50s rock - chuck berry, elvis, richie valens, ...
80s rap - run dmc, public enemy, dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince, kid n play, mc lyte
Grunge/Alternative - pearl jam, stone temple pilots, foo fighters, bush, nirvana, collective soul, live, ...
New Age - Enigma, Enya
PopPunk - blink182, taking back sunday, dashboard confessionals, good charlotte
Other - hendrix, neil young, hall & oates, alanis morrisette, evanescence, radiohead, muddy waters, justifide, strange occurance, placebo, hootie & the blowfish, goo goo dolls, los lonely boys
As you can see I'm not much of a classic rock kinda person, I think most of that music spoke to a different world than the one we have been in for awhile.