| 013 | 1979 | Finland | Pukkila | |
| 1. Futurologischer Congress | 1981 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Miko (AKA Mico Layczak) |
| 16 Eyes | 2016 | Italy | Pisa | |
| 22 Beaches | 1979 | UK | Stirling | |
| 23 Skidoo | 1979 | UK | London | |
| 27 | 1997 | USA | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| 70 Gwen Party | 1988 | UK | ||
| 86 | 1983 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| 323 | 1985 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | Started as "Presse Papier" 1980 |
| 337is (three three seven is) | 2015 | USA | Berrien Springs, Michigan | Real name: Leslie Rollins |
| 999 | 1976 | UK | London | |
| 1349 | 1994 | Sweden | Norköpping | Started as "Hofdingi Myrka" |
| 1919 | 1980 | UK | Bradford | |
| 9353 | 1983 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| (Fab) Phatons | 1966 | USA | Pensacola, Florida | |
| 100 Flowers (AKA Urinals) | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| 1000 Mexicans | 1983 | UK | London | |
| 1000 Ohm | 1979 | Belgium | ||
| 101 Strings | 1957 | USA | ||
| 101ers | 1974 | UK | London | |
| 1313 Mockingbird Lane | 1989 | USA | Albany, New York | |
| 13th Chime | 1980 | UK | Suffolk | |
| 13th Floor Elevators | 1966 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Spades ⇒ Roky Erickson |
| 13th Moon | 2008 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| 13th Power (AKA Max Frost & the Troopers) | 1967 | USA | ||
| 15 Minutes | 1981 | USA | New York | ⇒ Steve Wynn |
| 17 Pygmies | 1982 | USA | California | ⇒ Savage Republic ⇒ Brad Laner |
| 17th Avenue Exits | 1967 | USA | Mobile, Alabama | |
| 18 Karat Gold | 1970 | Germany | München | |
| 18:e Oktober | 1984 | Sweden | Motala | |
| 18th Dye | 1992 | Germany | Berlin | |
| 1984 (1) | 1984 | Japan | ||
| 1984 (2) | 2006 | France | Alsace | |
| 2+2=5 | 1981 | Italy | Milano | |
| 2 Foot Flame | 1994 | New Zealand | Dunedin | ⇒ &rArr: Mecca Normal |
| 2/5 BZ | 1986 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| 2.3 Children | 1982 | USA | San Francisco | |
| 2000 Dirty Squatters (2000 DS) | 1987 | UK/GER/IT/ESP/USA | 2003 disbanded, then became CrowZone | |
| 22 Band (22 Band Kankan) | 1976 | Guinea | ||
| 22 Pistepirkko | 1989 | Finland | ⇒ Others (3) | |
| 22-20's | 2003 | UK | Sleaford, Lincolnshire | |
| 24 Carat Black | 1973 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| 27 Various | 1987 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| 28th Day | 1983 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Barbara Manning |
| 2i | 1980 | USA | Minnesota | |
| 2VM | 2005 | Canada | Windsor | |
| 3 Inches of Blood | 1999 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| 3 Times A Day | 1981 | UK | London | |
| 3 Titans | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| 3 Toed Sloth | 1991 | Australia | Sidney | |
| 31 Knots | 1997 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| 200 Blows | 1997 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| 386 DX | 2001 | Russia | Moscow | |
| 39 Clocks | 1977 | Germany | Hannover | ⇒ Phantom Payn Days |
| 3puen | 1998 | USA | New York | |
| 3rd World | 1973 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| 4" Be 2" | 1979 | UK | London | Name reads "Four Inch Be Two Inch" |
| 4 Instants | 1966 | UK | London | |
| 4,000,000 Telephones | 1985 | UK | Lincoln | |
| Slift | 2017 | France | Toulouse | |
| 41 Degrees | 1982 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Slight Seconds |
| 45 Grave | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| 45 Rally | 2019 | Switzerland | ||
| 48 Cameras | 1985 | Belgium/Monaco/UK | ||
| 48 Chairs | 1979 | UK | Manchester | |
| 4th Amendment | 1968 | USA | Georgia | |
| 49th Parallel | 1966 | Canada | Calgary | |
| 5, 6, 7, 8's | 1988 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| 50 Kaitenz | 2004 | Japan | Osaka | |
| 54 Nude Honeys | 1992 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| 500mg | 2004 | USA | Philadelphia | ⇒ Bardo Pond ⇒ Hash Jar Tempo |
| 5ive Ximes Of Dust | 1982 | UK | Bristol & Cardiff | ⇒ Robert Lawrence ⇒ Machines At Last |
| 7 Year Bitch | 1991 | USA | Seattle | |
| 7 Year Rabbit Cycle | 2003 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| 700 Club | 1984 | USA | San Francisco | |
| 7th Cinders | 1966 | USA | Newark, New Jersey | |
| 7th Temple (VIIth Temple) | 1978 | Canada | ||
| 8 Living Legs | 1983 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| 8 Oder 9 | 1983 | Germany | ||
| 808 State | 1988 | UK | Manchester | |
| 9th Street Market | 1967 | USA | Michigan | |
| A5 | 1984 | UK | ||
| A Bad Diana | 2006 | UK | London | ⇒ irr. app. (ext.) ⇒ Nurse With Wound ⇒ Diana Rogerson |
| A Blaze Colour | 1981 | Belgium | ||
| A Blind Dog Stares | 1981 | USA | New York | ⇒ Play the Siren |
| A Certain Ratio (ACR) | 1977 | UK | Manchester | |
| A Faulty Chromosome | 2010 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| A Fog | 1985 | New Zealand | Auckland | AKA ?Fog, A Fog In the Throat, Robert |
| A Giant Dog | 2008 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| A Gun Called Tension | 2005 | USA | Seattle | |
| A Guy Called Gerald | 1988 | UK | Manchester | |
| A Hawk and a Hacksaw | 2004 | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | ⇒ Heather Trost |
| A House (1) | 1987 | Ireland | ||
| A House (2) | 1981 | UK | ||
| A Modest Proposal | 1986 | Netherlands | Utrecht | |
| A Nul Noise | 1984 | UK | ||
| A Place Both Wonderful & Strange | 2013 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| A Place To Bury Strangers | 2004 | USA | New York | ⇒ Dion Lunadon (Dion Palmer) |
| A Raincoat | 1975 | UK | ||
| A Sordid Poppy | 1990 | France | Strasbourg | |
| A Split Second | 1985 | Belgium | ||
| A To Austr | 1969 | UK | Wakefield | |
| A Trois Sur La Plage | 2019 | France | Paris | |
| A Very Special Episode | 2016 | USA | Queens NY | |
| A Witness | 1982 | UK | Manchester | |
| A. Jodorowsky, R. Frangipane & Don Cherry | 1971 | Chile | ⇒ Don Cherry | |
| A.C. Jones & the Atomic Aces A.C. Jones & the Soulettes |
1965 | USA | St. Petersburg, Florida | |
| A.C. Marias | 1981 | UK | ⇒ Wire | |
| A.F. Moebius | 1985 | Germany | Berlin (East) | Real name: Frank Bretschneider ⇒ Heinz & Franz |
| A.H. Kraken | 2005 | France | Metz | |
| A. Peyton (Alec Peyton) | 2017 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| A.R. Kane | 1986 | UK | London | |
| A.R. Wilson | 2012 | Australia | Melbourne | AKA Andras, Andras Fox, Art Wilson |
| A.T.R.O.X. A.T.R.O.X. & F.P. & the Doubling Riders |
1982 | Italy | Piacenza | Andras Fox |
| Aaah…! | 1982 | UK | Cornwall | ⇒ Artistic Control |
| Aardvarks | 1966 | USA | Muskegon, Michigan | |
| Aaron Neville | 1960 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Aavikko Aavikko (ft. Kabar) |
1995 | Finland | Siilinjärvi | |
| Aay Jays | 1973 | Pakistan | ||
| Abandoned | 1966 | USA | Chicago | |
| Abandos | 2013 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| ABC | 1981 | UK | Sheffield | ⇒ Vice Versa |
| Abdoulaye Traore | 2010 | Mali | ||
| Abe Katzman's Bessarabian Orchester | 1993 | USA | ||
| Abe Vigoda | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Abelardo Carbonó | 2013 | Colombia | Bogota | |
| Abeti Masikini | 1973 | DR Congo | Kisangani | |
| Abgott | 1997 | Italy | Cassino | Based in London |
| Abjects | 2013 | UK | London | |
| Able Tasmans | 1984 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| A-Bones A-Bones & Johnny Powers |
1980 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Zantees |
| A.J. Kaufmann | 2009 | Poland | Poznan | |
| Aboriginal Voices | 1981 | Switzerland | Zürich | |
| Above | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Above Ground | 1983 | New Zealand | Christchurch | ⇒ Builders (Bill Direen) |
| Wheelchair Sports Camp | 2010 | USA | Denver, Colorado | |
| Abrasive Wheels | 1981 | UK | Leeds | |
| Abraum | 1988 | Germany | Halle-Dessau-Magdeburg | |
| Abraxas | 2022 | USA/UK | ⇒ Los Bitchos ⇒ Night Beats | |
| Abronia | 2017 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Absent Music | 1985 | Belgium | Gent | |
| Absentees | 1980 | UK | ||
| Absolute Body Control | 1980 | Belgium | ⇒ Klinik ⇒ Unovidual | |
| Absolute Grey | 1983 | USA | New York | |
| Absolutely Free | 2012 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Absolutes | 2010 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Abstract Sound | 1967 | USA | New Brunswick, New Jersey | |
| Abunai! | 1996 | USA | Boston | |
| Abwärts | 1980 | Germany | Hamburg | ⇒ Einstürzende Neubauten |
| Aby Ngana Diop | 1993 | Senegal | Dakar | |
| Abyssinians | 1968 | Jamaica | ||
| Accdntl Dred | N/A | N/A | ||
| Accelerators (1) | 1981 | USA | Union, New Jersey | |
| Accelerators (2) | 1982 | USA | Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| Accent On Travvel | 1983 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Accents | 1963 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Ace | 2009 | UK | Leeds | |
| Ace & the Gulls | 2015 | USA | New York | |
| Ace of Cups | 1967 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Achim Reichel & Machines (AKA A.R & Machines) | 1971 | Germany | Hamburg | ⇒ Rattles ⇒ Weltschmertz |
| Acid Baby Jesus | 2009 | USA | Athems, Georgia | |
| Acid Coco | 2020 | Colombia | ||
| Acid Eater | 2001 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Acid King | 1993 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O | 1995 | Japan | Osaka | ⇒ Pikacyu-Makoto |
| Ackie (Ackee) | 1986 | UK | ||
| Acoustics | 1967 | USA | Palmyra, New York | |
| Action Beat | 2004 | UK | Bletchley | |
| Action Now | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Pandoras |
| Action Pact | 1981 | UK | Middlesex | |
| Actor | 1980 | Germany | ||
| Actor's Studio | 1985 | Italy | ||
| Actuel | 1982 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| AD | 1979 | UK | ||
| Ada Richards | 2010 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Adalita | 2006 | Australia | ||
| Adam & the Ants | 1977 | UK | ||
| Adam Kesher | 2004 | France | Bordeaux | |
| Adam Payne | 2009 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Adam Widener | 2012 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Adam Wind | 1969 | USA | Tacoma, Washington | |
| Adelbert Von Deyen | 1978 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Adèle | 1966 | France | ||
| Adickdid | 1993 | USA | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Adicts | 1975 | UK | Ipswich | |
| ADN' Ckrystall | 1982 | France | Tarbes | |
| Adolescents | 1980 | USA | Fullerton, California | |
| Adored | 2002 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Adrenalin O.D. | 1981 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Adrian & the Sunsets | 1963 | USA | California | |
| Adrian Belew | 1982 | USA | Kentucky | ⇒ Frank Zappa & Mothers ⇒ Talking Heads ⇒ Tom Tom Club ⇒ King Crimson |
| Adrian Cox | 1986 | Norway | Hamar | |
| Adrian Quesada | 2003 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Electric Peanut Butter Company |
| Adrian Younge | 2000 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Venice Dawn |
| Ads | 1980 | Denmark | ||
| Adult | 1998 | USA | Detroit | |
| AD.UL.T (AD-UL-T) | 2016 | USA | Boston | |
| Adult Human Females | 2024 | USA | New York | |
| Adult Net | 1984 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Fall ⇒ Brix & the Extricated |
| Advanced Art | 1985 | Finland | Tampere | |
| Adventure | 2008 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Adventure Violence | 2018 | USA | Maine & New York | |
| Adverts | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ TV Smith |
| ADZ | 1991 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Aerogramme | 1998 | UK | Scotland | |
| Aeternus | 1993 | Norway | Bergen | |
| Afet Serenay | 1979 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Affluents | 1968 | USA | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Afghan Whigs | 1986 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Afida Es | 1966 | Malaysia | Johor Bahru | |
| Afous d'Afous | 2016 | Algeria | Tamanrasset | |
| Afraid of Mice | 1979 | UK | Liverpool | |
| African Head Charge | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ Lee Scratch Perry |
| After Dinner | 1981 | Japan | Osaka | ⇒ Kam-Pas-Nel-La |
| Afterglow | 1968 | USA | Oregon | |
| Afterimage | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Rich Evac ⇒ Psi Com |
| Afuche | 2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Agalloch | 1996 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Agarttha | 2013 | Italy | Roma | |
| Agathokles | 1985 | Belgium | Antwerpen | |
| Agent Orange | 1978 | USA | Fullerton, California | |
| Agent Side Grinder | 2005 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Agincourt | 1970 | UK | Ditching, East Sussex | |
| Agitation Free | 1967 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Agitpop | 1981 | USA | Poughkeepsie, New York | |
| Agnes Bernelle | 1958 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Agnes Circle | 2015 | UK | London | |
| Agnetha Fältskog | 1968 | Sweden | Jönköping | |
| Agnostic Front | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Agonie | 2009 | France | ||
| Agrarians | 2004 | USA | ||
| Agression | 1983 | USA | Oxnard, California | |
| Aguaturbia | 1969 | Chile | Santiago | |
| Ahilea | 2009 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Ahmad Zahir | 1999 | Afghanistan | ||
| Ahmed Malek | 1978 | Algeria | ||
| Aiko Shimada | 2001 | USA | Seattle | |
| Aimee Lay | 2009 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Aimless Device | 1985 | Belgium | Leuven | |
| Ain Soph | 1984 | Italy | Roma | No relation to French band Ain Soph Aur |
| Ain Soph Aur | 1994 | France | Paris | No relation to Italian band Ain Soph |
| Air | 1995 | France | Versailles | |
| Air Liquide | 1991 | Germany | Frankfurt a.M. | |
| Air Waves | 2006 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Airstrip One | 1981 | UK | ⇒ Escape From New York | |
| Airto | 1970 | Brazil | Itaiopolis | Full Name: Airto Moreira |
| Airyfarm | 1981 | Japan | AKA Tchimay | |
| Aisha Devi | 2013 | Switzerland | ||
| Aisha Kandisha | 1987 | Morocco | Marrakesh | AKA Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects |
| Aiumeen Basoa | 1994 | Spain | Mutriku, Euskadi | Basque band |
| AJ Pain | 2019 | Bulgaria | Based in London | |
| Aka | 1980 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Akalé Wubé | 2009 | France | Paris | Origin:Ethiopia |
| Akatombo | 2003 | Japan | Hiroshima | |
| Ak'chamel | 2013 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Aki Onda | 1998 | Japan | Nara | Based in New York |
| Aki Aleong & the Nobles | 1963 | -Trinidad | ||
| Akiko Yano | 1976 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Akiro Ito | 1978 | Japan | ||
| Akitsa | 1999 | Canada | Montreal | ⇒ Contrepoison |
| Akofa Akoussah | 1965 | Togo | ||
| Aksak Maboul | 1977 | Belgium | AKA Aqsak Maboul ⇒ Vibraslaps (2) | |
| Akulas | 2005 | Belgium | Gent | |
| Al Brown | 1970 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Al Campbell | 1973 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Al Chem | 2001 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Al Massrieen | 1977 | Egypt | ||
| Al Saxon | 1958 | UK | ||
| Al Stewart | 1967 | UK | Scotland | |
| Al Wilson | 1967 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Alabama 3 | 1993 | UK | London | |
| Alabaster DePlume | 2012 | UK | London | |
| Alaclair Ensemble | 2010 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Alain Bashung | 1966 | France | ||
| Alain Goraguer | 1958 | France | Rosny-sous-Bois | |
| Alan Jenkins | 1994 | UK | Leicester | ⇒ Ruth's Refrigerator ⇒ Deep Freeze Mice |
| Alan King Pin | 1990 | UK | Ilford | ⇒ Reggae Regular |
| Alan Munson | 1972 | USA | California | |
| Alan Parker | 1968 | UK | Derbyshire | ⇒ Ugly Custard |
| Alan Parsons Project | 1975 | UK | London | |
| Alan Price | 1965 | UK | Washington, Tyne and Wear | ⇒ Eric Burdon & the Animals |
| Alan Vega | 1980 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Suicide ⇒ Marc Hurtado & Alan Vega |
| Alarm Clocks | 1965 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Alastis | 1987 | Switzerland | Sion | |
| Alberich | 2005 | USA | ||
| Albert Griffiths & the Gladiators | 1974 | Jamaica | ⇒ Gladiators | |
| Albert King | 1959 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Albert Kuvezin and Yat-Kha | 1993 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Albert Washington | 1963 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Albert Y Lost Trios Paranoias | 1972 | UK | Manchester | |
| Alchemysts | 1989 | UK | Bridgewater | |
| Aldona Orlowska | 2002 | Poland | Based in Sweden | |
| Ale Mania | 2010 | USA | San Diego | |
| Alec K. Redfearn & the Eyesores | 2002 | USA | Rhode Island | |
| Alejandro Escovedo | 1992 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | ⇒ Dragons ⇒ Fauntleroys |
| Alessandro Bosetti | 1995 | Italy | Milano | Based in Marseille & Berlin |
| Alessandro Cortini | 2013 | Italy | Bolgona | Based in Los Angeles |
| Alessandro Stefana | 2007 | Italy | Brescia | |
| Alex Chilton | 1977 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Box Tops ⇒ Tav Falco & Panther Burns |
| Alex Gibson | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Alexalone | 2016 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Alexander Hacke | 1993 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Einstürzende Neubauten, Mona Mur & die Mieter, Meret Becker, Mekanik Destrüktiw Kommandöh, Sprung aus den Woken, Unsemble, Hackedepicciotto |
| Alexander Rabbit | 1962 | USA | Trenton, New Jersey | |
| Alexandre Desplat | 1994 | France | Paris | |
| Alexandros | 1983 | Greece | Patras | |
| Alfredo Mendieta | N/A | USA | Texas | |
| Algebra Mothers | 1979 | USA | Detroit | AKA A-Moms |
| Algebra Suicide | 1982 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Lydia Tomkiw |
| Algiers | 2007 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Algiz | 1997 | Belgium | Bruxelles | |
| Alhaji K. Frimpong | 1975 | Ghana | ||
| Ali Beletic | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Ali Farka Touré Ali Farka Touré |
1976 | Mali | Timbuktu | |
| Ali Mohammed Bira | 1973 | Ethiopia | ||
| Alien Ballroom | 2011 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Alias | 2001 | USA | Portland, Maine | |
| Alice | 1970 | France | ||
| Alice Bag | 2016 | USA | California | ⇒ Bags (1) |
| Alice Coltrane | 1968 | USA | Detroit | |
| Alice Cooper | 1974 | USA | Michigan | |
| Alice Donut | 1988 | USA | New York | |
| Aice Russell | 2004 | UK | Suffolk | |
| Alicia Keys | 1996 | USA | New York | |
| Alicja-Pop | 2009 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Alicja Trout |
| Alicja Trout | 1999 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Nevous Patterns, Lost Sounds, Alicja-Pop |
| Alien Heat | 1989 | Finland | Pori | |
| Alien Nosejob | 2017 | Australia | Clunes, Victoria | ⇒ Ausmuteants |
| Alien Sex Fiend | 1982 | UK | London | |
| A-Lines | 2003 | UK | ||
| Alio Die | 1989 | Italy | Milano | |
| Alisa | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Alisa Harmon | N/A | N/A | ||
| Alive She Died | 1984 | Greece | Athens | |
| All Gone Dead | 2004 | UK | London | |
| All Natural | 1996 | USA | Chicago | |
| All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors | 1996 | USA | New Jersey | |
| All Night Movies | 1979 | USA | Mt. Pleasant, Michigan | |
| All Scars | 1997 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| All the Madmen | 1999 | USA | California | |
| All Them Witches | 2012 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Allah-las | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Allan Wachs | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Allen Ginsberg | 1970 | USA | New York | |
| Allen Oldies Band | 2005 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Allen Toussaint | 1960 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Allergic to Cats | 1981 | UK | Sunderland | |
| Alley Cats | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Zarkons |
| Allez Allez | 1981 | Belgium | Bruxelles | |
| Allies | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Alligator Gozaimasu | 2016 | Various Countries | Germany, South Africa, Ukraine, Hawaii, Brazil, Japan | |
| Alluring Strange | 1994 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Tav Falco & Panther Burns ⇒ Lorette Velvette |
| Almendra | 1967 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
| Aloa | 1982 | Germany | Kassel | |
| Aloe Blac | 2002 | USA | California | ⇒ Sureshot Symphony |
| Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy | 2013 | Ghana | Bolgatanga | |
| Alpha Blondy | 1982 | Ivory Coast | ||
| Alpha Hydrae | 2015 | France | ||
| Alps | 2005 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Al-Qasar | 2020 | France | Paris | |
| Alsarah & the Nubatones | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | Origin: Sudan |
| Altered Images | 1979 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | ⇒ Berlin Blondes |
| Alternative | 1980 | UK | Dunfermline, Scotland | |
| Alternative TV | 1976 | UK | London | AKA (temporarily) The Good Missionaries ⇒ Mark Perry |
| Alternomen Unlimited | 1979 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Spherical Objects |
| Althea & Donna | 1977 | Jamaica | ||
| Altin Gün | 2017 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Alton Ellis | 1967 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Alu | 1979 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Sand |
| Aluminium Knot Eye | 2004 | USA | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Alvarius B. | 1994 | USA | Seattle | ⇒ Sun City Girls ⇒ Sir Richard Bishop |
| Alvi & the Alviettes | 1983 | Germany | ||
| Ama-Dots | 1980 | USA | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | ⇒ Les Amazones d'Afrique |
| Amadou & Mariam | 1989 | Mali | ||
| Amanar (AKA Amanar de Kidal) | 2010 | Mali | Kidal | |
| Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra | 2011 | USA | ||
| Amanita Vulva | 2015 | Belgium | ||
| Amara Touré | 1975 | Guinea | ⇒ Orchestre Massako | |
| Amasa | 2007 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Amazones de Guinée | 1961 | Guinea | ||
| Ambassador Hazy | 2021 | USA | Cold Spring, New York | |
| Ambitious Lovers | 1984 | USA | New York | ⇒ Arto Lindsay ⇒ DNA (2) |
| Amen Dunes | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| American Music Club | 1983 | USA | San Francisco | |
| American Soul Spiders | 1990 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| American Watercolor Movement | 1998 | USA | Jersey City, New Jersey | |
| Amerika | 1970 | UK | ||
| Amesoeurs | 2004 | France | Clermont-Ferrand | |
| Ami Dang | 2011 | USA | Baltimore | Origin India |
| Ami Marie | 1981 | Germany | ||
| Amnésie | 2004 | France | Angers | |
| Amoeba | 1965 | USA | Texas | |
| Amoeba Men | 2004 | Canada | ||
| Amon Amarth | 1992 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Amon Düül | 1968 | Germany | München | ⇒ Amon Düül II |
| Amon Düül II | 1969 | Germany | München | ⇒ Amon Düül |
| Amon Tobin | 1997 | Brazil | Formed 1990 as "Cujo" ⇒ Figueroa | |
| Amor Fati | 1984 | USA | New York | |
| Amorphons | 1981 | UK | Newbury | ⇒ Desmond Simmons |
| Amorphous Head | 1989 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Amp | 1992 | UK | London | |
| Amsterdam | 1969 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Amy & the Angels | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Amy Annelle | 2001 | USA | Chicago | |
| Amy Winehouse | 2003 | UK | London | |
| Amyl and the Sniffers | 2016 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Amythyst Kiah Amythyst Kiah & Her Chest of Glass |
2012 | USA | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| An Laurence | 2021 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Ana D | 1997 | Spain | Asturia | |
| Ana Hausen | 1980 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Ana Threat | 2010 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Anaal Nathrakh | 1999 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Anadol | 2017 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Anarchic System | 1972 | France | Lille | |
| Anasazi | 2010 | USA | New York | |
| Anat Ben-David | 2003 | UK | London | Origin: Israel / ⇒ Chicks On Speed |
| Anavan | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| ANBB | 2007 | Germany | Berlin | ft. Blixa Bargeld (⇒ Einstürzende Neubauten ⇒ Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) |
| And Also the Trees | 1979 | UK | Worcestershire | |
| Anders Nelson & the Inspirations | 1968 | USA | California | |
| Anderson Council | 2000 | USA | New Brunswick, New Jersey | |
| Andi Arroganti | 1981 | Germany | Saarbrücken | |
| Andorra | 1972 | Germany | Hamm | |
| André de Saint-Obin | 1982 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Andrë Szigethy | 1983 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Andre Williams Andre Williams & the Goldstars |
1955 | USA | Detroit | |
| Andrea & the Left Hand of Darkness | 2008 | USA | ||
| Andréa Daltro | 1988 | Brazil | Bahia | |
| Andrés Subercaseaux | 2008 | USA | New York | |
| Andrew Hung | 2015 | UK | Kidderminster | ⇒Fuck Buttons |
| Andrew Liles | 2007 | UK | London | ⇒ Nurse With Wound ⇒ Diana Rogerson & Andrew Liles |
| Andrew Thomas Wilson | 1980 | Australia | ||
| Andrew Thompson | 1980 | Australia | ||
| Andrew Tosh | 1986 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Androids of Mu | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Andwellas Dream | 1968 | UK | London | Origin: Northern Ireland |
| Andy Boay | 2010 | USA | Orlando, Florida | Based in Montreal |
| Andy Giorbino | 1980 | Germany | Hamburg | ⇒ Geisterfahrer |
| Andy Human Andy Human & the Reptoids |
2011 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ Jackson Politick |
| Andy Partridge | 1972 | USA | Swindon, Wiltshire | ⇒ XTC ⇒ Dukes of Stratosphear |
| Andy Stewart | 1960 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Andy Stott | 2005 | UK | Manchester | |
| Andy Summers & Robert Fripp | 1982 | UK | London | ⇒ King Crimson |
| Anemic Boyfriends | 1978 | USA | Anchorage, Alaska | |
| Ange Halliwell | 2020 | France | AKA Ange Bassignanot | |
| Angel (1) | 1982 | UK | ||
| Angel (2) | 2016 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Angel & the Reruns | 1982 | USA | ||
| Angel Bat Dawid | 2019 | USA | Chicago | |
| Angel Corpus Christi | 1985 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Angel Face | 1985 | France | Paris | |
| Angel Olsen | 2010 | USA | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Angela Prince | 1980 | Jamaica | ||
| Angela Werner | 1980 | Germany | ||
| Angelblood | 1999 | USA | New York | |
| Angel-Ho | 2015 | South Africa | ||
| Angelic Upstarts | 1977 | UK | South Shields | |
| Angelique Kidjo | 1981 | Benin | ⇒ Les Amazones d'Afrique | |
| Angelite - The Bulgarian Voices | 1983 | Bulgaria | ||
| Angelo Badalamenti | 1986 | USA | New York | |
| Angels | 1960-ies | USA | ||
| Angel's Breath | 1994 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Angels In America | 2007 | USA | New York | ⇒ Laura Warholic |
| Angels In Aspic | 1988 | UK | London | |
| Angels of Light | 1997 | USA | New York | ⇒ Michael Gira ⇒ Swans ⇒ Circus Mort ⇒ Kristof Hahn ⇒ Devendra Banhart ⇒ Larkin Grimm |
| Angelyne | 1979 | USA | Born in Poland | |
| Angie (Angela Bermuda) | 2013 | Australia | Sydney | ⇒ Straight Arrows |
| Angil & the Hiddentracks With Half Asleep | 2004 | France | Saitn-Étienne | |
| Angizia | 1994 | Austria | ||
| Angkanang Kunchai Angkanang Kunchai With Ubon-Pattana Band |
1975 | Thailand | ||
| Angkor Wrack | 2011 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Angry | 1966 | USA | Canton, Ohio | |
| Angry Angles | 2005 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Reatards ⇒ Jay Reatard ⇒ Lost Sounds |
| Angry Dead Pirates | 2010 | France | Toulouse | |
| Angry Samoans | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Gregg Turner ⇒ Jeff Dahl |
| Angry Zeta | 2016 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
| Angst | 1979 | USA | Denver | |
| Anika | 2010 | UK | Bristol | |
| Animal Bodies | 2010 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Animal Collective | 2003 | USA | Baltimore | Based in New York |
| Animal Things | 1979 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Animals & Men | 1978 | UK | Somerset | ⇒ Terraplanes |
| Anita Haxsaw | 1996 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Anita Lane | 1988 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Birthday Party ⇒ Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds ⇒ Einstürzende Neubauten ⇒ Die Haut |
| Anita Ward | 1978 | USA | Mamphis, Tennessee | |
| Ann Magnuson | 1995 | USA | California | Origin: West Virginia ⇒ Bongwater |
| Ann Peebles | 1969 | USA | St. Louis | |
| Anna | 1981 | UK | AKA Anna O'Malley | |
| Anna Calvi | 2010 | UK | London | |
| Anna Caragnano & Donato Dozzy | 2005 | Italy | Roma | |
| Anna Domino | 1983 | USA | New York | Born in Japan |
| Anna Oxygen | 2003 | USA | Los Angeles | Origin: Olympia, Washington |
| Anna von Hausswolff | 2010 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Annabouboula | 1985 | USA | New York | Greek-American |
| Anne Clark | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Anne Imhof | 2016 | Germany | Giessen | |
| Anne Waldman | 1977 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ John Giorno |
| Anne Malin | 2012 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Annette Peacock | 1972 | USA | New York | |
| Anni Rossi & Whitman | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Annie | 1999 | Norway | Trondheim | |
| Annie Anxiety (Little Annie) | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Annie Philippe | 1965 | France | ||
| Ann-Kristin | 1968 | Sweden | ||
| Ann-Margret | 1961 | Sweden | AKA Ann-Margaret | |
| Anomoanon | 1997 | USA | ||
| Anonymous | 1980 | USA | Washington D.C. | ⇒ Steve Fisk |
| Another Dream | 1982 | UK | Staffordshire | |
| Answer | 1965 | USA | Berkeley, California | |
| Answers | 1963 | UK | South Shields | |
| Ant the Symbol | 2009 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | AKA Just Plain Ant |
| Ant Trip Ceremony | 1968 | USA | Ohio | |
| Anteenagers MC | 2003 | France | ||
| Antena (1) | 1981 | Belgium | ||
| Antena (2) | 1988 | Japan | ||
| Anthony-Cédric Vuagniaux | 2010 | Switzerland | Geneva | |
| Anthony Child | 1999 | UK | ||
| Anthony Hamilton | 1996 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Anthony Rother | 1997 | Germany | Offenbach | |
| Anthrax | 1985 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Anthroprophh | 2012 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Heads |
| Anti | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Anti Troppau Council | 1986 | Greece | Athens | |
| Anti Trust | 1986 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Antidote | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Antietam | 1984 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | Based in New York ⇒ Tara Key |
| Antifamily | 2006 | UK | ||
| Anti-Nowhere League | 1980 | UK | Kent | |
| Antioch Arrow | 1993 | USA | San Diego | ⇒ Dangerous Boys Club |
| Anti-Pasti | 1978 | UK | Derby | |
| Antisocial | 1981 | UK | Blackpool | |
| Antiworld | 1995 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Anton Barbeau | 1992 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Anton Ignorant | 1984 | Spain | Barcelona | ⇒ Avant-Dernières Pensées |
| António Dos Santos | 1973 | Cabo Verde | ||
| António Sanchez | 1983 | Cabo Verde | Santiago Island | |
| Antonio Smith | 1974 | Chile | ||
| Antonis Antoniou | 2008 | Cyprus | Nicosia | |
| Antonius Rex | 1977 | Italy | ||
| Ants | 1989 | USA | ||
| Anubian Lights | 1995 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Lydia Lunch & Anubian Lights ⇒ Nik Turner's Sphinx |
| Anything People | 2004 | USA | New York | ⇒ Michael Lynch |
| Apa Kabar | 2015 | Indonesia | ||
| Apache | 2007 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Apache Dropout | 2008 | USA | Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Apagya Show Band | 1973 | Ghana | ⇒ Gyedu Blay Ambolley | |
| Apartment | 1978 | UK | Bristol | |
| Apartments | 1978 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| APB | 1979 | UK | Scotland | |
| Ape Machine | 2010 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Apes | 1999 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Ape-Ettes | 2015 | Canada | Sudbury, Ontario | |
| Aphex Twin | 1991 | Ireland | Limerick | |
| Apparat | 2001 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Appendix | 1981 | Finland | Pori | |
| Appliance | 1995 | UK | Exeter | |
| Appliances SFP | 1980 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| April March | 1993 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Shitbirds ⇒ Pussywillows |
| Aqua Nebula Oscillator | 1998 | France | Paris | |
| Aqua Velvets | 1992 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Aquamanda | 1993 | UK | London | ⇒ Knights of the Occasional Table |
| Aquarian Blood | 2014 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Aquaserge | 2005 | France | Toulouse | |
| Aquila | 1982 | UK | ||
| Aranos | 1997 | Czechia | Based in Galway, Ireland | |
| Arbete & Fritid | 1969 | Sweden | Uppsala | |
| Arbre Noir | 1993 | Germany | Freiburg | |
| Arca | 2012 | Venezuela | Based in New York & London | |
| Arcade Fire | 2001 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Arcesia | 1952 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Arch Hall Jr. & the Archers | 1959 | USA | California | |
| Archaeas | 2016 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Archaics | 2016 | Canada | Alberta | |
| Archétypo 120 | 2004 | Portugal | Braga | |
| Archie & the Bunkers | 2014 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Archie Bell & the Drells | 1967 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Architects of Disaster | 1982 | UK | Bedfordshire | |
| Arcwelder | 1987 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Area C | 2004 | USA | Cranston, Rhode Island | |
| Argan | 1996 | Morocco | ||
| Argons | 1963 | USA | Kansas | |
| Arian Sample | 1990-ies | USA | Chicago | Singer of unknown identity, many ALIASES ⇒ Terry |
| Arica | 1972 | USA | New York | |
| Ariel Pink Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti |
1997 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Ar-Kaics | 2013 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Arkansaw Man | 1981 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Arkay IV | 1966 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Arklight | 2006 | USA | New York | |
| Arling & Cameron | 1993 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Arlequin | 1976 | France | Angoulême | |
| Arm the Insane | 1985 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Armand Frydman | 1978 | France | Barbizon | |
| Armed Force | 1979 | UK | Manchester | |
| Arms of Someone New | 1983 | USA | Champaign, Illinois | |
| Arnaud Fleurent-Didier | 2003 | France | Paris | |
| Arnold Grizzley | 1978 | USA | Seattle | |
| Arondies | 1963 | USA | Clairton, Pennsylvania | |
| Arpadys | 1977 | France | ||
| Arre! Arre! (Arre Arre) | 2014 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| Arrington de Dionyso Arrington de Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa |
2002 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Old Time Relijun |
| Arse | 2017 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Arson Garden | 1987 | USA | Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Art Bears | 1978 | UK | London | ⇒ Fred Frith ⇒ Peter Blegvad |
| Art Failure | 1980 | UK | ||
| Art Feynman | 2017 | USA | Massachusetts | Based in California |
| Art Guy | 1966 | USA | ⇒ New Dimenstion ⇒ Smokestack Lightnin' | |
| Art Lepers | 1985 | USA | ||
| Art Objects | 1980 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Blue Aeroplanes |
| Art of Flying | 2000 | USA | Taos, New Mexico | |
| Art of Noise | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Art Remains Tangible (A.R.T.) | 1984 | France | ||
| Art Trip & the Static Sound | 2012 | UK | London | |
| Art Yard | 1981 | USA | Boston | |
| Arte Moderno | 1981 | Spain | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | |
| Artery | 1979 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Arthur Alexander | 1960 | USA | Alabama | |
| Arthur Brown | 1974 | UK | Yorkshire | |
| Arthur Harrison & Rupert Chappelle | 1982 | USA | ||
| Athur Lee & the Love | 1972 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Arthur Lee Harper | 1968 | USA | Los Angeles | AKA Arthur |
| Arthur Russell | 1983 | USA | New York | |
| Article 58 | 1981 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Articles of Faith | 1981 | USA | Chicago | |
| Artifical Organs | 1981 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Artistic Control | 1980 | UK | Cornwall | ⇒ Aaah...! |
| Artless (1) | 1980 | USA | Michigan | |
| Artless (2) | 1980 | Germany | ||
| Arto Lindsay | 1984 | USA | New York | ⇒ DNA (2) ⇒ Ambitious Lovers ⇒ Lounge Lizards |
| Artsick | 2017 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Artur Nunes | 1973 | Angola | ||
| Artwoods | 1963 | UK | London | |
| Arvid Tuba | 1985 | Sweden | Falun | |
| Asa-Chang & Junray | 1998 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Asger Baden | 2008 | Denmark | ⇒ Cours Lapin | |
| Asguard | 1996 | Belarus | ||
| Ash Brooks | 2018 | USA | Brunswick, Maine | |
| Ash Gray & the Girls | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Ash Ra Tempel | 1971 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Ashra ⇒ Klaus Schulze ⇒ Manuel Göttsching |
| Asha Puthli | 1968 | India | Bombay | |
| Asher & Trimble | 1979 | Jamaica | ||
| Ashinoa | 2015 | France | Lyon | |
| Ashley Morance | 1982 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Mourning Noise |
| Ashley Paul | 2008 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Ashra | 1996 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Ash Ra Tempel ⇒ Manuel Göttsching |
| Ashrae Fax | 1993 | USA | Greensboro, North Carolina | |
| Asia Argento | 1999 | Italy | Roma | |
| Asian Mae | 2006 | USA | Portland, Maine | ⇒ Big Blood ⇒ Cerberus Shoal ⇒ Fire On Fire |
| Asja auf Capri | 2004 | UK | London | |
| Asmara All Stars | 2008 | Eritrea | Asmara | |
| Asmodaeus | 1985 | Belgium | ⇒ OB Minimax | |
| Asmus Tietchens Asmus Tietchens & Liquidsky (Tietchens/Liquidsky) |
1980 | Germany | Hamburg | ⇒ Moebius & Tietchen ⇒ Liliental |
| Asnaqètch Wèrqu | 1974 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | AKA Asnakech Worku |
| Ass Ponys | 1988 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound | 2005 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Associates | 1976 | UK | Dundee, Scotland | ⇒ Billy MacKenzie |
| Astaron | 1985 | Austria | Vienna | AKA Asstart |
| Astio | 2020 | Italy | Trente | |
| Astral | 1999 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Astral Bodies | 1981 | UK | ||
| Astrometrics | 2012 | Finland | Turku | |
| Astronauts | 1979 | UK | Hertfordshire | |
| Astute Palate | 2020 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Aswad | 1974 | UK | London | |
| Asylum Party | 1985 | France | Courbevoie | |
| At the Drive-In | 1993 | USA | El Paso, Texas | |
| Ata Kak | 1994 | Ghana | ||
| Ataraxia | 1990 | Italy | Modena | |
| ATC (A Touch of Class) | 2000 | Germany | ||
| Athanor | 1973 | USA | Chicago | |
| Athletico Spizz 80 (AKA Spizzenergi) | 1979 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Spizzles |
| Atila | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Atlantic Thrills | 2013 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Atlantics | 1976 | USA | Boston | |
| Atlantis | 1971 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Atlantis Philharmonic | 1970 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Atlas Sound | 2006 | USA | Athens, Georgia | |
| Atmosphere | 1977 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Atoll | 1972 | France | Metz | |
| Atom Infant Incubator | 1994 | Italy | ||
| Atom Mouth Gimlies | 2010 | Finland | Kuopio | |
| Atomic Forest | 1971 | India | Mumbai | |
| Atomsmashers | 2002 | Italy | Parma | |
| Attention | 2009 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Attersee | 1970 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Attic Sounds | 1966 | USA | Silverspring, Maryland | |
| Attic Ted | 2003 | USA | San Marcos, Texas | |
| Attrition | 1980 | UK | Coventry | |
| Au Pairs | 1979 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Auburn Lull | 1997 | USA | Michigan | |
| Audioafterbirth | 1992 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Audiobinger | 2015 | USA | ||
| Augustus Pablo | 1971 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Aunt Dracula | 2014 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Aunt Sally | 1979 | Japan | Osaka | ⇒ Phew |
| Aunt Sally | 2023 | Nigeria | Lagos | |
| Aural Indifference | 1980 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Aura Noctis | 2010 | UK | London | |
| Aurita Castillo | 1965 | Colombia | ||
| Aus Decline | 1981 | Italy | Pavia | |
| Ausbruch | 1984 | Germany | Aachen | |
| Ausmuteants | 2011 | Australia | Geelong | ⇒ Alien Nosejob |
| Austra | 2010 | Canada | Toronto | ⇒ Katie Stelmanis |
| Aut'Chose | 1973 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Autechre | 1987 | UK | Manchester | |
| Auteurs | 1991 | UK | London | ⇒ Servants ⇒ Luke Haines |
| Autistic Behavior | 2014 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Autodidakt | 2003 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Autodrone | 2002 | USA | New York | |
| Automatic | 2018 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Automelodi | 2009 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Autonervous | 2004 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Jessie Evans ⇒ Vanishing ⇒ Malaria (1) ⇒ Subtonix |
| Autoportrait | 2011 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Autoramas | 1997 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Autumn | 1980 | Belgium | ⇒ Linear Movement ⇒ Twilight Ritual | |
| Autumn Cathedral | 1988 | USA | San Jose, California | |
| Autumn Shade | 2007 | USA | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Autumnfair | 1986 | USA | ⇒ Savage Republic | |
| Avant-Dernières Pensées | 1984 | Spain | Barcelona | ⇒ Anton Ignorant |
| Avantis | 1963 | USA | ||
| Avarus | 2001 | Finland | Tampere | ⇒ Islaja ⇒ Kemialliset Ystävät |
| Ave Sangria | 1974 | Brazil | ||
| Avengers (1) | 1977 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Avengers (2) | 1966 | USA | Memphis,Tennessee | ⇒ Lawson & Four More |
| Avengers (3) | 1967 | USA | Syracuse, New York | |
| Avey Tare | 2000 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Avocados | 1981 | UK | ||
| Avondale Airforce | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| AvonRim | 2011 | Germany | München | |
| Awaaz Do | 2016 | USA | Boston | |
| Awesome Color | 2005 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Awkward Geisha | 2016 | UK | ||
| Axis Sova | 2011 | USA | Chicago | |
| Aynsley Dunbar | 1971 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ John Mayall ⇒ Eric Burdon & the Animals ⇒ Frank Zappa & Mothers |
| Azalia Snail | 1989 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Aztecs | 1964 | USA | Wenatchee, Washington | |
| B 52's | 1976 | USA | Athens, Georgia | ⇒ Cindy Wilson |
| B Team | 1981 | USA | San Francisco | |
| B. Hamilton | 2009 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| B.B. Brunes | 2006 | France | ||
| B.B. King | 1957 | USA | Mississippi | |
| B.F.G. | 1985 | UK | Manchester | |
| Baard | 1982 | Sweden | ||
| Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band | 2015 | Burkina Faso | ||
| Babe Patrol | 2017 | USA | New York | |
| Babe Ruth | 1970 | UK | Hertfordshire | Originally named "Shacklock" |
| Babel 17 | 1983 | France | Paris | ⇒ Zurück Placenta |
| Babes In Toyland | 1987 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Babies | 2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Kevin Morby |
| Babils | 2007 | Belgium | Bruxelles | |
| Baby Blue | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Baby Buddha | 1980 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Baby Drowsy | 1983 | USA | Jersey City, New Jersey | |
| Baby Elephant | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| Baby Gramps | 1984 | Seattle | Born in Miami, Florida ⇒ Peter Stampfel | |
| Baby Grande | 1975 | Australia | Canberra | ⇒ Steve Kilbey ⇒ Church |
| Baby Grandmothers | 1967 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Baby Guts | 2005 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Baby Horror | 1996 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Baby Namboos | 1999 | UK | Manchester | |
| Baby Opaque | 1984 | USA | Virginia | |
| Baby Ray & the Ferns | 1963 | USA | California | |
| Baby Woodrose | 2011 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Baby59 | 2015 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Babyland | 1991 | USA | California | |
| Babylava | N/A | N/A | ||
| Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band | 1963 | Trinidad | Port of Spain | Based in Hamburg, Germany |
| Bachikaburi | 1984 | Japan | ||
| Baciamibartali | 1981 | Italy | Castelfidardo | |
| Backbeat Convention | 1989 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Backdoor Men | 1982 | Sweden | Almhult | |
| Backdoor Society (AKA Richard Pash & the Back Door Society) | 1966 | USA | Ohio | |
| Backdraft | 2007 | Netherlands | ||
| Bad Actors | 1980 | UK | ||
| Bad Axe | 2014 | USA | Chicago | |
| Bad Beats | 2014 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Bad Brains | 1977 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Bad Decisions | 2022 | Romania | Bukarest | |
| Bad Electric | 2016 | USA | New York | |
| Bad Indians | 2009 | USA | Ypsilanti, Michigan | |
| Bad Liquor Pond | 2007 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Bad Mojos | 2015 | Switzerland | Bern | |
| Bad Manners | 1976 | UK | London | |
| Bad Moves | 2016 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Bad Party | 2008 | USA | Detroit | |
| Bad Religion | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Redd Kross |
| Bad Ronald (AKA All My Friends) | 1996 | USA | New York | |
| Bad Seeds | 1966 | USA | Corpus Christi, Texas | |
| Bad Sports | 2007 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Bad Traffick | 1991 | UK | ||
| Bad Vibrations | 2020 | USA | San Diego, California | |
| Bad Waitress | 2016 | Canada | Toronto | AKA Nude Dogs |
| Badawi | 1996 | Isreal | Jerusalem | |
| Baden Powell | 1959 | Brazil | Real Name: Baden Powell de Aquino | |
| Badlands | 2012 | Sweden | ||
| Baffo Banfi | 1978 | Italy | Lecco | |
| Bags (1) | 1977 | USA | California | |
| Bags (2) | 1985 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Bailter Space | 1986 | New Zealand | Christchurch | ⇒ Hamish Kilgour ⇒ Gordons ⇒ Skeptics (4) |
| Bain Didonc | 1966 | France | ||
| Baird Sisters | 2001 | USA | ||
| Bait Ones | 1997 | Japan | Kobe | |
| Bajm | 1977 | Poland | Lublin | |
| Bajofondo Tango Club | 2002 | Argentina/Uruguay | Buenos Aires | AKA Bajofondo |
| Bakaka Band | N/A | Somalia | ||
| Bakersfield Boogie Boys | 1980 | USA | Bakersfield, California | |
| Bal Paré | 1982 | Germany | Hamburg | ⇒ Geisterfahrer |
| Balaam & the Angel | 1984 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Balaclavas | 2008 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Balam Acab | 2010 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Balla et ses Balladins | 1968 | Guinea | Conakry | |
| Balladium | 1986 | Portugal | ||
| Ballistic Kisses | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Balloon Farm | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Ballroom | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Balroynigress | 2006 | Sweden | ||
| Balso Snell | N/A | N/A | ||
| Baltech | 1983 | USA | ||
| Balvanera | 2016 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
| Balzac | 1992 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Bama Lamas (AKA Les Bama Lamas) | 2008 | USA | Chicago | |
| Bambi Kino | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| Bambix | 1988 | Netherlands | Nijmegen | |
| Bamboo | 2015 | UK | London | |
| Bamboo Zoo | 1981 | UK | Manchester | |
| Bamff | 1983 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Ban | 1965 | USA | Californa | |
| Bananach | 2013 | Indonesia | Bandung | |
| Bananarama | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ Specials ⇒ Fun Boy Three |
| Band Apart | 1979 | France | Based in Los Angeles | ⇒ Mader |
| Band In Heaven | 2010 | USA | Florida | |
| Band of Blacky Ranchette | 1985 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | ⇒ Howe Gelb ⇒ Giant Sand |
| Band of Holy Joy | 1984 | UK | London | |
| Band of Susans | 1986 | USA | New York | |
| Banda Ionica | 1997 | Italy | Sicily | |
| Bandit Queen | 1992 | UK | Manchester | |
| Bang Bang Band Girl | 2013 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Bang Gang | 1996 | Iceland | ||
| Bangs | 1997 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Banned | 1989 | USA | Montana | |
| Banshees | 1966 | USA | Chicago | |
| Bantam | 2002 | USA | New York | |
| Banteay Ampil Band | 1983 | Cambodia | ||
| Banyen Rakkaen | 1999 | Thailand | ||
| Banzai Predicament | 2016 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Banyuwangi Putra With Arrington de Dionyso | 2016 | Indonesia | ||
| Bar Italia | 2020 | UK | London | |
| Barbacoa | 2011 | USA | Vermont | |
| Bárbara | 1985 | Japan | ||
| Barbara Carlotti | 2005 | France | Clamart | |
| Barbara Gogan & Hector Zazou | 1997 | France | Paris | ⇒ Hector Zazou ⇒ Passions |
| Hectorine | 2019 | USA | San Francisco | Real Name: Sarah Gagnon |
| Barbara Green (AKA Barbara Greene) | 1982 | USA | ||
| Barbara Manning Barbara Manning & Flophouse Barbara Manning & the Go-Luckys |
1988 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ 28th of May ⇒ SF Seals ⇒ World of Pooh |
| Barbarians | 1964 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Barberries | 2008 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Barbie & the Kens | 1980 | USA | ||
| Barbie Bertisch | 2017 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | Based in Brooklyn NY |
| Bardo Pond | 1991 | USA | Philadelphia | ⇒ 500mg ⇒ Hash Jar Tempo |
| Bards | 1966 | USA | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Bare Wires | 2007 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Barefacts | 1968 | USA | Osceola, Arkansas | |
| Baris Manco Baris Manco & Kaygisizlar |
1962 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Barn Owl | 2007 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Evan Caminiti |
| Barnes & Barnes | 1970 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Barnyard Beat (Mew Kids On the Block) | 1995 | USA | ||
| Baron Daemon & the Vampires | 1963 | USA | ||
| Baron Four | 2013 | UK | ||
| Baron Saturday | 2020 | UK | London | ⇒ Midnight Mines |
| Baroness & Love Lies Bleeding | 1997 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Barons | 1967 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Baroque Bordello | 1981 | France | Paris | |
| Baroques | 1967 | USA | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Barracudas (1) | 1979 | UK | ⇒ Jeremy Gluck | |
| Barracudas (2) | 1965 | USA | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| Barrence Whitfield & the Savages | 1984 | USA | Boston | |
| Barrett Strong | 1959 | USA | Mississippi | ⇒ Tempations |
| Barricade | 1968 | France | Marseille | ⇒ Hector Zazou |
| Barrington Levy Barrington Levy & Jah Thomas |
1976 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Barry Adamson | 1989 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Magazine ⇒ Visage ⇒ Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds |
| Barry Andrewsin Disko | 2010 | Finland | Rovaniemi | |
| Barry Merger Ford | 1980 | UK | ||
| Bart Zoll | 1982 | USA | ||
| Bartok | 1982 | UK | ⇒ Jah Wobbloe | |
| Bas Jan | 2015 | UK | London | |
| Basement 5 | 1978 | UK | London | |
| Basement Jaxx | 1994 | UK | London | |
| Basement Wall | 1967 | USA | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| Basements | 2010 | Greece | Thessaloniki | |
| Baskervilles | 1997 | USA | New York | |
| Bass Drum of Death | 2009 | USA | Oxford, Mississippi | |
| Bassbassgâterie | 2017 | France | Bordeaux | |
| Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | 2006 | Mali | ||
| Bassmen | 1965 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Bastards | 1977 | Switzerland | Geneva | |
| Bastien Lallemant (& Armelle Pioline) | 2003 | France | Dijon | |
| Bat Nouveau | 2010 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Bathory | 1983 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Batida | 2009 | Angola | Based in Lisbon | |
| Batmobile | 1985 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Batpiss | 2011 | Australia | Collingwood | |
| Batteries Not Included | 1980 | USA | Chicago | AKA BNI |
| Battery Operated Orchestra | 2011 | UK | Brighton | AKA BOO |
| Bats | 1982 | New Zealand | Christchurch | ⇒ Sundae Painters |
| Battle of Mice | 2005 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Battles | 2002 | USA | New York | |
| Bättre Lyss | 1975 | Sweden | Tä, Stockholms Län | |
| Batusis | 2010 | USA | New York | ⇒ Sylvain Sylvain |
| Bauhaus | 1978 | UK | Northampton | ⇒ Tones On Tail ⇒ Peter Murphy ⇒ Night Crickets |
| Bazooka | 2008 | Greece | Athens | |
| BCBG | 2013 | France | Paris | Origin Brazil |
| Beach Fossils | 2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Beach Fossils |
| Beach House | 2004 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Beachcombers | 1962 | USA | Aberdeen, Washington | |
| Beachdust | 2016 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Beaches | 2007 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Beacon Street Union | 1966 | USA | Boston | |
| Bear In Heaven | 2003 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Bearies | 1965 | USA | Connecticut | |
| Bearz | 1979 | UK | Bath | |
| Beast of Beast | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Beastianity | 1999 | Australia | New South Wales | |
| Beastie Boys | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Beasts of Bourbon | 1983 | Australia | Sydney | ⇒ Stu Spasm ⇒ Kim Salmon |
| Beat Circus | 2002 | USA | Boston | |
| Beat Happening | 1982 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Beat Necessity | 1980 | IL | Fife, Scotland | |
| Beat of the Earth | 1967 | USA | California | Previously wrongly tagged as "Electronic Hole" (Album title) |
| Beaters | 2009 | USA | San Diego | |
| Beatles | 1960 | UK | Liverpool | |
| BeatLove | 2009 | Spain | ||
| Beatniks | 1981 | Japan | ⇒ Yukihiro Takahashi ⇒ Yellow Magic Orchestra | |
| Beau | 1969 | UK | Leeds | |
| Beau Brummels | 1963 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Beaut | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| Beautiful People | 1992 | UK | London | |
| Beautiful Delilahs | 2016 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Beaux Jens | 1966 | USA | Michigan | |
| Bébé Manga | 1975 | Cameroon | ||
| Bec Plexus | 2019 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Beck | 1988 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Bedlam Four | 1966 | USA | Minneapolis | ⇒ Echomen |
| Bedlam Rovers | 1987 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Bedrooms | 2016 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Bee Bee Sea | 2011 | Italy | Castel Goffredo, Lombardia | |
| Bee Dee Kay & the Roller Coaster | 1994 | France | Tours | |
| Beechwood | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Beefeaters | 1966 | USA | Texas | |
| Beehive & the Barracudas | 1968 | USA | San Diego | ⇒ Rocket From the Crypt |
| Beep Beep | 2004 | USA | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Beep Beep & the Roadrunners | 1962 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Bees | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Bees Knees | 1997 | USA | California | |
| Beex | 1979 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Before | 1980 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Beginner's Mynd | 2013 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Beginning of the End | 1969 | Bahamas | Nassau | |
| Behavior | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Beirut | 2006 | USA | Sante Fe, New Mexico | Based in Brooklyn NY |
| Bela Karoli | 2007 | Romania | Cluj | Based in USA |
| Belairs | 1960 | USA | Los Angeles | Bel Airs, Bel-Aires, Bel-Aires |
| Belajar Membunuh | 2007 | Indonesia | ||
| Belbury Circle Belbury Circle & John Foxx |
2013 | UK | ⇒ Belbury Poly ⇒ John Foxx | |
| Belbury Poly | 2003 | UK | London | ⇒ Belbury Circle |
| Belfast Gypsies | 1965 | UK | Belfast | ⇒ Them |
| Belfegore | 1983 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Belgrado | 2010 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Bell | 1998 | USA | Chicago | |
| Bella & the Bizarre | 2024 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Bellas | 2017 | USA | AKA Barden Bellas | |
| Belle Stars | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Belleruche | 2005 | UK | London | |
| Belles | 1965 | USA | Florida | |
| Bellevue | 1991 | Switzerland | Zürich | |
| Bellicose Minds | 2009 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Bellrays | 1990 | USA | California | |
| Belltower | 1990 | USA | New York | |
| Belly | 1991 | USA | Boston | |
| Beme Seed | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Ben LaMar Gay | 2018 | USA | Chicago | |
| Ben Pritchard | 2015 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Fall |
| Ben Vaughn Ben Vaughn Combo |
1985 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Benders | 1965 | USA | Wisconsin | ⇒ Why Four |
| Bene Gesserit | 1981 | Belgium | ||
| Beneath Augusta | 2004 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Benevento Russo Duo | 2001 | USA | New York | |
| Benny Spellman | 1960 | USA | Florida | |
| Benny Trokan | 2018 | USA | ||
| Benoît Pioulard | USA | USA | Seattle | Born in Michigan |
| Bent | 1999 | UK | Nottingham | |
| Bent Arcana | 2019 | USA | ⇒ Damaged Bug ⇒ Thee Oh Sees ⇒ Ziegenbock-Kopf | |
| Bent Knee | 2005 | USA | Boston | |
| Bent Moustache | 2004 | Netherlands | Krommenie | |
| Bent Spanner, Arty Banner | 1994 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| Bent Wind | 1969 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Beres Hammond | 1974 | Jamaica | ||
| Bergheim 34 | 1999 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Berkley Five | 1965 | USA | Florida | |
| Berlin | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Berlin Blondes | 1979 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | ⇒ Endgames ⇒ Altered Images |
| Berlin Express | 1982 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Peter Baumann ⇒ Conrad Schnitzler ⇒ Gregor Schnitzler |
| Berlin West | 1981 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Berliner Eins | 2009 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Berlitz | 1982 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Bermuda Triangle | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Bermuda Triangles | 2007 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Bernard C | 1981 | France | ||
| Bernard Fêvre | 1974 | France | Asnières | ⇒ Black Devil Disco Club |
| Bernard Szajner (AKA Zed) | 1980 | France | Paris | |
| Bernd Kistenmacher | 1985 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Berserk | 1989 | USA | Baltmore | |
| Bert Jansch | 1965 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | ⇒ Pentangle |
| Bertin | 2004 | Netherlands | Nijmegen | |
| Bertrand Betsch | 1997 | France | Toulouse | |
| Besökarna | 1978 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| Best Dressed Ghost | 2024 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Beth Gibbons & Rustin' Man | 2002 | UK | Exeter | ⇒ Portishead |
| Beth Orton | 1993 | UK | Norfolk | |
| Bethlehem Steel | 2012 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Bette Smith | 2017 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Better Half-Dozen | 1966 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Bettie Serveert | 1991 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | ⇒ De Artsen |
| Bettina Schröder | 1988 | Germany | Hannover | ⇒ Hans-A-Plast |
| Betty Black | 2007 | USA | Alabama | AKA Sylvia Gordon ⇒ Sylvia Black |
| Betty Blowtorch | 1998 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Betty Davis | 1973 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Betty Everett | 1958 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Betty McQuade | 1962 | Australia | Brisbane | Born in Scotland |
| Betty O'Brien | 1961 | USA | ||
| Betty Wright | 1967 | USA | Miami | |
| Bettye LaVette | 1962 | USA | Michigan | |
| Bettye Swann | 1965 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Betwixt | 1997 | USA | Somerville, Massachusetts | |
| Beverly | 2014 | USA | New York | |
| Beverly Bailey | 1979 | Jamaica | AKA Beverley Bailey | |
| Bevis Frond | 1986 | UK | London | |
| Bewitched | 1986 | USA | Hoboken, New Jersey | |
| Bewitched As Dark | 2010 | Turkey | ||
| Bézier | 2012 | USA | California | |
| BGM | 1980 | Japan | ||
| Bhagavad Gita | 1967 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Bianca | 1984 | France | ||
| Bibi Club | 2019 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Biblical | 2011 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Bibs | 2013 | USA | Detroit | |
| Bicyclettes Blanches | 2008 | USA | New York | |
| BID (ft. Oku Onuora & Karina Buhr) | 2013 | Jamaica/Brazil | ⇒ Oku Onuora | |
| Biff Bang Pow | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Big Beats | 1966 | USA | Virginia | |
| Big Black | 1982 | USA | Illinois | |
| Big Blood | 2006 | USA | Portland, Maine | ⇒ Cerberus Shoal ⇒ Asian Mae |
| Big Boys | 1979 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Big Brother & the Holding Company (ft. Janis Joplin) | 1965 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Big Brown House | 1987 | USA | Ohio | |
