without thinking much:

animal collective
boredoms
caroliner
dead kennedys
espers
the fall
guided by voices
happy mondays
islaja
the jesus and mary chain
kraftwerk
liimanarina
my bloody valentine
new order
omoide hatoba
pussy galore
quickspace
reynols
sun city girls
thinking fellers union local 282
ultravox
vaselines
wu-tang clan
x-ray spex
yellow swans
zoffy

Technically, "Les" is an article anyway, and they would be filed under "R."
Unless you decided to go the other route and file them under "Hadaka No Rallizes."

Now you may understand why I just went with the Residents for my "R" spot.

great choice!

ABBA
Beatles
Coltrane, John
Dinosaur Jr
Ex, The
Fleetwood Mac
Gang of four
Hell, Richard & the Voidoids
Iggy Pop & The Stooges
Jimi Hendrix
Kinks, The
Lightning Bolt
Minutemen
Nirvana
Outkast
Patti Smith
Queen
Ramones
Sonic Youth
Television
Ultralyd
Velvet Underground
Who, The
X
Young, Neil
ZZ Top

Aphex Twin
Bjork
Cold Play
Dinosaur Jr
Ed Matus Struggle
Fugazi
Groove Armada
IRA
Jane's Addiction
KMFDM
Led Zeppellin
Marilyn Manson
Nine Inch Nails
O
Perfect Circle
Q
Ramones
Sonic Youth
Tool
U2
Voivod
Wool
X-ray Specs
Yeah, Yeah, yeahs
Zeromancer

Like these lists so far!

Atari Teenage Riot
Babes in Toyland
Clickplay
Difranco, Ani
Ec8or
Fleetwood Mac
Gandharvas
Hole or Hilt
Ichoro Tsuji
Jethro Tull
Koalas
Lizzy Mercier Descloux
Megadeth
Nirvana
Ohgr
Phair, Liz
Radiohead
Skinny Puppy or Sonic Youth or Smashing Pumpkins or Severed Heads
Thought Industry
U
V
W
Yeah yeah yeahs
Zeppelin

He he....nice! More mentioning of Z'ev sounds good to me.

Aphex Twin
Bardo Pond (buttholes)
Catherine Wheel
Dinosaur jr
E
Fantomas
Grateful Dead
Hendrix
Isis
Jesus Lizard
Kyuss
Lustmord
My Bloody Valentine (melvins, mogwai)
Nirvana
O
Pixies
QOFTSA (early stuff)
Radiohead
SY/ Sebadoh
Tool
U
V
Witch
X
Y
John Zorn

Atari Teenage Riot
Borbetomagus
The Carpenters/ the Country Teasers/ Can
Don Cherry
Einstuerzende Neubauten
The Fall
The Godz
Hijokaidan/ Haino Keiji/ Hank Williams
Inaba Shuji
Kaiji Sariaaho
Laura Cantrell/ Lolita Storm
My Cat is an Alien/ Meanwhile, back in Communist Russia
Nmperign/ NNCK
Otis M'Buta
Paul Robeson
Queen
Ronnie Ronalde
Supersilent *edit: obviously, the Shaggs was the correct choice.
Togowa Jun (Fucking brilliant choice Mr & Beard, I'm theiving it)
Urusei Yatsura
Vaughan Williams
Widget Evil (mates of mine)
Xasthur/ Xavier Charles
Zeitkratzer

That wasn't necessarily a list of my favourites, more seeing if I could fill out the alphabet.

i just dont have the energy to do this. all of them, every band in order. thats mine.

What, even the Turtles? You can't possibly include them, can you?

AC/DC
Bowie David
Cure The
Dalek
Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa
Fall The
Godspeed you black emperor
High Rise
Idhao
John Cage
Kyuss
Led Zeppelin
Merzbow
No Means No
Oval
Peter Tosh
Quintron
Rush
Sonic Youth
Tangerine Dream
Uriah Heep
Velvet Underground The
Wolf Eyes
Xenakis Iannis
Zeni Geva

add n to x
bardo pond
carter, christina
dead c
epmd
fushitsusha
gang starr
hijokaidan


ok, this is too annoying to finish

Clearly it wasn't a list of favourites. You missed out Sugababes.

who is xavier charles?

ami yoshida
b52s
converge
dont know
yeah, this is shit. cuz thyre not my faves, just bands i can think of that i like that start with whatever letter.
have some bum instead

Zeitkratzer! Man, great choice!

the Adverts
the Buzzcocks
the Cramps
the Detroit Cobras
Einsturzende Neubauten
Flamin' Groovies
Gitogito Hustler
thee Headcoatees
I
Johnston, Daniel
the Kinks
the Liars
Magazine
Nirvana
the Only Ones
Pavement
Queens of the Stone Age
Richman, Jonathan
Sonic Youth
the Tough & Lovely
Unrest
Velvet Underground
W
XTC
Yo La Tengo
Zorn, John

Bauhaus
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Björk
Blonde Redhead
David Bowie
Jacques Brel
Jeff Buckley
Tim Buckley
Can
Cocteau Twins
Leonard Cohen
John Coltrane
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
The Cure
Nick Drake
Bob Dylan
Serge Gainsbourg
Marvin Gaye
Françoise Hardy
Bert Jansch
Joy Division
Led Zeppelin
Lift To Experience
Curtis Mayfield
Van Morrison
Jean-Louis Murat
Neu!
Noir Désir
The Notwist
An Pierlé
Michel Polnareff
Radiohead
Sigur Rós
Nina Simone
Smashing Pumpkins
The Smiths
Sonic Youth
The Stooges
Talk Talk
Television
Tindersticks
Laura Veirs
Scott Walker
Neil Young

Black Flag
Bloc Party
Butthole Surfers
Can
Cave In
Controller.Controller
Death from Above 1979
Dinosaur Jr
ESG
Interpol
Jesus and Mary Chain
Joy Division
Matthew Good
Meat Puppets
Minor Threat
Mission of Burma
My Bloody Valentine
Pavement
Pixies
Radiohead
REM
Smashing Pumpkins
Sonic Youth
Velvet Underground