Normally, I would just say the search engine works....but since you asked the way you did....and I am in a good mood.



Off the top of my head....



Old School:

Elvis
Ray Charles
Chuck Berry
Johnny Cash
Jerry Lee Lewis
Little Richard
Bo Diddley
Buddy Holly
Roy Orbison
Fats Domino
Gene Vincent
Eddie Cochran
Bill Haley
Carl Perkins
The Everely Brothers
Sonny Burgess



Rock:

Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Jimi Hendrix
Rolling Stones
The Who
Pink Floyd
Bob Dylan
Black Sabbath (Ozzy Era!!!!)
The Byrds
Cream
Allman Brothers w/ Duane Allman
The Doors
The Grateful Dead
Tom Waits
Van Morrison
Sonic Youth
The Yardbirds
Queen
Van Halen (as in, not Van Hagar)
Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Buffalo Springfield
Neil Young
Leonard Cohen
Nick Cave
Nick Drake
David Bowie
The Pixies
Faith No More
Mr. Bungle
Fantômas
Slayer
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Metallica (the first 4 recordings!!!!)
The Kinks
AC/DC (after Back in Black....Jump the Shark time.)
Humble Pie
Nirvana
Red Hot Chili Peppers (up through Blood Sugar Sex Magik and then Jump the Shark)
Elvis Costello (after Brutal Truth it's Jump the Shark time.)
Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green Era!!)
Joy Divsion
Jane's Addiction
T. Rex
The Beach Boys
Deep Purple
The Band
Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
Radiohead
Bruce Springsteen (No need to bother with anything after Nebraska!!!!)
Tool
Kyuss
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
A Silver Mt. Zion
Exposions in the Sky
Mars Volta
Mogwai
Faces
The Small Faces
Slint
Queens of the Stone Age
Animal Collective



Metal: including some which were already mentioned in the Rock list.



Black Sabbath (Back when Ozzy was still Ozzy and not a caricature, Baby!)
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Metallica (pre-Black album)
Napalm Death
Slayer
Celtic Frost
Death
Opeth
Cryptopsy
Corrupted
Emperor
Mayhem
Converge
Pantera
Meshuggah
Motörhead
Melvins
Sleep
Electric Wizard
Boris
Meshuggah
Khanate
Sunn O)))
Earth
Atheist
In Flames
Bathory
Candlemass
Cathedral
Samael
Cynic
Sepultura
Kreator
Hypocrisy
In Flames
Morbid Angel
Obituary
Dark Tranquillity
Dissection
Edge of Sanity
Immortal
Venom
Ephel Duath
Bloodbath
Neurosis
Mastodon
Nile
Immolation
Krisiun
Children of Bodom
Esoteric
Grief
At the Gates
Entombed
Pelican
Isis



Progressive/Psychedelic/Kraut Rock

Frank Zappa
Captain Beefheart
Yes
Can
King Crimson
Genesis - (Peter Gabriel Era!!!!)
Van Der Graaf Generator
Gentle Giant
Magma
Love
Amon Düül II
Ash Ra Temple
Caravan
Neu!
Faust
Soft Machine
Gong
Egg
Henry Cow
Procol Harum
Brian Eno
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Hawkwind
The Chocolate Watchband
13th Floor Elevators
Hatfield and the North
Cluster
Tomorrow
The Move
H.P. Lovecraft
Pearls Before Swine
The Pretty Things
The Moody Blues
Tangerine Dream
Moby Grape
Kraftwerk
The Electric Prunes
Camel
Silver Apples
Os Mutantes
Blue Cheer



Obscure Progressive/Psychedelic/Kraut Rock

United Empire Loyalists
The Third Bardo
The Ultimate Spinach
Tangerine Zoo
Peanut Butter Conspiracy
Traffic Sound
Mock Duck
Mu
The Sopwith Camel
Skip Bifferty
Silver Apples
Majic Ship
The Seeds
The Pink Fairies
Os Mutantes
The Daily Flash
Group 1850
Lothar & the Hand People
The David
The Human Instinct
Samla Mammas Manna
Von Zamla
L'Ensemble Rayé
Picchio dal Pozzo
The Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Doctor Nerve
Siddhartha
Ange
Eloy
Colosseum
Etron fou Leloublan
Univers Zero
Triumvirat
Focus
Khan
Horslips
National Health
Renaissance
Illusion
It's a Beautiful Day
Argent
Art
Spooky Tooth



R&B/Soul/Funk

James Brown
Marvin Gaye
Sam Cooke
Sly & The Family Stone
Otis Redding
Parliament
Funkadelic
Stevie Wonder
Wilson Pickett
James Carr
Aretha Franklin
Ruth Brown
Jackie Wilson
Jerry Butler
Etta James
Percy Sledge
The Isley Brothers
The Ohio Players
Shuggie Otis
Little Willie John
Percy Mayfield
Sam & Dave
The Four Tops
The Temptations
The Clovers
The Drifters



Gospel

The Soul Stirrers w/ either R.H. Harris or Sam Cooke as the lead singers, but especially Cooke.
Prof. Alex Bradford
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Willie Mae Ford Smith
Mahalia Jackson
The Caravans
Rev. James Cleveland
Shirley Caesar
The Dixie Hummingbirds
The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
Sallie Martin



Punk:

The Clash
Dead Kennedys
The Ramones
Television
Black Flag
Sex Pistols
The Circle Jerks
The Dictators
Social Distortion
Bad Brains
Agnostic Front
X
Hüsker Dü
The Decendents
Fear
The Misfits
The Exploited
The Damned
The EX
The Crass
Minutemen
Conflict
The Dead Boys
The Adverts
The Germs
Cro-Mags
Fugazi
Discharge
Suicidal Tendencies
Minor Threat
Big Black
Buzzcocks
Pere Ubu
X-Ray Spex
The Dwarves
The Fall
The Dils
The Zeros
Uk Subs
The Subhumans
The Dickies
The Weirdos
Wire
The Saints
Poison Idea
The Vibrators
G.B.H.



A few of the Proto-Punk bands or Punk....depending on who you ask, that is.


The Fugs
The Stooges
Velvet Underground
MC5
New York Dolls
The Flamin' Grooves
The Electric Eels
Patti Smith