Um… REO Speedwagon?
[ul]
[li]Pearl Jam[/li][li]Tool[/li][/ul]
New (and I believe, easy):
[ul]
[li]Lift generators[/li][li]Night rider joins West Coast pro sport franchise[/li][/ul]
And to come clean on my “trick” clue above:
Hornets Attack Victor Mature. In the West Coast it was a fabrication, but in the East Coast it was a name under which at times were billed those we now know as R.E.M.
Yes!
Paul Revere and the Raiders!
New: Possibly Fezzik
They Might Be Giants??
New:
Stephen King, Hooch’s Partner, and a Tube Screamer Stomp Box
Bachman Turner Overdrive?
New: Miniature head fronts
The Small Faces.
New: Hoi polloi who oppose us.
No, but I think Hoi Polloi who Oppose Us is probably too oblique a definition.
So, for the same group, add: Opponent To The Masses
Wings.
New: Triply Soaked
New Ones:
Impish British Apartments
Cadillac From Scotland
Show Anger Towards The Contraption
Final Segment Of The Evening News
(Hint: All four are from different musical genres)
Wet Wet Wet
Nope - I’ll add a hint:
Feral Male Children
Correct on Wet, Wet, Wet
Rage Against the Machine
New: Born to Fate
Beastie Boys?
Impish British Apartments
Rascal Flatts
New:
The MIB’s Illegitimate Offspring
Well done. 
New: Those who make public announcements
Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
New: Emaciated Chopper
The Proclaimers?
New:
Miss Q and the wailers
Siouxie and the Banshees
New:
Conflagration at the video parlor