Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Daft Punk, Stone Temple Pilots, Public Enemy, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Papa Roach, Nirvana, Thrice, Michael Jackson, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, DJ Shadow, Asking Alexandria, The Mars Volta, Atash, Pieces of East, Dio, Santana, Del the Funky Homosapien , Sage Francis, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Harold George Belafonte, Jr., Sussana Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson, Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper, Madonna Louise Ciccone, Bette Midler, Whitney Elizabeth Houston, Michael Joseph Jackson
"Exotic Groove Rock" is a blend of many aspects of music from metal, funk, and international culturals. There are even traces of old-school metal, funk, world-beat, hip-hop, alternative, screamo, dance, jamband, jazz, and progressive.