Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature nasal tenor (and frequently alto) singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments'”including piano and harmonica'”his style of hammer-on acoustic guitar and often idiosy

Agitated, Contemplative, Domestic, Gritty, Loose, Melancholy, Pastoral, Pathos, Political, Power, Quiet, Rough, Self-reflection, Sincere, Social revolution

Iggy Pop (born James Newell Osterberg) played in several Ann Arbor, Michigan-area bands as a teenager, including The Iguanas and later The Prime Movers. The Prime Movers nicknamed Osterberg 'Iggy' in reference to his earlier band. Osterberg was first inspired to form The Stooges after meeting blue

Absurd, Agitated, Angry, Dark, Deconstructive, Distorted, Dystopic, Gritty, Hallucinatory, Hard rock, Implosive, In-your-face, Physical force, Power, Primal, Profane, Psychedelic, Repetition, Repetitive, Rhythmic, Rough, Sardonic, Saturated, Sensual, Slangy

Metallica was easily the best, most influential heavy metal band of the '80s, responsible for bringing the music back to Earth. Instead of playing the usual rock star games of metal stars of the early '80s, the band looked and talked like they were from the street. Metallica expanded the limits of th

Absurd, Agitated, Angry, Baroque, Bombast, Dark, Dramatic, Grand, In-your-face, Masculine, Metal, Monumental, Power, Primal, Repetitive, Rhythmic, Rough, Severe

The SRC (short for Scott Richardson Case) was a Detroit/Ann Arbor based rock band from the late 1960's. From 1965 to 1970 they were a staple at many legendary Detroit rock venues such as The Grande Ballroom which is perhaps best remembered as the setting in which the MC5 album Kick out the Jams was r

Distorted, Fuzzy, Gritty, Implosive, In-your-face, Pop, Power, Primal, Psychedelic, Rhythmic, Rough, Visceral, Voluminous