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Bay Area
- 3Pac
- 24kGoldn
- Alexander James Adams
- All Shall Perish
- Animosity
- Arkaik
- Autopsy
- Big Brother & the Holding Company
- 1968 - Cheap Thrills
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- Blue Cheer
- Bosse-de-Nage
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre
- Chrome
- Cormorant
- Counting Crows
- Covet
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 1968 - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 1969 - Bayou Country
- 1969 - Green River
- 1969 - Willy and the Poor Boys
- 1970 - Cosmo's Factory
- 1970 - Pendulum
- 1972 - Mardi Gras
- Dead Kennedys
- 1985 - Frankenchrist
- Jello Biafra
- Deafheaven
- Death Angel
- Deerhoof
- Del tha Funkee Homosapien
- Deltron 3030
- Digital Underground
- The Doobie Brothers
- Sheila E.
- E40
- En Vogue
- Exhumed
- Exodus (Band)
- Faith No More
- Fallujah
- Fantômas
- Flipper
- Forbidden
- G-Eazy
- Ghoul
- Tyrese Gibson
- The Grateful Dead
- 1968 - Anthem of the Sun
- 1970 - American Beauty
- Green Day
- 1994 - Dookie
- 1995 - Insomniac
- 1997 - nimrod.
- 2000 - Warning:
- 2004 - American Idiot
- 2009 - 21st Century Breakdown
- 2016 - Revolution Radio
- Vince Guaraldi
- Hammers of Misfortune
- H.E.R. (Musician)
- Inanimate Existence
- Indian Summer
- I Wrote Haikus About Cannibalism In Your Year Book
- Jefferson Airplane
- 1966 - Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
- 1967 - Surrealistic Pillow
- 1968 - Crown of Creation
- Jefferson Starship
- Jellyfish
- Journey
- Paul Kantner
- 1970 - Blows Against the Empire
- Kehlani
- Leviathan
- Huey Lewis and the News
- Lil B
- The Lonely Island
- Machine Head
- The Masked Marauders
- Johnny Mathis
- Matmos
- MC Frontalot
- MC Hammer
- MC Lars
- Otis McDonald
- Seanan McGuire
- Bridgit Mendler
- Steve Miller Band
- MXXN
- Negativland
- Neurosis
- Night Ranger
- John Ottman
- Pansy Division
- The Pine Box Boys
- 2016 - The Feast of Three Arms
- Pomplamoose
- Possessed
- John Powell
- Primus
- 1990 - Frizzle Fry
- 1991 - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
- 1995 - Tales from the Punchbowl
- Rancid
- Red House Painters
- 1996 - Songs for a Blue Guitar
- The Residents
- 1976 - The Third Reich 'n Roll
- 1978 - Duck Stab! / Buster & Glen
- 1979 - Eskimo
- 1980 - The Commercial Album
- Santana
- Carlos Santana
- Severed Savior
- Tupac Shakur
- 1991 - 2Pacalypse Now
- 1993 - Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...
- 1995 - Me Against the World
- 1996 - All Eyez on Me
- 1996 - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
- Sleep
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
- Sly and the Family Stone
- 1969 - Stand!
- 1971 - There's a Riot Goin' On
- Brendon Small (also demonstrates his musical abilities as Dethklok)
- 2012 - Brendon Small's Galaktikon
- Starship
- Sun Kil Moon
- Sweet Trip
- Vienna Teng
- Testament
- Third Eye Blind
- Christopher Tin
- 2009 - Calling All Dawns
- Tommy Tutone
- Too $hort
- Train
- Vernian Process
- Vio-lence
- Watsky
- Weakling
- Xiu Xiu
- Roy Zimmerman
Los Angeles area
- 2nd Chapter of Acts
- 1980 - The Roar of Love
- The 5th Dimension
- Thirty Seconds to Mars
- 2009 - This Is War
- Paula Abdul
- 1988 - Forever Your Girl
- Abysmal Dawn
- Agent Steel
- Erik Aho
- Jhené Aiko
- Alcatrazz
- Alien Ant Farm
- ALL
- Gary Allan
- Herb Alpert
- Aly & A.J.
