History SmallReferencePools / Music

** Ireland has only ever produced just three rock bands: Music/{{U2}}, Music/TheCranberries and Music/ThinLizzy (though U2 and the Cranberries are ''much'' more likely to get a mention than Lizzy.) My Bloody Valentine, Horslips, The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers, Boomtown Rats (with the exception of Bob Geldof) and Ash apparently don't exist. (Though The Corrs ''sometimes'' show up on the occasional rom-com soundtrack alongside the Cranberries, ''maybe''.) Music/SnowPatrol might get a mention, but only because of "Chasing Cars".

* Music/ThirdEyeBlind's only songs are "Semi-Charmed Life" and "Jumper", and "How's It Going To Be" and "Never Let You Go" may get brought up too. (If you're ''very'' lucky, "Motorcycle Drive By" and "Deep Inside Of You" may be brought up).

* Music/ThirdEyeBlind's only songs are "Semi-Charmed Life" and "Jumper", and "How's It Going To Be" and "Never Let You Go" may get brought up too.

** Nu metal? Music/{{Korn}}, Music/{{Slipknot}}, Music/LimpBizkit, Music/{{Disturbed}}, Music/PapaRoach, Music/SystemOfADown and Music/LinkinPark. Older fans may gave Music/{{Mudvayne}}, Music/IllNino, Music/GuanoApes, Music/StaticX, Music/{{Saliva}}, Music/{{Skindred}} and Music/AlienAntFarm a mention. Modern acts will likely be limited to Music/OfMiceAndMen, Music/{{Issues}} and Music/{{Emmure}}.

** Progressive metal? Music/DreamTheater, Music/{{Opeth}}, Music/{{Queensryche}}, Music/BetweenTheBuriedAndMe, Music/{{Mastodon}} (though whether they are still prog is a matter of debate), Music/{{Gojira}}, Music/KingsX, Music/{{Nevermore}}, Fates Warning, Music/ArjenAnthonyLucassen, and Music/{{Savatage}}. Voivod, Music/{{Leprous}}, Music/{{Haken}}, Music/{{Ihsahn}}, Music/{{Cynic}}, Music/SymphonyX, Music/RiversOfNihil, Music/NeObliviscaris, Music/CaligulasHorse, Riverside, Music/PainOfSalvation, Music/{{Watchtower}}, Music/{{Amorphis}}, Music/{{Enslaved}}, Intronaut, and Music/TheOcean will likely also receive mentions, depending on who and where you ask.

** Progressive metal? Music/DreamTheater. Music/{{Winger}} will probably get a mention, but they're more associated with hair metal.

* Iceland: Music/{{Bjork}}.

** Japanese metal? Music/XJapan, Music/DirEnGrey, Music/MaximumTheHormone and Music/{{Galneryus}}.

** Japanese metal? Music/XJapan, Music/DirEnGray, Music/MaximumTheHormone and Music/{{Galneryus}}.

* Wales: Their musical output is solely limited to male vocal choirs, Music/ShirleyBassey, Music/TomJones and Music/BonnieTyler (the latter limited to just "Total Eclipse of the Heart"). Acts like Music/{{Catatonia}}, Music/ManicStreetPreachers, Music/ShakinStevens - except at Christmas - Music/{{Stereophonics}} and Music/SuperFurryAnimals are never remembered, and if Lostprophets are remembered, it's only because of [[OvershadowedByControversy the lead singer's child sex abuse prosecution]].

** Thrash metal? Aside from the Big Four, Music/{{Testament}}, [[Music/ExodusBand Exodus]], Music/{{Sepultura}}, Music/{{Overkill}}, and Music/{{Kreator}} are almost guaranteed to receive mentions. Destruction, Music/{{Sodom}}, Music/DeathAngel, and Music/{{Annihilator}} (especially among [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Europeans]]) will likely also be mentioned, and Flotsam & Jetsam, Sacred Reich, Music/{{Forbidden}}, Music/DarkAngel, and Music/{{Coroner}} may get rare mentions. Modern acts will likely be limited to Music/{{Evile}}, Music/PowerTrip, Music/{{Havok}}, Music/{{Warbringer}}, and Music/MunicipalWaste, plus the occasional mention of Music/LichKing and/or Nervosa.

