Ok, get ready for a long list (I just love music!) and I'm going to have to cheat and include solo artists. BTW the list is in no particular order, except maybe the first ten or so
The Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Oasis, AC/DC, Queen, Small Faces, The Kinks, The Who, The Move, Velvet Underground, The Stooges, MC5, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, The Byrds, Simon and Garfunkle, Green Day, U2, Arctic Monkeys, Pigeon Detectives, The View, The Killers, The Strokes, Ash, Cast, Ocean Colour Scene, Blur, Dodgy, The Levellers, The Lemonheads, The Fratellis, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Blue Cheer, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Slade, The Black Crowes, The White Stripes, Rush, ELO, Nirvana, The Pixies, Pearl Jam, The Vines, Jane's Addiction, The Libertines, Primal Scream, Sonic Youth, Stone Roses, Joe Walsh, The Ramones, The Undertones, The Buzzcocks, Television, The Damned, The Jam, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Ian Dury, Super Furry Animals, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Funkadelic, Beastie Boys, Stereo MCs, De La Soul, Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Sly and the Family Stone, Galliano, The Kooks, Jefferson Airplane, Love, 13th Floor Elevators, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Albert King, BB King, Foo Fighters, Monster Magnet, The Hellacopters... and about a zillion others