List of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area

• The Action Design • AFI • The Aislers Set • American Music Club • Andre Nickatina • Animosity • Anvil Chorus • Automatic Pilot • Avengers • Babylon A.D. • Back in the Saddle • Beaten by Them • The Beau Brummels • The Beatnigs • Beefy Red (based in Marin County, 1969–1972) • Beulah • Big Brother and the Holding Company • Birdmonster • Blame Sally • Blaqk Audio • Blectum from Blechdom • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club • Blue Cheer • Bracket • Brittany Shane • The Brian Jonestown Massacre • The Brothers Comatose • Buck Naked and the Bare Bottom Boys • Buckethead • Butch Engle & the Styx • Cacophony (band) • Cal Tjader • The Cat Heads • Ceremony (punk band) • The Charlatans • Chris Isaak • Chrome • Chuck Prophet • Clover • Con Funk Shun • Consolidated • Conspiracy of Beards • Copperhead • Cormorant • Craig Abaya • Crime • Crown City Rockers • The Crux • The Cubby Creatures • Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks • Dan the Automator • Dave Brubeck Quartet • David Grisman • Dead Kennedys • Deafheaven • Death Angel • Deerhoof • Destroy Boys • Diego's Umbrella • The Dils • The Dodos • The Donnas • E-40 • Eddie and the Tide • Enemy You • Every Move A Picture • Eric Lindell • Eric McFadden • Faith No More • The Family Crest • Fifty Foot Hose • Film School • First Blood • Flamin' Groovies • Flipper • 4 Non Blondes • Frank Loverde • Frightwig • Geographer • Girls • The Gone Jackals • Graham Central Station • Grateful Dead • The Great Society • H.E.R. • Her Space Holiday • Hickey (band) • Hoodoo Rhythm Devils • The House Jacks • Hot Flash Heat Wave • Hot Tuna • Huey Lewis and the News • Imperial Teen • It's a Beautiful Day • J Church • Jay Som • Jefferson Airplane • Jim Campilongo • John Handy • Journey • Kak • Kaskade • Karate High School • Kronos Quartet • Larry Graham • Latin Soul Syndicate • Lee Presson and the Nails • Leila and the Snakes • Leon's Creation • Leviathan (musical project) • Linda Tillery • Logos • Loquat • LoveLikeFire • The M Machine • Mac Dre • Malo • Mal Sharpe • Matt Nathanson • Matmos • Metallica (originally from Los Angeles) • Michael Franti • Michelle Lambert • Mink DeVille • M.I.R.V. • Moby Grape • Mojo Men • Mordred • Mother Earth • Mommyheads • Mount Rushmore • Mr. Bungle • N2Deep • Naked Lunch • Negativland • New Riders of the Purple Sage • Night Ranger • The Nuns • Old & In the Way • The Ophelias (California band) • Or, The Whale • Osees • Oxbow • The Other Half • Pablo Cruise • Pansy Division • Papa Roach • Paul Parker • Patrick Cowley • Pearl Harbor and the Explosions • Pointer Sisters • Psychefunkapus • Quicksilver Messenger Service • Razor Skyline • The Residents • Romeo Void • Rosin Coven • Rubicon • Rupa and the April Fishes • Sammy Hagar • Santana • Sean Hayes • Seatrain • Secret Chiefs 3 • Seventeen Evergreen • Sly and the Family Stone • Snakefinger • Snake River Conspiracy • Sons of Champlin • Sopwith Camel • The Sorentinos • Steel Breeze • Steve Miller Band • Steve Kimock • The Stone Foxes • Sugar Pie DeSanto • Sun Kil Moon • SVT • Sweet Trip • Swell • Switchblade Symphony • Thao & the Get Down Stay Down • Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 • Third Eye Blind • Those Darn Accordions • Thunderegg • Time in Malta • Toiling Midgets • Tommy Tutone • Train • Translator • Tsunami Bomb • The Tubes • Tupac Shakur • Turk Murphy • Tuxedomoon • Two Gallants • Tycho • Ty Segall • The Union Trade • The Units • Until December • Vain • Vejtables • The Velvet Teen • Vernian Process • Vetiver • Victims Family • Vince Guaraldi • Voice Farm • Von • We Five • Whirr • Wire Train • Wooden Shjips • X-tal • Young Elders ==East Bay==