is that me? I only watched like the first 5 seconds

didn't liker boys noize eh baka? name sounds too gay for you? well it is p gay

lil wanye, lil wanye

oh I see Jake, I figured you looked his stuff up and hated it so much that you deleted that part of your post in anger or embarrassment.

lol yeah good one, you nearly had us there.

lol if you knew what Krakker Bashin was, I think the lil' wayne would have gone unnoticed

When people think of Metal as music about Dragons and stuff, this is probably the band they're thinking of

*literature / history / life things mostly. This is the really terrible misconception about Iron Maiden!

A is for Alice Cooper
70s shock / experimental rock. Helped redefine shock rock! 'No More Mr. Nice Guy' and 'Billion Dollar Babies' are standout tracks.

You might like:

• Iggy Pop (and the Stooges)
• The Doors
• MC5

B is for Blue Öyster Cult
70s to 80s soft rock / prog rock. You've probably heard '(Don't Fear) the Reaper' but 'Astronomy' and 'Burnin' for You' are also great tracks

You might like:

• Journey
• Boston
• maybe early Rush

C is for Cream
The great 60s blues-rock act, and one of the first power trios. Owners of the world's first platinum album! (Wheels of Fire)

You might like:

• The Yardbirds
• John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
• Derek and the Dominos

D is for Daft Punk
Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo are French house. Discovery's an abosolute tour-de-force.

You might like:

• Justice
• Simian Mobile Disco
• Kraftwerk I guess

E is for Elvis Presley
The king.

You might like:

• Chuck Berry
• Little Richard
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• fuck it all rock 'n' roll music ever

F is for Free
Sadly underrated 60s-70s blues-rock. Paul Rodgers starts here!

You might like:

• Bad Company (this is a definite)
• Cream
• John Mayall's Bluesbreakers

G is for Gary Moore
Explosive blues guitarist, also did hard rock for a while. Member of several bands (including Thin Lizzy) as well as a fucking ridiculous amount of wildly differing solo material.

You might like:

• Thin Lizzy
• Skid Row (original Dublin band)

H is for Hideto Matsumoto (hide)
Originally lead guitarist of X Japan, pioneer of visual-kei, did some great solo material.

You might like:

• X Japan
• Zilch
• L'Arc-en-Ciel

I is for Iron Maiden
...more like Ivor Novello-winning. One of the biggest pioneering NWOBHM acts, great example of why you don't need mainstream success to become huge.

You might like:

• Judas Priest
• UFO
• Diamond Head

J is for Justice
Electronic flavour of the week for a while, these guys got a bit of stick around here a while back for reasons I can't remember, but they're pretty cool.

You might like:

• Daft Punk
• Digitalism
• SebastiAn

K is for Kansas
More American soft rock / prog rock.

You might like:

• Blue Öyster Cult
• Journey
• Boston

L is for Lynyrd Skynyrd (fuck you vowels)
Pretty sure everybody round here knows 'Free Bird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama', but 'Tuesday's Gone' is a good track too.

You might like:

• The Allman Brothers Band
• ZZ Top
• .38 Special

M is for Mr. Big
Late 80s to early 90s hard rock supergroup. Blistering and ridiculous lead work from Paul Gilbert and Billy Sheehan!

You might like:

• Racer X
• Paul Gilbert

N is for Neil Young
Nice folk rock. Also did some later material which influenced grunge. Relaxing stuff!

You might like:

• any combination of Crosby, Nash, Stills and Young
• Buffalo Springfield
• Bob Dylan

O is for Oasis
Mancunian heavily Beatles-inspired brit-rock. Along with Blur, kept British music alive in the 90s.

You might like:

• The Beatles
• The Who
• Blur

P is for Priestess
Hard rock is back! Part of the little resurgance of heavy rock in recent times.

You might like:

• Wolfmother
• The Sword
• Jet

Q is for Queen
Legendary British rockers. Recently hooked up with Paul Rodgers, and there's an album coming out soon.

You might like:

• Brian May's solo stuff
• The Cross

R is for Rory Gallagher
Fantastic and influential blues-rock guitarist (hey I like these guys). Eric Clapton called him "the man who got me back into the blues". I guess that speaks for itself.

You might like:

• Eric Clapton
• Gary Moore
• Skid Row (same as earlier)

S is for Sonata Arctica
My one and only remaining branch into power metal, mostly because they're 100% more intelligent than anyone else in the genre.

You might like:

• X Japan
• Stratovarius
• Symphony X

T is for Thin Lizzy
It's about time I got this far. My personal favourite band ever, and definitely Ireland's greatest export. Sadly still a bit underated in the rock world.

You might like:

• Gary Moore
• Bad Company
• later Rory Gallagher

U is for UFO
Influential hard rock band that featured Michael Schenker. 'Strangers in the Night' is a fantastic live album.

You might like:

• Scorpions
• Michael Schenker Group

V is for Van Morrison
Great music and lots of it. Yawning chasm of a back catalogue, as Wash Cycle said.

You might like:

• Bob Dylan
• Neil Young
• Tom Petty (and the Heartbreakers)

W is for The Who
Yet more big rock. (I'm sure you're sick of it by now)

You might like:

• The Beatles
• Oasis
• The Rolling Stones

Y is for Yellow Magic Orchestra
Oh god thank you Lars for getting me into these guys. Super-cool Japanese synthpop, pretty much pioneered the genre along with Kraftwerk.

You might like:

• Kraftwerk
• early video game music

Z is for ZZ Top
The one without the beard is Frank Beard.

You might like:

• Lynyrd Skynyrd

*literature / history / life things mostly. This is the really terrible misconception about Iron Maiden!

Don't take what I said too seriously, man.  I couldn't really think of anything good to put for Maiden.