History SmallReferencePools / Music

* When talking about Music/LinkinPark, most people will only refer to their NuMetal material from ''Music/HybridTheory'' and ''Music/{{Meteora}}''. More specifically the only songs they'll refer to are "One Step Closer", "Crawling", "Papercut", "In the End", and "Numb" (and maaaaaaybe "Breaking the Habit"). The only songs released after they switched their sound that get acknowledged are "What I've Done" and "New Divide" due to them being the theme songs of the [[Film/{{Transformers}} Bayformer]] films.

** Italian pop music is Eros Ramazotti, Zucchero and/or Laura Pausini.

** French metal? Music/{{Gojira}}.

** 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. Music/{{Winger}} and Music/{{Mudvayne}} may get mentions, but they tend to be more associated with hair metal and nu metal, respectively.

* There was only ever one Music/{{Ultravox}} -- the one with Music/MidgeUre as lead singer. Poor John Foxx. Likewise, there was only ever one iteration of Music/TheHumanLeague and that was after 2/3 of the original League left to form Music/Heaven17 (who some people may only recognize as the guys behind "Let Me Go") and Phil Oakey had to find a way of keeping the Human League going. Additionally, many people outside the UK find it difficult to name songs by Ultravox and the Human League other than "Vienna" and "Don't You Want Me", respectively, owed to both acts being considerably less popular abroad.

* Music/DavidBowie is another case of a long, diverse career that mainstream culture only scratches the surface of. The general public will recognize "Space Oddity", "Changes", "Rebel Rebel", "Fame", ""Heroes"", the aforementioned Queen collaboration "Under Pressure", "Let's Dance", and "Modern Love" (if your Lucky, you might just name "The Laughing Gnome", "Starman" and/or "Life on Mars" as well), largely due to frequent licensing for commercials and movie soundtracks. But that's only eight songs, recorded over 1969-1983, from a career that started in 1964 and encompassed 25 studio albums, the last of which was released just days before his 2016 death. Worse, several of them are [[IsntItIronic used without respect to their meanings]]. A good way to test a layperson's knowledge of Bowie is to ask them what Tin Machine was.[[labelnote:Answer]] A hard rock group he fronted over 1989-92 to escape the rut he felt trapped in post-''Let's Dance''.[[/labelnote]] This is less of an issue in his native U.K., though even there attention is paid mostly to his GlamRock period (1971-74). Bowie's three late-1970s "Berlin" albums -- ''Low'', ''"Heroes"'', and ''Lodger'' -- are considered his least accessible, yet have endured to become arguably his greatest work and the most influential. For most of the singles-buying public, though, he did nothing between "Golden Years" (1976) and "Let's Dance" (1983).

* Mark Ronson only made one song: "Uptown Funk!", and it will ''always'' be attributed to Music/BrunoMars. His second biggest selling song[[note]]after "Uptown Funk"[[/note]] is "Valerie", which was apparently an Music/AmyWinehouse song -- the Zutons are ''never'' [[CoveredUp credited for it, despite it being their song]].

* These days, Music/BobbyBrown is seemingly only known for "Every Little Step", "My Prerogative", and nothing else. In his heyday he had ''nine'' Top 10 hits and wasn't even close to being considered a two-hit wonder.

** German pop: Nena and Music/BoneyM.

* To judge by oldies-station playlists (at least in the UK), the only song Music/SoftCell ever recorded was their cover of "Tainted Love". No playlist compiler has, it would seem, ever heard of "Bedsitter", "Torch" or "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" amongst others.

* The only forms of rock music since 1991 are {{Grunge}}, PostGrunge, PopPunk, EmoMusic, and hipstery IndieRock. Everything else before that is just typical ClassicRock.

