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| ARTIST | STYLE | RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE THESE MAINSTREAM ARTISTS | RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE THESE CHRISTIAN ARTISTS |
| Contemporary | Modern Rock | Alternative | Hard Rock | Rap/Hip-Hop | R&B | Dance | | |||
| CONTEMPORARY | |||
| TIM BOWMAN | jazz | George Benson, Norman Brown | Ben Tankard |
| SCOTT WESLEY BROWN | praise & worship | John Tesh, Michael Bolton | Steve Green, Steve Fry |
| TERRY CLARK | contemporary | Elton John, John Tesh | Roby Duke, Steve Green |
| JAMIE OWENS COLLINS | adult contemporary | Shania Twain, Celine Dion | Twila Paris, Point Of Grace |
| BILLY CROCKETT | acoustic contemporary | James Taylor, Mark Cohn, David Wilcox | Rich Mullins, Gary Chapman, Phil Keaggy |
| CROSSING | Irish/Celtic | The Chieftains, Riverdance, Altan | Jeff Johnson, Iona, Rich Mullins |
| MORGAN CRYAR | contemporary | Bryan Adams, Don Henley | Wes King, Gary Chapman |
| DON FRANCISCO | folk | John Denver, Don McLean | Keith Green, Randy Stonehill |
| STEVE FRY | praise & worship | Elton John, John Tesh | Wayne Watson, Bob Carlisle |
| GINA | pop | Donna Lewis, Paula Abdul | Kim Boyce, Jaci Velasquez, Rebecca St. James |
| CHUCK GIRARD | praise & worship | Elton John, John Tesh | Praise & Worship, Steve Green |
| RHONDA GUNN | contemporary | Paula Cole, Shania Twain, Leann Rimes | Susan Ashton, Out of the Grey, Margaret Becker |
| GLENN KAISER | contemporary/worship | Eric Clapton, Don Henley, Bryan Adams | Rich Mullins, At The Foot Of The Cross |
| MARY-KATHRYN | contemporary/world music | Enya, Loreena Mc Kennitt | Michelle Tumes, Moire Brennan |
| SANCTIFIED GLORY MTN REVIVAL FAMILY | pseudo southern gospel | Hillbilly Frankenstein, Beck, Southern Culture on the Skids Primitive Quartet | Dr. Edward Daniel Taylor, Danielson |
| SEEDS | acoustic folk rock | Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Byrds | Malcolm and Alwyn, Talbot Brothers |
| DICK & MEL TUNNEY | contemporary | Celine Dion | First Call, Phillips, Craig & Dean |
| MATTHEW WARD | contemporary | Phil Collins, Elton John, Michael Bolton | Bob Carlisle, Wayne Watson |
| MODERN ROCK | |||
| AGE OF FAITH | modern rock | Third Eye Blind, Goo Goo Dolls | Smalltown Poets, The Waiting, Jars Of Clay |
| ANNIE | modern rock | Radiohead, The Verve, Cast | Luxury, Starflyer 59, Dumpster |
| BLAME LUCY | modern rock | Bare Naked Ladies, Foo Fighters | Audio A, Eric Champion, Speck |
| BUMBLEPUPPY | modern rock | Radiohead, The Verve, Sneaker Pimps | Third Day, Seven Day Jesus |
| CROOKED SMILE | modern rock | Counting Crows, Wallflowers, Marcy Playground | PFR, Adam Again, Vigilantes Of Love |
| DEAR EPHESUS | emo rock | Sunny Day Real Estate, Live, Foo Fighters | Poor Old Lu, Violet Burning, Plankeye |
| ROBERT DEEBLE | modern rock | Sting, Victoria Williams | Sixpence, VOL, Over The Rhine |
| DUMPSTER | modern rock | Savage Garden, The Verve, Suede | Newsboys, Audio Adrenaline |
| EXETER FLUD | emo rock | Smashing Pumpkins, whipping boy | Starflyer 59, Prayer Chain, violet burning |
| GALACTIC COWBOYS | rock | Led Zepplin, Aerosmith | King's X, Bride |
