i don't think this kind of list will ever represent reality because music is too big a matter for it to be accurate, but...

• beach boys
• beatles
• big star
• blur
• caetano veloso
• david bowie
• deerhunter
• doors
• fleetwood mac
• girls
• interpol
• john lennon
• jorge ben
• joy division
• r.e.m.
• secos & molhados
• smiths
• sonic youth
• stone roses
• strokes