Rage Against the Machine. They should be a genre of their own!
You mean nu-funk-metal?
BTW, I'm also big on burlesque, vaudeville, sunshine pop, vocal group, jam, 50s rock, jazz, fusion, formalist rock, avant-garde, blues rock, some pop-punk, reggae, and rockabilly, although i don't listen to those genres as much as I do the ones in my other post. 'cept blues rock and vocal group.
Most people don't know the specific names for genres, venus, including me in some areas. Like indie rock.. there are some clear differences, like the folk revival and post-punk revival in the indie music scene, but then there's the generic alt-sounding indie rock band, and then there's bands like Panda Bear (a favorite of mine), who's properly classified as noise rock, but is still confusing when classified that way.
And I'm thinking Jesus and Mary Chain shoegazing, Venus, as they pretty much started the genre. If you can turn me onto some good bands, though, I'll check 'em out.
edit - of course, then there's also bands that span multiple genres, like Third Eye Blind, for example, who I like. Some of their songs are alt. rock, some (well, one) are folkish, and some are straightforward alt/pop-rock.
