I’ve found you can tell a lot about someone from their record collection. I would never judge someone by the specific music they like, tastes differ, but I usually get along pretty well with just about anyone who is passionate about some sort of music.
In that spirit, this list of bands I’ve seen will probably tell you more about me than my résumé ever could. I’d be happy to talk about this at great length, anytime.
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The Adjusters 3
Afghan Whigs 5
The Afros
Agent Orange
Air Miami
Laurel Aitken
All 2
The Amps 2
Anita Hart
Amy Arena
Archers of Loaf 2
Arcwelder 2
A Tribe Called Quest 2
Augusta Gein
Azalia Snail
B-52’s
Babes in Toyland 2
Babe the Blue Ox 2
Back Alley Riot
Bad Religion
Balloon Guy
Basehead
Bassholes
Bazooka
Janet Beveridge Bean
Beardicus Enormous 5
The Bears
Beastie Boys 3
Beekeeper
Beezus
Bedhead
Belly
Bettie Serveert
Bicycle Rider
Big Audio Dynamite II
Big Black
Big Chief
Big Hat
The Bishops 2
Bjork
Frank Black
The Black Lone Ranger
Blacktop
Blanket Party
Blanks 77
Blast Off Country Style 2
The Blind Staggers
Blues Explosion, The Jon Spencer 3
Body Count
Boogieshoes
Boredoms 2
Boris 2
Boss Hog
Boy King
Boy’s Life
BR-549
Braniac 2
Bratmobile
Brave Combo
The Breeders 7
Brick Layer Cake
Kaspar Brötzmann Masaker
Brown Betty
Bruised
Franklin Bruno
The Buddy Bradley Experience 4
Buddy Guy
Bullet Lavolta
Bunnygrunt
Butterglory
Buttgravy
Butthole Surfers
Buzzcocks
David Byrne
Capsize 7
Captain Ronzo
Califone
The Call
Camera Obscura
Neko Case 2
Larry Cash, Jr.
Ca$h Money 2
Catherine
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 2
The Charlatans (UK)
Chavez
Cheater Slicks
Cheer Accident
Cheetah Chrome
Christmas
Chumbawamba
The Church
Circle Jerks
The Cissies
Clamor and Lace 4
Clawhammer
George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars
Clouds
The Coathangers
The Coctails 2
Codeine
Cop Shoot Cop
Corndolly
Cows 2
Cracker
Helios Creed
Cro-Mags
The Crombies 5
Cryptones
Cub 3
The Cure
Cyclapix
The Cynics
Das Damen
Dambuilders
The Damned
The Danger
Dazzling Killmen
Kim and Kelly Deal
De La Soul
The Dead Boys
Dead Can Dance
Dead Milkmen 2
Deal’s Gone Bad 4
Del Fuegos
Demolition Dollrods 2
Denison-Kimball Trio
Deodorant
Descendents
Dianogah 2
Neil Diamond
Die Kreuzen
Diet Cig
Digable Planets
Dingle
Dinosaur Jr. 2
Dis 2
Diskothi-Q
Doghouse 3
Domestic Problems
The Donnas
Don Caballero
Doo Rag
DQE
The Drags
Dreams So Real
The Dropsteppers
Drug Church
Duran Duran
Dwarves
Dyslexic Apaches
Easy Action
Echo and the Bunnymen
Econoline (Minutemen covers)
Ed Hall
Eggnort
E*I*E*I*O
Engine Kid
Enormous Richard
Erasure 2
Eric’s Trip
Espers
The Essex Green
Evergreen 2
Th’ Faith Healers
Falstaff
The Farm
Fear
The Feelies
Anna Fermin’s Trigger Gospel
F/i
fIREHOSE 2
Fireworks
Five-Eight
Five Style
Flag (Morris, Cadena, Dukowski, Stephenson, Egerton)
The Flaming Lips 7
Flipper
The Fluid
Flying Luttenbachers 3
Fondly
Foo Fighters
The Forthrights w/Maddy Ruthless
The Friendly Lens 2
The Frogs 2
Frontier 4
FSK w/ David Lowrey
Fucked Up
The Funs
Fudge
Fudge Tunnel
Fugazi
Future Islands
Gastr Del Sol
Gang of Four
Gaunt 2
Garrett Dale (Red City Radio)
Gay Witch Abortion
Girls Against Boys
Gloom Baloon
Gnome
The Goats
The Goblins 6
God and Texas 4
God Bullies
GodheadSilo 2
God is my Co-Pilot 2
Godzuki
The Go-Getters
Goldie
Goldfinger
Gone (Greg Ginn)
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Great Danes
Great Grandpa
Green 3
Green Day
Greenhorn
The Grifters
Guided by Voices 3
Guinea Worms
Gunbunnies
Guzzard
Kevin Hairs
Hammerhead 2
Handsome Family 2
Happy Mondays
John Wesley Harding
Thee Headcoats
Thee Headcoatees
The Karl Hendricks Trio
Hepa/Titus (The Cows)
Kelly Hogan
Highball Holiday
The Highly Unlikely
Robyn Hitchcock
The Hives
Hoglady
Hole 2
Holiday
Holy Motors
Honky
Peter Hook and the Light 2
H.O.T.T.
