Alright im about to name every band I LOVE, despite how over cliché they might be. With distinct groupings to solidify how much I enjoy that band, because im that hardcore:
A list:
Elliott Smith,
B list:
Mutual Admiration Society/Nickel Creek, The Mountain Goats, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Mars Volta, Seigmen, Fiona Apple.
C list:
Jack Jhonson, David Dondero, The Doors, The Beatles, Interpol, Voltaire, Oasis, Our Lady Peace, John Lennon, Led Zepplin, Fear Factory, AFI, The Gossip, Coheed and Cabria, Deine Lakaien, U2, The White Stripes, The Arcade Fire, APC, Blind Melon, Gin Blossoms, The Smashing Pumpkins, Ben Folds, Work In Progress, Local H, Eagles of Death Metal, Hanson, Gavin Degrarw, Tool, Assemblage 23, Pearl Jam, Kelly Clarkson, Panic! At the Disco, Fallout boy, VnV Nation, Aplocalyptica, Mary Lou Lord, Live, The Gossip,
D list:
Stellastarr*, The Last Dance, Richard Cheese and Lounge against the Machine, H.I.M, Thrice, The Anix, Celldweller, The Sounds, Sinch, Living End, The Rasmus, Razed in Black, The Start, Hot Hot Heat, Blue Oyster Cult, Zeromancer, Spice Girls, The Smiths, The Cure, Michael Buble, Hootie and the Blowfish, Pink Floyd, Simon and Milo/Prozzak, Rammstien, Silverchair, Depeche Mode, Deadsy, The Cult, Ben Trickey, Unwritten Law, Zebrahead, Queen Adreena, Tegan and Sara, Doxology, The Killers, Lifehouse, Jolie Holland, Jack Off Jill, The Birthday Massacre, Lunachicks, Bella Morte, Incubus, Horror Pops, Fly Leaf
E list:
Tenacious D, Malice Miser, X-86 Pretty Girls Make Graves, In Flames, Nightwish, Skinny Puppy, George Thorogood, Fleetwood Mac, Disturbed, Ben Kweller, Death Cab For Cutie, The Decemberist, Dresden Dolls, Placebo, Of a Revolution, Outkast, Black Eyed Peas, David Ford, Metallica, Kidney Thieves, Incubus Sukkubus, Hollywood Undead, Explosions in the Sky, …And you will know us by the Trail Of Dead, Evaescence, Dashboard Confessionals(acoustic only), Cold, Brand New
That about narrows it down.