Wow...
I never heard of any of those bands. My favorite bands would read like AeroSmith, Steve Miller Band, CCR, Iron Butterfly, Pink Floyd, Hootie and the Blowfish, to name a few. Oh, don't forget Santana and all his changes in the past 40 years. Single artists would include early soul/blues like Ray Charles, Spider Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cook. I love some of the great songwriters like James Taylor, Carole King, Mac Davis, Harry Nilson, Kris Kristoferson, James Stafford, Roger Miller, and Lennon and McCartney.
More current artists would include, Rob Thomas, Green Day, Blake Lewis, Elliot Yamin, Taylor Hicks and, uh, there just isn't anymore I can think of. Odd isn't it, that three of the names in this list come from American Idol? And people wonder if they have influenced the music industry.
Some other voices I still love are Patti LaBelle, Barbara Streisand, Neil Diamond, Lyle Lovett, Lou Rawls and Bill Withers.
I like music, I don't love music. I seldom turn on the radio anymore and occasionally will play something on the computer, but not much. My first wife used to walk into our house and the first thing she did was turn on the radio. She couldn't stand the sound of silence. I like the noises my mind makes. I like thinking and the rhythm of logic. How about you?