The Smiths, The Cure, Jellyfish, The Grays, The Posies, The Beatles, Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Archie Shepp, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly, Charlie Mingus, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, Digable Planets, Disposable Heroes of Hiphopracy, Cypress Hill, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Journey, Yes, Genesis, Marillion, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, The Bears, Rush, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, The Clash, Joy Division, New Order, Afghan Whigs, U2, Tori Amos, Bjork, Catherine Wheel, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Green River, Mudhoney, Mother Love Bone, Nirvana, Temple of the Dog, Smashing Pumpkins, Melvins, Stone Temple Pilots, Cat Stevens, Neil Young, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, The Hollies, Buffalo Springfield, The Pixies, Guided By Voices, Brainiac (there's a thread here), Ween, Janis Joplin, Phish, The Dead, Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil, His Name is Alive, Iggy Pop/The Stooges, David Bowie, Tin Machine, Kitaro, Ravi Shankar, Pizzicato Five, Cibo Matto, Devo, The Swans, Failure, Giant Sand, The Wipers, Greg Sage, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Donovan, Einsterzende Neubauten, Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Masters of Reality, Spinal Tap, Front 242, Meat Beat Manifesto, Gary Numan, Foo Fighters, The Ramones, Glen Miller, Wilson Pickett, Steve Miller, The Orb, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Jimi Hendrix, The Byrds, Rainer Maria, Free, Nazareth, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Ice-T Ice Cube, Parliament/Funkadelic, Sly & The Family Stone, Public Enemy, Sun Ra, Sonic Youth, Carl Orff, Mozart, Beethoven, Bela Bartok, Chopin, Wagner, Strauss, Karlheinz Stockhausen, The Police, Tony & Jeremy Dawson, Hope, Stare, Sisters of Mercy, R.E.M., Radiohead, Pink Floyd, The Eagles, Tom Waits, Primus, P.J.Harvey, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Rollins Band, Jane's Addiction, B.B.King, Lightnin' Hopkins, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Cheap Trick, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Todd Rundgren, Rage Against The Machine, The Mekons, The Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground, The Doors, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, The Allman Brothers Band, Arrested Development, Tracy Chapman, Dave Matthews Band, Utopia, The Dharma Bums, Kraftwerk, Hank Williams Sr., Ani DiFranco, Ry Cooder, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Chris Whitley, Scorpions, old Metallica, The Rolling Stones, Cream, Wings, Badfinger, The Replacements, Queen, XTC, Robyn Hitchcock, Live, Harold Budd, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Skinny Puppy, Aldo Nova,

ET CETERA (there are many more)