Okay, so really there are too many to mention.  I always leave people out and then they get all sad.  So, what I have to say in lieu of that is, just get over it.

Independent Bands 

3 Kisses - Brenham, TX

333 - Athens, OH

6 Sigma - Cincinnati, OH

Abiyah - Cincinnati, OH

Adam Evil & the Outside Royalty - Pittsburgh, PA & London, England

Another Tragedy - Cincinnati, OH

aphonia - Cincinnati, OH

Arapyma - Cincinnati, OH

Backseat Virtue - Cincinnati, OH

The Beau Alquizola Band - Cincinnati, OH

The Beneath - Cincinnati, OH

Billy Carri - Cincinnati, OH

Black Tractor - Cincinnati, OH

Bluf - Cincinnati, OH

Bon Terra - Austin, TX

The Booda Velvets - New York City, NY

Buckra - Cincinnati, OH

Bulletproof Charm - Cincinnati, OH

Chakras - Cincinnati, OH

Chum - Huntington, WV

Colporter - San Diego, CA

Contrast Gray - Knoxville, TN

Corday - Long Beach, CA

Crankbox - Cincinnati, OH

Crooked Rook - Cincinnati, OH

The Dammitheads - Racine, WI

Deco Halo - Columbus, OH

Diet Audio - Columbus, OH

Digammi - Cincinnati, OH

Draft Riots - Louisville, KY

Embassy - Columbus, OH

Emily Strand & The Town - Dayton, OH

Emily Zuzik - NYC, NY

Evelyn Red - Long Island, NY

Fabrik - Atlanta, GA

Fairmount Girls - Cincinnati, OH

Fickle - Cincinnati, OH

FLUTTR EFFECT - Boston, MA

Former - Nashville, TN

Frankly Scarlett - Chattanooga, TN

Generation Down - Nashville, TN

Giant Wow - Cincinnati, OH

The Gregory Morris Group

GRETCHEN - Bristol, TN

The Hawk - Louisville, KY

Hello Tokyo - Brooklyn, NY

Hey Tiger - Hoboken, NJ

The Hinges - Cincinnati, HO

Holly Spears - Cincinnati, OH

The Honeys - Columbus, OH

The Host - Cincinnati, OH

Hungry Lucy - Cincinnati, OH

HYDROGYN - Huntington, WV

Jake Leg - Cincinnati, OH

Jayne Sachs - Dayton, OH

Julie Loyd - Chicago, IL

Kairos - Pittsburgh, PA

Karmella's Game - Baltimore, MD

Katie Reider Band - Columbus, OH

Kelly Evans - Cincinnati, OH

kelp - Cincinnati, OH

Kill City - Cincinnati, OH

kohia - Cincinnati, OH

Lab Partners - Dayton, OH

Langus - Cincinnati, OH

leerone - Los Angeles, CA

Ligion - Nashville, TN

Lindsay Caron - Cincinnati, OH

Loaded Revulvas - Columbus, OH

LOURDS - NYC, NY

Lucid Fly - Orlando, FL

magpie - Columbus, OH

Manifest Frequency - Atlanta, GA

Medic - Cincinnati, OH

Megan Palmer - Columbus, OH

Mink - Nashville, TN

mr. Gnome - Cleveland, OH

New Year's Day - Orange County, CA

The Newbees - Cincinnati, OH

Noctaluca - Cincinnati, OH

object - New York City, NY

Otto's Daughter - Los Angeles, CA

The Outside - NYC, NY

pale beneath the blue - Cincinnati, OH

Patient Zero - Cincinnati, OH

The Peter Adams Band - Cincinnati, OH

Pike - Cincinnati, OH

The Pinkslips - Chapel Hill, NC

The Pinstripes - Cincinnati, OH

Planet Scream - Cincinnati, OH

Plunge - Timonium, MD

Project Jones - Clarksville, TN

Rachael Sage - NYC, NY

Rainy Day Crush - Savage, MN

Red Dahlia - Athens, OH

RPM - Los Angeles, CA

Rue - Los Angeles, CA

The Screaming Mimes - Cincinnati, OH

Second Dan - New York City, NY

Seconds Away - Cincinnati, OH

Semi-Automatic - Cincinnati, OH

ShadowWax - Knoxville, TN

Shawna James - Cincinnati, OH

She's Your Sister - Los Angeles, CA

Shirock - Nashville, TN

The Shirts - Cincinnati, OH

soul casket - Cincinnati, OH

SPIFF - Cincinnati, OH

The Star Killers - Cincinnati, OH

Stephanie's Id - Asheville, NC

Strange Eden - Cincinnati, OH

Strip the Image - Cincinnati, OH

Subliminal - Cincinnati, OH

Sunspot - Madison, WI

Super 77 - Cincinnati, OH

Tangerine - Pittsburgh, PA

Terravada - Cincinnati, OH

The Terrors - Cincinnati, OH

The Trojan Rabbit - Cincinnati, OH

The Turnbull AC's - Cincinnati, OH

Vespas - Detroit, MI

Visceral Elixir - Cincinnati, OH

Waking State - Washington, DC

The Walker Project - Cincinnati, OH

The Whitney Barricklow Band - Cincinnati, OH

Wicked Liz & the Bellyswirls - Davenport, IA

Wrecked - Cincinnati, OH

xrayok - Tempe, AZ

Sold out bands that still rock my socks

30 Seconds to Mars

Ani Difranco

Bad English

Belly

Cinderella

Coheed & Cambria

Concrete Blonde

The Cranberries

Dashboard Confessional

Deftones

Depeche Mode

Dokken

Eve's Plumb

Faith No More

Faster Pussycat

Fiona Apple

Flyleaf

Fuel

Guns 'n Roses

HIM

Imogen Heap

Iron Maiden

K's Choice

KMFDM

Lit

Mae

Motley Crue

Mr. Big

Muse

My Chemical Romance

Nine Inch Nails

Pantera

Plumb

Queen

Queensryche

Quiet Riot

RATT

Saigon Kick

Sarah Bettens

Scorpions

Sigur Ros

Skid Row

Slayer

Sneaker Pimps

Sparta

Splashdown

Stavesacre

System of a Down

Tanya Donelly

Tenacious D

Tesla

Tool

Veruca Salt

Warrant

Wesley Willis

Whitesnake

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