* You'd be forgiven if you think of Remote Control. There's a very high chance that composer is part of that gang being managed by Hans Zimmer.
* There's also an outside chance of it being Music/JamesNewtonHoward, or more recently, Michael Giacchino.
* Music/JerryGoldsmith is also a popular choice for misnaming.
* If anyone waxes poetic about a film composer being a "genius," they're talking about Music/BernardHerrmann.
* All Music/DannyElfman soundtracks are for Creator/TimBurton movies.
* Corollary: All anime soundtracks are by Music/YokoKanno.
* Corollary #2: All instrumental TV themes are by John Tesh.

* Apparently, some people believe ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' was Music/PinkFloyd's debut or only album; It was their eighth. For double bonus amusement, ask them to name a Pink Floyd ''song''. It will be "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2", and it'll often be described as a track on ''Dark Side'' rather than ''Music/Thewall''. Music/RogerWaters will always be referred to as Pink Floyd in these conversations.

* Good luck on anyone knowing any song by Chris de Burgh except "Lady in Red", his BlackSheepHit. (In December only, people may also recall [[ChristmasSongs "A Spaceman Came Travelling"]].) Honourable mention goes to ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' for referencing "Don't Pay the Ferryman" in at least two different episodes.

* Except perhaps for Music/BlackSabbath, Music/OzzyOsbourne, and Music/{{Metallica}}, the only HeavyMetal that people know of or remember is ThrashMetal and HairMetal, and it's all from TheEighties. Try finding any non-metal fans who've seriously listened to Music/{{Rainbow}}. Or Music/JudasPriest (except for "Breaking the Law" and ''maybe'' "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" or "Painkiller"). Or Music/{{Motorhead}} (except for "Music/AceOfSpades", aka "that one song that everyone learning to play bass with a pick plays incessantly"). Or Music/IronMaiden (except for "Run to the Hills", "The Number of the Beast", "2 Minutes to Midnight", and maybe "The Trooper"). Or Slayer (except for "Raining Blood", aka the other song that every beginning guitarist can play, since the intro riff is all that ever shows up, and ''maybe'' "Angel of Death" or "War Ensemble"). Or Pantera (except for the song "Walk", which just about everybody's heard and everyone learning guitar has played the riff to, and maybe "Cowboys from Hell" or "Cemetery Gates"). Or Megadeth (except for "Symphony of Destruction", which everyone knows the riff to and every beginning guitarist has played, "Hangar 18", "Trust", and "Peace Sells", another one of those songs that every beginning bassist learns). Or Cradle of Filth. Music/DeepPurple -- the group that practically ''invented'' metal -- will get mentioned, but only for "Smoke on the Water" (a.k.a. "that really dumb song that any mediocre guitarist can play," and the guitar riff is the only part of the song that exists) and ''maybe'' "Highway Star" or "Hush" (the latter of which is a cover). Hell, even the big three fall victim to this; ask a mainstream listener to name a Sabbath song that isn't "Iron Man", "War Pigs", "Sweet Leaf", "Children of the Grave", or "Paranoid"; an Ozzy song that isn't "Crazy Train", "Mr. Crowley", "Flying High Again", "Bark at the Moon", "Mama, I'm Coming Home", or "No More Tears"; or a Metallica song that isn't "Enter Sandman", "Master of Puppets", "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "The Unforgiven", "Sad But True", "Nothing Else Matters", or "One", and you'll probably be met with a blank stare.

* Music/DavidBowie is another case of a long, diverse career that mainstream culture only scratches the surface of. The general public will recognize "Space Oddity", "Changes", "Rebel Rebel", "Fame", ""Heroes"", the aforementioned Queen collaboration "Under Pressure", "Let's Dance", and "Modern Love", largely due to frequent licensing for commercials and movie soundtracks. But that's only eight songs, recorded over 1969-1983, from a career that started in 1964 and encompassed 25 studio albums, the last of which was released just days before his 2016 death. Worse, several of them are [[IsntItIronic used without respect to their meanings]]. A good way to test a layperson's knowledge of Bowie is to ask them what Tin Machine was.[[labelnote:Answer]] A hard rock group he fronted over 1989-92 to escape the rut he felt trapped in post-''Let's Dance''.[[/labelnote]] This is less of an issue in his native U.K., though even there attention is paid mostly to his GlamRock period (1971-74). Bowie's three late-1970s "Berlin" albums -- ''Low'', ''"Heroes"'', and ''Lodger'' -- are considered his least accessible, yet have endured to become arguably his greatest work and the most influential. For most of the singles-buying public, though, he did nothing between "Golden Years" (1976) and "Let's Dance" (1983).

