Here is my list of recommended artists. I know I have left out a few, but this is the majority of what I listen to.
- 10,000 Maniacs
- Alanis Morissette
- Audioslaves
- Beck
- Billy Corgan
- Black Sabbath
- Blondie
- Boston
- Brenton Wood (If you are into classic R/B)
- Bush
- Cake
- Carly Simon (She really rocks)
- Cat Steven (namely Wild World and Oh Very Young)
- Chicago
- Chris Isaak
- Coldplay (their lyrics are usually deep, despite their popularity)
- Counting Crows
- Creed (if you can stomach some of their religious overtones)
- Crosby, Stills and Nash / Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (they really kick some major @$$)
- Cyndi Lauper
- David Bowie (a timeless musician, indeed)
- Deftones
- Depeche Mode
- Diana Ross (Her love songs are one of the best in the world)
- Dido (yeah, I think her music rocks)
- Electric Light Orchestra (ELO, what can I say?)
- Enigma
- Eurythmics
- Fastball
- Fiona Apple (I can't get enough of her voice)
- Fleetwood Mac
- Foo Fighters
- Frank Sinatra (the best male singer on Earth [well, with Tom Jones])
- Franz Fernindad
- Garbage
- Gin Blossoms
- Goo Goo Dolls
- Green Day
- Heart
- Hole (Great stuff)
- Incubus
- Interpol
- Jane's Addiction
- Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship. (I shouldn't have to explain this one)
- Jewel (I love her music, despite her popularity back in the day)
- Jimi Hendrix -> The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Band of Gypsies and his last band (they never finalized their name before Jimi's death)
- John Lennon
- Korn
- Led Zeppelin
- Lisa Loeb
- Lit
- Live
- Madonna
- Matchbox Twenty
- Missing Persons
- Moby
- Natalie Imbruglia (Yeah, yeah, but I like the majority of her stuff)
- Neil Young (one of my most favorite song writers)
- New Order
- Nine Inch Nails
- Nirvana
- No Doubt
- Oingo Boingo
- Paul McCartney
- Pearl Jam
- Pet Shop Boys
- Phil Collins
- Pink Floyd
- Pixies
- Prince
- Queen (Hail to Freddy!)
- REM
- Sarah McLachlan
- Save Ferris
- Simon and Garfunkel
- Simple Minds
- Sixpense none the Richer
- Smash Mouth
- Smashing Pumpkins
- Soundgarden
- Squirrel Nut Zippers
- Sting
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Styx
- Supertramp
- System of a Down
- Tavares (yes, I like Disco too)
- Tears for Fears
- The Animals
- The B-52's
- The Beach Boys
- The Beatles
- The Byrds
- The Cardigans
- The Carpenters
- The Cars
- The Clash
- The Cranberries
- The Cure
- The Doors
- The English Beat
- The Guess Who
- The Mamas and the Papas
- The Mighty Might Bosstones
- The Moody Blues
- The Offspring
- The Police
- The Pretenders
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers (not in concert, of course)
- The Strokes
- The Todies
- The Turtles
- The Wallflowers
- The White Stripes
- The Who
- The Yardbirds
- Third Eye Blind
- Tompson Twins
- Three Dog Night
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- U2
- Van Halen
- Veruca Salt
- Violent Femmes
- Weezer