Ooohh mann... I'm going to try and get just all my top bands in this section. List would be too long otherwise...
We'll start with the classics: The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Iggy and The Stooges, Steve Miller Band, John Lennon and The Beatles, Led Zepplin.
Now some 80's: The Cure, Echo and The BunnyMen, Bad Brains, The Smiths, The Pixies, The Misfits, The Ramones, The Descendents, Fugazi, Minor Threat.
Some 90's: AFI, Deftones, Smashing Pumpkins, Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh, Sonic Youth, LeatherFace, Jawbreaker Nirvana, Rage Against Machine, Operation Ivy, Rancid, Pennywise, Texas Is The Reason, Beck, Radio Head, At The Drive-In, Weezer, The Lawrence Arms:).
Some more rock/punk/hardcore/metal: Kill Your Idols, Haste, Shai Hulud, Converge, Isis, Blacklisted, The Hope Conspiracy, Bars, Grade, Death By Stereo, Sparta, Thursday, Strung Out, Iron&Wine.
Some Hip-Hop?: Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, Dell Funky Homosapien, N.E.R.D., Digable Planets, Nas, Prefuse 73... I'm probably leaving somebody out, but you get the jist of it;)