* Music/MCHammer is known for his breakthrough hit "U Can't Touch This" and ''maybe'' "2 Legit 2 Quit", and absolutely nothing else. In his heyday, he was not even close to being considered a one-hit wonder, and believe it or not [[ChartDisplacement "U Can't Touch This" was actually the lowest charting song of his many Top 10 hits.]]

** ''Für Elise''. Nearly every music box has this pleasing tune. There was even a toy - a plastic iron - that would play this melody when children would iron with it.

* When it comes to rock music, this is - notoriously - an EnforcedTrope. Criticism of the genre has long been dominated by Baby Boomers with a heavy '60s (and, to a lesser extent, '70s) bias. So lists of the "best bands/artists ever" can be an extremely short one: The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beatles (but only their post-1966 material), The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - all guaranteed to be on the list. Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Eagles usually on the list too. The Beach Boys, Queen, Frank Zappa ''might'' manage to sneak on there. Black Sabbath are almost always slighted, despite being contemporaries of many of the above bands. With the exception of Springsteen, if you gained popularity at any time after 1975, then forget it. The irony is, most of these "classic" bands aren't getting imitated much anymore, which erodes their so-called classic status a great deal. And if you define "classic rock" broadly as "blues- or psychedelia-inspired hard rock that isn't metal", then a number of more contemporary rock bands - AC/DC, Guns 'N' Roses, Oingo Boingo - are "classic" in all but era.

* Apparently, some people believe ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' was Music/PinkFloyd's debut or only album; It was their eighth. For double bonus amusement, ask them to name a Pink Floyd ''song''. It will be from ''Music/TheWall''. Roger Waters will always be referred to as Pink Floyd in these conversations.
* The only songs Music/{{Queen}} have ever recorded are:

* The only progressive rock bands are Music/KingCrimson, Music/{{Yes}}, Music/{{Genesis|Band}}, Music/PinkFloyd, and maybe Music/JethroTull. And sometimes not even all of them - lots of people only know Genesis for their more pop-oriented 80s material and have no idea they ever did prog rock or had Peter Gabriel as a member. To a lesser extent, Yes and Tull sometimes gets the same treatment from people who only know the songs that show up on the radio. And King Crimson suffer a ''severe'' case of MainstreamObscurity - lots of people have heard the name and are vaguely aware that they're an influential band, few could name even one of their songs or albums.

* Most people associate New Wave music with a limited selection of music from the latter era of New Wave and the synthpop era. Not a lot of people know New Wave existed in 1975 - 76 or that it originated as a subgenre of punk rock. Or that a lot of punk rockers morphed into more conventional New Wave acts (cf. Classix Nouveaux, Lords of the New Church). New Wave itself had several substyles, and most of the best-remembered groups- The Knack, The Go-Gos, Cyndi Lauper, The Bangles; suspiciously almost all Los Angeles bands- were highly-commercial Power Pop acts who had little or no connection to the earlier ones who gave the movement its name. Some people believe the 4 groups only had like 2-3 songs each. Most of these people only know 1 song by The Knack. Part of the problem is that many of the original and/or most famous New Wave acts (The Cars, Dire Straits, Talking Heads) [[UnbuiltTrope didn't comfortably fit the stereotype]], as they performed music in a variety of styles and sometimes even genres. The Cars, for example, tend to be remembered for their '80s hits ("Shake It Up", etc.), but their career actually took off in the late '70s. Their first big hit was "Just What I Needed" - but since its synths aren't quite as [[{{Flanderization}} exaggerated]] as on later Cars songs, people can be surprised when they find out who it's by.