| HAVALINA RAIL CO. | modern/jazz/swing | Squirrel Nut Zippers, Combustible Edison | Lost Dogs, Sixpence |
| IDENTICAL STRANGERS | contemporary rock | The Wallflowers, Dave Matthews Band | The Kry, Third Day, Big Tent Revival |
| JOHNNY RESPECT | modern rock | Weezer, Stray Cats | MxPx, Slick Shoes |
| MERBABIES | modern rock | Dinosaur Jr., Pixies, Sebadoh | Joe Christmas, Starflyer 59, Lost Dogs |
| MISCELLANEOUS | modern rock | 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie Imbruglia | Out Of The Grey, Over The Rhine, Jars Of Clay |
| MY FRIEND STEPHANIE | modern rock | Matchbox 20, Third Eye Blind | Third Day, Age Of Faith, The Waiting |
| RESURRECTION BAND | classic rock | Van Morrison, Aerosmith | Petra, Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill |
| SIERRA HART | acoustic praise | Joni Mitchell, Jewel, Joan Baez | Jennifer Knapp, Sherri Youngward |
| SPECK | modern rock | Bush, The Offspring, Pearl Jam | Dear Ephesus, Grammatrain, Skillet |
| SUNDAY'S CHILD | modern rock | The Verve Pipe, Tonic, Live, Dishwalla | The Choir, Starflyer 59 |
| TY TABOR | modern rock | Beatles, Oasis, Dishwalla | PFR, Kosmos Express |
| CHRIS TAYLOR | organic modern rock | Wallflowers, Counting Crows, Matchbox 20 | Vigilantes Of Love, The Call, Chris Lizotte |
| THEE SPIVIES | 50's pop | Buddy Holly, The Blasters | Supertones |
| ALTERNATIVE | |||
| BIG DOG SMALL FENCE | ska | Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish | Insyderz, Supertones, Five Iron Frenzy |
| BLACKCHERRY SODA | punk rock | Social Distortion, The Adolescents | MxPx, One:21, Johnny Respect |
| BLAH | pop punk | Rev. Horton Heat, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | Ruby Joe, Blaster The Rocketboy |
| CRASHDOG | old school punk | Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys | Squad Five-0, The Blamed |
| DOGWOOD | punk rock | NOFX, Offspring, Lagwagon | MxPx, Ghoti Hook, Value Pac |
| ELDER | alternative | Alice In Chains, Everclear | scaterd few, L.S.Underground |
| ERINFALL | industrial/dance | Nine Inch Nails, Chemical Brothers | Mortal, Argyle Park, Jyredelix |
| FREETO BOAT | ska | The Skeletones, Offspring | The Insyderz, Squad Five-0 |
| HALO FRIENDLIES | chick punk | Go-Go's, Breeders, Veruca Salt, Luscious Jackson | Dakota Motor Co, MxPx, Plankeye |
| JESSE & THE ROCKERS | alternative/punk | Blink 182, Weezer | MxPx, Plankeye |
| KREEPDOWNS | alternative | Smashing Pumpkins, Sex Pistols | Driver Eight, Plankeye, Starflyer 59 |
| OFFICER NEGATIVE | punk rock | Sex Pistols, Black Flag | MxPx, 90 lb. Wuss, Squad Five-0 |
| ONE:21 | old school punk | Rancid, Sex Pistols, The Adolescents | 90 lb. Wuss, Crucified, MxPx |
| SAVIOUR MACHINE | gothic rock opera | Bauhaus, The Cure, Love & Rockets | Spy Glass Blue, Scaterd Few |
| SCATERD FEW | alternative | Jane's Addiction, 311, Bad Brains | Stavesacre, 90 lb. Wuss |
| SHEESH | alternative | Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins | PlankEye, Stavesacre |
| SKACRAZE | ska compilation | Reel Big Fish, Mighty Mighty Bosstones | Supertones, Five Iron Frenzy, Insyderz |
| SKANKTIFIED | ska compilation | Reel Big Fish, Mighty Mighty Bosstones | Supertones, Five Iron Frenzy, Insyderz |
