Vaginal Carnage
Fuck...I'm Dead
Garbage Guts
The Kill (RIP)
The Day Everything Became Nothing
Shagnum
Kutabare
Undinism
Schifosi
Agents of Abhorrence
Blood Duster
ABC Weapons
NoEscape Records has mp3's/links of some of those, if anyone's interested.
The Brothers Groove
Galactic
The Gore Gore Girls
The Witches
Relic
Atmostfear
Tiles
Broadzilla
The Incurables
Space Nelson
The Dirt Bombs
The Feisty Cadavers
How lucky for me, Neurosis is from the next town over, their my favorite local band. As for bands that havn't became big, I'll say Inventing Edward, and theres no good metal bands in Northern California unfortunatly... if there is I dont know about them...