Experimental rock musicians
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5uu's
American avant-rock group
1
65daysofstatic
English experimental rock band
2
A Band
British musical collective
3
A((Wake))
American progressive rock/metal band
4
Ahleuchatistas
American math rock/avant-prog band
5
Aksak Maboul
Belgian band that plays experimental rock
6
Alanis Morissette
Canadian-American singer-songwriter
7
Andy LeMaster
American singer/songwriter
8
Anton Fier
American rock drummer and bandleader
9
Apparatjik
European multinational supergroup
10
Aquarium
Russian rock band
11
Art Bears
band
12
Art Tripp
American musician
13
Atoms for Peace
English-American experimental rock band
14
Auktyon
band
15
Avey Tare
American musician
16
Battles
American experimental rock group
17
Bent Knee
American rock band
18
Between the Buried and Me
American metal band from North Carolina.
19
Blonde Redhead
American indie rock band
20
Bob Kulick
American musician
21
Brian Molko
Belgium-born musician
22
Brise-Glace
23
Broken Dog
24
Bruce Fowler
American conductor
25
Buckethead
American musician and songwriter
26
Buffalo Daughter
Japanese rock band
27
Bugskull
28
Cabaret Voltaire
British Electronic Music Group
29
California Guitar Trio
band
30
Cardiacs
British band
31
Charles Hayward
British musician
32
Chrome
American band
33
Cloud Cult
band
34
Cloudland Canyon
American experimental rock band
35
Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains
band
36
Conny Plank
German record producer and musician
37
Daniel Lanois
Canadian record producer, singer-songwriter, musician
38
Darin Gray
American musician
39
Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway
American metal band
40
Dave Kerman
Musician, composer, record company executive
41
Dave Lombardo
Cuban-American drummer
42
Dave Rick
American musician
43
Dave Riley
American musician
44
David Bowie
British singer, musician, and actor (1947-2016)
45
David Sylvian
English recording artist; singer-songwriter, musician
46
Descartes a Kant
Mexican noise band
47
Devil Doll
Slovenian-Italian experimental rock band
48
Disco Inferno
English experimental rock band
49
Dustin Kensrue
American musician
50
Ectogram
Welsh band
51
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
English progressive rock band
52
Extra Life
band
53
Faith Coloccia
musician and artist
54
Fille qui mousse
55
Finch
American post-hardcore band
56
Fly Pan Am
Canadian experimental rock band formed in Montreal in 1996
57
Foals
British band
58
Geoff Barrow
British musician, instrumentalist for the band Portishead
59
George Duke
American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer (1946-2013)
60
Goat
Swedish alternative fusion music group
61
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Canadian experimental/post-rock musical group
62
Growing
American band
63
Hail the Sun
American post-hardcore band
64
Heather Duby
American musician
65
His Name Is Alive
American band
66
Jessica Bailiff
American musician
67
Jim Sherwood
musician
68
Jimmy Gnecco
American musician
69
John Bruce Wallace
American composer, musician, painter, graphic artist and philosopher
70
John Cale
Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer
71
John Lennon
English singer and songwriter, founding member of The Beatles (1940-1980)
72
John Lydon
English musician
73
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
74
Kaddisfly
band
75
Latin Playboys
band that plays experimental rock
76
Lindsay Cooper
English musician, composer and activist
77
Long Fin Killie
musical artist
78
Lou Reed
American musician, recording artist, singer-songwriter (1942-2013)
79
Man Man
band that plays experimental rock
80
Marc Hollander
musician
81
Marnie Stern
American musician and songwriter
82
Martin Grech
British singer-songwriter
83
Maureen Tucker
American musician
84
Menomena
band
85
Michael Gira
musician
86
Mick Karn
Cypriot-British musician
87
Mika Kawashima
88
Mike Patton
American singer, producer and composer
89
Mitar Subotić
Serbian musician
90
Neil Young
Canadian-American guitarist, singer and songwriter
91
News from Babel
English avant-rock group
92
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Australian alternative rock band
93
No Age
band
94
No Knife
musical artist
95
Nothing but Thieves
UK Rock-Band
96
Number Girl
Rock band from Fukuoka Japan
97
OOIOO
98
OvO
Italian musical group
99
Peter Gabriel
English musician
100
Peter Kember
British musician
101
Pierce the Veil
American post-hardcore band
102
Piknik
Russian musical group
103
Portishead
British band
104
Pram
English band
105
Praxis
experimental rock band led by Bill Laswell and Buckethead
106
Pyotr Mamonov
Russian actor and singer
107
Quickspace
band
108
Radiohead
English rock band
109
Red Square
110
Rhys Chatham
American composer
111
Richard Wright
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd
112
Ringo Sheena
Japanese singer-songwriter (1978-)
113
Sarah Lipstate
American guitarist
114
Sergey Kuryokhin
Russian musician (1954–1996)
115
Shalabi Effect
rock band from Montreal
116
Shizuka
Japanese rock band
117
Slapp Happy
German/English avant-pop group
118
Sonic Youth
alternative rock band formed in New York, New York, United States
119
Splean
Russian musical group; rock band
120
Stars Like Fleas
Band from Brooklyn, New York City, formed by Shannon Fields and Montogomert Knott in 1998
121
Storm & Stress
122
Sun Blood Stories
Experimental rock/pop trio
123
Supreme Dicks
experimental rock group
124
Swans
American band
125
Syd Barrett
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (1946-2006)
126
Tall Ships
band members
127
Th' Faith Healers
128
The Beatles
English musical group; pop-rock band
129
The Fireman
band
130
The Godz
New York City based avant-noise psychedelic band
131
The Mae Shi
132
The Numbers Band
American blues rock band
133
The Observatory
134
The Velvet Underground
American rock band
135
The Venetia Fair
rock band from Massachusetts, United States
136
The Voidz
American rock band
137
Thee Silver Mt. Zion
Canadian band
138
They Might Be Giants
American alternative rock band
139
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
140
Thrice
American rock band from Irvine, California, formed in 1998
141
Thurston Moore
American guitarist
142
Tim Hodgkinson
English experimental music composer and performer
143
Tomahawk
American supergroup
144
Tormentor
Hungarian band
145
Tunde Adebimpe
American musician, actor, director and visual artist
146
Ulver
Norwegian band
147
Vampire Rodents
148
Yowie
band from St. Louis, Missouri
149