Um, my username for starters. A terrifically talented band whose skill is obscured by the frauds known as Nickelback, Hinder, Offspring, Korn and Three Days Grace.
Metallica
Maiden
Candlebox (recent new release)
Ra
Triumph (Yes, a child of the 80s)
Old, pre-radio ballad-Chicago (Terry Kath type of stuff)
James Taylor
Jim Croce
Slipknot (admittedly, just the stuff I've heard on the radio)
Tesla
Queensryche
Sammy Hagar
Keb 'Mo
Stevie Ray Vaughan (That man, by himself, WAS music.)