| SOUL JUNK | alternative | Flaming Lips, Beck | Danielson, Silage |
| SQUAD FIVE-0 | ska-core | Sublime, The Toasters, Less Than Jake | The Insyderz, Supertones, MxPx |
| TASTY SNAX | ska-core | Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sublime | Squad Five-0, The Insyderz, Supertones |
| WEDDING PARTY | gothic | Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie | Saviour Machine, Rackets & Drapes |
| HARD ROCK | |||
| BLAMED | hardcore | Pantera, SOD, Machine Head | Crucified, Six Feet Deep, Living Sacrifice |
| ETHEREAL SCOURGE | thrash/grindcore | Morbid Angel, Deicide | Mortification, Living Sacrifice |
| FOREVERTREE | hard alternative | Creed, Soundgarden, Silverchair | Stavesacre, Common Children |
| LAMENT | metal | Metallica, Slayer | Mortification |
| METANOIA | death metal | Morbid Angel, Slayer | Living Sacrifice, Mortification |
| MORTIFICATION | thrash/grindcore | Slayer, Sepultura | Living Sacrifice |
| NAILED PROMISE | hard alternative | Helmet, Orange 9mm, Quicksand | Stavesacre, Everdown |
| NEW JERUSALEM | 80's metal | Led Zeppelin, Guns n' Roses, Slaughter | Holy Soldier, Whitecross |
| NO INNOCENT VICTIM (NIV) | hardcore | Sick Of It All, Agnostic Front, Earth Crisis | Strongarm, Living Sacrifice |
| P.O.D. | hip-hop hardcore | Rage Against The Machine, Korn, 311 | Every Day Life |
| PRECIOUS DEATH | hard alternative | Metallica, Soundgarden, Creed | Grammatrain, Blackball |
| SPOKEN | hip-hop/hardcore | Rage Against The Machine, Downset | Every Day Life, P.O.D. |
| TEREMAZE | progressive metal | Dream Theater, Rush, Queensryche | Ultimatum, Deliverance |
| ULTIMATUM | heavy metal | Pantera, Exodus, Megadeath | Deliverance, Teremaze |
| WORLD AGAINST WORLD | punk rock | Subhumans, The Adolescents, Sex Pistols | 90 lb Wuss, Crashdog, MxPx |
| RAP/HIP-HOP | |||
| ANTONIOUS | gangsta | E-40, Master P, Do or Die | Nuwine, Gospel Gangstas, T-Bone |
| AYEESHA | female rap/hip-hop | Missy Elliot, Da Brat, Queen Pen | True II Society, T-Bone, God's Original Gangstaz |
| BRAINWASH PROJECTS | hip-hop | Tribe Called Quest, Diggable Planets | Grits, LPG |
| BRUTHUZ GRIMM | gangsta | Master P, Ol' Dirty, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | Nuwine, L.G.Wise, Prime Minister |
| D.C.P. | gangsta | E-40, Master P, Do or Die | Nuwine, Gospel Gangstas, Antonious |
| DJ DOVE | gangsta | Doctor Dre, E-40, Puff Daddy | Gospel Gangstas, T-Bone |
| DEEZER D | rap | Master P, Outkast | T-Bone, Antonious, Lil' Raskull |
| E-ROC | east coast hip-hop | Wu Tang Clan, Red Man, Method Man | Dynamic Twins, T-Bone, Rhymes Monumental |
| FLEXX | rap/hip-hop | Puff Daddy, Fugees | Tonex, Unity Klan |
| GINO V | latino rap | Kid Frost, The Mexakinz, Barrio Boys | T-Bone, Gospel Gangstas, Nuwine |
| GOD QUEST | hip-hop | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | DC Talk, Out of Eden, God's Property |
| GOD'S ORIGINAL GANGSTAZ | gangsta | 8-Ball & MJG, Master P, Westside Connection | Prime Minister, Gospel Gangstas, Nuwine |
| KIIS | hip-hop | Black Street, Wu-Tang Clan | T-Bone, Gospel Gangstas |
| L.G. WISE | rap | Tupac, Richie Rich, Outkast | Nuwine, S.S.M.O.B., Lil' Raskull |
| LIL' RASKULL | gangsta | Outkast, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Master P | S.S.M.O.B., Gospel Gangstas |
