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Nikki Sudden
Nikki Sudden
British musician
1
Epic Soundtracks
Epic Soundtracks
British musician (1959-1997)
2
Cornershop
Cornershop
British indie rock band
3
Rowland S. Howard
Rowland S. Howard
musician, songwriter
4
Television Personalities
Television Personalities
English rock group
5
Red Krayola
Red Krayola
American band
6
Steve Mackey
Steve Mackey
British musician
7
Big Dipper
Big Dipper
American indie rock band
8
Alien Sex Fiend
Alien Sex Fiend
British Industrial/Gothic Rock Band
9
Essential Logic
Essential Logic
English post-punk band from 1978
10
M83
M83
French electronic music band (formed 2001)
11
The Exploited
The Exploited
Scottish punk rock band
12
Thomas Bangalter
Thomas Bangalter
French musician
13
The Business
The Business
band that plays Oi!
14
The Notwist
The Notwist
German band
15
The Muffs
The Muffs
rock band
16
Ken Lockie
Ken Lockie
English musician and record producer
17
The Swellers
The Swellers
band that plays punk rock
18
Scritti Politti
Scritti Politti
British new wave band
19
A Certain Ratio
A Certain Ratio
band
20
UK Decay
UK Decay
21
The Vibrators
The Vibrators
band that plays punk rock
22
These Immortal Souls
These Immortal Souls
Australian post-punk band
23
Crass
Crass
Art collective and punk band
24
Sad Lovers & Giants
Sad Lovers & Giants
band
25
The Dead Boys
The Dead Boys
American punk rock band
26
Circle Jerks
Circle Jerks
American punk band
27
Blood Sausage
Blood Sausage
28
The Damned
The Damned
British rock band
29
Modern English
Modern English
English New Wave band
30
The Raincoats
The Raincoats
British band
31
Marky Ramone
Marky Ramone
musician
32
Vice Squad
Vice Squad
band that plays punk rock
33
The Vandals
The Vandals
band
34
Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx
American musician
35
Tuxedomoon
Tuxedomoon
American band
36
Jimmy Pursey
Jimmy Pursey
English singer and record producer
37
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
American Pop Punk Band
38
Turnover
Turnover
American rock band
39
Sixx:A.M.
Sixx:A.M.
American hard rock band
40
Spizzenergi
Spizzenergi
band
41
¡Forward, Russia!
¡Forward, Russia!
English alternative band
42
Quietdrive
Quietdrive
American band
43
Bis
Bis
Scottish indie pop band
44
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr.
American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984
45
Rubella Ballet
Rubella Ballet
British gothic anarcho-punk band
46
Smoking Popes
Smoking Popes
American pop punk band
47
Iron & Wine
Iron & Wine
American musician
48
The Soup Dragons
The Soup Dragons
British band
49
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
American indie rock band
50
Crime & the City Solution
Crime & the City Solution
Australian rock band
51
Save Ferris
Save Ferris
American ska punk band from Orange County, California
52
Social Distortion
Social Distortion
American punk rock band
53
Los Lobos
Los Lobos
American Chicano rock band
54
The Wall
The Wall
punk rock band
55
Tune-Yards
Tune-Yards
American musician
56
Paul Epworth
Paul Epworth
British music producer, musician, and songwriter
Members, past and present

Swell Maps were an English experimental DIY, early punk or post-punk rock group from Birmingham, England, active in various forms between 1972 and 1980. Influenced by bands such as T. Rex and the German krautrock group Can, they went on to be influential to many others in the post-punk era.