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Mainliner
Mainliner
Japanese rock band
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Masonna
Masonna
Japanese noise musician
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Shizuka
Shizuka
Japanese rock band
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Church of Misery
Church of Misery
Japanese band
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Bardo Pond
Bardo Pond
American band
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Merzbow
Merzbow
Japanese noise project
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Boris
Boris
Japanese experimental rock band
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Earthless
Earthless
American instrumental psychedelic rock band from San Diego, California
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Red Krayola
Red Krayola
American band
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Alice Donut
Alice Donut
10
Earthsuit
Earthsuit
11
The Psychedelic Furs
The Psychedelic Furs
British new wave band
12
Yamantaka Eye
Yamantaka Eye
Japanese singer
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Guitar Wolf
Guitar Wolf
Japanese rock band from Nagasaki (1987-)
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Will Sergeant
Will Sergeant
English guitarist
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Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom
Israeli psytrance/electronica duo
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Atari Teenage Riot
Atari Teenage Riot
German digital hardcore band
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Melt-Banana
Melt-Banana
band
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The 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
American rock band
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The Olivia Tremor Control
The Olivia Tremor Control
American rock band
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Boredoms
Boredoms
Japanese rock band
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Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel
American indie rock band
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Animal Collective
Animal Collective
American musical group
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MxPx
MxPx
American punk band
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Broadcast
Broadcast
British electronic music group
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Project 86
Project 86
American rock band based out of Orange County, California
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Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr.
American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984
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Jeff Scott Soto
Jeff Scott Soto
American musician
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Morcheeba
Morcheeba
band
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Loudness
Loudness
Japanese heavy metal band
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Tomoyasu Hotei
Tomoyasu Hotei
Japanese guitarist and musician (1962-)
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Archive
Archive
British musical group
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Extreme Noise Terror
Extreme Noise Terror
British band
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X Marks the Pedwalk
X Marks the Pedwalk
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The Verve
The Verve
British Rock Band
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Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers
American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger and composer
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X Japan
X Japan
Japanese rock band
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Tiger Army
Tiger Army
American pyschobilly band
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Jason Falkner
Jason Falkner
American musician
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Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Japanese electronic music group
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Brian Tichy
Brian Tichy
American musician
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Poor Old Lu
Poor Old Lu
Canadian band
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Hide
Hide
Japanese musician
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Asian Dub Foundation
Asian Dub Foundation
band
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Seaway
Seaway
pop punk band from Canada
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Rip Slyme
Rip Slyme
Japanese hip-hop group
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Cripple Bastards
Cripple Bastards
band
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Mike Watt
Mike Watt
musician, songwriter
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Melvins
Melvins
American rock band
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Rage
Rage
German heavy metal band
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Speed
Speed
Japanese female vocal/dance group
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The Warlocks
The Warlocks
American rock band based out of Los Angeles
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Sugizo
Sugizo
Japanese rock musician and music producer (1969-)
Intro
Japanese band
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High Rise was a noise rock band from Tokyo, Japan formed in 1982. The core of the band has consisted of bassist Asahito Nanjo and guitarist Munehiro Narita. The group named themselves after the 1975 novel High Rise by J. G. Ballard. Their music draws from psychedelic music, free jazz, and improvisational music.