| Big Butter | 1984 | USA | California | |
| Big Chief | 1989 | USA | Ann Arbor, Michigan | |
| Big Guys | 1963 | USA | ||
| Big In Japan | 1977 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Pink Industry ⇒ Lori & the Chameleons |
| Big Joanie | 2014 | UK | London | |
| Big Joe | 1972 | Jamaica | ||
| Big Lazy | 1999 | USA | New York | |
| Big Mama Thornton | 1953 | USA | Alabama | |
| Big Maybelle | 1952 | USA | Jackson, Tennessee | |
| Big Robot & Conrad Schnitzler | 2009 | Norway | Oslo | ⇒ Conrad Schnitzler |
| Big Self | 1979 | UK | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| Big Stick | 1985 | USA | New York | |
| Big Three | 1983 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Big White | 2015 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Big Youth | 1972 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Bikini Atoll | 1979 | UK | Nottingham | |
| Bikini Kill | 1990 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Bikini Lovers | 2016 | Spain | Roquetas de Mar, Andalucia | |
| Bile Sister | 2012 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Bilge Seaweed Orcastrua | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | Originally named "Big City Orchestra" |
| Bill Converse | 2016 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Bill Ding | 1995 | USA | Chicago | |
| Bill Fay | 1967 | UK | London | |
| Bill Gage & the Cheater Slicks | 2021 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | ⇒ Cheater Slicks |
| Bill Gilonis & Tim Hodgkinson | 1980 | UK | London | ⇒ Hat Shoe ⇒ Lowest Note On the Organ ⇒ Work |
| Bill Nelson | 1971 | UK | Yorkshire | |
| Bill Orcutt Bill Orcutt & Jacob Felix Heule |
1996 | USA | San Francisco | Born in Florida |
| Bill Skinner | 2017 | UK | London | |
| Bill Ward | 1990 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Black Sabbath |
| Bill Withers | 1967 | USA | West Virginia | |
| Billie Eilish | 2016 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Billy & the Kids | 1967 | USA | Wenatchee, Washington | |
| Billy & the Moonlighters | 1977 | USA | ||
| Billy Anderson | 1977 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | ⇒ R. Stevie Moore |
| Billy Bragg | 1983 | UK | Essex | |
| Billy Childish | 1987 | UK | Kent | AKA Wild Billy Childish ⇒ Dan Melchior ⇒ Pop Rivets ⇒ Buff Medways ⇒ Thee Headcoats ⇒ William Loveday Intention |
| Billy Couvson | 1977 | USA | ||
| Billy Fury | 1959 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Tornados |
| Billy Idol | 1981 | UK | Middlesex | |
| Billy Lee Riley | 1956 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Billy McKenzie | 1982 | UK | Dundee, Scotland | ⇒ Associates |
| Billy Nayer Show | 1990 | USA | New York | |
| Billy Pitcock & the People | 1974 | USA | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Billy Stewart | 1956 | USA | ||
| Billy Swivs | 2015 | USA | Los Angeles | Real Name: William Schalda Jr. |
| Billy Synth Billy Synth & the Janitors Billy Synth & the Turnups |
1978 | USA | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | ⇒ Windowpaynes |
| Billy Young | 1963 | USA | Texas | |
| Bim Sherman | 1975 | Jamaica | Kingston | ⇒ Creation Steppers |
| Bi-Music | 1983 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Bing Selfish Bing Selfish & Bob Hopeless Bing Selfish & the Ideals |
1983 | UK | ⇒ Murphy Fetion | |
| Bingo's | 1989 | Netherlands | ||
| Bipolaroid | 2008 | USA | New Orelans | |
| Bird & the Bee | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Bird of Omen | 2012 | USA | ||
| Birdcloud | 2011 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Birds of Avalon | 2007 | USA | Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| Birds of Maya | 2008 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Birds of Paradise | 2014 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Birds of Tin | 1982 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Birds On a Wire | 2012 | France | Paris | ⇒ Dom La Nena |
| Birdwatchers | 1964 | USA | Florida | |
| Birmingham Sunday | 1968 | USA | Nevada | |
| Birthday Party | 1978 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds ⇒ Mick Harvey ⇒ Anita Lane ⇒ Harry Howard |
| Bishops | 2002 | UK | London | |
| Bitchfits (Misfits Tribute Band) | 2008 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Biting Tongues | 1979 | UK | Manchester | |
| Bitori | 1998 | Capverde | AKA Bitori Nha Bibinha | |
| Bits of Shit | 2009 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Bittersweets | 1966 | USA | Dayton, Ohio | |
| Bittersweett | 1967 | USA | Alabama | |
| Bixio, Frizzi & Tempera | 1975 | Italy | ⇒ Goblin ⇒ Fabio Frizzi | |
| Bizarre Unit | 1979 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Paul Nova |
| Bizarros | 1976 | USA | Akron, Ohio | |
| Björk | 1991 | Iceland | Reykjavik | ⇒ Tappi Tikarrass ⇒ Sugarcubes ⇒ KUKL |
| Black (Colin Vearncombe) | 1981 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Black & Whites | 2006 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Black Angels | 2005 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Black Bananas | 2012 | USA | ⇒ RTX | |
| Black Bats | 2014 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Black Blood | 1975 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Black Box | 1989 | Italy | Reggio nell'Emilia | |
| Black Bug | 2008 | Sweden | ||
| Black Dahlia Murder | 2001 | USA | Michigan | |
| Black Devil Disco Club | 1978 | France | Asnières | ⇒ Bernard Fêvre |
| Black Diamonds | 1966 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Black-Eyed Snakes | 2000 | USA | Duluth, Minnesota | |
| Black Eyes | 2001 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Black Fantasy | 1984 | UK | ||
| Black Flag | 1979 | USA | California | ⇒ Würm ⇒ Red Kross |
| Black Frame | 2015 | Germany | ||
| Black Furies | 2001 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Black Grape | 1993 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Happy Mondays |
| Black Heart Procession Black Heart Procession & Solbakken |
1997 | USA | San Diego | |
| Black Hippies | 1976 | Nigeria | AKA Pazy & the Black Hippies | |
| Black Hole | 1981 | Italy | Verona | |
| Black Hollies | 2005 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Black Humor | 1982 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Black Hustlers | 1972 | USA | ||
| Black Ice | 1999 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ Phantom Limbs |
| Black Joe Lewis | 2006 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Black Keys | 2001 | USA | Akron, Ohio | ⇒ Dan Auerbach |
| Black Light Medusa | 2019 | USA | ||
| Black Lips | 1999 | USA | Atlanta Georgia | ⇒ Saint Pé |
| Black Lodge | 1999 | UK | Manchester | |
| Black Marble | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Black Mare | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Black Market Fetus | 2000 | USA | Des Moines, Iowa | |
| Black Math | 2009 | USA | Chicago | |
| Black Merlin | 2012 | UK | ||
| Black Meteoric Star | 2009 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | Based in New York |
| Black Midi | 2017 | UK | London | |
| Black Mountain | 2004 | Canada | Vancouver | ⇒ Sinoia Caves |
| Black Oak Arkansas | 1970 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Black Ox Orkestar | 2004 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Black Pumas | 2018 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Ocote Soul Sounds |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | 1998 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Black Sabbath | 1968 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Bill Ward |
| Black Skull | 1976 | Jamaica | AKA Skulls | |
| Black Slate | 1974 | UK | London | |
| Black Sun Dreamer | 2016 | Poland | ||
| Black Sun Ensemble | 1985 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Black Sunday | 2005 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Black Swans | 2004 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Black Tambourine | 1989 | USA | Washington D.C. | ⇒ Velocity Girl |
| Black Tape For a Blue Girl | 1986 | USA | California | ⇒ Sam Rosenthal |
| Black Time | 2004 | UK | London | |
| Black To Comm | 2005 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Black Uhuru | 1974 | Jamaica | Kingston | ⇒ Junior Reid ⇒ Don Carlos |
| Blackbeard All Stars | 1976 | Jamaica | ||
| Blacklight Braille | 1980 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Blacklight Chameleons | 1984 | USA | New York | ⇒ Mad Violets |
| Blacklisters | 2008 | UK | Leeds | AKA BLKLSTRS |
| Blackouts (1) | 1999 | USA | Chicago | |
| Blackouts (2) | 1979 | USA | Seattle | ⇒ Ministry |
| Blackwater Holylight | 2018 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Blag Dahlia | 1994 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Dwarves |
| Blago Bung | 1981 | Sweden | Lung | |
| Blair 1523 | 1988 | UK | Cornwall | |
| Blanche Blanche Blanche | 2011 | USA | Vermont | |
| Blak Saagan | 2017 | Italy | Venezia | |
| Blammo | 2021 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Blancmange | 1979 | UK | Harrow | |
| Blank Dogs | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Mayfair Set |
| Blank Square | 2017 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Blank Stares | 1999 | USA | Brooklyn NY | Based in San Francisco |
| Blank Students | 1979 | UK | Lancastershire | |
| Blanket of Secrecy | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Blanketship | 2003 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Vision Heat |
| Blasted Canyons | 2011 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Blauer Hirsch | 1988 | Germany | Borken | |
| Blaze Foley | 1979 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Bleach | 1989 | UK | Ipswich | |
| Bless | 2006 | France | Paris | |
| Blessure Grave | 2008 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Blind Descent | 1989 | UK | ||
| Blind Mr. Jones | 1992 | UK | Marlow | |
| Blind Shake | 2005 | USA | Minneapolis | ⇒ Jim and the French Vanilla ⇒ Green-Blue |
| Blissed Out Fatalists | 1985 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Blitz | 1980 | UK | Derbyshire | |
| Blitzer | 2023 | N/A | ||
| Bloated Toads | 1980 | UK | West Sussex | |
| Bloc Party | 2003 | UK | London | |
| Blockhead | 2001 | USA | New York | |
| Blod | 2014 | Sweden | ||
| Blödarna | 1979 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| Blonde Etheopian (AKA Blonde Ethiopian) | 1983 | UK | Newcastle | ⇒ Crawling Chaos |
| Blonde Redhead | 1993 | USA | New York | |
| Blonde Revolver | 2020 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Blondie | 1974 | USA | New York | |
| Blood | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Blood Axis | 1989 | USA | Denver | |
| Blood Bright Star | 2012 | USA | ||
| Blood Brothers | 1997 | USA | Seattle | ⇒ Soiled Doves |
| Blood Cookie | 2013 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Blood Fetish | 1983 | UK | ⇒ Bzu-Zu | |
| Blood Lemon | 2021 | USA | Boise, Idaho | |
| Blood On the Saddle | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Blood On the Wall | 2000 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Blood Or Whiskey | 1993 | Ireland | Leixlip | |
| Blood Oranges | 1990 | USA | Boston | |
| Blood Robots | 1982 | UK | Newcastle | |
| Bloodless Pharaohs | 1978 | USA | AKA Brian Setzer & the Bloodless Pharaohs ⇒ Stray Cats | |
| Bloodshot Bill Bloodshot Bill & the Hubcaps |
2001 | Canada | Montreal | ⇒ Ding Dongs ⇒ Tandoori Knights |
| Bloody Hollies | 2000 | USA | Buffalo, New York | |
| Bloody Tears | 2005 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Blossom Dearie | 1955 | USA | New York | |
| Blowback | 2001 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Blu Anxxiety | 2019 | USA | New York | |
| Bludded Head | 2012 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Blue Aces | 1964 | Ireland | ||
| Blue Aeroplanes | 1981 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Art Objects |
| Blue Ash | 1969 | USA | Ohio | |
| Blue Asia | 1995 | Japan | ||
| Blue Cheer | 1966 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Blue China | 1981 | Switzerland | Zürich | ⇒ Vogel |
| Blue Chips | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Blue Chips of Asama | N/A | N/A | ||
| Blue Coupe | 2008 | USA | New York | ⇒ Blue Oyster Cult |
| Blue Funeral | 2010 | Netherlands | ||
| Blue Hollow | 1985 | USA | Massachusetts | ⇒ Gluons |
| Blue In Heaven | 1982 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Blue Oil | 1981 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Blue Orchids | 1979 | UK | Mancheser | ⇒ Fall |
| Blue Oyster Cult | 1967 | USA | New York | ⇒ Blue Coupe |
| Blue Rondo à la Turk | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Blue Sausage Infant | 2008 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Blue Stratos | 2013 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Blue Trapeze | 1984 | USA | California | |
| Blue Zoo | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Bluefood | 2003 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Blue-Green Gods | 1991 | USA | ⇒ Scuppernong | |
| Blues Delight | 2005 | Canada | Quebec | |
| Blues Magoos | 1964 | USA | Bronx NY | |
| Blues Project | 1966 | USA | New York | ⇒ Danny Kalb |
| Blues Section | 1967 | Finland | ||
| Bluestars | 1964 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Blur | 1990 | UK | London | |
| Blurt | 1979 | UK | Gloustershire | |
| B-Movie | 1978 | UK | Nottinghamshire | |
| Bo Allen (AKA Beau Allen) | 1968 | USA | Georgia | |
| Bo Hansson | 1970 | USA | Göteborg | |
| Boards of Canada | 1994 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Bob Andy | 1966 | Jamaica | Kingston | ⇒ Paragons |
| Bob D. Has No Dick | 2005 | France | ||
| Bob Dylan | 1962 | USA | Duluth, Minnesota | |
| Bob Edmund | 1970 | USA | Florida | |
| Bob Hund | 1991 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Bob Kayli | 1958 | USA | Detroit | |
| Bob Lee | 1957 | USA | ||
| Bob Markley | 1960 | USA | Oklahoma | ⇒ West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band |
| Bob Marley | 1970 | Jamaica | ||
| Bob Marsh | 2000 | USA | Detroit | |
| Bob Mel | 1987 | USA | ||
| Bob Moore & the Temps | 1963 | USA | ||
| Bob Mozart | 1990 ca | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Opposable Thumb |
| Bob Pegg | 1971 | UK | Derbyshire | |
| Bob Seger & the Last Heard | 1966 | USA | Ann Arbor, Michigan | |
| Bob Urh & the Bare Bones | 2005 | Greece | Thessaloniki | |
| Bobak, Jons, Malone | 1969 | UK | London | Sometimes referred to as "Motherlight" |
| Bobb Trimble | 1980 | USA | Massachusetts | ⇒ Prefab Messiahs |
| Bobby Blue Bland | 1955 | USA | Tennessee | |
| Bobby Boris Picket & the Crypt-Kickers | 1962 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Bobby Conn | 1995 | USA | Chicago | |
| Bobby Darin | 1958 | USA | New York | |
| Bobby Freeman | 1958 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Bobby Fuller Four | 1961 | USA | El Paso, Texas | |
| Bobby Lees | 2018 | USA | Woodstock, New York | |
| Bobby Womack | 1965 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | ⇒ Valentinos |
| Bobkat'65 | 2015 | Spain | Asturias | |
| Bobo Jenkins | 1959 | USA | Detroit | |
| Bocal 5 | 1980 | France | Tours | |
| BoDeans | 1986 | USA | Wisconsin | |
| Bodeco | 1984 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Bodenpersonal | 1980 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Bodies of Water | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Bodo Molitor | 1968 | Germany | Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
| Bo-Dogs | 2014 | Sweden | Malmö | ⇒ Wilmer X. ⇒ Sator Codex (Sator) |
| Body 11 | 1987 | Germany | München | |
| Body Double | 2019 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Body Electric | 1982 | New Zealand | Wellington | |
| Body Package | 2015 | Poland | Zawadzkie, Silesia | |
| Body Without Organs | 1985 | USA | ||
| Bodysnatchers | 1979 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Boeing Duveen & the Beautiful Soup | 1968 | UK | ||
| Bogos | 2018 | Switzerland | Bern | Started 2015 as Baseball Bat Boogie Bastards |
| Bohemian Bedrocks | 1984 | USA | New York | |
| Bohemian Vendetta | 1966 | USA | Long Island, New York | |
| Bolis Pupul | 2016 | Belgium | Gent | ⇒ Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul |
| Bollock Brothers | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Bolz Bolz | 1997 | Germany | Köln | |
| Bombay Sweets | 2009 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Bomber Jackets | 2011 | UK | London | |
| Bombettes | 2005 | Sweden | Umea | |
| Bomis Prendin | 1979 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Bona Dish | 1980 | UK | Hertfordshire | AKA BonaDish |
| Bonbomb | 2004 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Bondsmen | 1967 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Bonehead | 2002 | USA | Detroit | |
| Bonga | 1972 | Angola | ||
| Bongomuffin | 1996 | South Africa | ||
| Bongos | 1979 | USA | Hoboken, New Jersey | ⇒ Richard Barone |
| Bongwater | 1985 | USA | New York | ⇒ Ann Magnuson ⇒ Kramer |
| Bongzilla | 1996 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Bonnie Dobson | 1960 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Bonifrate | 2002 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Bonnie Prince Billy | 1999 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | ⇒ This Immortal Coil |
| Bonniwell Music Machine (AKA Music Machine) | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Bonzo Dog Band | 1966 | UK | ⇒ Vivian Stanshall | |
| Boohoos | 1986 | Italy | Pesaro | ⇒ Death SS ⇒ Paul Chain (Violet Theatre) |
| Boo Hiss | 2021 | USA | Los Angeles | Real name: Todd Matthew Drootin |
| Book of Love | 1983 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Bookends | 2018 | N/A | N/A | |
| Booker T | 1962 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Boom | 1979 | USA | Boston | |
| Boom Bip | 1998 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Boomtown Rats | 1975 | USA | Dublin | |
| Boorays | 1990 | USA | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Boots For Dancing | 1979 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Booze | 2007 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Boptronics | 1983 | Australia | ||
| Bora Yoon | 1999 | USA | Chicago | |
| Bordellos | 2006 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Borghesia | 1982 | Slovenia | Ljubljana | |
| Boris & Ian Astbury (BXI) | 2010 | Japan | ||
| Boris Dzanek | 1983 | Netherlands | Utrecht | |
| Borknagar | 1996 | Norway | Bergen | |
| Born Liars | 2006 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Borusiade | 2016 | Romania | Bukarest | Based in Berlin |
| Bosom Divine | 2006 | France | Paris | |
| Boss Five | 1966 | USA | Detroit | |
| Boss Hog | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Boss Martians | 1992 | USA | Seattle | ⇒ Evan Foster |
| Boss Mustangs | 2009 | USA | ||
| Boss Tweeds (AKA Bosteeds, Bill Wendry & the Boss Tweeds) | 1964 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Bosse-de-Nage | 2006 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Botanist | 2009 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Bottroper Hammerchor | 1982 | Germany | Bottrop | |
| Bound & Gagged | 1978 | USA | Boston | |
| Bourbonese Qualk | 1979 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Simon Crab |
| Bo-Weevils | 1985 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Bow Street Runners | 1970 | USA | Fayetteville, North Carolina | |
| Bow-Wow-Wow | 1980 | UK | London | ⇒ Malcolm McLaren ⇒ Adam & the Ants ⇒ Boy George |
| Box Elders | 2005 | USA | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Box Of Fish | 1981 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Box Tops | 1963 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Alex Chilton |
| Boxbury Beat | 1984 | Norway | Elverum | |
| Boxcar | 1986 | Australia | Brisbane | Based in Sydney |
| Boxer Rebellion | 1995 | USA | Wichita, Kansas | |
| Boy Harsher | 2014 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Boyd Rice Boyd Rice & Daniel Miller |
1977 | USA | Denver | ⇒ Scorpion Wind |
| Boyracer | 1990 | UK | Wetherby | Based in Arizona |
| Boys Don't Cry | 1983 | UK | ||
| Boys From Nowhere | 1984 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Boys Life | 1980 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Boyskout | 2001 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Boytoy | 2014 | USA | New York | |
| Boytronic | 1983 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Bozfor | 1989 | Germany | Bamberg | |
| Bpeople | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Tom Recchion |
| BQs | 2016 | USA | Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| Bracey Everett (AKA Bobby Wall) | 1959 | USA | New York | |
| Brad Laner | 1994 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ 17 Pygmies ⇒ Earth Dies Burning ⇒ Fourwaycross ⇒ Savage Republic ⇒ Steaming Coils ⇒ Electric Company |
| Bradd Hyland | 2003 | USA | ||
| Bradford | 1987 | UK | Blackburn | |
| Braen's Machine | 1971 | Italy | Roma | |
| Brain Damage | 1981 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Brain Discipline | 1988 | Italy | Calbiate, Lombardia | |
| Brain Donor | 1999 | UK | ⇒ Julian Cope | |
| Clear History | 2020 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Brain Train | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Clear Light |
| Brainbombs | 1985 | Sweden | Hudiksvall | ⇒ Bremen |
| Braindead Sound Machine | 1991 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Brainticket | 1968 | Switzerland | Basel | |
| Brak | 2000 | USA | ||
| Bramlaan | 1981 | Netherlands | Berkhout | |
| Brand New Heavies | 1985 | UK | London | |
| Brandy | 2018 | USA | New York | |
| Branikald | 1993 | Russia | Novomoskovsk | |
| Brannten Schnüre | 2011 | Germany | Würzburg | |
| Brass Alley | 1964 | UK | ||
| Brat | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Bratmobile | 1983 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Brave Combo | 1979 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Brazilian Girls | 2003 | USA | New York | |
| Breakers (1) | 1963 | USA | Wichita, Kansas | |
| Breakers (2) | 1965 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Breaking Circus | 1985 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Strike Under |
| Breaking Point | 1974 | France | Paris | ⇒ Ruth ⇒ Crash (2) ⇒ Ilitch ⇒ NLTM |
| Breakouts | 1979 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Breanna Barbara | 2013 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Breeders | 1988 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Pixies ⇒ Kim Deal |
| Bremen | 2010 | Sweden | Uppsala | ⇒ Brainbombs |
| Brenda Ray | 1979 | UK | AKA Brenda Kenny ⇒ Naffi Sandwich | |
| Brendan Benson | 1996 | USA | Michigan | |
| Brent Amaker Deathsquad | 2019 | USA | Seattle | |
| Brenton Wood | 1963 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Brentwoods | 1967 | USA | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Bresslaws | 2005 | UK | Kent | |
| Brett Eclectic | 2020 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Brian & Chris | 1999 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Brian & Tony Gold | 1986 | Jamaica | ||
| Brian Bennett | 1967 | UK | London | ⇒ Shadows |
| Brian Brain | 1980 | UK | ⇒ Public Image Ltd. | |
| Brian Briggs | 1980 | UK | ||
| Brian Crook | 2000 | New Zealand | Port Chalmers | |
| Brian Dewan | 1993 | USA | ||
| Brian Eno | 1973 | UK | Suffolk | ⇒ Roxy Music ⇒ Eno/Moebius/Roedelius/Plank ⇒ David Byrne & Brian Eno ⇒ Robert Fripp & Brian Eno ⇒ Jon Hassell & Brian Eno |
| Brian James | 1979 | UK | London | ⇒ Damned ⇒ Lords of the New Church |
| Brian Jonestown Massacre | 1990 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ L'Épée |
| Brian Olive | 2009 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | ⇒ Greenhornes |
| Brian Protheroe | 1974 | UK | Salisbury | |
| Brian Wilson Shock Treatment | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| Bridal Party | 2015 | Canada | Victoria | |
| Bridge City Sinners | 2016 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Bridget St. John | 1969 | UK | London | |
| Brigade | 1984 | UK | ||
| Brigade Rosse | 2008 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Brigands | 1966 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Bright Girls | 1980 | UK | Brighton | |
| Brigid Dawson & the Mother's Network | 2020 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Thee Oh Sees |
| Brigid Mae Power | 2016 | Ireland | Galway | |
| Brigitte Bardot | 1956 | France | Paris | |
| Brigitte Fontaine Brigitte Fontaine & Areski |
1966 | France | Bretagne | |
| Briks | 1966 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Brilliant Colors | 2007 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Brimstone Howl | 2005 | USA | Lincoln, Nevada | ⇒ Forbidden Tigers |
| Brimstones | 1998 | USA | Edison, New Jersey | |
| Bristols (1) | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Bristols (2) | 1994 | UK | London | ⇒ Fabienne Delsol ⇒ Milkshakes ⇒Headcoats ⇒ Dee Rangers |
| British Electric Foundation (B.E.F.) | 1980 | UK | Sheffield | ⇒ Heaven 17 ⇒ Human League |
| Brittany Howard | 2012 | USA | Alabama | |
| Brix & the Extricated | 2014 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Fall ⇒ Adult Net |
| Broadcast | 1995 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Broadneck | 1965 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Broadway Lafayette | 2014 | USA | New York | ⇒ Gories ⇒ Dirtbombs ⇒ Heavy Trash |
| Brogues | 1964 | USA | California | |
| Broken Bells | 2009 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Broken Spindels | 2002 | USA | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Broken Telepathy | 2022 | USA | Bronx NY | |
| Bronski Beat | 1983 | UK | London | ⇒ Jimmy Somerville |
| Bronwen Exter | 2006 | USA | Ithaka, New York | |
| Bronze | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| Brood | 1983 | USA | Portland, Maine | |
| Brother JT Brother JT & Vibrolux |
1991 | USA | Pennsylvania | ⇒ Original Sins |
| Brother Valentino | 1976 | Grenada | AKA Bro. Valentino | |
| Brothers Four | 1991 | USA | Seattle | |
| Brothers Johnson | 1975 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood | 2004 | Australia | Kyogle | |
| Brothers Unconnected | 2008 | USA | California | ⇒ Sun City Girls |
| Brown Spirits | 2017 | Australia | Coburg | |
| Bruce Falkian | 2023 | France | Paris | |
| Bruce Haack | 1963 | Canada | Alberta | |
| Bruce Lose | 1983 | USA | Fresno, California | ⇒ Flipper |
| Bruta Non Calculant | 2006 | France | ||
| Bryan & the Brunelles | 1965 | UK | ||
| Bryan Ferry | 1973 | UK | ⇒ Roxy Music | |
| Bryan Gillig | 2012 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Bryan's Magic Tears | 2016 | France | Paris | |
| Brygada Kryzys | 1981 | Poland | Warsaw | |
| B-Sides | 2006 | Greece | Athens | |
| Bubonic Plague | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Geneva Jacuzzi |
| Bucaneer's | 1966 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Buck Gooter | 2007 | USA | Harrisonburg, Virginia | |
| Buck Rogers Movement | 1967 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Buckaroos (AKA Buck Owens' Buckaroos) | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Bucket City Distortion Racket | 1967 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Buckethead | 1992 | USA | California | ⇒ Praxis |
| Buckets | 1968 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Buckley | 2018 | USA | Boston | Based in Austin, Texas |
| Bud & Kathy | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Budapest Klezmer Band | 1990 | Hungary | Budapest | |
| Buddy Holly | 1956 | USA | Texas | |
| Budget Boozers | 2008 | Switzerland | Solothurn | |
| Budos Band | 2005 | USA | New York | |
| Buena Vista Social Club | 1996 | Cuba | Havana | ⇒ Ibrahim Ferrer |
| Buff Medways | 2000 | UK | AKA Wild Billy Childish & the Friends of the Buff Medway Fanciers Association ⇒ Billy Childish | |
| Buffalo Tom | 1986 | USA | Boston | |
| Buffy Sainte-Mariet | 1964 | Canada | ||
| Bugger West | 1984 | USA | ||
| Bugs | 1967 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Builders (AKA Bill Direen, Buildermash, Bilderbergers) | 1980 | New Zealand | Christchurch | AKA Bill Direen (& the Builders), Bilderbergers. Buildermash, Bilderine ⇒ Above Ground ⇒ David Nance ⇒ Simon Joyner ⇒ Hamish Kilgour |
| Built to Spill | 1992 | USA | Boise, Ohio | |
| Buju Banton & Ed Robinson | 1992 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Buk Buk Bigups | 2010 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Bülent Ortaçgil | 1970 | Turkey | ||
| Bull the Buffalos | 1993 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Bulldozer (AKA Bulldozer BCN) | 2001 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Bullet LaVolta | 1987 | USA | Boston | |
| Bullseye | N/A | N/A | ||
| Bullwix | 1985 | Switzerlan | ||
| Bum | 1991 | Canada | ||
| Bumps | 1965 | USA | Seattle | |
| Bunch | 1967 | UK | Bournemouth | |
| Bunches A Good | 1968 | USA | Illinois | |
| Bunny Brains | 1989 | USA | Hudson, New York | |
| Bunny Sigler | 1959 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Bunny Wailer | 1965 | Jamaica | ⇒ Bob Marley ⇒ Peter Tosh | |
| Bunnydrums | 1980 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Burlington Squires | 1968 | USA | Florida | |
| Burn the Blankets | 1990 | Netherlands | Gouda | |
| Burning Bush | 1967 | USA | Georgia | |
| Burning Spear | 1972 | Jamaica | ||
| Burnt | 1983 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Burnt Friedman | 1985 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Burnt Ones | 2010 | USA | Indianapolis | |
| Burnt Skull | 2011 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Burt Blanca & the King Creoles | 1961 | Belgium | Bruxelles | |
| Bush Tetras | 1980 | USA | New York | ⇒ Drowning Craze |
| Bushman's Revenge | 2003 | Norway | Oslo | |
| Business | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Busted Statues | 1983 | USA | Boston | |
| Butch Vaden & the Nite Sounds | 1963 | USA | Detroit | |
| Butchers | 2009 | USA | ||
| Butchie Saunders & the Buddies | 1956 | USA | Newark, New Jersey | |
| Butta | 2002 | N/A | ||
| Butter Utter | 1977 | Sweden | Uppsala | |
| Butterclock | 2000 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Butterknifekrüsh | 2000 | USA | ||
| Buttertones | 2012 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Butthole Surfers | 1981 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | ⇒ Paul Leary |
| Buzzcocks | 1976 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Harry DeVoto ⇒ Pete Shelley ⇒ Magazine ⇒ Steve Diggle ⇒ Flag of Convenience ⇒ Ear Trumpet |
| By-Fives | 1966 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| By-Products of America (BPA) | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Byrds | 1964 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Gene Clark |
| Byron Black & Living Objects | 1981 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Byron Lee & the Dragonaires | 1950 | Jamaica | ||
| Byron Westbrook | 2015 | USA | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| Bzdet | 2021 | Poland | Szczecin | |
| Bzu-Zu | 1984 | UK | ⇒ Blood Fetish | |
| C2C | 2001 | France | Nantes | AKA Coups 2 Cross, C2C Crew |
| C Cat Trance | 1983 | UK | Nottingham | ⇒ Medium Medium |
| C. Memi C. Memi & Neo Matisse |
1980 | Japan | Osaka | Real name: Megumi Nagahara |
| C.A. Quintet | 1967 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| C.C. Adcock | 1994 | USA | Fafayette, Louisiana | |
| C.K. Mann | 1976 | Ghana | Cape Coast | |
| C.O.B. | 1970 | UK | ||
| C.O.M.A. | 1979 | France | ||
| C.W. Stoneking | 1999 | Australia | ||
| C.W. Vrtacek C.W. Vrtacek (ft. Mellen Lovrin) |
1981 | USA | Connecticut | |
| Cab Calloway | 1953 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Cabal | 1993 | UK | ||
| Cabaret Nocturne | 2013 | Belgium | ||
| Cabaret Voltaire | 1973 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Cable Ties | 2016 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Cabron Brothers | 2023 | USA | New York | |
| Cactus | 1970 | USA | New York | |
| Cadillac | 1975 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Caesars | 1995 | Sweden | AKA Caesars Palace ⇒ César Vidal | |
| Caesura | 2001 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Cagliostra | 1986 | UK | ||
| Cahit Oben | 1965 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Cake | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Cake Like | 1993 | USA | New York | |
| Calabrese | 2003 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Calamity Jane (1) | 1990 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Calamity Jane (2) | 2011 | Germany | Giessen | |
| Calculated X | 1982 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Caleb | N/A | N/A | ||
| Caleb Landry Jones | 2020 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Calendar Crowd | 1982 | UK | ||
| Calexico | 1995 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | ⇒ Iron and Wine & Calexico ⇒ Giant Sand |
| Calico Wall | 1966 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Califone | 1998 | USA | Chicago | |
| Call of the Wild | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Calling Hearts | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Callisto | 2001 | Finland | Kokkola | |
| Cambodian Space Project | 1975 | Cambodia | ||
| Cambridge Apostles | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Camel Heads | 2013 | USA | New York | |
| Cameo | 1974 | USA | New York | |
| Camera | 2012 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Camilla Motor | 1980 | Germany | Mannheim | |
| Camilla Sparksss | 2013 | Canada | Kenora | |
| Camille | 2002 | France | Paris | |
| Camino Organisation | 1982 | Ireland | ||
| Camper Van Beethoven | 1983 | USA | California | |
| Campingsex | 1982 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Mutter |
| Can | 1969 | Germany | Köln | ⇒ Holger Czukay ⇒ Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit & Holger Czukay ⇒ Michael Karoli ⇒ Phantom Band |
| Can Can Heads | 1993 | Finland | Kauhajoki | |
| Canalterror | 1980 | Germany | Bonn | |
| Candidate | 1985 | France | Nancy | |
| Candie Hank | 1998 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Candy Reed (ft. Jesse Stone & His Orchestra) | 1958 | USA | ||
| Candy Skins | 1989 | UK | Oxfordshire | AKA Candyskins |
| Candy Smokes | 2019 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Candy Sylver | 1977 | France | ||
| Cannanes | 1984 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Cannibals | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ Count Bishops |
| Canonball Jane | 2006 | USA | Connecticut | |
| CAO | 2016 | Peru | Based in London | |
| Caper Story | 2009 | UK | London | |
| Capital Punishment | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Capra Informis | 2015 | Sweden | ⇒ Goat | |
| Capricorns | 2000 | USA | Chicago | |
| Captain Beefheart Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa Captain Beefheart & Ry Cooder |
1964 | USA | California | |
| Captain Future & the Zapguns | 1965 | Sweden | ||
| Captain Planet | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Captive Portal | 2013 | USA | Chicago | |
| Car Crash Set | 1983 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Carambolage | 1979 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Caravelles | 1961 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Carbonas | 2001 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Carcrash International | 1983 | UK | London | ⇒ Christian Death ⇒ Mephisto Walz ⇒ Super Heroines |
| Cardboards | 1981 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Cardiacs (AKA Cardiac Arrest) | 1977 | UK | London | |
| Cardinal & Nun | 2018 | France | Marseille | |
| Care | 1983 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Caretaker | 1999 | UK | Manchester | |
| Caretakers | 1966 | USA | San Bernardino, California | |
| Caretakers of Deception | 1967 | USA | California | |
| Cargo Cultus | 1982 | Netherlands | ||
| Caribou (AKA Manitoba) | 2001 | Canada | Ontario | Based in London |
| Carl Bradney | 1975 | Jamaica | ||
| Carl Sagan | 1987 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Carl Stone | 1983 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Carla Bozulich | 2003 | USA | New York | ⇒ Geraldine Fibbers ⇒ Evangelista |
| Carla dal Forno | 2016 | Australia | Based in Berlin / ⇒ F Ingers | |
| Carlene Davis | 1978 | Jamaica | ||
| Carlos Maria Trindade | 1982 | Portugal | Lissabon | |
| Carlton Melton | 2008 | USA | California | |
| Carly Simon | 1971 | USA | New York | |
| Carly Sings | 2008 | Ireland | Based in Paris | |
| Carmel | 1981 | UK | Manchester | |
| Carmen Ezumah | 1975 | Nigeria | Calabar | |
| Carmody | 2009 | Italy | Torino | |
| Carnalina | 2022 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Carnys | 2007 | USA | ||
| Carol McQuade | 1982 | USA | ||
| Caroliner Rainbow | 1983 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Carpet Sellers | 2007 | France | Paris | |
| Carpettes | 1977 | UK | Newcastle | |
| Cars | 1976 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Ric Ocasek |
| Cars Are the Stars | 2005 | France | Paris | |
| Carsickness | 1980 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Carte de Séjour | 1981 | France | Paris | ⇒ Rachid Taha |
| Cartoon | 2022 | USA | ||
| Cartoons | 1981 | USA | ||
| Cassandra Complex | 1985 | UK | Leeds | |
| Cassiber | 1982 | Germany | ||
| Castanets | 2004 | USA | San Diego | |
| Castaways | 1965 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Casual Affairs | 1982 | Netherlands | Apeldoorn | |
| Casual Dots | 2004 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Casuals Incorporated | 1966 | USA | Kentucky | |
| Cat Power | 1993 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Cat Rapes Dog | 1984 | Sweden | Vislanda | |
| Catalina Matorral | 2006 | Spain | Barcelona | Based in Paris |
| Catalogue (1) | 1979 | France | Paris | ⇒ Jac Berrocal |
| Catalogue (2) | 2012 | France | Marseille | |
| Catatonic Youth | 2007 | USA | Seattle | |
| Cate Le Bon | 2007 | UK | Wales | |
| Caterina Caselli | 1964 | Italy | Modena | |
| Caterwaul | 1987 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Catfish Knight & the Blue Express | 1968 | USA | ||
| Catherine Ribeiro & Alpes | 1969 | France | ||
| Catherine Velienne | 2016 | Mauritius | ||
| Catherine Wheel | 1990 | UK | Norfolk | |
| Catheters | 1995 | USA | Bellevue, Washington | |
| Cathie O'Sullivan | 1980 | Australia | Canberra | |
| Cathode Ray | 2006 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Paul Haig |
| Catholic Girls | 1980 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Catholic Spray | 2010 | France | Paris | |
| Cathy La Crème (ft. John Cooper Clarke) | 1980 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Cro-Tones ⇒ John Cooper Clarke |
| Cat's Meow | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Catzilla | 2016 | Australia | Perth | |
| Cautions | 1964 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Cave | 2005 | USA | Chicago | |
| Cave Dwellers | 1967 | USA | Chicago | |
| Cave Men | 1966 | USA | Florida | |
| Cavegurls | 1989 | USA | Minnesota | |
| Cavestompers | 2006 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Cedric IM Brooks | 1970 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Cee Farrow | 1982 | Germany | Frankfurt | |
| Celan | 2009 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Celestine Ukwu | 1997 | Nigeria | ||
| Celibate Rifles | 1979 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Cell | 1990 | USA | New York | |
| Cells | 1979 | USA | Boulder, Colorado | |
| Celtics | 1966 | USA | El Paso, Texas | |
| Cemetary | 1969 | Sweden | ||
| Cemetary Girlz | 2006 | France | Paris | |
| Central Unit | 1980 | Italy | Bologna | |
| Centre Negative | 2013 | New Zealand | ||
| Centry | 1991 | UK | London | |
| Centurians (AKA Centurions) | 1963 | USA | California | |
| Centuries | 1961 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Centurys | 1965 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Ceramic Hello | 1980 | Canada | Ontario | ⇒ Spoons |
| Ceramic Madonna Head | 1985 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Cerberus Shoal | 1994 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Big Blood ⇒ Asian Mae ⇒ Fire On Fire |
| Cerebrum | 1970 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Ceremony (1) | 2004 | USA | Virginia | |
| Ceremony (2) | 2005 | USA | California | |
| Cerrone | 1976 | France | Paris | |
| Certain General | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| César Vidal | 2020 | Sweden | Stockholm | ⇒ Caesars |
| Cha Cha Guitri | 1971 | France | Saint Etienne | |
| Chabaphrai Namwai & Banyen Rakkaen | 2021 | Thailand | ||
| Chad VanGaalen | 2004 | Canada | Calgary | |
| Chadwicks | 1966 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Chailai & Sawanee | 1979 | Thailand | ||
| Chain & the Gang | 2009 | USA | Washington D.C. | ⇒ Vivian Girls |
| Chain Gang | 1977 | USA | New York | AKA El Chain Gang |
| Chain of Command | 1979 | USA | Liverpool | |
| Chain Reaction | 1966 | USA | Yonkers, New York | |
| Chainsaw Masochist | 1989 | New Zealand | ||
| Chakachas | 1958 | Belgium | ||
| Chalice | 1979 | Jamaica | ||
| Challengers | 1962 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Chameleons | 1980 | UK | Manchester | |
| Champion | 2004 | Canada | Quebec | AKA DJ Champion |
| Champs | 1957 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Chan Romero | 1959 | USA | Montana | |
| Chance Operation | 1980 | Japan | ||
| Chancha Via Circuito | 2007 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
| Chandler Travis | 1992 | USA | ⇒ Go Go Gorillas | |
| Chandra | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Changin' Tymes (1) | 1968 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Changing Tymes (2) | 1967 | USA | Virginia | |
| Chango | 1972 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Channel 3 | 1980 | USA | California | |
| Chanpen Sirithep | 1970 | Thailand | ||
| Chantal Goya | 1964 | France | Paris | Born in Vietnam |
| Chantal Kelly | 1965 | France | Marseille | |
| Chantays | 1961 | USA | California | |
| Chant | 1982 | Belgium | ||
| Chants (1) | 1966 | USA | Texas | |
| Chants (2) | 1960 | USA | New York | |
| Chants R&B | 1964 | New Zealand | Christchurch | |
| Chaos U.K. | 1979 | UK | Bristol | |
| Chapa Mamba | 2009 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Chapelier Fou | 2009 | France | Metz | |
| Chapin Sisters | 2004 | USA | New York | |
| Chaparrals | 1958 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Chaps | 1966 | USA | Pine Bluff, Arkansas | |
| Charalambides | 1991 | USA | Houston, Texas | ⇒ Christina Carter ⇒ Heather Leigh Murray |
| Charivari | 2013 | UK | Bath | |
| Charlatans | 1989 | UK | Northwich | (AKA Charlatans U.K.) |
| Charles Bobuck | 2012 | USA | California | ⇒ Residents ⇒ Renaldo & the Loaf ⇒ Hardy Fox |
| Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band | 2002 | USA | Florida | ⇒ Menahan Street Band |
| Charles Caldwell | 2004 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Charles Fox | 1968 | USA | New York | |
| Charles Lembe & Son Orchestra | 1964 | Cameroon | ||
| Charles Lindbergh N.E.V. | 1983 | Germany | ||
| Charles Manier | 2002 | USA | Michigan | ⇒ Dabrye |
| Charles Sheffield | 1959 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Charlie & the Moonhearts | 2007 | USA | California | |
| Feater | 2013 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Charlie Feathers | 1955 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Charlie Megira & the Hefker Girl | 2001 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Charlie Pickett & the Eggs | 1981 | USA | Miami, Florida | |
| Charlie Slick | 2005 | USA | Michigan | |
| Charlie Starr | 1969 | USA | Buffalo, New York | |
| Charlotte Adigéry | 2016 | France | Narbonne | Based in Gent, Belgium ⇒ Bolis Pupul |
| Charlotte Day Wilson | 2012 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | 1984 | UK | London | |
| Charlotte Leclerc | 2020 | France | Paris | |
| Charlottes | 1988 | UK | Huntingdon | |
| Charms | 2002 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Charnier | 2015 | Belgium | Bruxelles | |
| Charolette Wood | 1968 | USA | California | ⇒ E-Types |
| Chase Canfil | 1959 | USA | ||
| Chasers | 1966 | USA | Colorado | |
| Chastity Belt | 2012 | USA | Seattle | |
| Chat Ours | 2009 | France | Saint-Etienne | |
| Chats | 2016 | Australia | Queensland | |
| Chatterbox | 1979 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Chawiwan Damnoen | 1993 | Thailand | ||
| Chayns | 1965 | USA | Sab Antonio, Texas | |
| Chaz & the Classics | 1965 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Cheap Freaks | 2008 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Cheap Time | 2006 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Cheater Slicks | 1987 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Bill Monster & the Cheater Slicks |
| Cheba Djenet (Djeba Djanet, Chabe Danet) | 2001 | Algeria | Oran | |
| Checkerlads | 1966 | Canada | Saskatchewan | |
| Checkers | 2003 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Cheena | 2014 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Cheepskates | 1983 | USA | New York | |
| Cheetah Chrome | 1979 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | ⇒ Dead Boys |
| Chefs | 1978 | UK | Brighton | AKA Skat |
| Cheick Hamala Diabate | 2007 | Mali | ||
| Cheifs | 1980 | USA | California | |
| Cheiron | 1985 | Netherlands | ||
| Chekarino Project | 2016 | Ukraine | Kiew | |
| Chelsea | 1976 | UK | London | |
| Chelsea Deadbeat Combo | 2014 | Switzerland | Herzogenbuchsee | |
| Chemical Brothers | 1995 | UK | Manchester | |
| Chemistry Set | 1981 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Chemtrails | 2010 | UK | London | |
| Chen Fen Lan (AKA Chen Fern Lan) | 1968 | Taiwan | ||
| Chen Yi | 1978 | UK | London | |
| Cherry Boys | 1981 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Cherry Glazerr | 2013 | USA | California | |
| Cherry Smash | 1967 | UK | Hampshire | |
| Cherubs | 1991 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Chesapeake Juke Box Band | 1972 | USA | New York | |
| Che-Shizu | 1981 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Chessie | 1993 | USA | Virginia | |
| Chessmen | 1965 | USA | Texas | |
| Chester Randle's Soul Sender's | 1968 | USA | ||
| Chesterfield Kings | 1979 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Chevalier Avant Garde | 2011 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Chevelle V | 1963 | USA | Abilene, Texas | |
| Chevelles | 1989 | Australia | Perth | |
| Cheveu | 2007 | France | Paris | |
| Chew Yan & the Stylers | 1962 | Singapore | ||
| Chewee | 1996 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Chewers | 2010 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Cheynes | 1963 | UK | ⇒ Mick Fleetwood | |
| Chia Pet | 1992 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Chicaloyoh | 2010 | France | Nantes | |
| Chicken Shack | 1964 | UK | Stourbridge | |
| Chickens | 2003 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Chicks On Speed | 1997 | Germany | München | ⇒ Anat Ben-David |
| Chief Kamachi & the Ju Ju Mob | 2005 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Chik White | 2014 | Canada | Nova Scotia | |
| Childbirth | 2014 | USA | Seattle | |
| Children In Adult Jails | 1986 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Children of Bodom | 1993 | Finland | Espoo | |
| Children of the Night | 1967 | USA | ||
| Children's Hospital | 2008 | USA | Seattle | |
| Chills | 1980 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Chimes of Freedom | 1968 | USA | Scotia, New York | |
| China Crisis | 1979 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Chinese Religion | 1981 | UK | Merseyside | |
| Chinese Stars | 2003 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Chingon | 2003 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Chino Amobi | 2014 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | ⇒ Elysia Crampton & Chino Amobi |
| Chips & Co. | 1965 | USA | Trenton, New Jersey | AKA Chips & Company |
| Chips For the Poor | 2005 | UK | London | |
| Chit Chat | 2011 | USA | Ann Arbor, Michigan | |
| Chiwoniso | 1998 | USA | Olympia, Washington | Based in Zimbabwe |
| Chloé | 2002 | France | Paris | Real Name: Chloé Thevenin |
| Chob | 1967 | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Chocolat | 2007 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Chocolat Billy | 2002 | France | Bordeaux | |
| Chocolate Tunnel | 1967 | USA | Bakersfield, California | |
| Chocolate USA | 1989 | USA | Tampa, Florida | |
| Chocolate Light Bulbs | 1969 | USA | ||
| Chocolate Watch Band | 1965 | USA | California | AKA Chocolate Watchband. Not to be confounded with the UK band of the same name |
| Choir (AKA Mods 1) | 1966 | USA | Ohio | ⇒ Mods (1) |
| Chokebore | 1993 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Chopper Chicks | 1998 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Chris & Cosey | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ Throbbing Gristle ⇒ Psychic TV ⇒ Coil ⇒ Cosey Fanni Tutti ⇒ Chris Carter |
| Chorusing | 2021 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Chris Brokaw | 2001 | USA | New York | Based in Boston, later Seattle ⇒ Codeine ⇒ Come |
| Chris Carter | 1980 | UK | London | ⇒ Throbbing Gristle ⇒ Chris & Cosey ⇒ Cosey Fanni Tutti ⇒ Ian Boddy & Chris Carter |
| Chris Corsano | 2002 | USA | New York | Drummer with many bands |
| Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band | 2013 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Chris Fraser | 1989 | UK | Bournemouth | ⇒ Unrest Work & Play |
| Chris Heazlewood | 1990 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Chris Hodge | 1972 | UK | ||
| Chris Joss | 2004 | France | La Rochelle | |
| Chris Moffa & the Competition | 1981 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Chris Morgan & the Togas | 1965 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Chris Newman | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Chris Yates | 1977 | USA | ||
| Chrisma (AKA Krisma) | 1976 | Italy | Milano | 1976-1980 Chrisma, then Krisma |
| Christian Death | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Mephisto Walz ⇒ Carcrash International |
| Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah | 2003 | USA | New Orleans | Based in New York |
| Christiane Felscherinow | 1982 | Germany | Hamburg | AKA Christiane F. |
| Christina Carter | 2001 | USA | Houston, Texas | ⇒ Charalambides |
| Christina LaRocca | 2010 | USA | Staten Island NY | |
| Christine 23 Onna | 1993 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Christine Irizarry | 2016 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Christophe | 1965 | France | ||
| Chromatics | 2001 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Soiled Doves |
| Chrome | 1976 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Damon Edge ⇒ Helios Creed |
| Chrome Cranks | 1988 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Chrome Dome | 2009 | Australia | Brunswick, Victoria | |
| Chrome Reverse | 2015 | France | Paris | |
| Chron Gen | 1977 | UK | Hertfordshire | |
| Chronic Tendencies | 2003 | USA | ||
| Chronophage | 2017 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Chubbies | 1994 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Chuck Berry | 1955 | USA | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Chuck Violence | 2005 | Brazil | ||
| Chud | 1985 | Germany | ||
| Chumbawamba | 1982 | UK | Leeds | ⇒ Danbert Nobacon |
| Church | 1980 | Australia | Canberra | ⇒ Steve Kilbey ⇒ Baby Grande |
| Churchill's | 1965 | Isreal | ||
| Chutima Duang Porn | 1960-ies | Thailand | ||
| Chymes | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| CIA Débutante | 2016 | France | ||
| Ciaran Harte | 1980 | UK | Northampton | ⇒ Religious Overdose |
| Cibelle | 2003 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Cibo Matto | 1994 | USA | New York | ⇒ Miss Information ⇒ Miho Hatori |
| Cicadelics | 1967 | USA | Angleton, Texas | |
| Ciccone Youth | 1986 | USA | New York | ⇒ Sonic Youth ⇒ Lee Ranaldo ⇒ Kim Gordon |
| Cidadao Instigado | 1994 | Brazil | Fortaleza | |
| Cigarettes (1) | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Cigarettes (2) | 1979 | UK | Lincolnshire | |
| Cindy & the Barbi Dolls | 1979 | UK | Cornwall | |
| Cindy Lee | 2012 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Cindy Wilson | 2016 | USA | Athens, Georgia | ⇒ B 52's |
| Cindytalk | 1982 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Cinecyde | 1977 | USA | New York | |
| Cinema 90 | 1981 | USA | Seattle | |
| Cinema Red & Blue | 2009 | USA | New York | ⇒ Comet Gain ⇒ Crystal Stilts |
| Cinema Strange | 1998 | USA | Camarillo, California | |
| Cinematics | 2003 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Circa Tapes | 2013 | USA | Detroit | |
| Circle | 1991 | Finland | Pori | ⇒ Falcon |
| Circle Jerks | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Black Flag ⇒ Redd Kross ⇒ Bad Religion |
| Circle of Ouroborus | 2004 | Finland | Tampere | |
| Circle X | 1978 | USA | New York | Formed in Louisville, Kentucky |
| Circles | 1983 | Germany | Eppstein, Hessen | |
| Circuit 7 | 1984 | UK | Exeter | |
| Circuit des Yeux | 2007 | USA | Indiana | |
| Circuit Diagram | 2014 | Germany | Berlin/Hamburg | |
| Circuit Rider | 1980 | USA | Westport, Connecticut | |
| Circus 2000 | 1970 | Italy | Torino | |
| Circus Mort | 1979 | USA | New York | ⇒ Michael Gira ⇒ Swans ⇒ Angels of Light |
| Cirkit | 1968 | USA | Indiana | |
| Citizen Cope | 1992 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Citizen UK | 1979 | UK | Lancashire | ⇒ Pathetix |
| Citron Citron | 2022 | Switzerland | Genève | |
| Citrus Groove | 1991 | USA | ||
| City Center | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| City of Caterpillar | 2000 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| City Ram Waddy | 1979 | Australia | ⇒Screaming Abdabs | |
| City Yelps | 2013 | UK | Cardiff, Wales | |
| Civic | 2017 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Clair | N/A | UK | https://southspecific2020.bandcamp.com/track/121-clair-love-has | |
| Clair Obscur | 1981 | France | Creil, Picardie | |
| Claire Hamill | 1971 | UK | Port Clarence | |
| Claire Welles | 2008 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Clan of Xymox | 1983 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | In the beginning AKA Xymox |
| Clang | 2109 | USA | Tampa, Florida | |
| Clap | 1972 | USA | California | |
| Clapham South Escalators | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ Metors ⇒ Legendary Raw Deal ⇒ Tall Boys |
| Clara Engel | 2004 | Canada | Toronta | AKA Avi C. Engel |
| Clara Mondshine | 1981 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Clara Rockmore | 1977 | Lithuania | ||
| Clarika | 1993 | France | Boulogne-Billancourt | |
| Clash | 1976 | UK | London | |
| Class | 2022 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Class Action | 1984 | USA | ||
| Class Assassins | 2000 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Class Info | 1983 | Canada | Winnipeg | |
| Classical | 2015 | USA | Berkeley, California | |
| Classical M | 1967 | France | ||
| Classics IV (ft. Dennis Yost) | 1962 | USA | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Classix Nouveaux | 1979 | UK | London | ⇒ X-Ray Spex |
| Claude Bolling | 1966 | France | Cannes | |
| Claude Fontaine | 2019 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Claude Perraudin | 1976 | France | Paris | |
| Claude VonStroke | 2005 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | Based in California |
| Claudette et Ti Pierre | 1978 | Haiti | ||
| Claudette McLean (AKA Nana McLean) | 1971 | Jamaica | ||
| Claudine Chirac | 1982 | Italy | Firenze | ⇒ Grauzone |
| Claudio Veeraragoo | 1964 | Mauritius | ||
| Claudine Clark | 1958 | USA | Georgia | |
| Claw Hammer | 1986 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Clay Allison | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Opal ⇒ Kendra Smith ⇒ Hope Sandoval |
| Clayface | 1992 | USA | ||
| Clean | 1978 | New Zealand | Dunedin | ⇒ Hamish Kilgour ⇒ Sundae Painters |
| Clear | 1981 | Netherlands | Schagerbrug | ⇒ Wild Havana |
| Clear Light | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Brain Train |
| Clears | 1997 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Lost Sounds, Nervous Patterns |
| Cleopatras | 2000 | Italy | Toscana | |
| Cliché | 2013 | France | ||
| Click | 1967 | USA | AKA Click Horning | |
| Click Click | 1982 | UK | Luton | |
| Client | 2001 | IL | Rotherham, South Yorkshire | |
| Clientele | 1997 | UK | Hampshire | |
| Clinic | 1997 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Pure Morning |
| Clint Eastwood | 1978 | Jamaica | ||
| Clique | 1966 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Clit Cops | 1997 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Clive Pig (AKA Clive Pig & the Hopeful Chinamen) | 1976 | UK | St. Albans, Hertfordshire | |
| Cloak | 2016 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Clock DVA | 1978 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Clockcleaner | 2004 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Clockwork Orange | 1967 | USA | Kentucky | |
| Clothesline Revival | 2002 | USA | ||
| Cloud Nothings | 2009 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Cloudland Canyon | 2002 | Germany | Darmstadt | |
| Cloudwalkers | 1965 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Clover | 1946 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Clown Alley | 1986 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Club Foot Orchestra | 1983 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Clue | 1966 | USA | Midland, Texas | |
| Cluster Cluster & Eno |
1971 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Moebius ⇒ Roedelius ⇒ Conrad Schnitzler ⇒ Brian Eno |
| Clutters | 2001 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Clyde & the Nightswingers | 1967 | USA | ||
| C'mon & Kypski | 2002 | Netherlands | Utrecht | |
| Coachmen | 1977 | USA | Arkansas | AKA Little Rock Coachmen |
| Coachmen V | 1965 | USA | Houston, Texas | ⇒ Moving Sidewalks ⇒ Neal Ford & the Fanatics |
| Coal Porters | 1990 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Coamb | 2014 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Coasters | 1955 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Coastliners | 1964 | USA | Baytown, Texas | |
| Coathangers | 2006 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Cobra Killer | 1998 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Trost |
| Cobra Verde | 1994 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Cobras | 1966 | USA | Illinois | |
| Cochemea Gastelum | 2010 | USA | New York | ⇒ Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings |
| Cochonne | 2019 | USA | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Coco Hames | 2016 | USA | Memphis Tennessee | ⇒ Ettes |
| CocoRosie | 2003 | France | Paris | Based in Brooklyn NY |
| Cococoma | 2005 | USA | Chicago | |
| Cocoon | 1985 | Germany | ||
| Coctails | 1988 | USA | Chicago | |
| Cocteau Twins | 1980 | UK | Grangemouth, Scotland | ⇒ Drowning Craze |
| Codeine | 1989 | USA | New York | ⇒ Chris Browaw |
| Cody Brant | 2015 | USA | Las Vegas | |
| Coffin Break | 1987 | USA | Seattle | |
| Coffin Daggers | 1998 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Coffin Nails | 1985 | UK | London | |
| Coil | 1983 | UK | London | ⇒ Throbbing Gristle ⇒ Psychic TV ⇒ Chris & Cosey ⇒ Cosey Fanni Tutti ⇒ Current 93 ⇒ Genesis P Orridge ⇒ Dave Ball ⇒ Drew McDowell ⇒ UUUU ⇒ Drew McDowell |
| Coitus Int. | 1980 | Netherlands | Utrecht | ⇒ Phones |
| Cola Freaks | 2007 | Denmark | Arhus | |
| Cold Beat | 2013 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Cold Cave | 2008 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Cold Dance | 1984 | UK | Yorkshire | |
| Cold Dice | 2019 | USA | New York | |
| Cold Dogs In the Courtyard | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Cold In May | 2011 | Belarus | Minsk | |
| Cold Phoenix | 1985 | Italy | Bologna | |
| Cold Sun | 1993 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Coldcut | 1987 | UK | London | |
| Colder | 2003 | France | Paris | |
| Colder Children | 1968 | USA | New York | |
| Coldreams | 1984 | France | Montpellier | |
| Colette Magny | 1963 | France | Paris | |
| Colin Newman | 1980 | UK | Salisbury | ⇒ Wire ⇒ Githead |
| Colin Potter | 1980 | UK | York | ⇒ Nurse With Wound |
| Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld | 2009 | USA/Canada | Ann Arbor, Michigan/Vancouver Island | |
| Coliseum | 2003 | USA | ||
| Collapsing New People | 2002 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Collapsing Scenery | 2015 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Collate | 2017 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Colleen | 2002 | France | Based in Spain | |
| Collins Kids | 1955 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Colobockies | 2011 | Japana | ||
| Colombey | 2013 | France | Saint-Dizier | |
| Colony | 1966 | USA | Ventura, California | |
| Colorblind James Experience | 1980 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Colors Out of Time | 1977 | UK | Crewe, Cheshire | |
| Colour Radio | 1982 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Colourbox | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Colourfield | 1983 | UK | Manchester | AKA Colour Field |
| Comas | 1998 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Comateens | 1978 | USA | New York | |
| Combichrist | 2003 | Norway | Fredrikstad | |
| Combinations | 1968 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Combo Audio | 1980 | USA | Illinois | |
| Combo Chimbita | 2014 | Colombia | Based in New York | |
| Combo Daguerre | 2024 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Come | 1990 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Chris Brokaw ⇒ Thalia Zedek (Band) |
| Come On | 1976 | USA | New York | |
