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Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz
American musician
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John Zorn
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
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Yamantaka Eye
Yamantaka Eye
Japanese singer
3
Blind Idiot God
Blind Idiot God
band
4
Anthony Coleman
Anthony Coleman
American musician
5
Erik Friedlander
Erik Friedlander
American musician
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Leng Tch'e
Leng Tch'e
Belgian grindcore band
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Painkiller
Painkiller
band
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Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
American musician
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Eyvind Kang
Eyvind Kang
American musician
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Tim Berne
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
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Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman
American violinist
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Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne
American musician and music critic
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Hank Roberts
Hank Roberts
American cellist
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Cyro Baptista
Cyro Baptista
Brazilian musician
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Praxis
Praxis
experimental rock band led by Bill Laswell and Buckethead
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Mr. Bungle
Mr. Bungle
American band
18
Josh Roseman
Josh Roseman
American musician
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Masada
Masada
band
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Kenny Wollesen
Kenny Wollesen
American musician
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Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell
American musician
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Bobby Previte
Bobby Previte
American drummer
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Guy Klucevsek
Guy Klucevsek
American musician
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Uri Caine
Uri Caine
American pianist
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Polly Bradfield
Polly Bradfield
American musician
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Siege
Siege
American hardcore punk band from Weymouth, Massachusetts formed in 1981
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Neurosis
Neurosis
American band
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Greg Cohen
Greg Cohen
American musician
29
Arthur Blythe
Arthur Blythe
American musician
30
Joey Baron
Joey Baron
American avant-garde jazz drummer
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Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot
American musician
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Discharge
Discharge
British hardcore punk band
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Submerged
Submerged
American musician
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Robin Holcomb
Robin Holcomb
American musician
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Page Hamilton
Page Hamilton
American singer and guitarist
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Curtis Fowlkes
Curtis Fowlkes
American musician
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Tom Cora
Tom Cora
American cellist and composer
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Antonio Sánchez
Antonio Sánchez
Mexican jazz drummer, composer
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Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Metal Machine Trio
Metal Machine Trio
American musical band
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Lake Street Dive
Lake Street Dive
American band founded in 2004 in Boston, Massachusetts
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Pig Destroyer
Pig Destroyer
American band
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Jim Black
Jim Black
American jazz drummer
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band that plays grindcore
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Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
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American band
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Naked City was an avant-garde music group led by saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Active primarily in New York City from 1988 to 1993, Naked City was initiated by Zorn as a "composition workshop" to test the limits of composition (and improvisation) in a traditional rock band lineup. Their music incorporated elements of jazz, surf, progressive rock, classical, heavy metal, grindcore, country, punk rock, and other genres.