Nobody said Pavement yet, so I'm saying Pavement...
Pavement
Also, The Butthole Surfers.
And The New York Dolls, Richard Hell, The Dictators, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed
And Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Duke and Wes Montgomery
And The Kinks (holy crap! how come nobody ever mentions The Kinks?)
And Dylan and the Stones and The Beatles
Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Curtis Mayfield
Captain Beefheart. David Bowie. Leonard Cohen
Luna. M. Ward. Tom Waits. Ween. AC Newman. Built To Spill. Belle and Sebastian. Jesus & Mary Chain. The Silver Jews! Arcade Fire. The Shins.
Alice Cooper.
Echoing: Modest Mouse, Dinosaur Jr, Miles, Coltrane, Monk, The Flaming Lips, Lemonheads, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Smiths, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, The Stooges, Al Green