AOL Music : Artists - Weekly Top 100 artists and bands.

Band Archive - Large directory organized into nine genre categories and many subcategories. Offering free submissions.

Band Family Tree - User-submitted band and musician links searchable by city and country.

Bands R Us - User-submitted band links organized by genre and sub-genre.

Big Rock N Roll - Alphabetized links to mostly famous groups of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

DAZ.com - Directory of bands and artists taken from user-submissions. Includes discographies, audio files, track listings, and photo galleries.

Entertainment Live UK - Free resource for bands and artists of all genres as well as the music industry at large. Also contains regional shows and information.

EntsWeb Directory: Musicians - Index of artists and bands, categorized by instrument and style of music. Mostly UK artists but also contains listings from the US and Europe.

Epidemix.com - Lists band and artist links to MySpace profiles, organized by genre.

eRock.net : Links to Legends - Alphabetized list of links to more than 400 famous rock and roll artists, with a list of music festivals.

Extra Gigs - Search musicians and bands by US state.

Fan Site Frenzy - Includes blues, classical, country, indie, jazz, pop and rock categories with free submission.

Harmone: Bands - Very large alphabetized directory includes multiple links to popular bands, accepting link submissions from users. Page from portal with news, events, tickets, streaming audio and shopping.

It's Official - Alphabetized links to bands and artists in various genres, official sites only. (Last updated 2005.)

Jan Stevens: Selected Jazz and Pop Links - New Jersey pianist offers links to more than 100 of his favorite bands and artists.

Local Music Directory - Independent musicians' websites and resources, categorized by city and musical style. Free listings.

Lost Idols - "Where are they now" pages for artists whose stars have faded, with requests for information on others not yet documented.

Music and Such - Biographies and discographies for more than 100 pop and rock bands and artists.

The Music Pad - An alphabetized list of bands and artists from various genres. Features links to their official websites.

Music Pages - Categories include metal, hardcore alternative, rap, blues, jazz, and Southern rock.

123 Music Stars - Pop and rock artists sorted into female singers, male singers, and bands. Each link leads to discography and brief biography, with semi-literate comments posted by site visitors.

MusicEffect.com - Offers sortable biographies, lyrics, pictures, guitar and bass tabs, news, reviews, discographies and other related information.

Musicians Registry - Searchable database of musicians for hire. Includes bands, contract musicians, music schools and teachers. Free registration for musicians.

MusiCoop - Links to bands and musicians with reviews and chat.

On Stage Register - Links to bands, comedians, and other entertainers searchable by country, state and genre, with separate search for wedding music.

Phreesurf - Find information on a music bands/artists, surfing and guitars.

Singer-Songwriters and Bands - Directory maintained as it existed when site creator Eberhard Wenzel died in 2001. Eclectic selection of links to hundreds of artists.

Soundbug - Biographies with photos of hundreds of best-selling artists sorted alphabetically, with discographies and chat forums.

Universal Buzz - Features links to independent bands and artists and non-commercial radio stations. With music downloads, an online radio show, merchandise, news and a forum.

Wikipedia: Musicians - Includes biographies for over 3,000 musicians organized by instrument or specialty.

WWW Music Database - User-submitted links to thousands of artists, albums and songs, many with track lists and biographies. Basic text look and fast-loading pages.

ZeBOX - Band and artist pages are searchable by genre, secondary genre, and US state, with photos and links to official sites when available.