- Alyson
- America (started in London before moving here)
- American Murder Song
- American Spring
- 1972 - Spring
- Steve Aoki
- The Aquabats!
- 1997 - The Fury of The Aquabats!
- Audioslave
- Emilie Autumn
- Avenged Sevenfold
- 2001 - Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
- 2003 - Waking the Fallen
- 2005 - City of Evil
- 2007 - Avenged Sevenfold
- 2016 - The Stage
- 2023 - Life Is But a Dream…
- AWOLNATION
- Bad Religion
- The Bangles
- 1984 - All Over the Place
- Banks
- The Banzai Predicament
- The Beach Boys (two of their former members are South African)
- 1962 - Surfin' Safari
- 1963 - Surfin' USA
- 1963 - Surfer Girl
- 1963 - Little Deuce Coupe
- 1964 - Shut Down Volume 2
- 1964 - All Summer Long
- 1964 - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
- 1965 - The Beach Boys Today!
- 1965 - Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
- 1965 - Beach Boys' Party!
- 1966 - Pet Sounds
- 1967 - Smiley Smile
- 1967 - Wild Honey
- 1968 - Friends
- 1969 - 20/20
- 1970 - Sunflower
- 1971 - Surf's Up
- 1972 - Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"
- 1973 - Holland
- 1976 - 15 Big Ones
- 1977 - The Beach Boys Love You
- 1977 - Adult/Child
- 1977 - Merry Christmas from The Beach Boys
- 1977 - M.I.U. Album
- 1979 - L.A. (Light Album)
- 1980 - Keepin' the Summer Alive
- 1985 - The Beach Boys
- 1989 - Still Cruisin'
- 1992 - Summer in Paradise
- 1996 - Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
- 2011 - The SMiLE Sessions
- 2012 - That's Why God Made the Radio
- Beck
- 1994 - Mellow Gold
- 1996 - Odelay
- 2005 - Guero
- Big Bad Bosses
- Big Daddy
- Big Time Rush
- Aloe Blacc
- Rebecca Black
- 2011 - "Friday"
- The Black Eyed Peas
- Black Flag
- 1981 - Damaged
- Black Label Society
- Black Light Burns
- Blind Melon
- Body Count
- 1992 - Body Count
- Brandy
- Bread
- Jackson Browne
- Buckethead
- Jeff Buckley
- 1994 - Grace
- 1998 - Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
- Tim Buckley
- Buffalo Springfield
- Butcher Babies
- The Byrds
- 1965 - Mr. Tambourine Man
- John Cage
- Colbie Caillat
- TheCalling
- Camper Van Beethoven
- Capital Cities
- Captain & Tennille
- 1975 - Love Will Keep Us Together
- Captain Beefheart
- 1967 - Safe as Milk
- 1968 - Strictly Personal
- 1969 - Trout Mask Replica
- 1970 - Lick My Decals Off, Baby
- 1974 - Unconditionally Guaranteed
- 1974 - Bluejeans & Moonbeams
- 1975 - Bongo Fury note
- 1978 - Shiny Beast
- 1980 - Doc at the Radar Station
- 1982 - Ice Cream for Crow
- Belinda Carlisle
- Carpenters
- Shaun Cassidy
- Cheekface
- Richard Cheese
- Cher
- 1977 - Two the Hard Way (with Gregg Allman)
- Circuit Freq
- clipping.
- Coal Chamber
- Cold Cave
- Coolio
- Creature Feature
- David Crosby
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (One of its members being Canadian, and another being British)
- 1970 - Déjà Vu (1970)
- †††
- Cypress Hill
- 1993 - Black Sunday
- Damn Yankees
- Dorothy Dandridge
- Daniel Amos
- 1981 - Horrendous Disc
- 1981 - ¡Alarma!
- 1983 - Doppelgänger
- 1984 - Vox Humana
- 1986 - Fearful Symmetry
- Dark Angel
- John Debney
- Delaney & Bonnie and Friends
- 1970 - On Tour with Eric Clapton
- 1971 - Motel Shot
- Adore Delano
- Descendents
- The Dingees
- DJ Quik
- Doctor Steel
- Doja Cat
- Dokken
- Eric Dolphy
- 1964 - Out to Lunch!