* Except perhaps for Music/BlackSabbath, Music/OzzyOsbourne, and Music/{{Metallica}}, the only HeavyMetal that people know of or remember is ThrashMetal and HairMetal, and it's all from TheEighties. Try finding any non-metal fans who've seriously listened to Music/{{Rainbow}}. Or Music/JudasPriest (except for "Breaking the Law" and ''maybe'' "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" or "Painkiller"). Or Music/{{Motorhead}} (except for "Music/AceOfSpades", aka "that one song that everyone learning to play bass with a pick plays incessantly"). Or Music/IronMaiden (except for "Run to the Hills", "The Number of the Beast", "2 Minutes to Midnight", and maybe "The Trooper"). Or Slayer (except for "Raining Blood", aka the other song that every beginning guitarist can play, since the intro riff is all that ever shows up, and ''maybe'' "Angel of Death" or "War Ensemble"). Or Pantera (except for the song "Walk", which just about everybody's heard and everyone learning guitar has played the riff to, and maybe "Cowboys from Hell" or "Cemetery Gates"). Or Megadeth (except for "Symphony of Destruction", which everyone knows the riff to and every beginning guitarist has played, "Hangar 18", "Trust", and "Peace Sells", another one of those songs that every beginning bassist learns). Or Cradle of Filth. Music/DeepPurple - the group that practically ''invented'' metal - will get mentioned, but only for "Smoke on the Water" (a.k.a. "that really dumb song that any mediocre guitarist can play," and the guitar riff is the only part of the song that exists) and ''maybe'' "Highway Star" or "Hush" (the latter of which is a cover). Hell, even the big three fall victim to this; ask a mainstream listener to name a Sabbath song that isn't "Iron Man", "War Pigs", "Sweet Leaf", "Children of the Grave", or "Paranoid"; an Ozzy song that isn't "Crazy Train", "Mr. Crowley", "Flying High Again", "Bark at the Moon", "Mama, I'm Coming Home", or "No More Tears"; or a Metallica song that isn't "Enter Sandman", "Master of Puppets", "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "The Unforgiven", "Sad But True", "Nothing Else Matters", or "One", and you'll probably be met with a blank stare.

** Additionally, when it comes to modern metal bands - as in, bands that got popular in the mid-'90s onward - the ones who are most likely to be named outside the metal community are Music/{{Korn}}, Music/RobZombie, Music/{{Rammstein}}, Music/MarilynManson, Music/{{Disturbed}}, Music/SystemOfADown, Music/{{Slipknot}} (see above), Music/{{Godsmack}}, Music/KillswitchEngage, Music/LambOfGod, Music/{{Mastodon}}, Music/{{Trivium}}, Music/AvengedSevenfold, Music/BulletForMyValentine, Music/MotionlessInWhite, Music/SuicideSilence, Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch, Music/{{Whitechapel}}, Music/{{Volbeat}}, Music/ThyArtIsMurder, Music/{{Carnifex}}, Music/LornaShore, Music/IceNineKills, Music/{{Spiritbox}}, and Music/BringMeTheHorizon. In fact, it's often used as a sign of being a recent initiate in metal when one of the above are the first bands you name. The fact that they're the most mainstream friendly, lending them to be played on the radio and featured mainstream media, is the primary cause of this.
** Most barely have any clue about the difference between thrash or death or speed or traditional metal genres. A newcomer will tend to recognize only three subgenres: HairMetal, [[RockMeAsmodeus "dark, scary metal"]], and blues-rock played really loud and with wild guitar solos (which occasionally overlaps with hair metal). A fourth genre - prog-metal like Dream Theater or Queensryche - will get mentioned if the newbie is trying to show off. Blue Oyster Cult were considered prog-metal in their own time (roughly 1975 to 1985), but they are now thought of as just another "classic rock" band, mostly because the psychedelic and rather soft (and, not coincidentally, commercially successful) "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is the only song by them most people can name; people forget how heavy "7 Screaming Diz-Busters", "This Ain't the Summer of Love", and "After Dark" were, and [[ValuesResonance in some cases still are]].