** Scottish rock bands? The Proclaimers are the only ones that'll get mentioned, and only because of one song. Music/CocteauTwins (unless you're a DreamPop fan or a hippie), the Bay City Rollers (outside of "Saturday Night"), Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain, Pilot (outside of "Magic"), [=Bis=], and Music/BelleAndSebastian apparently don't exist.

** Ireland has only ever produced just three rock bands: Music/{{U2}}, Music/TheCranberries and Music/ThinLizzy (though U2 and the Cranberries are ''much'' more likely to get a mention than Lizzy.) My Bloody Valentine, Horslips, The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers, Boomtown Rats and Ash apparently don't exist. (Though The Corrs ''sometimes'' show up on the occasional rom-com soundtrack alongside the Cranberries, ''maybe''.)

** Scottish rock bands? Music/SnowPatrol and The Proclaimers are the only ones that'll get mentioned, and both for only one song (only applies outside of the UK for the former). Music/CocteauTwins (unless you're a DreamPop fan or a hippie), the Bay City Rollers (outside of "Saturday Night"), Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain, Pilot (outside of "Magic"), [=Bis=], and Music/BelleAndSebastian apparently don't exist.

* South Korea: [[Music/{{PSY}} Oppan]] Music/GangnamStyle! And more recently, Music/{{BTS}}. If you're lucky, they'll acknowledge the existence of K-Pop, but they won't know that there are Korean artists that preform music that isn't K-Pop.

** Black metal musicians? Howard Jones of Light the Torch, Music/KillswitchEngage, and Blood Has Been Shed, Terrance Hobbs and Mike Smith of Music/{{Suffocation}}, Byron Davis of God Forbid (probably at least Doc Coyle as well due to Bad Wolves, maybe also Dallas Coyle or Corey Pierce), Derrick Green of Music/{{Sepultura}}, Tosin Abasi of Music/AnimalsAsLeaders, Adam Warren of Music/{{Oceano}}, and Kyle Anderson of Brand of Sacrifice. Katon W. de Pena of Hirax, Caller of the Storms of Blasphemy, Malcolm Pugh and Stevie Boiser of Music/{{Inferi}}, Mendel bij de Leij of Music/{{Aborted}}, Cammie Gilbert of Oceans of Slumber, Beelzeebubth of Mystifier, Trey Pemberton of Creeping Death, Lwandile Prusent of Music/{{Vulvodynia}}, and Dustin Mitchell of Filth may get mentions, depending on who you ask. At least one member of Music/SuicidalTendencies will probably also be mentioned, most likely Dean Pleasants or Rocky George, possibly also Stephen Bruner due to his later fame as Thundercat. Mike Alexander of Music/{{Evile}} may also get a rare mention due to DeadArtistsAreBetter.

* Female rock artists and female-fronted rock bands? Music/{{Heart}}, Music/FleetwoodMac, Music/JanisJoplin, Music/PatBenatar, Music/TheGoGos, Music/AlanisMorissette, Music/JeffersonAirplane, Music/TheRunaways (and definitely Joan Jett and Lita Ford either way), Music/NoDoubt, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/{{Blondie}}, Music/{{Pretenders}}, [[Music/CourtneyLove Hole]], Music/{{Evanescence}}, Music/{{Garbage}}, Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees, and Music/{{Paramore}}. Music/ThePlasmatics, Music/{{Fanny}}, Music/PattiSmith, Music/SleaterKinney, Music/BikiniKill, Music/TheSlits, Music/CocteauTwins, Babes in Toyland, Alabama Shakes, Music/{{L7}}, Music/SkunkAnansie, Jinjer, Music/{{Otep}}, Walls of Jericho, Music/{{Halestorm}}, Music/ThePrettyReckless, Music/WithinTemptation, New Year's Day, Music/{{Nightwish}}, Music/{{Epica}}, Kittie, Butcher Babies, Music/LacunaCoil, Spiritbox, and Music/InThisMoment might get a mention. Metal fans are also likely to mention Doro (and probably also Warlock), Arch Enemy, The Agonist, Holy Moses, Delain, The Gathering, Anathema, Unleash the Archers, Theatre of Tragedy, and Battle Beast, and and there may also be rare mentions of Abnormality, Cerebral Bore (though Simone Pluijmers has not been a member for some time), Fuck the Facts, Nervosa, Avatarium, Oceans of Slumber, Leaves' Eyes, Arkona, Venom Prison, and Entheos; Code Orange may also get a mention despite Reba Meyers not serving as a figurehead (though she is an integral member).