- The Doors
- 1967 - The Doors (Album)
- 1967 - Strange Days
- 1971 - L.A. Woman
- DOROTHY
- Dr. Dre
- 1992 - The Chronic
- Hilary Duff
- E.S. Posthumus
- Eagles
- 1976 - Hotel California
- Earl Sweatshirt
- 2018 - Some Rap Songs
- Eazy-E
- Echosmith
- Eels
- 1996 - Beautiful Freak
- Billie Eilish
- Danny Elfman
- Eve 6
- Exmortus
- The Faceless
- Failure
- Fanny
- Fatty Spins
- Fear
- Fear Factory
- 1995 - Demanufacture
- Corey Feldman
- 2016 - Angelic 2 The Core
- Fergie
- Sky Ferreira
- Fishbone
- Fleetwood Mac (while the band is mainly British, several of its members have been American, and the band has been based in Los Angeles since the mid-70s)
- 1975 - Fleetwood Mac (White Album)
- 1977 - Rumours
- 1979 - Tusk
- 1982 - Mirage
- 1987 - Tango in the Night
- Shelby Flint
- Flogging Molly
- The Flying Burrito Brothers
- Flying Lotus
- Lita Ford
- Fort Minor
- 2005 - The Rising Tied
- Foster the People
- 2014 - "Best Friend"
- John Frusciante
- Gaelic Storm
- The Game
- Garfunkel and Oates
- Leif Garrett
- The Germs
- Ginger Root
- Crispin Glover
- 1988 - The Big Problem
- The Go-Go's
- Allie Goertz
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Joel Goldsmith
- Andy Grammer
- Josh Groban
- Grouplove
- Guns N' Roses
- 1987 - Appetite for Destruction
- 1988 - G N'R Lies
- 1991 - Use Your Illusion
- 2008 - Chinese Democracy
- Haim
- half•alive
- Hardline
- Beth Hart
- 2014 - Live in Amsterdam (with Joe Bonamassa)
- Havalina Rail Co.
- HEALTH
- (həd) p.e.
- Hey Violet
- Hole
- 1991 - Pretty on the Inside
- 1994 - Live Through This
- 1997 - My Body, The Hand Grenade
- 1998 - Celebrity Skin
- Hollywood Undead
- Julia Holter
- Hoobastank
- Hopsin
- James Horner
- House of Pain
- Marques Houston
- How to Destroy Angels
- James Newton Howard
- Ashlyne Huff
- Ice Cube
- Ice-T
- iLoveMakonnen
- In This Moment
- Incubus
- Insane Poetry
- Jack's Mannequin
- Jan and Dean
- Jane's Addiction
- Al Jardine
- 2010 - A Postcard From California
- Joan Jett
- Bruce Johnston
- 1963 - Surfin' 'Round the World
- 1977 - Going Public
- Spike Jones
- Joy Electric
- Julien-K
- Victoria Justice
- Kesha
- Kids Praise
- Kids See Ghosts
- Klymaxx
- The Knack
- Kottonmouth Kings
- Hayley Kiyoko
- Zoë Kravitz
- L7
- Kendrick Lamar
- 2012 - good kid, m.A.A.d city
- 2015 - To Pimp a Butterfly
- Leiber and Stoller
- Les Friction
- Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain
- Jenny Lewis
- Lifehouse
- The Linda Lindas
- Linkin Park
- 2000 - Hybrid Theory
- 2003 - Meteora
- 2007 - Minutes to Midnight
- 2010 - A Thousand Suns
- 2012 - Living Things
- 2014 - The Hunting Party
- 2017 - One More Light
- Lit
- 1999 - "Miserable"
- Little Feat
- LMFAO
- Kenny Loggins
- Love
- 1967 - Forever Changes
- Mike Love
- 1978 - First Love
- 1978 - Country Love
- 1981 - Looking Back with Love
- 1983 - Rock 'n' Roll City (with Dean Torrance)
- 1996 - Catch a Wave
- 1998 - Salute NASCAR (with David Marks and Bruce Johnston)
- 2001 - Summertime Cruisin'
- 2004 - Mike Love Not War
- 2017 - Unleash the Love
- 2018 - Reason for the Season
- 2019 - 12 Sides of Summer
- Love/Hate
- Love Spirals Downwards
- The Mae Shi
- The Mamas & the Papas
- David Marks
- Maroon 5
- 2002 - "She Will Be Loved"
- 2014 - "Animals"
- 2018 - "Girls Like You"
- Mazzy Star
- Bear McCreary
- Megadeth
- 1986 - Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
- 1988 - So Far, So Good... So What!