House of Pain
Hovercraft
H.R.
Hubcap
Hum
Hurl
Hüsker Dü
The Hüsker Düdes
Hushdrops 4
Ice T
Ice Cube
Icy Demons
Billy Idol
Illinois First
Impala
Information Society
Insomniacs
Inspiral Carpets
Inspiral Parkas
International Jet Set
INXS 4
Iowa Rockwell
Jaks
Janes Addiction
Peter Jefferies
The Jesus and Mary Chain 2
The Jesus Lizard 6
Johnboy
June of ’44
Kerosene 454
Killdozer
Killing Joke 2
King Apparatus 2
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard 2
King Kong
Kleenex Girl Wonder
L7 2
Jon Langford and Sally Timms
Lava Sutra
Lazy 2
The Leather Nun
Laughing Hyenas 2
Ben Lee
Lillyliver
Limbomaniacs
Lime Spiders
Living Colour
Locker Room Talk
Loop
Lord High Fixers
Mary Lou Lord
Los Straightjackets
Love Battery
Love/Hate
Love Jones
Loudspeaker
Low
Luscious Jackson 2
Lush
Mad Professor
The Makers 2
Makthaverskan
Man… or Astroman? 3
Marble 4
Marillion
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
Mars Hill
The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries
Math 3
Mecca Normal
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Mega Super Ultra 4
Melvins 2
Men At Work
Mekons 6
Mercy Rule 3
The Messengers
Mexican Doorbell
Mighty Lemon Drops 2
Milk
Milkmine
Roger Miller (Mission of Burma)
Ministry
Misfits
Molchat Doma
Mommyheads
Monkey
The Monkeywrench 2
The Monks of Doom
Mono Men 2
The Mooney Suzuki
Moondogs
Moonshine Willy 4
Derrick Morgan
Morphine
M.O.T.O. 3
Motorhome
Mott the Hoople
Bob Mould 2
the Mountain Goats 2
Mount Shasta
Moviola
Mr. T Experience
Mudhoney 5
the Muffs
Murphy’s Law
Mule
MX-80
My Bloody Valentine
Nectarine 2
Negative Approach
Negative Scanner
New Bomb Turks
New Order
New Rob Robbies 2
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Noname
Nothing
Novol Solmol
Number One Cup 2
Obrecht Ensemble 2
The Ocean Blue
Old 97s 2
Outrageous Cherry
Rachel Owen 2
Pain Teens
Palace Brothers
Panda Riot
Roy Panton & Yvonne Harrison
Parquet Courts
Patsys 2
Pavement 2
Pearl Jam
Peat Moss
Pere Ubu
Lee “Scratch” Perry
Pet Shop Boys
Liz Phair
Phenomenal Cat
The Pietasters
Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Pipe
Piss Factory
Piss Piss Piss Moan Moan Moan
Pixies 4
Pizza
The Pogues 2
Polkaholics 2
Polvo 2
Pond
Pony
Poonjab
Pop Will Eat Itself
Poster Children 2
The Pressure
Primus
Prince and the NPG 2
Pritchard
The Prizefighters
Public Image Ltd. 3
Purling Hiss
The Pursuit of Happiness
Quadrajets
The Queers
Quintron
Rachel’s
Railroad Jerk
Ramones
Rancid
The Rave-Ups
Red Aunts
Redd Kross 2
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Red Krayola
Red Red Meat 3