* White rappers? Music/{{Eminem}} will always come to mind first. The only other names likely to be brought up are the Music/BeastieBoys, Music/VanillaIce, Music/HouseOfPain (though they'll probably forget about Danny Boy due to Everlast's solo career and DJ Lethal due to him being more known as the turntablist for Music/LimpBizkit), Music/{{Macklemore}} (Ryan Lewis? Never heard of him), Music/PostMalone, Music/KidRock, the Music/InsaneClownPosse, Lil Peep (due to DeadArtistsAreBetter), Machine Gun Kelly (MGK), The Kid Laroi and Music/IggyAzalea, the latter being the only white female rapper. Music/AesopRock, Action Bronson, Music/ElP, 3rd Bass (two of the members at least, one was black), Asher Roth, Yung Lean, Yelawolf, Jedi Mind Tricks (aside from Jus Allah, who is black), 7L & Esoteric (who nowadays are far more likely to be known as part of Czarface), Jelly Roll, Ghostemane, $uicideboy$, Stitches, Music/MacMiller, [=RiFF=] RAFF, Cage, Necro (''maybe'' also Ill Bill, his brother, but it's unlikely), R.A. the Rugged Man, Slaine, Kno, Mickey Avalon, Bubba Sparxxx and Music/GEazy might get a weak token mention, and there may also be a ''very'' rare Eyedea mention that is almost entirely due to DeadArtistsAreBetter (and if they do, they'll probably also mention his friend/protege Sadistik as well). Slug of Music/{{Atmosphere}} (who is sometimes mistakenly called "[[IAmNotShazam Atmosphere]]") is often lumped together in this category, though he's actually of mixed ancestry. The others remain virtually unheard of.

* Asian-American rappers? The Far East Movement are likely to come up first before any others, mostly if one was to call them a OneHitWonder for "Like a [=G6=]". Saweetie may also get a mention, as her mother is Filipina Chinese. Fresh Kid Ice of Music/TwoLiveCrew, apl.de.ap of the Music/BlackEyedPeas (though his father was black), Mike Shinoda of Music/LinkinPark might get mentions from time to time, along with a extremely rare mention of MC Jin.

* Asian-American rappers? The Far East Movement are likely to come up first before any others, mostly if one was to call them a OneHitWonder for "Like a [=G6=]". Saweetie may also get a mention, as her mother is Filipina Chinese. Fresh Kid Ice of Music/TwoLiveCrew, apl.de.ap of the Music/BlackEyedPeas (though his father was black), Mike Shinoda of Music/LinkinPark and MC Jin might get mentions from time to time.

* Asian-American rappers? The Far East Movement are likely to come up first before any others, mostly if one was to call them a OneHitWonder for "Like a [=G6=]". Saweetie may also get mentions, as her mother is Filipina Chinese. Fresh Kid Ice of Music/TwoLiveCrew, apl.de.ap of the Music/BlackEyedPeas and Mike Shinoda of Music/LinkinPark might get mentions from time to time.

