Slovenian group Laibach's music, performances, and entire aesthetic have been immensely influential across nearly the entire genre of industrial music, especially the martial industrial style. Mocking fascism with their music's Wagnerian thunder and military attire, the collective's live shows portray rock concerts as absurd political rallies.

After releasing the track "The Protagonist" as a one-off compilation entry on the Advanced Electronics Vol. 3, Faderhead received a deal with Accession Records/Indigo to release his debut album FH1 in 2006.

Even in a '90s alt-rock landscape already pounded into submission by the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Ministry and Marilyn Manson, nothing could prepare ears for the sensory-overloading assault and sheer absurdity of Rammstein's "Du hast".

It wouldn't be entirely accurate to say Led Zeppelin invented heavy metal. Formed by latter-day Yardbirds guitarist Jimmy Page in 1968 (originally as The New Yardbirds), the quartet were among a wave of bands taking the blues-based British Invasion sound in a louder direction.

If it's possible to condense the evolution of hip-hop into a single entity-embodying its street perspectives, pop dominance and global multicultural appeal-it'd be the Black Eyed Peas.

Céline Dion became renowned for having one of pop's biggest voices, full of emotion and fire on songs that examine all of love's most stirring facets. Dion released her first album at the age of 13, showing off her budding song writing talent and establishing herself as a francophone star in her home province.

The band was founded in 2007 by the two musicians Christian Marquis and Thomas Winters. The band name is composed of letters of the two first names, Christian and Thomas. Marquis and Winters met at their workplace, the LVR-Klinik Düren.

Cascada is a German dance music act founded in 2004 by singer Natalie Horler and DJ Manian and DJ Yanou. They are best known for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", "Evacuate the Dancefloor", and "Miracle".

Masterminded by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, the KLF was the ultimate evolution of the British pair's partnership (they previously worked as the more hip-hop-oriented Justified Ancients of Mu Mu and the Timelords).

Combining swirling psychedelic rock with hardcore hip-hop rhythms, the Shamen were one of the first alternative bands to appeal to dance clubs as much as indie rockers. Comprised of Colin Angus, Peter Stephenson, Keith McKenzie, and Derek McKenzie.

Country outfit Lonestar first came together in Nashville, Tennessee, but the band's name is a tribute to their roots-all five founding members were originally from Texas. "No News", a 1996 single from the group's self-titled debut LP, hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, a feat they've repeated eight times.

LMFAO are an American electronic dance music duo consisting of Stefan Kendal Gordy AKA "Redfoo" and Skyler Austen Gordy AKA "Sky Blu". Redfoo is the youngest son of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy and Nancy Leiviska. Sky Blu is Gordy's grandson and the son of Redfoo's half-brother.

From the streets of Miami to VIP rooms around the world, Pitbull has been one of the biggest pop stars on the planet since the turn of the 21st century, bringing together sounds from all over the globe and packaging them with urgent beats and his forceful, dynamic boasts.

Rotersand is a German electronic music act, formed in September 2002 by musician/producer Rascal Nikov with dance music producer/DJ Krischan Jan-Eric Wesenberg joining them shortly after. Rotersand's music can generally be described as futurepop, industrial pop.

Much like his idol, David Bowie, Marilyn Manson possesses cultural influence that's far-reaching and always evolving. The artist born Brian Warner in 1969 assumed his outrageous persona-the name is a portmanteau of Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson-in the early '90s and formed a band.

In the early '80s, as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal was still ringing in headbangers' ears, Sheffield, England's Def Leppard bucked the trend by drizzling honey over hard rock. That audacious gambit sweetened a sound forged in the UK's industrial heartlands.

Sumptuous ambassadors of Philly Soul in the late '60s, The Delfonics sang wistfully romantic ballads kissed with radiant horns and William Hart's delicate falsetto. Hart later worked with vibe-heavy producer Adrian Younge for 2013's late-career triumph under the Delfonics name.

Legendary funk and soul band The Commodores launched the career of Lionel Richie and ruled the charts in the latter half of the '70s. They amassed seven No. 1 R&B hits-two of which also topped the pop charts.

Lionel Richie's genius for crisply soulful pop and broadly inclusive romantic balladry flowed from his unique upbringing. Being born in 1949 Alabama meant being surrounded on all sides by signs of segregation.

Everything about Bon Jovi is huge-the choruses, the sales numbers, the riffs, the arenas-and they earned their place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with explosive tunes that command singalongs.