I will be including in parentheses the known bands/projects I know of for artists that I feel some may not know or to signify style if it might be not listenable to others; screaming, rap, etc
Shawn Lane(duh)
Buckethead
Alexis Pareja (The Number Twelve Looks Like You(screaming), Voyeur's Kaleidoscope, Composite City)
Keith Latinen(Empire! Empire! I Was A Lonely Estate, Mt. Oriander, Anna Flyaway)
Kurt Rosenwinkel
This Town Needs Guns, also abbreviated TTNG
Nirvana
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Pixies
The World Is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die (I watched this band form in a backyard)
Dads
Marietta
Chopin
Tchaikovsky
Gustav Holst
Josh Scogin(Norma Jean, The Chariot, '68)
CHON
Josh Martin(Little Tybee)
Modest Mouse
Title Fight
Hendrix
The Doors
The Grateful Dead
The Cure
The Clash
The Smiths
At The Drive In
Circle Takes The Square (screaming)
pageninetynine (screaming)
The Gorillaz
Thundercat
Primus
Chiodos(some screaming)
Hiatus Kaiyote
Plini
Rob Scallon
Kendrick Lamar(hip-hop, rap)
Eyedea(hip-hop, rap)
Sage Francis(hip-hop, rap)
Jpegmafia(experimental hip-hop)
Anthony Green(Saosin, Circa Survive, solo)
Animals As Leaders
Necrophagist
Jason Becker
Marty Friedman
Algernon Cadwallader
Erik Satie
Joe Hisaishi
Yusuke Honma
Casiopea
Consider The Source
Frank Zappa
John Mclaughlin
Weather Report
Thelonius Monk
Tigran Hamasayan
Miles Davis
Herbie Hancock
Victor Wooten
Nat King Cole
Snarky Puppy
Van Halen
Johnny Cash
Black Sabbath
Eric Burdon(especially War era)
Alice In Chains
Steve Vai
Paul Gilbert
Beethoven(Sonata. 23 in F Minor is my all time favorite, specifically the Michael Studer rendition.)
Bach
Guthrie Govan
Scale the Summit
Mike Kinsella (Owen, American Football)
Slipknot
Korn
Deftones
Covet
Maps & Atlases
Hail The Sun
Allan Holdsworth(how could I forget)
Joe Pass
Aesop Rock(hip-hop)
Rick James
James Brown
Usher
Alexisonfire(screaming)
Pink Floyd(especially Syd Barrett era, Piper At The Gates was my bread and butter for awhile)
toe(japanese math rock)
Erykah Badu
Lauryn Hill
Vulfpeck
Louis Cole
Adam Neely(Stargazer)
Rush
Wes Thraikill
LSD and The Search For God
Invent Animate
Richard Cheese
John Zorn
Mike Patton(Mr Bungle, Faith No More)
John Mayer
Jon Gomm(Passionflower is such a masterpiece)
Jon Brion(phenomenal composer, did the score for Eternal Sunshine of A Spotless Mind)
The Police
The Acacia Strain(screaming,guttarals)
Reeps One(dubstep beat boxer, some of the most fascinating use of the human vocal cords)
Dean Martin
Foo Fighters
Atreyu
Manteo Mancusso(fuck this asshole, hes so god damn good, but also love him)
John Williams( i mean, star wars, jaws, Harry Potter, home alone. I grew up on Williams.)
Led Zeppelin
Steely Dan
CCR
Moray Pringle(Sunday Lines with Olly Steele is my favorite work of his)
Motley Crue
Dokken
Dio
Rory Gallagher
Poison
Twisted Sister
The Mothers Of Invention
Jesus Molina
Ken Crawley (check this guy out, does a lot of gospel stuff but huge Lane and Johnson fan. phenomenal player)
Jeff Beck(duh again)
Frank Gambale
Al Di Meola(I remember my senior of HS i spent 2-3 months learning Egyptian Danza and Mediterranean Sundance)
Hiromi Uehara (especially with Anthony Jackson and Simon Phillips)
Jordan Stanley
Wayne Krantz
Nico Play
A Perfect Circle
mouse on the keys
Shunsuke Kikuchi & Bruce Faulconer(Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z)