| Come-Ons | 1999 | USA | Detroit | |
| Comet Control | 2014 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Comet Gain | 1994 | UK | London | ⇒ Cinema Red & Blue ⇒ Projects |
| Comets On Fire | 1999 | USA | Santa Cruz, California | |
| Comforter2 | 2023 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Common Cold | 2016 | UK | Preston | |
| Common Language | 1989 | USA | Seattle | |
| Common People | 1964 | USA | California | |
| Commons Ltd. | 1966 | USA | Chicago | |
| Communiqué | 1995 | USA | ||
| Company of State | 1983 | Belgium | ||
| Compulsion | 1990 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Computergirl | 1998 | Norway | ||
| Comsat Angels | 1978 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Comus | 1968 | UK | Bromley, Kent | |
| Conceal | 2005 | Japan | ||
| Concept | 1976 | Canada | AKA Human Adventist Concept | |
| Concern | 1973 | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Concrete | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Concrete Blonde | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Dream 6 |
| Concretes | 1995 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Concussions | s2004 | USA | Grand Rapids, Michigan | |
| Coneheads (1) | 1986 | Australia | ||
| Coneheads (2) | 2014 | USA | Indiana | |
| Confession of Sin | 1982 | UK | ||
| Conflict | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Connoisurs | 1963 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Conrad Schnitzler & Dompteur Mooner Conrad & Gregor Schnitzler |
1971 | Germany | Düsseldorf | ⇒ Tangerine Dream ⇒ Cluster ⇒ Berlin Express ⇒ Big Robot & Conrad Schnitzler |
| Consolidated | 1988 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Constant Mongrel | 2010 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ School of Radiant Living |
| Constant Smiles | 2009 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Constantines | 1999 | Canada | Ontario | |
| Contemporaries | 1966 | USA | Delaware | |
| Continental Crawler | 1977 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Contortions | 1977 | USA | New York | AKA James Chance & the Contortions ⇒ James White & the Blacks ⇒ Teenage Jesus & the Jerks ⇒ Implog |
| Contrepoison | 2010 | Canada | Montreal | ⇒ Akitsa |
| Contributors | 2017 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Spray Paint ⇒ Dan Melchior |
| Control Freaks | 2017 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Control Machete | 1995 | Mexico | Monterrey | |
| Control Top | 2015 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Controlled Bleeding | 1978 | USA | Boston | Based in New York |
| Conway Twitty | 1957 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Cookie Jackson | 1961 | USA | ||
| Cool It Reba | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Cool Jerks | 1999 | Germany | Bremen | |
| Coolrunnings | 2010 | USA | Knoxville, Tennessee | |
| Cooly G | 2008 | UK | London | |
| Cop Shoot Cop | 1987 | USA | New York | |
| Copy | 2006 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Coral | 1996 | UK | Hoylake, Wirral Peninsula | ⇒ Zutons ⇒ Serpent Power (2) |
| Coralie Clément | 2001 | France | Villefranche-sur-Saône | |
| Cordials | 1967 | USA | Arizona | |
| Cordova Cordova Academy Glee Club |
2004 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Cords (1) | 1970 | USA | Wisconsin | |
| Cords (2) | 1990 | Netherlands | ||
| Cords (3) | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Corinne Bailey Rae | 2005 | UK | Leeds | |
| Corki Ray & Audiofaze | 1963 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Cornell Campbell | 1961 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Corolla DeVille | 2006 | USA | Boston | |
| Corporation of One | 1988 | USA | Bronx NY | |
| Corpses As Bedmates | 1984 | USA | Denver | ⇒ Hail |
| Corpus Delicti | 1993 | France | Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Corrosive Crowd | 1980 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Corsairs | 1984 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Corteche | 1986 | Sweden | ||
| Cortex | 1980 | Sweden | Götheborg | |
| Cortney Tidwell | 2005 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Corvairs | 1978 | USA | Boulder, Colorado | |
| Corvettes | 1962 | USA | Indiana | |
| Cosey Fanni Tutti | 1983 | UK | Hull | ⇒ Throbbing Gristle ⇒ Psychic TV ⇒ Chris & Cosey ⇒ Coil ⇒ Current 93 ⇒ Genesis P Orridge ⇒ Dave Ball ⇒ Drew McDowell ⇒ Chris Carter |
| Cosmesi | 2018 | Italy | ||
| Cosmetics | 2010 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Cosmic Analog Ensemble | 2011 | France | Based in Nairobi | |
| Cosmic Horse | 2010 | USA | Honolulu | |
| Cosmic Overdose | 1978 | Sweden | Göteborg | ⇒ Lars Falk ⇒ Twice A Man |
| Cosmic Psychos | 1982 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Cosmic Range | 2014 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Cosmic Rock Show | 1968 | USA | Duluth, Minnesota | |
| Cosmo Sheldrake | 2014 | UK | London | |
| Cosmonauts | 2010 | USA | Fullerton, California | |
| Cosmopolitans | 1979 | USA | New York | |
| Couch Flambeau | 1981 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Couch Slut | 2013 | USA | New York | |
| Count Bishops | 1975 | UK | London | ⇒ Cannibals |
| Count Five | 1964 | USA | California | |
| Count Indigo | 1995 | UK | London | |
| Count Vertigo | 1979 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Count Viglione | 1976 | USA | Massachusetts | AKA The Count |
| Countdown 5 | 1965 | USA | Galveston, Texas | |
| Counter Intuits | 2013 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Countershaft | 2004 | USA | ||
| Country Gentlemen (AKA Little Frankie & the Country Gentlemen | 1963 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Little Frankie |
| Country Joe & the Fish | 1965 | USA | Berkeley, California | ⇒ Country Joe McDonald |
| Country Joe McDonald | 1965 | USA | Berkeley, California | ⇒ Country Joe & the Fish |
| Country Teasers | 1993 | UK | Edinburg, Scotland | ⇒ Male Nurse ⇒ Rebel ⇒ Stallion |
| Country Westerns | 2016 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Coup | 1990 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Coupe de Villes | 1985 | USA | Kentucky | |
| Coupons (AKA Cupons) | 1962 | USA | California | |
| Courage of Lassie | 1982 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Courettes | 2015 | Denmark | Aalborg | AKA Fabulous Courettes |
| Cours Lapin | 2009 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | ⇒ Asger Baden ⇒ Peder |
| Courtneys | 2010 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Couteau Latex | 2016 | Switzerland | Geneva | |
| Cousen Brothers | 1971 | Singapore | ||
| Coven | 1986 | USA | Detroit | |
| Covenant (AKA Kovenant) | 1994 | Norway | Bergen | |
| Cover Girls | 1963 | USA | ||
| Cowbells | 2009 | UK | Stoke Newington | |
| Cowboy Junkies | 1985 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Cowboy Killers | 1987 | UK | Newport, Wales | |
| Cowboys From Outerspace | 1997 | France | Marseille | ⇒ Lucas Trouble |
| Cowboys International | 1979 | UK | ||
| Cozmic Corridors | 1996 | Germany | ||
| CPC Gangbangs | 2005 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Crabby Appleton | 1970 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Crack | 1976 | USA | ||
| Crack Pipes | 1995 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Crack Und Ultra Eczema | 2005 | France | ||
| Craig Leon | 1981 | USA | ||
| Cramps | 1976 | USA | New York | ⇒ Divine Horsemen |
| Cranes | 1985 | UK | Portsmouth | |
| Crash (1) | 1985 | USA | New York | |
| Crash (2) | 2009 | France | Paris | ⇒ Ruth ⇒ Ilitch ⇒ Breaking Point ⇒ NLTM |
| Crash Course In Science | 1979 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Crash Normal | 1996 | France | Paris | |
| Crass | 1977 | UK | Epping, Essex | |
| Craven Faults | 2017 | UK | ||
| Crawling Chaos | 1979 | UK | Newcastle | ⇒ Blonde Etheopian |
| Crawling With Tarts | 1983 | USA | California | |
| C-Rayz Walz | 1999 | USA | Bronx NY | |
| Crazed | 2008 | Greece | Thessaloniki | |
| Crazy Cats | 1955 | Japan | ||
| Crazy Elephant | 1969 | USA | ⇒ Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus | |
| Crazy Hearts | 1982 | USA | ||
| Crazy Horse | 1962 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Neil Young & the Crazy Horse ⇒ Rockets |
| Crazy House | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Crazy Pages | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Crazy Squeeze | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Cream | 1966 | UK | London | ⇒ Ginger Baker ⇒ Derek & the Dominos |
| Cream Abdul Babar | 1994 | USA | Tallahassee, Florida | |
| Creamers | 1986 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Creation Factory | 2015 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Creation Rebel Creation Rebel & New Age Steppers |
1977 | UK | ⇒ New Age Steppers | |
| Creations (1) | 1964 | UK | ||
| Creations (2) | 1961 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Creations Unlimited | 1971 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Creatures (1) | 1987 | USA | Pennsylvania | ⇒ Creatures of the Golden Dawn ⇒ Original Sins |
| Creatures (2) | 1981 | UK | ⇒ Siouxsie & the Banshees | |
| Creatures of Habit | 1981 | UK | Barnsley | ⇒ Silent Scream (2) |
| Creatures of the Golden Dawn | 1985 | USA | Pennsylvania | ⇒ Creatures (1) |
| Credentials | 2018 | USA | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Credit 00 | 2012 | Germany | Leipzig | |
| Creeping Nobodies | 2001 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Creeps | 1982 | Sweden | Almhult | |
| Creepshow | 2005 | Canada | Burlington, Ontario | |
| Crème de Hassan | 2017 | USA | New York | |
| Creme Soda | 1972 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Crème Solaire | 2019 | Switzerland | Fribourg | |
| Creo | 2009 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Crescent | 1993 | UK | Bristol | |
| Crewd | 1983 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Crime (1) | 1976 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Crime (2) | 1978 | UK | Durham | |
| Crime & the City Solution | 1977 | Australia | Sydney | ⇒ Mick Harvey, Troy Gregory & the Stepsisters, Rowland S. Howard, Harry Howard |
| Crimson Iguanandon | 1991 | UK | London | |
| Crimson Scarlet | 2011 | USA | Santa Barbara, California | |
| Crimson Shadows | 1985 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Crippled Pilgrims | 1984 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Cripure S.A. | 1985 | France | Grenoble | |
| Crispy Ambulance | 1977 | UK | Manchester | |
| Cristina | 1974 | USA | New York | |
| Croatian Amor & Lust For Youth | 2011 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Crocodiles | 2008 | USA | San Diego | ⇒ Kate Clover |
| Croissants | 2010 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Cromagnon | 1969 | USA | New York | |
| Cromm Fallon | 2018 | USA | Las Vegas | ⇒ Laissez Fairs |
| Crooked Necks | 2009 | USA | Virgina | |
| Croox | 1980 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Crop Circle | 1996 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Cross Record | 2010 | USA | Texas | |
| Crossed Wire | 1986 | USA | Detroit | |
| Crossfires | 1963 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Turtles |
| Crossroads | 1982 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Cro-Tones | 1980 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Cathy La Crème |
| Crow Crash Radio | 2012 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Crow Tongue | 2006 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Crown of Thorns | 1982 | UK | Hertfordshire | |
| Crown the Invisible | 2013 | USA | New York | |
| Crown Vics | 2006 | USA | ||
| Crucibles | 1966 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Crucifix | 1980 | USA | Berkeley, California | |
| Crucifucks | 1982 | USA | Lansing, Michigan | |
| Cruella De Ville | 1982 | UK | Belfast | |
| Crumbs | 2015 | UK | Leeds | |
| Crusaders of Love | 2008 | France | Lille | |
| Crustation | 1994 | UK | Bristol | |
| Cryptic Soup | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Crystal Antlers | 2006 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Crystal Castles | 2003 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Crystal Chandelier | 1968 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Crystal Stilts | 2003 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Cinema Red & Blue |
| Crystalaugur | 1972 | USA | ||
| C-Schulz | 1989 | Germany | Köln | |
| Csermanek Lakotelep | 2005 | Hungary | ||
| Cub | 1992 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Cubby Preachers | 2010 | USA | ||
| Cucumbers | 1983 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Cul-De-Sac | 1990 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Glenn Jones |
| Cult | 1984 | UK | London | ⇒ Death Cult ⇒ Southern Death Cult |
| Cult Hero | 1979 | USA | ||
| Cult of Youth | 2006 | USA | Brooklyn NY | Based in Berlin, Germany |
| Cultural Amnesia | 1979 | UK | ||
| Cultural Decay | 1980 | Belgium | Leuven | |
| Cultural Roots | 1978 | Jamaica | ||
| Culturcide | 1980 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Culture | 1976 | Jamaica | ||
| Culver Street Playground | 1967 | USA | ||
| Cumgirl8 | 2020 | USA | New York | |
| Cuntz | 2011 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Curd Duca | 1992 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Cure | 1976 | UK | Crawley, West Sussex | ⇒ Glove |
| Cured Pink | 2010 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Curlee Wurlee | 1998 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Curly Davis & the Uniques | 1960-ies | USA | ||
| Curlew | 1979 | USA | New York | |
| Current 93 Current 93 & HöH |
1982 | UK | London | ⇒ Coil ⇒ Nurse With Wound ⇒ |
| Current Affairs | 2016 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Current Obsessions | 1982 | UK | Caerdydd, Wales | |
| Curs | 2005 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Curse Ov Dialect | 1994 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Cursor Minor | 2000 | UK | West Sussex | |
| Curtis Gondino | 2022 | USA | New York | |
| Curtis Knight & the Squires (ft. Jimi Hendrix) | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Curtis Mayfield | 1970 | USA | Georgia | |
| Curve | 1960 | UK | London | |
| Curved Air | 1969 | UK | London | |
| Cutaways | 1963 | USA | Bellaire, Ohio | |
| Cutbacks | 1990 | Norway | ||
| Cuts | 1997 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Cutting Edge | 1983 | UK | ||
| CW Jones | 2016 | UK | London/Bristol | |
| Cyan Revue | 1984 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Cyberbully Mom Club | 2014 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Cybotron | 1981 | USA | Detroit | |
| Cycle | 1968 | UK | Middlesborough | Originally named Psycle |
| Cycle Sluts From Hell | 1991 | USA | New York | AKA Psycho Sluts From Hell |
| Cyclic Amp | 1986 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Cyclone | 1989 | Italy | Rome | |
| Cyclones (1) | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Cyclones (2) | 2002 | Sweden | ||
| Cyclops | 1991 | New Zealand | Dunedin | ⇒ Peter Jefferies |
| Cymbeline | 1965 | Sweden | Östergötlands Iän | |
| Cynics (1) | 1985 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Cynics (2) | 1966 | USA | Texas | |
| Cynthia Bhikharie | 1984 | Suriname | ||
| Cyrkle | 1965 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Cyrnai | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| D. Charles Speer & the Helix | 2006 | USA | Georgia | ⇒ No-Neck Blues Band |
| D. Stop | 1981 | France | ⇒ Les Visiteurs du Soir | |
| D. Watusi | 2011 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| D.C. Drifters | 1967 | USA | Minnesota | |
| D.O.A. | 1978 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| D.U.H. | 1980 | USA | New Jersey | |
| D.Y. & the Motivators | 1964 | USA | ||
| DA (DA!) | 1978 | USA | Chicago | |
| Da North Shore Surf Band | 2011 | USA | Hawaii | |
| Daara J | 1997 | Senegal | Dakar | |
| Dabrye | 2001 | USA | Michigan | ⇒ Charles Manier |
| DACM | 2002 | France | Grenoble | |
| Dada Tapes | 2016 | Greece | Thessaloniki | |
| Dadamah | 1991 | New Zealand | Christchurch | ⇒ Roy Montgomery |
| Dadawah | 1974 | Jamaica | Kingston | ⇒ Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus |
| Daddy Long Legs | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Daevid Allen Daevid Allen & Kramer Daevid Allen's University of Errors |
1970 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Gong ⇒ ⇒ Planet Gong New York Gong ⇒ Kramer |
| DAF (Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft) | 1978 | Germany | Düsseldorf | ⇒ Robert Görl ⇒ Mau Mau |
| Dag Vag | 1977 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Dagenites | 1965 | USA | Maryland | |
| Dagons | 1999 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Daily Terror | 1980 | Germany | Braunschweig | |
| Daily Void | 2007 | USA | Chicago | |
| Daisy Chain (1) | 1967 | USA | Fullerton, California | |
| Daisy Chain (2) | 1997 | USA | Detroit | |
| Daisy Chain (3) | 1988 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Daisy Chain (4) | 1995 | Italy | ||
| Dajat Inja (AKA Dayat Inya) | 1986 | Germany | Hildesheim | |
| Daktaris | 1998 | USA | New York | |
| Dalava | 2014 | USA | New York | |
| Dale Hawkins | 1956 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Dalek I | 1977 | UK | Liverpool | AKA Dalek I Love You |
| Dali Muru & the Polyphonic Swarm | 2021 | Belgium | ||
| Damaged Bug | 2014 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | ⇒ Bent Arcana ⇒Thee Oh Sees ⇒Ziegenbock-Kopf |
| Dame | 2015 | USA | Boston | |
| Dame Area | 2018 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Damian & the Criterions | 1982 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Naux (Naúx) | 1982 | USA | California | ⇒ Richard Hell & the Voidoids |
| Damned | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ Naz Nomad & the Nightmares |
| Damon | 1964 | USA | California | |
| Damon & Naomi | 1991 | USA | Boston | |
| Damon Edge | 1985 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Chrome ⇒ Helios Creed |
| Damtew Ayele | 1973 | Ethiopia | ||
| Dan Auerbach | 2009 | USA | Ohio | ⇒ Black Keys |
| Dan Deacon | 2003 | USA | West Babylon, New York | |
| Dan Green | 1997 | USA | ||
| Dan Melchior Dan Mechior's Broke Revue Dan Melchior Und Das Menace |
1998 | UK | Shepperton | ⇒ Lloyd Pack ⇒ Billy Childish & Dan Melchior ⇒ Contributors |
| Dan Sartain | 2001 | USA | Birmingam, Alabama | |
| Dana | 2014 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Dana Valser | 2016 | Switzerland | Lausanne | |
| Danbert Nobacon & Pink Valley Cosmonauts Dan Nobacon & the Bad Things |
1994 | UK | Newport, Monmouthshire | ⇒ Chumbawamba |
| Dance | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Dance Asthmatics | 2010 | New Zealand | Christchurch | |
| Dance Attack | 1980 | UK | ||
| Dance Disaster Movement | 2002 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Dancing Cigarettes | 1981 | USA | Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Dandelion (1) | 1979 | France | Belfort | |
| Dandelion (2) | 2013 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Dandi Wind | 2005 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Dandy Warhols | 1994 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| D'Angelo & Vanguard | 1995 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Danger Danger | 1989 | USA | Queens NY & Philadelphia | |
| Danger Mouse | 2002 | USA | New York | |
| Danger Roads | 1978 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Dangerous Birds | 1982 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Thalia Zedek (Band) |
| Dangerous Boys Club | 2010 | USA | California | AKA DBC ⇒ Antioch Arrow |
| Dangus Tarkus | 2014 | USA | ||
| Daniel Avery & the Deadstock 33s | 2012 | UK | London | |
| Daniel Carter | 1997 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Daniel O'Sullivan | 2017 | UK | Manchester | |
| Daniel Savio | 2006 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Daniela Casa | 1971 | Italy | Rome | |
| Daniele Brusaschetto | 1996 | Italy | Torino | |
| Daniele Ciullini | 1982 | Italy | Firenze | |
| Daniele Luppi | 2004 | Italy | Padova | Based in Los Angeles |
| Danielle Dax | 1983 | UK | Essex | ⇒ Lemon Kittens |
| Danielle de Picciotto | 2015 | Germany | Berlin | Origin USA |
| Danielson Family | 1994 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Danika Smith | 2011 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Danny Amis | 1982 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | ⇒ Raybeats ⇒ Los Straitjackets |
| Danny and the Darleans | 2011 | USA | Detroit | |
| Danny Cohen | 1961 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Danny Dell & the Trends | 1960 | USA | ||
| Danny Kalb & Stefan Grossman | 1964 | USA | ⇒ Blue Project | |
| Danny's Reasons | 1966 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Danse Society | 1981 | UK | Barnsley | |
| Dansettes | 2005 | USA | New York | ⇒ Nouvellas |
| Dantes | 1963 | USA | ||
| Danzig | 1987 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Daphne Lee Martin | 2013 | USA | ||
| Dara Puspita | 1966 | Indonesia | Surabaya | |
| Dares | 2017 | USA | New York | |
| Daringers (AKA Morgus & the Daringers) | 1964 | USA | Detroit | |
| Darius Denominator | 2024 | USA | ||
| Dark (1) | 1978 | UK | London | |
| Dark (2) | 1981 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Dark Awake | 2008 | Greece | ||
| Dark Carnival | 1984 | USA | Detroit | |
| Dark Carpet | 2017 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Dark Day | 1978 | USA | New York | AKA Robin Crutchfield's Dark Day ⇒ DNA (2) |
| Dark Fog | 2004 | USA | ||
| Dark Fortress | 1996 | Germany | Landshut | |
| Dark Horsemen | 1966 | USA | Florida | |
| Dark Rags | 2010 | USA | Athens | |
| Darkside | 2011 | USA | New York | |
| DarkSunn | 2000 | Portugal | Almada | |
| Darling Buds | 1986 | UK | Caerdydd, Wales | |
| Darlingchemicalia | 2011 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Darondo | 1970 | USA | California | |
| Darts | 2016 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | ⇒ Love Me Nots |
| Darude | 1999 | Finland | Turku | |
| Das Black Milk | 2007 | USA | Scranton, Pennsylvania | |
| Das Damen | 1984 | USA | New York | |
| Das Ding | 1982 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Das Kabinette | 1983 | UK | Blackpool | |
| Data Bank A | 1983 | USA | ||
| Datafreq | 2006 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Datapool | 2021 | USA | New York | |
| Datashock | 2003 | Germany | Saarlouis, Saarland | |
| Datura 4 | 2015 | Australia | Freemantle | |
| Dave Ball | 1983 | UK | Blackpool | ⇒ Soft Cell ⇒ Throbbing Gristle ⇒ Psychic TV ⇒ Coil |
| Dave Barker | 1969 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Dave Clark Five | 1958 | UK | London | |
| Dave Cloud Dave Cloud & the Gospel of Power |
1999 | USA | Nashville, Tennesse | |
| Dave Davani Four | 1965 | UK | London | |
| Dave Diddle Day | 1957 | USA | ⇒ Sonny Day/Daye, AKA Davey Day/Daye | |
| Dave Greenfield & J.J. Burnel | 1983 | UK | ⇒ Polyphonic Size | |
| Dave Savadge | N/A | N/A | ||
| Dave Soldier | 1990 | USA | ||
| Dave Starky Five | 1965 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Dave Van Ronk | 1959 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| David | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| David Attias | 2017 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| David Baron | 1986 | USA | Woodstock | |
| David Barron Band | 2011 | USA | Stafford | |
| David Borden | 1978 | USA | Boston | |
| David Boring | 2017 | China | Hong Kong | |
| David Bowie | 1967 | UK | London | |
| David Byrne David Byrne & Brian Eno |
1981 | USA | New York | ⇒ Talking Heads ⇒ Brian Eno |
| David Cunningham | 1977 | Ireland | Based in London | |
| David Essex | 1965 | UK | ||
| David Fenech | 1993 | France | Paris | |
| David Garland | 1985 | USA | New York | ⇒ Worlds of Love |
| David Harrow | 1983 | UK | ⇒ Jah Wobble | |
| David Hemmings | 1967 | UK | Surrey | |
| David Holmes | 1994 | UK | Northern Ireland | |
| David Kilgour | 1989 | New Zealand | Dunedin | ⇒ Bailter Space ⇒ Builders ⇒Clean ⇒ Great Unwashed ⇒Moles |
| David Lynch | 1982 | USA | Montana | ⇒ Dean Hurley |
| David McWilliams | 1966 | UK | Belfast | |
| David Microwave | 1980 | USA | California | |
| David Nance | 2012 | USA | Omaha, Nebraska | ⇒ Buildermash ⇒ Forbidden Tigers |
| David Suisman & the Hoof n'Mouth Sinfonia | 2005 | USA | New Jersey | |
| David Sylvian | 1978 | UK | London | |
| David Thomas & Foreigners | 2000 | USA | Miami | ⇒ Pere Ubu ⇒ David Thomas & the Pedestrians ⇒ David Thomas & Two Pale Boys |
| David Thomas & the Pedestrians | 1981 | USA | Miami | ⇒ Pere Ubu ⇒ David Thomas & Foreigners ⇒ David Thomas & Two Pale Boys |
| David Thomas & Two Pale Boys | 1996 | USA | Miami | ⇒ Pere Ubu ⇒ David Thomas & Foreigners ⇒ David Thomas & the Pedestrians |
| David Thomas Broughton | 2005 | UK | West Yorkshire | |
| David West | 2014 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Rat Columns |
| David Wrench | 1996 | UK | Bangor, Wales | |
| Davie Allan & the Arrows | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Daw Bandon (AKA Dao Bandong) | 2001 | Thailand | ||
| Dawn 5 | 1965 | USA | Indianapolis | |
| Dawson | 1988 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Day of the Dead | 2005 | Australia | Perth | |
| Daybed | 2010 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Daybreak | 1971 | USA | ||
| Dave Rave Conspiracy | 1992 | Canada | formerly erronously tagged as "Daybreak Conspiracy" | |
| Daybreakers | 1966 | USA | Iowa | |
| Days In Grief | 2001 | Germany | Köln | |
| Days of Sorrow | 1984 | Germany | ||
| Dazibao | 1983 | France | Paris | |
| Dazzling Killmen | 1990 | USA | St. Louis | |
| Db's | 1978 | USA | New York | |
| D-Day | 1983 | Japan | ||
| De Artsen | 1988 | Netherlands | Arnhem | ⇒ Bettie Serveert |
| De Facto | 1993 | USA | El Paso, Texas | ⇒ Mars Volta |
| De Froiz | 2016 | USA | ||
| De Keefmen | 2008 | Netherlands | Klazienaveen | ⇒ Miracle Men |
| De Maskers | 1965 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | Figured previously under "Maskers" |
| De Press | 1980 | Norway | Oslo | |
| De Rogue | 1982 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Dead Anyway | 2020 | UK | ||
| Dead Artist Syndrome (ft. Brian Healy) | 1990 | USA | California | |
| Dead Boys | 1989 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | ⇒ Cheetah Chrome ⇒ Rocket From the Tombs ⇒ Pere Ubu ⇒ Stiv Bators |
| Dead Brothers | 1998 | Switzerland | Geneva | ⇒ Delanay Davidson |
| Dead C | 1986 | New Zealand | Dunedin | ⇒ Righteous Yeah ⇒ Gate |
| Dead Can Dance | 1981 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Dead Cat In a Bag | 2010 | Italy | Torino | |
| Dead Channel | 2013 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Dead Combo | 2003 | Finland | ||
| Dead Folk | 2012 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Dead Ghosts | 2008 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Dead Gum | 2009 | Greece | Athens | |
| Dead Horse One | 2011 | France | Valence | |
| Dead Kennedys | 1978 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ East Bay Ray ⇒ Klaus Flouride ⇒ Witch Trials |
| Dead Man | 2004 | Sweden | Orebro | |
| Dead Man's Bones | 2009 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Dead Meadow | 1998 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Dead Men | 2003 | USA | ||
| Dead Milkmen | 1979 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Dead Moon | 1987 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Pierced Arrows |
| Dead Neighbours | 1982 | UK | Grangemouth, Scotland | ⇒ Lowlife |
| Dead Or Alive | 1980 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Nightmares In Wax |
| Dead Phones | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Dead Roses | 2010 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Dead Sea Apes | 2010 | UK | Manchester | |
| Dead Skeletons | 2010 | Iceland | Reykjavik | |
| Dead Sound | 2016 | Germany | Trier | |
| Dead Vibrations | 2015 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Dead Westerns | 2010 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Deadbeat | 2009 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Jessica Risker |
| Deadbolt | 1987 | USA | San Diego | |
| Deadfly Ensemble | 2005 | USA | New York | |
| Deadline Paranoia | 1986 | Netherlands | ||
| Deadly Ones | 1964 | USA | ||
| Dean & Britta | 2003 | USA | New York | ⇒ Dean Wareham ⇒ Luna |
| Dean Carter | 1964 | USA | Illinois | |
| Dean Dean & the Sex Machines | 2003 | USA | ||
| Dean Fraser | 1975 | Jamaica | ⇒ Roots Radics | |
| Dean Hurley | 2014 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ David Lynch |
| Dean Landew | 1992 | USA | New York | ⇒ Wild Kisses |
| Dean Wareham & Cheval Sombre | 1991 | New Zealand | Wellington | Based in Los Angeles ⇒ Luna ⇒ Dean & Britta |
| Deap Vally | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Dear Eloise | 2010 | China | Beijing | |
| Dearly Beloved | 1966 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Death | 1971 | USA | Detroit | |
| Death and the Maiden | 2015 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Death and Vanilla | 2007 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| Death By Unga Bunga | 2007 | Norway | Moss | |
| Death Cult | 1983 | UK | London | ⇒ Southern Death Cult ⇒ Cult ⇒ Ritual |
| Death Domain | 2008 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Death In June | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ Current 93 |
| Death of a Party | 2003 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Death SS | 1977 | Italy | Pesaro | ⇒ Paul Chain (Violet Theatre ⇒ Boohoos |
| Death Valley Girls | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Deathlist | 2016 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Deathly Fighter | 2010 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Débils | 1980 | Switzerland | Bienne | |
| Debris | 1975 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Débruit | 2006 | France | Paris | |
| Deca | 1986 | Italy | Savona | AKA Federico De Caroli |
| Decadence | 1982 | USA | Boston | |
| Decadent Few | 1984 | UK | London | |
| Decades | 1987 | France | Rouuen | |
| Decay | 1998 | Japan | ||
| Decayes | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| December's Children Ltd. | 1967 | USA | ||
| Deception Bay | 1988 | USA | Boston | |
| Dee Dee Sharp | 1960 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Deejay OM | 2003 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Deekay Jones | 1983 | USA | New York | |
| Deep | 1966 | USA | New York | ⇒ Freak Scene |
| Deep Eynde | 1992 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Deep Forest | 1991 | France | Arleux | |
| Deep Freeze Mice | 1979 | UK | Leicester | ⇒ Alan Jenkins ⇒ Ruth's Refrigerator |
| Deep Magic | 2009 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Deep Purple | 1968 | UK | ||
| Deep Six | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Deep Time | 2012 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Dee-Rangers | 1995 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Deerhoof | 1994 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Deerhunter | 2001 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Defect | 1983 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Defectors (1) | 1998 | Denmark | ||
| Defectors (2) | 1980 | UK | ||
| De-Fenders | 1963 | USA | ||
| Defiant 4 | 1966 | USA | ||
| Defibulators | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| Déficit Budgétaire | 2014 | France | Lyon | |
| Déficit des Années Antérieures (AKA DDAA) | 1975 | France | Caen, Normandie | |
| Degurutieni | 2006 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Deke Dickerson & the Trashmen | 1994 | USA | Missouri | ⇒ Untamed Youth |
| Del Fuegos | 1980 | USA | Boston | |
| Del Moroccos | 2008 | USA | Chicago | |
| Del Serfs | 1987 | USA | ||
| Delaney Davidson | 2007 | New Zealand | Based in Switzerland ⇒ Dead Brothers | |
| Del-Byzanteens | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Delerium | 1986 | Canada | Vancouver | ⇒ Noise Unit ⇒ Front Line Assembly |
| Deleted | 1978 | France | Lille | |
| Delfonics | 1966 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Delgados | 1995 | UK | Motherwell, Scotland | |
| Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom | 2003 | USA | New York | ⇒ Gavilán Rayna Russom |
| Delights | 1965 | USA | Delaware | |
| Delinquents | 1979 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Lester Bangs |
| Deliriants | 1981 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Deliverance Echos | 1971 | USA | ||
| Delivery | 2021 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Del-Lords | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Del-Vetts | 1963 | USA | Highland Park, Illinois | ⇒ Pride and Joy |
| Delmonas | 1984 | UK | Kent | ⇒ Ludella Black |
| Delmontes | 1979 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Delphian Complex | 2005 | UK | Bedfordshire | |
| Delphine | 1966 | Belgium | ||
| Delphine Dora | 2005 | France | Paris | |
| Delta | 1981 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Delta 16 | 1997 | Germany | ||
| Delta Five | 1978 | UK | Leeds | |
| Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio | 2017 | USA | Seattle | |
| Demands | 2000 | USA | New York | |
| Demented Are Go | 1982 | UK | Caerdydd, Wales | |
| Dementia 13 | 1985 | Australia | Brisbane | ⇒ Died Pretty - Not to be confounded with "Dimentia 13" |
| Demolition Doll Rods | 1994 | USA | Detroit | |
| Demon's Claws | 2003 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Den Sorte Skole | 2002 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Dendo Marionette | 1980 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Dengue Fever | 2001 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Denims | 1965 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Denis Mpunga & Paul K. | 2017 | Belgium/Congo | ||
| Denise James | 2001 | USA | Detroit | |
| Deniz Tek Deniz Tek & James Williamson |
1983 | USA | Michigan | ⇒ Visitors (1) ⇒ Radio Birdman ⇒ New Race |
| Denizens | 1978 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Dennis Brown Dennis Brown & Aswad |
1970 | Jamaica | Kingston | ⇒ Aswad |
| Dennis the Fox | 1975 | USA | Seattle | |
| Dennis Wilson | 1970 | USA | California | Members of the Beach Boys |
| Dennis Young | 2004 | USA | New York | |
| Denny & Kenny Duo | 1965 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Dentists | 1984 | UK | Chatham, Kent | |
| Dents | 1979 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | ⇒ Dream 286 |
| Deo Toy | 1983 | USA | California | |
| Department S | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Depeche Mode | 1980 | UK | Essex | ⇒ Martin Gore |
| Depth Affect | 2004 | France | Nantes | |
| Der Blaue Reiter (1) | 1980 | Italy | Milano | ⇒ State of Art |
| Der Blaue Reiter (2) | 2006 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Der Blutharsch | 1996 | Austria | Vienna | AKA Der Blutharsch & the Infinite Church of the Leading Hand ⇒ The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath the Clouds ⇒ White Hills & Der Blutharsch |
| Der böse Bub Eugen | 1983 | Switzerland | Schaffhause | |
| Der Demokratische Konsum | 1983 | Germany | Berlin (East) | |
| Der Herr Kam Über Sie | 1986 | Germany | Bremen | |
| Der Lustige Musikant (AKA Der Mußikant) | 1980 | Germany | Hamburg | AKA Der Ewige Musikant, Der Künftige Musikant et al. ⇒ Heute |
| Der Moderne Man | 1979 | Germany | Hannover | |
| Der Plan | 1979 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Der Verboten | 1985 | Germany | ||
| Deradoorian | 2009 | USA | California | |
| Deranged Diction | 1983 | USA | Missoula, Montana | |
| Derek & the Dominos | 1970 | USA | New York | ⇒ Cream |
| Derek Lyn Plastic | 2004 | USA | New York | |
| Derrick Harriott & the Crystalites | 1961 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Derrière Le Miroir | 1992 | Germany | ||
| Des Airs | 1981 | Belgium | ||
| Des Demonas | 2017 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Des Peres | 2004 | Australia | AKA Old Des Peres | |
| Desert Sessions | 1997 | USA | California | ⇒ Matt Berry ⇒ P.J. Harvey |
| Desert Sharks | 2013 | USA | New York | |
| Desi Roots | 1980 | Jamaica | ||
| Desire | 2009 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Desmond Dekker | 1962 | Jamaica | ||
| Desmond Simmons | 1981 | UK | Newbury | ⇒ Amorphons |
| Desperate Bicycles | 1977 | UK | London | |
| Destination Lonely | 2010 | France | ||
| Destiny's Children | 1966 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Destroy All Monsters | 1974 | USA | Ann Arbor, Michigan | |
| Destroy Boys | 2016 | USA | California | |
| Destroyed | 1977 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Joe Rainbow ⇒ Henry Kaiser |
| Destruction Unit | 2000 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | ⇒ Tropical Skin Byrds ⇒ Jay Reatard |
| Det Elektriske Kjøkken | 1980 | Norway | Trondheim | ⇒ Lister |
| Det Glade Vanvidd | 1984 | Norway | Trondheim | |
| Details | 1965 | Germany | Frankfurt | |
| Details At Eleven | 1985 | USA | New York | |
| Detective | 1982 | France | Lyon | |
| Detention | 1983 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Detroit Cobras | 1994 | USA | Detroit | ⇒ Kenny Tudrick |
| Deuce Coupes | 1963 | USA | ||
| Deuter | 1971 | Germany | ||
| Deux | 1983 | France | Lyon | |
| Deux Baleines Blanches | 1985 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Devendra Banhart | 2002 | USA | Houston, Texas | ⇒ Angels of Light ⇒ Vetiver |
| Deviants | 1967 | UK | London | ⇒ Mick Farren & the Deviants ⇒ Larry Wallis |
| Devil Nation | 1986 | UK | ||
| Devilles | 1965 | USA | Duluth, Minnesota | |
| Devils | 2015 | Italy | Napoli | |
| Devil's Picnic | 1983 | France | Paris | |
| Devin Gary & Ross | 2011 | USA | ||
| Devin Leigh | 2016 | USA | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Devin Shaffer | 2016 | USA | Chicago | |
| Devo | 1972 | USA | Akron, Ohio | |
| Devon Irons | 1975 | Jamaica | ||
| Devon Pearson | 1991 | USA | ||
| Devon Rexi | 2022 | Netherlands | ||
| Dew Claw | 2006 | USA | Camas, Washington | ⇒ Hypnolovewheel |
| Dexateens | 1998 | USA | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | ⇒ Taylor Hollingsworth |
| Dexter Britain | 2012 | UK | St. Albans, Hertfordshire | |
| Dexter Romweber Dex Romweber Duo Dex Romweber Duo |
1992 | USA | North Carolina | ⇒ Flat Duo Jets |
| Dezerter (AKA Deuter) | 1981 | Poland | Warsaw | |
| DG 307 | 1973 | Czechia | Praha | |
| D-Generation | 1991 | USA | New York | |
| Diabolical Liberties | 2009 | UK | London | |
| Dialing In | 2005 | USA | Seattle | |
| Diamanda Galas Diamanda Galas & Paul Jones |
1979 | USA | San Diego | Based in New York |
| Diamatregon | 1997 | France | Grenoble | |
| Diamond Claw | 1984 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Diamond Joe | 1961 | USA | New Orelans | |
| Diamond Nights | 2003 | USA | New York | |
| Diamondheads | 2003 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Diana Dors | 1953 | UK | Swindon | |
| Diana Rogerson Diana Rogerson & Andrew Liles |
1985 | UK | London | ⇒ irr. app. (ext.) ⇒ Nurse With Wound ⇒ A Bad Diana ⇒ Andrew Liles |
| Diana Tribute | 2015 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Diane Marie Kloba | 2004 | USA | Chicago | |
| Diary of Dreams | 1989 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Diät | 2011 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Diatric Puds & The Blobbettes | 2004 | USA | ||
| Dick Dale & His Del-Tones | 1981 | USA | California | |
| Dick Marsh | 1960 | USA | Salt Lake City | ⇒ Sky Saxon, Seeds, Ya Ho Wha 13 AKA Ritchie Marsh |
| Dick Rivers | 1962 | France | Nice | |
| Dick Treadway Dick Treadway & the Salados |
1964 | USA | Texas | AKA Dicky Treadway |
| Dickens | 1971 | USA | New York | |
| Dickies | 1977 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Dickless | 1990 | USA | Seattle | |
| Dicks | 1980 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Dictaphone | 2009 | France | ||
| Didier Marouani Didier Marouani & Space |
1973 | France | Paris | |
| Die Antwoord | 2009 | South Africa | Cape Town | |
| Die Form (1) | 1977 | France | Bourg-en-Bresse | |
| Die Form (2) | 1981 | Italy | Monza | |
| Die Gesunden | 1982 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Die Haut Die Haut (ft. Lydia Lunch) Die Haut (ft. Nick Cave) |
1982 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Lydia Lunch ⇒ Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds |
| Die Klopferbande | 1981 | Germany | Selters, Hessen | |
| Die Krupps | 1980 | Germany | Düsseldorf | ⇒ Propaganda |
| Die letzten Ecken | 2020 | Berlin | Germany | ⇒ Schimmel über Berlin |
| Die Monster Die | 1992 | USA | Athens, Georgia | |
| Die Neue Prächtigkeit | 1980 | Germany | ||
| Die Radierer | 1980 | Germany | Limburg | ⇒ Wat? Sanitär! (Tom Dokoupil) |
| Die Synthetische Republik | 1982 | Germany | ||
| Die Traktor | 1995 | Germany | ||
| Die Unbekannten | 1981 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Die Weltraumforscher | 1981 | Switzerland | Oetwil am See | |
| Die Werkpiloten | 1981 | Germany | Nordrehin-Westfalen | |
| Die Wilde Jagd | 2015 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Die Zorros | 2002 | Switzerland | Bern/Zürich | ⇒ Reverend Beat Man |
| Died Pretty | 1984 | Australia | Sydney | ⇒ Dementia 13 |
| Diedel | 1982 | Germany | ||
| Dieter Meier | 1978 | Switzerland | Zürich | ⇒ Yello |
| Dieter Schütz | 1981 | Germany | Flensburg | |
| Dieterich & Barnes | 2017 | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Dif Juz | 1980 | USA | London | |
| Difference Engine | 1992 | USA | ||
| Different Fountains | 2009 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Digital Leather | 2002 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| DIIV | 2011 | USA | Brooklyn NY | AKA Dive ⇒ Beach Fossils |
| Dikes of Holland | 2009 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Dilip Roy | 1977 | India | ||
| Dillinger Escape Plan | 1997 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Mike Patton |
| Dilly Dally | 2009 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Dim Stars | 1991 | USA | New York | ⇒ Television ⇒ Richard Hell & the Voidoids ⇒ Thurston Moore |
| Dim-Dim | 1997 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Dimentia 13 | 1985 | USA | Ohio | Not to be confounded with "Dementia 13" |
| Diminished Men | 2005 | USA | Seattle | |
| Dimitri From Paris | 1996 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Dimlite | 2005 | Switzerland | ||
| Dimmer | 1994 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Dinah Washington | 1952 | USA | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | |
| Ding-Dongs | 2010 | Canada | Montreal | ⇒ Bloodshot Bill |
| Dinner | 2012 | Denmark | ||
| Dino Lee (AKA K.O.W.T.) | 1985 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Dino Valente | 1964 | USA | Connecticut | AKA Dino Valenti ⇒ Quicksilver Messenger Service |
| Dinosaur Junior | 1984 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Dinowalrus | 2008 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Dion Dion & the Belmonts |
1957 | USA | New York | |
| Dion Lunadon | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | Real name: Dion Palmer ⇒ A Place to Bury Strangers |
| Dionysius | 1984 | UK | ||
| Dip In the Pool | 1983 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Dire Wolves | 2009 | USA | Pittsburgh | ⇒ Jeffrey Alexander |
| Directors | 2017 | USA | New York | |
| Dirt | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Dirtbombs | 1992 | USA | Detroit | ⇒ Broadway Lafayette ⇒ Troy Gregory & the Stepsisters |
| Dirty Beaches | 2007 | Canada | Based in Lisbon | |
| Dirty Bungalow | 2017 | Portugal | Leiria | |
| Dirty Burds | 1997 | UK | London | |
| Dirty Excuse | 2004 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Sanhedrin |
| Dirty Filthy Mud | 1967 | USA | Oakland,California | |
| Dirty Looks (1) | 1980 | USA | Staten Island NY | |
| Dirty Looks (2) | 1984 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Dirty Lovers | 1990 | Australia | Geelong | |
| Dirty Princess | 2003 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Dirty Princess Band | 2018 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Dirty Shames | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Dirty Wurds | 1965 | USA | Chicago | |
| Disaffect | 1981 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Disappears | 2008 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ FACS |
| Discipline | 1990 | Netherlands | Eindhoven | |
| Disco Inferno | 1989 | UK | London | ⇒ Ian Crause |
| Discovery Zone | 2020 | USA | New York | Based in Berlin |
| Diseño Corbusier | 1983 | Spain | Granada | |
| Dishrags | 1976 | Canada | Vancouver | Originally called Dee Dee & the Dishrags |
| Dislocation Dance | 1980 | UK | Manchester | |
| Disque Omo | 1981 | Germany | Bochum | |
| Disrupt | 2005 | Germany | Leipzig | |
| Dissection | 1989 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Dissemblance | 2019 | France | Paris | |
| Dissidenten | 1981 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Distant Creatures | 2015 | USA | Sterling, Virginia | |
| Distant Drums | 1980 | UK | Colchester | |
| Distillers | 1998 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Distorted Pony | 1986 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Distortions | 1966 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Distributors | 1979 | UK | Wakefield | |
| District Six | 1966 | USA | ||
| Disturbed Furniture | 1981 | UK | Bradford | ⇒ Phil Shoenfeldt |
| Diva Destruction | 1998 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Dividers | 2018 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Divine Horsemen | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Cramps ⇒ Flesh Eaters ⇒ Jeffrey Lee Pierce (Gun Club) ⇒ Wall of Voodoo |
| Division Four | 1981 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Division Kent | 2005 | Switzerland | Zürich | |
| Divorce | 1980 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Dixie Cups | 1963 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Dizzy Jones | 1965 | USA | AKA Dizzy Jones & the Continentals, Davey Jones | |
| DJ Bert & Eagle | 1980 | Belgium | ||
| DJ Female Convict Scorpion | 2005 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Heat Vision & Jack |
| DJ Fett Burger & Stiletti-Ana | 2012 | Norway | ⇒ Stiletti-Ana | |
| DJ Muggs, DJ Muggs the Black Goat | 1997 | USA | Queens NY | |
| DJ Q | 1997 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| DJ Shadow | 1996 | USA | California | |
| DJ Vadim | 1995 | Russia | St. Peterburg | Based in London |
| DjNiraha | 2024 | Greece | ||
| DK | 1980 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Dlina Volny | 2016 | Belaruus | Minsk | |
| DM Bob & County Jem DM Bob & the Deficits |
1994 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| DMZ | 1976 | USA | Boston | |
| DNA (1) | 1983 | USA | ||
| DNA (2) | 1977 | USA | New York | ⇒ Arto Lindsay ⇒ Dark Day ⇒ Robin Crutchfield |
| DNV | 1979 | UK | ||
| Do Piano | 1985 | Switzerland | Lausanne | |
| Do-Ré-Mi | 1981 | Australia | AKA Do Re Mi | |
| Doc & the Pods | 1985 | USA | ||
| Doc Wör Mirran | 1984 | Germany | Nürnberg | Origin San Francisco |
| Doctor Explosion | 1989 | Spain | Gijon, Asturia | |
| Doctor Mix & the Remix | 1979 | France | ⇒ Metal Boys | |
| Dodads | 1960-ies | USA | Pasadena, California | |
| Dodgems | 1979 | UK | Brighton | |
| Doers | 2004 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Dog Faced Hermans | 1986 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Dog Tired | 1989 | USA | ||
| Dogbowl | 1989 | USA | Bronx NY | ⇒ King Missile |
| Dogma | 2017 | Canada | Ottawa | |
| Dogs (1) | 1966 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Dogs (2) | 1973 | France | Rouen | |
| Dogs (3) | 1973 | USA | Detroit | |
| DOI | 2021 | Germany | Frankfurt/Berlin | |
| Doi Intanon & Group Suthep | 1984 | Thailand | ||
| Dokaka | 2008 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Doktor Kosmos | 1991 | Sweden | Uppsala | |
| Dolenz Jones Boyce & Hart | 1976 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Monkees |
| Dolina | 2006 | France | Pressagny-l'Orgueilleux, Haute-Normandie | |
| Dolkows | 1985 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| Doll Parts | 1988 | USA | Boulder, Colorado | |
| Dolly Parton | 1968 | USA | Tennessee | |
| Dolly Rocker Movement | 2002 | Australia | Sydney | Based in Los Angeles |
| Dom La Nena | 2012 | Brazil | Porto Alegre | Based in Paris, France ⇒ Birds On a Wire |
| Dome | 1980 | UK | London | ⇒ Wire |
| Dominion | 1985 | Canada | Edmonton | |
| Dominions | 1964 | USA | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Dommengang | 2014 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Don & Stevie | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Don Gere |
| Don & the Holidays | 1966 | USA | Orlando, Florida | |
| Don Bartnick | 1980 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Don Bowman | 1961 | USA | Texas | |
| Don Caballero | 1991 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Don Carlos | 1980 | Jamaica | Kingston | ⇒ Black Uhuru |
| Don Cavalli | 1999 | France | Paris | |
| Don Drummond | 1960 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Don Gere | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Don & Stevie |
| Don Goliath | 2007 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Don Hinson & the Rigormorticians | 1964 | UK | ||
| Don Shtone | 2000 | USA | Berlin | |
| Dona Onete | 2012 | Brazil | ||
| Donald Byrd | 1955 | USA | Detroit | |
| Donald Woods & the Vel-Aires | 1955 | USA | Los Angeles | AKA Bel-Aires |
| Dondee & the Glades | 1960 | USA | Upstate New York | |
| Done Lying Down | 1993 | UK/USA | ||
| Donna Lee | 1961 | USA | ||
| Donna Regina | 1992 | Germany | Köln | |
| Donna Summer | 1974 | USA | Boston | |
| Donner Party | 1983 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Sam Coomes |
| Donovan | 1965 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Donso | 2007 | France/Mali | ||
| Donuts | 2007 | USA | ||
| Donzii | 2018 | USA | Miami, Florida | |
| Dooley Invention | 1968 | USA | Allentown, New Jersey | |
| Doom | 1987 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Doom Flower | 2019 | USA | Chicago | |
| Doomed Bird of Providence | 2009 | UK | Londo | |
| Doomed On Planet Earth | 1982 | USA | ||
| Doors | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Doppelzimmers | 2006 | Japan | ||
| Doppler Effect | 1988 | USA | Boston | |
| Dorcelsius | 2013 | France | Paris | |
| Dorit Chrysler | 2000 | USA | New York | |
| Dormannu | 1983 | UK | ||
| Doronco Gumo | 2008 | Japan | ⇒ Hiiragi Fukuda | |
| Dorothy Ashby | 1957 | USA | Detroit | |
| Dorsey Brockington | 1971 | USA | Virginia | |
| Dory Previn | 1965 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Dos Santos Anti-Beat Orquesta | 2015 | USA | Chicago | |
| Dot Allison | 1998 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Douaa | 2021 | Morocco | Meknes | |
| Double | 1997 | USA | New York | |
| Double Echo | 2012 | UK/USA | Liverpool | |
| Double Nelson | 1986 | France | Nancy | |
| Double X Project | 1985 | Germany | ||
| DoubleVee | 2013 | USA | Oklahoma City | |
| Doug Brown | 1961 | USA | Ann Arbour, Michigan | Based in California |
| Doug Hream Blunt | 2000 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Doug McKechnie | 1968 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Doug Parkinson In Focus | 1968 | Australia | Melbourne | Started out 1967 as Questions |
| Doug Tuttle | 2014 | USA | New Hampshire | ⇒ Mmoss |
| Dougal Reed | 2001 | UK | London | ⇒ Gar Francis ⇒ Faith Healers ⇒ X-Men |
| Doughboys | 1968 | USA | Plainfield, New Jersey | ⇒ Richard X. Heyman |
| Douglas Bregger | 1988 | USA | ⇒ Vitamin B12 | |
| Douglas Holmquist | 2014 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| Douglas Wood | 1976 | UK | AKA Douglas Wood Group | |
| Dovers | 1965 | USA | Santa Barbara, California | |
| Doves | 1998 | UK | Manchester | |
| Dow Jones & the Industrials | 1980 | USA | Indiana | |
| Down By Law | 1989 | USA | ||
| Downbeat 5 | 1999 | USA | Boston | |
| Downliners Sect | 1963 | UK | Twickenham | |
| Down-N-Outs | 1997 | USA | Denver | |
| Doxa Sinistra | 1982 | Netherlands | Heiloo | ⇒ Ende Shneafliet |
| Dr. Alban | 1990 | Sweden | Origin Nigeria | |
| Dr. Alimantado | 1973 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Dr. Feelgood | 1971 | UK | Essex | |
| Dr. John | 1986 | USA | New Orleans | ⇒ Drits & Dravy |
| Dr. Pete Larson & His Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band | 2018 | USA | Ann Arbor | |
| Dr. Spec's Optical Illusions | 1967 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Drab Majesty | 2012 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Dracula Lewis | 2008 | Italy | Piacenza | |
| Dracu-Las | 2022 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Dragibus | 1995 | France | ||
| Dragon | 1976 | Belgium | ⇒ Alejandro Escovedo | |
| Dragonfly | 1967 | USA | Durango, Colorado | |
| Dragons (1) | 1964 | USA | Malibu, California | |
| Dragons (2) | 1982 | France | ||
| Dragons (3) | 1991 | USA | San Diego, California | |
| Dragontears | 2007 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Drahla | 2016 | UK | Leeds | |
| Drakkar Band | 1967 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh | |
| Dramady | 2007 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Dramarama | 1982 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Drame | 2014 | France | ||
| Draugar | 2002 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Draytones | 2006 | UK | London | |
| Drcarlsonalbion | 2012 | USA | Seattle | |
| Dreadful Shadows | 1993 | Germany | Berlin | Founded 1991 as Nuisance |
| Dream 286 | 1982 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | ⇒ Dents |
| Dream 6 | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Concrete Blonde |
| Dream Affair | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Dream Machine | 2017 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Dream Pony | 2023 | USA | New York | |
| Dream Sequence | 1981 | UK | ||
| Dream Syndicate | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Dream Syndicat ⇒ Clay Allison ⇒ |
| Dream Warriors & Gang Starr | 1988 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Dreamday | N/A | N/A | ||
| Dreamdecay | 2011 | USA | Seattle | |
| Dreams (1) | 2008 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Dreams (2) | 2018 | Australia | ||
| Dreamsalon | 2011 | USA | Seattle | |
| Dreamspeak | 2018 | USA | ⇒ Unearth Noise | |
| Dreamworld | 1980 | Germany | Freiburg i.Br. | |
| Dredd Foole (& the Din) | 1982 | USA | Boston | |
| Dreidimensional | 1982 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Dress Up As Natives | 1982 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Dressed Up Animals | 1982 | Switzerland | Zürich | |
| Drew McDowell | 2015 | UK | Paisley, Scotland | ⇒ Psychic TV ⇒ Coil |
| Drew Weaver Drew Weaver & the Alvarados |
1987 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Drift | N/A | N/A | ||
| Driftmachine | 2014 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Drills | 1987 | USA | ||
| Drin | 2020 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Drinking Electricity | 1980 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Drits & Dravy | 1962 | USA | Louisiana | ⇒ Dr. John |
| Droids | 1977 | France | ||
| Drones | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Dronning Maud Land | 1991 | Germany | Ehringshausen, Hessen | |
| Droogettes | 2014 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Droogies | 1988 | Germany | Reinfeld | |
| Droogs | 1973 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Drop the Lime | 2003 | USA | New York | |
| Dropkick Murphys | 1996 | USA | Boston | |
| Dropper | 2022 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Drowning Craze | 1980 | UK | London | ⇒ Bush Tetras ⇒ Cocteau Twins ⇒ Monochrome Set ⇒ Pigbag |
| Drowning Pool | 1986 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Druids of Stonehenge | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Drum Bunny | 1981 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Drumloop | 2018 | USA | New York | |
| Drunk Driving | 1980 | USA | New York | AKA Drünk Driving |
| Drunk Elk | 2011 | Australia | Hobart | |
| Drunken Prayer | 2006 | USA | Asheville, North Carolina | |
| Drusalee & the Dead | 1966 | USA | Yuba City, Calivornia | |
| Dry Cleaning | 2018 | UK | London | |
| Dry Ice (1) | 1971 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Dry Ice (2) | 1996 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Dry-Rot | 2006 | USA | ||
| DSK | 1988 | USA | Miami | |
| Duane Eddy | 1959 | USA | New York | |
| Dub Band | 2024 | UK | London | |
| Dub Syndicate | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Dub Thompson | 2014 | USA | Agoura Hills, California | |
| Dub Trio | 2004 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Dubkasm | 1994 | UK | Bristol | |
| Duchess Says | 2003 | Candad | Montreal | ⇒ PyPy |
| Duchesses | 2007 | USA | Seattle | |
| Duck Fight Goose | 2009 | China | Shanghai | |
| Duds | 2016 | UK | Manchester | |
| Dugong | 2019 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Duke Ellington | 1924 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Duke Spirit | 2002 | UK | London | |
| Dukes (1) | 1962 | Netherlands | Nijmegen | |
| Dukes (2) | 1987 | Germany | Emmendingen | |
| Dukes of Stratosphear | 1985 | UK | Swindon | ⇒ XTC ⇒ Andy Partridge |
| Dull Schicksal | 1984 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Dum Dum Dum | 1978 | UK | Oxford | |
| Dum Dum Girls | 2008 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Mayfair Set ⇒ Merchandise |
| Dumama & Kechou | 2020 | South Africa | Cape Town | |
| Dumbwaiters | 1995 | USA | Tampa, Florida | |
| Dummy | 2020 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Dump | 1992 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Yo La Tengo |
| Dumptruck | 1983 | USA | Boston | |
| Dunaj | 1983 | Czechia | Brno | ⇒ Iva Bittova |
| Dunes | 2011 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Dungen Dungen & Woods |
1998 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Dungeons of Horrors | 2023 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Dunkelziffer | 1982 | Germany | Köln | |
| Duo Inmortales | 2006 | Chile | Santiago | |
| Duplo | 2019 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Duran Duran | 1978 | UK | Birmingham | |
| During | 2020 | USA | New York | Origin Puerto Rico |
| Durutti Column | 1978 | UK | Manchester | |
| Dust | 1971 | USA | ||
| Dust Sessions | 1990 | France | ||
| Dustaphonics | 2008 | UK | London | |
| Duster | 1996 | USA | San Jose, California | |
| Dusty Stray | 2009 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | Origin USA |
| Dutch Futurismo | 2016 | Hungary | ||
| Dutch Kills | 2024 | USA | ||
| Dutch Masters | 1967 | USA | Little Rock, Arkansas | |
| Dwarr | 1981 | USA | Columbia, South Carolina | |
| Dwarves | 1986 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Blag Dahlia |
| Dwayne Omarr | 1982 | USA | ||
| Dwight Douglas & the Jayhawkers | 1965 | USA | Detroit | AKA Lenny & the Thundertones |
| Dwight Twilley | 1979 | USA | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Dyes | 2013 | USA | Chicago | |
| Dykehouse | 2001 | USA | Michigan | |
| Dylan Sherry | 2016 | USA | Boston | |
| Dynamics | 1956 | USA | Detroit | |
| Dynasty Handbag | 2006 | USA | New York | |
| Dystraction | 1969 | USA | Reno, Nevada | |
| DZ Lectric DZ Lectric & Lucas Trouble (Les Maudits) |
1981 | France | Paris | ⇒ Lucas Trouble |
| Dzeltenie Pastnieki | 1989 | Latvia | Riga | |
| DZTN 1980 | 2020 | USA | Corvallis, Oregon | |
| Eagle Eye Cherry | 1997 | Sweden | ||
| Eagles of Death Metal | 1998 | USA | Palm Desert, California | |
| Ear Trumpet | 1987 | UK | London | ⇒ Buzzcocks ⇒ Siouxsie & the Banshees ⇒ Wire ⇒ Glove |
| Earaches | 1998 | USA | Seattle | |
| Earl & the Losers | 2005 | Greece | Athens | |
| Earl Sixteen | 1975 | Jamaica | ||
| Earl Zero | 1975 | Jamaica | ||
| Earle Mankey | 1978 | USA | California | ⇒ Sparks |
| Earls | 1961 | USA | Bronx NY | |
| Early Hours | 1995 | Australia | Perth | |
| Early Sampling Puzzle (Unknown Artist) | 1980-ies | France | ||
| Earth | 1989 | USA | Seattle | |
| Earth Dies Burning | 1981 | USA | California | ⇒ Brad Laner |
| Earth to Mickey | 2019 | USA | ||
| Eartha Kitt | 1953 | USA | South Carolina | |
| Eartheater | 2013 | USA | New York | ⇒ Leya (ft. Eartheater) |
| Earthling | 1981 | Japan | ||
| Earth's Epitaph | 1984 | UK | Cwmbran, Wales | |
| Earthtones | 2021 | USA | California | |
| Earwig | 1989 | UK | Brighton | |
| East Bay Ray East Bay Ray & the Killer Smiles |
1984 | USA | California | ⇒ Dead Kennedys ⇒ Jumbo Shrimp ⇒ Witch Trials |
| East of Venus | 2015 | USA | New York | ⇒ Glenn Mercer ⇒ Feelies ⇒ Bongos |
| East Side Kids | 1965 | USA | California | |
| East Wall | 1984 | Italy | ||
| Easter Monkeys | 1981 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | ⇒ Electric Eels ⇒ Pere Ubu ⇒ Styrenes |
| Easy Action | 1997 | USA | Detroit | |
| Easy Goings | 1989 | USA | ||
| Easybeats | 1965 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Eat | 1979 | USA | Florida | |
| Eat the People | 2004 | USA | California | |
| Eater | 1977 | UK | London | |
| Ebb Tides (1) | 1965 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Ebb Tides (2) | 1966 | USA | New Bedford, Massachusetts | |
| Eberhard Schoener Eberhard Schoener (ft. Sting) |
1971 | Germany | Stuttgart | AKA Eberhard Schoener & the Secret Society |
| Eberhard Weber | 1969 | Germany | Stuttgart | |
| Ebo Taylor Jnr. | 1978 | Ghana | ||
| Eboni Band | 1980 | Ivory Coast | ||
| Ebony Bones | 2007 | UK | London | |
| EC Nudes | 1994 | Italy | Bologna | ⇒ Pale Nudes |
| Eccentronic Research Council | 2012 | UK | ||
| Echo & the Bunnymen | 1978 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Echo Romeo | 1985 | Spain | ||
| Echobelly | 1992 | UK | London | |