* Black rock and punk musicians? Music/JimiHendrix is usually the first that comes to mind. Others who might get mentioned are Clarence Clemons of [[Music/BruceSpringsteen The E Street Band]], Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson of Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand, Carter Beauford, Boyd Tinsley, Rashawn Ross, and the late [=LeRoi=] Moore of the Music/DaveMatthewsBand, Lenny Kravitz, Tom Morello of Music/RageAgainstTheMachine and Music/{{Audioslave}} (though his mother was white), William [=DuVall=] of Music/AliceInChains (though, expect him to be referred to as "that black guy who replaced Layne Staley after he died"), Clive "Benji" Webbe of Dub War and Music/{{Skindred}}, Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone, Jaleel Bunton, and the late Gerard Smith of Music/TVOnTheRadio, Kele Okereke of Music/BlocParty, Sergio Vega of Music/{{Deftones}} (who, like [=DuVall=], is likely to be referred to as "the black dude who replaced Chi Cheng"), Tony [=MacAlpine=], Lajon Witherspoon of Music/{{Sevendust}}, Craig "DJ Homicide" Bullock of Music/SugarRay (who breaks the norm in that he was their turntablist, given the band's history with the NuMetal genre), the members of Music/BadBrains, and the members of Music/LivingColour (or, at the very least, Vernon Reid). Doug Pinnick of Music/KingsX, Josh Travis of Music/{{Emmure}}, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, and Glass Cloud, Myke Terry of Music/{{Volumes}}, Aaron Heard of Jesus Piece and Nothing, Jason Butler and Stephen Harrison of Fever 333, Skin and Cass of Music/SkunkAnansie, Diamond Rowe of Tetrarch, De'Mar Hamilton of Plain White T's, Traa Daniels of Music/{{POD}}, and Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes ''might'' get a weak mention. At least one or two members of Music/{{Fishbone}} may get a mention, likely Angelo Moore and probably Rocky George as well (primarily due to his involvement with Suicidal Tendencies). Prince should really be on the list, but he's usually considered rap/R&B, and only "rock" during the ''Music/{{Purple Rain|Album}}'' era; [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking plus, his mother was white]]. Michael Jackson could also be counted if you focused on "Beat It" and a handful of others. Music/DariusRucker of Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish might've gotten a mention as well, but lately he's known more for his fruitful CountryMusic career in TheNewTens. Ice-T might get a mention due to Body Count. Lastly, while Phil Lynott of Music/ThinLizzy, Slash of Music/GunsNRoses, Pete Wentz of Music/FallOutBoy, and Tommy "Vext" Cummings of Bad Wolves are well-known figures, it is highly unlikely that they will be mentioned despite all four being mixed-race.

** Danish pop? Music/{{MØ}}. [=Alphabeat=] and Junior Senior may get rare mentions.

** Swedish pop: Music/{{ABBA}} and Music/{{Robyn}}. Maybe Music/{{Roxette}} as well if you're lucky.

* Canada: Music/BryanAdams and Music/{{Rush}} in the '80s, "Informer", Music/AlanisMorissette, Music/CelineDion, Music/SarahMcLachlan and Music/ShaniaTwain in the '90s, Music/{{Nickelback}}, Music/{{Sum 41}}, Music/ThreeDaysGrace, Music/AvrilLavigne and Music/SimplePlan in the '00s, and Music/JustinBieber, Music/{{Deadmau5}}, Music/{{Drake}} and Music/TheWeeknd in the '10s (as well as Music/ArcadeFire, Music/CarlyRaeJepsen and "Rude" in the ''very'' early half of the '10s).

* Canada: Music/BryanAdams and Music/{{Rush}} in the '80s, [[OneHitWonder "Informer"]], [[Music/AlanisMorissette Alanis]], [[Music/CelineDion Celine]], [[Music/SarahMcLachlan Sarah]], and [[Music/ShaniaTwain Shania]] in the '90s, Music/{{Nickelback}}, Music/{{Sum 41}}, Music/AvrilLavigne, and Music/SimplePlan in the '00s, and Music/JustinBieber, Music/{{Deadmau5}}, Music/{{Drake}}, Music/CarlyRaeJepsen and Music/TheWeeknd in the '10s (as well as Music/ArcadeFire and "Rude" in the ''very'' early half of the '10s).

** Australian Christian music? Hillsong. Some older fans of the Music/{{Newsboys}} may be able to remember that the group originally formed in Queensland (though they did not become successful until they moved to the US).