[obligatory, I guess]
CAT STEVENS, Babes in Toyland, the Melvins, Beck, the Beatles, Aphex Twin, Johnny Cash, Os Mutantes, White Zombie, KMFDM, Patsy Cline, Tom Waits, John Lee Hooker, Leonard Cohen, The Black Keys, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, SONIC YOUTH, Blonde Redhead, Woody Guthrie, Nirvana, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Bob Dylan, Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies, Garbage, FLAT DUO JETS, Helmet, Cowboy Junkies, Portishead, (My Life With the) THRILL KILL CULT, Velvet Underground, The Cramps, Mindless Self Indulgence, the White Stripes, David Bowie, Buffalo Springfield, the Misfits, the Doobie Brothers, Neil Young, Zager and Evans, Herman's Hermits