1969-1972 Jimi Hendrix Beatles Jethro Tull Crosby Stills Nash (and Young also) ZZ Top The Who Led Zepplin Cream (even though they parted in '68) them were the days
92-96 Counting Crows the Cranberries Live Nirvana Pearl Jam Red Hot Chili Peppers Beastie Boys Better than Ezra Collective Soul Dave Matthews Band Hootie and the Blowfish Outkast Wu Tang Clan Das Efx Green Day Smashing Pumpkins Probably missing some, but that's a pretty comprehensive list of bands I was listening to. I left out all solo artists, though.
92-95 ace of base Mariah Carey The Cranberries BoysIIMen Collective Soul Live Real McCoy Aerosmith Erasure STP Nirvana
91 - 94 Megadeth Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd Black Sabbath Ozzy Jimi The Who The Rolling Stones Metallica Pantera Motley Crue Iron Maiden Judas Priest Motorhead And many, many, more. Oh wait....those are still my favorite bands.
1983 - 1987 Van Halen Rush Any shredder instrumental stuff (from Al DiMeola to Yngwie Malmsteen) The Police Kansas (weird, I know) Scorpions Triumph There are more, but my brain is not cooperating.
82-86 U2 Led Zeppelin The Cure The Smiths Rolling Stones Love and Rockets Bob Marley Van Halen Steely Dan David Bowie
87-90 Red Hot Chili Peppers The Cult AC/DC Guns & Roses The Radio That was about it. If you got in my car, that was what you were going to listen to, although I do remember having my "Bohemian Rhapsody" phase for about a month long before Wayne's World came out.
1976-1980 The Who Pink Floyd Commodores Kool and the Gang Parliament The Cars Van Halen Dire Straits Clapton Lynyrd Skynyrd (I'll also cop to listening to my 8-track of Saturday Night Fever a few times.)
1970-1974 your list actually works for me...since my brain isn't. I'll just add: Genesis ELP YES ELO (crap, now that my brain is working I can go on and on and on....) yep, good ol days