| NU WINE | gangsta | Geto Boys, Scarface, Tupac | Rubadub, Lil' Raskull |
| PREACHAS IN THE HOOD | gangsta | Cypress Hill, Slow Pain, Kid Frost | S.S.M.O.B., T-Bone, God's Original Gangstaz |
| PRIME MINISTER | gangsta | Scarface, Tupac, Geto Boys | NuWine, Gospel Gangstas, CMC's |
| RHYMES MONUMENTAL | rap/hip-hop | Method Man, Busta Rhymes, Eric Sermon | Cross Movement, Tunnel Rats, SFC |
| STR8 YOUNG GANGSTAZ | gangsta | 2 Live Crew, Goodie Mob, LL Cool J | S.S.M.O.B., CMC's, God's Original Gangsta'z |
| T-BONE | gangsta | Tupac, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | Gospel Gangstas, IDOL King |
| TRUE II SOCIETY | gangsta | Dr. Dre, Do or Die, E-40 | T-Bone, Nuwine, God's Original Gangstas |
| UNITY KLAN | r&b/rap/hip-hop | West Side Connection, Dogg Pound | CMC's, Gospel Gangstas |
| R & B | |||
| GINA BROWN | r&b/pop | Brandy, Mary J. Blige | Deniece Williams, CeCe Winans |
| GOD'S NEW CREATION | r&b/hip-hop | Barrio Boyz, Boys II Men, New Edition | BeBe & CeCe Winans, Gina Brown |
| GLENN KAISER (NEW ALBUM) | r&b/Motown | Otis Redding, Blues Bros. 2000, Joe Cocker | Sarah Laughing |
| RICI | r&b/pop | Brandy, TLC | Out Of Eden, Yolanda Adams |
| BEAU WILLIAMS | r&b/gospel | R Kelly, Brian McKnight | Kirk Franklin, BeBe Winans |
| ANGIE & DEBBIE WINANS | r&b/gospel | Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston | CeCe Winans, Out Of Eden |
| DANIEL WINANS | r&b/gospel | Babyface, R Kelly, Montell Jordan | BeBe Winans, Kirk Franklin |
| DANCE | |||
| CLOUD TO GROUND | dance | Moby, Chemical Brothers | Prodigal Sons, Paradigm Shift, Faith Massive |
| ECLECTICA | techno/dance | Prodigy, Tricky, Chemical Brothers | Paradigm Shift, Cloud 2 Ground |
| ELECTRAPOP COMPILATION | synth-pop | Erasure, Other Two, Depeche Mode | Echoing Green, Joy Electric |
| FAITH MASSIVE | drum & bass | Enigma, Orbital, Ronisize | Virus, Hydro |
| GOSPEL HOUSING AUTHORITY | dance | Stereo MC's, Madonna, La Bouche | Nitro Praise, Preacha, AJ Mora |
| HYDRO | triphop/house/drum and bass | Leftfield, Chemical Brothers, Orbital | Paradigm Shift, World Wide Message Tribe |
| MAXIMILLIAN | deep house/club | Crystal Waters, Frankie Knuckles | AJ Mora, Scott Blackwell |
| NITRO PRAISE VOL 1-5 & LIVE | house/club | Spice Girls, La Bouche, Madonna | Gospel Housing Authority, World Wide Message Tribe |
| PARADIGM SHIFT | trip-hop/trance | Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers, Tricky | Cloud 2 Ground, Eclectica, Virus |
| PREACHA | british house | Bjork, Savage Garden, Madonna | World Wide Message Tribe, Hydro |
| PRODIGAL SONS | rave/acid techno | Atari Teenage Riot, Underworld, Aphex Twin | Raving Loonatics, Prophecy Of Panic, Mindbender |
| PROPHECY OF P.A.N.I.C. | rave/trip-hop | Aphex Twin, Chemical Brothers, Single-Cell Orchestra | Prodigal Sons, Mindbenders, Paradigm Shift |
| RHYTHM SAINTS | british dance | Other Two, Bjork, M People | World Wide Message Tribe, Preacha |
| SOZO | techno-pop | Spice Girls, Madonna, Republika | Gina, Nitro Praise, Ian, Church Of Rhythm |
| VIRUS | trance/ambient/triphop | Faithless, Sneaker Pimps, Cocteau Twins | Ambient Theology, Prodigal Sons, Faith Massive |