I'll write a short list of some awesome bands:
Led Zep
Black Sabbath
The Beatles
The Who
Queen
Rage Against the Machine
Soundgarden
Stone Temple Pilots
Nirvana
Velvet Revolver
Audioslave
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Earthsuit (check them out, seriously)
The Accident Experiment
Tool
A Perfect Circle
V A S T
The Police
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Metallica
Dream Theater
The White Stripes
Black Keys
U2
Beanbag
Deftones
The Doors
Jeff Buckley
Tom Waits
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
That'll do me...