Big 4 of other Genres -

[Kreton88]

We all know the Big 4 of thrash and grunge but what about some love for the other genres
Ill start...
Southern Sludge-DOWN, Crowbar, Acid Bath, Eyehategod

 

[JB 236]

Khorne, Nurgle, Tzeentch and Malal

Although there is some other cunt who can be interchangeable for Malal apparently.

 

[Boxy Brown]

Prog- Rush, Yes, King Crimson, Pink Floyd

 

[King Kobra]

German Thrash - Kreator,Sodom,Destruction,Tankard
AoR - Toto,Journey,Survivor,Foreigner

 

[WEEDle]

Drone Doom - Earth, Sunn O))), Boris, and... Asva? The first three were no-brainers, the last one's a little tougher to decide.

 

[sasazuka]

Late 70s Pop bands - ABBA, Bee Gees, Earth, Wind & Fire, Village People.

 

[Glad I couldn't help]

Classical music (as a whole, not just the "Classic" period): J. S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and ... I'm not sure (Haydn? Handel?).

 

[MrTroll]

Hard rock:

Nickelback
Oasis
Creed
3 Doors Down

 

[WEEDle]

Gothic post punk - Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure and The Sisters of Mercy.

(I'd have included Joy Division, but I consider them more of an influence/precursor to gothic post punk). There's a lot of other great, lesser known bands of the genre, but I consider those four to be the biggest/most well known.

 

[The Shadow]

Blockbuster Composers: John Williams, Alan Silvestri, Jerry Goldsmith, Danny Elfman

(fuck Hans Zimmer and his samey sounding bullshit)

Crooning: Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Robert Goulet

 

[WEEDle]

"We all know the big 4 of Grunge" what the hell, here goes - Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana and Stone Temple Pilots.

Alternately you could have included Pearl Jam, but I went for personal preference on the last choice, first three are mandatory.

 

[Y2K Baby]

Garfield.
Heathcliff.
Dilbert.
Pearl Jam and Swine.

 

[A Hot Potato]

Industrial Metal:

Ministry
Godflesh
KMFDM
Rammstein

NIN hasn't done the genre enough to justify being one of these, at least I feel so.

Edit: Fear Factory is just too Death and Thrash to really be here either.

 

[Stoneheart]

Classical music (as a whole, not just the "Classic" period): J. S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and ... I'm not sure (Haydn? Handel?).

Wagner...

 

[Y2K Baby]

Wagner...

Bling Bling Boy.

 

[WEEDle]

Shoegaze - My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Slowdive and Chapterhouse.

 

[JB 236]

Japanese Death/Doom -
Coffins

Anatomia

Sithter

Gallhammer

 

[WEEDle]

Old School Black Metal - Mayhem, Bathory, Venom and Darkthrone

 

[admiral]

Romanticism: Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky. This is actually a pretty difficult question haha. Beethoven is Romantic too but he's also Classical so I'd argue he's not 'pure' romantic. If that's even a thing.

 

[Positron]

It is not a good idea to reduce a big area into 4 names; it is just my opinion at this moment

Pre-baroque period: Palestrina, Josquin des Prez, John Dowland, Orlando de Lasso
Baroque period: J.S. Bach, Handel, Telemann, Monteverdi
Classical period: Mozart and Haydn reign supreme. If you need two more names, then C.P.E. Bach and Luigi Boccherini.
Romantic period: Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Richard Strauss.
The first half of 20th Century: Debussy, Schoenberg, Bartok, Stravinsky.
Post-1950: Elliott Carter, Alfred Schnittke, Krzysztof Penderecki, Olivier Messiaen (Note I don't include any "minimalists" or anyone who is mainly inspired by pop music).