** Even the aforementioned hair metal falls victim to this trope. Music/MotleyCrue, Music/DefLeppard, Music/{{Poison}}, Music/GunsNRoses (albeit barely recognized as one) and Music/{{Whitesnake}} are assumed to be the only hair bands that ever existed (Music/{{Dokken}}, Music/{{Stryper}} and Music/{{Ratt}} might get mentions as well), the rest of the hair bands are anonymous (try asking a mainstream listener to name a Music/NightRanger song that isn't "Sister Christian", a Music/MrBig song that isn't "To Be With You" or a Music/{{Europe}} song that isn't "The Final Countdown", and expect to receive blank stares). Modern {{retraux}} hair bands are limited to Music/TheDarkness if you're British or Music/BlackVeilBrides and Music/SteelPanther if you're American - the Scandinavian "sleaze metal" bands like [=Crashdïet=], H.E.A.T., Reckless Love, Crazy Lixx, Santa Cruz, Eclipse and Wig Wam are practically unheard of in the US outside of hair metal circles.
* There was only ever one Ultravox - the one with Midge Ure as lead singer. Poor John Foxx. Likewise, there was only ever one Human League and that was after 2/3 of the original League left to form Heaven 17 (who some people may only recognize as the guys behind "Let Me Go") and Phil Oakey had to find a way of keeping the Human League going.

* Surf music with vocals has only ever been recorded by Music/TheBeachBoys. Including [[MisattributedSong "Surf City" and "Little Old Lady from Pasadena"]]. When the early Nineties incarnation of Music/TheBeachBoys appeared on ''Series/HomeImprovement'', Tim referenced this trope by mentioning a number of car songs he incorrectly thought were performed by the Boys, only to have them respond with the proper artists. Strangely, one of the songs mentioned is the Rip Chords' "Hey Little Cobra" - and Bruce Johnston fails to mention that he in fact was a member of that group.

** Southern rock acts from the '70s like the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd, plus country-leaning rockers such as the Eagles - often get lumped in with the country acts, even though they were inspired by diverse styles of music.

* Mark Ronson only made one song: "Uptown Funk!", and it will ''always'' be attributed to Music/BrunoMars. His second biggest selling song[[note]]after “Uptown Funk”[[/note]] is “Valerie”, which was apparently an Music/AmyWinehouse song - the Zutons are ''never'' [[CoveredUp credited for it, despite it being their song]].

* A common response people have when asked what they like is that they "like all music except rap and country" or "all music except classical". This suggests that they are either have particular tastes - or more likely they are just unaware of how diverse music is because they only listen to music on the radio.

** Rock bassists: [[Music/{{Primus}} Les Claypool]] and [[Music/RushBand Geddy Lee]]. [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]], [[Music/LedZeppelin John Paul Jones]], [[Music/{{Metallica}} Cliff Burton, Jason Newsted, Robert Trujillo]], [[Music/PinkFloyd Roger Waters]], [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy]], [[Music/{{KISS}} Gene Simmons]], [[Music/TheWho John Entwistle]], [[Music/VanHalen Michael Anthony]], and [[Music/BlackSabbath Geezer Butler]] are also commonly mentioned and you ''might'' find [[Music/{{Yes}} Chris Squire]], [[Music/IronMaiden Steve Harris]], [[Music/DreamTheater John Myung]], [[Music/{{Cream}} Jack Bruce]], [[Music/{{Queen}} John Deacon]], [[Music/{{Rancid}} Matt Freeman]], [[Music/{{Korn}} Fieldy]], [[Music/{{Tool}} Justin Chancellor]], or [[Music/{{Mudvayne}} Ryan Martinie]] getting namedropped every once in a blue moon. Despite being objectively one of the most famous musicians in history, Music/PaulMcCartney will likely not be mentioned despite being a trailblazing figure in rock bass. [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Paul Gray]] may also get a mention by way of DeadArtistsAreBetter.

