I swear we already did this. But I suppose bands and artists aren't necessarily the same thing. And so...
1. The Doors
2. Tripping Daisy
3. Liars
4. Mothers of Invention
5. Ramones
6. Primus
7. Portishead
8. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
9. Joy Division
10. Bauhaus
I would've included Nine Inch Nails, but since NIN is Trent Reznor (plus various other artists as needed) NIN is not a band.
Meh, okay why not? Here goes, from my rather narrow sense of taste and general music knowledge, and in no particular order except for your purposes:
1. Ramones
2. R.E.M
3. Rolling Stones
4. Pearl Jam
5. the Cure
6. Beach Boys
7. Social Distortion
8. Talking Heads
9. Rocket from the Crypt
10. Ministry
1. The Magnetic Fields
2. Joy Division
3. Talk Talk
4. The Velvet Underground
5. Pavement
6. The Beach Boys
7. My Bloody Valentine
8. Pink Floyd
9. The Rolling Stones
10. Built to Spill
1. Bad Religion
2. Counting Crows
3. Propagandhi
4. Cocteau Twins
5. The National
6. Face to Face
7. Pixies
8. Conflict
9. Flux of Pink Indians
10. Hot Water Music
1. The Stooges
2. Nirvana
3. Sonic Youth
4. The Beatles
5. Massive Attack
6. The Smiths
7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
8. Depeche Mode
9. Fleetwood Mac
10. Blondie
1. Guns N Roses
2. Creedence Clearwater Revival
3. Alice In Chains
4. Queen
5.Bon Jovi
6.The Doors
7. Led Zeppelin
8. The Who
9. The Beatles
10. Lynyrd Skynyrd
1. Rolling Stones
2. Counting Crows
3. Queen
4. The Beatles
5. Lifehouse
6. Honey Honey
7. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
8. Gin Blossoms
9. Matchbox 20
10. Girl in a Coma
2.Oasis
3.Nirvana
4.Pearl Jam
5.Led Zeppelin
6.Guns n Roses
7.Doors
8.Queen
9.Scorpions
10.Pink Floyd
1. The Beatles
2. Deep Purple
3. Metallica
4. Iron Maiden
5. Megadeth
6. Foreigner
7. Black Sabbath
8. Guns 'N Roses
9. Led Zeppelin
10. AC/DC
1. The Doors
2. Tripping Daisy
3. Liars
4. Mothers of Invention
5. Ramones
6. Primus
7. Portishead
8. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
9. Joy Division
10. Bauhaus
I would've included Nine Inch Nails, but since NIN is Trent Reznor (plus various other artists as needed) NIN is not a band.
1. Ramones
2. R.E.M
3. Rolling Stones
4. Pearl Jam
5. the Cure
6. Beach Boys
7. Social Distortion
8. Talking Heads
9. Rocket from the Crypt
10. Ministry
Hmm. guess I like the letter 'R' today.
NIN excluded exactly for reasons listed above.
Radiohead
The Smiths
Pixies
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ataxia
The Cure
The Doors
Talking Heads
Sigur Ros
Talking Heads
Kraftwerk
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Kinks
Santana
Buena Vista Social Club
Hanson
Freezepop
2.Guns'n'Roses
3.Nichelback
4.Green Day
5.Muse
6.AC/DC
7.Scorpions
8.Paramore
9.The Beatles
10.Rolling Stones
2. Joy Division
3. Talk Talk
4. The Velvet Underground
5. Pavement
6. The Beach Boys
7. My Bloody Valentine
8. Pink Floyd
9. The Rolling Stones
10. Built to Spill
The Killers
AC/DC
Kashmir
The Fray
Snow Patrol
Keane
Coldplay
Led Zeppelin
Lifehouse
The Queen Killing Kings
The Beatles
Of Monsters and Men
The Libertines
Babyshambles
Coldplay
The Fray
Snow Patrol
Five for Fighting
2. Counting Crows
3. Propagandhi
4. Cocteau Twins
5. The National
6. Face to Face
7. Pixies
8. Conflict
9. Flux of Pink Indians
10. Hot Water Music
2. Nirvana
3. Sonic Youth
4. The Beatles
5. Massive Attack
6. The Smiths
7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
8. Depeche Mode
9. Fleetwood Mac
10. Blondie
1.Joy Division
2.Dead Kennedys
3.Scream
4.The Chameleons
5.Sex Pistols
6.The Clash
7.Sigur Ros
8.The Stooges
9.The Stone Roses
10.The Velvet Underground
2. Creedence Clearwater Revival
3. Alice In Chains
4. Queen
5.Bon Jovi
6.The Doors
7. Led Zeppelin
8. The Who
9. The Beatles
10. Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Pink Floyd
4. The Rolling Stones
5. Queen
6. The Doors
7. Nirvana
8. The Who
9. Lynyrd Skynyrd
10. Black Sabbath
2.Demon Hunter
3.Iron Maiden
4.Deep Purple
5.The Beatles
6.August Burns Red
7.The Devil Wears Prada
8.Becoming The Archetype
9.Scar Symmery
10.Epica
Led Zeppelin
Soundgarden
The Rolling Stones
Pearl Jam
Nirvana
The Black Keys
Green Day
Oasis
The Frames
2. Counting Crows
3. Queen
4. The Beatles
5. Lifehouse
6. Honey Honey
7. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
8. Gin Blossoms
9. Matchbox 20
10. Girl in a Coma
2. Iron Maiden
3. Disturbed
4. Rammstein
5. Deathstars
6. Boston
7 Metallica
8 Daft Punk
9 Slipknot
10 Abney Park
2. The Beatles
3. Creedence Clearwater Revival
4. The Doors
5. The Smiths