| Echomen | 1966 | USA | Minnesota | ⇒ Bedlam Four |
| Eclectic Mayhem | 2012 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Ecstatic Vision | 2013 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Ectogram | 1994 | UK | Bangor, Wales | |
| Ed Gein's Car | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Ed Kuepper | 1985 | Australia | Brisbane | ⇒ Saints (1) ⇒ Laughing Clowns |
| Ed Sirrs | 1979 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Eddi Front | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Eddie & the Hot Rods | 1975 | UK | Essex | |
| Eddie & the Showmen | 1963 | USA | Palos Verdes, California | |
| Eddie Angel Eddie Angel & the Hi-Risers |
1981 | USA | New York | ⇒ Los Straitjackets ⇒ Neanderthals |
| Eddie Callahan | 1976 | USA | Oregan | |
| Eddie Hazel | 1977 | USA | Brooklyn | ⇒ Parliament, Member of Funkadelic, AKA Eddie Hazell |
| Eddie Kirk | 1947 | USA | Colorado | AKA Eddie Kirkland |
| Eddie Maelov & Sunshine Patteson | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Eddie Warner | 1967 | Germany | Magdeburg | |
| Eddie Weldon | 1950-ies | USA | ||
| Eddy Current Suppression Ring | 2003 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Total Control ⇒ Lace Curtain ⇒ Mikey Young |
| Eddy Detroit | 1980 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Eddy Grant | 1974 | British Guayana | Plaisance | |
| Eden | 1990 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Edgar Broughton Band | 1968 | UK | Warwick | |
| Edgar Froese | 1974 | Germany | ⇒ Tangerine Dream | |
| Edgar Winter Group | 1972 | USA | ||
| Edge | 1978 | UK | ||
| Edges of Wisdom | 1966 | USA | Illinois | |
| Edibles | 2010 | USA | ||
| Edith Nylon | 1977 | France | Paris | |
| Editor B | 2008 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Edsel | 1989 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Eduard Artemyev | 1969 | Russia | Novosibirsk | |
| Eduardo Unz | 2017 | USA | ||
| Edu Lobo (ft. Tambo Trio) | 1965 | Brazil | ||
| Edward Ka-Spel | 1984 | UK | London | ⇒ Legendary Pink Dots |
| Edwyn Collins | 1984 | UK | Scotland | |
| Eek-A-Mouse | 1979 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| EERA | 2017 | Norway | Oslo | |
| Effectionhate | 2007 | USA | ||
| Effetto Joule | 1987 | Italy | Bologna | |
| Effi Briest | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Psychic Ills |
| Effigies | 1980 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Jack Scratch |
| Efterklang | 2000 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Egg Hunt | 1986 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Eggbot | 2005 | N/A | ||
| Eglantine Gouzy Eglantine Gouzy & Landini |
2005 | France | ||
| Egoslavia | 1982 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Egrets On Ergot | 2014 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Egyptian Lover | 1984 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| EHM | 2017 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Eight-Bit Betty (8bit Betty) | 2004 | USA | New York | |
| Eight-Eyed Spy Eight-Eyed Spy (Beth B. & Scott B.) |
1980 | USA | New York | ⇒ Lydia Lunch |
| Eighth Route Army | 1982 | USA | Northampton, Massachusetts | |
| Eilen Jewell | 2005 | USA | Boise, Idaho | |
| Einstürzende Neubauten | 1980 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Malaria (1) ⇒ Gudrun Gut ⇒ Abwärts ⇒ Alexander Hacke |
| Eire Apparent | 1967 | UK | Northern Ireland | ⇒ Ernie Graham |
| Eisregen | 1995 | Germany | Thüringen | |
| Ejected | 1982 | UK | Degenham | |
| Ekambi Brillant | 1971 | Cameroon | Douala | |
| Ekko Astral | 2022 | USA | Washington DC | |
| Ekoplekz | 2010 | UK | Bristol | |
| Ekseption | 1958 | Netherlands | Haarlem | |
| El Columpio Asesino | 1994 | Spain | Pamplona | |
| El Hijo De La Cumbia | 2007 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
| El Guapo | 1996 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| El Michels Affair | 2005 | USA | New York | |
| El Smasho | 1990 | USA | Lansing, Michigan | |
| El Strawb | 2015 | UK | ||
| Ela Minus | 2020 | Colombia | Bogota | Based in New York |
| Ela Orleans | 2008 | Poland | Oswiecim | Based in Glasgow |
| Elaine Brown | 1969 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Elastica | 1992 | UK | London | ⇒ Suede ⇒ Klang |
| Elastik Band | 1967 | USA | Belmont | |
| El'Blaszczyk Rock Band Himself | 1995 | France | ||
| Eleanoora Rosenholm | 2007 | Finland | Pori | |
| Electras | 1965 | USA | Minnesota | |
| Electrelane | 1998 | UK | Brighton | |
| Electric Banana | 1967 | UK | London | ⇒ Pretty Things |
| Electric Bird Noise | 2007 | USA | Boston | |
| Electric Bunnies | 2007 | USA | Miami | |
| Electric Company | 1995 | USA | California | ⇒ Brad Laner |
| Electric Deads | 1981 | Denmark | Copenhagen | |
| Electric Eels | 1972 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | ⇒ Easter Monkeys |
| Electric Eye | 2013 | Norway | Bergen | |
| Electric Frankenstein | 1990 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Electric Guitars (1) | 1979 | UK | Bristol | |
| Electric Guitars (2) | 2006 | France | Cobonne | |
| Electric Hellfire Club | 1991 | USA | Wisconsin | |
| Electric Johnny & His Skyrockets | 1959 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) | 1970 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Jeff Lynne ⇒ Move (1) |
| Electric Mayhem | 1991 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Electric Mess | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| Electric Moon | 2009 | Germany | ||
| Electric Party | 1982 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Electric Peanut Butter Company | 2007 | ISA | New York | ⇒ Adrian Quesada |
| Electric Prunes | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Electric Sandwich | 1969 | Germany | Bonn | |
| Electric Sewer Age | 2011 | UK | London | |
| Electric Shields | 1988 | Italy | Riva del Garda | |
| Electric Shock Treatment (EST) | 1980 | Australia | ||
| Electric Six | 2002 | USA | Detroit | |
| Electric Sunshine | 1960-ies | USA | Arkansas | |
| Electric Wire Hustle | 2009 | New Zealand | Wellington | |
| Electric Wizard | 1993 | UK | Bournemouth | |
| Electrocute | 2002 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Electroflex | 1979 | USA | Hartford, Connecticut | |
| Electronic | 1988 | UK | Manchester | |
| Electronic Circus | 1981 | UK | Worthing, Sussex | |
| Electronicat | 1999 | France | Laval | ⇒ Queen of Japan |
| Elegant Unease | 1982 | UK | ||
| Elektricni Orgazam | 1981 | Serbia | Belgrade | |
| Elektroküche (AKA Jott Pee Elektroküche) | 1993 | Germany | Köln | |
| Elektroshock | 1979 | Italy | Element of Crime | 1985 | Germany | Berlin |
| Elena Setién | 2013 | Spain | San Sebastian | Based in Denmark |
| Eleni Mandell | 1998 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Elephant Château | 1988 | Switzerland | Basel | |
| Elevator | 1995 | Canada | New Brunswick | AKA Elevator Throug, Elevator To Hell |
| Eleven Pond | 1996 | USA | Rochester New York | |
| Eleventh Dream Day | 1983 | USA | Chicago | |
| Eleventh Episode | 1983 | USA | ||
| Elf Power | 1994 | USA | Athens, Georgia | |
| Elfin Saddle | 2007 | Canada | Victoria | |
| EL-G EL-G |
2004 | France | Paris | AKA ÈL-G, Èlg, Birth name: Laurent Gérard, based in Brussels ⇒ Opera Mort ⇒ Reines d'Angleterre |
| Elia Y Elizabeth | 1971 | Colombia | ||
| Elias Hulk | 1969 | UK | Bournemouth | |
| Eligio's Hallucinogenetic Plans | 1984 | Germany | ||
| Elisa Ambrogio | 2004 | USA | Connecticut | |
| Elisa Waut | 1982 | Belgium | Bruges | |
| Elite | 1966 | USA | Forth Worth, Texas | |
| Elkhorn | 2015 | USA | New York | |
| Ella Flame & the Nighthawks | 2018 | N/A | ||
| Ella Raphael | 2024 | Isreal | Haifa | |
| Elle Barbara's Black Space | 2021 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Ellen Allien | 1995 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Ellery Bop | 1981 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Elli & Jacno | 1980 | France | ||
| Elliott Murphy | 1973 | USA | New York | |
| Elliott Smith | 1994 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Elmore James & the Broom Dusters | 1953 | USA | Minnesota | |
| Elopers | 1967 | USA | Colorado | |
| Elvis Costello | 1977 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Elvyn Rhud | 2018 | France | ||
| Elysia Crampton & Chino Amobi Elysia Crampton & Rabit |
2015 | USA | Sacramento, California | ⇒ Chino Amobi |
| Elysian Fields | 1995 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Elza Soares | 1960 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou | 1963 | Ethiopoia | Addis Abbaba | |
| EMAK (Elektronische Musik aus Köln) | 1982 | Germany | Köln | AKA EMAK 1 |
| E-Man | 1984 | Norway | Tromsö | |
| Embarrassment | 1979 | USA | Wichita, Kansas | |
| Embedded Figures | 2014 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Embermen Five | 1965 | USA | North Dakota | |
| Embers | 1950-ies | USA | ||
| Embrooks | 1996 | UK | ||
| Embryo | 1969 | Germany | München | |
| Emel (Mathlouthi) | 2012 | Tunisia | ||
| Emerald Web | 1978 | USA | New York | |
| Emeralds (1) | 1956 | USA | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| Emeralds (2) | 1963 | USA | Greenwood, Indiana | |
| Emika | 2009 | UK | Based in Berlin | |
| Emiliana Torrini | 1995 | Iceland | Reykjavik | |
| Emilie Simon | 2002 | France | Montpellier | |
| Emilio Aparicio Moog | 1970 | Guatemala | ||
| Emilio E A Tribo Do Rum | 1985 | Portugal | Lissabon | |
| Emily Faryna | 1984 | Canada | Vancouver | AKA Emily |
| Emit | 1998 | UK | Somerset | |
| Emitt Rhodes | 1970 | USA | Illinois | |
| Emma Anderson | 2023 | UK | London | ⇒ Lush |
| Emperors | 1963 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Empire (1) | 1981 | Germany | ||
| Empire (2) | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ Generation X |
| Empire des Sons | 1990 | France | AKA L'Empire des Sons | |
| Empty Rituals | 1982 | USA | Boston | |
| Emptyset | 2005 | UK | Bristol | |
| Emra Grid | 2016 | Germany | Berlin | |
| En Halvkokt I Folie | 1982 | Sweden | ||
| Enchanters 4 | 1964 | USA | Illinois | |
| End | 1967 | USA | Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| End of Data | 1983 | France | Rennes | |
| End Result | 1984 | Australia | ||
| Endd | 1965 | USA | Indiana | AKA End, Phase II Productions |
| Ende Shneafliet | 1981 | Netherlands | Heiloo | ⇒ Doxa Sinistra |
| Endgames | 1980 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | ⇒ Berlin Blondes |
| Endless Boogie | 1997 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Endless Bummer | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Endtables | 1978 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Endvra (Endura) | 1993 | UK | Durham | |
| Energy Gown | 2013 | USA | Chicago | |
| Enfields | 1964 | USA | Wilmington, Delaware | ⇒ Friends of the Family (1) |
| England's Glory | 1973 | UK | ⇒ Peter Perrett ⇒ Only Ones ⇒ Harri Kakoulli | |
| English Beat | 1979 | UK | Birmingham | |
| English Evenings | 1983 | UK | Yorkshire | |
| English Setters | 1965 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| English Subtitles | 1978 | UK | Oxford | |
| Engone Endong | 2015 | Gabun | ||
| Enigma | 1990 | Germany | ||
| Ennio Morricone | 1961 | Italy | Rome | |
| Enno Velthuys | 1982 | Netherlands | Den Haag | |
| Eno, Moebius, Roedelius & Plank | 1978 | UK | ⇒ Brian Eno ⇒ Moebius & Plank ⇒Roedelius | |
| Enoch Light | 1957 | USA | Ohio | |
| Enola Gay | 1984 | Denmark | Albertslund | |
| Enon | 1998 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Enric Casasses & Pascal Comelade | 2006 | Spain | Barcelona | ⇒ Pascal Comelade |
| Ensemble Economique | 2008 | USA | California | |
| Ensemble Pittoresque | 1978 | Netherlands | Wassenaar | |
| Ensepulchred | 2005 | USA | Indiana | |
| Entracte Twist | 2014 | France | Paris | |
| Entrance (AKA Entrance Band) | 2003 | USA | Chicago | Formed as "Entrance" AKA "En Trance", from 2009 "Entrance Band" |
| Enzo Kreft | 1983 | Belgium | Mechelen | |
| Enzyme | 2016 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| EP-4 | 1980 | Japan | Kyoto | |
| Epic Soundtracks | 1981 | UK | Croydon | ⇒ Jeremey Gluck |
| Epoxies | 2000 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Epsilon | 2001 | Australia | Newcastle | |
| Epsilon Not | 2009 | USA | Boston | |
| Epsilons | 2005 | USA | California | ⇒ Ty Segall |
| Equators | 1977 | UK | Origin: Jamaica | |
| Equipment Pointed Ankh | 2016 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Era of Sound | 1966 | USA | New Mexico | |
| Erase Errata | 1999 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Erasers | 2010 | Australia | Perth | |
| Erasure | 1985 | UK | London | |
| Ergo Phizmiz | 2001 | UK | Dorset | ⇒ People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz |
| Ergs | 2000 | USA | South Amboy, New Jersey | |
| Eric Arn | 2007 | Austria | ||
| Eric Burdon & the Animals | 1962 | UK | Newcastle | |
| Eric Copeland | 2007 | USA | Brunswick, Maine | |
| Eric Morris | 1961 | Jamaica | AKA Eric Monty Morris | |
| Eric Random | 1980 | UK | Manchester | |
| Erik Darling | 1956 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Erik Nervous | 2015 | USA | Kalamazoo, Michigan | |
| Erik Truffaz | 1997 | Switzerland | Geneva | Based in France |
| Erkin Koray | 1962 | Turkey | ||
| Ernest Gibson | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Ernesto de Pascale & Hypnodance Ernesto de Pascale & Soul Hunter Nicola Vannini |
1980 | Italy | Firenze | ⇒ Hypnodance |
| Ernie Graham | 1971 | UK | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ⇒ Eire Apparent ⇒ Help Yourself |
| Ernie Kovacs | 1956 | USA | Trenton, New Jersey | |
| Eroc | 1975 | Germany | Weimar | ⇒ Grobschnitt ⇒ Kino (1) |
| Errol Dunkley | 1965 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Errol Holt | 1973 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Errol Walker | 1971 | Jamaica | ⇒ In-Crowd | |
| ERS | 2008 | UK | ||
| Erth | 1986 | UK | ||
| Ervinna & the Stylers | 1972 | Indonesia | Surabaya | |
| Erykah Badu | 1996 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Es (1) | 2016 | London | UK | |
| Es (2) | 1998 | Finland | Tampere | |
| Escalators | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Escape From New York | 1983 | UK | ⇒ Airstrip One | |
| Escapades | 1966 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Escape-Ism | 2014 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| ESG | 1978 | USA | Bronx NY | |
| Eskimo | 1990 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Esmeray | 1973 | Turkey | Istanbul | Birth name: Esmeray Diriker |
| Espectrostatic | 2012 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Esperantos | 2006 | USA | ||
| Espers | 2002 | USA | Philadelphia | ⇒ Greg Weeks |
| Esquires | 1964 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Essaie Pas | 2011 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Essence | 1984 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Esther Phillips | 1962 | USA | Galveston, Texas | AKA Little Esther Phillips |
| Estrogen Jihad (DJ Keilidh) | N/A | N/A | ||
| Eternal | 1984 | Netherlands | ||
| Eternal Tapestry | 2006 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Sun Araw ⇒ Plankton Wat ⇒ Tunnels |
| Eternals | 1999 | USA | Chicago | |
| Étoile de Dakar | 1977 | Senegal | Dakar | ⇒ Youssou N'Dour |
| Étron Fou Leloublan | 1973 | France | Grenoble | ⇒ Guigou Chenevier ⇒ Ferdinand Richard |
| Ettes | 2004 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Coco Hames |
| E-Types | 1966 | USA | Salinas, California | ⇒ Charolette Woold |
| Eurythmics | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Evan Caminiti | 2008 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Barn Owl |
| Evan Foster | 2000 | USA | Seattle | ⇒ Boss Martians |
| Evan L | 2021 | USA | ||
| Evangelista | 2008 | USA | Oakland,California | ⇒ Carla Bozulich |
| Even As We Speak | 1985 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Even Worse | 1979 | USA | New York | |
| Evening Legions | 1983 | France | Rennes | |
| Evening Meetings | 2012 | USA | Seattle | |
| Evens | 2005 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Everest the Hard Way | 1981 | UK | ||
| Evergreen Blues | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Everly Brothers | 1953 | USA | Knoxville, Tennessee | |
| Every New Dead Ghost | 1986 | UK | Nottingham | |
| Evil | 1967 | USA | Florida | |
| Evil Blizzard | 2011 | UK | Preston | |
| Evil Enc. Group | 1967 | USA | West Virginia | |
| Evil Madness | 2006 | Iceland | ||
| Evil Streaks | 2010 | USA | ||
| Evolution | 1969 | Spain | Catalonia | |
| Ex Ex & Gétatchèw Mèkurya Ex & the Dogfaced Hermans |
1979 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | ⇒ Jon Langford & Kat Ex (Katjon Band) ⇒ G.W. Sok |
| Ex Bela | 1985 | France | Saint-Malo | |
| Ex Hex | 2013 | USA | Washington D.C. | ⇒ Mary Timony |
| Exbats | 2009 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Excentrics | 1965 | USA | ||
| Excitements | 2010 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Exciter | 1978 | Canada | Ottawa | |
| Execute | 1981 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Executive Slacks | 1983 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Executives | 1980 | USA | San Diego | |
| Exek | 2014 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Exhaustion | 2012 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Ex-Hole | 1987 | Belgium | ||
| Exile In the Kingsom | 1981 | Ireland | Drogheda | |
| Exiles | 1989 | Netherlands | ||
| Exit 13 | 1985 | UK | ||
| Exit Group | 2017 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Exo Fender | 1987 | N/A | ||
| Exotic Pets Erotica | 1989 | UK | ||
| Exotics (1) | 1994 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Exotics (2) | 1966 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Expander des Fortschritts | 1986 | Germany | Berlin (East) | |
| Expansives | 1982 | Italy | ||
| Expelled | 1981 | UK | Leeds | |
| Experimental Dental School | 2012 | USA | Oakland, California | AKA XDS |
| Experimental Pop Band | 1995 | UK | Bristol | |
| Experimental Products | 1982 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Explode Into Colors | 2009 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Exploded View | 2015 | Mexico | Ciudad de México | |
| Exploding White Mice | 1984 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Exploited | 1978 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Exploiting the Prophets | 1983 | Netherlands | Tilburg | |
| Explorer | 1982 | USA | California | ⇒ Yellow Power |
| Explosions In the Sky | 1999 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Explosives | 1979 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Expo 70 | 2003 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Express | 1962 | USA | Oklahoma | ⇒ Juveniles |
| Expression | 1982 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Extnddntwrk | 2014 | UK | Nottingham | |
| Extremes | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Extro 2 | 1980 | UK | ||
| Exuma | 1970 | Bahamas | ||
| Exusamwa | 2008 | USA | ||
| EYE | 2015 | Switzerland | Geneva | |
| Eye Do It | 1984 | UK | ||
| Eyeless In Gaza | 1980 | UK | Warwickshire | ⇒ Martyn Bates |
| Eyeliners | 1997 | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Eyes (1) | 1965 | UK | Eeling | |
| Eyes (2) | 1977 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Eyes At Risk | 1979 | UK | ||
| Eyes of God | 1984 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Eyvind Kang | 1995 | USA | Oregon | ⇒ Secret Chiefs 3 |
| F Ingers | 2013 | Australia | AKA Fingers Pty Ltd ⇒ Carla Dal Forno | |
| F.A.R. (Final Alternative Relation) | 1981 | Italy | ||
| Fabienne Delsol | 2004 | UK | Born in France | ⇒ Bristols |
| Fabio Frizzi Fabio Frizzi & Giorgio Tucci |
1974 | Italy | Bologna | ⇒ Bixio, Frizzi & Tempera |
| Fabric | 1993 | UK | London | |
| Fabs | 1966 | USA | Fullerton, California | |
| Fabulous Diamonds | 2005 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Fabulous Miss Wendy | 2008 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Fabulous Playboys | 1961 | USA | Detroit | |
| Fabulous Silver Tones | 1960 | USA | AKA Silvertones, Silver Tones | |
| Faca | 2007 | Mexico | ||
| Faccions | 1999 | Italy | ||
| Facit | 2013 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| FACS | 2017 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Disappears |
| Fact | 1986 | Germany | Hagen | |
| Fact TwentyTwo | 1986 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Faction | 1985 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Nico & the Faction |
| Factory (1) | 1968 | UK | Surrey | |
| Factory (2) | 1987 | USA | ||
| Factory (3) | 1963 | UK | Warrington | |
| Factory (4) | 1986 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Factory (5) | 1977 | France | ||
| Factrix | 1978 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Monte Cazazza |
| Factual | 1982 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Factums | 2004 | USA | Seattle | |
| Fad Gadget | 1979 | UK | Leeds | |
| Fadeaways | 2006 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Fai Baba | 2010 | Switzerland | Zürich | |
| Faine Jade | 1967 | USA | Long Island, New York | |
| Faint | 1995 | USA | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Fair Sex | 1984 | Germany | Essen | |
| Fairmont | 2001 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Faith Global | 1982 | UK | ||
| Faith Healers (Th'Faith Healers) | 1990 | UK | Londen | ⇒ Dougal Reed |
| Faith No More | 1985 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Mike Patton |
| Fake Cats Project | 2015 | Russia | Moscow | ⇒ Kirill Makushin |
| Fake Surfers | 2012 | USA | Detroit | |
| Falcon | 2013 | Finland | Pori | ⇒ Circle |
| Fall | 1976 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Adult Net ⇒ Blue Orchids ⇒ Ben Pritchard ⇒ Brix & the Extricated |
| Fall of Saigon | 1981 | France | Montpellier | ⇒ Pascal Comelade |
| Fall On Deaf Ears | 1997 | USA | El Paso, Texas | |
| Fallen Apart | 1994 | Germany | ||
| Fallen Leaves | 2004 | UK | Richmond | ⇒ Subway Sect |
| Falling Janus | 1992 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Fallout Club | 1980 | UK | ||
| Fall-Outs | 1986 | USA | Seattle | |
| False Front | 1991 | USA | ⇒ Moistboyz | |
| False Heads | 2014 | UK | London | |
| False Idols | 1979 | UK | ||
| False Prophets | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| FaltyDL | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Fam | N/A | N/A | ||
| Familie Hesselbach | 1981 | Germany | Tübingen | |
| Family Fodder | 1975 | UK | London | |
| Family of Apostolic | 1968 | USA | New York | |
| Famous Imposters | 1982 | UK | Sunderland | |
| Famous Jug Band | 1969 | UK | ||
| Famous Mammals | 2021 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Famous Rays | 1990 | UK | Romford | AKA Romford Stompers |
| Fan Death | 2008 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Fanal | 2004 | Germany | Köln | |
| Fanatism | 2018 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Fancy | 1984 | Germany | München | |
| Fancy Numnum | 2009 | Japan | ||
| Fancy Rosy | 1977 | Germany | ||
| Fanfare Ciocarlia | 1999 | Romania | ||
| Fangs On Fur | 2006 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Fanman | 2003 | Germany | ||
| Fanny Kaplan | 2012 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Fantastic Zoo | 1966 | USA | Denver | |
| Fantômas | 1998 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Tomahawk ⇒ Mike Patton |
| Far Cry | 1968 | USA | Boston | |
| Farah | 2007 | USA | Plano, Texas | |
| Farblos | 2012 | Germany | ||
| Farewell My Concubine | 2014 | USA | ||
| Farflung | 1992 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Farina & Crivellente | 1982 | Italy | ||
| Farmer Boys | 1994 | Germany | ||
| Farmer's Boys | 1982 | UK | Norwich | |
| Far-Out Fangtooth | 2010 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Fasenuova | 2006 | Spain | Asturia | |
| Fashion | 1978 | UK | Birmingham | AKA Fàshiön ⇒ Troy Tate |
| Fastbacks | 1979 | USA | Seattle | |
| Fastest | 2008 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Fat White Family | 2011 | UK | London | |
| Fatal Charm (1) | 1978 | UK | Nottingham | |
| Fatal Charm (2) | 1984 | Australia | ||
| Fatal Microbes | 1978 | UK | ||
| Fatals | 2003 | France | Toulouse | |
| Fathoms | 1996 | USA | Boston | |
| Fatimas | 1967 | USA | California | |
| Fault 151 | 1979 | UK | ||
| Faun Fables | 1997 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Fauna Valetta | 2008 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Fauntleroys | 2014 | USA | New York | ⇒ Alejandro Escovedo ⇒ Nicholas Tremulis |
| Faust | 1971 | Germany | Wümme | ⇒ Peter Blegvad |
| Faux Ferocious | 2011 | USA | Nashville Tennessee | |
| Faye Wong | 1989 | China | Bejing | |
| FEA | 2014 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Fear | 1977 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Fear Condition | 1986 | Greece | Thessaloniki | |
| Fear Cult | 1992 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Fear of Music | 2001 | UK | Manchester | |
| Fearsome Five | 1966 | USA | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Feast | N/A | N/A | ||
| Feathers | 2004 | USA | Brattleboro, Vermont | |
| Features | 1980 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Features of Life | 1980 | Mauritius | ||
| Federation X | 1999 | USA | Bellingham, Washington | |
| Federico Aubele | 2003 | Argentine | Buenos Aires | |
| Feederz | 1977 | USA | Phoenik, Arizona | |
| Feedtime | 1979 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Feelies | 1976 | USA | Haledon, New Jersey | ⇒ Glenn Mercer ⇒ Speed the Plough ⇒ Trypes |
| Feeling Kréyol | 1980 | Guadaloupe | ||
| Feeling of Love | 2006 | France | Metz & Strasbourg | |
| Fe-Fi Four Plus 2 | 1966 | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Fega Pahopp | 1977 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Fehlfarben | 1979 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Felicia Atkinson | 2008 | France | Paris | |
| Felix & His Fabulous Cats | 1964 | USA | ||
| Felix Culpa | 1980 | USA | California | |
| Felix da Housecat | 1993 | USA | Chicago | |
| Fella Cederbaum | 2021 | USA | ||
| Fells | 1990 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Felt | 1979 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Feltman Trommelt | 1980 | Germany | Münster | |
| Fems | 1982 | USA | Buffalo, New York | |
| Fenella (1) | 2019 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Jane Weaver |
| Fenella (2) | 2019 | UK | Scotland | |
| Fenner, Leland & O'Brien | 1969 | USA | Hamilton, New York | |
| Fennesz | 1995 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Ferdinand Richard | 1981 | Morocco | Mekès | Étron Fou Leloublan |
| Ferguson Tractor | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Fern Knight | 2003 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Ferocious Few | 2010 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Fertile Crescent (1) | 1991 | USA | New York | |
| Fertile Crescent (2) | 2021 | UK | London | |
| Fetus Productions | 1980 | New Zealand | ||
| Feu Thérèse | 2004 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Fever Ray | 2008 | Sweden | Stockholm | ⇒ Knife |
| Fever Tree | 1966 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Fibonaccis | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Fiction Technology | 1986 | Germany | ||
| Field | 2005 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Fields of the Nephilim | 1984 | UK | Hertfordshire | |
| FiesA | 2008 | Germany | Fürth | |
| Fifteen Years Old | 1978 | Peru | Lima | |
| Fifth Column (1) | 1981 | Canada | Toronto | AKA Middle Fifth Column |
| Fifth Column (2) | 1976 | Japan | ||
| Fifty Foot Hose | 1967 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Figueroa | 2020 | Brazil | ⇒ Amon Tobin | |
| Figure Study | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| Figures of Light | 1970 | USA | ||
| File Not Found | 2001 | Germany | ⇒ We. | |
| Film Noir | 1985 | Greece | Athens | |
| Film School | 2000 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Film Star | 1997 | USA | ||
| Filth | 1989 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Filthy Rich | N/A | N/A | ||
| Fin | 2017 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Final Cut | 1988 | USA | Detroit | |
| Final Solutions | 2001 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Jay Reatard |
| Fine Day | 1989 | USA | Maryland | |
| Fingerprintz | 1978 | UK | London | |
| Finis Africae | 1985 | Spain | ||
| Finitribe | 1984 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Finntroll | 1998 | Finland | ||
| Fire! | 2009 | Sweden | ||
| Fire Escape | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Fire On Fire | 2004 | USA | Portland, Maine | ⇒ Asian Mae |
| Fire Retarded | 2012 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Fireballs (1) | 1958 | USA | Raton, New Mexico | |
| Fireballs (2) | 1990 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Firebeats Inc. | 1964 | Norway | Oslo | |
| Firebirds | 1969 | USA | ||
| Firehose | 1986 | USA | San Pedro, California | |
| Firmament & the Elements | 1981 | UK | ||
| First Aid Kit | 2007 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| First Crow to the Moon | 1965 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| First Edition | 1967 | USA | California | |
| Fischer Z | 1976 | UK | Uxbridge | |
| Fischerspooner | 1998 | USA | New York | |
| Fish Karma | 1984 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Fishbone | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Fishmans | 1987 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Fist | 1978 | UK | Mewcastöe | |
| Fist of Facts | 1988 | USA | New York | |
| Fistpost | 2015 | Finland | ||
| Fit & Limo | 1982 | Germany | Altdorf, Bavaria | |
| Fit & the Conniptions | 2006 | UK | London | |
| Fits | N/A | N/A | ||
| Fitted | 2017 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Five & a Penny | 1977 | UK | ||
| Five Americans | 1964 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Five Bucks | 1966 | USA | Michigan | |
| Five Canadians | 1979 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Five Or Six | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Fix & Fertig | 1982 | Germany | ||
| Fixtures | 1986 | USA | California | |
| Fixx | 1981 | UK | London | |
| FKA Twigs | 2012 | UK | Gloucestershire | |
| Flag of Convenience | 1981 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Buzzcocks ⇒ Steve Diggle |
| Flairz | 2003 | Australia | Perth | |
| Flakes | 2001 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Mummies |
| Flame of Life | 2009 | Belarus | Homel | |
| Flamen Dialis | 1976 | France | Bretagne | |
| Flames | 1959 | USA | Minnesota | |
| Flamin' Groovies | 1966 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Flaming Fire | 2000 | USA | New York | |
| Flaming Lips | 1983 | USA | Oklahoma City | |
| Flaming Sideburns | 1995 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| Flaming Skulls | 2013 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Flanger | 1997 | Germany | Sachsen-Anhalt | |
| Flash & the Pan | 1976 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Flashbacks | 2014 | Germany | ⇒ Silent Signals | |
| Flasher | 2015 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Flat Duo Jets | 1984 | USA | North Carolina | ⇒ Dexter Romweber |
| Flat Old World | 1993 | USA | New York | ⇒ They Might Be Giants |
| Flat Worms | 2016 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Fleet Dreams | 2018 | USA | ||
| Fleetwood Mac | 1967 | UK | London | ⇒ Mick Fleetwood ⇒ Peter & Mick Green ⇒ Lindsey Buckingham |
| Flesh | 2002 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Flesh & Fell | 1985 | Belgium | Oostende | |
| Flesh D-Vice | 1978 | New Zealand | Wellington | |
| Flesh Eaters | 1977 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Blaster ⇒ Death Rock ⇒ Divine Horsemen ⇒ Los Lobos ⇒ X |
| Flesh Graey Display | 2006 | USA | Miami | ⇒ Staccato du Mal |
| Flesh of Morning | 2020 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Flesh World | 2013 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Fleshtones | 1976 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Fleshwater | 2020 | USA | Georgetown, Massachusetts | |
| Flied Egg | 1972 | Japan | Yokohama | ⇒ Shinki Chem & His Friends |
| Flies (1) | 1964 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Flies (2) | 1966 | UK | London | |
| Flight Reaction | 2010 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Flipper | 1979 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Bruce Lose ⇒ Toiling Midgets |
| Flirts | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Flo & Eddie | 1970 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Floating di Morel | 1995 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Flock of Seagulls | 1979 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Floh de Cologne | 1966 | Germany | Köln | |
| Floorshow | 2011 | Italy | ||
| Flora Matos | 2009 | Brazil | Brasilia | |
| Flower Children | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Flower Power (1) | 1967 | USA | Florida | |
| Flower Power (2) | 1967 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Flower Travelling Band | 1970 | Japan | Tokyo | ⇒ Kuni Kawachi |
| Flowerpot Men | 1984 | UK | ||
| Flowers | 1978 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Flowers & Fire | 2014 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Flowers For Agatha | 1985 | UK | Leeds | |
| Flowers In the Dustbin | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Fludd | 1971 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Flue | 1980 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| FluFlaFen | 2023 | China | Beijing | |
| Fluid | 1984 | UK | Leeds | |
| Flux Machine | 2015 | USA | New York | |
| Flux of Pink Indians | 1980 | UK | Hertfordshire | ⇒ Rubella Ballet |
| Fly Ashtray | 1983 | USA | Bronx NY | |
| Fly By Nites | 1967 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Flying (Flying D.J.) | 1985 | Italy | ||
| Flying Eyes | 2007 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Flying Hat Band | 1971 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Flying Lizards | 1978 | UK | London | ⇒ David Cunningham ⇒ Patti Palladin (Snatch) |
| Flytraps | 2010 | USA | ||
| FM Knives | 2001 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| FNU Clone | 2014 | Canada | Vancouver | ⇒ FNU Ronnies |
| FNU Ronnies | 2012 | Canada | Vancouver | ⇒ FNU Clone |
| Foals | 2005 | UK | Oxford | |
| Fockewulf 190 | 1984 | Italy | Milano | |
| Focus Group | 2004 | UK | London | |
| Foetus | 1981 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Steroid Maximus ⇒ Wiseblood |
| Foggy Notions | 1966 | USA | Chicago | |
| Folk Implosion | 1993 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Lou Barlow & Friends ⇒ Sebadoh |
| Folklords | 1968 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Folkswingers | 1963 | USA | California | ⇒ Glen Campbell |
| Föllakzoid | 2009 | Chile | ||
| Fondas | 2003 | USA | Detroit | |
| Fondation | 1980 | France | Paris | |
| Food & Shelter | 1984 | USA | ||
| Foodman | 1212 | Japan | Yokohama | |
| Foom | 1994 | USA | Real name: Christopher Lichatz | |
| Foos Gone Wild | 2018 | USA | ||
| Footprints | 1967 | Canada | Montreal | |
| For Against | 1984 | USA | Lincoln, Nebraska | |
| Forbidden Tigers | 2007 | USA | Grand Island, Nebraska | ⇒ David Nance ⇒ Brimstone Howl |
| Forces | 2015 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| Ford Theatre Reunion | 2008 | USA | Lexington, Kentucky | |
| Foreign Bodies | 1980 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | ⇒ Pere Ubu |
| Foreign Press | 1979 | UK | Manchester | |
| Forest | 1968 | UK | Walesby, Lincolnshire | AKA Foresters / Foresters of Walesby |
| Forest Swords | 2009 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Forever Grey | 2014 | USA | Grand Rapids, Michigan | |
| Forever Pavot | 2012 | France | Paris | |
| FourEyedFour | 2014 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Form a Log | 2009 | USA | ||
| Formule Tag | 1986 | France | ||
| Fortels | 1964 | USA | Niles,Ohio | |
| Fotheringay | 1970 | UK | ||
| Foundation Boo | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Four More | 1966 | USA | Corpus Christi, Texas | |
| Four Seasons | 1959 | USA | Newark, New Jersey | |
| Four Strangers | 1964 | Australia | Newcastle NSW | ⇒ Sunsets |
| Four Tet | 1998 | UK | London | |
| Fourty Fives | 1998 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Fourwaycross | 1984 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Brad Laner |
| Fovea Hex | 2005 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Fox Millions Duo | 2015 | USA | New York | |
| Foxboro Hot Tubs | 2007 | USA | California | ⇒ Green Day |
| Foxxxy Mulder | 2016 | USA | Seattle | |
| Foyer des Arts (ft. Max Goldt) | 1981 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Fra Lippo Lippi | 1980 | Norway | Nesodden | |
| Fraction | 1971 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Fracture | 1982 | UK | ||
| Fraktion | 1980-ies | Germany (GDR) | ||
| Frames | 1979 | UK | Portsmouth | |
| France Bernard | 1963 | Canada | Quebec | |
| France de Giessen | 2011 | Belgium | ||
| France Gall | 1964 | France | Paris | |
| France Sauvage | 2008 | France | ||
| Francis Bebey | 1965 | Cameroon | Douala | |
| Francisco | 2003 | Italy | Roma | |
| Franck Vigroux | 2002 | France | Marvejols | |
| Franco Micalizzi | 1970 | Italy | Rome | |
| François Robin & Mathias Delplanque | 2002 | France | Saint-Nazaire | |
| François de Roubaix (Le Samourai) | 1965 | France | Neuilly-sur-Seine | |
| Françoise Cactus | 2005 | France/Germany | Berlin | |
| Françoise Hardy | 1962 | France | Paris | |
| Francoiz Breut | 1993 | France | Cherbourg | |
| Franek Kimono | 1983 | Poland | Lodz | |
| Frank (Just Frank) | 2009 | France | Paris | |
| Frank Black | 1993 | USA | Boston | |
| Frank Budgen | 1961 | UK | ||
| Frank Chickens | 1982 | Japan | Based in London | |
| Frank Ocean, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon & Diplo | 2011 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Frank Zander | 1973 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Frank Zappa & Mothers | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Franka Potente | 1998 | Germany | Münster | |
| Frankenstein | 1996 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Frankie & the Witch Fingers | 2013 | USA | Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Frankie Delmane | 2004 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Frankie Goes to Hollywood | 1981 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Frankie Paul | 1980 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Frantic Five | 1994 | Greece | Thessaloniki | |
| Frantic Spiders | 1993 | UK | Exeter | |
| Frantics | 1956 | USA | Seattle | |
| Franz de Byl | 1970 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Franz Ferdinand | 2001 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Frau | 2013 | UK | London | |
| Freak Scene | 1967 | USA | New York | ⇒ Deep |
| Freaks of Nature | 2012 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Fred Frith | 1974 | UK | East Sussex | ⇒ Art Bears ⇒ Material ⇒ Massacre |
| Fred Lane Fred Lane & His Disheveled Monkeybiters |
1983 | USA | Alabama | |
| Fred Locks | 1972 | Jamaica | ||
| Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave | 1969 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Fred Prentiss | 2000 | USA | Tennessee | |
| Fred Williams & the Jewels Band | 1969 | USA | Wichita, Kansas | |
| Fredda | 2007 | France | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | |
| Freddie Houston | 1962 | USA | New York | |
| Freddie King (AKA Freddy King) | 1961 | USA | Texas | |
| Freddie McGregor | 1965 | Jamaica | ||
| Freddy & the Four Gone Conclusions | 2000 | USA | Michigan | |
| Freddy Cannon | 1959 | USA | Revere, Massachusetts | |
| Freddy Clarke & I. Roy | 1978 | Jamaica | ⇒ I. Roy | |
| Frederick Knight | 1970 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Frederick Michael St. Jude | 1977 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Fredrik | 2000 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| Free Moontime Band | 2019 | USA | Chicago | |
| Free Youth | 1985 | Ghana | Accra | |
| Freebooting Profiteers | 2002 | UK | ||
| Freed | 1997 | Germany | München | |
| Freedom's Children | 1968 | South Africa | Durban | |
| Free-For-All | 1966 | Canada | Halifax | ⇒ Great Scotts (Great Scots) |
| Freeform | 1995 | UK | Brighton | |
| Freeze | 1978 | USA | Cape Cod, Massachusetts | |
| Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle | 1980 | Germany | München | |
| French 79 | 2014 | France | Marseille | |
| French Park | 1986 | Belgium | ||
| French Vanilla | 2017 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Fresh & Onlys | 2008 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Wymond Miles |
| Fresh Blueberry Pancake | 1968 | USA | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| Freshies | 1974 | UK | Manchester | |
| Freudian Slip | 1981 | UK | Manchester | |
| Freur | 1983 | UK | Cardiff, Wales | |
| Friction Wheel | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Friedles | 1965 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Friends of the Family (1) | 1967 | USA | Delaware | ⇒ Enfields |
| Friends of the Family (2) | 1987 | UK | Yorkshire | |
| Frigg A-Go-Go | 1995 | USA | Lafayette, Louisiana | |
| Friggs | 1990 | USA | Philadelphia | ⇒ Palmyra Delran |
| Frightwig | 1982 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Frigidettes | 1982 | USA | Fresno, Nevada | |
| Frische Farbe (AKA Fresh Color) | 1978 | Switzerland | Aarau | ⇒ Dieter Meier |
| Friz Be | 1981 | Sweden | ||
| Frog Eyes | 2002 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Frogs | 2010 | Switzerland | ||
| From Nursery To Misery | 1989 | UK | Basildon | |
| Front 242 | 1981 | Belgium | Brussels | ⇒ Prothese |
| Front Line | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Front Line Assembly | 1986 | Canada | Vancouver | ⇒ Delerium ⇒ Noise Unit |
| Front Page | 1978 | Norway | Halden | |
| Frosted Flaykes | 1984 | USA | New York | ⇒ Outta Place ⇒ Raunch Hands |
| Frowning Clouds | 2009 | Australia | Geelong | |
| Frozen Bears | 2007 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Fru Aut | 1985 | Italy | Veneto | |
| Fruitcake | 1991 | USA | St. Louis | |
| F-Systems | 1979 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Fu Acune | 2012 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Fuad and the Feztones | 2002 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Fuck Buttons | 2007 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Andrew Hung |
| Fuckface | 1990 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Fucking Ocean | 2006 | USA | ||
| Fudge | 1991 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Fudge Tunnel | 1988 | UK | Nottingham | |
| Fugazi | 1986 | USA | Washington, D.C. | |
| Fugitives | 1965 | USA | New York | |
| Fuka Lata | 2011 | Poland | Warsaw | ⇒ Non-Human Persons |
| Full Blown Cherry | 2004 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Full Moon Scientist | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Full Time Men | 1984 | USA | New York | |
| Fumestones | 2002 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Fun Boy Three | 1981 | UK | Coventry | ⇒ Terry Hall ⇒ Specials ⇒ Bananarama |
| Fun Things | 1980 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Fun Time Objects | 2018 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Fun With Animals | 1980 | USA | ||
| Functional Blackouts | 2001 | USA | Chicago | |
| Funeral Dress | 1985 | Belgium | Heist-op-den-Berg | |
| Funeral Mist | 1993 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Funeral Souvenir | 1987 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Fungus Brains | 1982 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Moodists ⇒ Mick Turner |
| Funkees | 1971 | Nigeria | Aba | |
| Furniture | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Fursaxa | 2000 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Further Reductions | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Furze | 1996 | Norway | Trondheim | |
| Future Bible Heroes | 1997 | USA | Boston | |
| Future Islands | 2006 | USA | Greenville, North Carolina | |
| Future Plan | 2016 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | ⇒ Gizmos ⇒ Rocket From the Tombs |
| Future Primitives | 2011 | South Africa | Capetown | |
| Future Silence | 2019 | USA | Chicago | |
| Future Suck | 2018 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Futurians | 2000 | New Zealand | Dunedin | ⇒ Kraus |
| Futurisk | 1979 | USA | Florida | |
| Fuzz | 2013 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Fuzzbox | 1986 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Fuzztones | 1980 | USA | New York | ⇒ Link Protrudi & the Jaymen |
| Fyrce Muons | 1979 | USA | San Diego | |
| G. Green | 2008 | USA | Sacramento, California | AKA Green Green, Ggreen |
| G.D. Luxxe | 1999 | Austria | Vienna | |
| G.O.L. | 1995 | UK | AKA Gods of Luxury | |
| G.W. Sok (AKA Zoikle) | 1987 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | ⇒ Ex |
| Ga'an | 2009 | USA | Chicago | |
| Gabor Szabo | 1965 | Hungary | Budapest | |
| Gabrielle Roth & the Mirrors | 1982 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Gad Whip | 2014 | UK | Lincolnshire | |
| Gadfrey Lewis | 1981 | Jamaica | ||
| Gadgets | 1980 | UK | ⇒ Matt Johnson ⇒ The The | |
| Gag | 2012 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Gakidou | 1985 | Japan | Matsumaya | |
| Galaboochees | 1967 | USA | Indiana | |
| Galatée | 2015 | Russia | Rostow | |
| Galactapus | 2020 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Galaxies IV | 1962 | USA | Trenton, New Jersey | |
| Gale Garnett | 1963 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Galileo 7 | 2009 | UK | Medway, Kent | |
| Gallery of Mites | 2001 | USA | ||
| Galloping Coroners (Vagtazo Halottkemek) | 1975 | Hungary | Budapest | |
| GAM | 1976 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Günter Schickert ⇒ Ash Ra Tempel |
| Gambit of Shame | 1980 | UK | Watford | ⇒ Mex |
| Gamble & Huff | 2008 | USA | Philadelphia | AKA Ultimate Breaks & Beats ⇒ Ruth McFadden |
| Game Theory | 1981 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Games to Avoid | 1980 | UK | Southampton | |
| Gamma Rays (1) | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Gamma Rays (2) | 2015 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Gandalf (1) | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Gandalf (2) | 1980 | Austria | ||
| Gang 90 & Absurdettes | 1981 | Brazil | ||
| Gang Gang Dance | 2003 | USA | New York | |
| Gang Green | 1980 | USA | Boston | |
| Gang of Four | 1977 | UK | Leeds | |
| Gangpol & Mit | 2004 | France | Bordeaux | |
| Gangster Fun | 1989 | USA | Michigan | |
| Ganimian & His Oriental Music | 1959 | USA | New York | |
| Ganser | 2016 | USA | Chicago | |
| Gap Dream | 2012 | USA | Fullerton, California | |
| Gap Girls | 2019 | USA | Nevada | |
| Gar Francis | 2011 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Doughboys |
| Garage Gods | 2008 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Gabage | 1993 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Garbage & the Flowers | 1992 | New Zealand | Wellington | |
| Garbochock | 1979 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| Gardening By Moonlight | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Gardens | 2007 | USA | Detroit | |
| Gareth Dickson | 2005 | UK | East Kilbride | |
| Garifuna Collective Garifuna Collective (Umalali) |
2007 | Belize | ||
| Garmisch | 2006 | Sweden | Malmö | AKA Garmisch Partenkirchen |
| Gary Clail & On-U Sound System | 1989 | UK | Bristol | |
| Gary Clark Jr. | 2001 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Gary Glitter | 1972 | UK | Banbury, Oxfordshire | |
| Gary Higgins | 1973 | UK | Connecticut | |
| Gary Lewis & the Playboys | 1960 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Gary Lucas Gary Lucas & Mary Margret O'Hara |
1991 | USA | Syracuse, New York | |
| Gary Myrick & the Figures | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Gary Numan Gary Numan & the Tubeway Army |
1979 | UK | London | ⇒ Gary Numan |
| Gary Panter | 1978 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Gary War | 2008 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Gary Warren | 1957 | USA | ||
| Gas Huffer | 1989 | USA | Seattle | |
| Gash | 1972 | Germany | Bremen | |
| Gasmac Gilmore | 2002 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Gaston Olinga (Olinga Gaston) | 1975 | Cameroon | ||
| Gate | 1989 | New Zealand | Dunedin | ⇒ Dead C ⇒ Righteous Yeah |
| Gavilán Rayna Russom | 2010 | USA | New York | AKA Gavin Russom ⇒ LCD Soundsystem ⇒ Delia Gonzales & Gavin Russom |
| Gauche | 2015 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Gauze | 1981 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Gawow Seungthong | 1979 | Thailand | ||
| Gay Beast | 2005 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Gaye Su Akyol | 2014 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Gayga I Din | 1984 | Poland | ||
| Gaznevada | 1977 | Italy | Bologna | |
| GBH | 1978 | UK | Birmingham | AKA Charged GBH |
| Geater Davis (AKA Jeater Davis) | 1970 | USA | Texas | |
| Gee Tees | 1967 | USA | Smyrna, Georgia | |
| Geese | 2004 | UK | Leeds | AKA 3eese, Frozen Geese ⇒ Val Denham |
| Geinoh Yamashirogumi | 1974 | Japan | ||
| Geins't Naït | 1986 | France | Nancy | |
| Geisha Girls | 1983 | UK | Basingstoke | |
| Geisterfahrer | 1979 | Germany | Hamburg | ⇒ Andy Giorbino ⇒ Bal Paré |
| Gel Set | 2012 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Gelatinous Citizen | 1987 | USA | Charlottesville, Virginia | |
| Geluidshouwerij | 1980 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | AKA Chris Lindquist |
| Gen & the Degenerates | 2021 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Gen Ken Mongomery Gen Ken Montgomery & Equipment |
1981 | USA | New York | |
| Gen Pop | USA | 2017 | Olympia, Washington | |
| Genders | 2003 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Gene Clark | 1966 | USA | Missouri | ⇒ Byrds |
| Gene F. Steiker & Larry S. Chengges | 1973 | USA | ||
| Gene Loves Jezebel | 1980 | UK | Porthcawl, Wales | |
| Gene Moles | 1964 | USA | Bakersfield, California | |
| General Elektriks | 2003 | France | Paris | |
| General Labor | 2018 | USA | Mempöhis, Tennessee | |
| Generation Loss | 2014 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Generation X | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ Billy Idol ⇒ Empire (2) |
| Genesis Breyer P-Orridge | 1990 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Throbbing Gristle ⇒ Psychic TV ⇒ Thee Majesty ⇒ Merzbow & Genesis P-Orridge |
| Geneva Jacuzzi | 2006 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Bubonic Plague ⇒ Obelisk |
| Gentleman Callers | 2002 | USA | ||
| Genocide Exit | 1980 | UK | Sunderland | |
| Gentry | 1984 | Netherlands | Wormer | |
| Gentrys | 1965 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Gents | 1966 | Bermuda | ||
| Gents Inc. | 1965 | Germany | Giessen | |
| Geoff Leigh | 1979 | UK | St. Leonards-on-Sea | |
| Geoffrey Landers | 1979 | USA | Denver | |
| Geomungo Factory | 2010 | South Korea | ||
| George Edwards Group | 1977 | USA | Detroit | |
| George Jackson | 1965 | USA | Mississippi | |
| George Jones | 1956 | USA | Texas | |
| George McCrae | 1969 | USA | Florida | |
| George Smallwood | 1978 | USA | Hyattsville, Maryland | |
| George Theodorakis | 1981 | Greece | Athens | |
| George's Boys | 1965 | USA | Connecticut | ⇒ Shags |
| Georges Brassens | 1954 | France | Languedoc-Roussillon | |
| Georgia | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Georgiana Starlington | 2007 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Gerald Keaney & the Gerald Keaneys | 2012 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Geraldine Fibberr | 1993 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Carla Bozulich |
| Gérard Manset | 1968 | France | Saint-Cloud, Île-de-France | |
| Gerechtigkeits-Liga | 1981 | Germany | Bremen | |
| Germ Class | 2015 | Portugal | ||
| Germ House | 2014 | USA | New Mexico | |
| German Army | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Merx |
| Germs | 1977 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Gerry & the Holograms | 1979 | UK | Manchester | |
| Gerry & the Pacemakers | 1959 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Gershon Kingsley | 1968 | Germany | Bochum | Perrey & Kingsley |
| Gerstein | 1984 | Italy | Torino | |
| Gertrud | 2011 | USA | Stillwater, Oklahoma | |
| Gertrud Stein | 2009 | Switzerland | ||
| Gerunds | 2008 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Gestalt | 1982 | France | Lyon | |
| Gestures | 1964 | USA | Minnesota | |
| Get Hustle | 1995 | USA | San Diego | |
| Get Smart | 1980 | USA | Kansas | |
| Getatchew Kassa & Soul Ekos Band | 1970 | Ethiopia | Addis Abeba | ⇒ Tèshomè Meteku |
| Getting the Fear | 1984 | UK | ⇒ Southern Death Cult | |
| Geza X | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| GG Allin & the Jabbers | 1977 | USA | New Hampshire | AKA Jabbers |
| Gglum | 2020 | UK | London | |
| Ghastly Ones | 1996 | USA | California | |
| Ghédalia Tazartès | 1979 | France | Paris | ⇒ Reines d'Angleterre |
| Ghost (1) | 1969 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Ghost (2) | 1984 | Japan | Tokyo | ⇒ Michio Kurihara |
| Ghost Bikini | 2012 | USA | Atlanta,Georgia | |
| Ghost Box Orchestra | 2008 | USA | Boston | |
| Ghost Club | 1996 | New Zealand | Based in London | |
| Ghost Funk Orchestra | 2014 | USA | New York | |
| Ghost Orchid | 1988 | UK | Maidstone | |
| Ghost Power | 2020 | UK | ⇒ McCarthy ⇒ Stereolab | |
| Ghost Wave | 2011 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Ghost Wolves | 2010 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Ghostface Killah | 1984 | USA | Staten Island NY | |
| Ghostland Observatory | 2005 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Ghostwoman | 2021 | USA | Arizona | |
| Ghostwriters | 1980 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Ghoulies | 2020 | Australia | Perth | |
| Ghouls Night Out | 2006 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Ghoultown | 1998 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Giant Robots | 1996 | Switzerland | Lausanne | |
| Giant Sand | 1985 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | ⇒ Howe Gelb ⇒ Band of Blacky Ranchette ⇒ Calexico |
| Gibson Bros. | 1984 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Gil Mellé | 1956 | USA | New York | |
| Gil Scott-Heron Gil Scott-Heron & Brain Jackson |
1970 | USA | Chicago | |
| Giljoteens | 2000 | Sweden | ||
| Gimmicks | 1998 | USA | ||
| Gin Sonic | 2001 | Canada | Quebec | |
| Gin Wigmore | 2008 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Gina Birch | 2018 | UK | Nottingham | ⇒ Raincoats |
| Gina Volpe | 2017 | USA | New York | ⇒ Lunachicks |
| Gina X Gina X Performance |
1978 | Germany | Köln | |
| Ginger Baker | 1971 | UK | London | ⇒ Cream |
| Ginger Davis & the Snaps | 1960 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Ginger Leigh | 1992 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Ginny Wright | 1953 | USA | Twin Cities, Georgia | |
| Gino & the Goons | 2007 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Gino Parks | 1957 | USA | Alabama | |
| Gino Washington | 1964 | USA | Detroit | |
| Giorgio & Marco's Man | 1966 | UK | Wolverhampton | |
| Giorgio Moroder | 1965 | Itali | Trentino | |
| Giraffes | 1996 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Girl Band | 2011 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Girl In a Coma | 2004 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Girl Trouble | 1983 | USA | Tacoma, Washington | |
| Girl Unit | 2010 | UK | London | |
| Girlfriends | 1963 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Girls | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Girls Against Boys | 1988 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Girls At Our Best | 1979 | UK | ||
| Girls In Sythesis | 2016 | UK | London | |
| Girls Names | 2009 | UK | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| Girls On Grass | 2015 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Girls With Attitude | 2012 | USA | ||
| Girlschool | 1975 | UK | London | ⇒ Motörhead & Girlschool |
| Gist | 1980 | UK | Caerdydd, Wales | ⇒ Young Marble Giants |
| Githead | 2004 | UK | London | ⇒ Colin Newman ⇒ Wire |
| Gitogito Hustler | 1995 | Japan | Kyoto | AKA Gito Gito Hustler |
| Gits | 1990 | USA | Seattle | |
| Giuseppe Ielasi | 1997 | Italy | Milano | |
| Giusy Dej | 2015 | Italy | ||
| Gizmos | 1976 | USA | Indiana | ⇒ Future Plan |
| Glaase | 2021 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Glad Corp | 1983 | USA | New Kent, Virginia | |
| Gladiators | 1967 | Jamaica | Kingston | ⇒ Albert Griffiths & the Gladiators |
| Glamorcult | 1983 | Canada | Mississauga, Ontario | |
| Glamour For Evening | 1982 | Belgium | ||
| Glass Boy | 2007 | USA | Denver | |
| Glass Candy | 1999 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Glass Sun | 1971 | USA | Ypsilanti, Michigan | |
| Glaxo Babies | 1977 | UK | Bristol | |
| Gleitzeit | 1982 | Germany | München | |
| Glen Campbell | 1962 | USA | Arizona | ⇒ Folkswingers |
| Glen Judah | 1980 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Glen Matlock & the Philistines | 1996 | UK | London | |
| Glen Meadmore | 1987 | Canada | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Glenda Collins | 1960 | UK | London | |
| Glenn Jones | 2004 | USA | Spokane, Washington | ⇒ Cul-De-Sac |
| Glenn Mercer | 2007 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Feelies ⇒ Trypes ⇒ East of Venus |
| Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help | 2017 | USA | Hoboken, New Jersey | ⇒ Individuals (1) |
| Glenn Phillips | 1975 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Glentells | N/A | USA | ||
| Glistening | 1991 | USA | Brooklyn NY | NON-VERIFIED ARTIST |
| Glitter Wizard | 2009 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Glittering Insects | 2023 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Glitz | 2013 | USA | ||
| Global Communication | 1991 | UK | Taunton, Somerset | |
| Global Trancemission | 1999 | UK | ||
| Glockabelle | 2014 | USA | New York | |
| Glories | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Glorious Din | 1984 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Glove | 1983 | UK | London | ⇒ Cure ⇒ Siouxsie & the Banshees ⇒ Ear Trumpet |
| Glow God | 2013 | USA | Oklahoma City | |
| Glowing Glisses | 2000 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Glueams | 1980 | Switzerland | Bern | ⇒ Grauzone |
| Gluebag | 2008 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Gluons | 1983 | USA | New Bedford, Massachusetts | ⇒ Blue Hollow |
| Glyders | 2013 | USA | Chicago | |
| GM49 | 1980 | Hungary | Budapest | |
| Gnarls Barkley | 2005 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Gnaw Their Tongues | 2004 | Netherlands | Drachten, Friesland | |
| Gnod | 2006 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Marlene Ribeiro |
| Gnoma.D (AKA GnomaD) | 1999 | USA | New York | |
| Gnonnas Pedro et Ses Panchos | 1967 | Benin | ||
| Go Flamingo | 1982 | Italy | Ferrara | |
| Go Home Productions | 2002 | UK | Notrtingham | Real name: Mark Vidler |
| Go Takao | 1975 | Japan | ||
| Go Wows | 2012 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Goat | 2012 | Sweden | Korpilombolo | ⇒ Capra Informis |
| Go-Betweens (1) | 1965 | USA | New York | |
| Go-Betweens (2) | 1977 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Goblin | 1975 | Italy | Rome | |
| Goblin Mix | 1985 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Goblin Shark | 2024 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| God | 1986 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| God & the State | 1985 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| God Bullies | 1986 | USA | Michigan | |
| God Is My Co-Pilot | 1991 | USA | New York | |
| Goddess of Fortune | 1969 | UK | London | AKA Rada Krsna Temple |
| Go-Devils | 1996 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Godfathers | 1985 | UK | London | |
| Godhead | 1994 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Godheadsilo | 1991 | USA | Fargo, North Dakota | |
| Godley & Creme | 1976 | UK | Manchester | |
| God's Acre | 1988 | USA | Chicago | |
| God's Gift | 1978 | UK | Salford | |
| God's Girlfriend | 1991 | USA | ||
| God's Little Monkeys | 1989 | UK | York | |
| Godz | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Gogol Bordello | 1999 | USA | New York | |
| Gogoman & the Players | 2005 | France | ||
| Go-Go's | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Kathy Valentine |
| Gökçen Kaynatan | 1963 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Gold Dime | 2017 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Talk Normal |
| Gold Dust | 2021 | USA | Easthampton, Massachusetts | |
| Goldblum | 2020 | Netherlands | ||
| GoldeBriars | 1964 | USA | ||
| Golden | 1993 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Golden Boys | 2004 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ James Arthur's Manhunt |
| Golden Dawn | 1966 | USA | Austin, Texas | AKA George Kinney & (the New Riders of) the Golden Dawn |
| Golden Dogs | 2002 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Golden Hours | 2004 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Golden Silvers | 2008 | UK | London | |
| Golden Triangle | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ K-Holes ⇒ Warm Drag |
| Goldfrapp | 1999 | UK | London | |
| Goldstars | 2003 | USA | Chicago | |
| Golem (1) | 2001 | USA | New York | |
| Golem (2) | 1996 | Germany | ||
| Golliwogs | 1964 | USA | California | |
| Gong | 1969 | France | Paris | ⇒ Daevid Allen ⇒ Material ⇒ Planet Gong ⇒ New York Gong |
| Gong Gong Gong | 2018 | China | Beijing | |
| Gonjasufi | 2009 | USA | California | |
| Gonn | 1966 | USA | Iowa | |
| Gonzalez, Feist & Dani | 2000 | Canada | Based in Berlin | |
