Let me explain.  A singular person who always travels with a band does NOT count.  ie, John Mayer.

You need to have a group of musicians who are, collectively,  trying to reach a singular purpose/sound/idea, through music.  ie, John Mayer Trio.

Got it.

In no particular order here are my top 5.

Earth, Wind, & Fire

Tower of Power

TOTO

Jamiroquai

Massive Attack

Right behind them is a plethora of bands like

Doobie Brothers

John Mayer Trio

Steely Dan

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones

Foreigner

Huey Lewis & The News

The Isley Brothers

Double Trouble (SRV)

Kool And The Gang

Ohio Players

Sting & The Police

The Gap Band and sooooo many more.....

Let's see what you got.

Hmmm ... bands I can always listen to and enjoy.  I'll give it a shot.

Atlanta Rhythm Section

Molly Hatchet (with Danny Joe Brown)

Santana

Pink Floyd (except the Wall)

Bob Seger and the silver bullet band.

Since it's groups only

1.Miles Davis Quartet

2.The Band

3.Booker t and the MG's

4.The Experience

5.Count Basie Orchestra

Pantera

Sublime

The Haunted

Lamb of God

Zeppelin

The Raconteurs

Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Black Keys

The Revivalists (my friends band, look em up)

Led Zeppelin

those are my favorite bands, not artists...

The Ramones

The Monkees

Spinal Tap

Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

I'm in a period of getting back to the 90's....

1. Nirvana

2. Smashing Pumpkins

3. Pearl Jam

I'm also on a HUGE breaking benjamin kick right now. Some really good stuf.

I'm all about country,

Emerson Drive

Montgomery Gentry

Rascal Flats

Sugar land

and three that are not country

Nickelback

Boston

Journey

1. GreenDay

2. Metallica

2. Coheed and Cambria

3. Smashing Pumpkins

4. Nirvana

5. the Offspring

*Honorable Mention*

Midnight Meat Train. Three students, one song. The final countdown.

Country:

Alabama

Charlie Daniels Band

Montgomery Gentry

Brooks and Dunne

Rock:

Ac/Dc

Van Halen

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Queen

Journey

Without even mentioning all of the great groups from the 50's, which are some of my absolute favorites, here goes:

-Otis Redding and The Bar-Kays

-The Beatles

-Phish

-Pearl Jam

-The Temptations

1. Soundgarden

2. Jane's Addiction

3. Wilco

4. Modest Mouse

5. The Pixies

1. Keystone Allstars

2. Dropkick Murphys

3. Flogging Molly

4. Anvil -  yes I have heard of them and liked them alot in the 80s.

5. Slayer

WHERE IS

Nickleback and Tantric on the list.....

BOTH are great.

and I see someone already mentioned Metallic....! You got my vote.

1. PHISH

2. The Dead

3. Anything Zappa (solo or the mothers)

4. Bob Dylan

5. The Disco Biscuits

After reading the top about it being a band and not a solo artist i'll switch out bob dylan with the band

1. The Offspring

2. Children of Bodom

3. Lamb of God

4. Boston

5. God Forbid

1. CCR

2. Lynyrd Skynyrd

3. Allman Brothers

4. Led Zeppelin

5. Black Sabbath

and a current favorite... Black Label Society.

Rock:

1. Pink Floyd

The Beatles

Lynard Skynard

Led Zeppelin

Guns N Roses

Metal:

1. The Black Dahlia Murder

2. All Shall Perish/As Blood Runs Black (tie)

3. Lamb of God

4. As I lay Dying

5. Nile

Only five?  Dern near impossible, but what the heck:

SRV and Double Trouble

Zeppelin

Black Sabbath

AC/DC

Van Halen

...and many, many more!

Lamb of God

Metallica

Pantera

Children of Bodom

Arch Enemy

Montgomery Gentry

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Brooks n Dunn

Casey Donahew Band

Kenny Wanye Shepard Band

and much more!!!

Grateful Dead

Johnny Winter

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

Rolling Stones

David Grisman Quintet

In no particular order:

Pearl Jam

Dave Matthews Band

Pink Floyd

Smashing Pumpkins

Radiohead

1.pearl jam  2.metallica  3. reo speedwagon  4.linkin park  5.collective-soul  honorable mention poison .