- 1990 - Rust in Peace
- The Megas
- Metallica
- 1983 - Kill 'Em All
- 1984 - Ride the Lightning
- 1986 - Master of Puppets
- 1988 - ...And Justice for All (1988)
- 1991 - Metallica
- 1996 and 1997 - Load and ReLoad
- 1998 - Garage Inc.
- 2003 - St. Anger
- 2008 - Death Magnetic
- 2016 - Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
- 2023 - 72 Seasons
- The Midnight
- Miguel
- Millionaires
- Charles Mingus
- 1959 - Mingus Ah Um
- 1963 - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
- 1972 - Let My Children Hear Music
- Minutemen
- Missing Persons
- The Monkees (one of the four members was British)
- Neal Morse
- Mötley Crüe
- the Mountain Goats (relocated to North Carolina)
- Mr. Big
- Meg Myers
- N.W.A
- 1988 - Straight Outta Compton
- Nails
- Anna Nalick
- NateWantsToBattle
- The Neighbourhood
- Ricky Nelson
- Michael Nesmith
- New Radicals
- Thomas Newman
- Stevie Nicks
- 1981 - Bella Donna
- Harry Nilsson
- 1971 - Nilsson Schmilsson
- Nipsey Hussle
- No Doubt
- 1995 - Tragic Kingdom
- NOFX
- Now United (with members from all around the world)
- Of Mice and Men
- The Offspring
- 1994 - Smash
- OFWGKTA
- Oingo Boingo
- 1981 - Only a Lad
- 1985 - Dead Man's Party
- Otep
- Shuggie Otis
- 1971 - Freedom Flight
- 1974 - Inspiration Information
- Parade of Lights
- Van Dyke Parks
- 1995 - Orange Crate Art (with Brian Wilson)
- The Partridge Family
- Pentakill
- A Perfect Circle
- Phantom Planet
- The Pharcyde
- Basil Poledouris
- Poppy
- Poxy Boggards
- ppcocaine
- Pussycat Dolls
- Qbomb
- Quiet Riot
- Radioactive Chicken Heads
- Rage Against the Machine
- Bonnie Raitt
- 1972 - Give It Up
- Ray J
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- 1991 - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- 1999 - Californication
- 2002 - By the Way
- 2006 - Stadium Arcadium
- Redbone
- Reel Big Fish
- Debbie Reynolds
- Riki
- Rilo Kiley
- The Rippingtons
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Rufus Rex
- 2011 - Dead Beat
- The Runaways
- Saint Vitus
- Saviour Machine
- Say Anything...
- Scatman John
- ScHoolboy Q
- Sea Wolf
- Bobby Sherman
- The Sherman Brothers
- Silversun Pickups
- Sixx:A.M.
- Skrillex
- Slayer
- Kerry King
- 1986 - Reign in Blood
- Smile Empty Soul
- Snoop Dogg
- Social Distortion
- Sonny & Cher
- Soulfly
- Spanish Love Songs
- Sparks (best known and often recorded in Europe)
- 1974 - Kimono My House
- 1979 - No. 1 in Heaven
- 2002 - Lil' Beethoven
- Phil Spector
- Sasha Spielberg
- Spock's Beard
- 2002 - Snow
- Starbomb
- Starflyer 59
- Static-X
- Steel Panther
- Gwen Stefani
- Stryper
- The Stunners
- Sublime
- Sugar Ray
- Suicidal Tendencies
- Suicide Silence
- Moses Sumney
- System of a Down
- 1998 - System of a Down
- 2001 - Toxicity
- 2002 - Steal This Album!
