60s:
- the velvet underground
- the beatles
- the byrds
- the kinks
- the zombies
- simon & garfunkel
- grateful dead
70s:
- genesis (with peter gabriel)
- pink floyd
- queen
- ramones
- supertramp
80s:
- the cure
- the police
- talking heads
- the psychedelic furs
- hall & oates
- dire straits
90s:
- pixies
- radiohead
- the smashing pumpkins
- REM
- oasis
- pavement
- weezer
- type o negative
- the libertines (if you can call them 90s)