** Prog drummers: [[Music/{{Yes}} Bill]] [[Music/KingCrimson Bruford]] and [[Music/RushBand Neil Peart]].

** Rock and metal guitarists? Music/JimiHendrix, first and foremost (at least for the rock side of things). Others that remain legendary are Music/ChuckBerry, Music/JeffBeck, Music/EricClapton, [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Keith Richards]], [[Music/LedZeppelin Jimmy Page]], [[Music/VanHalen Eddie Van Halen]], [[Music/GunsNRoses Slash]], [[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine Tom]] [[Music/{{Audioslave}} Morello]], [[Music/{{ACDC}} Angus Young]], [[Music/BlackSabbath Tony Iommi]], [[Music/{{Metallica}} Kirk Hammett]], [[Music/RushBand Alex Lifeson]], [[Music/{{Queen}} Brian May]], [[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Joe Perry]], [[Music/{{KISS}} Ace Frehley]], [[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand Duane Allman]], [[Music/JourneyBand Neal Schon]], [[Music/{{Santana}} Carlos Santana]], [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers John Frusciante]], [[Music/AliceInChains Jerry Cantrell]], [[Music/DeepPurple Ritchie]] [[Music/{{Rainbow}} Blackmore]], [[Music/OzzyOsbourne Randy Rhoads]], [[Music/{{Dokken}} George Lynch]], [[Music/{{Pantera}} Dimebag Darrell]], [[Music/BlackLabelSociety Zakk Wylde]], [[Music/{{Creed}} Mark]] [[Music/AlterBridge Tremonti]], [[Music/{{Megadeth}} Marty Friedman]], Music/SteveVai, Music/JoeSatriani, Music/YngwieMalmsteen, [[Music/{{Testament}} Alex Skolnick]], [[Music/DreamTheater John Petrucci]], and [[Music/{{Korn}} Brian "Head" Welch]].

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

* The only {{grindcore}} band in existence is Music/NapalmDeath. Music/PigDestroyer, Music/AnalCunt, Brutal Truth, Nasum, and Rotten Sound may get ''extremely'' rare mentions, and there may also be mistaken mentions of Music/{{Carcass}}, Music/{{Exhumed}}, Music/CattleDecapitation, Music/CephalicCarnage, and Music/MiseryIndex; while the first four did indeed play it at one point, they no longer do so, and Misery Index never really played it to begin with despite having extremely prominent elements of it in their music.

** German pop: Nena.

** "Let's Get It Started"

* The only forms of rock music since 1991 are {{Grunge}}, PostGrunge, PopPunk, EmoMusic, or hipstery IndieRock. Everything else before that is just typical ClassicRock.

* The only forms of rock music since 1991 are PostGrunge, PopPunk, EmoMusic, or hipstery IndieRock. Everything else before that is just typical ClassicRock.

* HardRock is either PostGrunge, PopPunk, or EmoMusic. Everything else rock is just pre-90s ClassicRock.

* There is only one reggae artist, Music/BobMarley. (Though some may be able to name a few others who were popular for a while such as Shaggy or Music/{{UB40}}). And everything with a reggae beat will have been written by him. For that matter, reggae is usually portrayed as being the ''only'' genre of music in the Caribbean. Apparently, ChutneyMusic, soca, ska, mento, rocksteady, ragga, dancehall, dub, and calypso don't exist in fictional settings. Well, maybe they do, but they'll be classified as reggae music.

* Trinidad and Tobago: Music/NickiMinaj, calypso and soca. Even then, the only artists who performed the latter two genres that people outside of Trinidad and Tobago can name are Mighty Sparrow and Lord Kitchener, who were both massively successful in the Caribbean and its diaspora for many years.

