i dab in a little bit of everything, and i know thats a cliche phrase, but still. well im a 50s rock and roll/doo wop and 70s Punk kind of guy, but i dabble in a every decade a bit, im a fan of good songwriting mostly. but my favorite musician and songwriter of all time is Elvis Costello and favorite bands being Madness and Oingo Boingo ( and anything else Danny Elfman puts out).


40s:
Hank Williams
Inkspots


50s:
Buddy Holly
Chuck Berry
The Capris
Cleftones
Dion Dimucci ( solo and with Belmonts )
Roy Orbison
George Jones
Johnny Cash

60s:

The Who
Bob Dylan ( 2nd favorite songwriter of all time )
Simon and Garfunkle
The Beatles ( ofcourse)
The Kinks
Four Tops


70s:
The Clash
David Bowie
Nick Lowe
Buzzcocks
The Jam
Genesis
Motorhead

80s
The Police
UB40
Joe Jackson ( 3rd Favorite songwriter )
Talking Heads
Devo
Men At Work ( Colin Hay's solo work isnt too bad either)


90s:
Less than Jake
Rancid
Goldfinger
Green Day
Public Enemy
Fishbone
Pantera

not really too fond of anything from the 2000s. too much emo and marketing induced disney-pop crap, that has no talent or meaning or messages behind it, other than ' grow your hair out over one eye, be sad kill yourself and buy into our trends"

Epic kaiTunes list:

Music I enjoy in no particular order -

U2
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Bob Seger
Aerosmith
The Doors
The Temptations (David Ruffin of the Classic 5 lineup also did some great solo work)
Jimmy Ruffin (David Ruffin's big brother)
The 4 Tops
ABBA
Van Halen
Jefferson Airplane
Marvin Gaye
Barry White
Jimi Hendrix
Steppenwolf
REM
KANSAS
AMERICA
Cheap Trick
John Mellencamp
Styx
The Lovin' Spoonful
Creedence Clear Water Revival
White Snake
Journey

And I've enjoyed my handful of one hit wonders or just one or 2 songs from singers I otherwise don't listen too much (like Baltimora's “Tarzan Boy”) and the occasional disco song (c'mon, it wasn't ALL bad).