| Good Feelins | 1967 | USA | San Bernardino, California | |
| Good Good | 2001 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Good Riddance | 1986 | USA | Santa Cruz, California | |
| Good Throb | 2011 | UK | London | |
| Goodees | 1967 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Goodnight Loving | 2003 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Goon | 2016 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Goosewind | 1989 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Gordons | 1980 | New Zealand | Christchurch | ⇒ Bailter Space ⇒ Skeptics (4) |
| Gore Gore Girls | 1997 | USA | Detroit | |
| Gorerotted | 1997 | UK | London | |
| Gorgoroth | 1992 | Norway | Bergen | |
| Gories | 1986 | USA | Detroit | ⇒ Broadway Lafayette |
| Gorilla Aktiv | 1982 | Germany | München | |
| Gorilla Angreb | 1999 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Go-Rillas | N/A | N/A | ||
| Gorki (AKA Gorky) | 1989 | Belgium | Gent | |
| Gorky's Zygotic Mynci | 1991 | UK | Carmarthen, Wales | |
| Gospel Truth | 2013 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Gossip | 1999 | USA | Searcy, Arkansas | |
| Gotan Project | 1999 | France | Paris | |
| Gothic Archies | 1996 | USA | New York | |
| Gothic Hut | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Gothica | 1993 | Germany | ||
| Gotobeds | 2009 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Goudron | 2002 | USA | Detroit | |
| Gougoumangoo | 1978 | Ivory Coast | ||
| Government Issue | 1980 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| GR (Gregory Raimo) | 2007 | France | ⇒ Michael Yonkers Band | |
| Grabbeltons | 1973 | Belgium | Eksaarde | |
| Grabnoct | 1987 | Germany | Berlin Ost | ⇒ Wartburgs Für Walter |
| Grace Jones | 1975 | Jamaica | Spanishtown | |
| Grace Sings Sludge | 2010 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Grace Vonderkuhn | 2015 | USA | Wilmington, Delaware | |
| Grackles | 1977 | USA | Albaquerque, New Mexico | AKA Cosmic Grackles |
| Graeme Jefferies | 1987 | New Zealand | New Plymouth | ⇒ Peter Jefferies ⇒ This Kind of Punishment |
| Graeme Revell | 1986 | New Zealand | Auckland | ⇒ SPK |
| Graf & ZYX | 1985 | Austria | AKA Inge Graf & ZYX ⇒ ZYX | |
| Graham Day Graham Day & the Gaolers |
2007 | UK | Chatham | ⇒ Prisoners |
| Graham Parker & the Rumour | 1975 | UK | London | |
| Grails | 2003 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Grand Kalle & African Jazz | 1953 | DR Congo | (ex Belgian Congo) | |
| Grant Hart | 1988 | USA | Minnesota | ⇒ Hüsker Dü |
| Grass Roots | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Grauzone | 1980 | Switzerland | Bern | ⇒ Claudine Chirac ⇒ Glueams |
| Graven Rite | 2012 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Gravestone Four | 1962 | USA | Nevada | |
| Graveyard Five | 1968 | USA | California | |
| Graveyard of the Pacific | 2020 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Gray Matter (1) | 1983 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Gray Matter (2) | 2002 | Isreal | ||
| Grayceon | 2007 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Grazia (1) | 1978 | Turkey | ||
| Grazia (2) | 2024 | UK | London | |
| Great Area | 2021 | UK | London | |
| Great American Desert | 2002 | USA | Oklahoma City | |
| Great Lakes | 1966 | USA | Syracuse, New York | ⇒ Uncalled For |
| Great Plains | 1981 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Great Scots (AKA Great Scotts) | 1964 | Canada | Halifax | ⇒ Free-For-All |
| Great Unwashed | 1983 | New Zealand | Christchurch | ⇒ David Kilgour ⇒ Hamish Kilgour |
| Great Valley | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| Green | 1984 | USA | Chicago | |
| Green Circles | 2001 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Green Day | 1986 | USA | California | ⇒ Foxboro Hot Tubs ⇒ Network (2) |
| Green Machines | 2016 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Green Means Go | 1999 | USA | ||
| Green On Red | 1979 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Green Pajamas | 1983 | USA | Seattle | |
| Green Seagull | 2016 | UK | London | |
| Green-Blue (Green / Blue) | 2019 | USA | Minneapolis | ⇒ Blind Shake |
| Greenhornes Greenhornes (ft. Holly Golightly) |
1996 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | ⇒ Brian Olive ⇒ Holly Golightly |
| Greg Ashley | 2003 | USA | Houston, Texas | Based in Oakland, California ⇒ Mirrors ⇒ Gris Gris |
| Greg Franks & the Quiet Boys | 1991 | USA | California | |
| Greg Haines | 2006 | UK | Sandhurst | |
| Greg Hatem | 2020 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Greg Kihn Greg Kihn Band |
1976 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Greg Sage | 1985 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | ⇒ Wipers |
| Greg Townson | 2003 | USA | Rochester, New York | ⇒ Hi-Risers ⇒ Los Straitjackets |
| Greg Weeks | 1997 | USA | Philadelphia | ⇒ Espers ⇒ Valerie Project ⇒ Orion Rigel Dommisse |
| Gregg Turner | 2012 | USA | Santa Fe, New Mexico | ⇒ Angry Samoans |
| Gregg Weed & the D. Gorden Band | 1982 | USA | ||
| Gregory Isaacs | 1969 | Jamaica | ||
| Gregory Page | 1995 | UK | London | |
| Grenadine | 1992 | USA | Arlington, Virginia | |
| Grey March | 1986 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Greyhound | 1971 | UK | ||
| Greyhounds (1) | 2001 | USA | Poughkeepsie, New York | |
| Greyhounds (2) | 2000 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Griefs | 2004 | USA | ||
| Griffin | 1968 | USA | ||
| Grifters | 1989 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Grim Reepers | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Grimes | 2010 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Grimm Fairies | 2010 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Grimm Grimm | 2014 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Grinderman | 2007 | UK | London | |
| Grinding Eyes | 2015 | Australia | ||
| Grinning Plowman | 1987 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Gris | 2006 | Canada | Quebec | |
| Gris Gris | 2002 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ Mirrors ⇒ Greg Ashley |
| Grizzled Mighty | 2011 | USA | Seattle | |
| Grizzly Bear | 2003 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| GRÓA | 2018 | Iceland | Reykjavik | |
| Grobschnitt | 1970 | Germany | Hagen | ⇒ Eroc |
| Groceries | 1979 | USA | Princeton, New Jersey | |
| Grodes | 1965 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Groop | 1966 | USA | Toledo, Ohio | |
| Groop Therapy | 1967 | USA | ||
| Grosse Freiheit | 1982 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Grotto Terrazza | 2019 | Germany | München | |
| Grotus | 1989 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Groundhogs | 1963 | UK | London | |
| Groundspeed | 1968 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Group 1850 | 1964 | Netherlands | Den Haag | |
| Group A | 2012 | Tokyo | Japan | |
| Group Bombino (AKA Bombino) | 2009 | Niger | Agadez | |
| Group Chaan Siang Phin | 1970 | Thailand | ||
| Group Doueh & Cheveu | 2007 | France | Paris | |
| Group Inerane | 2007 | Niger | Agadez | |
| Group Rhoda | 2012 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Group Therapy | 1982 | UK | Grimsby, Lincolnshire | |
| Grouper | 2005 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Groupies | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Growing Concern | 1968 | USA | Chicago | |
| Growlers | 2007 | USA | Costa Mesa, California | |
| Gruberger Brothers | 2011 | USA | Reading, Pennsylvania | |
| Gruesomes | 1985 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Gruntruck | 1989 | USA | Seattle | |
| Gruppenbild | 1982 | Belgium | ||
| Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza | 1964 | Italy | Roma | AKA Gruppe Nuova Consonanza |
| Gruppo Sportivo | 1976 | Netherlands | Den Haag | |
| Grýlurnar | 1981 | Iceland | Reykjavik | |
| GTO's | 1968 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| GTVs | 2014 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Guadalcanal Diary | 1981 | USA | Marietta, Georgia | |
| Guana Batz | 1983 | UK | Feltham, Middlesex | |
| Guano Padano | 2007 | Italy | ||
| Guardian Singles | 2015 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Gudrun Gut | 1980 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Malaria (1) ⇒ Einstürzende Neubauten ⇒ Matador (Matador) |
| Guds Barn | 1979 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Guelewar | 1980 | Gambia | Banjul | AKA Guelewar Band of Banjul, Orchestre Guelewar de Banjul |
| Guerilla Toss | 2010 | USA | Boston | |
| Guerilla Welfare | 1986 | Canada | Edmonton | |
| Guerre Froide | 1980 | France | Lille | |
| Guess Who? (AKA Chad Allen & the Expressions) | 1965 | Canada | Winnipeg | |
| Gui Boratto | 2003 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Guided By Voices | 1983 | USA | Dayton, Ohio | |
| Guiding Light | 2024 | USA | ||
| Maurice Rock & Clyddie Brown | 1981 | USA | ||
| Guido & Maurizio de Angelis | 1963 | Italy | Rocca di Papa, Lazio | |
| Guigou Chenevier Guigou Chenevier & Sophie Jausserand |
1982 | France | Grenoble | ⇒ Étron Fou Leloublan |
| Guili Guili Goulag | 2014 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Guilloteens | 1964 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Guilty Hearts | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Guilty Razors | 1977 | France | Lyon | |
| Guinea Worms | 1999 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Guitar Red | 1961 | USA | Chicago | |
| Guitar Wizards of the Future | 2012 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Guitar Wolf | 1987 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Gully Boys | 2018 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Gultskra Artikler | 2003 | Russia | Novosibirsk | |
| Gum Takes Tooth | 2009 | UK | London | |
| Gun Club | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Jeffrey Lee Pierce (Gun Club) |
| Günter Schickert | 1974 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ GAM ⇒ Ziguri |
| Gurus | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Gustaf | 2018 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Gut Bank | 1985 | USA | Hoboken, New Jersey | ⇒ Karyn Kuhl Band |
| Gutter Twins | 2008 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Mark Lanegan |
| Gutterball | 1993 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | ⇒ Steve Wynn |
| Guttersluts (1) | 1988 | USA | Sacramento, California | AKA The Original Guttersluts |
| Guttersluts (2 | 1994 | USA | Hollywood, California | |
| Guttersnipes | 1988 | UK | ||
| Guy Cuevas | 1981 | France | Paris | Origin Havana, Cuba |
| Guy Wathelet | 1964 | Belgium | ||
| Guyer's Connection | 1982 | Switzerland | Basel | |
| Guymon Adams | 2006 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| GWAR | 1984 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Gwenno | 2002 | UK | Caerdydd, Wales | |
| Gyedu Blay Ambolley | 1975 | Ghana | ⇒ Apagya Show Band | |
| Gymshorts | 2014 | USA | Rhode Island | |
| Gymslips | 1981 | UK | London | |
| H.P. Zinker | 1990 | USA | New York | ⇒ Queen of Japan |
| Habibi | 2011 | USA | Detroit | Based in Brooklyn NY |
| Habitat Sound System | 2006 | USA | San Diego | |
| Haboob | 1971 | Germany | Müchen | |
| Hackamore Brick | 1970 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Hackedepicciotto | 2017 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Alexander Hacke, Danielle de Picciotto |
| Hail | 1988 | USA | Denver | ⇒ Corpses As Bedmates |
| Hair & Skin Trading Company | 1991 | UK | London | ⇒ Loop ⇒ Main |
| Haircut One Hundred | 1980 | UK | Kent | |
| Hairem | 1964 | USA | Sacramento, California | ⇒ She |
| Hairy Chapter | 1970 | Germany | Bonn | |
| Hakai No Ku | 2012 | UK | Newcastle | |
| Hal Blaine Hal Blaine & the Young Cougars |
1963 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Hala Strana | 2003 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Halasan Bazar Halasan Bazar & Tara King Th. |
2010 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | ⇒ Tara King Th. |
| Halcali | 2003 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Half Beats | 1965 | USA | ||
| Half Church | 1980 | USA | California | |
| Half Man Half Biscuit | 1983 | UK | Birkenhead, Merseyside | |
| Half Japanese | 1974 | USA | Coldwater, Michigan | ⇒ Jad Fair ⇒ Kramer |
| Halfsilks | 2021 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Halibuts | 1983 | USA | ||
| Halim "Janda-Ku" Yatim & the Sangam Boys | 1967 | Malaysia | ||
| Hall Monitors | 2016 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Hallmarks | 1967 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Halo (H.A.L.O.) | 1990 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Ham1 (Ham One) | 2005 | USA | Athens Georgia | |
| Hamayoko | 2007 | Japan | Yokohama | |
| Hamburger All Stars | 1982 | UK | ||
| Hamid Baroudi | 1976 | Algeria | Based in Germany | |
| Hamid El Shaeri | 1983 | Libya | Based in Egypt | |
| Hamilton Streetcar | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Hamilton Yarns | 2002 | UK | Brighton | |
| Hamish Kilgour | 1996 | New Zealand | Auckland | Based in New York ⇒ Bailter Space ⇒ Clean ⇒ Great Unwashed |
| Hammered Hulls | 2019 | USA | Washington DC | ⇒ Mary Timony |
| Hammersmith Gorillas | 1974 | UK | London | AKA Gorillas ⇒ Jesse Hector & the Sound |
| Hand Grenades | 1979 | USA | New York | ⇒ Sponsors |
| Hand Habits | 2012 | USA | New York | Based in Los Angeles |
| Handful Of Snowdrops | 1984 | Canada | Quebec City | |
| Hands In | 2011 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Haney Brothers | 1994 | USA | ||
| Hang On the Box | 1988 | China | Beijing | ⇒ Yang Fan |
| Hangee V | 2003 | Italy | Sardinia | |
| Hanggai | 2004 | China | Beijing | |
| Hanging Coffins | 2008 | USA | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Hangman's Beautiful Daughters | 1987 | UK | London | |
| Hangmen | 1965 | USA | Washngton D.C. | ⇒ Reekers |
| Hank (AKA Hank Collective) | 2002 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Hank Wood & the Hammerheads | 2010 | USA | New York | |
| Hanne Hukkelberg | 2003 | Norway | Kongsberg | |
| Hans-A-Plast | 1979 | Germany | Hannover | ⇒ Bettina Schröder |
| Hans Appelqvist | 2002 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| Hans Dulfer & Ritmo-Natural | 1970 | Netherlands | ||
| Hans Nieswandt | 1996 | Germany | Mannheim | |
| Hans Reichel | 1973 | Germany | Hagen | |
| Happy Dragon-Band | 1978 | USA | Detroit | |
| Happy Few | 1982 | UK | Norwich | |
| Happy Fingers Institute | 1991 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Happy Flowers | 1983 | USA | Charlottesville, Virginia | |
| Happy Mondays | 1982 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Black Grape |
| Hara-Kee-Rees | 2002 | Germany | Köln | |
| Harald Alexander | 1971 | USA | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Harald Sack Ziegler | 1986 | Germany | Köln | ⇒ Sack & Blumm |
| Harangue | 2009 | USA | Pittsburg | |
| Hard Corps | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Hard Times | 1966 | USA | San Jose, California | |
| Hard-Ons | 1982 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Hardy Fox | 2016 | USA | California | ⇒ Residents ⇒ Charles Bobuck |
| Harlem | 2007 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Harmonia Harmonia 76 |
1973 | Germany | Niedersachsen | ⇒ Michael Rother ⇒ Roedelius ⇒ Moebius ⇒ Brian Eno ⇒ Cluster |
| Harmonica Lewinski | 2012 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Haroula Rose | 2008 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Harri Kakoulli | 1980 | UK | London | ⇒ England's Glory |
| Harrison & Wand | 2016 | UK | Salford | ⇒ Matt Wand |
| Harry Charles | 1960 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Harry Howard (& the NDE) | 2012 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Birthday Party ⇒ Crime & the City Solution ⇒ These Immortal Souls |
| Harumi | 1968 | Japan | ||
| Haruomi Hosono Haruomi Hosono & Tadanori Yokoo |
1973 | Japan | Tokyo | ⇒ Yellow Magic Orchestra |
| Harvestman | 2005 | USA | Oakland, California | &⇒ Steve Von Till ⇒ Neurosis |
| Harvey Milk | 1991 | USA | Athens, Georgia | |
| Hash Jar Tempo | 1995 | USA | Philadelphia | ⇒ Bardo Pond ⇒ 500mg |
| Haskil Adkins | 1962 | USA | West Virgina | |
| Hassle Hound | 2002 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Hat Shoes | 1991 | USA/UK/Belgium | ⇒ Tom Cora ⇒ Bill Gilonis & Tim Hodgkinson ⇒ Vibraslaps (2) | |
| Hate Bombs | 1994 | USA | Orlando, Florida | |
| Hattie Littles | 1962 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Haunted | 1966 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Haunted George | 2006 | USA | Llano, California | |
| Hauntologists | 2008 | Germany | ||
| Havah | 2009 | Italy | Forlì | |
| Have a Nice Life | 2000 | USA | Connecticut | |
| Hawaii Mud Bombers | 1995 | Sweden | Falun | |
| Hawaii Samurai | 2001 | France | Besançon | |
| Hawaiian Pups | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Hawksmoor | 2018 | UK | Bristol | |
| Hawkwind | 1969 | UK | London | ⇒ Mötörhead ⇒ Robert Calvert ⇒ Nik Turner's Sphynx ⇒ Michael Moorcock's Deep Fix |
| Haymarket Riot | 1968 | USA | Michigan | |
| Haymarket Square | 1968 | USA | Chicago | |
| Hayvanlar Alemi | 1999 | Turkey | Ankara | |
| Hayze | 1960-ies | USA | ||
| Hazmat Modine | 2006 | USA | New York | |
| Head & the Hares | 1965 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Head of David | 1986 | UK | Dudley, West Midlands | |
| Head Shop | 1969 | USA | New York | |
| Headcollision | 2000 | Australia | Sydney | Based since 2005 in Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Headleaders | 1981 | Greece | Athens | |
| Headman | 2000 | Switzerland | Based in Berlin | |
| Headroom | 2006 | USA | New Haven, Connecticut | |
| Heads | 1990 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Anthroprophh |
| Headstone | 1974 | USA | Middletown, Indiana | AKA Headstones |
| Headstones | 1965 | USA | Texas | |
| Healers | 1977 | USA | Boulder, Colorado | |
| Health | 2006 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Healthy Competition | 2019 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Heart | 1967 | USA | Seattle | |
| Heart Attack Alley | 2010 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Heart Throbs | 1987 | UK | Reading | |
| Heartaches | 2003 | USA | San Diego | |
| Heartbeats | 1983 | Germany | München | |
| Hearts On Fire | N/A | N/A | ||
| Heat Vision & Jack | 2017 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ DJ Female Convict Scorpion |
| Heater | N/A | N/A | ||
| Heaters | 2014 | USA | Grand Rapids, Michigan | |
| Heathens | 1967 | USA | Schenectady, New York | |
| Heather Leigh Murray | 2002 | USA | Texas | Based in Glasgow, Scotland &rARrr; Charalambides |
| Heather Nova | 1993 | Bermuda | ||
| Heather Trost | 2014 | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | ⇒ A Hawk and a Hacksaw |
| Heatsick | 2006 | UK | Based In Berlin | |
| Heaven & Earth | 1972 | USA | New York | |
| Heaven 17 | 1981 | UK | Sheffield | ⇒ British Electric Foundation (BEF) |
| Heavenly | 1989 | UK | Oxford | ⇒ Marine Research |
| Heavy | 2006 | UK | Bath | |
| Heavy Birds | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Heavy Cream | 2009 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Heavy Lids | 2013 | USA | New Oreleans | |
| Heavy Metal | 2016 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Heavy Manners | 1981 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Kate Fagan |
| Heavy Metal Kids | 1973 | UK | London | |
| Heavy Times | 2009 | USA | Chicago | |
| Heavy Trash | 2005 | USA | New York | ⇒ Broadway Lafayette |
| Hector (1) | 1972 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| Hector (2) | 1973 | UK | Portsmouth | |
| Hector Zazou Hector Zazou & Sandy Dillon |
1979 | France | Paris | Born in Algeria ⇒ Barricade ⇒ Papa Wemba & Hector Zazou ⇒ Barbara Gogan & Hector Zazou |
| Hedningarna | 1989 | Sweden | Skinnskatteberg | |
| Heinz & Franz | 1987 | Germany | Chemnitz | ⇒ A.F. Moebius |
| Heldon | 1974 | France | Paris | ⇒ Richard Pinhas |
| Helen | 2013 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Helen Rush | 2006 | USA | ⇒ Metal Mountains | |
| Helen Wheels | 1971 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Helena Espvall & Masaki Batch | 2006 | Sweden/Japan | ⇒ Ghost (2) | |
| Helical Snowfall | 2017 | N/A | ||
| Helicon | 2009 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Heliocentrics | 2005 | UK | London | |
| Helios Creed | 1985 | USA | California | ⇒ Chrome ⇒ Damon Edge |
| Heliotropes | 2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Helium | 1992 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Mary Timony |
| Hell No | 1992 | USA | Nueva York | |
| Hell Preachers Inc. | 1969 | Germany | Frankfurt | |
| Hellacopters | 1994 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Hellboys | 1997 | France | Paris | ⇒ A. (Adam) Jodorowsky |
| Hello Goodbye | 1999 | Sweden/Norway | ||
| Hellstorm | 1980 | USA | ||
| Helm | 2006 | UK | London | |
| Help Yourself | 1970 | UK | London | ⇒ Ernie Graham |
| Helstar | 1982 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Helvetia | 2005 | USA | Seattle | |
| Hemant Bhosle | 1977 | India | ||
| Henchmen | 1964 | Australia | ||
| Hendrickson Road House | 1970 | USA | California | |
| Henri Mancini | 1958 | USA | ||
| Henry & Louis | 1990 | UK | Bristol | |
| Henry Flynt | 1986 | USA | North Carolina | ⇒ Velvet Underground |
| Henry Hayes & Georgetta Hardin | 1992 | USA | ||
| Henry Kaiser | 1977 | USA | California | ⇒ Destroyed ⇒ Scott Amendola |
| Henry Phillips | 1997 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Hentchmen | 1992 | USA | Detroit | |
| Heptones | 1965 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Her Highness | 2004 | Isreal | ||
| Her Space Holiday | 1997 | USA | California | |
| Herbaliser | 1995 | UK | Twickenham | |
| Herbcraft | 2010 | USA | Portland, Maine | |
| Herbie Osbourne | N/A | N/A | ||
| Hercegovina | 2016 | Denmark | ||
| Herd | 1967 | USA | Bethesda, Maryland | |
| Here Lies Man | 2017 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Herman Brood & His Wild Romance | 1976 | Netherlands | Groningen | |
| Herman's Hermits | 1963 | UK | Manchester | |
| Herman's Rocket | 1977 | France | ⇒ Jean-Pierre Massiera | |
| Hermetics | 2012 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | Origin Colombia |
| Hermine | 1980 | France | Paris | |
| Heroes & Villains | 2006 | USA | Detroit | |
| Heroic Struggles | 1985 | USA | Palm Beach, California | |
| Heroin | 1991 | USA | San Diego | |
| Heron Oblivian | 2013 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Heta Bilaletdin | 2016 | Finland | Helsini | ⇒ Olimpia Splendid |
| Hether | 2019 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Hertzinfarkt | 2008 | Germany | ||
| Hestina (AKA Sirens 2) | 2014 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Heute | 1983 | Germany | Reutlingen | ⇒ Der Lustige Musikant |
| Hex | 1988 | Australia | (Steve Kilbey & Donnette Thayer) ⇒ Steve Kilbey | |
| Steve King Steve King & the Echelons |
1962 | USA | Chicago | |
| Hey Colossus | 2003 | UK | London | |
| Hey-O-Hansen | 1995 | Austria | Innsbruck | |
| Hi Numbers | 1965 | UK | Hatfield | |
| Hi Sheriffs of Blue | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Hiatus Kaiyote | 2011 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Hi-Balls | 1966 | Sweden | ||
| Hibari Misora Hibari Misora & Masao Koga |
1951 | Japan | ||
| Hidden Agenda | 1979 | USA | Ventura, California | ⇒ Mark Lane |
| Hidden Hand | 2002 | USA | Potomac, Maryland | |
| Hidden Rifles | 2014 | USA | ||
| Hidden Ritual | 2014 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Hidden Twin | 2006 | USA | ||
| Hide Out | 1990 | Italy | Como | |
| Hieroglyphic Being & J.I.T.U. Ahn-Sahm-Buhl | 2008 | USA | Chicao | |
| Hi-Fiction Science | 2007 | UK | Bristol | |
| Hifiklub Hifiklub & Lee Ranaldo |
2007 | France | Toulon | ⇒ Lee Ranaldo |
| Hifi's | 1957 | UK | London | |
| High Back Chairs | 1989 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| High Curbs | 2013 | USA | Chino, California | |
| High Dials | 2003 | Canada | Montreal | |
| High Learys | 2013 | Australia | Perth | |
| High Numbers | 1964 | UK | London | ⇒ Who |
| High Places | 2006 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| High Rise | 1982 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| High Spirits | 1965 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| High Tension Wires | 2004 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Higher Authorities | 2016 | USA | ||
| Higher State | 2005 | UK | Kent | ⇒ Paul Messis ⇒ Suburban Homes |
| Higsons | 1981 | UK | Norwich | |
| Hiiragi Fukuda | 2010 | Japan | Tokyo | ⇒ Doronco Gumo |
| Hikashu | 1979 | Japan | ||
| Hilary Laddin | 1980 | USA | ||
| Hillbilly Frankenstein | 1988 | USA | Athens, Georgia | |
| Hinds | 2011 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Hint Hint | 2003 | USA | Seattle | |
| Hipbone Slim & the Knee Tremblers | 2004 | UK | Oxford | |
| Hippyfuckers | 2022 | USA | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Hi-Risers | 1997 | USA | Rochester, New York | ⇒ Greg Townson |
| Hiromi Mizutani | 2006 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Hiromichi Sakamoto | 1999 | Japan | Hiroshima | |
| Hiroshi Fujiwara | 1988 | Japan | Ise | |
| Hirsche Nicht Aufs Sofa (AKA HNAS | 1993 | Germany | Aachen | |
| His Electro Blue Voice | 2007 | Italy | Como | AKA HEBV |
| His Master's Voice | 1983 | USA | New York | ⇒ Keiko Bonk & Kazan |
| His Name Is Alive | 1990 | USA | Livonia, Michigan | |
| Histrioniks | 2004 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Hit By a Truck | 1985 | UK | ||
| Hit Parade | 1982 | UK | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| Hitmen | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Hitomi Moriwaki | 2022 | Japan | Fukuoka | |
| Hives | 1993 | Sweden | Fagersta | |
| Hjördis-Britt Aström | 2013 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Hobocop | 2014 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Hochenkeit | 1997 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Holden | 1997 | France | Paris | Formed in Dublin |
| Hölderlin | 1970 | Germany | Wuppertal | |
| Hole | 1989 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Hole Class | 2006 | USA | Delaware | |
| Holger Czukay | 1979 | Germany | ⇒ Can ⇒ Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit & Holger Czukay | |
| Hollies | 1962 | UK | Manchester | |
| Hollow Steps | 1966 | USA | Illinois | |
| Hollows | 2009 | USA | Chicago | |
| Holly Golightly Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs |
1995 | UK | London | ⇒ Greenhornes |
| Hollywood Sinners | 2001 | Spain | Toledo | |
| Holmes (1) | 2002 | USA | ||
| Holmes (2) | 2021 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Holeshot | 1992 | USA | Verona, New Jersey | Previously tagged as " ) |
| Holy Balm | 2006 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Holy Dark | 2007 | USA | Santa Cruz, California | |
| Holy Disciples | 1972 | USA | Chicago | AKA Holy Disciples of Chicago, Ill. |
| Holy Joe | 1996 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Holy Kiss | 2003 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Holy Light Jr's | 2018 | USA | ||
| Holy Mackerel | 1968 | USA | New York | |
| Holy Modal Rounders | 1963 | USA | New York | ⇒ Steve Weber ⇒ Peter Stampfel |
| Holy Motors | 2015 | Estonia | Tallinn | |
| Holy Toy | 1982 | Norway/Poland | Oslo | |
| Holydrug Couple | 2008 | Chile | Santiago | |
| Homelife | 1998 | UK | Manchester | |
| Honey | 2014 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Honey & the Bees | 1959 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Honey Bane | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Honeybus | 1967 | UK | London | |
| Honeycombs | 1963 | UK | London | |
| Honeymoon Killers (1) | 1977 | Belgium | Brussels | ⇒ Tueurs de la Lune de Miel |
| Honeymoon Killers (2) | 1984 | USA | New York | ⇒ Jon Spencer |
| Honeymoons | 1981 | Japan | Tokyo | ⇒ Tenko ⇒ Polka Dot Fire Brigade (Mizutama Shobodan) |
| Hongthong Dao Udon | 1979 | Thailand | ||
| Hongthong Khanonglam | 1970 | Thailand | ||
| Honolulu Mountain Daffodils | 1987 | UK | ||
| Hood | 1991 | UK | Leeds | |
| Hoodoo Gurus | 1981 | Australia | Sydney | ⇒ Scientists |
| Hookworms | 2009 | UK | Leeds | |
| Hooterville Trolley | 1964 | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Hooverphonic | 1995 | Belgium | Sint-Niklaas | |
| Hope | 1968 | N/A | ||
| Hope D | 2019 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions | 2000 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Clay Allison ⇒ Opal ⇒ Mazzy Star |
| Hopeajärvi | 2011 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| Hopelessly Obscure | 1984 | USA | Boston | |
| Hopewell | 1996 | USA | ||
| Horace Andy | 1970 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Hörförståelse | 1980 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Hormonauts | 1999 | Italy | ||
| Horna | 1993 | Finland | Lappeenranta | |
| Hornsey At War | 1979 | UK | ||
| Horrid Red | 2010 | USA | California | |
| Horrorpops | 1997 | Denmark | ||
| Horse | 1968 | UK | ||
| Horse Palace | 2006 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Horseback | 2007 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Horseflies | 1983 | USA | Ithaca, New York | AKA Horse Flies |
| Horsemen | 1984 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Hospital People | 1998 | USA | Duluth, Minnesota | |
| Hospitality | 2008 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Hot & Cold | 2005 | India | New Delhi | Based in Beijing |
| Hot Chip | 2000 | UK | London | |
| Hot Chocolate | 1969 | UK | Brixton, London | |
| Hot Guts | 2007 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Hot Lava | 2007 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Hot Poop | 1971 | USA | California | |
| Hot Snakes | 1999 | USA | San Diego | |
| Hot Toddies Jazz Band | 2020 | USA | New York | |
| Hot Tuna | 1969 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Hotchkiss | 1984 | France | Aurillac | |
| Hothead | 2016 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Hotrails | 2004 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Hound | 2014 | USA | California | |
| House Band | 2015 | Australia | Sydney | |
| House of Cosy Cushions | 2004 | Netherlands | Groningen | |
| House of Freaks | 1984 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| House of Love | 1986 | UK | London | |
| Household | 2011 | USA | ||
| Househunters | 1985 | UK | London | |
| Howard DeVoto | 1979 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Buzzcocks ⇒ Magazine ⇒ Luxuria |
| Howard Wales | 1971 | USA | ||
| Howe Gelb | 1991 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | ⇒ Giant Sand ⇒ Band of Blacky Ranchette |
| Howlin' Moondoggies | 1991 | Australia | Perth | |
| Howlin' Thurstons | 2003 | USA | New York | |
| Howlin' Wolf | 1951 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Howling Hex | 2003 | USA | New Mexico | |
| Howlo | 2015 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Hoyt Axton | 1962 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| HRSTA | 2001 | Canada | Montreal | |
| HSBC | 2017 | Germany | ||
| HTRK | 2003 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Hubbels | 1969 | USA | Dayton, Ohio | |
| Hudson Styrene | 1989 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | ⇒ Styrenes |
| Hue Blanc's Joyless Ones | 2004 | USA | Wisconsin | |
| Huevos Rancheros | 1990 | Canada | Calgary | |
| Hugh Beaumont Experience | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Huggy Bear | 1991 | UK | Brighton | |
| Hugh Cornwell | 1984 | USA | New York | ⇒ Stranglers |
| Hugo Klang | 1982 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Elastica |
| Hugo Largo | 1987 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds ⇒ Wreckery ⇒ Mimi |
| Hugo Race & the True Spirit | 1986 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Nick Cave |
| Hullabaloo | 1986 | USA | Boston | |
| Hum | 1989 | USA | Illinois | |
| Human Beings | 1992 | Netherlands | Utrecht | |
| Human Beingz | 1966 | USA | Youngstown, Ohio | |
| Human Expression | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Human Eye | 2004 | USA | Detroit | ⇒ Paint Thinner |
| Human Flesh Human Flesh (ft. Darline Victor) Human Flesh (ft. Tara Cross) |
1984 | Belgium | ⇒ Tara Cross | |
| Human Hands | 1981 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Human Host | 2002 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Human Impact | 2019 | USA | New York | |
| Human League | 1977 | UK | Sheffield | ⇒ British Electric Foundation (BEF) |
| Human Puppets | 2004 | Greece | Athens | |
| Human Switchboard | 1976 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Human Television | 2003 | USA | Gainesville, Florida | |
| Human Tornados | 1997 | USA | ||
| Human Zoo | 1981 | UK | ||
| Humane Society | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Humans | 1966 | USA | Albion, New York | |
| Humour Malade | 2007 | France | ||
| Humpe Humpe | 1985 | Germany | Hagen | AKA Humpe & Humpe ⇒ Inga Humpe ⇒ Neonbabies |
| Hunchback | 2006 | USA | New Brunswick, New Jersey | |
| Hunches | 2001 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Hunger | 1968 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Huns (1) | 1965 | USA | Ithaca, New York | |
| Huns (2) | 1966 | USA | Arlington Heights, Illinois | |
| Huns (3) | 1979 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Hunt | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| Hunters | 1960 | UK | Hertfordshire | |
| Hunters & Collectors | 1981 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Hunx & His Punx | 2008 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ Shannon Shaw ⇒ Shannon & the Clams ⇒ Nobunny |
| Hurry Up | 2015 | USA | ||
| Hurtsfall | 2019 | UK | Nottingham | |
| Husbands | 2003 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Hush | 1971 | Austria | Linz | |
| Hüsker Dü | 1979 | USA | Minnesota | ⇒ Sugar ⇒ Grant Hart |
| Husky Rescue | 2001 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| Hussy | 2008 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Hyaa | 1985 | USA | Washington D.C. | ⇒ Insect Surfers ⇒ Magnapop ⇒ Oh-OK |
| Hydes | 1992 | Greece | Katerini | |
| Hydravion | 1977 | France | Paris | |
| Hye-Jin Park | 2018 | South Korea | AKA Park Hye Jin, based in Los Angeles | |
| Hygrades | 1971 | Nigeria | Enugu | |
| Hylopath | 2018 | UK | London | |
| Hymn | 1983 | France | Dijon | ⇒ Lucas Trouble |
| Hype Williams | 2005 | UK | London | |
| Hyper Tensions | 2015 | USA | Evansville, Indiana | |
| Hyperculte | 2014 | Switzerland | Geneva | |
| Hypnodance | 1984 | Italy | Firenze | ⇒ Ernesto De Pascale & Hypnodance |
| Hypnolovewheel | 1986 | USA | New York | ⇒ Dew Claw |
| Hypnotique | 2004 | UK | Nottingham | |
| Hypno-Twists | 2001 | UK | ||
| Hysteria | 1984 | UK | Plymouth | |
| Hysteria S.A.D. | 1983 | Japan | ||
| Hysteric Polemix | 2021 | USA | New York | |
| Hysterica Passio | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Hysterics (1) | 1965 | USA | San Bernardino, California | |
| Hysterics (2) | 2010 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| I Am Kloot | 1999 | UK | Manchester | |
| I Am Spooonbender | 1997 | USA | San Francisco | |
| I. Ludicrous | 1985 | UK | London | |
| I. Roy | 1973 | Jamaica | Saint Thomas | |
| I. Yefremow & G. Sapgir | N/A | N/A | ||
| I.S. 9 | 1983 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Ian Boddy Ian Boddy & Chris Carter |
1980 | UK | Newcastle | ⇒ Chris Carter |
| Ian Crause | 2000 | Bolivia | ⇒ Disco Inferno | |
| Ian Dury & the Blockheads | 1977 | UK | London | ⇒ Kilburn & the High Roads |
| Ian Elms | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Ian Hunter | 1975 | UK | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Ian Kay | 2019 | France | Lyon | AKA Ian Kapoudjian ⇒ Missing Souls |
| Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly | 2024 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | Origin Bolivia & Brazil |
| Ibibio Sound Machine | 2014 | UK | London | |
| Ibrahim Ferrer | 1982 | Cuba | Havana | ⇒ Buena Vista Social Club |
| Ice Nine | 1983 | UK | ||
| Iceage | 2008 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Icewater Scandal | 2002 | USA | New York | |
| Ichiko Hashimoto | 1984 | Japan | Kobe | |
| Ici Chien Chien | 2022 | Poland | Gdynia | |
| Icky Blossoms | 2011 | USA | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Icky Joey | 1990 | USA | Seattle | |
| Iconoclasts | 1980 | UK | Liverpool | |
| IC-RED | 2022 | Netherlands | ||
| Icy Demons | 2002 | USA | Chicago | |
| Id (1) | 1967 | USA | California | ⇒ Projection Company |
| Id (2) | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Ideal | 1980 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Ides of March | 1984 | USA | Chicago | |
| Iditarod | 1997 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Idle Hands | 2017 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Unto Others (name change Sep. 2020 |
| Idle Race | 1966 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Jeff Lynne |
| Idle Times | 2008 | USA | Seattle | |
| Idol Khosey | N/A | N/A | ||
| Idoli | 1980 | Serbia | Belgrade | |
| Idrissa Soumaoro | 1978 | Mali | Ouelessebougou | |
| I-F (AKA Interr-Ference) | 1995 | Netherlands | Den Haag | |
| Iggy Pop & the Stooges | 1967 | USA | Ann Arbor, Michigan | ⇒ Steve Mackay (AKA Steven Mackay) |
| Ignatz Ignatz & De Stervende Honden |
2005 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Igra Staklenih Perli | 1976 | Serbia | Belgrade | |
| Iguanas | 1985 | USA | Kansas | |
| Ikara Colt | 1999 | UK | London | |
| Ike & Tina Turner | 1958 | USA | St. Louis | |
| Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm | 1951 | USA | Clarksdale, Missouri | |
| Ike Yard | 1979 | USA | New York | |
| Ikebe Shakedown | 2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| IKO | 1982 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Il Wedding Kollektiv | 2021 | Italy/Germany | Roma/Berlin | |
| Il y a Volkswagens | 1981 | UK | ||
| Ilitch | 1977 | France | Paris | ⇒ Ruth ⇒ Breaking Point ⇒ Crash (2) ⇒ NLTM |
| Ill Ease | 1998 | USA | New York | |
| Ill Repute | 1981 | USA | California | |
| Illinois Speed Press | 1968 | USA | Chicago | |
| Illum Sphere | 2009 | UK | Machester | |
| Illuminati Hotties | 2018 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Illuminations | 2008 | USA | ||
| Illusions (1) | 1961 | USA | Michigan | |
| Illusions (2) | 1963 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Illusions (3) | 1966 | USA | Chicago | |
| Ilous & Decuyper | 1971 | France | ||
| Ilpo Numminen | 2014 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| I'm Dead | 1982 | UK | Kent | |
| Im Namen des Volkes | 1980 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Im Nebel | 1982 | Norway | Haugesund | |
| Imaga Pour Image | 1984 | Belgium | AKA Image Par Image | |
| Imam Baildi | 2007 | Greece | Elliniko | |
| Imarhan | 2015 | Algeria | Tamanrasset | |
| Imelda May | 2005 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| ImiAFan | 2000 | Slovakia | ||
| Imitation Life | 1984 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Immaterial | 2007 | France | Paris | |
| Immaterial Possession | 2020 | USA | Athens, Georgia | |
| Immortal | 1988 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Immortal Nightflames | 1977 | USA | Colorado | |
| Impact All Stars | 1970 | Jamaica | ⇒ Winston Wright & Impact All Stars | |
| Impacts | 1967 | USA | Washington State | |
| Impala | 1993 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Imperial Leather | 2020 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Imperial Pompadours | 1982 | UK | London | ⇒ Nik Turner ⇒ Robert Calvert ⇒ Inner City Unit |
| Imperial Surfers | 2003 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Imperial Teen | 1995 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Implodes | 2009 | USA | Chicago | |
| Implog | 1980 | USA | New York | ⇒ Contortions |
| Impossebulls | 2001 | USA | ||
| Improbables | 1990-ies | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Improved Sound Limited | 1961 | Germany | Nürnberg | |
| In Aeternam Vale | 1983 | France | Lyon | |
| In Camera | 1980 | UK | London | |
| In Extremo | 1995 | Germany | Berlin | |
| In the Nursery | 1981 | UK | Sheffield | |
| In the Woods | 1991 | Norway | Kristiansand | |
| In Zaire | 2010 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Inandout | 1983 | Germany | Berlin | AKA IAO, I.A.O., Die Rüttler |
| Incredible Coöp | 1986 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Incredible Staggers | 2004 | Austria | AKA The Staggers | |
| Incredible String Band | 1965 | UK | Edinburgh/Glasgow | |
| In-Crowd | 1971 | Jamaica | ⇒ Erroll Walker | |
| Independents | 1992 | USA | South Carolina | |
| Index | 1966 | USA | Michigan | |
| Indian Bingo | 1990 | USA | ||
| Indian Jewelry | 2002 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Indians In Moscow | 1981 | UK | Yorkshire | |
| Indifferent Dance Centre | 1981 | UK | Chichester | |
| Individuals (1) | 1981 | USA | Hoboken, New Jersey | ⇒ Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help |
| Individuals (2) | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Indonesian Junk | 2014 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Indoor Life | 1980 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Patrick Cowley |
| Indre Krig | 2021 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Industrial Sponge | 1985 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Inertia | 1980 | UK | Uxbridge | |
| Infantry | 1987 | USA | California | |
| Inferior Complex | 1980 | UK | Southampton | |
| Inferno | 1968 | USA | ||
| Infinitives | 1966 | USA | ||
| Inflatable Boy Clams | 1981 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Influenza | 1968 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Informatics | 1981 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Infrared Radiator Orchestra | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| Inga Humpe | 1988 | Germany | Hagen | ⇒ Humpe Humpe ⇒ Neonbabies |
| Ingrid Chavez | 1990 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Ingrid Karklins | 1989 | USA | Chicago | |
| Inhalt | 2011 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Ini Kamoze | 1981 | Jamaica | Port Maria | |
| Inject the Light | 2020 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Ink & Dagger | 1996 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Inn | 1987 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Inner City Unit | 1979 | UK | London | ⇒ Nik Turner ⇒ Imperial Pompadours |
| Inner Light | 1969 | USA | Page, North Dakota | |
| Innocents | 1982 | USA | ||
| Inox Kapell Schrill Schoh | 1998 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Insanity | 1984 | Germay | ||
| Insect Flak | 1982 | UK | Northampton | |
| Insect Surfers | 1979 | USA | Washington D.C. | ⇒ Hyaa ⇒ Magnapop ⇒ Oh-OK |
| Inserts | 1981 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Inside Looking Out | 1969 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Inside the Broken Clock | 1987 | Italy | Siena | |
| Insomniacs | 1989 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Inspiral Carpets | 1983 | UK | Manchester | |
| Instant Automatons | 1978 | UK | Lincolnshire | |
| Instant Music | 1981 | Germany | München | |
| Instant Orange | 1968 | USA | California | |
| Instead Of | 1983 | Belgium | ||
| Instincts | 1967 | USA | Connecticut | |
| Institute | 2013 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Instramentaclees | 2011 | USA | Maryland | |
| Insults | 1979 | USA | California | |
| Intelligence Dept. | 1982 | Italy | Ferrara | |
| Intended | 2012 | USA | Detroit | |
| Interference | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Interior (1) | 1978 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | ⇒ Soviet Sex |
| Interior (2) (AKA Interiors) | 1982 | Japan | ||
| International Harvester | 1968 | Sweden | Stockholm | AKA Harvester ⇒ Träd, Gräs och Stenar ⇒ Träden |
| International Q | 1981 | USA | Connecticut | |
| Interns | 1965 | USA | Ohio | |
| Intimate Obsessions | 1985 | UK | Coventry | |
| Intolerance | 1983 | Italy | Torino | |
| Intruders | 1966 | USA | St. Louis | |
| Inu | 1979 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Inutili | 2013 | Italy | Teramo | |
| In-Vaders | 1966 | USA | jConnecticut | |
| Invertebrates | 1981 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Invisible Hands | 2013 | Egypt | Cairo | |
| Ipsissimus | 1969 | UK | London | |
| Ipso Facto (1) | 1982 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Ipso Facto (2) | 2007 | UK | London | |
| Ippu-Do | 1979 | Japan | Shizuoka | ⇒ Masami Tsuchiya |
| Iqu | 1998 | USA | Seattle | |
| IRA! | 1984 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Iration Steppas | 1994 | UK | Leeds | |
| Irma & the Fascinators | 1965 | USA | Philadelphia | AKA Irma & the Larks |
| Iron and Wine & Calexico | 2002 | USA | ⇒ Calexico | |
| Iron Butterfly | 1966 | USA | San Diego | |
| Iron Claw | 1969 | UK | Dumfries, Scotland | |
| Iron Curtain | 1982 | USA | Santa Barbara, California | |
| Iron Prostate | 1990 | USA | New York | |
| irr. app. (ext.) | 1997 | USA | California | ⇒ Nurse With Wound ⇒ A Bad Diana ⇒ Diana Rogerson |
| Irving | 2002 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Irving Gluck Combo | N/A | USA | ||
| Isaac Hayes | 1964 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Islaja | 2004 | Finland | Helsinki | ⇒ Avarus ⇒ Kemialliset Ystävät |
| Ism | 1980 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | 2002 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | ⇒ Mark Lanegan |
| Isolation | 1985 | UK | ||
| Isolation Ward | 1980 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Isolators | 2006 | Germany | ||
| Isolierband | 1982 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Iss | 2015 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Issa Bagayogo | 1994 | Mali | ||
| ISTA | 2020 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Istapp | 2000 | Sweden | Nättraby | |
| Itchy & the Nits | 2023 | Australia | Sydney | |
| It's a Beautiful Day | 1967 | USA | San Francisco | |
| It's Not the Night: It's Space | 2011 | USA | New Paltz, New York | |
| It's Us | 1965 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Itsuro Shimoda | 1971 | Japan | Kobe | ⇒ Tokyo Kid Brothers |
| IV Bidden (Ivbidden) | 1967 | USA | ||
| Iva Bittova Iva Bittova & Dunaj |
1980 | Czechia | Bruntal | ⇒ Dunaj |
| Ivan Julian | 2009 | USA | New York | ⇒ Richard Hell & the Voidoids ⇒ Outsets ⇒ Shriekback |
| Ivor Cutler | 1959 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | ⇒ Vogel & Ivor Cutler |
| Ivory | 1968 | USA | California | |
| Ivory Elephant | 2017 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Ivy (1) | 1964 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Ivy (2) | 2019 | USA | Pttsburgh | |
| I-Wolf | 2002 | Austria | ||
| Ixna | 1981 | USA | ||
| Ixuol | 2005 | Iran | AKA Arastoo Darakhshan, based in California | |
| Izzy & the Black Trees | 2018 | Poland | Poznań | |
| Izzys | 2002 | USA | New York | |
| J. Bone Cro | 1995 | USA | ||
| J. Boogie's Dubtronic Science | 2003 | USA | San Francisco | |
| J. Dilla | 1996 | USA | Detroit | |
| J. McFarlane's Reality Guest | 2019 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Twerps |
| J.A. Seazer | 1970 | Japan | AKA J.A. Seazer Recital, J.A. Caesar | |
| J.A.R. (Joachim A. Reinbold) | 1992 | Germany | Berlin | |
| J.C. & the New Tones | 1968 | USA | ||
| J.C.W. Ratfinks | 1968 | USA | ||
| J.D. Emmanuel | 1980 | USA | Shenandoah, Texas | AKA JD Emmanuel, Daniel Emmanuel |
| J.J. Barnes | 1960 | USA | Detroit | |
| J.J. Cale | 1971 | USA | Oklahoma City | ⇒ Leathercoated Minds |
| J.J. Lancaster | 1967 | USA | ||
| J.K. & Co. | 1968 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| J.P. Shilo | 2006 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| J+J+J | 2003 | USA | Illinois | |
| Ja Ja Ja | 1981 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Ja Prawn | 2010 | USA | ||
| Jääpöllöt | 2005 | N/A | irr. app. (ext.)? | |
| Jablkon | 1967 | Czechia | Prague | |
| Jac Berrocal Jac Berrocal, David Fenech & Vincent Epplay |
1973 | France | ⇒ Catalogue | |
| Jace Everett | 2005 | USA | Indiana | |
| Jack & the Themselves | 2007 | Italy | ||
| Jack Cades | 2018 | UK | Warwick | |
| Jack Essek | 2018 | France | Bordeaux | |
| Jack Killed Jill | 1993 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Jack Knife & the Sharps | 1994 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Jack Name | 2014 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Jack Oblivian Jack Oblivian & the Dream Killers |
1997 | USA | Mississippi | ⇒ Jack-O & the Tennessee Tearjerkers |
| Jack Palance | 1970 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Jack Radics | 1982 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Jack Rose | 1996 | USA | Virginia | |
| Jack Scratch | 1989 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Effigies |
| Jackets | 2009 | Switzerland | ||
| Jackie & the Cedrics | 1993 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Jackie Daytona | 2018 | USA | Texas | |
| Jackie De Shannon | 1958 | USA | Kentucky | |
| Jackie Lynn | 2016 | USA | Tennessee | |
| Jackie McDowell | 2014 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Jackie Mittoo | 1964 | Jamaica | Browns Town | |
| Jacklords | 1989 | USA | ⇒ Yod Crewsy & the Dark Marbles | |
| Jack-O & the Tennessee Tearjerkers | 2000 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Jack Oblivian ⇒ John Paul Keith |
| Jackson Jones | 1980 | Canada | ||
| Jackson Politick | 2017 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ Andy Human |
| Jacky Horn | 1985 | Germany | Köln | AKA Mark Jacky Horn |
| Jacno | 1979 | France | Paris | |
| Jacob Miller | 1972 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Jacqueline Taieb | 1967 | France | Origin: Tunisia | |
| Jacques Brel | 1954 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Jacques Charlier | 1983 | Belgium | Liège | |
| Jacques Dutronc | 1966 | France | Paris | |
| Jacques Palminger | 1999 | Germany | Borken | |
| Jacqui Brookes | 1983 | Australia | Rathmines | |
| Jactars | 1984 | UK | Liverpool | Origin: Wirrall |
| Jacuzzi Boys | 2007 | USA | Florida | |
| Jad Fair Jad Fair & Kramer |
1982 | USA | Michigan | ⇒ Half Japanese ⇒ Kramer |
| Jad Stone & the Luv | 1970 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Jades (1) | 1965 | USA | Texas | |
| Jades (2) | 1967 | USA | Illinois | |
| Jean Claudric | 1974 | France | Born in Algiers | |
| Jeanette Baker | 1957 | USA | Denver, Colorado | |
| Jagged Edge | 1965 | USA | New York | |
| Jah Lion Jah Lion & the Upsetters |
1975 | Jamaica | ||
| Jah Shaka | 1980 | UK | London | AKA Zulu Warrior |
| Jah Wobble Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart Jah Wobble, The Edge & Holger Czukay Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit & Holger Czukay Jah Wobble & Temple of Sound |
1978 | UK | London | ⇒ Public Image Ltd. ⇒ Can ⇒ Bartok ⇒ David Harrow |
| Jahzzar | 2010 | Spain | Gijón | |
| Jaill | 2002 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Jake Blanchard | 2012 | UK | Todmorden | |
| Jake Blount | 2017 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Jake Holmes | 1967 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Jalal (Jalaludin M. Nuriddin) | 1984 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Jam | 1972 | UK | Woking, Surrey | |
| Jam Honey | 2014 | UK | ||
| James | 1982 | UK | Manchester | |
| James Arthur's Manhunt | 2010 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Golden Boys |
| James Blake | 2009 | UK | Enfield | |
| James Blood Ulmer | 1979 | USA | South Carolina | |
| James Bond & the Agents | 1965 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| James Booker | 1980 | USA | New Orleans | |
| James Brown | 1961 | USA | South Carolina | |
| James Ferraro | 2007 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| James Levine & Paul Lemos | 1986 | USA | ||
| James Pants | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| James T. & the Workers | 1966 | USA | Michigan | |
| James White & the Blacks | 1978 | USA | New York | ⇒ Contortions |
| James Wolff | 2012 | UK | ||
| Jamie Saft | 1996 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Jamie T. | 2005 | UK | London | |
| Jan & Dean | 1959 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Jan Dukes de Grey | 1968 | UK | Leeds | |
| Jana Hunter | 2003 | USA | Houston, Texas | Based in Baltimore |
| Jane Birkin | 1969 | France | Paris | ⇒ Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin |
| Jane Kennaway & Strange Behaviour | 1979 | UK | ||
| Jane Weaver Jane Weaver (ft. Virginia Wing) |
1998 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Virginia Wing ⇒ Fenella |
| Jane's Addiction | 1985 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Janet & the Jays | 1965 | USA | ||
| Janie Jones | 1965 | UK | Durham | |
| Janitor of Lunacy | 1981 | Italy | Brescia | |
| Japan | 1974 | UK | London | |
| Japanese Girl | 2015 | Portugal | Porto | |
| Japanther | 2001 | USA | New York | |
| Jaqee | 2005 | Uganda | Kampala | Based in Sweden |
| Jarboe Jarboe & Lary Seven |
1991 | USA | Mississippi | ⇒ Swans |
| Jarvis Humby | 1997 | UK | ||
| Jarvon Jol | 1984 | USA | ||
| Jason Crest | 1967 | UK | Tonbridge | |
| Jason Forrest | 2004 | USA | California | |
| Jason Merrick & the Finders | 1966 | USA | ||
| Jason Urick | 2009 | USA | ||
| Javelin | 2006 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Jawbreaker | 1989 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Jay Allen & the Archcriminals | 2007 | USA | Boston | |
| Jay Bees | 1967 | USA | West Virginia | |
| Jay Clarkson | 1986 | New Zealand | Christchurch | |
| Jay Reatard | 2006 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Reatards ⇒ Lost Sounds ⇒ Angry Angles ⇒ Nervous Patterns ⇒ Final Solutions ⇒ Destruction Unit |
| Jay Stutes | 1962 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Jay Swan | 1972 | USA | ||
| Jay Vons | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Jaye Jayle | 2014 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Jayne Cortez & the Firespitters | 1974 | USA | Arizona | |
| Jazz | 2017 | Australia | ||
| Jazz Butcher | 1982 | UK | Oxford | AKA Jazz Butcher Conspiracy |
| JD McPherson | 2010 | USA | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Jealousy | 2011 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Jean-Claude | 1974 | Mauritius | AKA Jean-Claude Gaspard | |
| Jeani Mack | 1958 | USA | California | |
| Jeanie & the Tits | 2007 | USA | ||
| Jeanie, Jim, Tom & Bill | 1965 | USA | ||
| Jean-Jacques Dexter | 1974 | France | ||
| Jean-Jacques Perrey Jean-Jacques Perrey & David Chazam |
1958 | France | ⇒ Perrey & Kingsley | |
| Jean-Michel Jarre | 1973 | France | Paris | Born in Lyon |
| Jean-Marie Sens | 1973 | France | Paris | |
| Jean-Paul Leclere (C.K.C.) | 1981 | France | Rouen | |
| Jean-Philippe Goude | 1975 | France | Paris | |
| Jean-Pierre Decerf | 1976 | France | ⇒ Gérard Zadj & Jean-Pierre Decerf | |
| Jean-Pierre Massiera Jean-Pierre Massiera & Armando Torelli |
1967 | France | Nice | ⇒ Les Monégasques ⇒ Herman's Rocket ⇒ Visitors (3)⇒ Venus Gang ⇒ Les Maledictus Sound |
| Jean-Yves Labat | 1965 | France | Clermont-Ferrand | AKA M. Frog, Mr. Frog |
| Jedi Mind Tricks | 1993 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Jeff & Jane Hudson | 1981 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Rentals |
| Jeff Dahl | 1977 | USA | Hawaii | ⇒ Angry Samoans ⇒ Vox Pop |
| Jeff Lynne | 1977 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Electric Light Orchestra ⇒ Idle Race |
| Jeff Monn | 1968 | USA | New York | ⇒ Third Bardo |
| Jefferson Airplane | 1965 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Jefferson Handkerchief | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Jefferson Lee | 1969 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Jeffrey Alexander | 2013 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Dire Wolves |
| Jeffrey Lee Pierce | 1985 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Gun Club |
| Jeffrey Lewis Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts |
2001 | USA | New York | |
| Jegsy Dodd & Sons of Harry Cross | 1985 | UK | Wirral | |
| Jellyfish Kiss | 1985 | UK | Leeds | |
| Jennie Pearl | 1970 | USA | ||
| Jenghiz Khan | 1970 | Belgium | Bruxelles | |
| Jennifer Gentle | 2001 | Italy | Padova | |
| Jenny | N/A | N/A | NON-VERIFIED ARTIST | |
| Jenny & the Felines | 2015 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Jenny & the Rascals | 1965 | Netherlands | Den Haag | |
| Jenny Hval | 2011 | Norway | Oslo | |
| Jenny O. | 2010 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Jennylee | 2015 | USA | Nevada | |
| Jeremiah Cymerman | 2007 | USA | Georgia | Based in New York |
| Jeremy Gluck & Friends (Nikki Sudden, Rowland S. Howard, Jeffrey Lee Pierce | 1987 | Canada | ⇒ Barracudas (1) ⇒ Nikki Sudden ⇒ Rowland S. Howard ⇒ Jeffrey Lee Pierce ⇒ Epic Soundtracks | |
| Jeremy Jay | 1999 | USA | Chula Vista, California | |
| Jeremy Macachor | 2011 | USA | California | |
| Jeremy Wallace | 1998 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Jeri Cain Rossi | 1983 | USA | Denver | ⇒ Your Funeral |
| Jérôme Minière | 1986 | France | Orléans | |
| Jerry Dallman & the Knightcaps | 1958 | USA | ||
| Jerry Harrison | 1981 | USA | Milwaukee | ⇒ Talking Heads |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 1956 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Jerry Lewis | 1948 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Jerry Solomon | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Jerry Teel & the Big City Stompers | 2008 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Jerry's Kids | 1983 | USA | Boston | |
| Jerusalem | 1972 | UK | Salisbury | |
| Jessamine | 1993 | USA | Seattle | |
| Jesse Hector & the Sound | 1992 | UK | London | ⇒ Hammersmith Gorillas |
| Jesse James | 1958 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Jesse Malin | 2002 | USA | New York | |
| Jesse Rae | 1979 | UK | Scotland | |
| Jessica Risker | 2016 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Deadbeat |
| Jessica93 | 2010 | France | Paris | |
| Jessie Evans | 2007 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Vanishing ⇒ Autonervous ⇒ Subtonix |
| Jessy Lanza | 2013 | Canada | Hamilton, Ontario | |
| Jesters IV | 1966 | USA | Florida | |
| Jesters of Newport | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Jesus & Mary Chain | 1983 | UK | East Kilbride, Lanarkshire | ⇒ Primal Scream |
| Jesus Couldn't Drum | 1984 | UK | Hertfordshire | |
| Jesus Lizard | 1967 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Scratch Acid |
| Jesus Trip | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Jet Black Berries | 1984 | USA | Rochester, New York | ⇒ |
| Jet Blacks | 1961 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Jet City Five | 1965 | USA | Seattle | |
| Jet Harris & Tony Meehan | 1963 | UK | Kingsbury | ⇒ Shadows |
| Jeunesse d'Ivoire | 1982 | Ivory Coast | ||
| Jeva | N/A | USA | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Jiin | 2015 | UK | ||
| Jill Kroesen | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Jim and the French Vanilla | 2012 | USA | Minneapolis | ⇒ Blind Shake |
| Jim Basnight & the Moberlys | 1977 | USA | Seattle | |
| Jim Burgett | 1960 | USA | California | |
| Jim Carroll Band | 1979 | USA | New York | |
| Jim Shepard | 1977 | USA | Virginia | AKA Jimi Shepard Experience |
| Jim Webb | 1966 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Jim White | 1997 | USA | Florida | |
| Jim White & Marisa Anderson | 2020 | Australia/USA | Melbourne/Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Marisa Anderson |
| Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix & the Lonnie Youngblood Band |
1967 | USA | Seattle | |
| Jimmie Knight | 1962 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | AKA Jimmie Playboy Knight |
| Jimmie Lee Robinson | 1960 | USA | Chicago | |
| Jimmy & the Wolfpack | 2007 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Jimmy Castor Bunch | 1970 | USA | New York | |
| Jimmy Johnson Band | 1979 | USA | Chicago | |
| Jimmy Rabbit & the Karats | 1965 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Jimmy Scott | 1952 | USA | Ohio | AKA Little Jimmy Scott |
| Jimmy Smack | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | AKA Jimmy Mack |
| Jimmy Somerville | 1989 | UK | London | ⇒ Bronski Beat |
| Jimmy Stokely & the Exiles | 1965 | USA | Lexington, Kentucky | |
| Jimmy Vick & the Victors | 1963 | USA | ||
| Jimmy Witter | 1956 | USA | ||
| Jintara Poonlarp | 1988 | Thailand | ||
| J-Live | 1995 | USA | New York | |
| Jo Ann Campbell | 1956 | USA | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Joakim Joakim (ft. Akwetey) |
2002 | France | ||
| Joan Duvalle | 1960-ies | USA | Detroit | |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Runaways |
| Joanna | 1968 | Belgium | ||
| Joanna Newsom | 2002 | USA | Nevada | |
| Joanne & Sonny | N/A (60ies) | USA | ||
| Jocelyn Pook | 1995 | UK | West Midlands | |
| Jocke & Elliot | 2010 | Sweden | ||
| Jode | 1971 | USA | ||
| Jodi (AKA Iodi) | 1971 | Paraguay | ||
| Jodie Foster | 1977 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Jodie Foster's Army (JFA) | 1981 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Jody Carver & Johnny Cucci | 1958 | USA | ||
| Joe Bataan | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Joe Bisko & Attila Galamb | 1973 | USA | ||
| Joe Boots & His Band | N/A | N/A | ||
| Joe Byrd & the Field Hippies | 1968 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Joe Cocker | 1964 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Joe Crow | 1982 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Nightingales ⇒ Prefects |
| Joe d'Agostino | 1987 | USA | ||
| Joe Henry | 1986 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Joe Higgs | 1964 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Joe Jackson | 1979 | UK | Burton-Upon-Trent | |
