Music-- Plus, poll type thingy

Alright, it's the end of the three-day weekend, and I need to have a post so that I break my schedule one week into its genesis. However, I have little to write about, and don't feel like rambling like I did last post, so I'm going to give my adoring public (sob-I'm-alone) something slightly less philosophical; because when I'm short on Dawkins and Descartes, it's time to break out the Lordi and Lamb of God.
So, anywho, I'm going to preface with an incomplete list of my favorite bands, in the order in which they strike me. Here goes--
Pink Floyd, Albert King, B.B. King, Robert Johnson, Wynton Marsalis, Miles Davis, Children of Bodom, Hypnogaja, Rise Against, ChthoniC, Boston, Charlie Parker GnR, Job for a Cowboy, Porcupine Tree, Teitur Lassan, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Louis Armstrong, Beppe Gambetta, Carlo Aonzo, Emperor, Nine Inch Nails, Dead to Fall...

So on. I have very eclectic musical tastes. In a glance, I can see metal, blues, Italian folk, jazz, American folk, classic rock, and so forth. This does not even name composers, in which case I begin to delve into the worlds of baroque, big band, and pre-Romantic classical. Wow-- I must be insane.

Anyways, because I have little more patience for this post, and wish to go back to my good friend Hemingway, I'm going to open this to the readers (we know there's at least one of you.) I would like everyone, if it's not too inconvenient, to post their two or three favorite composers/bands/artists, and tell me why they're awesome.

To begin...

Pink Floyd-- best mood building and song structure of anyone I know.
All That Remains-- Tasteful metal-core, with a very, very good lead player, and some pretty subtle harmonization and rhythm/melody counterplay.
Miles Davis-- Jazz embodified. Listen to Bitches Brew, and you'll understand.

That's it! Please post!