- 2005 - Mezmerize/Hypnotize
- Tenacious D
- Them Crooked Vultures
- Robin Thicke
- Thrice
- Thundercat
- Tinashe
- Ashley Tisdale
- Tofie
- tool
- Toto
- Touché Amoré
- Tourniquet
- The Traveling Wilburys – a supergroup of three Yanks and two Brits, formed in the States
- 1988 - Volume 1
- T.S.O.L.
- The Turtles
- Twin Temple
- Two Steps from Hell
- Brian Tyler
- Tyler, the Creator
- 2019 - IGOR
- Unextraordinary Gentlemen
- Unsung
- Ritchie Valens
- Van Halen
- Volumes
- Tom Waits
- 1973 - Closing Time
- 1974 - The Heart of Saturday Night
- 1975 - Nighthawks at the Diner
- 1976 - Small Change
- 1977 - Foreign Affairs
- 1978 - Blue Valentine
- 1980 - Heartattack and Vine
- 1983 - Swordfishtrombones
- 1985 - Rain Dogs
- 1987 - Franks Wild Years
- 1992 - Bone Machine
- 1993 - The Black Rider
- 1999 - Mule Variations
- 2002 - Alice
- 2002 - Blood Money
- 2004 - Real Gone
- 2006 - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
- 2011 - Bad As Me
- The Walker Brothers
- Wall of Voodoo
- Wallows
- The Wallflowers
- War
- Warbringer
- Warrant
- Kamasi Washington
- 2015 - The Epic
- WASP
- 1992 - The Crimson Idol
- Jody Watley
- Weezer
- 1994 - Weezer (The Blue Album)
- 1996 - Pinkerton
- 2001 - Weezer (The Green Album)
- 2002 - Maladroit
- 2005 - Make Believe
- 2008 - Weezer (The Red Album)
- 2009 - Raditude
- 2010 - Hurley
- 2014 - Everything Will be Alright in the End
- 2019 - Weezer (The Teal Album)
- Wendy & Lisa
- Barry White
- White Wizzard
- Wild Man Fischer
- John Williams
- Brian Wilson
- 1988 - Brian Wilson
- 1991 - Sweet Insanity
- 1995 - I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
- 1998 - Imagination
- 2004 - Gettin' In Over My Head
- 2004 - Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE
- 2005 - What I Really Want for Christmas
- 2008 - That Lucky Old Sun
- 2010 - Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
- 2011 - In the Key of Disney
- 2015 - No Pier Pressure
- 2021 - At My Piano
- The Paley Sessions
- Carl Wilson
- Dennis Wilson
- 1977 - Pacific Ocean Blue
- The Winery Dogs
- X
- Allie X
- Xzibit
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- 1983 - "Weird Al" Yankovic
- 1984 - "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D
- 1985 - Dare to Be Stupid
- 1986 - Polka Party!
- 1988 - Even Worse
- 1989 - UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff
- 1992- Off the Deep End
- 1993 - Alapalooza
- 1996 - Bad Hair Day
- 1999 - Running with Scissors
- 2003 - Poodle Hat
- 2006 - Straight Outta Lynwood
- 2011 - Alpocalypse
- 2014 - Mandatory Fun
- Tiffany Young
- Young the Giant
- Frank Zappa
- 1966 - Freak Out!
- 1967 - Absolutely Free
- 1968 - Lumpy Gravy
- 1968 - We're Only in It for the Money
- 1968 - Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
- 1969 - Uncle Meat
- 1969 - Hot Rats
- 1970 - Burnt Weeny Sandwich
- 1970 - Weasels Ripped My Flesh
- 1970 - Chunga's Revenge
- 1971 - Fillmore East, June 1971
- 1971 - 200 Motels
- 1972 - Just Another Band from L.A.