| Joe Meek & the Blue Men | 1960 | UK | Newent, Gloucestershire | ⇒ Saints (2) |
| Joe Rainbow | 1977 | USA | Boston | Real Name: Bert Switzer ⇒ Destroyed |
| Joe Satriani | 1984 | USA | New York | |
| Joe Tex | 1955 | USA | Texas | |
| Joe White | 1962 | Jamaica | ||
| Joey & the Time Machine | 1967 | USA | Baltimore | AKA Joey Welz & the Time Machine |
| Joey Skidmore Band Joey Skidmore & the Cellmates |
1986 | USA | Kansas City | |
| Johanna Went | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| John and Jehn | 2005 | France | Poitiers | |
| John Barry | 1960 | UK | York | |
| John Bender | 1980 | Germany | Nürnberg | |
| John Black Experience | 1990 | USA | ||
| John Braden | 1969 | USA | North Carolina | |
| John Cale | 1970 | UK | Gamnant, Wales | ⇒ Velvet Underground |
| John Campbell | 1988 | USA | Louisiana | |
| John Carpenter John Carpenter & Alan Howarth |
1974 | USA | Carthage, New York | |
| John Cooper Clarke | 1977 | UK | Salford | ⇒ Cathy La Crème |
| John Deen & the Trakk | 1968 | UK | Manchester | |
| John Dowie | 1977 | UK | Birmingham | |
| John English III & the Heathens | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| John Foster | 1980 | USA | ⇒ Savant | |
| John Foxx | 1979 | UK | London | ⇒ Ultravox ⇒ Belbury Circle |
| John Frusciante | 1994 | USA | New York | |
| John Giorno John Giorno Band |
1967 | USA | New York | |
| John Henry Nijenhuis | 1963 | Canada | Montreal | |
| John Holt |
1967 | Jamaica | Kingston | ⇒ Paragons |
| John Kay & the Sparrow | 1965 | Canada | Frontman of Steppenwolf | |
| John Kenneth Nelson | 1975 | Mauritius | ||
| John Kruth | 1987 | USA | Milwaukee | ⇒ Tribecastan ⇒ Tine Kindermann & John Kruth |
| John Lafia | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | Born in New York |
| John Lee Hooker | 1959 | USA | Mississippi | |
| John Lennon | 1960 | UK | Liverpool | |
| John Martyn | 1967 | UK | Surrey | |
| John Maus | 1999 | USA | Minnesota | |
| John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers | 1966 | UK | ⇒ Aynsley Dunbar ⇒ Peter Green, Peter & Mick Green | |
| John Merricks | 2009 | France | Strasbourg | |
| John Oswald | 1978 | Canada | Ontario | |
| John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett | 1976 | UK | Aylesbury | |
| John Parish | 1996 | UK | Yeovil | ⇒ P.J. Harvey |
| John Paul Keith | 2008 | USA | Knoxville, Tennessee | ⇒ Jack-O & the Tennessee Tearjerkers |
| John Paul Young | 1980 | Canada | Toronto | |
| John Pertwee | 1962 | UK | London | |
| John Renbourn John Renbourn (ft. Beverley Martyn) John Renbourn Group |
1965 | UK | London | ⇒ Pentangle |
| John Ruskan (AKA John Ruth) | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| John Schnall's Midnight Matinee | 1989 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Opposable Thumb ⇒ Bob Mozar |
| John Schuller | 2002 | USA | ||
| John the Revelator | 1968 | Netherlands | ||
| John Thill | 2002 | USA | California | |
| John Thome | 1969 | USA | California | |
| John Trubee & the Ugly Janitors of America | 1984 | USA | California | |
| John Trudell | 1983 | USA | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| John Wall & Alex Rodgers | 1993 | UK | London | |
| John Wilkes Booze | 1999 | USA | Wilmington, Indiana | |
| John Zorn | 1978 | USA | Queens NY | ⇒ PainKiller |
| Johnnie Morisette | 1960 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Johnny & the G-Men | 1962 | South Africa | AKA Johnny Kongos & the G-Men | |
| Johnny & the Hurricanes | 1957 | USA | Toledo, Ohio | |
| Johnny & the Jailbirds | 1979 | UK | ||
| Johnny Adams | 1966 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Johnny Bond (AKA Johnny Bond & His River Valley Boys) | 1957 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Johnny Burnette Johnny Burnette Trio |
1956 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Johnny Casino & the Secrets | 2007 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Johnny Clarke | 1974 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Johnny Concrete | 1980 | Denmark | Aarhus | |
| Johnny Dowd | 1995 | USA | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Johnny Fallin | 1959 | USA | ||
| Johnny Guitar Watson | 1962 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Johnny Horton | 1959 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Johnny Jenkins | 1962 | USA | Macon, Georgia | |
| Johnny Kidd & the Pirates | 1959 | UK | London | |
| Johnny Mbizo Dyani | 1979 | South Africa | East London | |
| Johnny Moped | 1974 | UK | Croydon | |
| Johnny Noise | 2014 | Mexico | Monterrey | |
| Johnny Powers | 1956 | USA | Detroit | |
| Johnny Rivers | 1964 | USA | New York | |
| Johnny Thompson Quintet | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Johnny Thunders Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers Johnny Thunders (ft. Patti Palladin) |
1978 | USA | Queens NY | ⇒ New York Dolls ⇒ Waldos |
| Johnny Williams | 1964 | USA | Alabama | |
| Johnny Winter | 1966 | USA | Leland, Texas | |
| Jolie Holland | 2003 | USA | Brooklyn NY | Origin Houston, Texas |
| Jolly Boys | 1955 | Jamaica | Port Antonio | |
| Jon & the Nightriders | 1979 | USA | California | |
| Jon & the Vons | 2015 | France | Paris | |
| Jon Hassell Jon Hassell & Brian Eno |
1978 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee / New York | ⇒ Brian Eno |
| Jon Langford & Kat Ex (Katjon Band) | 1994 | UK | Newport | ⇒ Mekons ⇒ Ex |
| Jon Sheffield | 1998 | USA | Missouri | |
| Jon Spencer Jon Spencer Blues Explosion |
1991 | USA | New York | ⇒ Pussy Galore ⇒ Honeymoon Killers (2) |
| Jon Tessier | 2017 | France | Paris | |
| Jonas Reinhardt | 2008 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Jonathan Fire Eater | 1993 | USA | New York | AKA Jonathan Fire*Eater, Origin Washington DC |
| Jonathan Halper | 2011 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Jonathan Kane | 1997 | USA | New York | |
| Jonathan Richman | 1976 | USA | Massachusetts | ⇒ Modern Lovers |
| Joneses | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Jonestown | 1990 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Jonesy | 1971 | UK | London | |
| Jongbloed (ft. Sofia E.R.) | 2008 | Netherlands | ||
| Joni Wilson | 1971 | USA | ||
| Jonly Bonly | 2012 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Jonny 3 | 2004 | USA | ||
| Jonny Chan & the New Dynasty 6 | 1998 | USA | New York | |
| Jonti | 2011 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Joolz | 1983 | UK | ||
| Jordan Rain | 1995 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Josef K | 1979 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | ⇒ Paul Haig ⇒ Rhythm of Life |
| Josefin Öhrn & the Liberation | 2014 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Joseph Allred | 2012 | USA | Crawford, Tennessee | |
| Josephine Foster Josephine Foster & the Supposed |
2001 | USA | Colorado | |
| Josh & Jon At the Junkyard | 1984 | UK | ||
| Journey Men | 1965 | USA | Ohio | |
| Jove | 1974 | USA | ||
| Jowe Head Jowe Head & the Househunters |
1981 | UK | Kidderminster | ⇒ Swell Maps ⇒ Television Personalities ⇒ Palookas |
| Joy (1) | 2012 | USA | San Diego | |
| Joy (2) | 1987 | Belgium | ||
| Joy Division | 1978 | UK | Salford | ⇒ Warsaw ⇒ New Order |
| Joy Must Remain | 2010 | USA | California | |
| Joy Wellboy | 2010 | Belgium | Leuven/Brussels | |
| Joy White | 1974 | Germany | ||
| Joyce Heath | 1959 | USA | ||
| Joys For Life | 1967 | USA | Indianapolis | |
| Jozef Van Wissem | 2000 | Netherlands | Limburg | Based in Brooklyn NY ⇒ Mort Subite ⇒ Smegma & Jozef Van Wissem |
| Jr. & His Soulettes | 1971 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Jtiom | 2005 | USA | ||
| Juan McLean | 2002 | USA | New Hampshire | |
| Juana Molina | 1991 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
| Juanita Nixon | 1960 | USA | ||
| Judas & Natasha Experiments | 1991 | USA | ||
| Jude Cowan Montague | 2010 | UK | ||
| Judge | 1988 | USA | New York | |
| Judges | 1966 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Judith Juillerat | 2005 | France | Besançon | |
| Judith Pass the Cakes | N/A | N/A | ||
| Judy Henske Judy Henske & Jerry Yester |
1959 | USA | Wisconsin | |
| Judy Nylon | 1982 | UK | London | ⇒ Snatch |
| Judybats | 1988 | USA | Knoxville, Tennessee | |
| Juicy Lucy | 1969 | UK | London | ⇒ Misunderstood |
| Juicy Panic | 2001 | France | Paris | |
| Jujus | 1965 | USA | Grand Rapids, Michigan | |
| Juke Boy Bonner | 1960 | USA | Texas | |
| Jukebox Zeros | 2004 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Julek Ploski | 2018 | Poland | Warsaw | |
| Julia Heyward & T-Venus | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Julia Holter | 2007 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Julia Vorontsova | 2004 | Russia | St. Petersburg | Based in Los Angeles |
| Julian Calendar | 2017 | USA | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Julian Cope | 1983 | UK | Wales | ⇒ Teardrop Explodes ⇒ Brain Donor |
| Julian Lynch | 2008 | USA | Ridgewood, New Jersey | |
| Juliana Hatfield | 1992 | USA | Wisscasset, Maine | |
| Julianna Barwick | 2006 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Julie Christmas | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Julie Doiron | 1997 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Julie Felix | 1964 | USA | Santa Barbara, California | Based in UK |
| Julie London | 1955 | USA | California | |
| Julie Ruin | 1998 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Juliette & the Licks | 2003 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| July | 1968 | USA | London | |
| July 14th | 1984 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Jumbo Shrimp | 1996 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Klaus Flouride ⇒ East Bay Ray ⇒ Witch Trials |
| Jun Mayuzumi | 1967 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Jun Miyake | 1983 | Japan | Kyoto | |
| Jun Togawa Jun Togawa & Yapoos |
1984 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| June Brides | 1983 | UK | London | |
| June Carter Cash | 1971 | USA | Virginia | |
| Junei | 1987 | USA | Indianapolis | |
| Jungle | 2013 | UK | London | |
| Jungle Fever | 2010 | USA | ||
| Jungle Nausea | 1980 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Junie Aranda (AKA Junior Aranda) | 1999 | Belize | Dangriga | |
| Junior Boys | 1999 | Canada | Hamilton, Ontario | |
| Junior Delgado | 1976 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Junior Kimbrough | 1967 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Junior Reid | 1979 | Jamaica | Kingston | ⇒ Black Uhuru |
| Juniore | 2013 | France | Paris | |
| Junip | 1999 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Junko & Michel Henritzi | 2002 | Japan | ⇒ Michel Henritzi | |
| Junkyard Dogs | 1993 | USA | Seattle | |
| Junkyard Genius (1) | 1997 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Junkyard Genius (2) | 2015 | USA | Kansas City | |
| Juno Reactor | 1990 | UK | Brighton | |
| Junto Club | 2015 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Jupiter & Okwess | 1990 | DR Congo | Kinshasa | |
| Jupiter Suction | 1995 | USA | ||
| Jupiter's Children | 1970 | USA | ||
| Jürgen Paape | 1997 | Germany | Köln | |
| Jury | 1964 | Canada | Winnipeg | |
| Just Luv | 1970 | USA | Detroit | |
| Just Mustard | 2015 | Ireland | Dundalk | |
| Just Plain Ant | 2008 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Just Say No | 1989 | USA | Michigan | ⇒ Raymond Pettibon & Super Session |
| Just Two Guys | 1995 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Justin Trouble | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Justin Velor | 2011 | UK | Manchester | |
| Juveniles | 1962 | USA | Oklahoma | ⇒ Express |
| J-Walk | 1996 | UK | Manchester | |
| Jyl | 1984 | USA | California | |
| Jynx | 1966 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Jyoti | 2010 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| K. Leimer | 1979 | Canada | Winnipeg | ⇒ Savant |
| K.M.F.D.M. | 1984 | Germany | Hamburg | Formed in Paris ⇒ En Esch |
| K7s | 2018 | Spain | ||
| K9 Sniffies | 2012 | USA | Detroit | |
| Ka Baird Ka Baird, John Zuma St. Pelvyn & Camilla Padgitt-Coles |
2006 | USA | Brooklyn NY | AKA Kathleen Baird ⇒ Spires That In the Sunset Rise |
| Kaa Antilope | 1982 | Belgium | ||
| Kaada | 2001 | Norway | Stavanger | |
| Kaboom Karavan | 2007 | Belgium | Dendermonde | |
| Kacy Ross | 1997 | USA | ||
| Kae Tempest | 2010 | UK | London | AKA Kate Tempest |
| Kahimi Karie | 1992 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Kai Engel (Anton Fedchenkov) | 2012 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Kaiser Chiefs | 1996 | UK | Leeds | |
| Kaisers | 1993 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Kak | 1968 | USA | California | |
| Kal Cahoone Kal Cahoone & the Dirty Pretty |
2009 | USA | Denver | ⇒ Tarantella ⇒ Lilium |
| Kalahari Surfers | 1979 | South Africa | Capetown | |
| Kaleidepy | 2001 | USA | ||
| Kaleidoscope (1) | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Kaleidoscope (2) | 1967 | Mexico | ||
| Kalin Twins | 1939 | USA | Port Jervis, New York | |
| Kam Kama | 2010 | USA | Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Kama Rupa | 2010 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Kamal Keila | 1960-ies | Sudan | Khartoum | |
| Kamala & the Karnivores | 1988 | USA | California | |
| Kamilya Jubran | 2005 | Palestine | ||
| Kammerflimmer Kollektief | 1996 | Germany | Karlsruhe | |
| Kam-Pas-Nel-La | 1996 | Japan | Kobe | ⇒ After Dinner |
| Kamuran Akkor | 1966 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Kan Kan | 1980 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Kan Mikami | 1971 | Japan | Kodomari, Aomori | |
| Kandodo | 2010 | UK | ||
| Ka-Nives | 2006 | USA | Texas | |
| Kannibal Komix (Die Anderen) | 1966 | Germany | Kiel | AKA Apocalypse, Die Anderen, The Others |
| Kanot | 2019 | Sweden | ||
| Kaos | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Kap Bambino | 2001 | France | Bordeaux | |
| Kappa Chow | 2013 | Canada | ||
| Kare Takers | 1966 | USA | Youngstown, Ohio | |
| Karen Black | 1965 | USA | Illinois | |
| Karen Cooper Complex | 1981 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Karen Dalton | 1969 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Karen Elson | 2010 | UK | Manchester | |
| Karen Marks | 1981 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Karen Y Los Remedios | 2020 | Mexico | ||
| Karkhana | 2015 | Lebanon | Beirut | |
| Karl Biscuit Karl Biscuit & Winston Tong |
1984 | France | Grasse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | ⇒ Tuxedo Moon |
| Karl Blake | 1977 | UK | Reading | ⇒ Lemon Kittens |
| Karl Hector & the Malcouns | 2002 | Germany | Bavaria | |
| Karlowy Vary | 1982 | Croatia | Zagreb | AKA Korowa Bar |
| Karp | 1990 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Kartune Kapers | 1967 | USA | Chicago | |
| Karyn Kuhl Band | 1985 | USA | Hoboken, New Jersey | ⇒ Gut Bank |
| Kas Product | 1980 | France | Nancy | |
| Kasa Tessema | 1972 | Ethiopia | ||
| KasbaH | 2017 | France | Paris | |
| Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus | 1968 | USA | New York | |
| Kashmir | 1979 | Switzerland | ||
| Katch 22 | 1966 | UK | London | |
| Kate Bush | 1978 | UK | Kent | |
| Kate Clover | 2020 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Crocodiles |
| Kate Fagan | 1980 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Kate Fagan |
| Kate NV | 2013 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Katherine Daly | 2016 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Kathleen Yearwood | 1991 | Canada | Vilna | |
| Kathy Smith | 1970 | USA | California | |
| Kathy Valentine | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Go-Go's |
| Katie Gately | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Katie Stelmanis | 2008 | Canada | Toronto | Origin: Latvia ⇒ Austra |
| Kawaguchi Masami's New Rock Syndicate | 2004 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Kay Weaaver | 1981 | USA | ||
| Kayla Guthrie | 2008 | USA | New York | |
| Kaz Mirblouk | 2014 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Kazuhiko Kato | 1969 | Japan | Kyoto | |
| Kazuki Tomokawa | 1975 | Japan | Mitane, Akita | |
| KDH | 2015 | USA | New York | |
| Kedr Livanskiy | 2015 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Kee Avil | 2018 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Keeley Forsyth | 2019 | UK | Oldham | |
| Keen-O | 2002 | Italy | ||
| Keggs | 1967 | USA | Detroit | |
| Keiko Bonk & Kazan | 2007 | USA | Hawaii | ⇒ His Master's Voice |
| Keiko Higuchi | 1997 | Japan | ||
| Kein Mensch | 1981 | Germany | Hagen | |
| Keine Ahnung | 1981 | Germany | Wörth am Rhein | |
| Keith Hudson | 1969 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Keith Kessler | 1968 | USA | Bellevue, Washington | |
| Keith Leblanc | 1986 | USA | Connecticut | ⇒ Mark Stewart & the Maffia |
| Keith Matic | 1982 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Keith Mlevhu | 1975 | Zambia | Chingola | |
| KeiyaA | 2015 | USA | Chicago | |
| Keleketla | 2020 | South Africa | Johannesburg | |
| Kelley Stoltz Kelley Stoltz & the Spiral Stairs |
1999 | USA | Detroit | |
| Kelly Jean Caldwell | 2002 | USA | Detroit | |
| Kemialliset Ystävät | 1995 | Finland | Tampere | ⇒ Avarus ⇒ Islaja |
| Ken Boothe | 1964 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Kendra Amalie | 2019 | USA | Milwaukee, USA | |
| Kendra Morris | 2010 | USA | California | |
| Kendra Smith | 1094 | USA | Minnesota | ⇒ Dream Syndicate ⇒ Clay Allison ⇒ Opal |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2009 | USA | California | |
| Kennélmus | 1969 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Kenny & the Fiends | 1963 | USA | ||
| Kenny & the Kasuals | 1966 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Kenny Lund & the Roller Coasters | 1962 | USA | ||
| Kenny Tudrick | 2012 | USA | Detroit | ⇒ Detroit Cobras |
| Kenny Wayne Shepherd | 1995 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Kent 3 | 1993 | USA | Bellingham, Washington | |
| Kentrick Patrick | 1959 | Trinidad | San Fernando | |
| Kentucky Knife Fight | 2006 | USA | St. Louis | |
| Kerbivore | 2015 | USA | Staten Island NY | |
| Keren Ann | 2000 | Isreal | Currently in Paris | |
| Kerosene | 1981 | Italy | ||
| Keuhkot | 1988 | Finland | Tampere | |
| Kev Hopper | 1990 | UK | Ipswich | |
| Kevin Ayers Kevin Ayers & Nico |
1969 | UK | Kent | ⇒ Wilde Flowers ⇒ Nico |
| Kevin Dunn & the Regiment of Women | 1979 | USA | Georgia | |
| Kevin Harrison | 1980 | UK | Nuneaton, Warwickshire | |
| Kevin Hewick | 1982 | UK | Leicester | |
| Kevin Miller | 2023 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Kevin Morby | 2013 | USA | Texas | ⇒ Babies |
| KGB | 1982 | Granada | Spain | |
| Khaina Arby | 2011 | Mali | Timbuktu | |
| Khan | 1994 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Khmer Rouge | 1981 | USA | New York | ⇒ Phil Shoenfelt & Southern Cross |
| Khia | 2001 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| K-Holes | 2008 | USA | New York | ⇒ Golden Triangle ⇒ Warm Drag |
| Khwanta Fasawang | 1980 | Thailand | ||
| Ki Di Me | 1981 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Kick | 1985 | Switzerland | ||
| Kicking Giant | 1990 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Kickstand | 1991 | USA | Hoboken, New Jersey | |
| Kid 606 | 1998 | Venezuela | Caracas | |
| Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds | 2002 | USA | Washington D.C. | ⇒ Knoxville Girls |
| Kid Cudi | 2008 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Kid Koala | 1997 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Kidbug | 2019 | USA | ||
| Kids of Widney High | 1988 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Kiem | 1983 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Kiffness | 2010 | South Africa | Cape Town | |
| Kikagaku Moyo | 2013 | Japan | Tokyo | Based in Leipzig |
| Kiki Hitomi | 2010 | Japan | Osaka | |
| KiKu (ft. Blixa Bargeld) KiKu (ft. Black Cracker) |
2003 | Switzerland | Lausanne | ⇒ Einstürzende Neubauten |
| Kilburn & the High Roads | 1970 | UK | London | ⇒ Ian Dury & the Blockheads |
| Kilgore Trout | 1986 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Kill For Total Peace | 2006 | France | Paris | |
| Kill Me Tomorrow | 1995 | USA | San Diego | |
| Kill! Kill! Death! Death! | 2010 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Killdozer | 1984 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Killer Instinct | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Killer Kane Band | 1975 | USA | New York | |
| Killer Kin | 2020 | USA | New Haven, Connecticut | |
| Killer Pussy | 1982 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Killer's Kiss | 2003 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Killing Floors | 2017 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Killing Joke | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Killing the Pig | 1985 | France | ||
| Kills | 2000 | USA/UK | ||
| Kiloff & the Bugs | 2023 | Poland | Szczecin | |
| Kilynn Lunsford | 2022 | USA | Philadelphia | ⇒ Little Claw |
| Kim Deal | 1994 | USA | Dayton, Ohio | ⇒ Breeders ⇒ Pixies |
| Kim Doo Soo | 1986 | South Korea | Daegu | |
| Kim Fowley | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Kim Gordon | 2000 | USA | Rochester, New York | ⇒ Ciccone Youth ⇒ Sonic Youth |
| Kim Hiorthoy | 1996 | Norway | Trondheim | Based in Berlin |
| Kim Salmon (& the Surrealists) | 1988 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Scientists ⇒ Beast of Bourbon |
| Kimberley Rew | 1981 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Soft Boys |
| Kinder aus Asbest | 2003 | Swedem | Stockholm | |
| Kinetics (AKA Five Kinetics) | 1965 | USA | ||
| King Automatic | 2005 | France | Nancy | |
| King Bees | 1966 | Canada | ||
| King Beezz | Canada | Edmonton | ||
| King Blank | 1988 | UK | AKA Ian Lowery Group | |
| King Blood | 2010 | USA | ||
| King Buzzo | 1991 | USA | Aberdeen, Washington | AKA Buzz Osborne, Roger Osborne, Buzzy Ramone a.m.o. ⇒ Melvins |
| King Champion Sounds | 2013 | Netherlands | ||
| King Crimson | 1969 | UK | London | ⇒ Adrian Belew ⇒ Robert Fripp ⇒ Pat Mastelotto |
| King Darves | 2004 | USA | New Jersey | |
| King Diamond | 1985 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| King Dude King Dude & Drab Majesty |
2009 | USA | Kennewick, Washington | |
| King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | 2010 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| King Hannah | 2019 | UK | Liverpool | |
| King Hannibal | 1972 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| King Khan King Khan & the Shrines |
1999 | Germany | Berlin | |
| King Kong | 1989 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| King Kong Ding Dong | 2006 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| King Missile | 1986 | USA | New York | ⇒ Dogbowl |
| King of Culture | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| King of the Slums | 1986 | UK | Manchester | |
| King Pins | 1963 | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| King Radio & the Lions | 1950 | Trinidad | ||
| King Salami & the Cumberland Three | 2007 | UK | London | |
| King Sunny Adé | 1982 | Nigeria | Ondo | |
| King Tubby King Tubby & Friends |
1974 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| King Tuff | 2006 | USA | Vermont | |
| King Woman | 2009 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Kingdom Scum | 1989 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Kings of Convenience | 1998 | Norway | Bergen | |
| King's Ransom | 1965 | USA | Allentown, Pennsylvania | ⇒ Robert Pollard |
| Kingsnakes (1) | 1980 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Kingsnakes (2) | 1986 | USA | Syracuse, New York | |
| Kinks | 1962 | UK | London | |
| Kinny | 2007 | Canada | Based in Bergen, Norway | |
| Kino (1) | 1986 | Germany | AKA Goldbroiler & Ehrlichmann ⇒ Hans Reichelt ⇒ Eroc | |
| Kino (2) | 1982 | Russia | St. Petersburg | |
| Kinoco Hotel | 2007 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Kinski | 1999 | USA | Seattle | |
| Kioea | 2022 | USA | Maine | |
| Kip Hanrahan | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Kip Tyler & the Flips | 1956 | USA | Chicago | |
| Kira Skov | 2003 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Kiran Ahluwalia | 2001 | India | Bihar | |
| Kirby Grips | 1995 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Kirill Makushin | 2013 | Russia | Moscow | ⇒ Fake Cats Project |
| Kirlian Camera | 1979 | Italy | Parma | |
| Kirschstein | 2003 | Germany | Essen | |
| Kirsty MacColl | 1979 | UK | Croydon | |
| Kismet | 1993 | Australia | Extension of the Macedonian Band Mizar | |
| Kiss Kiss Karate Passion | 2008 | France | Bordeaux | AKA Kisskiss Karate Passion |
| Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat | 2005 | Belgium | Gent | |
| Kissing the Pink | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Kit Convict & Thee Terrible Two | 2015 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Kit Sebastian | 2019 | UK | London | |
| Kitaro | 1978 | Japan | Toyohashi | |
| Kitchen & the Plastic Spoons | 1980 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Kitchen Cinq | 1966 | USA | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Kitchen Cynics | 1986 | UK | Aberdeen, Scotland | |
| Kitchen's Floor | 2007 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Kites | 2001 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Kito | 1970 | Angola | ||
| Kiwi Animal | 1983 | New Zealand | ||
| KKD | 1981 | Italy | Modena | |
| Klaatu | 1973 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Klang | 2003 | UK | ||
| Klapper | 2021 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Klark Kent | 1978 | USA | Virginia | |
| Klaus Beyer | 1995 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Klaus Flouride | 1982 | USA | Detroit | ⇒ Dead Kennedys ⇒ Jumbo Shrimp ⇒ Legendary Stardust Cowboy |
| Klaus Johann Grobe | 2011 | Switzerland | Basel & Zürich | |
| Klaus Krüger | 1980 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Tangerine Dream |
| Klaus Mitffoch | 1979 | Poland | Wrozlaw | |
| Klaus Nomi | 1981 | Germany | Immenstadt | Career in New York |
| Klaus Schulze | 1972 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Ash Ra Tempel ⇒ Tangerine Dream ⇒ Rainer Bloss & Klaus Schulze |
| Klaxons | 2006 | UK | London | |
| Kleistwahr | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Kleptones | 2002 | UK | Brighton | |
| Kletka Red | 1996 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Klezmatics | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Klezmorim | 1976 | USA | Berkeley, California | |
| Kliché | 1977 | Denmark | Aarhus | |
| Klingons | 1980 | UK | Kirkintilloch, Scotland | |
| Klinik | 1985 | Belgium | ⇒ Absolute Body Control ⇒ Noise Unit ⇒ Unovidual | |
| Klitz | 1978 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Klyd Watkins | 1969 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Knack | 1965 | UK | London | |
| Knickerbockers | 1964 | USA | Bergenfield, New Jersey | |
| Knife | 1999 | Sweden | Stockholm | ⇒ Fever Ray |
| Knight Action | 1984 | USA | ||
| Knight Rider | 2007 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Knight Riders | 1965 | USA | Belmont, California | |
| Knight Shades | 2023 | USA | New York | |
| Knights of the Occasional Table | 1993 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Aquamanda |
| Knightsmen | 1966 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Knocker Jungle | 1970 | UK | ||
| Knockout Pills | 2003 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Knockouts | 1997 | Japan | ||
| Knotted Cord | 2011 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Knoxville Girls | 1998 | USA | New York | ⇒ Kid Congo & the Pink Monkeybirds |
| Knxwledge | 2009 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Ko Shin Moon | 2017 | France | Aubervilliers | |
| Koichi Makigami | 1982 | Japan | Shizuoka | |
| Koko Atéba | 1982 | France | Paris | Origin: Cameroon |
| Koko Taylor | 1962 | USA | Chicago | AKA Ko Ko Taylor |
| KOKOKO! | 2016 | DR Congo | Kinshasa | |
| Kola | 1979 | Guinea Bissau | ||
| Kolida Babo | 2017 | Greece | ||
| Kollektiv Rote Rübe | 1976 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Kommunity FK | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Kompromat | 2018 | France | Dijon | ⇒ Vitalic |
| Komputer | 1997 | UK | London | |
| Koneć | 1981 | Germany | Nordrhein-Westfalen | AKA Konec |
| Konks | 2001 | USA | Boston | |
| Konrad | 1980 | USA | Idaho | |
| Konrad Kraft | 1984 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Konstrukt Konstrukt & Keiji Haino |
2008 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Kool and Together | 1970 | USA | Victoria, Texas | AKA My Children and Two |
| Korean Gut | 2011 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Koridor | 2023 | Croatia | Koridor | |
| Kornelius Flowers | 2014 | Germany | ||
| Korpiklaani | 2002 | Finland | Lahti | |
| Kosmetyki Mrs. Pinki | 2005 | Poland | ||
| Kosmic Daydream | 2001 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Kosmischer Läufer | 1972 | Germany | Berlin (East) | |
| Kosmonautentraum | 1980 | Germany | Hannover | |
| Kostadis | 2006 | Greece | Athens | |
| Kot Kot | 2011 | Russia | Karelia | Based in Germany |
| K-Otics | 1961 | USA | Troy, Alabama | |
| Kottarashky & the Rain Dogs | 2009 | Bulgaria | Sofia | |
| Koushik | 2001 | Canada | Ontario | |
| Kraftwerk | 1970 | Germany | Düsseldorf | ⇒ Michael Rother ⇒ Wolfgang Riechmann |
| Kramer | 1987 | USA | New York | ⇒ Half Japanese ⇒ Shockabilly ⇒ Bongwater ⇒ Daevid Allen & Kramer ⇒ Jad Fair & Kramer ⇒ Ween ⇒ Butthole Surfers |
| Kratzer | 1982 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Kraus | 2003 | New Zealand | Auckland | ⇒ Futurians |
| Kraut | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Krayolas | 1978 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Kreeg | 1967 | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Kreisky | 2005 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Kremlings | 2011 | Australia | Geelong | |
| Kriistal Ann | 2013 | Greece | Rhodos | ⇒ Paradox Obscur |
| Kristal Knight | 2020 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Krisma (AKA Chrisma) | 1976 | Italy | Milano | 1976-1980 Chrisma, then Krisma |
| Kristof Hahn | 2016 | Germany | Rheinland-Pfalz | ⇒ Swans ⇒ Angels of Light |
| Krokodil | 1969 | Switzerland | Zürich | |
| Kronstadt Uprising | 1981 | UK | Southend-On-Sea, Essex | |
| Krontjong Devils | 1994 | Metherlands | Groningen | |
| Krozier & the Generator | 1981 | Australia | Seymour, Victoria | ⇒ Rainbow Generator |
| Kryng | 2016 | Netherlands | Meppel | |
| Krypton 88 | 2016 | USA | New York | |
| Krzysztof Komeda | 1962 | Poland | Poznan | |
| Kudgel | 1989 | USA | Boston | |
| Kuedo | 2010 | UK | London | |
| KUKL | 1983 | Iceland | Reykjavik | ⇒ Björk ⇒ Sugarcubes ⇒ Theyr |
| Kukumbas | 1973 | Nigeria | ||
| Kuma-Chan Shiru | 2014 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Kumari | 2013 | UK | London | |
| Kuni Kawachi & Flower Travelling Band | 1970 | Japan | Tokyo | ⇒ Flower Travelling Band |
| Kuniyuki Takahashi | 1986 | Japan | Sapporo | |
| Viola Renea | 1981 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Kurt Vile Kurt Vile & the Violators |
1993 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Kuunatic | 2017 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Kuupuu | 2003 | Finland | Tampere | |
| Kuusumun Profetta | 1994 | Finland | Pori | |
| Kuzina | 2018 | Germany | Berlin | |
| KVB | 2010 | UK | London | |
| Kwan Jai & Kwan Jit Sriprajan | 2009 | Thailand | ||
| Kwanjai Kalasin Yuk Patana | 2005 | Thailand | ||
| Kwanjai Ubon | 1970 | Thailand | ||
| K-X-P | 2006 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| Kylee Kennedy | N/A | N/A | ||
| Kylesa | 2001 | USA | Savannah, Georgia | |
| Kym Amps | 1981 | UK | Based in Spain | |
| Kyoka | 2008 | Japan | Tokyo | Based in Germany |
| Kyoto | 1984 | Belgium | ||
| Kyuss | 1988 | USA | California | Formed as "Katzenjammer" |
| L.D. Mitchell & Amalgamated Taxi Service | 1970 | USA | Arkansas | |
| L.E.G. | 2010 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| L7 | 1985 | USA | Los Angeles | Not to be confounded with L-Seven |
| L.A.A. | 1991 | Austria | Vienna | ⇒ The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud |
| La Bambola del Dr Caligari | 1984 | Italy | Bologna | |
| La Batteria | 2015 | Italy | Roma | |
| La Chasse | 2015 | France | Marseille | |
| La Düsseldorf | 1976 | Germany | ⇒ Neu! | |
| La Femme | 1981 | France | Paris | |
| L.A. Law | 2012 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| La Loora | 1981 | Germany | Berlin | |
| La Luz | 2012 | USA | Seattle | ⇒ Shana Cleveland |
| L.A. Machina | 2020 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| La Otracina | 2003 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| La Peste | 1977 | USA | Boston | |
| La Punta Bianca | 2019 | Italy | ||
| La Sécurité | 2022 | Canada | Montreal | |
| La Tène | 2015 | Switzerland | Geneva | |
| La Traque | 2014 | France | Strasbourg | |
| LA Vampires | 2009 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Zola Jesus |
| L.A. Witch | 2012 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Labasheeda | 2004 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Laboratorija | 1978 | Serbia | Novi Sad | |
| Labradford | 1992 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| LaBrassBanda | 2007 | Germany | Chiemgau | |
| Lace Curtain | 2013 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Eddy Current Suppression Ring ⇒ Total Control ⇒ Mikey Young |
| Lachinos | 2018 | France | ||
| Lack of Knowledge | 1978 | UK | London | |
| Ladds | 1967 | USA | Lacrosse, Wisconsin | |
| Ladies W.C. | 1968 | Venezuela | Caracas | |
| Ladyman | 2000 | Israel | Jerusalem | |
| Ladytron | 1999 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Lafawndah | 2016 | USA | New York | |
| Lafi (La Fille) | 2008 | Isreal | Tel Aviv | |
| Laghonia | 1968 | Peru | Lima | |
| Lagwagon | 1998 | USA | California | |
| Laika | 1993 | UK | London | |
| Laissez Fairs | 2014 | USA | Las Vegas | ⇒ Cromm Fallon |
| Lal Waterson | 1972 | UK | Hull | |
| Lala Lala | 2014 | USA | Chicago | |
| Lali Puna | 1998 | Germany | Weilheim, Bavaria | |
| Lalo Shifrin | 1958 | Argentine | Buenos Aires | |
| Lamb | 1996 | UK | Manchester | |
| Lambrini Girls | 2019 | UK | Brighton | |
| Lame Drivers | 2003 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Lamp of the Universe | 1999 | New Zealand | Hamilton | |
| Lana Del Rey | 2010 | USA | New York | Based in Los Angeles |
| Lana Loveland | 2007 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Land | 2002 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Land of Giants | 1982 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Land of the Loops | 1994 | USA | Boston | |
| Landscape | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Landslide | 1981 | USA | Iowa | |
| Lanie Lane | 2010 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Lansing-Dreiden | 2000 | USA | Miami | |
| Larkin Grimm | 2003 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | Based in Providence, Rhode Island ⇒ Angels of Light |
| Larry & the Blue Notes | 1962 | USA | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Larry Bright | 1960 | USA | Virginia | |
| Larry Green & the Rhythmaires | 1962 | USA | ||
| Larry Verne | 1960 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Larry Wallis | 1977 | UK | ⇒ Deviants ⇒ Mötörhead ⇒ Pink Fairies | |
| Lars Falk | 1983 | Sweden | Gö Göteborg | ⇒ Cosmic Overdose ⇒ Twice A Man |
| Lars Tetens | 1988 | USA | ||
| La's | 1983 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Las Comadrejas | 2003 | Mexico | Ciudad de México | |
| Las Robertas | 2009 | Costa Rica | San José | |
| Lask | 1981 | Germany | Ludwigsburg | AKA Ulrich Lask |
| Laso Halo | 1992 | USA | North Carolina | |
| L.A.S.'s Crime | 1984 | Italy | Siena | AKA LASS Crime |
| Last | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Last Conspirators | 2005 | USA | Albany, New York | |
| Last Dance (1) | 1980 | UK | ||
| Last Dance (2) | 1990 | USA | Orange County, California | |
| Last Drive | 1983 | Greece | Athens | |
| Last Four Digits | 1979 | USA | Indianapolis | |
| Last Gang (1) | 1979 | UK | ||
| Last Gang (2) | 2010 | USA | California | |
| Last Knight | 1968 | USA | Chicago | |
| Last Poets | 1968 | USA | New York | |
| Last Shadow Puppets | 2007 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Last Stand | 1981 | UK | Brighton | |
| Last Word | 1966 | USA | Las Vegas | |
| László Hortobágyi | 1983 | Hungary | Budapest | |
| Lata Ramasar | 1980 | India | ||
| Latin Playboys | 1993 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Lau Nau | 2004 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| Laugh Clown Laugh | 1982 | UK | Somerset | |
| Laughing Clowns | 1979 | Australia | Sydney | ⇒ Ed Kuepper |
| Laughing Gear | 2018 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Laughing Hyenas | 1985 | USA | Michigan | ⇒ L-Seven |
| Laughing Mothers | 1985 | UK | Corby | |
| Laughing Sky | 1994 | USA | New York | |
| Laughing Soup Dish | 1981 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Launderettes | 1999 | Norway | Oslo | |
| Laura B & the Moonlighters | 2009 | UK | ||
| Laura Lee | 1964 | USA | Chicago | |
| Laura Marling | 2007 | UK | Hampshire | |
| Laura Warholic | 2011 | USA | New York | ⇒ Angels In America |
| Laure Briard | 2015 | France | Toulouse | |
| Laureates | 2005 | USA | Chicago | |
| Laurie Anderson | 1977 | USA | Illinois | |
| Lava | 1973 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Lavabos Iturriaga | 1982 | Spain | Bilbao | |
| Lavelle White | 1992 | USA | Texas | |
| Lavender Flu | 2016 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Lavender Hour | 1966 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Lavern Baker | 1953 | USA | Chicago | |
| LaVice & Company | 2006 | USA | Detroit | |
| Law of Nature | 2009 | USA | ||
| Lawndale | 1986 | USA | Lawndale, California | |
| Lawrence Arabia | 2006 | New Zealand | Christchurch | |
| Lawrence Lui | 2017 | USA | New York | |
| Laws of Motion | 1984 | USA | ||
| Lawson & Four More | 1966 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Avengers (2) |
| Lay Llamas | 2014 | Italy | ||
| Lazarus | 1970 | Austria | Neunkirchen | |
| Lazarus Kgagudi | 1981 | South Africa | Mohlaletsi, Limpopo | |
| Lazer Crystal | 2008 | USA | ||
| Lazy Cowgirls | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| LCD Soundsystem | 2000 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Gavilán Rayna Russom |
| LD Mitchell & Amalgamated Taxi Cab Service | 1970 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Le Birrette | 2017 | Italy | Bologna | |
| Le Butcherettes | 2007 | Mexico | Guadalajara | |
| Le Chelsea Beat | 2011 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Le Fly Pan Am | 1996 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Le Forbici di Manitù | 1983 | Italy | Novellara, Emiglia-Romana | |
| Le Fruit Vert | 2013 | Switzerland | Lausanne | |
| Le Kid & les Marinellis | 2006 | Canada | Montreal | ⇒ Les Marinellis |
| Le Marchand du Soleil | 2012 | Sahel | ||
| Le Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou | 1977 | Mali | Timbuktu | |
| Le Projét Adréchois | 2013 | France | ||
| Le Shok | 1997 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Le Syndicat | 1982 | France | Paris | |
| Le Syndicat Electonique | 1996 | France | Toulouse | |
| Le Thu | 1969 | Vietnam | ||
| Le Tigre | 1998 | USA | New York | |
| Le Tone | 1997 | France | Paris | |
| Le Voyage Dans La Lune | 2008 | France | ||
| Le Zets | 2015 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Lead Into Gold | 1988 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Ministry |
| Leaders | 2008 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| League of Nations | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Lean Year | 2017 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Leather Boy | 1964 | USA | New York | |
| Leather Girls | 2015 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Leather Nun | 1979 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Leather Souls | 1966 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Leather Strip | 1989 | Denmark | Aalborg | |
| Leathercoated Minds | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ J.J. Cale |
| Leatherface | 1989 | UK | Sunderland | |
| Leaving Trains | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Lebanon Hanover | 2010 | UK | Sunderland | Based in Berlin ⇒ Qual |
| Lecherous Gaze | 2011 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Lectric Workers | 1982 | Italy | Milando | |
| Led Er Est | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Lederhosen Lucil | 1998 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Ledernacken | 1983 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Lee & the Leopards | 1962 | USA | New York | |
| Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires | 2012 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Lee Fields | 1969 | USA | North Carolina | AKA Elmer Lee Fields |
| Lee Harvey Oswald Band | 1989 | USA | Chicago | |
| Lee Jang Hee | 1973 | South Korea | Osan | AKA Jang-Hee Lee |
| Lee Lozowick Project | 2004 | USA | Prescott Valley, Arizona | |
| Lee Moses | 1967 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Lee Ranaldo | 1987 | USA | New York | ⇒ Sonic Youth ⇒ Ciccone Youth ⇒ Hifiklub & Lee Ranaldo ⇒ Plus Instruments |
| Lee Scratch Perry Lee Scratch Perry & the Upsetters Lee Scratch Perry & Dub Syndicate |
1963 | Jamaica | Kendal | ⇒ Max Romeo & the Upsetters ⇒ Prince Jazzbo & the Upsetters ⇒ African Head Charge |
| Lee Tillman | 1961 | USA | Louisiana | |
| LEENALCHI | 2018 | South Korea | ||
| Left | 1984 | USA | Maryland | |
| Left Banke | 1965 | USA | New York | |
| Left Over Lolly | 2015 | UK | ||
| Leftover Crack | 1999 | USA | New York | AKA Leftöver Crack |
| Legal Weapon | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Legendary Gentlemen | 1966 | USA | Texas | |
| Legendary Lunch | 1991 | USA | ||
| Legendary Pink Dots | 1980 | UK | London | ⇒ Edward Ka-Spel |
| Legendary Raw Deal | 1979 | UK | ⇒ Meteors ⇒ Clapham South Escalators ⇒ Tall Boys | |
| Legendary Shack Shakers | 1996 | USA | Kentucky | ⇒ Rod Hamdallah |
| Legendary Stardust Cowboy | 1968 | USA | Lubbock, Texas | ⇒ Klaus Flouride |
| Legends | 1964 | USA | Michigan | |
| Legionaires Disease | 1978 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Lei Si Si | 1976 | Taiwan | ||
| Leiana | 2006 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Leila | 1994 | UK | London | AKA Leila Arab, born in Teheran |
| Leila Albayaty | 1994 | France | ||
| Leila Gobi | 2015 | Mali | ||
| Leisure Birds | 2008 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Leisure Process | 1981 | UK | ⇒ Positive Noise | |
| Lelee | 2021 | Slovenia | Ljublijana | |
| Lélou Menwar | 1977 | Mauritius | ||
| Lemon Drops | 1966 | USA | Chicago | |
| Lemon Fog | 1967 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Lemon Jelly | 1998 | UK | London | |
| Lemon Kittens | 1979 | UK | Reading | ⇒ Karl Blake ⇒ Danielle Dax |
| Lemon Meat | 1960-ies | USA | Arkansas | |
| Lemon Pipers | 1967 | USA | Ohio | |
| Lemonheads | 1986 | USA | Boston | |
| Len Price 3 | 2004 | UK | Medway, Kent | |
| Lene Lovich | 1976 | USA | Detroit | |
| Lenin Shipyard | 1985 | Belgium | ||
| Leningrad Sandwich | 1980 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Lenz | 2011 | USA | ||
| Leo Bugariloves | 1981 | Finland | Oulou | |
| Leo Kennedy & the Sharks | 2003 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Leo Küpper | 1971 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Leon Russell | 1969 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Leonard Cohen | 1957 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Leong Lau | 1976 | Malaysia | Muar, Johor | |
| L'Épée | 2018 | France | Perpignan | ⇒ Brian Jonestown Massacre ⇒ Les Bellas ⇒ Limiñanas |
| Leptir | 1976 | Bosnia | Sanski Most | |
| Leroy Smart | 1977 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Les Amazones d'Afrique | 2017 | Mali | ⇒ Angélique Kidjo ⇒ Sory Kandia Kouyaté ⇒ Mariam Doumbia (Amadou & Mariam) | |
| Les Annees | 2008 | Australia | Sydney | Formerly called "Years" |
| Les Baton Rouge | 1998 | Portugal | Lissabon | |
| Les Bellas | 2003 | France | Perpignan | ⇒ L'Épée |
| Les Breastfeeders | 1999 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Les Calamités | 1989 | France | Beaune, Bourgogne | |
| Les Elles | 1995 | France | Caen | |
| Les Envahisseurs | 2013 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Les Filles de Illighadad | 2017 | Niger | Abalak | |
| Les Fleurs de Pavot | 1966 | France | Calais | |
| Les Godzillas | 1996 | France | ||
| Les Goths | 1967 | France | Gisors, Normandie | |
| Les Grys-Grys | 2009 | France | Montpellier | |
| Les Hell On Heels | 2004 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Les Incendiaires | 2004 | Canada | Quebec City | |
| Les Jaguars | 1962 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Les Loups Noirs d'Haiti | 1970 | Haiti | Port-Au-Prince | |
| Les Lullies | 2016 | France | Montpellier | |
| Les Maledictus Sound | 1968 | France | Nice | ⇒ Jean-Pierre Massiera |
| Les Manteez | 2018 | France | Agde | |
| Les Marinellis | 2014 | Canada | Montreal | ⇒ Le Kid & Les Marinellis |
| Les Monégasques | 1964 | France | ⇒ Jean-Pierre Massiera | |
| Les Morts Vont Bien | 2009 | France | Amiens | ⇒ Nico Edourad |
| Le Negresses Vertes | 1987 | France | Paris | |
| Les Oidgts | 1992 | France | ||
| Les Olivensteins | 1978 | France | Rouen | |
| Les Rallizes Dénudés | 1967 | Japan | Kyoto | ⇒ Youri Kun |
| Les Reines Prochaines | 1987 | Switzerland | Basel | ⇒ Pipilotti Rist |
| Les Rencards | 2022 | France | ||
| Les Rita Mitsouko | 1980 | France | Paris | |
| Les Rover | 1967 | France | ||
| Les Sales Majestés | 1987 | France | Paris | |
| Les Sans Culottes | 1998 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Les Savy Fav | 1995 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Les Sequelles | 1995 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Les Sexareenos | 2009 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Les Soules | 1975 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Les Terribles | 1999 | France | ||
| Les Thugs | 1983 | France | Angers | |
| Les Visiteurs du Soir | 1984 | France | ⇒ D. Stop | |
| Les Yeux Interdits | 1982 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Lesa & Ross | 2005 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Lesley Gore | 1963 | USA | New York | |
| Leslie Keffer | 2003 | USA | Ohio | Based in Nashville, Tennessee |
| Leslie Winer | 1993 | USA | New York | Based in France |
| Less Dance | 1982 | Belgium | ||
| Lester Bangs (& the Delinquents) | 1979 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Delinquents |
| Letha | 2001 | Australia | ||
| Letha Rodman Melchior | 2012 | USA | ||
| Letherette | 2010 | UK | Wolverhampton | |
| Let's Active | 1981 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Let's Eat Grandma | 2013 | UK | Norwich | |
| Letta Mbulu | 1966 | South Africa | Soweto | |
| Levellers | 1988 | UK | Brighton | |
| Levitation Room | 2015 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Lewis Furey | 1972 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Lewsberg | 2017 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Leya | 2018 | USA | New York | ⇒ Eartheater ⇒ PC Worship |
| Leyton Buzzards | 1976 | UK | London | |
| Lhasa | 1987 | USA | Big Indian, New York | AKA Lhasa De Sala |
| Liaisons Dangereuses | 1981 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Liars | 2000 | USA | New York | |
| Libertines | 2002 | UK | London | ⇒ Yeti |
| Liberty Bell | 1966 | Corpus Christi, Texas | ||
| Libido Blume | 1984 | Greece | Athens | |
| Librarians | 2004 | USA | West Virgina | |
| Library of Sands | 2010 | USA | California | |
| Licks | 1979 | UK | Hertfordshire | |
| Lida Husik | 1991 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Lié | 2012 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Life In General | 1981 | USA | Seattle | AKA X-15 |
| Life In the Fridge Exists | 1980 | New Zealand | Wellington | |
| Lifeguards | 2003 | USA | Dayton, Ohio | |
| Lifetime | 1991 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Lifetones | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Liftmen | 2002 | UK | Bristol | |
| Light Asylum | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Light of Darkness | 1970 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Light Shall Prevail | 2006 | USA | Illnois | |
| Lighthouse Keepers | 1982 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Lightining Dust | 2007 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Lights | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Lights From Here | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Lightstorm | 1968 | USA | California | Origin Vancouver, Canada |
| Ligne d'Hiver | 1984 | France | Rennes | |
| Liimanarina | 1987 | Finland | Tampere | |
| Lijadu Sisters | 1969 | Nigeria | ||
| Lil B | 2009 | USA | Berkeley, California | |
| Lil' Boys Blue | 1964 | USA | Sunnyvale, California | |
| Lil Bub | 2015 | USA | Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials | 1975 | USA | Chicago | |
| Lil' Kim | 1996 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Lil Purpp (Smokepurpp) | 2015 | USA | Chicago | |
| Lil Wayne | 1999 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Lilacs & Champagne | 2011 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Lili Z | 1998 | France | Paris | |
| Liliental | 1978 | Germany | ⇒ Moebius ⇒ Asmus Tietchens ⇒ Cluster | |
| Liliput (AKA Kleenex) | 1978 | Switzerland | Zürich | |
| Lilium Lilium (ft. Kal Cahoone) Lilium (ft. Hugo Race) |
1984 | France | Paris | ⇒ Kal Cahoone ⇒ Hugo Race & the True Spirit ⇒ Sixteen Horsepower ⇒ Woven Hand |
| Lille Roger | 1985 | Sweden | Linköping | |
| Lillettes | 1978 | UK | Brighton | |
| Lillith | 2002 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Lily Allen | 2006 | UK | London | |
| Lily Black | 2015 | USA | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| Limbo Race | 1979 | USA | Boston | |
| Lime Spiders | 1979 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Limiñanas | 2009 | France | Perpignan | ⇒ L'Épée |
| Limp | 1980 | Australia | NSW | |
| Lina Tullgren | 2016 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Lincoln Street Exit | 1964 | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Lincoln Trio | 1960 | USA | ||
| Linda Lindas | 2020 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Linda Scott | 1960 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Linda Smith | 1987 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Lindsey Buckingham | 1973 | USA | Paolo Alto, California | ⇒ Fleetwood Mac |
| Linea Aspera | 2001 | UK | London | |
| Linea Vienesa | 1980 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Linear Movement | 1982 | Belgium | ⇒ Autumn ⇒ Twilight Ritual | |
| Lineas Aereas | 1983 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Lines | 1978 | UK | London | |
| Lingua Ignota | 2017 | USA | Rhode Island | |
| Link Protrudi & the Jaymen | 1987 | USA | New York | ⇒ Fuzztones |
| Link Wray (Link Wray & the Wraymen) | 1958 | USA | North Carolina | AKA Link Wray & His Wraymen/Ray Men ⇒ Moon Men |
| Linkers | 1994 | France | Bordeaux | |
| Linton Kwesi Johnson | 1979 | Jamaica | ||
| Linval Thompson | 1974 | Jamaica | Kingston | ⇒ Revolutionaries/Revolutionaires |
| Lip | 2018 | USA | ||
| Liquid Eyes | 1984 | Italy | ||
| Liquid Jesus | 1990 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Lisa Commentucci Lowden | 2013 | USA | ||
| Lisa Dalbello | 1974 | Canada | Ontario | |
| Lisa LeBlanc | 2012 | Candad | New Brunswick | |
| Lisa Li-Lund & Friends | 2003 | France | Paris | |
| Lisfrank | 1982 | Italy | Savona | |
| Lismore | 2004 | USA | Jersey City | |
| Lister | 1982 | Norway | Trondheim | ⇒ Det Elektriske Kjøkken |
| Lita Ford | 1983 | UK | London | ⇒ Runaways |
| Lithics | 2016 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Lithops | 1996 | Germany | Saarbrücken | |
| Litmus | 1999 | UK | London | |
| Litter | 1967 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Little Axe | 1993 | USA | Dayton, Ohio | |
| Little Band of Sailors | 2013 | USA | New York | |
| Little Bits | 1967 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Little Claw | 2003 | USA | Detroit | ⇒ Kilynn Lunsford |
| Little Egypt | 1990 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Little Eva | 1962 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Little Frankie | 1965 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Country Gentlemen |
| Little Fyodor | 1985 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Little Hag | 2021 | USA | Asbury Park, New Jersey | |
| Little Jimmy Thomas | 1964 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Little John & the Monks | 1965 | USA | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Little John & the Sherwoods | 1964 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Little Murders | 1979 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Little Phil & the Night Shadows | 1959 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Little Simz | 2014 | UK | London | |
| Little Willie John | 1953 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Live Bait | 1981 | USA | Florida | |
| Live Fast Die | 2005 | USA | New York | |
| Live Skull | 1982 | USA | New York | ⇒ Thalia Zedek (Band) |
| Live Wires | 1966 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Lively Ones | 1962 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Surfmen |
| Liverbirds | 1962 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Liverpool Five | 1963 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Lives of Angels | 1983 | UK | ||
| Living Children | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Living End | 1966 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Living Eyes | 2011 | Australia | Geelong | |
| Living Sign | 1983 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Livingstones | 1987 | Sweden | ||
| Liz de Lux | 2010 | France | Lyon | |
| Liz Phair | 1991 | USA | New Haven, Connecticut | |
| Liza Minnelli | 1963 | USA | Los Angeles | Currently New York |
| Lizard | 1970 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Lizard Train | 1985 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Lizardz | 2011 | Greece | Athens | |
| Lizzie No | 2017 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Lizzy Mercier Descloux | 1979 | France | Paris | ⇒ Rosa Yemen |
| Lizzy Young | 2020 | France | Paris | Based in New York |
| Lloyd Forrest | 2013 | Jamaica | ||
| Lloyd Pack | 2012 | UK | ⇒ Dan Melchior | |
| Lo Moda | 2006 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Local Moon | 1987 | Germany | ||
| Loco Lotus | 1984 | UK | ||
| Loden | 2003 | USA | ||
| Logan 5 | 1999 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | AKA The Smunn |
| Loft | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Loga Ramin Torkian | 2011 | Iran | ||
| Logic Systems | 1981 | Japan | Yokohama | |
| Logotipo | 1982 | Spain | ||
| Lola Dutronic | 2004 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Lola Payola | 1981 | UK | ||
| Lola Pistola | 2014 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Loli & the Chones | 1995 | USA | California | |
| Lolita | 1987 | Slovenia | Ljubljana | |
| Lolitas | 1986 | France/Germany/Italy | Berlin | ⇒ Stereo Total &rArr Françoise Cactus |
| Lollipop Shoppe | 1966 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Weeds (2) |
| Loma | 2017 | USA | Dripping Springs, Texas | |
| Loma Prieta | 2005 | USA | San Francisco | |
| London Studio Group | 1966 | UK | London | |
| Londons | 1968 | USA | Greensboro, North Carolina | |
| Lone Wolves | N/A | N/A | ||
| Long Blondes | 2004 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Long Gone Miles | 1962 | USA | Los Angeles | Real name: Luke Miles |
| Long Hots | 2018 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Long Legged Woman | 2006 | USA | Athens, Georgia | |
| Long Live Death | 2003 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Long Lost | 2008 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Long Neck | 2015 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Long Ryders | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Long Weekend | 2002 | UK | ||
| Lonnie & the Legends | 1963 | USA | California | |
| Lonnie Holley | 2012 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Loo & Placido | 2002 | France | Paris | |
| Look Back In Anger | 1981 | UK | Waterlooville, Hampshire | |
| Look Blue Go Purple | 1983 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Looking Glasses | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | AKA Clouds |
| Lookouts | 1985 | USA | California | |
| Looks Professional | 2018 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Loons | 1995 | USA | San Diego | |
| Loop | 1985 | UK | London | ⇒ Hair & Skin Trading Company ⇒ Main |
| Loop Guru | 1985 | UK | London | |
| Loopsel | 2019 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Loose Enz | 1967 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Lora Logic (AKA Essential Logic) | 1981 | UK | ⇒ Raincoats ⇒ X-Ray Spex ⇒ Red Krayola | |
| L'Orchestre Kanaga de Mopti | 1970 | Mali | ⇒ Sorry Bamba | |
| L'Orchidée d'Hawai | 2005 | France | Chambéry | |
| Lord | 1984 | UK | ||
| Lord Charles & the Prophets | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Lord High Fixers | 1995 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Lord Jeff | 2002 | USA | Reno, Nevada | |
| Lord John | 1981 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Lord Manuel | 1977 | USA | ||
| Lord Tusk | 2013 | UK | London | |
| Lords of Altamont | 2000 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Spencer Robinson & the Wolf Spiders |
| Lords of Falconry | 2010 | USA | ||
| Lords of Gravity | 2004 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Lords of the New Church | 1982 | UK | London | ⇒ Stiv Bators ⇒ Brian James |
| Lorelle Meets the Obsolete | 2011 | Mexico | Guadalajara | |
| Loren Connors | 1990 | USA | New Haven, Connecticut | |
| Lorette Velvette | 1993 | USA | Savannah, Tennessee | ⇒ Alluring Strange ⇒ Tav Falco's Panther Burns |
| Lori & the Chameleons | 1979 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Big In Japan |
| Lori Burton & the Whyte Boots | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Lori Saunders | 1960-ies | USA | Kansas City | |
| Los Bitchos | 2017 | UK | London | ⇒ Abraxas |
| Los Buddies | 2006 | USA | ||
| Los Chicos | 2000 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Los Chijuas | 1967 | Mexico | Ciudad de Juárez | |
| Los Dug Dug's | 1966 | Mexico | Durango | |
| Los Holys | 1966 | Peru | Lima | |
| Los Hories | 2008 | New Zealand | ||
| Los Lobos | 1973 | USA | Dixon, California | ⇒ Flesh Eaters |
| Los Microwaves | 1978 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Los Mirlos | 1970 | Peru | Lima | |
| Los Peyotes | 1996 | Argentine | Buenos Aires | |
| Los Protones | 2007 | Peru | Lima | |
| Los Psicópatas Del Norte | 1977 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Los Punk Rockers | 1978 | Spain | ||
| Los Rangers de Tingo Maria | 1980 | Peru | ||
| Los Saicos | 1964 | Peru | Lima | |
| Los Silverstones | 1969 | Panama | AKA Los Silverstone | |
| Los Straitjackets | 1988 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | ⇒ Raybeats ⇒ Eddie Angel ⇒ Danny Amis ⇒ Greg Townson |
| Los Super Elegantes | 1995 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Los Tones | 2013 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Losin' Streaks | 2003 | USA | Sacramento, California | AKA Th' Losin' Streaks |
| Lost Cherrees | 1981 | UK | Sutton | |
| Lost Controls | 2008 | USA | ||
| Lost Desert | 1989 | France | Paris | |
| Lost Kids (1) | 1978 | Denmark | Aarhus | |
| Lost Kids (2) | 2001 | USA | Detroit | Based in California |
| Lost Loved Ones | 1984 | UK | ||
| Lost Patrol (1) | 1986 | Canada | Windsor, Ontario | |
| Lost Patrol (2) | 1999 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Lost Souls (1) | 1964 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Lost Souls (2) | 1966 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Lost Souls (3) | 1965 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Lost Souls (4) | 1990 | UK | ||
| Lost Souls (5) | 1967 | USA | North Dakota | |
| Lost Sounds | 1999 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Jay Reatard, Reatards, Angry Angles, Nervous Patterns |
| Lost System | 2017 | USA | Grand Rapids, Michigan | |
| Lost Tribe | 2010 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Lothar & the Hand People | 1965 | USA | Denver | |
| Lothario | 2023 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Loto Ball Show | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Lou Barlow & Friends | 1994 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Sebadoh ⇒ Folk Implosion |
| Lou Champagne System | 1984 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Lou Lou & the Guitarfish | 2008 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Lou Miami & the Kozmetix | 1982 | USA | Boston | |
| Lou Rawls | 1962 | USA | Chicago | |
| Lou Rone | 2005 | USA | ||
| Louder Animal Group | 1980 | UK | Brighton | |
| Louie Louie | 2017 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Louis Armstrong | 1944 | USA | Lousiana | |
| Louis Philippe | 1986 | France | Auclaire | |
| Louis-Ronan Choisy | 2003 | France | Paris | |
| Lounge Lizards | 1981 | USA | New York | ⇒ Arto Linsay ⇒ Marvin Pontiac |
| Lourdes Rebels | 2012 | Italy | Parma | |
| Lovage | 2001 | USA | ⇒ Mike Patton ⇒ Kid Koala | |
| Love & Rockets | 1985 | UK | ||
| Love Battery | 1989 | USA | Settle | |
| Love Child | 1988 | USA | New York | |
| Love City | 2009 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Love Exchange | 1968 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Love Fiend | 2019 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Love Inc. | 1991 | Germany | Köln | Ream name: Wolfgang Voigt |
