List of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area

= San Francisco Peninsula/North Bay =

* Alienation
* American Music Club
* Anderson Congress
* Animosity
* The Beau Brummels
* Beulah
* Big Brother and the Holding Company
* Blaqk Audio
* Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
* Blue Cheer
* Blue Movie
* Bracket
* Brittany Shane
* The Brian Jonestown Massacre
* Celestial Hysteria
* Cleveland Wrecking Company
* Con Funk Shun
* Counting Crows
* Country Joe and the Fish
* Creedence Clearwater Revival
* The Cubby Creatures
* Dame Satan
* Dead Kennedys
* Dexter Danger
* E-40
* Eddie and the Tide
* El Capitan
* Enemy You
* Exodus
* Faith No More
* First Blood
* The Flamin' Groovies
* Flipper
* Flying Color
* Gold
* Grateful Dead
* The Great Society
* Her Space Holiday
* Huey Lewis and the News
* Ice
* Imperial Teen
* It's a Beautiful Day
* J Church
* Jake Sinetos
* Jefferson Airplane
* Joanna Newsom
* Journey
* Judith and Holofernes
* Last Of The Blacksmiths
* Latin Soul Syndicate
* Los Blockheads
* LoveLikeFire [cite news | url = http://www.laweekly.com/music/music/rock-picks/16360/ | title = Rock Picks | date = 2007-05-09 | work = LA Weekly | first = Libby | last = Molyneaux | accessdate = 2008-05-07 ]
* Malo
* Moby Grape
* Naked Lunch
* Nimbus
* Old and In The Way
* Osceola
* Timex Social Club
* The Mojo Men
* Perfect Machines
* Quicksilver Messenger Service
* Psyclon Nine
* Red House Painters
* Rowan Brothers
* Samiam
* Santana
* Skankin' Pickle
* Sly & the Family Stone
* Spot 1019
* Steve Miller Band
* Sun Kil Moon
* Swingin' Utters
* Switchblade Symphony
* Tea Leaf Green
* The Aislers Set
* The Catheads
* The Charlatans
* The Click
* The Donnas
* The Fucking Buckaroos
* The Invalids
* The McGuires
* The Mutants
* New Riders of the Purple Sage
* The New Salvation Army Banned
* The Residents
* The Righteous Fists of Harmony
* This Union Standard
* Tiger Army
* Third Eye Blind
* Toiling Midgets
* Train
* Tsunami Bomb
* The Tubes
* Uther Pendragon
* The Vejtables
* Vue
* Romeo Void
* We Be The Echo
* We Five
* Zeneva

East Bay

* AFI
* All Shall Perish
* American Steel
* Audrye Sessions
* Blackalicious
* Blatz
* Cemetery Dogs
* Cheap Ninjas
* CHT
* A Class Act
* Cold Blood
* Communiqué
* The Coup
* Crimpshrine
* Desa (band)
* Duct Tape Mafia
* En Vogue
* Facing New York
* Filth
* Fifteen
* Fleshies
* The Frustrators
* Gravy Train!!!!
* Green Day
* Is Nothing Sacred
* J fizz and the Nomads
* Jawbreaker
* Jellyfish
* Link 80
* The Lookouts
* The Lovemakers
* Machine Head
* Maldroid
* The Mall
* Metallica
* The Mr. T Experience
* Neurosis
* NOFX
* Operation Ivy
* Pansy Division
* Papa Wheelie
* Pinhead Gunpowder
* The Phenomenauts
* The Pinole Ramblers
* Poor Bailey
* Primus
* Rancid
* Rogue Wave
* Screw 32
* Sons of Champlin
* Speak Easy
* Subdued Violence
* Stop The Malarky
* Sweet Baby
* The Pointer Sisters
* Tilt
* Tony! Toni! Toné!
* Too Short
* Tower of Power

South Bay

* Dredg
* Chris Cain
* Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
* Manmade God
* No Use for a Name
* Smash Mouth
* Strata
* Syndicate of Sound
* Systematic
* The Count 5
* The Call
* The Doobie Brothers
* The Faction
* Trapt
* Whipping Boy
* Xiu Xiu
* Y&T

References

* Selvin, Joel. "San Francisco: The Musical History Tour". Chronicle Books: 1996.

See also

* San Francisco Sound