i've seen tons of local shows, and i'm sure i'm forgetting tons of bands who were opening acts or at festivals or whatever.

• dashboard confessional
• bright eyes
• bone thugs n harmony
• kottonmouth kings
• tech n9ne
• the cure
• interpol
• mogwai
• dir en grey
• the faint
• lady sovereign
• gwen stefani
• mindless self indulgence x4
• tub ring
• screaming mechanical brain
• leftover crack
• death cab for cutie
• super 8 bit brothers
• venetian snares