Aerosmith's uncompromising guitar riffs,
At The Drive-In's twisted ways of combining two guitar lines,
Bersuit Vergarabat's mix of styles & integration of folkloric elements , Chokebore's aesthetics of sadness,
Come's love for detail,
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs' energetic rhythmic power,
Mark Lanegan's sense of simplicity=awesomeness,
Melvins' unconventional song format ideas,
Metallica's topic-centered prose & pertinency of guitar solos,
Misophone's belief in offbeat ideas,
Molotov's humour & creative uses of the voice,
Nirvana's ethics & honesty towards music,
Paiko's love for life & talent to captivate the spirit of a nation in their songs, Pantera's heavy yet serious style,
Pixies' humour & sense of unconventionality,
Queens Of The Stone Age's drive,
Radiohead's courage towards the darker aspects of reality,
Rage Against The Machine's intensity & ingenious use of guitar equipment,
Red Hot Chili Pepper's intuition for that extra beat in the right moment,
R.E.M.'s sense of beauty for everything in the world,
Sonic Youth's musical philosophy &
Tool's compulsion for meaning