and Weezer

F

• Folk rock: Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan
• Funk rock: Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Funk metal: Faith No More

G

• Glam rock: David Bowie, T. Rex, David Essex
• Glam metal: Poison, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Van Halen and Twisted Sister
• Gothic rock: The Cure, The Cult, Joy Division and Siouxie and the Banshees
• Gothic metal: Evanescence, HIM, Nightwish, Within Temptation and Lacuna Coil
• Groove metal: Sepultura and Pantera
• Grunge: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains

H

• Hard rock: Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith
• Heartland rock: Bruce Springsteen
• Heavy metal: Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Scorpions

I

• Indie rock: The Smiths
• Industrial: Robert Fripp, Coil and Depeche Mode
• Industrial pop: Depeche Mode
• Industrial rock: Nine Inch Nails
• Industrial metal: Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson

N

• Nu metal: Korn, Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Staind and Slipknot

P

• Pop rock: The Beach Boys, The Beatles and Bee Gees
• Power pop: Cheap Trick
• Power pop revival: Weezer and fun.
• Post-punk: U2, Joy Division

R

• Reggae: Bob Marley
• Reggae fusion: No Doubt
• Reggae rap: Shaggy
• Reggae revival: UB40

T

• Teen pop: (80s) New Kids on the Block, New Edition, (90s) Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears
• Thrash metal: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax

V

• Visual kei: Malice Mizer and X Japan