original mid-1960s garage bands (primarily active from 1964–68)

• the guess who
• the kinks
• the velvet underground
• the yardbirds

later period protopunk and garage-influenced bands (1967 to 1979)

• david bowie
• iggy & the stooges
• mc5
• new york dolls
• patti smith
• ramones
• roxy music
• television
• the clash
• the cramps
• the damned
• the kinks
• the new work dolls
• the stooges
• the velvet underground

1980–present garage rock revival

• king gizzard & the lizard wizard
• the black keys
• the hellacopters