- 1972 - Waka/Jawaka
- 1972 - The Grand Wazoo
- 1973 - Over-Nite Sensation
- 1974 - Apostrophe (')
- 1974 - Roxy & Elsewhere
- 1975 - One Size Fits All
- 1975 - Bongo Fury note
- 1976 - Zoot Allures
- 1978 - Zappa in New York
- 1978 - Studio Tan
- 1978 - Sleep Dirt
- 1979 - Sheik Yerbouti
- 1979 - Orchestral Favorites
- 1979 - Joe's Garage
- 1981 - Tinseltown Rebellion
- 1981 - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
- 1981 - You Are What You Is
- 1982 - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
- 1983 - The Man from Utopia
- 1983/1987 - London Symphony Orchestra
- 1984 - The Perfect Stranger
- 1984 - Them or Us
- 1984 - Thing-Fish
- 1984 - Francesco Zappa
- 1985 - Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
- 1986 - Does Humor Belong in Music?
- 1986 - Jazz from Hell
- 1988 - Guitar
- 1988 - Broadway the Hard Way
- 1991 - The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
- 1991 - Make a Jazz Noise Here
- 1993 - The Yellow Shark
- 1994 - Civilization Phaze III
- 1996 - Läther
- Zebrahead (Band)
- The Ziggens
- Louie Zong
Other
- The 77s (Sacramento)
- Adema (Bakersfield)
- AFI (Ukiah)
- Allstar Weekend (Poway, near San Diego)
- Alterbeast (Sacramento)
- Angels & Airwaves (San Diego)
- As I Lay Dying (San Diego)
- Sara Bareilles (Eureka)
- Travis Barker (Fontana, near San Bernardino)
- blink-182 (Poway, near San Diego)
- Ash Borer (Arcata)
- Broken Iris (Sacramento)
- Brotha Lynch Hung (Sacramento)
- Cake (Sacramento)
- Carnifex (San Diego)
- Cattle Decapitation (San Diego)
- Cimorelli (El Dorado Hills)
- Dance Gavin Dance (Sacramento)
- Death Grips (Sacramento)
- Decrepit Birth (Santa Cruz)
- Deeds of Flesh (Los Osos)
- Deftones (Sacramento)
- 1997 - Around the Fur
- 2000 - White Pony
- DEV (Manteca)
- Disgorge (San Diego)
- DJ Shadow (Davis)
- 1996 - Endtroducing.....
- James Durbin (Santa Cruz)
- Eagles of Death Metal (Palm Desert)
- Entheos (Santa Cruz)
- Fell Voices (Arcata)
- Finch (Temecula)
- Fireaxe (San Diego)
- 2003 - Food for the Gods
- Diamanda Galás (San Diego)
- Grandaddy (Modesto)
- Grouper (West Marin)
- Merle Haggard (Bakersfield)
- Hella (Sacramento)
- The Historian Himself
- Hobo Johnson (Sacramento)
- Iron Butterfly (San Diego)
- 1968 - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
- Jerry Joseph (San Diego)
- Korn (Bakersfield)
- 1994 - Korn
- 1998 - Follow the Leader
- Kyuss (Palm Desert)
- Lagwagon (Goleta, near Santa Barbara)
- Adam Lambert (San Diego)
- Lost Dogs
- Lingua Ignota (San Diego)
- Victoria Monét (Sacramento)
- Mr. Bungle (Eureka)
- Nerf Herder (Santa Barbara)
- Joanna Newsom (Nevada City)
- 2006 - Ys
- 2010 - Have One On Me
- Nickel Creek (Vista, near San Diego)
- Oliver Tree (Santa Cruz)
- Charlie Peacock (Yuba City)
- P.O.D. (San Diego)
- Pathology (San Diego)
- Mike Patton (Eureka)
- Pavement (Stockton)
- Katy Perry (Santa Barbara)
- 2010 - "California Gurls"
- Pierce the Veil (San Diego)
- Queens of the Stone Age (Palm Desert)
- 2002 - Songs for the Deaf
- Sara Ramirez (born in Mexico, grew up in San Diego)
- Ratt (San Diego)
- Snot (Santa Barbara)
- John Stewart (San Diego)
- Steam Powered Giraffe (San Diego)
- Stone Temple Pilots (San Diego)
- Switchfoot (San Diego)
- Tesla (Sacramento)
- Toad the Wet Sprocket (Santa Barbara)
- Ugly Kid Joe (Isla Vista, near Santa Barbara)
- Chelsea Wolfe (Sacramento)
- Jonathan Young (San Diego)