| Love Is All | 2003 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Love Joys | 1977 | USA | New York | |
| Love Life | 1999 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Love Like Blood | 1988 | Germany | Geislingen an der Steige | |
| Love Like Fire | 2006 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Love Me Nots | 2006 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | ⇒ Darts |
| Love of Diagrams | 2003 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Love of Life Orchestra | 1977 | USA | New York | ⇒ Peter Gordon & David Van Tieghem |
| Lovebirds | 2000 | Germany | Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
| Lovechild | 1988 | USA | New York | |
| Loved One | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Loved Ones (1) | 1966 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Loved Ones (2) | 1966 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Love-Fine | 2009 | Russia | Kazan | |
| Lovely Rita | 1991 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Lover (Lover!) | 2006 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| LoveStruck | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Lovin' Spoonful | 1965 | USA | New York | |
| Low | 1994 | USA | Duluth, Minnesota | |
| Low End Lars | 1995 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Low Life | 2010 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Low Red Center | 2008 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Low Sea | 2008 | Ireland | Galway | |
| Low Spirits | 2021 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Lower Plenty | 2010 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Lowest Note On the Organ | 1983 | UK | ⇒ Bill Gilonis & Tim Hodgkinson | |
| Lowlife | 1985 | UK | Grangemouth, Scotland | |
| Loyce e Os Gnomes | 1966 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Lrd Skrd | N/A | N/A | ||
| LSD Enigma | 2009 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| LSD March | 1996 | Japan | Minamihoncho | |
| L-Seven | 1982 | USA | Michigan | ⇒ Laughing Hyenas. Not to be confounded with L7 |
| Lubricated Goat | 1986 | Australia | Perth | ⇒ Stu Spasm |
| Luc Van Acker | 1981 | Belgium | Antwerpen | ⇒ Ministry ⇒ My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult ⇒ Polyphonic Size ⇒ Revolting Cocks ⇒ Shriekback ⇒ Noise Abroad ⇒ Serial Killer Social Club |
| Lucas Perny & Miloslav Kollar | 2009 | Slovakia | ||
| Lucas Troube | 1980 | France | Dijon | ⇒ Hymn; ⇒ Mediums ⇒ Vietnam Veterans ⇒ DZ Lectric & Lucas Trouble (Les Maudits) ⇒ Mysterious Speculoos ⇒ Serious Killer Social Club ⇒ Cowboys From Outer Space ⇒ Tango Lüger ⇒ Temple Gates |
| Lucid Sins | 2015 | UK | Scotland | |
| Lucidvox | 2012 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Lucie Cries | 1988 | France | Mouy, Picardie | |
| Lucinda Williams | 1979 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Lucky Dips | 2010 | USA | Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Lucky Dragons | 1999 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Lucky Pierre (1) | 1978 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Lucky Pierre (2) | 2000 | UK | Falkirk, Scotland | |
| Lucrecia Dalt | 2005 | Colombia | Pereira | Based in Berlin |
| Ludella Black | 2000 | UK | Kent | ⇒ Delmonas ⇒ The Headcoatees ⇒ Thee Mighty Caesars ⇒ Masonics ⇒ Mickey & Ludella ⇒ Mickey & the Salty Seadogs |
| Ludicra | 1999 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Ludo Mich | 2005 | Belgium | Antwerpen | |
| Ludus | 1978 | UK | Manchester | |
| Lüger | 1991 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Lugua Centeno Lugua Centeno & the Larubeya Drummers |
1997 | Honduras | ||
| Luis Enriquez | 1963 | Italy | Born in Argentine | |
| Luke Haines | 2001 | UK | London | ⇒ Servants ⇒ Auteurs |
| Luke Vibert | 1996 | UK | Cornwall | |
| Lulu & the Luvvers | 1964 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Lulu Lewis | 2016 | USA | New York | |
| Lulu's Marble | 1991 | Japan | ||
| Luma Lane | 2003 | UK | Norwich | |
| Lumerians | 2006 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ Soft Moon |
| Luminance | 2012 | Belgium | Bruxelles | |
| Luna | 1991 | USA | New York | ⇒ Dean & Britta ⇒ Dean Wareham |
| Luna Lee | 2014 | USA | Texas | Origin South Korea |
| Lunachicks | 1987 | USA | New York | ⇒ Gina Volpe |
| Lunar 7 | 1973 | Barbados | ||
| Lung Overcoat | 1983 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Lungfish | 1987 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Luni Trouper Rich | 2011 | USA | Midvale, Utah | |
| Luniz | 1993 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Lupines | 2013 | USA | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Lupa Città | 2024 | USA | Boston | |
| Lurists | 2013 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | ⇒ Richard Youngs |
| Lush | 1987 | UK | London | ⇒ Emma Anderson |
| Lusine | 1999 | USA | Texas | AKA L'Usine |
| Lust For Youth | 2009 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | Origin: Göteborg, Sweden |
| Luther & the BBB's | 1982 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Luv You Madly Orchestra | 1978 | USA | ||
| Luv'd Ones | 1965 | USA | Niles, Michigan | ⇒ Tremolons |
| Luxuria | 1986 | UK | ⇒ Buzzcocks ⇒ Howard DeVoto ⇒ Magazine | |
| Luxury Skin | 2023 | USA | New York | |
| Luzmila Carpio | 1979 | Bolivia | Qala-Qala, Potosi | |
| LVRS | 2016 | USA | Lansing, Michigan | |
| Lycia | 1988 | USA | Arizona | |
| Lydia Lunch Lydia Lunch & Nick Cave Lydia Lunch & Rowland S. Howard Lydia Lunch & Sort Sol Lydia Lunch & Anubian Lights |
1980 | USA | New York | ⇒ Teenage Jesus & the Jerks ⇒ Die Haut ⇒ Eight-Eyed Spy ⇒ Marc Hurtado & Alan Vega |
| Lydia Tomkiw | 1995 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Algebra Suicide |
| Lying Cheats | 2012 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Lykke Li | 2007 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Lynx | 1966 | USA | Tyler, Texas | |
| Lyra Pramuk | 2017 | Germany | Berlin | Origin USA |
| Lyres | 1979 | USA | Boston | |
| Lyrics | 1965 | USA | San Diego | |
| M | 1978 | UK | London | ⇒ Robin Scott |
| M. Bryo M. Bryo & D.M.T. |
1981 | Belgium | Antwerpen | ⇒ Somnambulist |
| M. Kyle Moseby | N/A | N/A | ||
| M.A. Maya & Les Diggerz | 1965 | Singapore | ||
| M.A.K.U. Sound System | 2011 | USA | New York | |
| M.A.L. (1) Michael A. Lucas | 1981 | USA | San Francisco | |
| M.A.L. (2) Daniel Malempré | 1981 | Belgium | Gerpinnes | ⇒ Bene Gesserit |
| M.A.O. (AKA Mon Ami N' Oxydays) | 1981 | UK | Scotland | |
| M.G. & the Escorts | 1966 | Canada | Montreal | |
| M.I.A. | 2007 | UK | London | |
| M.O.B. | 2014 | Australia | Sydney | |
| M83 | 1999 | France | Antibes | |
| Maan | 2012 | Belgium | Gent | |
| Maanam | 1975 | Poland | ||
| Mac Blackout | 2008 | USA | Chicago | |
| Mac Gregor | 1981 | Ivory Coast | Abidjan | Origin Martinique |
| Macabre | 1971 | USA | Virginia | ⇒ Pentagram |
| Maceo Maceo & the Macks |
1973 | USA | ||
| Mach V | 1963 | USA | Georgia | |
| Machines At Last | 1982 | UK | Caerdydd, Wales | ⇒ Robert Palmer ⇒ 5ive Ximes of Dust |
| Maciunas Ensemble | 1968 | Netherlands | Eindhoven | |
| Mack Allen Smith | 1961 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Macromantics | 2002 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Mad | 1978 | USA | New York | |
| Mad Daddys | 1985 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Mad Jack & the Hatters | 2011 | UK | West Yorkshire | |
| Mad Lads | 1963 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Mad Marge & the Stonecutters | 2004 | USA | Victorville, California | |
| Mad Parade | 1984 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Mad River | 1965 | USA | Ohio | |
| Mad Violets | 1982 | USA | New York | ⇒ Blacklight Chameleons |
| Madame | 1982 | Poland | Warsaw | |
| Madame B | 2011 | France | ||
| Madd Inc. | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Madder Rose | 1990 | USA | New York | |
| Made For TV | 1983 | USA | AKA Australia | |
| Madeleine Peyroux | 1996 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Mademoiselle Nineteen | 2010 | Belgium | Liège | |
| Madison Stone | 1999 | USA | California | AKA Madison |
| Mader | 1984 | France | Saint-Paul, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Based in Los Angeles ⇒ Band Apart |
| Madness | 1976 | UK | London | |
| Mady Gula Blue Heaven | 1989 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Mae West | 1950 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Maestros & Dipsos | 1980 | USA | Sydney | |
| Mag & the Suspects | 1981 | UK | AKA Meg & the Suspects | |
| Magazine | 1977 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Buzzcocks ⇒ Howard DeVoto ⇒ Luxuria ⇒ Barry Adamson |
| Magazine 60 | 1981 | France | ||
| Magdalene Keibel Combo | 1988 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Maggie Cheung | 2004 | Hongkong | ||
| Maggie Hammond Maggie Hammond & the Jades |
1966 | Australia | Perth | |
| Maggie's Marshmellows | 2014 | Czechia | Prague | |
| Maggots | 1998 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Magic Carpathians | 1988 | Poland | Krakow | |
| Magic Carpet | 1971 | UK | London | |
| Magic Castles | 2009 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Magic de Spell | 1980 | Greece | ||
| Magic Dirt | 1991 | Australia | Geelong, Viktoria | |
| Magic Lantern | 2007 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Magic Muscle | 1970 | UK | Bristol | |
| Magic Mushrooms | 1966 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Magic Roundabout | 1987 | UK | Manchester | |
| Magic Sword | 2013 | USA | Boise, Idaho | |
| Magical Mist | 1967 | USA | ||
| Magical Power Mako | 1974 | Japan | Shuzenji | |
| Magician | 1971 | USA | California | |
| Magick Heads | 1989 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Magik Markers | 2001 | USA | Harford, Connecticut | |
| Magma | 1969 | France | ||
| Magnapop | 1991 | USA | Athens, Georgia | ⇒ Hyaa ⇒ Insect Surfers ⇒ Oh-OK |
| Magnetic Fields | 1989 | USA | Boston | |
| Magnetic Ghost | 2016 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Magnetic Man | 2009 | UK | London | |
| Magnétique Bleu | 1984 | France | ||
| Magnetix | 2002 | France | Bordeaux | |
| Magnus Moriarty | 2002 | Norway | ||
| Magoo | 1992 | UK | Norfolk | |
| Magpies | 1964 | USA | ||
| Maharajas | 1998 | Sweden | Råcksta | |
| Mahavishnu Orchestra | 1971 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Mahjongg | 2003 | USA | Chicago | |
| Mai Le Huyen | 1969 | Vietnam | ||
| Maid of Ace | 2004 | UK | Hastings | |
| Main | 1990 | UK | London | ⇒ Loop ⇒ Hair & Skin Trading Company |
| Main Street Blues | 2012 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Mainliners | 2003 | Sweden | ||
| Maissiat | 2011 | France | Paris | |
| Maitlands | 2015 | New Zealand | Dunedin | ⇒ Sandra Bell |
| Maj Britt Andersen & the Suggestions | 1975 | Norway | ||
| Majestics | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Majic Ship | 1968 | USA | New York | |
| Majid Soula | 1981 | Algeria | ||
| Major Thinkers | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Majority | 1964 | UK | Kingston Upon Hull | AKA Majority One, Mustangs |
| Make Up | 1995 | USA | Washington D.C. | ⇒ Nation of Ulysses |
| Makers | 1972 | USA | ||
| Maki Asakawa | 1970 | Japan | Ishikawa-Ken | |
| Makina Girgir | 2004 | France | ||
| Mako Sika | 2007 | USA | Chicago | |
| Mal Thursday Mal Thursday & the Cheetahs |
1992 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Malarians |
| Mala Fé | 2000 | Dominican Republic | Puerto Plata | |
| Mala Vista | 2017 | USA | New York | |
| Malachai (AKA Malakai) | 2007 | UK | Bristol | Renamed from Malakai 2010 |
| Malajube | 2002 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Malamondos | 2004 | USA | ||
| Malaria (1) | 1981 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Gudrun Gut ⇒ Autonervous ⇒ Subtonix ⇒ Einstürzende Neubauten |
| Malaria (2) | 1970 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Malarians | 1984 | USA | Northampton, Massachusetts | ⇒ Mal Thursday & the Cheetahs |
| Malcolm Cecil | 1971 | UK | London | |
| Malcolm McLaren | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Malcolm Middleton | 2001 | UK | Scotland | |
| Male Gaze | 2015 | USA | San Francisco | Bainbridge Island, Washington |
| Male Nurse | 1996 | UK | Scotland | ⇒ Country Teasers |
| Malfunkshun | 1980 | USA | ||
| Malibooz | 1981 | USA | ||
| Malibus (1) | 1966 | USA | Cranston, Rhode Island | |
| Malibus (2) | 1966 | USA | Chicago | |
| Mall | 2020 | USA | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Mallard | 2009 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Malvina Reynolds | 1960 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Mama Bea Tekielski | 1970 | France | ||
| Mamas and the Papas | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Mambo Taxi | 1991 | UK | ||
| Mamie Minch | 2008 | USA | New York | |
| Mamie Perry | 1958 | USA | ||
| Mammal | 1996 | USA | Detroit | |
| Mamman Sani | 2013 | Niger | Full name: Mamman Sani Abdoulaye | |
| Mamukueno | 1973 | Angola | ||
| Mamuthones | 2008 | Italy | Padova | |
| Man City Lion | 1970 | Thailand | ||
| Man From Missouri | 1986 | USA | California | Formerly known as Puzzle Pieces |
| Man In the Reign | 1983 | USA | ||
| Man Man | 2003 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Man Or Astro-Man | 1992 | USA | Auburn, Alabama | ⇒ Servotron |
| Man Ray Band | 1981 | USA | ||
| Man:De.ng | 2003 | Mali | ||
| Manasseh Manasseh Meets the Equalizer |
1993 | UK | London | |
| Manatees | 2012 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | AKA Manateees |
| Mando Diao | 2001 | Sweden | Borlänge | |
| Mandra Gora Lightshow Society | 1992 | Germany | Hannover | |
| Mandy Harvey | 2009 | USA | Cincinnati | |
| Manekinekod | 2008 | Greece | Athens | |
| Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab | 1997 | Germany | ||
| Manganzoides | 1996 | Peru | Lima | |
| Manhandlers | 2002 | USA | Chicago | |
| Manic Splits | 2024 | USA | Ohio | |
| Manicured Noise | 1978 | UK | Manchester | |
| Manifesto | 1986 | UK | ||
| Manikins | 1999 | Sweden | Norköpping | |
| Manishevitz | 1999 | USA | Virginia | |
| Manko Eponymous & Company | 2002 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Mannamaschine | 1984 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Mannequin Men | 2007 | USA | Chicago | |
| Mannequin Radio | 2022 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Mantles | 2007 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Manu Chao | 1997 | France | Paris | Origin: Barcelona |
| Manuel Göttsching | 1971 | Bermany | Berlin | ⇒ Ash Ra Tempel ⇒ Ashra |
| Maoupo Mazzocchetti | 2014 | Belgium | Bruxelles | |
| Map 71 | 2014 | UK | Brighton | |
| Maple Fyshh | 1995 | Japan | Miyazaki, Kyushu | |
| Maps | 2005 | UK | Northampton | |
| Maquina! | 1968 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Mar Malade | 2020 | N/A | ||
| Mar Seck | 1994 | Senegal | Dakar | |
| Marauders | 1966 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Maraudeur | 2015 | Switzerland | Geneva | |
| Marble | 2003 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Marble Orchard (1) | 1960-ies | UK | Salisbury | |
| Marble Orchard (2) | 1990 | USA | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Marbled Eye | 2016 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Marc & the Mambas | 1992 | UK | London | ⇒ Soft Cell |
| Marc Barreca | 1978 | USA | ||
| Marc Bolan | 1974 | UK | London | ⇒ T. Rex |
| Marc Edwards & Slipstream Time Travel | 1993 | USA | New York | |
| Marc Hurtado & Alan Vega | 1981 | France | ⇒ Étant Données ⇒ Alan Vega ⇒ Suicide ⇒ Lydia Lunch | |
| Marc Mundy | 1971 | USA | New York | |
| Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog | 2007 | USA | New York | ⇒ Secret Chiefs 3 |
| Marc Riley & the Creepers | 1983 | UK | Manchester | |
| Marcel Wave | 2015 | UK | Blackpool | |
| Marcel's | 1930 | France | ||
| March Violets | 1981 | UK | Leeds | |
| Marching Girls | 1979 | Australia | Melbourne | Before New Zealand as Scavengers |
| Marcie's Still Waiting | 1984 | Germany | Velbert-Langenberg | |
| Marco Beasley | 2000 | Italy | Naples | |
| Marco Benevento | 2003 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Mareux | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Marewrew | 2010 | Japan | Hokkaido | |
| Marga Benitez | 1954 | USA | ||
| Margamania | 1982 | Netherlands | Maastricht | |
| Margaret Freeman | 1988 | France | ||
| Margaret With Bunnys | 1968 | Japan | ||
| Margareth Menezes | 1988 | Brazil | Salvador | |
| Margo | 2001 | France | Nantes | |
| Marhaba Band | 1978 | Tunisia | ||
| Mari Dangerfield | 2023 | UK | London | |
| Maria Hato | 2011 | Japan | ||
| Maria Usbeck | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Selebrities |
| Maria Violenza | 2013 | Italy | Palermo | |
| Maria Zerfall | 1982 | Germany | Crailsheim | |
| Mariah | 1979 | Japan | ||
| Marianne Dissard | 2006 | France | ||
| Marianne Faithfull | 1965 | UK | London | |
| Marianne Nowottny | 1999 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Marie and the Atom | 1983 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Marie Laforêt | 1963 | France | ||
| Marijuana Deathsquads | 2010 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Marilyn Manson | 1989 | USA | Florida | |
| Marilyn Mattson | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Marina Hardy | 2007 | USA | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Marine | 1981 | Belgium | ||
| Marine Girls | 1980 | UK | Hatfield, Hertfordshire | ⇒ Tracey Thorn |
| Marine Research | 1998 | UK | Oxford | ⇒ Heavenly |
| Marisa Anderson | 2005 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Marissa Nadler | 2004 | USA | Boston | |
| Mark & the Spies | 2007 | Netherlands | ||
| Mark Anthony Heide | 1983 | USA | ||
| Mark Duval | 1972 | UK | ||
| Mark Feehan | 2009 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Mark Five | 1962 | USA | Fort Worth, Texas | ⇒ Larry & the Blue Notes |
| Mark Lane | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Hidden Agenda |
| Mark Lanegan Mark Lanegan Band |
1990 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Screaming Trees (1) ⇒ Queens of the Stone Age ⇒ Gutter Twins ⇒ Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan |
| Mark Perry | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ Alternative TV |
| Mark Pritchard | 2007 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Mark Renner | 1986 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Mark Shreeve | 1980 | UK | Yarmouth | |
| Mark Soden | 1982 | USA | California | |
| Mark Stewart & the Maffia | 1982 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Pop Group ⇒ Keith Leblanc |
| Mark Sultan (AKA BBQ | 2007 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Mark Van Hoen | 1993 | USA | Los Angeles | Born in Croydon UK ⇒ Scala ⇒ Seefeel |
| Marked Men | 2002 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Marketts | 1961 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Markku Peltola | 2003 | Finland | Helsinki | ⇒ Motelli Skronkle |
| Marks of the Masochist | 2006 | USA | Denver | |
| Marksmen | 1966 | Australia | Wollongong | |
| Marlene Dietrich | 1940 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Marlene Ribeiro | 2020 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Gnod |
| Marnie Stern | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| Marriage & Cancer | 2013 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Mars | 1974 | USA | New York | |
| Mars Volta | 2001 | USA | El Paso, Texas | ⇒ De Facto |
| Marsh | 2009 | USA | ||
| Marsha Gee | 1965 | USA | ||
| Marshmallow Overcoat | 1986 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | AKA Overcoat |
| Martells | 1965 | UK | ||
| Martha & the Muffins | 1977 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Martial Canterel | 2002 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Martian Denny Orchestra | 2012 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Martin Bisi | 1982 | USA | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Martin Campbell | 1990 | UK | ||
| Martin Dupont | 1982 | France | Marseille | |
| Martin Gore | 1999 | UK | London | ⇒ Depeche Mode |
| Martin Rev | 1980 | USA | New York | ⇒ Suicide |
| Martina Lussi | 2014 | Switzerland | Luzern | |
| Martina Topley-Bird | 2003 | UK | London | ⇒ Tricky |
| Martinis | 1967 | USA | ||
| Martti LeThargie | 1979 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| Marty Rhone & the Soul Agents | 1966 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Martyn Bates | 1980 | UK | Warwickshire | ⇒ Eyeless In Gaza |
| Maruja Garrido | 1966 | Spain | Murcia | |
| Marvin Gaye | 1961 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Marvin Pontiac | 1999 | USA | Minneapolis | Based in New York, AKA John Lurie ⇒ Lounge Lizards |
| Marvin Rainwater | 1959 | USA | Wichita, Kansas | |
| Mary Goes Round | 1989 | France | Paris | |
| Mary J. Blige | 1992 | USA | New York | |
| Mary Jane Dunphe | 2023 | USA | New York | |
| Mary Lee's Corvette | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Mary Margaret O'Hara | 1988 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Mary Monday & the Bitches& | 1977 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Mary Moor | 1982 | France | AKA Marie Möör | |
| Mary Ocher Mary Ocher & Your Government |
2011 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Mary Timony | 2000 | USA | Washington | ⇒ Ex Hex, Helium, Hammered Hull, Wild Flag |
| Maryrené | 1966 | France | ||
| Marzipan Marzipan | 2007 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Masami Tsuchiya | 1982 | Japan | Shizuoka | ⇒ Ippu-Do |
| Masculinity Crisis | 2017 | USA | Seattle | |
| Masha Qrella | 2002 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Maskull | 1997 | USA | ||
| Masoch | 1982 | France | ||
| Masonics Masonics (ft. Ludella Black) |
1991 | UK | London | ⇒ Ludella Black ⇒ Mickey & Ludella ⇒ Mickey & the Salty Seadogs |
| Masquerade | 2012 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| Mass (1) | 1990 | USA | ||
| Mass (2) | 1981 | UK | ⇒ Rema-Rema | |
| Massacre | 1981 | USA | Maryland | ⇒ Fred Frith |
| Massicot | 2009 | Switzerland | Geneva | |
| Massive Attack | 1988 | USA | Bristol | |
| Massive Stereo Sellout | 1988 | New Zealand | ||
| Master Soumy | 2016 | Mali | ||
| Master's Apprentices | 1965 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Master-Slave Relationship | 1984 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Mastica | 2004 | Italy | ||
| Masumi Hara | 1982 | Japan | Tateyama, Chiba | |
| Mata Hari | 1973 | Australia | Newcastle | |
| Matador | 1982 | Germany | AKA Mata D'Or ⇒ Gudrun Gut | |
| Matchess | 2013 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Winged Wheel |
| Mateo Y Trasante | 1976 | Uruguay | ||
| Material | 1978 | USA | New York | ⇒ Fred Frith ⇒ Gong |
| Mätes B. | 1996 | Germany | Köln | |
| Material Issue | 1985 | USA | Chicago | |
| Mathematiques Modernes | 1980 | France | Paris | |
| Matias Aguayo & the Desdemonas | 2017 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Matmos | 1994 | USA | San Francisco | Based in Baltimore |
| Matson Jones | 2005 | USA | Colorado | |
| Matt Berry | 2000 | UK | Bromham | ⇒ Desert Sessions |
| Matt Elliott | 2003 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Third Eye Foundation ⇒ This Immortal Coil |
| Matt Johnson | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ The The ⇒ Gadgets |
| Matt King | 1999 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Matt Mottel | 2010 | USA | New York | |
| Matt Valentine | 1998 | USA | Vermont | ⇒ Tower Recordings ⇒ MV & EE |
| Matt Wand (As Baby Snatchers) | 1997 | UK | Salford | ⇒ Harrison & Wand |
| Matthew Childs & His Three Buddys | 1963 | USA | ||
| Matthew Dear | 1999 | USA | Texas | |
| Matthew Moore Plus Four | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Matthew Young | 1981 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Mattiel | 2017 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Mattoid | 2003 | Finland | Tampere | |
| Mattress | 2006 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Mau Mau | 1981 | Germany | Düsseldorf | ⇒ DAF |
| Mau Maus | 1982 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Maul Girls | 1996 | USA | New York | |
| Maurizio Abate | 2006 | Italy | ||
| Mauve | 1966 | USA | Acton, Massachusetts | |
| Mavis Staples | 1968 | USA | Chigaco | |
| Max Block | 1986 | New Zealand | Christchurch | |
| Max Echo | 2010 | USA | New York | |
| Max Load | 1979 | USA | Belleville, Illinois | |
| Max Pain & the Groovies | 2013 | USA | Salt Lake City | |
| Max Romeo Max Romeo & the Upsetters |
1968 | Jamaica | Kingston | ⇒ Lee Scratch Perry ⇒ Sly Dunbar ⇒ Augustus Pablo |
| Max Rubin | N/A | N/A | ||
| Maxi Geil! & PlayColt | 2004 | UK | ||
| Maxi Monster Music Show | 2008 | France | Paris | |
| Maximum Joy | 1979 | UK | Bristol | |
| Maxx Man | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| May Blitz | 1969 | UK | London | |
| May Day Orchestra | 2008 | USA | St. Louis | |
| Maya (1) AKA Maya Hardinge | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| Maya (2) | 1973 | USA | Ohio | |
| Maybe Mental | 1982 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Maybes | 2006 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Mayday | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Mayfair Set | 2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Blank Dogs |
| MAZE | 2016 | Japan | AKA M.A.Z.E. | |
| Mazie Smirdigie Kocini (AKA MSK) | 2007 | Latvia | Riga | |
| Mazinga Phaser | 1996 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Mazzy Star | 1989 | USA | Santa Monica, California | ⇒ Opal ⇒ Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions |
| Mbongwana Star | 2015 | DR Congo | Kinshasa | ⇒ Staff Benda Bilili |
| MC 900 (ft. Jesus) | 1988 | USA | Fort Knox, Kentucky | |
| MC Ina | 2008 | Serbia | ||
| MC Soffia | 2015 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| McCarthy | 1985 | UK | Barking | ⇒ Stereolab ⇒ Ghost Power |
| McCharmlys | 2023 | USA | Santa Ana, California | |
| McFadden's Parachute | 1988 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| McLemore Avenue | 2003 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| McRad | 1982 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Mdou Moctar | 2011 | Niger | ||
| Me & The Heat | 1983 | Germany | Bochum | |
| Meadow House | 2003 | UK | London | |
| Meantraitors | 1989 | Russia | St. Petersburg | |
| Meas Samoun | 1969 | Cambodia | ||
| Measles Mumps Rubella | 2002 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Measure | 2005 | USA | New Brunswick, New Jersey | AKA Measure (sa) |
| Meat Puppets | 1980 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Meat Whiplash | 1985 | UK | East Kilbride, Scotland | |
| Mecca Normal | 1984 | Canada | Vancouver | ⇒ Peter Jefferies ⇒ 2 Foot Flame |
| Mechanical Servants | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Mecki Mark Men | 1966 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Mediators (AKA Mediaters) | 1978 | UK | Manchester | |
| Medio Mutante | 2006 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Medium Medium | 1979 | UK | Nottingham | ⇒ C Cat Trance |
| Mediums | 1995 | France | ⇒ Lucas Trouble | |
| Meen | 1966 | USA | Davenport, Iowa | |
| Mega Bog | 2010 | USA | Seattle | |
| Megan Jean and the KFB | 2004 | USA | New York | |
| Megan Sue Hicks | 1972 | Australia | ||
| Meices | 1990 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Mekanik Destrüktiw Komandöh (MDK) | 1979 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Alexander Hacke |
| Mekanik Kommando | 1980 | Netherlands | Nijmegen | ⇒ Use of Ashes |
| Mekons | 1976 | UK | Leeds | ⇒ Jon Langfort & Kat Ex (Katjon Band) |
| Mel Machete | 2021 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Mel Tormé (AKA Mel Torme) | 1951 | USA | Chicago | |
| Melanie | 1967 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Melenas | 2017 | Spain | Pamplona | |
| Mélissa Leaveaux | 2006 | France | Paris | Origin Haiti & Canada |
| Melodic Energy Commission | 1979 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Melody Dog | 1991 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Melody Massacre | 1986 | Belgium | ||
| Mellvins | 2015 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Meltaways | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Melt-Banana | 1991 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Meltdowns | 2011 | USA | Detroit | |
| Melted Americans | 1982 | USA | Garden City, New Jersey | |
| Melvin Davis | 1963 | USA | Detroit | |
| Melvins Melvins & Lustmord |
1983 | USA | Montesano, Washington | ⇒ King Buzzo |
| Members | 1976 | UK | Camberley | |
| Membranes | 1977 | UK | Blackpool | |
| Memo PST | 2022 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Memorials | 2022 | UK | Brighton | |
| Memphis Morticians | 1999 | USA | New York | |
| Men | 2008 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Men Without Hats | 1977 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Menace Ruine | 2007 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Menahan Street Band | 2006 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band |
| Mendelson | 1994 | France | Paris | |
| Menko | 1983 | Netherlands | Zaandam | AKA Menko Konings, EM ⇒ S.M. Nurse |
| Mensen | 1995 | Norway | Oslo | |
| Mental | 1979 | UK | Trowbridge | |
| Mental Code | 1983 | France | ||
| Mental Decay | 1984 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Mental Powers | 2009 | Australia | Perth | |
| Mephisto Walz | 1985 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Christian Death ⇒ Carcrash International |
| Merchandise | 2008 | USA | Tampa, Florida | ⇒ Dum Dum Girls |
| Mercury Rev | 1989 | USA | Buffalo, New York | |
| Meret Becker | 1996 | Germany | Bremen | ⇒ Alexander Hacke ⇒ Nina Hagen |
| Merging | 2020 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Meridian Brothers | 1997 | Colombia | Bogota | |
| Meril Wubslin | 2010 | Switzerland | Lausanne | |
| Merle Bardenoir | 2017 | France | Paris | |
| Merle Kilgore | 1954 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Mermaidens | 2012 | New Zealand | Wellington | |
| Merrell Fankhauser | 1976 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | ⇒ Fankhauser Cassidy Band |
| Merry Clayton | 1963 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Merry Thoughts | 1993 | Germany | Neuss | |
| Mersey Lads | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Mert Basaran | 2004 | Turkey | ||
| Merv Griffin | 1950 | USA | California | |
| Merx | 2012 | USA | California | ⇒ German Army |
| Merzbow & Genesis P-Orridge | 1979 | Japan | Tokyo | ⇒ Genesis Breyer P-Orridge |
| Mess Makers | 2007 | Australia | ||
| Message | 1988 | France | Brive | |
| Messengers | 1962 | USA | Minnesota | |
| Messer Chups | 1998 | Germany | Hamburg | ⇒ Messer für Frau Müller ⇒ ⇒ Bleak Engineers |
| Messer für Frau Müller | 1991 | Russia | St. Petersburg | ⇒ Messer Chups ⇒ Oleg Kostrow |
| Messerschmitt | 1987 | Croatia | Pula | |
| Mestre Cupijo | 1975 | Brazil | Cameta | |
| Metabolist | 1977 | UK | ||
| Metal Boys | 1979 | UK | London | ⇒ Doctor Mix & the Remix |
| Metal Doughnut Band | 1985 | UK | Leisester | |
| Metal Flake Mother | 1990 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Metal Mountains | 2011 | USA | ⇒ Helen Rush | |
| Metal Rouge | 2006 | New Zealand | Auckland | Based in Los Angeles |
| Metalux | 1997 | USA | Chicago | |
| Meteors | 1980 | UK | London | ⇒ Legendary Raw Deal ⇒ Clapham South Escalators ⇒ Tall Boys |
| Methyl Ethel | 2013 | Australia | Perth | |
| Metric | 2002 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Metro Crowd | 2016 | Italy | Roma | |
| Metro Decay | 1982 | Athens | Greece | |
| Metronomes | 1979 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Metz | 1974 | USA | ||
| Mex | 1980 | UK | London | ⇒ Gambit of Shame |
| Mexican Dubwiser | 2012 | Mexico | Monterrey | |
| MGLA | 2000 | Poland | Krakow | |
| Mi And L'au | 2004 | France | Paris | Based in Finland |
| Mia Doi Todd | 1996 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Micachu & the Shapes | 2008 | UK | London | |
| Mice Parade | 1996 | USA | New York | ⇒ Swirlies |
| Michael Beach | 2008 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Michael Bundt | 1977 | Germany | Mannheim | |
| Michael Chapman | 1969 | UK | Leeds | |
| Michael Dracula | 2002 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Michael Forzza & Kiki | 2001 | Belgium/Finland | ||
| Michael Garrison | 1979 | USA | Oregon | |
| Michael Gira Michael Gira & Dan Matz |
1984 | USA | New York | ⇒ Swans ⇒ Angels of Light ⇒ Circus Mort |
| Michael Hurley Michael Hurley & Pals |
1964 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Michael J. Sheehy | 2000 | UK | London | |
| Michael Karoli & Polly Eltes | 1984 | Germany | Straubing | ⇒ Can |
| Michael Lynch | 2003 | USA | New York | ⇒ Anything People |
| Michael Moorcock's Deep Fix | 1975 | UK | London | AKA Michael Moorcock & the Deep Fix ⇒ ⇒ Hawkwind |
| Michael Penn | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Michael Psycho | 1988 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Michael Richard Plowman | 2009 | UK | ||
| Michael Rother | 1977 | Germany | Hamburg | ⇒ Kraftwerk ⇒ Neu! ⇒ Harmonia |
| Michael Stasis | 2003 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Michael Yonkers Band | 1974 | USA | Minneapolis | ⇒ Plastic Crimewave Sound ⇒ GR & Michael Yonkers |
| Michal Turtle | 1983 | UK | Croydon | Based in Switzerland |
| Michel Henritzi & A Qui Avec Gabriel | 2007 | France | Metz | ⇒ Junko & Michel Henritzi |
| Michele Mercure (AKA Michele Musser) | 1993 | USA | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | |
| Michio Kurihara | 1999 | Japan | Tokyo | ⇒ Ghost (2) ⇒ Onna |
| Michou | 1971 | Reunion | Saint-Denis | |
| Mick & the Shambles | 1966 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Mick Farren Mick Farren & the Deviants |
1967 | UK | London | ⇒ Deviants ⇒ Larry Wallis ⇒ Pink Fairies |
| Mick Fleetwood | 1981 | UK | Cornwall | ⇒ Cheynes ⇒ Fleetwood Mac |
| Mick Harvey | 1989 | Australia | Rochester, Victoria | ⇒ Birthday Party ⇒ Crime & the City Solution ⇒ Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds ⇒ These Immortal Souls |
| Mick Ness | 1981 | Netherlands | ||
| Mick Turner | 1997 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Fungus Brains ⇒ Moodists ⇒ Venom P. Stinger |
| Mickey & Ludella | 1995 | UK | London | ⇒ Masonics ⇒ Mickey & the Salty Seadogs ⇒ Ludella Black |
| Mickey & Sylvia | 1955 | USA | ||
| Mickey & the Salty Seadogs | 2001 | UK | London | ⇒ Masonics ⇒ Mickey & Ludella ⇒ Ludella Black |
| Mickey Baker | 1952 | USA | Kentucky | |
| Mickey Clarke | 1965 | UK | ||
| Mickey Finn | 1965 | USA | London | |
| Mickey Katz | 1951 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Micon | 1981 | USA | ||
| Micragirls | 2002 | Finland | Kuopio | |
| Microdisney | 1980 | Ireland | Cork | |
| Microfilm | 1980 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Middle Class | 1976 | USA | Santa Ana, California | |
| Midi, Maxi & Efti | 1991 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Midnattsol | 2002 | Germany | Ludwigsburg | |
| Midnight Angels | 1967 | Canada | Manitoba | |
| Midnight Call | 1991 | USA | Boston | |
| Midnight Choir | 1983 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Midnight Circus | 1972 | UK | ||
| Midnight Mines | 2013 | UK | London | ⇒ Baron Saturday |
| Midnight Oil | 1972 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Midnight Vein | 2018 | USA | Buffalo, New York | |
| Midori | 2003 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Midways | 2003 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Mie Nakao | 1962 | Japan | Fukuoka | |
| Mighty Diamonds | 1969 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Mighty Go-Go Players | 2003 | France | ||
| Mighty Two | 1972 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Mihare Koshi | 1978 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Miho Hatori | 2005 | USA | New York | ⇒ Cibo Matto ⇒ Miss Information |
| Mij | 1969 | USA | ||
| Mika Miko | 2003 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Mika Taanila | 1985 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| Mikado Kodo | 2018 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Mikael Seifu | 2014 | Ethiopia | Addis Abbeba | |
| Mikan Mukku | 1982 | Japan | ||
| Mike Brooks | 1976 | Jamaica | Westmoreland | |
| Mike Cassidy & the Knockabouts | 1960-ies | N/A | ||
| Mike Cooper | 1969 | UK | Reading | |
| Mike Daly & the Planets | 2010 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Mike Doughty | 2000 | USA | Fort Knox, Kentucky | |
| Mike Furber & the Bowery Boys | 1966 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Mike Krol | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Mike London & the Englishmen | 1966 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Mike Melvoin | 1966 | USA | Wisconsin | |
| Mike Oldfield | 1973 | UK | Reading | |
| Mike Patton | 1996 | USA | California | ⇒ Faith No More ⇒ Lovage ⇒ Dillinger Escape Plan ⇒ Tomahawk ⇒ Fantômas |
| Mike Rep & the Quotas | 1977 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | ⇒ Tommy Jay |
| Mike Runnels | 1981 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Reactors (2) |
| Mike Waggoner & the Bops | 1961 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Mikey Dread | 1978 | Jamaica | Port Antonio | |
| Mikey Murka | 2002 | Jamaica | Based in London | |
| Mikey Young | 2017 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Eddy Current Suppression Ring ⇒ Total Control ⇒ Lace Curtain |
| Mikhail | 2007 | Greece | Based in London and Lisbon | |
| Miki Zone Zoo | 1979 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Miko & Mubare |
| Miko (AKA Mico Layczak) | 1983 | Germany | Bochum | Real name: Petra Mikolajczak, based in Berlin ⇒ Miko |
| Miko & Mubare | 1986 | Germany | ||
| Mila Anatoli | 2020 | UK | London | |
| Mile Me Deaf | 2002 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Milemarker | 1997 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Milenasong | 2005 | Germany | Berlin | Based in Oslo |
| Milk Lines | 2013 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Milk Music | 2010 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Milkshakes | 1980 | UK | Chatham | |
| Milky Chance | 2012 | Germany | Kassel | |
| Milla Jovovich | 1994 | USA | California | Origin: Urkraine |
| Millencolin | 1992 | Sweden | Orebro | |
| Millennium | 1968 | USA | California | ⇒ Robert Wyatt |
| Millions of Dead Cops | 1979 | USA | Austin, Texas | AKA Stains, MDC |
| Mimi Goese Mimi Goese & Ben Neill |
2001 | USA | Wisconsin | AKA ⇒ Hugo Largo |
| Miminokoto | 2000 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Minae Minae | 2019 | Germany | Stuttgart | |
| Minami Deutsch | 2014 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Mind | 2019 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Mind Controls | 2005 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Mind Over Mirrors | 2011 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Mind Spiders | 2010 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Minders | 1995 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Mindgrinder | 1989 | USA | Boston | |
| Minds | 2003 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Mind's Eye | 1967 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Minimal Compact | 1980 | Isreal | Tel Aviv | |
| Minimal Man (1) | 1979 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Minimal Man (2) | 1993 | UK | London | |
| Minisex | 1978 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Minisnap | 2002 | New Zealand | Christchurch | |
| Ministry | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Lead Into Gold ⇒ Luc Van Acker ⇒ Blackouts (2) |
| Minnesota Voodoo Men | 1998 | Japan | Tachikawa | |
| Minny Pops | 1978 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Minority | 1969 | USA | ||
| Mint Field | 2014 | Mexico | Tijuana | |
| Minus 5 | 1993 | USA | Seattle | |
| Minuteman | 1982 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Minutemen (1) | 1982 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Minutemen (2) | 1980 | USA | San Pedro, California | |
| Mira Cook | 2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Miracle Men | 2001 | Netherlands | Klazienaveen | ⇒ De Keefmen |
| Miracle Workers | 1982 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Mirage | 1965 | UK | ||
| Mirah | 1997 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Miranda Sex Garden | 1988 | UK | London | |
| Mirel Wagner | 2011 | Finland | Origin: Ethiopia | |
| Mirror Mirror | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Mirrors | 2001 | USA | Houston, Texas | ⇒ Gris Gris ⇒ Greg Ashley |
| Misfits | 1977 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Samhain |
| Mishio Ogawa | 1984 | Japan | Kawasaki | |
| Misiaczek | 2003 | France | ||
| Misophone | 2007 | UK | Carlisle | |
| Miss Alex White & the Red Orchestra | 2005 | USA | Chicago | |
| Miss Chain & the Broken Heels | 2007 | Italy | Vicenza | |
| Miss Derringer | 2004 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Miss Eaves | 2013 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Miss Information | 1991 | USA | New York | ⇒ Cibo Matto ⇒ Miho Hatori |
| Miss Kenichi | 2006 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Miss Kittin Miss Kittin & the Hacker |
1998 | France | Grenoble | |
| Miss TK & the Revenge | 2004 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Miss X | 1963 | UK | London | |
| Missing Lynx | 1965 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Missing Pages | 2018 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Missing Persons | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Missing Presumed Dead | 1979 | UK | ||
| Missing Souls | 2015 | France | Lyon | ⇒ Ian Kay |
| Mission | 1986 | UK | Leeds | |
| Mission of Burma | 1979 | USA | Boston | |
| Misteriosos | 2004 | USA | ||
| Mistress Bomb H | 2006 | France | ||
| Mistshadow | 1995 | Norway | Gjovik | AKA Stein Ellingsen |
| Misty | 1975 | USA | ||
| Misunderstood | 1965 | UK/USA | California | ⇒ Juicy Lucy |
| Misz | 1983 | Belgium | Gent | |
| Mittageisen | 1982 | Switzerland | ||
| Mix Master Mike | 1997 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Mixed Feelings | 1981 | UK | Basildon | |
| Mizerija | 2021 | Croatia | Zadar | |
| MJ Lallo | 2017 | USA | Burbank, California | Alias: Moder Life Is Rubbish |
| MLiR | 2016 | Sweden | ||
| Mmoss | 2010 | USA | Barrington, New Hampshire | ⇒ Dough Tuttle |
| Mo Boma | 1992 | USA | Boston | |
| Mob | 1978 | UK | Yeovil, Somerset | |
| Mobiles | 1981 | UK | Eastbourne | |
| Moby | 1990 | USA | New York | |
| Mochipet | 2002 | Taiwan | Taipei | |
| Mock Media | 2019 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Mockba | 1996 | Belgium | ||
| Mockingbirds | 1964 | UK | Manchester | |
| Mockinpott | 2006 | Mexico | Monterrey | |
| Mod Fun | 1983 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Mod Hippie | 2015 | USA | California | |
| Modds | 1966 | USA | Missouri | |
| Mode In GliAny | 2015 | France | Rennes | |
| Mode IQ | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Model Citizens | 1979 | USA | New York | ⇒ Dance ⇒ Polyrock ⇒ Dream Syndicate ⇒ Tomek |
| Modèle Martial | 1989 | France | Lille | |
| Moderator | 2012 | Greece | Athens | |
| Modern Art | 1982 | UK | London | ⇒ Sun Dial |
| Modern Clix | 1983 | USA | New York | |
| Modern English | 1977 | UK | Colchester | |
| Modern Eon | 1981 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Modern Guy | 1980 | France | ||
| Modern Lovers | 1970 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Jonathan Richman |
| Modern Mannequins | 1983 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Modern Shit (Amos & Lepke) | 2008 | UK | London | |
| Modern Vending | 1986 | USA | Indiana | |
| Modern Woman | 2021 | UK | London | |
| Modernaires | 1980 | UK | Wales | |
| Modeselektor | 1997 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Mo-Dettes | 1979 | UK | London | AKA Modettes |
| Modey Lemon | 1999 | USA | Pittsburgh | ⇒ Warm Drag |
| Modified Toy Orchestra | 2002 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Mods (1) AKA Choir | 1966 | USA | Mentor, Ohio | ⇒ Choir |
| Mods (2) | 1966 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Modus | 2008 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Moe Tucker | 1980 | USA | Levittown, New York | ⇒ Velvet Underground |
| Moebius Moebius & Beerbohm Moebius & Plank Moebius & Tietchens |
1971 | Switzerland | St. Gallen | ⇒ Cluster ⇒ (Joachim) Roedelius ⇒ (Konrad/Conny) Plank ⇒ Asmus Tietchens ⇒ Eno, Moebius, Roedelius & Plank ⇒ Liliental |
| Moev | 1981 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Mofungo | 1979 | USA | New York | |
| Mogen David & the Grapes of Wrath | 1966 | USA | Kokomo, Indiana | |
| Mogollar | 1967 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Mogwai | 1995 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Moha Jami | 1960-ies | Iran | ||
| Moira Scar | 2007 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ V.E.X. |
| Moistboyz | 1994 | USA | Pennsylvania | ⇒ False Front ⇒ Ween |
| Mojo Men | 1965 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Mojomatics | 2003 | Italy | Venice | |
| Mole Suit Choir | 2013 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Moles | 1989 | Australia | Sydney | ⇒ Hamish Kilgour |
| Molly Drake | 1950-ies | Burma | Rangoon | Mother of ⇒ Nick Drake |
| Molochs | 2014 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Molting Vulture | 2006 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Molto Morbidi | 2019 | France | Le Mans | |
| Momes | 1988 | UK | ||
| Mometers | 2000 | USA | ||
| Mommyheads | 1988 | USA | New York | |
| Momus | 1985 | UK | Paisley, Renfrewshire | Currently based in Osaka |
| Mona Mur Mona Mur & die Mieter Mona Mur & En Esch |
1982 | Germany | Hamburg | ⇒ K.M.F.D.M. (En Esch) ⇒ Einstürzende Neubauten ⇒ Alexander Hacke |
| Monacles | 1966 | USA | Garden Grove, California | |
| Monday & His Mondos | 1963 | USA | Woonsocket, Rhode Island | AKA Florian Monday & His Mondos |
| Mondo Generator | 1997 | USA | Los Angeles | Queens of the Stone Age |
| Mondo Topless | 1992 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Mong Tong | 2018 | Taiwan | Taipei | |
| Mongrelettes | 2009 | Greece | Athens | |
| Monie Love | 1988 | UK | London | |
| Monitor | 1977 | USA | Los Angeles | AKA Tikis |
| Monkees | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart |
| Monkeys | 2000 | USA | ||
| Monkeys | N/A | N/A | ||
| Monkeywrench | 1990 | USA | Texas | Based in Seattle |
| Monks (1) | 1965 | USA | American GI's based in Germany | |
| Monks (2) | 1979 | UK | ||
| Monks of Malaspina | 2010 | Canada | ||
| Mono Men | 1987 | USA | Bellingham, Washington | |
| Mono Void | 2019 | Switzerland | Zürich | |
| Monochrome Set | 1978 | UK | London | ⇒ Drowning Craze |
| Monokultur | 2018 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Mononegatives | 2019 | Canada | London, Ontario | |
| Monopol | 1982 | Germany | Hannover | |
| Monowelt | 2012 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Monsoon | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ Sheila Chandra |
| Monster Magnet | 1988 | USA | Red Bank, New Jersey | Monsters | 1986 | Switzerland | Bern | ⇒ Reverend Beat-Man (based in London) |
| Monte Cazazza | 1979 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Psychic TV ⇒ Factrix |
| Montesas | 1998 | Germany | Kassel | |
| Montgomery Express | 1973 | USA | Indiatown, Florida | |
| Montrose | 1973 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Monument | 1971 | UK | ||
| Monzas | 1964 | USA | ||
| Mood of Defiance | 1979 | USA | California | |
| Mood Six | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Moodists | 1980 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Fungus Brains ⇒ Mick Turner |
| Moodring | 2006 | USA | Montana | |
| Moods | 1966 | Australia | ||
| Moody Walkers | 1965 | USA | ||
| Moon City Boys | 2013 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Moon Duo | 2009 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Wooden Shjips ⇒ Vive La Void |
| Moon Hooch | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Moon Martin | 1978 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Moon Men | 1964 | USA | North Carolina | ⇒ Link Wray |
| Moon Pool & Dead Band | 2010 | USA | Detroit | |
| Moon Prune | 2024 | N/A | ||
| Moon Rakers | 1965 | USA | ||
| Moonchy & Tobias | 2018 | Italy/USA | ||
| Moondog | 1950 | USA | Kansas | |
| Mooner | 2017 | Indonesia | Bandung | Based in Texas |
| Moonlighters | 1958 | USA | ||
| Moonshake | 1991 | UK | ||
| Moonstones | 2005 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Moontrekkers | 1961 | UK | ||
| Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove Gand | 1988 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Moral | 1981 | Denmark | Aarhus | |
| Moral Hex | 2009 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Morbid Opera | 1983 | USA | Miami, Florida | |
| Morcheeba | 1995 | UK | London | |
| Mordant Music | 2000 | UK | Hastings | |
| Morgan Delt | 2012 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Morgans | 1966 | Germany | München | |
| Morgen | 1969 | USA | New York | |
| Morita Doji | 1975 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Morlocks | 1984 | USA | San Diego | |
| Morning 40 Federation | 1997 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Morning After | 1967 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Morning Dew | 1966 | USA | Topeka, Kansas | |
| Morning Glories | 1992 | USA | New York | |
| Morning Starr | 1969 | USA | Kansas City, Missouri | AKA Morningstar |
| Morphine | 1990 | USA | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| Mors Ontologica | 2005 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Mort Subite | 1980 | Netherlands | ⇒ Jozef Van Wissem | |
| Mortals | 1991 | USA | Ohio | |
| Morticians | 1964 | USA | Michigan | |
| Mortiis | 1963 | Norway | ||
| Mos Def | 1996 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Moskow | 1982 | UK | ||
| Moskwa | 1983 | Poland | Lodz | |
| Moslem Birth | 1983 | USA | Pomona, California | |
| Moss Icon | 1986 | US | Annapolis, Maryland | |
| Motelli Skronkle | 1983 | Finland | Kanaani | ⇒ Markku Peltola |
| Motels | 1975 | USA | California | |
| Moth | 2012 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Motherhead Bug | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Mothlite | 2008 | UK | London | |
| Mothmen | 1981 | UK | ||
| Motion | 1966 | USA | ||
| Motobunny | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Moto-Gators | 2011 | USA | ||
| Motor Totemist Guild | 1980 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Motorbike | 2023 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Motorgirl | 2015 | USA | ||
| Motörhead | 1975 | UK | London | ⇒ Larry Wallis ⇒ Hawkwind ⇒ Rocking Vickers ⇒ Motörhead & Girlschool |
| Motormark | 2001 | UK | ||
| Motrik | 2014 | USA | Portland, Oregon | AKA Møtrik |
| Mounds | 2013 | USA | Costa Mesa, California | |
| Mount Kimbie | 2008 | UK | London | |
| Mount Vernon Arts Lab | 1996 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Mountain Goats | 1991 | USA | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Mountain Movers | 2006 | USA | New Heaven, Connecticut | |
| Mountains & Rainbows | 2007 | USA | Detroit | |
| Mourn | 2014 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Mourning After | 1993 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Mourning Noise | 1981 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Ashley Morance |
| Mourning Reign | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Mouse & the Traps | 1965 | USA | Tyler, Texas | |
| Mouse On Mars | 1993 | Germany | Köln | |
| Moussa Doumbia | 1974 | Mali | ||
| Mouthbreathers | 2011 | USA | Lawrence, Kansas | |
| Move (1) | 1966 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Jeff Lynne ⇒ Electric Light Orchestra |
| Move (2) | 1985 | Italy | Rome | |
| Moveable Feast | 1988 | USA | Iowa | |
| Movement | 1968 | USA | Alabama | |
| Movie Club | 2019 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Movie Star Junkies | 2005 | Italy | Torino | |
| Moving Maps | 2015 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Moving Panoramas | 2015 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Moving Pictures | 2016 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Moving Sidewalks | 1967 | USA | Houston, Texas | ⇒ Coachmen V |
| Moving Units | 2001 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Mr. Airplane Man | 1998 | USA | Boston | |
| Mr. Chop | 2000 | UK | Liverpool | AKA Chop, Coz Littler |
| Mr. Elevator & the Brain Hotel | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Mr. Fox | 1970 | UK | London | |
| Mr. Griddles | 2005 | N/A | ||
| Mr. Kite | 1978 | Japan | ||
| Mr. T-Experience | 1984 | USA | Berkeley, California | |
| Mrs. Magician | 2010 | USA | San Diego | |
| Ms. John Soda | 2002 | Germany | Weilheim, Bavaria | |
| Muck & the Mires | 2001 | USA | Boston | |
| Mud Hutters | 1978 | USA | Manchester | |
| Mudboy | 2005 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Mudcrutch | 1973 | USA | Florida | |
| Muddwimmin (Mudwimin) | 1990 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Muddy Waters | 1948 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Mudhoney | 1987 | USA | Seattle | |
| Mueran Humanos | 2006 | Spain | Barcelona | Based in Berlin |
| Muffs | 1991 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Pandoras |
| Mug | 2023 | UK | ||
| Mujahideen | 2005 | Isreal | Jerusalem | |
| Mujeres | 2009 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Mukhtar Ramadan Iidi | N/A | Somalia | ||
| Mukimukimanmansu | 2011 | South Korea | Seoul | |
| Mulatu Astatke | 1966 | Ethiopia | Jimma | |
| Muldoons | 2004 | USA | Detroit | |
| Multicoloured Shades | 1984 | Germany | Recklinghausen | |
| Multiple Man | 2013 | Australia | ||
| MUM | s1997 | Iceland | Reykjavik | |
| Mumlers | 2007 | USA | San Jose, California | |
| Mummies | 1988 | USA | California | ⇒ Flakes |
| Mummy & the Peepshow | 1994 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Mungo Jerry | 1970 | UK | Ashford | |
| Munks | 1966 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Munly & the Lupercalians | 2009 | USA | Denver | |
| Munsters | 1964 | USA | California | |
| Murder City Devils | 1996 | USA | Seattle | |
| Murder In the Red Barn | 2000 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Murder the Disturbed | 1977 | UK | Washington, Tyne and Wear | |
| Murphy Federation | 1981 | UK | ⇒ Bing Selfish | |
| Musée Mécanique | 2006 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Museum of Love | 2013 | USA | New York | ⇒ Neutral Mute |
| Music Emporium | 1968 | USA | California | |
| Music For Pleasure | 1979 | UK | Leeds | |
| Music Für Alle (Peter Wahlbeck) | 1994 | Sweden | Halmstad | AKA Music Fur Allum |
| Musica Dispersa | 1970 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Musique Concret | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Muskeg Mudsuck | 2019 | USA | Alaska | |
| Mussies | 1967 | USA | South Haven, Michigan | |
| Mutabaruka | 1980 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Mutants (1) | 1978 | USA | Detroit | |
| Mutants (2) | 1980 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Mutoid Man | 2012 | USA | New York | ⇒ Stephen Brodsky ⇒ Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky |
| Mutronium | 2005 | USA | New York | |
| Mutter | 1986 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Campingsex |
| Mutts | 2003 | UK | Brighton | |
| Mutual Jerk | 2015 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| MV & EE | 2001 | USA | Vermont | AKA Matt Valentine & Erika Elder ⇒ Tower Recordings ⇒ Matt Valentine |
| MX-80 Sound | 1974 | USA | Bloomington, Indiana | Based in San Francisco |
| My Bloody Valentine | 1983 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult | 1987 | USA | Chicago | |
| My Name | 1989 | USA | Tacoma, Washington | |
| My Robot Friend | 2002 | USA | New York | |
| My Sexual Dad | 2004 | USA | ||
| My Solid Ground | 1968 | Germany | Rüsselsheim | |
| Mydolls | 1981 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Mynd Gardeners | 2009 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Myriam Gendron | 2014 | Canada | Ottawa | |
| Myrkur | 2014 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Myrrh | 2010 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Myrrors | 2008 | USA | Arizona | |
| Mysterions | 1965 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Mysterious Minds | 1975 | USA | AKA Mystic Minds ⇒ T.J. Hustler Metaphysical Synthesized Orchestra ⇒ Preacherman | |
| Mysterious Specaloos | 2010 | France | ⇒ Lucas Trouble | |
| Mystery Date | 1985 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Mystery Girls | 2000 | USA | Wisconsin | |
| Mystery Lights | 2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Mystery of Sixes | 1982 | Australia | ||
| Mystery Plane | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Mystic Braves | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | First called Blackfeet Braves |
| Mystic Eyes | 1984 | USA | Buffalo, New York | |
| Mystic Jungle | 2012 | Italy | Napoli | |
| Mystic Siva | 1971 | USA | Detroit | |
| Mystic Tide | 1964 | USA | Woodbury, New York | |
| Mystics | 2012 | Canada | Ontario | |
| Mystreated | 1989 | UK | Folkstone | |
| Mystrys | 1966 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Myth | 2013 | UK | London | |
| Mythen in Tüten | 1981 | Germany | Hannover | |
| N. Patrick Williams N. Patrick Williams & the Inner Prism |
1967 | USA | Conneaut, Ohio | |
| N.E.R.D. | 2000 | USA | Virginia | AKA N*E*R*D |
| N.O.I.A. | 1978 | Italy | ||
| N01R | 2014 | Germany | ||
| Na'am | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| Nabihah Iqbal | 2017 | UK | London | |
| Nacht und Nebel | 1980 | Belgium | ||
| Nadia Cassini | 1977 | USA | Woodstock, New York | |
| Nadia Reid | 2014 | New Zealand | Port Chalmers | |
| Nadine Perron | 2023 | France | ||
| Nadja Nadja & OVO |
2003 | Canada | Toronto | Based in Berlin |
| Naeste Uges TV | 1980 | Denmark | Viborg | |
| Naffi Sandwich | 1979 | UK | Liverpool | (AKA Naafi Sandwich)⇒ Brenda Ray |
| Nagamatzu | 1982 | UK | Ipswich | |
| Nagorny Karabach | 1988 | Germany | Münster | |
| Nahawa Doumbia | 1981 | Mali | ||
| Nahid Akhtar | 1977 | Pakistan | ||
| Nailah Hunter | 2020 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Nails | 1977 | USA | New York | |
| Naked | 1979 | UK | Sheerness | |
| Naked and the Dead | 1985 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Naked Lunch | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Naked On the Vague | 2005 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Naked Prey | 1984 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Naked Raygun | 1980 | USA | Chicago | |
| Naked Roommate | 2018 | USA | Berkeley, California | |
| Naked Spots Dance | 1980 | New Zealand | Wellington | |
| Nalle | 2004 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Namdziliin Norovbanzad | 1994 | Mongolia | ||
| Names & Faces | 1966 | Netherlands | Zaandam | |
| Names (1) | 1979 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Names (2) | 1980 | UK | Kent | |
| Namgar | 1995 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Nana Love | 1977 | Ghana | Based in London | |
| Nancy Elizabeth | 2003 | UK | Manchester | |
| Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Nané | 2019 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Naomi Punk | 2009 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens | 2002 | USA | Alabama | |
| Napalm Beach | 1983 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Napalm Death | 1981 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Scorn ⇒ PainKiller |
| Napatista | 2011 | USA | Seattle | |
| Narrows | 2008 | USA | Seattle | |
| Nash the Slash | 1978 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Nashville Pussy | 1996 | USA | Atlanta Georgia | |
| Nasmak | 1978 | Netherlands | Nuenen, Noord-Brabant | |
| Nasty Facts | 1981 | USA | Brooklyn NY | AKA Nastyfacts |
| Nasty Rumours | 2014 | Switzerland | Bern | |
| Nate Henricks | 2011 | USA | Florida | |
| Nathan Bowles | 2012 | USA | Virginia | |
| Nathan Yell | 2007 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Nathaniel Mayer | 1962 | USA | Detroit | |
| Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | 2010 | USA | Denver | |
| Nation of Ulysses | 1988 | USA | Washington D.C. | ⇒ Make Up |
| Nation Rocking Shadows | 1965 | USA | Florida | |
| National Romance League | 2012 | N/A | ||
| Native Soil | N/A | Sweden | ||
| Native Tongue | 1980 | USA | Boston | |
| Natural Causes | 2015 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Naughty Rhythms | 1982 | Australia | Canberra | |
| Nausea | 1981 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Naz Nomad & the Nightmares | 1984 | UK | London | ⇒ Damned |
| Nazaré Pereira | 1976 | Brazil | Xapuri | Based in France |
| Nazz | 1967 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Ndox Electrique | 2023 | Senegal | ||
| Neal Ford & the Fanatics | 1965 | USA | Houston, Texas | ⇒ Coachmen V |
| Neal Hefti | 1956 | USA | Nebraska | |
| Neanderthals | 1994 | USA | ⇒ Eddie Angel | |
| Near Paris | 1985 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Nearly God | 1996 | UK | ⇒ Tricky | |
| Neats | 1981 | USA | Boston | |
| Neblung Price | 2001 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Nebraska | 1989 | USA | Staten Island NY | |
| Nebulas (1) | 1982 | Massachusetts | ||
| Nebulas (2) | 2001 | USA | California | |
| Neckbones | 1994 | USA | Oxford, Mississippi | |
| Necropolis of Love | 1982 | USA | Berkeley, California | |
| Necros | 1979 | USA | Ohio | |
| Negative Approach | 1981 | USA | Detroit | |
| Negative Space | 1969 | USA | Trenton, New Jersey | |
