I, for one, got a good laugh at some of these. I actually thought you wanted us to list a band for each. Do you really? lol

I think it would take me forever, because merriamwebster.com makes my computer lag sometimes, so I wouldn’t be able to look up all 500,000,000 of these genres
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Alternative rock – Smashing pumpkins
Avant-garde metal – Sigh
Avant-progressive rock
Black metal – Emperor
Blackened death metal – Behemoth
Christian metal – Becoming the Archetype
Crossover thrash – Municipal Waste
Deathcore – Job for a cowboy
Deathgrind – impaled
Death metal – Nile
Doom metal – Candlemass
Folk metal – Ensiferum
Glam metal – Dokken
Goregrind – carcass
Gothic metal – Tristiana / Draconion
Gothic rock – Within temptation
Grindcore – Carcass
Groove metal – Pantera
Grunge – Alice in chains?? (kinda metal though)
Hard rock – GnR
Heavy metal – Megadeth
Industrial metal – Fear Factory
Mathcore – Dillinger escape plan
Melodic black metal – Dissection
Melodic death metal – Edge of Sanity
Neo-classical metal – Cacaphony
Nu metal – System of a down
Power metal – Blind Guardian
Progressive metal – Symphony X
Sludge metal – Down
Speed metal – Early Blind Guardian
Symphonic metal – Nightwish
Thrash metal – Dark Angel
Viking metal – Enslaved

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You forgot a couple though..

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Well, I DO have a Few Days to Kill and Yes, Riki – These are Legitimate Genres.

Since I don’t listen to ALL of them – I will have to go to "Shiksapedia" for some Answers.

I JUST WANT TO ANSWER THIS, SO I CAN TELL MY GRANDCHILDREN – LOL

Riki – Don’t You DARE Close-out this Post, before I’m finished.

..Or I shall have Your PAWS for EarMuffs !! LOL

EDIT –

For Bands That I REALLY DO Listen to – I will put an Asterisk

The others I just copied, but maybe they will be of use to someone else.

