What are your favorite music genres?

I like virtually all genres of music If It has a melody or tune that one can follow.
My favorite genre Is GOTHIC doom and gloom music.Fav Artist Is SOPOR AETERNUS, Classical, Indie, Brit punk and anything strange, weird and out of the ordinary/mainstream are closely behind.

Electronic:
Ambient-Steve Roach(have about 60 of his discs), Michael Stearns, Pete Namlook(have about 200 Fax cd's), Global Communication, Irresistible Force, The Orb, FSOL, Lustmord...labels=Type, Leaf, Fax
IDM-Bola, Boards Of Canada...labels=Warp, SKAM
Techno-Derrick May, Ritchie Hawtin...labels R&S, Rising High, Plus8
Dub/Dub-Techno-Basic Channel and anything they touch or artists associated with the label, Yagya, King Tubby, Scientist, Mad Professor, Keith Hudson, Bullwackies
Turntablists-DJ Shadow, QBert & The Invisible Scratch Picklz, The Scratch Perverts, Kid Koala, Coldcut/Ninja Tune
Rock:
Indie-Rock-Built To Spill, Neutral Milk Hotel, Phosphorescent, The Frogs, Sleater-Kinney...Kill Rock Stars
Outsider Music-Jandek, The Shaggs, Kenneth Higney
Glam/Hair Metal-Dokken, Ratt, Skid Row, Hanoi Rocks
Metal Guitarists-Ozzy w/Randy Rhoads, Yngwie Malmsteen and all of the Shrapnel Records shred guitarists(Jason Becker, Vinnie Moore, Tony Macalpine, Joey Tafolla, Greg Howe, Michael Lee Firkins, etc.)
Misc. Metal-New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, Early Black Metal i.e. Bathory, Celtic Frost & Venom. Priest, Maiden and all the usual stuff.
British Rock/Shoegaze-My Bloody Valentine, The Smiths, Slowdive, Spiritualized, Ulrich Schnauss
Proto/Post-Punk/Punk-Joy Division, Wire, Suicide, Television, Buzzcocks & all the usual punk bands.
Jazz:
Hard Bop mostly with a little free jazz here and there-Miles, Trane, Green, Rollins, Breau, Coleman, Hancock, Burrell, Farlow...albums In A Silent Way, Midnight Blue & Way Out West
Classical:
Mostly modern minimalists-Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Terry Riley
I could be typing all day so I'll just list some of my other artists I love to give you an idea: T.Rex, Mazzy Star, The Pixies, Japancakes, Ry Cooder, Michael Brook, Brian Eno, Black Sabbath, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Cat Power, Neko Case, Steely Dan, Susumu Yokota, Neil Young, Luke Vibert, NEU!, Popol Vuh, Vampyros Lesbos soundtrack, Cabaret Voltaire, Coil, John Fahey, Nick Drake, Ryan Teague, Stars Of The Lid, Van Halen...Just realized I could be typing THIS all day as well but I think you get the picture although I feel like someone accepting an Academy Award and I'm going to remember someone huge as soon as I press Submit as-is.

i always tell people that the sopwith camel's-the miraculous hump returns from the moon is the prototype for steeley dan's aja.......west coast pop art exp band, chocolate watchband, electric prunes, blues magoos(one of the great live bands of all time), yada yada......anything on vertigo..yowza

Female vocal - many genre.
I feel like I am in the presence of an angel when I hear my favorite recordings of them.

70's hard rock - Led Zeppelin and Nazareth on top!
Late 60's heavy psych - Cream on top (pun intended)!
70's heavy prog - Yes, Genesis, King Crimson and Gentle Giant on top!

Since I got the audiophile bug approx 2 years ago (it's not going away!) I listen a lot to jazz and classical and other music only to hear the fine sounds of these genres.

I was a record collector of rare pressings/groups etc for decades and have many a obscure vinyl that isn't up to highest standards sound wise (private pressings etc) - that never bothered me in the past, but now...oh well...have a GREAT one!