Here are a few of my favorite bands. Motorhead, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beatles, Wire, The Stooges, Iggy Pop, The Fall, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, The Ramones, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Fiery Furnaces, Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Bob Dylan, Prince, Otis Redding, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Adam Ant, U2, The Bright Eyes, The White Stripes, Jimi Hendrix, Bauhaus, The Cure, David Bowie, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wilco, The Beach Boys, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Robert Johnson, Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Muddy Waters, Pink Floyd, Patti Smith, Genesis (only w/ Peter Gabriel), Peter Gabriel, Al Green, Simon and Garfunkel, Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Buddy Holly, Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra, Cream, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Sam Cooke, Radiohead, The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, John Cale, Janis Joplin, Talking Heads, Television, Black Sabbath, Blondie, T. Rex, R.E.M., New York Dolls, Pixies, Queen, The Kinks, Jerry Lee Lewis, Metallica (before the black album), CCR, Smokey Robinson, The Cars, X, MC5, Beck, Jane's Addiction, Sonic Youth, Jethro Tull, Black Flag, Buzzcocks, Sham 69, X-ray Spex, Generation X, Rage Against the Machine, Bjork, Portishead, Brian Eno, The Pogues, Hole, Judas Priest, Stiff Little Fingers, The Jam, Buzzcocks, The Dead Boys, 999, Siouxsie &; The Banshees, Dead Kennedys, The Soft Boys, Flaming Lips, Etc