Refused
Rein Sanction
The Reivers
Revenge (Peter Hook)
The Reverend Horton Heat
Jonathan Richman 2
Ride
Rights of the Accused
Riptones
Rockin’ Billy & the Wild Coyotes 2
Rodan
The Rolling Stones
Rollins Band
Romania
Rome
Roundhead
Royal Crescent Mob 6
The Royal Malossi
Royal Trux 2
Run On
Rush 4
Sadies
Sam Black Church
Saturnine 60
Saucer
The Shaggs
Six Finger Satellite 3
Scarce
Fred Schneider (w the Didjits)
Scissor Girls 4
Scratch Acid
Scrawl 2
The Sea and Cake 4
Seam 5
Season to Risk 2
Sebadoh 3
Secret Cajun Band
Selector Dub Narcotic 2
Serengeti
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Shame
The John Shaw Salsa Experiment
Shellac 5
Shellyan Orphan
The Shifties
Shiner
Shorty 3
Sidekick Kato
Silkworm 3
Siouxie and The Banshees
Sixteen Deluxe
’68 Comeback
Skapone 6
Skatalites
Slackers
Slapstick
Sleaford Mods
Sleater-Kinney
Sleepyhead
Sloan
Sloppy Seconds 2
Smashing Pumpkins
Smithereens
Smog
The Smugglers
Snapdragons
Souls of Mischief
Sonnets 4
The Sonics
Sonic Youth 3
Soundgarden
Southern Culture on the Skids
Spank
Thee Speaking Canaries
The Specials
Special Beat (Specials/English Beat)
Specula 2
Speed King
Spook School
Squashblossom
Squeeze
Squirrel Bait
SS20
Stabbing Westward
Stamen 2
Starch
Startographers
Star Tropics
Stereolab 2
The Stranglers
Street Dogs
The Strike 2
Sting
Stomping Grounds
Stranger Things
Strawberry Zots
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
The Suburbs
Sugar
Sugarcubes
Sugarsmack
Superchunk 4
Supporting Actresses
Sweetback
Swervedriver
Swirlies
Tar 2
Tart
Team Dresch
Teenage Fanclub 2
Teengenerate
10,000 Maniacs
Thee Headcoats
Theodore 2
Therapy?
Times New Viking
3Ds
Tilt
Toadies
Toad the Wet Sprocket
The Toasters
Toots and the Maytals
Tortoise 4
Treat Her Right
Trenchmouth
Truman’s Water 2
Moe Tucker w/Sterling Morrison
Tune in Tokyo
Tuscadero
UB40
Urge Overkill
Uncle Joe’s Big Ol’ Driver
The Undertones
Undone
Unrest 2
Unsane
Upper Crust
U.S. Maple 2
V-3
Vambo Marble Eye
The Vandals
Vandermark Quartet 2
The Veldt
Velocity Girl
Venice Shoreline Chris
Eddie Blazonczyk’s Versatones
Versus 2
Veruca Salt 4
Video Dave
The Vix Krater
Vuva la Squnge
Waco Brothers 3
Wake Ooloo
Warrior Soul
The Washington Squares
Mike Watt (w/ Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Eddie Vedder)
Waxon Seven 3
Weekend Warriors
The Wedding Present 3
Wee Hairy Beasties
Ween 3
Weezer 2
Werewolf Detective
Wet Wallet
Whack-O
When Flying Feels like Falling 3
The Who
Wilco
Wild Carnation
Wesley Willis (solo)
Wool
The Wrens 2
Yo La Tengo 3
Zeni Geva
Zigtebra
Zug Island Quartet