Zeuhl – Magma * (Created Zeuhl) , Happy Family * (Japanese Zeuhl)
Wizard rock – Harry and the Potters
Wagnerian rock – King Crimson * ( look it up, Folks !! lol )
Viking metal – Bathory ( heard of them )
Twee pop ( subgenre of Indie ) – The Smiths *
Trip rock – Portishead ( heard of them )
Trash rock – ( Redirected to Thrash Metal )
Thrashcore – Vitamin X ( WTF ?? )
Thrash metal – Megadeth *
Synth pop – Ultravox *
Symphonic rock – Moody Blues *
Symphonic metal – Therion (You forgot SYMPHONIC – Black, Power, & Gothic – Metal LOL)
Swamp rock – Creedence Clearwater Revival *
Surf rock – Duane Eddy *
Surf music – The Beach Boys *
Sunshine pop – The Mamas and the Papas *
Street punk – Sham 69 * ( “Tell Us the Truth” is an Awesome Album, btw )
Stoner rock – Queens of the Stone Age ( heard of them )
Stoner metal – ( same Reference as Stoner Rock )
Speed metal – Anthrax *
Space rock – HAWKWIND *******
Southern rock – Lynerd Skynrd * (is that how you spell it ?? )
Soul rock – Hall & Oates *
Soft rock – Bee Gees *
Sludge metal – Melvins ( heard of them, supposedly, Flipper* & Black Flag* were Influences?)
Skate rock – ( referred to Skate Punk )
Skate punk – The Offspring * ( ?? LOL – Apparently music for SkateBoarders !! )
Ska punk – The Specials *
Shoegazing – Cocteu Twins *
Shock rock – The Tubes *
Screamo – Heroin ??
Samba-rock – Banda Black Rio ( okay ?? )
Sadcore – Chan Marshall ( The Queen of Sadcore {and I have no Clue who this is LOL} )
Russian rock – SILENCE KIT * (Math Rock — Category is TOO Broad, so it includes this band – Ha Ha
Rocksteady – The Techniques ( some Jamaican style ?? )
Rockoson – Vanito y La Lucha Almada ( Cuban Music… Ay, Caramba )
Rockabilly – Robert Gordon * ( was from the 1970’s, but HE WAS THE BEST !! )
Rock en Español – Bloque * – ( Spanish speaking Prog Band – does that count ?? )
Rock and roll – Carl Perkins *
Rock Against Communism – LMAO !! – Skrewdriver. ( never heard of ‘em )
RIKI – You’ve left out So Many !! What about –
RIO – (Rock-In-Opposition – A Prog Form) – Henry Cow ( Amazing Band )
Rock – ooohhh !! I can’t think of anyone is this Category !!
Riot Grrrl – Bikini Kill *
Rapcore – ( referred to Rap Rock ) – Faith No More *
Raga rock – Mahavishnu Orchestra ( any band with a South Asian influence (Sitar))
Punta rock – (I thought Punta meant… nevermind ) — Pen Cayetano ??
Punk rock – Buzzcocks *
Psychobilly – The Cramps * !! ( I HATE THIS BAND )
Psych-Folk – Current 93 * ( but they were Industrial, before Folk – all stuff is Excellent
( for MORE Psych-Folk – Check out “The Incredible String Band”* – Pioneers !! )
Psychedelic rock – Grateful Dead *
Protopunk – MC5 *, The Stooges *
Progressive rock – Genesis ( sub-genre = Symphonic Prog )
Progressive metal – PAIN OF SALVATION ( THE KINGS of Prog Metal !! bbbwwwaaaahhhhaaahhaaaah )
Power violence – Man Is the Bastard ( never heard of them )
Power pop – The Records *, XTC *, Elvis Costello *, Nick Lowe *, The Romantics *
Power metal – Symphony X * ( the only one I know LOL )
Post-rock – Public Image Ltd *
Post-punk revival – ( same as Post-Punk !! )
Post-punk – WIRE * ( “154” – The Most Important Album to end the 1970’s )
Post-metal – Melvins ( how can you have Post-Metal, when METAL is Still here ?? LOL )
Post-hardcore – Hüsker Dü *
Post-grunge – Bush *
Pornogrind ( refers back to Porn Rock )
Porn rock – Women of Sodom ( not heard of them )
Pop rock – Michael Jackson *
Pop punk – Green Day *
Pinoy rock – Buklod ( Phillipino Protest Music ) ??
Piano rock – Billy Joel *, Elton John *
Pagan rock – Godsmack *
Ostrock – Nina Hagen * !! Ahead of Her Time !!
Oi! – Cockney Rejects ( never heard of ‘em )
Nu metal – Disturbed *
Noisecore – ( referred to NoiseGrind ) — Sore Throat ??
Noise rock – Fugazi * ( actually covers a lot of Known bands who use dissonance )
Noise pop – The Jesus and Mary Chain
No wave – Lydia Lunch *, Sonic Youth * (the rest of the List was a bunch of ???)
Nintendocore – ( could NAWT find Anything )
New wave – Magazine* !!!
New prog – Coheed and Cambria ??
Neo-psychedelia
Neo-prog – Coheed and Cambria ?? ( Don’t “NEO” & “NEW” mean the same thing ??)
Neo-folk – Current 93 *
Neo-classical metal – Symphony X *
Nazi punk – The Exploited ( but only “Accused” of being Nazi Punk – LMAO !!)
Nardcore – California Redemption ??
Mod revival – The Jam *
Mod – The Who *
Metalcore – Avenged Sevenfold ( heard of them )
Melodic hardcore
Melodic death metal – Dark Tranquillity ( heard of them )
Hardcore punk – Bad Brains * !! ( Hello, Washington, DC !! REPRESENT !! )
Doom metal – Pagan Altar ??
Deathgrind – Cattle Decapitation – LMAO !!
Deathcore – As Blood Runs Black ??
Death metal – Celtic Frost *
Blackened death metal – Akercocke ??

2 Tone – The Specials*, Madness*, & The Selector*
( Were the First Popular Ska Bands to make it in the States.
The Name refers BOTH – To the name of the Label and that Ska Fashion included "Two-Tone" Checkerboard
- First Albums by all 3 of these Band, are the FINEST Examples of SKA, btw

I’m DONE !! LOL

I thought I could do it, but I Flew Too Close to the Sun <sigh>
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No ONE Should Be Complaining about this Post –

WE ALL GOT OUR 2 PTS, DIDN’T WE ?? LOL
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I KNOW MY MUFFIN !!
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