* There is only one reggae artist, Music/BobMarley. (Though some may be able to name a few others such as Shaggy or Music/{{UB40}}). And everything with a reggae beat will have been written by him. For that matter, reggae is usually portrayed as being the ''only'' genre of music in the Caribbean. Apparently, ChutneyMusic, soca, ska, mento, rocksteady, ragga, dancehall, dub, and calypso don't exist in fictional settings. Well, maybe they do, but they'll be classified as reggae music.

* Music/{{Oasis}} only recorded one album: ''Music/WhatsTheStoryMorningGlory''. They only ever recorded three songs: "Wonderwall", "Champagne Supernova" and "Don't Look Back in Anger" (and ''maybe'' Stop Crying Your Heart Out'' or ''Stand By Me'' if you're lucky).

* Music/{{Oasis}} only recorded one album: ''Music/WhatsTheStoryMorningGlory''. They only ever recorded three songs: "Wonderwall", "Champagne Supernova" and "Don't Look Back in Anger".

* Music/{{Oasis}} only recorded one album: ''Music/WhatsTheStoryMorningGlory''. They only ever recorded three songs: "Wonderwall", "Champagne Supernova" and "Don't Look Back in Anger" (& ''maybe'' "Roll With It")

* Music/{{Oasis}} only recorded one album: ''Music/WhatsTheStoryMorningGlory''. They only ever recorded three songs: "Wonderwall", "Champagne Supernova" and "Don't Look Back in Anger" (& ''maybe'' ("Roll With It")

* Name a chansonnier and they will either be Music/MauriceChevalier, Music/EdithPiaf, Music/JacquesBrel, or Music/GeorgesBrassens.

* Music/GreenDay only ever released two albums: ''Dookie'' and ''Music/AmericanIdiot''. The only songs they ever made are "Basket Case", "When I Come Around", "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" (which is from ''Nimrod'', for bonus points), "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Wake Me Up When September Ends", and "21 Guns" (from ''Music/TwentyFirstCenturyBreakdown''!). Considering they were one of the biggest rock bands in both the 90s and 00s, it's a bit frustrating that these are the only songs people refer to.

* Music/{{Survivor|Band}}, much like MC Hammer, is known for "Eye of the Tiger", "Burning Heart", and nothing else. In their heyday, they were one of the biggest arena rock bands on the planet, and were never thought of as a two-hit wonder.

* Music/{{Oasis}} only recorded one album: ''Music/WhatsTheStoryMorningGlory''. They only ever recorded three songs: "Wonderwall", "Champagne Supernova" and "Don't Look Back in Anger".

* 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 outside the UK or Wales, and if Lostprophets are remembered, it's only because of [[OvershadowedByControversy the lead singer's child sex abuse prosecution]].

** Deathcore? Music/SuicideSilence, Music/{{Whitechapel}}, Music/ThyArtIsMurder, Music/{{Carnifex}}, and Music/LornaShore. Music/{{Oceano}}, Music/SlaughterToPrevail, Music/ShadowOfIntent, Music/DespisedIcon, Music/ChelseaGrin, Infant Annihilator, After the Burial, Born of Osiris, Music/FitForAnAutopsy, Rings of Saturn, and Brand of Sacrifice may also get mentions. Older fans may also give Music/AllShallPerish, As Blood Runs Black, and I Declare War a mention.

* There is only one reggae artist, Music/BobMarley (some may be able to name a few others who were popular in the past such as Shaggy or Music/{{UB40}}). And everything with a reggae beat will have been written by him. For that matter, reggae is usually portrayed as being the ''only'' genre of music in the Caribbean. Apparently, ChutneyMusic, soca, ska, mento, rocksteady, ragga, dancehall, dub, and calypso don't exist in fictional settings. Well, maybe they do, but they'll be classified as reggae music.

** Although that aforementioned movie wasn't exactly a big hitter.

* 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, 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.