| Negativland | 1980 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Neighborhood Dilemma | 1990 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Neil Campbell | 1992 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Neil Young & the Crazy Horse | 1969 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Neko Case | 1998 | USA | Alexandria, Virginia | |
| Nekromantix | 1989 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Nektar | 1969 | Germany | Hamburg | Origin: UK |
| Nell Smith & the Flaming Lips | 2021 | Canada | AKA Nell & the Flaming Lips | |
| Nellie McKay | 2003 | USA | New York | Born in UK |
| Nelories | 1991 | Japan | Nara | |
| Nels Cline Singers | 2001 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Nelson Sisters | 1959 | USA | ||
| Neo Boys | 1978 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Neon | 1979 | Italy | Firenze | |
| Neon Indian | 2009 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Neon Judgement | 1981 | Belgium | Leuven | |
| Neon Piss | 2010 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Neonbabies | 1980 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Humpe Humpe ⇒ Inga Humpe |
| Neotnas (ft. Four By Frog) | 2005 | Russia | Chelyabinsk | |
| Nermin Niazi | 1984 | Pakistan | ||
| Neros Tanzende Elektropäpste | 1981 | Germany | Aachen | |
| Nerve City | 2008 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Nerves | 1977 | UK | Stafford | |
| Nervous Breakdown (AKA Nervous Breakdowns) | 1967 | USA | ||
| Nervous Curtains | 2008 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Nervous Eaters | 1973 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Ultimate Spinach ⇒ Saint Steven |
| Nervous Patterns | 2003 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Jay Reatard, Lost Souls, Clears |
| Nervous Shakes | 2004 | Belgium | ||
| Nervous Tension | 1981 | USA | South Carolina | |
| Nervus Rex | 1977 | USA | New York | |
| Nese Karaböcek | ||||
| Nestter Donuts | 2018 | Spain | Alicante | |
| Net Shaker | 2009 | USA | ||
| Network (1) | N/A | N/A | NON-VERIFIED ARTIST | |
| Network (2) | 2003 | USA | California | ⇒ Green Day |
| Neu! | 1971 | Germany | Düsseldorf | ⇒ Michael Rother ⇒ ⇒ Wolfgang Riechmann La Düsseldorf |
| Neumans | 2012 | USA | California | |
| Neurobash | 2004 | Sweden | Lund | |
| Neurosis | 1985 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ Steve Von Till ⇒ Harvestman |
| Neutral | 2014 | Sweden | Göteburg | |
| Neutral Mute | 2002 | USA | New York | ⇒ Museum of Love |
| Neutrons | 1964 | USA | ||
| Nevermore | 1992 | USA | Seattle | |
| Nevermores | 2009 | USA | St. Louis | ⇒ Thee Lordly Serpents |
| New Age | 1981 | UK | Leicester | |
| New Age Steppers | 1980 | UK | ⇒ Bim Sherman | |
| New Bloods | 2006 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| New Bomb Turks | 1990 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| New Bondage | 1977 | Sweden | Lund | |
| New Breed | 1965 | USA | Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| New Christs | 1980 | Australia | Sydney | ⇒ Radio Birdman |
| New Collapse | 2001 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| New Colony Six | 1964 | USA | Chicago | |
| New Dimensions | 1962 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Art Guy |
| New Fries | 2013 | Canada | Toronto | |
| New Lime | 1965 | USA | Akron, Ohio | |
| New Lines | 2010 | USA | ||
| New Math | 1976 | USA | Rochester, New York | ⇒ Jet Black Berries |
| New Model Army | 1980 | UK | Bradford | |
| New Musik | 1977 | UK | London | |
| New Mystikal Troubadours | 2011 | USA | Baltimore | |
| New Myths | 2012 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| New Order | 1980 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Joy Division ⇒ Warsaw |
| New Piccadillys | 2012 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| New Race | 1981 | USA | Detroit | ⇒ Deniz Tek |
| New Salem Witch Hunters | 1985 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| New Trocaderos | 2012 | USA | ||
| New Underground Entertainment | 1982 | Belgium | AKA N.U.E. | |
| New York City School of Rock Kids | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| New York Dolls | 1971 | USA | New York | ⇒ Johnny Thunders ⇒ Sylvain Sylvain |
| New York Gong | 1979 | USA | New York | ⇒ Gong ⇒ Daevid Allen |
| New York Loose | 1994 | USA | New York | |
| New Yorkers | 1967 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Newbeats | 1964 | USA | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Newport Nomads | 1963 | USA | California | |
| Newtown Neurotics | 1979 | UK | Harlow | |
| Neyssatou & Likkle Mai | 2019 | Tunisia | AKA Neysatu | |
| Nguzunguzu | 2010 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Nic Potter & Guy Evans | 1980 | UK | ⇒ Van der Graaf Generator ⇒ Amon Düü II ⇒ Misunderstood | |
| Nice | 1971 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Nice Face | 2008 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Nice Nice | 1999 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Nice Outfit | 2002 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Nice Strong Arm | 1987 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Nicholas J. Garofolo | N/A | USA | ||
| Nicholas Tremulis | 1982 | USA | New York | ⇒ Fauntleroys |
| Nichts | 1981 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Nick Carter | 1979 | UK | ||
| Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | 1983 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Birthday Party ⇒ ⇒ Anita Lane ANBB ⇒ Die Haut ⇒ Grinderman ⇒ Hugo Race ⇒ Lydia Lunch ⇒ Einstürzende Neubauten ⇒ Barry Adamson ⇒ Mick Harvey |
| Nick Drake | 1969 | UK | Born in Rangoon, Burma | Son of ⇒ Molly Drake |
| Nick Frontman | 1993 | Greece | Athens | |
| Nick Haeffner | 1987 | UK | ⇒ Clive Pig & the Hopeful Chinamen | |
| Nick Lowe | 1977 | UK | Surrey | ⇒ Tartan Horde |
| Nick Monaco | 2012 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Nick Nicely | 1980 | UK | Born in Greenland | |
| Nick Waterhouse | 2010 | USA | California | |
| Nickodemus | 1999 | USA | New York | |
| Nicky Andrews | 1995 | USA | New York | |
| Nicky Dematteo | 1958 | USA | ||
| Nico Nico & the Faction |
1966 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Velvet Underground ⇒ Kevin Ayers & Nico ⇒ Faction |
| Nico Edouard | 2011 | France | Amiens | ⇒ Les Morts Vont Bien |
| Nico Fidenco | 1960 | Italy | Roma | |
| Nico Reichelt | 1992 | Germany | ||
| Nico Teen | 2006 | Israel | Jersualem | |
| Nicolas Comment | 2010 | France | Mâcon, Bourgogne | |
| Nicole Kidman (Jon Barba) | 2009 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Nicole Mitchell | 2005 | USA | Syracuse, New York | |
| Niew Hip Stilen | 1980 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Nigel Bunn | 1991 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Nigel Pepper Cock | 1999 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Nightclub | 2018 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Night Beats | 2010 | USA | Seattle | ⇒ Abraxas |
| Night Birds | 2010 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Night Collectors | 2022 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Night Crickets | 2022 | USA/UK | ⇒ Bauhaus ⇒ Violent Femmes | |
| Night Gallery | 1992 | USA | ||
| Night Marchers | 2007 | USA | San Diego | |
| Night Pleasure | 2007 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Night Signals | 2013 | Australia | Perth | |
| Night Sun | 2012 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Nightingales | 1979 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Joe Crow |
| Nightmares On Wax | 1988 | UK | Leeds | |
| Nihil Mali | 2005 | USA | ||
| Nihilistics | 1979 | USA | New York | |
| Nik Turner Nik Turner's Sphinx |
1978 | UK | Oxford | ⇒ Hawkwind ⇒ Inner City Unit ⇒ Anubian Lights (ft. Nik Turner) ⇒ Imperial Pompadours |
| Nikaido Kazumi (Kazumi Nidaido) | 1999 | Japan | Hiroshima | ⇒ Nikasaya ⇒ Tara Jane O'Neil & Nikaido Kazumi |
| Nikasaya | 2009 | Japan | Hiroshima | ⇒ Nikaido Kazumi |
| Nikki Sudden Nikki Sudden & the Jacobites Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth Nikki Sudden & Phil Shoenfeldt Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard |
1980 | UK | London | ⇒ Swell Maps ⇒ Jowe Head |
| Nils Lofgren | 1971 | USA | Chicago | |
| Nilüfer Yanya | 2017 | UK | London | |
| Nina Hagen | 1975 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Meret Becker |
| Nina Ryser | 2012 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Nina Simone | 1958 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Nine Circles | 1980 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Nine Inch Nails | 1988 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Nine Ton Peanut Smugglers | 2005 | UK | Oxford | |
| Ning | 1971 | UK | Coventry | |
| Nino Ferrer | 1963 | France | Born in Genova, Italy | |
| Ninth Column | 1985 | USA | ||
| Ninth Street Bridge | 1986 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Niobe | 2001 | Germany | ⇒ Köln | |
| Nipper & the Seaturtles | 2000 | UK | ||
| Nirvana | 1987 | USA | Aberdeen, Washington | |
| Nisi Period | 1990 | USA | Boston | |
| Nita Rossi | 1965 | UK | Bournemouth | |
| Nite Riders | 1954 | USA | Philadelphia | AKA Doc Starkes & the Nite Riders, Night Riders |
| Nite Walkers | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Nitecaps | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Nitemate | 2020 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Nitin Sawhney | 1993 | UK | London | |
| Nitzer Ebb | 1982 | UK | Chelmsford, Essex | |
| Njigahdda | 2005 | USA | Illinois | |
| Njurmännen | 1983 | Sweden | Linköping | |
| NLTM (Nicholas Littlemore & Thierry Müller) | 2006 | France | Paris | ⇒ Ruth ⇒ Breaking Point ⇒ Ilitch ⇒ Crash (2) |
| NNB | 1978 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| No Age | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| No Aid | 1980 | Germany | ||
| No Alternative | 1978 | USA | San Francisco | |
| No Control | 1984 | USA | New York | |
| No Doctors | 2002 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| No Doubt | 1986 | USA | Anaheim, California | |
| No Fun | 1978 | Canada | Surrey, British Columbia | |
| No Future | 2015 | Portugal | Porto | |
| No Joy | 2009 | Canada | Montreal | |
| No More | 1979 | Germany | Kiel | |
| No Name | 2007 | China | Xi'an | |
| No Neck Blues Band | 1994 | USA | New York | ⇒ D. Charles Speer & the Helix |
| No Parole | 1983 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| No Safety | 1985 | USA | New York | |
| No Sister | 2014 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| No Thanks | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| No Tomorrow Boys | 2010 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| No Trend | 1982 | USA | Ashton, Maryland | |
| No Words | 1989 | France | ||
| Noble Krell | 2015 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory | 2000 | USA | California | |
| Nobody's Children (1) | 1967 | USA | Irving, Texas | |
| Nobody's Children (2) | 1966 | USA | Las Vegas | |
| Nobody's Victim | 1986 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| NOBRO | 2016 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Nobunny | 2008 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ Hunx & His Punx ⇒ Okmoniks |
| Nocturnal Emissions | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Nod | 1991 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Noel & Isabelle | 2016 | Madagascar | ||
| NOFX | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| No-Goods | 2002 | Netherlands | ||
| Noh Mercy | 1977 | USA | California | |
| Nohelani Cypriano | 1978 | USA | Hawaii | |
| Noir Boy George | 2011 | France | Metz | |
| Noise Abroad | 1983 | Belgium | ⇒ Luc Van Acker ⇒ Shriekback | |
| Noise Conspiracy | 1998 | Sweden | Umea | AKA International Noise Conspiracy |
| Noise Figures | 2012 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Noise Unit | 1989 | Canada | Vancouver | ⇒ Delerium ⇒ Front Line Assembly ⇒ Klinik |
| Noj | 2017 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Nolas | 2015 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Nomads (1) | 1981 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Nomads (2) | 1965 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Non Compos Mentis | 1980 | USA | Dallas, Texas | AKA NCM |
| Non Credo | 1987 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Non Plus Temps | 2021 | USA | Oakland, Carlifornia | |
| Non-Human Persons | 2014 | Poland | Warsaw | ⇒ Fuka Lata |
| Noonday Underground | 1997 | UK | London | |
| Nora Dean | 1968 | Jamaica | Spanish Town | Based in New York |
| Nora Keyes | 2004 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Norah Jones | 2001 | USA | New York | |
| Norma Loy | 1981 | France | Dijon | |
| Normal | 1977 | UK | London | |
| Normals | 1978 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Norman Salant | 1981 | USA | Bronx NY | |
| Normil Hawaiians | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Normograph | 2008 | France | Marseille | |
| North Mississippi Allstars | 1996 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Northern Haze | 1977 | Canada | Igloolik | |
| Norvins | 2008 | France | Paris | |
| Nosaj Thing | 2006 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Nosebleeds | 1976 | UK | Manchester | AKA Ed Banger & the Nosebleeds |
| Nostalgie Eternelle | 1987 | Germany | Leer | |
| No-Talents | 1996 | France | Montrouge | |
| Not For Sale | 1983 | USA | ||
| Not Only Bones | 1984 | Greece | ||
| Not Waving | 2013 | UK | London | |
| Notchnoi Prospekt | 1985 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Notekillers | 1977 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Nothing People | 2004 | USA | California | |
| Nots | 2011 | USA | Memphis,Tennessee | ⇒ Optic Sink |
| Notwist | 1989 | Germany | Weilhiem, Bavaria | ⇒ Spirit Fest |
| Noura Mint Seymali | 2012 | Mauretania | ||
| Nouvellas | 2007 | USA | New York | ⇒ Dansettes |
| Nouvelle Phénômène | 2012 | Hungary | Budapest | |
| Nouvelle Vague | 2003 | France | Paris | |
| Nova Materia | 2015 | France/Chile | Paris/Santiago | |
| Nova Twins | 2015 | UK | London | |
| Novaks | 2002 | Canada | St. Johns | |
| Novaks Kapelle | 1967 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Novalis | 1973 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| NOVEL (AKA N0V3L) | 2019 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| November Group | 1981 | USA | Boston | |
| November Növelet | 1994 | Germany | ||
| Now | 1977 | UK | Peterborough | |
| Nox Boys | 2014 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Nox Novacula | 2018 | USA | Seattle | |
| Noxagt | 1999 | Norway | Sandnes | |
| Noyes Brothers | 1979 | UK | Manchester | |
| Nôze | 2004 | France | ||
| Nozems | 1989 | Netherlands | Hedel, Gelderland | |
| NRBQ | 1967 | USA | Miami | |
| NSRD | 1982 | Latvia | Riga | |
| NTsKi | 2021 | Japan | Kyoto | |
| Nuclear Crayons | 1981 | USA | Washinton, D.C. | |
| Nude Party | 2013 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Nuit Noire | 1999 | France | Toulouse | |
| Null & Void | 1980 | USA | California | |
| Nullset | 1983 | USA | South Plainfield, New Jersey | |
| Numb.er (Numb-er) | 2015 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Number Girl | 1995 | Japan | Fukuoka | |
| Number Ones | 2011 | Ireland | Dublin | AKA No.1s, #1s |
| Nun | 2011 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Nurse With Wound | 1978 | Ireland | Galway | ⇒ irr. app. (ext.) ⇒ A Bad Diana ⇒ Diana Rogerson ⇒ Andrew Liles ⇒ Colin Potter ⇒ Current 93 |
| Nurvis | 1999 | N/A | Susan Orvis & Paul Nurminen | |
| Nuts & Co. | 1982 | France | AKA Nuts et Co. | |
| Nyam Nyam | 1981 | UK | Hull | |
| Nyl (AKA Nil) | 1976 | France | ||
| Nymph | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Nymphs | 1991 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Nyodene D | 2009 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| O Mega | 1992 | France | ||
| O$VMV$M | 2015 | UK | Bristol | |
| O. Senkbeil, R. Rossbach & A. Bublitz | 2001 | Germany | ||
| O Yuki Conjugate | 1982 | UK | Nottingham | |
| O.G.I. | 1980 | Hungary | ||
| O.L.D. (Old Lady Drivers) | 1986 | USA | Bergenfield, New Jersey | |
| Oakley Hall | 2002 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| OB Minimax | 1983 | Belgium | ⇒ Asmodaeus | |
| Obed Ngobeni | 1983 | South Africa | ||
| Obelisk | 2004 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Geneva Jacuzzi |
| Obits | 2006 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Objeks | 1982 | UK | Brighton | |
| Oblivians | 1993 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Reatards |
| Oblivioin II | 1980 | UK | ||
| OBN III's | 2010 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Obscure By Degrees | 1981 | Germany | ||
| Obscurity Age | 1983 | Italy | Milano | |
| Occasion | 2000 | USA | New York | |
| Occult Chemistry | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Occult Detective Club | 2010 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Oceanator | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Oceans | 1966 | USA | Ohio | |
| OCH | 2014 | Sweden | Linköpping | |
| Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada | 2003 | USA | San Diego | ⇒ Black Pumas |
| Octagrape | 2012 | USA | California | |
| Octopus | 2009 | USA | Detroit | |
| Odal | 1999 | Germany | Thüringen | |
| Odd Nosdam | 1998 | USA | Berkeley, California | |
| Oddgeir Berg Trio | 2018 | Norway | Oslo | |
| Odds & Ends [1] | 1966 | USA | Origin Unknown | |
| Odds & Ends [2] | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Odessa | 1983 | France | Paris | |
| Odetta Hartman | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Odyssey (1) | 1974 | Greece | ⇒ Vangelis | |
| Odyssey (2) | 2014 | USA | Florida | |
| Ofege | 1973 | Nigeria | Lagos | |
| Off World | 2016 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Offbeats | 1981 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Offhooks | 1988 | UK | Perth, Scotland | |
| oFFice chAIRs | 2024 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ Sleepytime Gorilla Museum |
| Officer May | 2001 | USA | ||
| Offs | 1978 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Roland P. Young |
| Offspring | 1986 | USA | California | |
| OFO The Black Company | 1972 | Nigeria | Lagos | |
| Ogres | 2013 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Oh! Belgium | 2001 | Australia | ||
| Oh Telephone | 2024 | Switzerland | Glarus | |
| Ohama (AKA Tona Walt Ohama) | 1982 | Canada | Alberta | |
| Ohm | 2010 | USA | Upstate New York | |
| Oh-OK | 1981 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | ⇒ Hyaa ⇒ Insect Surfers ⇒ Magnapop |
| Oholics | 2005 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Oi! The Robot | 1983 | UK | ||
| Oil Boom | 2010 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Oil Tasters | 1980 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Oingo Boingo | 1972 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Oiseaux Tempête | 2012 | France | Paris | |
| Okapi | 2000 | Italy | Roma | |
| Okie Dokie | 2009 | USA | California | |
| Okmoniks | 2000 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | ⇒ Nobunny |
| Oku Onuora Oku Onuora & AK 7 |
1979 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Okzharp & Manthe Ribane | 2014 | South Africa | Capetown | |
| Olatunji Ayinde | 1992 | Nigeria | Lagos | |
| Old 97's | 1993 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Old and Weird | 2011 | Canada | Halifax | |
| Old Fire | 2016 | USA | Texas | |
| Old Haunts | 2001 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Old Mate | 2013 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Old Time Relijum | 1995 | USA | Olympia, Washington | ⇒ Arrington de Dionyso |
| Ole Miss Downbeats | 1961 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Oleg Kostrow | 1999 | Russia | Moscow | ⇒ Messer für Frau Müller |
| Olimpia Splendid | 2010 | Finland | Helsinki | ⇒ Heta Bilaletdin |
| Oliver | 1974 | UK | Wales | AKA Oliver Chaplin |
| Olivia Jean | 2014 | USA | Detroit | |
| Olivia Louvel | 2006 | France | Based in UK | |
| Olivia Neutron-John | 2013 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Olivia Tremor Control | 1992 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Olu Dara | 1998 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Olympic | 1963 | Czechia | Prague | |
| Omar Pene & Super Diamono | 1974 | Senegal | Dakar | |
| OMb | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Omega One | 2001 | USA | New York | |
| Omens (1) | 1966 | USA | Hammond, Indiana | AKA Carol & the Omens |
| Omens (2) | 2004 | USA | Denver | |
| OMFO | 1998 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | Origin: Odessa |
| Omnia Opera | 1985 | UK | ||
| Omo | 2004 | UK | London | |
| Oncomers | 1964 | USA | ||
| One Arm | 1994 | France | Paris | |
| One Ensemble One Ensemble of Daniel Padden |
2002 | UK | Leicester | |
| One Eyed Jacks | 1966 | USA | Illinois | |
| One Gang Logic | 1979 | UK | Grimsby, Lincolnshire | |
| One Of You | 1979 | Czechia | Based in Canada | |
| One Way System | 1979 | UK | Fleetwood, Lacashire | |
| Oneida | 1997 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Oneohtrix Point Never | 2007 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Onkel Zbyndas Winterrock | 1980 | Czechia | Prague | AKA OZW |
| Only Lovers Left Alive | 2004 | USA | ||
| Only Ones | 1976 | UK | ||
| Onna | 1983 | Japan | ⇒ Michio Kurihara | |
| ONO | 1980 | USA | Chicago | |
| Onra | 2006 | France | Paris | |
| Onuma Singsiri | 2001 | Thailand | ||
| Onyon | 2022 | Germany | ||
| Onyx | 1981 | USA | Boston | |
| Ooft | 2007 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| OOIOO | 1995 | Japan | Osaka | ⇒ Saicobab ⇒ Z-Rock Hawaii |
| Opal | 1984 | UK | Scotland | ⇒ Mazzy Star ⇒ Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions ⇒ Clay Allison ⇒ Kendra Smith |
| Open Up & Bleeds | 2006 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Opéra de Nuit | 1982 | France | Valréas, Provence Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Opera Kalma | 2018 | Italy | Milano | |
| Operator | 2022 | France | ||
| Operating Theatre | 1980 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Ophelias | 1985 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Opium Den | 1990 | USA | Boston | |
| Opizdeneushie | 1990 | Russia | Omsk | AKA Yegor & Opizdeneushie |
| Opponents | 2006 | USA | New York | |
| Opposable Thumb | 1990 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ John Schnall's Midnight Matinee ⇒ Bob Mozart |
| Opposable Thumbs | 2010 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Opposite Sex | 2011 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Opposite Six | 1965 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Opposition | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Oppressed | 1993 | UK | Cardiff, Wales | |
| Optic Nerve | 2019 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Optic Sink | 2018 | USA | Mamphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Nots |
| Opus Finis | 2004 | USA | Miami | ⇒ Staccato du Mal |
| Ora the Molecule | 2019 | Norway | Oslo | |
| Orange Alabaster Mushroom | 1996 | Canada | Ontario | |
| Orange Bicycle | 1967 | UK | London | |
| Orange Juice | 1978 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Orange Krush | 1968 | USA | ||
| Orb | 1988 | UK | London | |
| Orbital Panzer | 2013 | France | Paris | |
| Orchestra Gold | 2022 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Orchestra of Spheres | 2010 | New Zealand | Wellington | |
| Orchestra Manoevres In the Dark (OMD) | 1978 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Orchestre Baobab | 1970 | Senegal | Dakar | AKA Orchestra Baobab |
| Orchestre Massako | 1979 | Gabun | Libreville | Amara Touré |
| Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou | 1964 | Benin | Cotonou | |
| Orchestre Rouge | 1980 | France | Paris | |
| Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp | 2007 | Switzerland | Geneva | |
| Orchids | 1986 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Orfeon Gagarin | 1986 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Organ | 2001 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Organized Pleasure | 1981 | Belgium | Kortrijk | |
| Orgone | 1999 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Ori Barel | 2017 | USA | Santa Barbara, California | |
| Origin Unknown | 1992 | UK | ||
| Original Sins | 1986 | USA | Pennsylvania | ⇒ Brother JT |
| Original Surfaris | 1960 | USA | Orange County, California | |
| Orion Rigel Dommissse | 2007 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | ⇒ Greg Weeks ⇒ Valerie Project |
| Orkestra Obsolete | 2016 | UK | Scotland | |
| Orlando Julius Orlando Julius & the Heliocentrics |
1966 | Nigeria | Based in UK | |
| Ortho-Tonics | 1980 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Ortrotasce | 2012 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Oruã | 2018 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Os 3 Morais | 1967 | Brazil | ||
| Os Haxixins | 2007 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Os Mutantes | 1966 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Osamu Kitajima | 1972 | Japan | Kanagawa Prefecture | |
| Oscar & the Majestics | 1963 | USA | Gary, Indiana | |
| Oscillation | 2006 | UK | London | |
| Oslo Telescopic | 1999 | France | ||
| Osmonds | 1958 | USA | Utah | AKA Osmond Brothers |
| Other Guys | 1966 | USA | Ohio | |
| Other Half (1) | 1966 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Other Half (2) | 1967 | USA | Illinois | |
| Other Music | 1975 | USA | Sausalito, California | |
| Otherkin | 2013 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Others (1) | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Others (2) | 1965 | USA | Rhode Island | |
| Others (3) | 2006 | Finland | ⇒ 22 Pistepirkko | |
| Otoboke Beaver | 2011 | Japan | Kyoto | |
| Oubliettes | 2001 | USA | New York | |
| Oumar Konaté | 2012 | Mali | ||
| Oumou Sangaré | 1991 | Mali | Bamako | |
| Our Gang | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Our Violet Hour | 1984 | UK | Bristol | |
| Ourselves | 1960-ies | USA | ||
| Out Group | 1981 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Out On Blue Six | 1981 | UK | ⇒ Shriekback | |
| Outcast (AKA Out Cast) | 1966 | Japan | ||
| Outcasts (1) | 1965 | USA | Long Island, New York | |
| Outcasts (2) | 1968 | USA | Kentucky | |
| Outcasts (3) | 1968 | USA | Virginia | |
| Outdoorsmen | 2007 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Outer Circle | 1982 | USA | California | |
| Outer Spacist | 2009 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Outer World | 2024 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Outkast | 1993 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| OutKind | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Outlaws | 1967 | USA | Tampa, Florida | |
| Outrageous Cherry | 1992 | USA | Detroit | |
| Out-Sect | 2020 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Outsets | 1980 | USA | New York | ⇒ Richard Hell & the Voidoids ⇒ Ivan Julian |
| Outsiders (1) | 1966 | USA | Ohio | |
| Outsiders (2) | 1965 | USA | Florida | |
| Outsiders (3) | 1965 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Outta Place | 1982 | USA | New York | ⇒ Frosted Flaykes ⇒ Raunch Hands |
| Outta Sorts | 2016 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Ouzo | 1920 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| O.V. Wright | 1965 | USA | Tennessee | AKA O.V. Wright |
| Oval | 1991 | Germany | Darmstadt | |
| OVe-NaXx | 2000 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Overhang Party | 1991 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Overnight Lows | 2006 | USA | Jackson, Mississippi | |
| Owl Glitters | 2011 | USA | ||
| Owsley | 1997 | USA | Alabama | |
| Oxbow Oxbow (ft. Marianne Faithfull) |
1989 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Oxford Circle | 1966 | USA | California | |
| OY | 1978 | Ghana | Bolgatanga | |
| Ozark Mountain Daredevils | 1971 | USA | Springfield, Missouri | |
| P1/E | 1979 | Germany | Berlin | |
| P. Chaland & Pimjai | 2005 | Thailand | ||
| P.T. Walkley | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| P.B. & the Staunchmen | 1966 | USA | Danseville, New York | |
| P.E. | 2020 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| P.E.D. | 1987 | USA | New Jersey | |
| P.J. Harvey P.J. Harvey & John Parish |
1991 | UK | Somerset | ⇒ John Parish ⇒ Desert Sessions |
| P.K. 14 | 1997 | China | Nanjing | |
| Paavoharju | 2000 | Finland | Savonlinna | |
| Pablo Gad | 1977 | UK | ||
| Pablo Moses | 1975 | Jamaica | ||
| Pablo Schneider | 1970 | Venezuela | Maracay | |
| Pablo's Eye | 1989 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Pacific Ocean | 1977 | USA | New York | |
| Pacifics (1) | 1966 | Greece | ||
| Pacifics (2) | 2010 | Ireland | ||
| Pack (1) | 1978 | Germany | München | |
| Pack (2) | 1978 | UK | London | ⇒ Theatre of Hate ⇒ Spear of Destiny |
| Pact of Innocence | 1986 | Netherlands | ||
| Padded Cell | 2002 | UK | London | |
| Padlocks | 1981 | UK | Swindon | |
| Pagan Myth | 1983 | USA | San Bernardino, California | |
| Pagans (1) | 1977 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Pagans (2) | 1965 | USA | Minnesota | |
| Pageninetynine | 1997 | USA | Sterling, Virginia | |
| Pahua | 2023 | Mexico | Ciudad de México | Real Name: Paulina Sotomayor |
| Pain Teens | 1985 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| PainKiller | 1991 | USA | New York | ⇒ Napalm Death ⇒ Scorn ⇒ John Zorn |
| Painless Dirties | 1874 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Paint Thinner | 2015 | USA | Detroit | ⇒ Human Eye |
| Painted Doll | 2018 | USA | ||
| Painted Faces | 1987 | USA | Florida | |
| Painted Ship | 1965 | Candad | Vancouver | |
| Paisley Gray | 1989 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Paisleys | 1970 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Pajaro | 2011 | Spain | Sevilla | |
| Pajo | 2005 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Palace Guards | 1966 | USA | Metarie, Louisiana | |
| Palatnoi Songsim | 2007 | Thailand | ||
| Pale | 1990 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Pale Honey | 2014 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Pale Nudes | 1994 | Italy | ⇒ EC Nudes | |
| Pale Saints | 1987 | UK | Leeds | |
| Pale TV | 1980 | Italy | Parma | |
| Palmer Rockey | 1980 | USA | Texas | |
| Palmyra Delran Palmyra Delran & the Doppel Gang |
2008 | USA | Philadelphia | ⇒ Friggs ⇒ Pink Slip Daddy |
| Palookas | 1985 | UK | London | ⇒ Jowe Head ⇒ Television Personalities |
| Pamela Wyn Shannon | 2001 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Pan & Regaliz | 1971 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Pan Ron (AKA Pen Ran) Pan Ron, Srei Sothear & Sin Sisamouth |
1973 | Cambodia | ||
| Panchasila | 2014 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
| Panda Bear | 1999 | USA | Charlottesville, Virginia | |
| Pandoras | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Action Now ⇒ Muffs |
| Pang | 2013 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Panic In the Year Zero | 1981 | UK | Deeside, Wales | |
| Panicsville | 1992 | USA | St. Louis | Based in Texas |
| Pankow | 1979 | Italy | Firenze | |
| Pantherman | 1974 | Netherlands | ||
| Panthers | 2000 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Paola | 2002 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Paolo Tecon | 2015 | France | Clermont-Ferrand | |
| Papá Cocodrilo | 2012 | Costa Rica | ||
| Papa Topo | 2010 | Spain | Mallorca | Based in Barcelona |
| Papa Wemba & Hector Zazou | 1977 | DR Congo | Lubefu | ⇒ Hector Zazou |
| Papé Nziengui et son Groupe | 1989 | Gabun | Libreville | |
| Paper Dream | 1967 | Canada | Ottawa | |
| Paper Garden | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Papercuts | 2000 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Paperhead | 2011 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Parachute Men | 1985 | UK | Leeds | |
| Parade Ground | 1981 | Belgium | ||
| Parade of Sinners | 1987 | Canada | Edmonton | Based in Massachusetts, USA |
| Paradise Lost | 1988 | UK | Halifax | |
| Paradox | 1986 | Germany | Frankfurt | |
| Paradox Obscur | 2014 | Greece | Rhodos | ⇒ Kriistal Ann |
| Paraf | 1976 | Croatia | Rijeka | |
| Paragons (1) | 1966 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Paragons (2) | 1965 | Jamaica | ⇒ Bob Andy ⇒ John Holt ⇒ Tyrone Evans | |
| Paragos | 1982 | Serbia | ||
| Paragraf 119 | 1999 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Paralitikos | 1989 | Spain | Santander | |
| Para-Music | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Paranoid Visions | 1983 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Parasites of the Western World | 1978 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Parchment Prayer | 1984 | Germany | Leverkusen | |
| Parels | 2016 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Parfumeria | 2007 | Georgia | Previously listed as "Art Group Laboratory (V/A Album Title from Georgia) | |
| Pariah | 1981 | USA | California | |
| Paris Sisters | 1953 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Park Avenue Pests | 1980 | New Jersey | ||
| Park Avenue Playground | 1967 | USA | Lansing, Illinois | |
| Parkinsons | 2000 | Portugal | Coimbra | |
| Parliament | 1970 | USA | Detroit | |
| Parov Stelar | 2004 | Austria | Linz | |
| Parquet Courts | 2011 | USA | Brooklyn NY | AKA Parkay Quarts, Parkay Quartz |
| Parrots | 2014 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Part 1 | 1980 | UK | Milton Keynes | |
| Part Time | 2009 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Partial Objects | 2016 | Peru | Lima | |
| Particles | 1977 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Parting Gifts | 1982 | Belgium | Leuven | |
| Partisans | 1978 | UK | Pen-y-Bont ar Ogwr | |
| Partly Cloudy | 1987 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Partner | 2013 | USA | Chicago | |
| Partners In Crime | 1985 | USA | Union City, New Jersey | |
| Partridge Family | 1970 | USA | California | |
| Party Boys | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Party Day | 1983 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Party of One | 1996 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Pas de Deux | 1982 | Belgium | Leuven | ⇒ Walter Verdin |
| Pasaules Gaisma | 2001 | Sri Lanka | ||
| Pascal Comelade | 1977 | France | Montpellier | ⇒ Fall of Saigon ⇒ Enric Casasses & Pascal Comelade ⇒ Richard Pinhas |
| Pascal Marzan & John Russell | 2007 | UK | ||
| Pascal Parisot | 1996 | France | Pompey, Lorraine | |
| Pascal Plantinga | 1997 | Netherlands | Leeuwarden | |
| Pascale Borel | 1999 | France | Bordeaux | |
| Passage | 1978 | UK | Manchester | |
| Passengers | 1980 | Australia | Sidney | |
| Passion Flower Hotel | 1980 | UK | ||
| Passion Noire | 1980 | Germany | Köln | |
| Passion Puppets | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Passions | 1978 | UK | London | ⇒ Barbara Gogan |
| Past Seven Days | 1981 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Pastels (1) | 1964 | USA | Michigan | |
| Pastels (2) | 1981 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Pasteur Lappé | 1979 | Cameroon | Douala | |
| Pastiche | 1976 | USA | Boston | |
| Pat & the Wildcats | 1964 | USA | ||
| Pat Clayton | 1962 | USA | ||
| Pat Farrell & the Believers | 1968 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Pat Mastelotto & Pamelia Kurstin | 2008 | USA | California | ⇒ King Crimson |
| Pat' Noyde | 1980 | Cameroon | ||
| Pathetix | 1976 | UK | Lancashire | ⇒ Citizen UK |
| Patife Band | 1984 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | AKA Paulo Patife Band |
| Patio | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Patois Counselors | 2015 | USA | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Patrick Cowley Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras |
1981 | USA | New York | ⇒ Indoor Life |
| Patrick Vian | 1976 | USA | Angoulême | |
| Patrick Wolf | 2002 | UK | London | |
| Patrik Fitzgerald | 1977 | UK | London | |
| Patrizia & Jimmy | 1974 | USA | ||
| Patti Labelle | 1963 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Patti Smith Patti Smith & Fred Smith |
1974 | USA | Chicago | |
| Pauk | 1978 | Bosnia | Zavidovici | |
| Paul & Linda McCartney | 1971 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Paul A. Rosales | 2010 | USA | ||
| Paul Arámbula | 2012 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Paul B. Cutler | 1994 | USA | Arizona | |
| Paul Cary | 2009 | USA | Chicago | |
| Paul Chain Paul Chain Group Paul Chain Violet Theatre |
1979 | Italy | Pesaro | ⇒ Death SS ⇒ Boohoos |
| Paul Collings Paul Collins Beat |
1977 | USA | New York | |
| Paul Haig | 1982 | UK | Scotland | ⇒ Josef K ⇒ Rhythm of Life ⇒ Cathode Ray |
| Paul K. & the Weathermen | 1987 | USA | Detroit | |
| Paul Kelly & the Messengers | 1985 | Australia | Adelaide | AKA Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls, Paul Kelly & the Messengers |
| Paul Lansky | 1975 | USA | New York | |
| Paul Leary | 1991 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Butthole Surfers |
| Paul Mark | 1965 | USA | Hawaii | |
| Paul Martin (AKA Paul Myerberg) | 1965 | USA | New York | |
| Paul Messis | 2009 | UK | Billingshurt, West Sussex | ⇒ Higher State ⇒ Suburban Homes |
| Paul Nova | 1982 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Bizarre Unit |
| Paul Pena | 1971 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Paul Revere & the Raiders | 1958 | USA | Boise, Idaho | |
| Paul Ritchie & the Crying Shames | 1963 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Paul Roland | 1982 | UK | Kent | |
| Paul Sindab | 1964 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Pauline Anna Strom | 1982 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Pauline Murray & the Invisible Girls | 1980 | UK | Durham | |
| Pavement | 1989 | USA | California | ⇒ Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks |
| Pawspaws | 2012 | Russia | Petrozavodsk | |
| PC Worship | 2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Leya & PC Worship |
| Peabody Hermitage | 1968 | USA | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Peace Corpse | 1983 | USA | Pomona, California | |
| Peachfuzz | 1995 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Peace de Résistance | 2020 | USA | New York | |
| Peaking Lights | 2008 | USA | Wisconsin | |
| Peanut Butter Conspiracy | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Peanuts | 1958 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Pearl | 2018 | USA | New York | |
| Pearl Woods | 1956 | USA | South Carolina | |
| Pearls | 2013 | Italy | Milano | |
| Pearls Before Swine | 1965 | USA | Florida | |
| Peawees | 1995 | Italy | La Spezia | |
| Pebble Episode | 1967 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Pebbles | 1993 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Pedantics | N/A | UK | Liverpool | |
| Peder | 2001 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | ⇒ Cours Lapin |
| Pedestrians | 1966 | USA | Michigan | |
| Peeni Waali | 1990 | Switzerland | ⇒ Shirley Anne Hofmann | |
| Pegasus | 1971 | USA | Maine | |
| Pegboy | 1990 | USA | Chicago | |
| Peggy Lee | 1945 | USA | North Dakota | |
| Pel Mel | 1979 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Pelada | 2014 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Pelican Daughters (1) | 1984 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Pelican Daughters (2) | 2009 | UK | London | |
| Pell Mell | 1980 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Steve Fisk |
| Péloquin Sauvageau | 1972 | Canada | Quebec | |
| Pelotone | 2013 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Penetrators | 1976 | USA | Syracuse, New York | |
| Penny Ikinger | 2000 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Pennywise | 1988 | USA | Hermosa Beach, California | |
| Pentagram | 1971 | USA | Virginia | ⇒ Macabre |
| Pentangle | 1967 | UK | London | ⇒ Bert Jansch ⇒ John Renbourn |
| Peny Dredful & the Bloody Valentine | N/A | N/A | ||
| People In Control | 1981 | UK | London | |
| People In Stores | 1979 | USA | Boston | |
| People Like Us People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz |
1992 | UK | London | ⇒ Ergo Phizmiz |
| Peoples Temple | 2007 | USA | Michigan | |
| Pepe Deluxé | 1996 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| Peppermint Lounge | 1983 | Germany | ||
| Percells | 1963 | USA | New York | |
| Percy Mayfield | 1966 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Pere Ubu | 1975 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | ⇒ David Thomas & Two Pale Boys ⇒ Rocket From the Tombs ⇒ Dead Boys ⇒ Easter Monkeys ⇒ Foreign Bodies |
| Perfect Mother | 1980 | Japan | ||
| Perfekt Alibi | 1981 | Sweden | Lund | Started 1979 as Rottweiler |
| Perforated Cerebral Party (PCP) | 1996 | Russia | St. Petersburg | |
| Performance | 1981 | France | Paris | |
| Permanent Perfect | 1983 | Germany | ||
| Perrey & Kingsley | 1965 | USA | New York | ⇒ Jean-Jacques Perrey |
| Persian Claws | 2013 | USA | Burlington, Vermont | |
| Persian Flowers | 1984 | UK | ||
| Persona Non Grata | 1987 | France | Rouen | |
| Personal Effects | 1980 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Personality Cult | 2018 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Personnel | 2013 | UK | High Wycombe | |
| Persons Unknown | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Persson | 1982 | Sweden | ||
| Persuaders | 1997 | USA | New Orelans | |
| Peste Noire | 2001 | France | Avignon | |
| Pesteg Dred | 1981 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | ⇒ SS-Say |
| Pet Shop Boys | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Pet Ufo | 1982 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Petals | 1988 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Petch Pintong | 1992 | Thailand | AKA Petch Phin Thong | |
| Pete Brandt's Method | 1980 | UK | Bristol | |
| Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar | 1962 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Pete Shelley | 1980 | UK | Lancashire | ⇒ Buzzcocks |
| Pete Swanson | 2004 | USA | New York | |
| Peter & Mick Green | 1967 | UK | London | ⇒ Fleetwood Mac |
| Peter & the Testtube Babies | 1978 | UK | Brighton | |
| Peter & the Wolves | 1965 | USA | Illinois | |
| Peter Bardens | 1970 | UK | London | |
| Peter Baumann | 1976 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Tangerine Dream ⇒ Berlin Express |
| Peter Berry & the Shake Set | 2005 | Norway | Oslo | |
| Peter Bibby | 2014 | Australia | Perth | |
| Peter Blegvad | 1977 | USA | New York | ⇒ Slapp Happy ⇒ Faust ⇒ Art Bears |
| Peter Davison | 1980 | USA | California | |
| Peter Gabriel | 1977 | UK | ||
| Peter Gordon & David Van Tieghem | 1977 | USA | New York | ⇒ Love of Life Orchestra |
| Peter Green | 1967 | UK | London | ⇒ John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers ⇒ Peter & Mick Green ⇒ Fleetwood Mac |
| Peter Hammill | 1971 | UK | London | ⇒ Van der Graaf Generator |
| Peter Ivers | 1974 | USA | Illinois | |
| Peter Jefferies | 1986 | New Zealand | New Plymouth | ⇒ Mecca Normal ⇒ 2 Foot Flame ⇒ Plagal Grind ⇒ This Kind of Punishment ⇒ Cyclops |
| Peter Kelley | 1979 | USA | Rhode Island | |
| Peter Kernel | 2005 | Switzerland | Ticino | |
| Peter Murphy | 1985 | UK | Northampton | Based in Turkey ⇒ Bauhaus |
| Peter Perrett | 1980 | UK | ⇒ Only Ones ⇒ England's Glory | |
| Peter Scion | 1998 | Swede | Göteborg | |
| Peter Stampfel | 1981 | USA | Milwaukee | ⇒ Holy Modal Rounders ⇒ Baby Gramps |
| Peter Tosh | 1976 | Jamaica | ||
| Petit Mal | 2008 | UK | London | |
| Petra Flurr Petra Flurr & Modernista |
2008 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Petra Haden | 1996 | USA | New York | |
| Petrona Martinez | 1998 | Colombia | San Cayetano | |
| Petru Guelfucci | 1977 | France | Corsica | |
| Petticoats | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Petty Booka | 1995 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Phaeax | 1983 | Italy | ||
| Phaidia | 1981 | Japan | ||
| Phairin Phonphibun | 2007 | Thailand | ||
| Phantasia | 1971 | USA | Kansas City | |
| Phantom Band | 1980 | Germany | Köln | ⇒ Can ⇒ Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit & Holger Czukay |
| Phantom Forth | 1981 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Phantom Jets | 2008 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Phantom Keys | 2007 | Spain | ||
| Phantom Limbs | 1999 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ Black Ice |
| Phantom Payn Days | 1991 | Germany | Hannover | AKA Phantom Payn(s), Phantom Payn Act, A Phantom Payn Séance, Phantom Payn Future ⇒ 39 Clocks |
| Phantom Raiders | 1966 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Phantom Rockers | 1988 | UK | Based in Dallas, Texas | |
| Phantom Surfers | 1988 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Phantoms | 1965 | Netherlands | Eindhoven | |
| Pharaoh Overlord | 2000 | Finland | Pori | |
| Pharcyde | 1990 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Pharmakon | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| Phast Phreddie & Thee Precisions | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Phenomenological Boys | 1995 | USA | Boston | |
| Pheromoans | 2005 | UK | Brighton | |
| Phew Phew & Ryuichi Sakamoto |
1980 | Japan | Osaka | ⇒ Aunt Sallie ⇒ Ryuichi Sakamoto |
| Phigg-Newtons (Figg-Newtons) | 2001 | N/A | ||
| Phil & the Frantics | 1964 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Phil Chambliss | N/A | N/A | ||
| Phil Daniels & the Cross | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Phil Lynott | 1980 | UK | West Bromwich | ⇒ Thin Lizzy |
| Phil Manzanera | 1975 | UK | London | ⇒ Roxy Music |
| Phil Murray & the Boys From Bury | 2008 | UK | Rotherham | |
| Phil N the Blanks | 1980 | USA | Chicago | |
| Phil Phillips | 1959 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Phil Scalzo Band | 1983 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Phil Shoenfelt & Southern Cross | 1995 | UK | Bradford | Based in Prague ⇒ Khmer Rouge ⇒ Disturbed Furniture ⇒ Nikki Sudden & Phil Shoenfelt |
| Philemon Arthur & the Dung | 1968 | Sweden | Skane Iän | |
| Philip Glass | 1971 | USA | Baltimore | ⇒ Polyrock |
| Philip Sanderson | 1982 | UK | ||
| Philippe Doray & Les Associaux Associés | 1977 | France | ||
| Philippe Laurent | 1983 | France | Tours | |
| Philisteins | 1985 | Australia | Hobart | |
| Phillip Boa & the Voodoo Club | 1984 | Germany | Dortmund | |
| Phoenix Catscratch | 2010 | Greece | Athens | |
| Phollop Willing P.A. | 1981 | Canada | Nova Scotia | |
| Phones | 1980 | Netherlands | Utrecht | ⇒ Coitus Int. |
| Phones Sportsman Band | 1980 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Swell Maps |
| Phongsi Woranut | 1950-ies | Thailand | AKA Phongsri Woranuch | |
| Phono Pony | 2016 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Phonocaptors | 2004 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Phosphor | 2012 | UK | ||
| Phurong Dung | 1965 | Vietnam | ||
| Physical Wash | 2019 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Piano Magic | 1996 | UK | London | |
| Pica Beats | 2005 | USA | Vermont | |
| Picadilly Circus | 1970 | USA | ||
| Picastro | 1998 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Pickwick Papers | 1966 | USA | Fort Wayne, Indiana | |
| Pickwicks | 1964 | UK | Coventry | |
| Picore | 2005 | Spain | Zaragoza | |
| Picture That | 2024 | USA | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Piefke & Pafke | 1982 | Germany | Hannover | AKA Piefke & Pafke und die Jungs aus der Dunkelkammer |
| Pierced Arrows | 2007 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Dead Moon |
| Piero Umiliani | 1954 | Italy | Firenze | |
| Pierre Bastien | 1988 | France | Paris | |
| Pierre Dutour | 1969 | France | Boulogne-sur-Gesse | |
| Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier (AKA Les Yper-Sound) | 1967 | France | ||
| Pierre Normal | 2007 | Belgium | Orion | |
| Pig Rider | 1974 | UK | Kent | |
| Pigalle | 1982 | France | Paris | |
| Pigbag | 1980 | UK | Cheltenham | ⇒ Pop Group ⇒ Schlaflose Nächte ⇒ Drowning Craze |
| Pigeon | 2021 | UK | ||
| Piegeonhead | 1992 | USA | Seattle | &5Arr; Steve Fisk |
| Pigeons | 2007 | USA | Bronx NY | |
| Pigface | 1990 | USA | Chicago | |
| Piirpauke | 1974 | Finland | Piippola | |
| Pikacyu-Makoto | 2009 | Japan | Osaka | ⇒ Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso UFO |
| Pikelet | 2006 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Pilgrims | 1964 | UK | London | |
| Pill | 2015 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Pilocka Krach | 2008 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Pin Group | 1980 | New Zealand | Christchurch | ⇒ Roy Montgomery |
| Pinback | 1998 | USA | San Diego | ⇒ Rob Crow |
| Pineapple RnR | 2018 | USA | St. Louis | |
| Pineapples | 1990 | USA | New York | |
| Pink Champagne | 1979 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Pink Elln | 1988 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Pink Fairies | 1970 | UK | London | ⇒ Larry Wallis ⇒ Mick Farren ⇒ Twink |
| Pink Floyd | 1963 | UK | London | ⇒ Syd Barrett |
| Pink Industry | 1982 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Pink Military ⇒Pink In Japan |
| Pink Military | 1978 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Pink Industry |
| Pink Mountaintops | 2004 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Pink Noise | 2007 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Pink Pickles | 1971 | Japan | Kyoto | |
| Pink Plastic & Panties | 1980 | Netherlands | ||
| Pink Reason | 2006 | USA | Green Bay,Wisconsin | |
| Pink Skull | 2005 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Pink Slip | 2003 | USA | ||
| Pink Slip Daddy | 1988 | USA | Philadelphia | ⇒ Palmyra Delran |
| Pink Tiles | 2013 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Pink Turns Blue | 1985 | Germany | Köln | |
| Pinker Tones | 2001 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Pinkish Black | 2011 | USA | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Pinky & Jim Jenkins | 1965 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Pinky-Ann-Rihal | 1985 | UK | London | |
| Pinnacle | 1974 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Pins | 2012 | UK | Manchester | |
| Pins of Light | 2012 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Pip Blom | 2013 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Pipe | 1992 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Pipilotti Rist | 1998 | Switzerland | Buchs | ⇒ Les Reines Prochaines |
| Pirate Love | 2003 | Norway | Oslo | |
| Pirates | 1965 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Pisces | 1967 | USA | Rockford, Illinois | |
| Pissy Relay Switches | 1980 | Australia | ||
| Pixeltan | 2001 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Pixies | 1986 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Breeders ⇒ Kim Deal |
| Pixy Jones | 2022 | UK | Wales | |
| Pizzicato Five | 1985 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Placebo | 1984 | UK | London | |
| Placebo Effect | 1989 | Germany | Duderstadt, Niedersachsen | |
| Plagal Grind | 1987 | New Zealand | Dunedin | ⇒ Peter Jefferies |
| Plague | 1966 | Canada | Thunder Bay, Ontario | |
| Plague Vendor | 2014 | USA | Whittier, California | |
| Plagues | 1965 | USA | Lansing, Michigan | |
| Plain Characters | 1977 | UK | ||
| Plan B | 1979 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Plan E | 1995 | Finland | Oulou | |
| Plane of Section | 1983 | Netherlands | ||
| Planet Gong | 1977 | France | ⇒ Daevid Allen ⇒ Gong | |
| Planet The | 1998 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Plankton Wat | 2002 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Eternal Tapestry |
| Plasmatics | 1978 | USA | New York | |
| Plastic | 2016 | USA | Chicago | |
| Plastic Bertrand | 1977 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Plastic Crimewave Plastic Crimewave Sound |
1999 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Michael Yonkers |
| Plastic Flowers | 2009 | Greece | Thessaloniki | |
| Plastic Idols | 1987 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Plastic Letters | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Plastic Pals | 2005 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Plastic People of the Universe | 1968 | Czechia | Prague | ⇒ Pulnoc |
| Plastic Sandwiches | 1980 | UK | East Dereham | |
| Plasticland | 1980 | USA | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Plastics | 1976 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Plastiktanz | 1981 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Plastique Noir | 2005 | Brazil | Fortaleza | |
| Plastix | 1980 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Plastobeton | 2009 | France | Metz | |
| Plath | 1982 | Italy | Prato, Toscana | |
| Play | 1982 | UK | ||
| Play Dead | 1980 | UK | Oxford | |
| Play the Siren | 1987 | USA | New York | ⇒ A Blind Dog Stares |
| Playboys | 1962 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Playgue | 1965 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Players to Be Named Later | 2002 | USA | Delaware | |
| Playn Jayn | 1984 | UK | ||
| Pleaseeasaur | 1997 | USA | Indianola, Washington | |
| Pleasure Dome | 2019 | UK | Bristol | |
| Pleasure Forever | 2000 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ VSS ⇒ Slaves |
| Pleasure Hounds | 1978 | USA | Clifton, New Jersey> | |
| Pleasure Seekers | 1964 | USA | Detroit | |
| Pleasure Symbols | 2014 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Plimsouls | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| PLOT | 2018 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Plug | 2008 | UK | London | |
| Plugz | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Plus Instruments | 1978 | Netherlands | Eindhoven | ⇒ Lee Ranaldo |
| Pluton & Humanoids | 1981 | Canada | Quebec | |
| Plymouth Rockers | 1964 | USA | Arizona | |
| PND | 2008 | Latvia | ||
| P'o | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Poeme Electronique | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Poésie Noire | 1985 | Belgium | ||
| Poets (1) | 1958 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Poets (2) | 1962 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Pogues | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Point | 1983 | Belgium | ||
| Pointed Sticks | 1978 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Pointer Sisters | 1971 | USA | California | |
| Poison Girl Friend | 1992 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Poison Girls | 1976 | UK | Brighton | |
| Poison Sisters | 1995 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Pokawa Khan | 2006 | USA | ||
| Pokey LaFarge | 2006 | USA | St. Louis | |
| Polar Five | 2002 | Singapore | ||
| Polaroid | 1984 | Italy | Torino | |
| Polemic | 1981 | UK | ||
| Poles | 1981 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Police | 1977 | UK | London | |
| Police des Moeurs | 2010 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Polish August | 1982 | UK | ||
| Polka Dot Fire Brigade (Mizutama Shobodan) | 1980 | Japan | Tokyo | ⇒ Tenko ⇒ Honeymoons |
| Pollyester | 2007 | Germany | München | |
| Polvo | 1990 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Poly Styrene | 1980 | UK | Kent | ⇒ X-Ray Spex |
| Polyamorous Affair | 2008 | USA | California | |
| Polycarp | 1990 | USA | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina | |
| Polyphonic Size | 1979 | Belgium | Brussels | ⇒ J.J. Burnel (Dave Greenfield & J.J. Burnel) ⇒ Luc Van Acker |
| Polyrock | 1978 | USA | New York | ⇒ Philip Glass |
| Pom Pom Squad | 2015 | USA | New York | |
| Pomplamoose | 2008 | USA | California | |
| Pond | 1991 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Ponys | 2001 | USA | Chicago | |
| Poobah | 1972 | USA | Youngstown, Ohio | |
| Pooka | 1992 | UK | Nottingham | |
| Poor Little Things | 2018 | Australia | ||
| Poor Man's Opers | 2012 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Poorpot | 2010 | Austria | ||
| Pop | 1976 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Pop 1280 | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| Pop Group | 1978 | UK | Bristol | Mark Stewart & the Maffia ⇒ Rip Rig & Panic ⇒ Pigbag |
| Pop Guns | 1980 | South Africa | ||
| Pop Levi | 2003 | UK | London | |
| Pop Rivets | 1977 | UK | Chatham | ⇒ Billy Childish |
| Pop Smear | 1991 | USA | ||
| Pop Will Eat Itself | 1986 | UK | Stourbridge | |
| Popdefect | 1980 | USA | Seattle | |
| Popes | 1980 | UK | ||
| Popol Vuh | 1969 | Germany | München | |
| Pop-O-Pies | 1981 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Poppy Family | 1968 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Popsimonova & Zarkoff | 2012 | Croatia | ||
| Popstrangers | 2009 | UK | London | |
| Populäre Mechanik | 1981 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Population II | 2017 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Porcupine Tree | 1987 | UK | Hempstead, Hertfordshire | |
| Porest | 2003 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Pornosect | 1984 | UK | London | |
| Porridge Radio | 2016 | UK | Brighton | |
| Port Cuss | 1998 | Japan | ||
| Port Said | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Porta d'Oro | 2021 | Italy | Milano | |
| Porter | 2004 | Mexico | Guadalajara | |
| Porter Wagoner | 1957 | USA | Missouri | |
| Portion Control | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Portishead | 1991 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Beth Gibbons & Rusti' Man |
| Posies | 1987 | USA | Bellingham, Washington | |
| Positive Noise | 1979 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | ⇒ Leisure Process |
| Post Industrial Boys | 2004 | Georgia | Tbilisi | |
| Poster Children | 1987 | USA | Illinois | |
| Postmarks | 2004 | USA | Miami | |
| Potato Eaters | 1990 | USA | ||
| Pouffe | 2011 | New Zealand | ||
| Pounding Serfs | 1988 | USA | Anacortes, Washington | |
| Pow Wows | 2011 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Pow! | 2011 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Powder French | 1989 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Powerchords | 2006 | USA | New York | |
| Powered By Love | 1967 | USA | California | |
| Powerknobs | 2002 | USA | Chicago | |
| Powernap | 2015 | Australia | Hobart | |
| Powerplant | 2017 | UK | London | |
| Powers | 1979 | USA | ||
| PP Roy | 2000 | UK | ||
| PragVEC | 1978 | UK | London | |
| Pram | 1988 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Prams | 1981 | UK | Salisbury | |
| Prana Crafter | 2014 | USA | Seattle | |
| Prats | 1977 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Praxis | 1992 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Buckethead |
| Pre (AKA Stevie Pre) | 2009 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Preacherman | 1975 | USA | ⇒ Mysterious Minds (AKA Mystic Minds) ⇒ T.J. Hustler Metaphysical Synthesized Orchestra | |
| Preachers | 2005 | Italy | ||
| Precinct | 2008 | USA | ||
| Predator | 2009 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Predrag Delibasich | 2009 | Serbia | ||
| Prefab Messiahs | 1981 | USA | Worcester, Massachusetts | ⇒ Bobb Trimble |
| Prefects | 1976 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Joe Crow |
| Prefuse 73 | 2000 | USA | New York | |
| Première Classe | 1981 | Belgium | ||
| Premiers | 1962 | USA | California | |
| Prescription Pills | 2011 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| President | 2007 | N/A | ||
| Press | 1977 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Pression Fun | 1984 | Belgium | Zeebrugge | |
| Pressler-Morgan | 1979 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Pressure | 1982 | UK | ||
| Pressurehed | 1987 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Preston School of Industry | 2000 | USA | Seattle | |
| Pretenders | 1978 | UK | Hereford | |
| Prettiest Eyes | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | Origin Puerto Rico |
| Pretty Things | 1963 | UK | London | ⇒ Electric Banana |
| Price Group | 1980-ies | USA | New Jersey | Jim Price, WFMU radio host , R. Stevie Moore collaborator |
| Pricey | 2020 | Australia | Sunshine Coast | |
| Pride and Joy | 1967 | USA | Highland Park, Illinois | |
| Pridjevi | 2014 | Croatia | ||
| Priests (1) | 1997 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Priests (2) | 2012 | USA | Washington DC | |
| Primal Scream | 1982 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | ⇒ Jesus & Mary Chain |
| Primary | 2017 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Primates | 1965 | USA | Astoria, New York | |
| Prime Movers | 1980 | USA | Boston | |
| Primeval Genius | 2014 | USA | Ann Arbor, Michigan | |
| Primevals | 1983 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Primitive Motion | 2011 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Primitive Romance | 1981 | USA | Tampa, Florida | |
| Primitives (1) | 1985 | UK | Coventry | |
| Primitives (2) | 1964 | UK | Oxford | |
| Primordial | 1991 | Ireland | Skerries | |
| Primus | 1984 | USA | California | |
| Prince | 1977 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Prince Alla | 1976 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Prince Conley | 1961 | USA | ||
| Prince Dgibs | 1972 | Benin | ||
| Prince Far I Prince Far I & the Arabs Prince Far I & the Suns of Arqa |
1975 | Jamaica | ||
| Prince Irey | 1988 | Jamaica | ||
| Prince Jazzbo Prince Jazzbo & the Upsetters |
1972 | Jamaica | ⇒ Lee Scratch Perry | |
| Prince Rama of Ayodhya | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Taraka |
| Prince Rupert's Drops | 2014 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Princess | 2000 | USA | New York | |
| Princess Chelsea | 2011 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Princess Denemy | 1986 | Canada | Montreal | ⇒ Vini Vidi Vici |
| Princess Nokia | 2014 | USA | New York | |
| Princess Tinymeat | 1984 | Ireland | Dublin | ⇒ Virgin Prunes |
| Printed Circuit | 1999 | UK | Leeds | |
| Priors | 2016 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Prisma | 2014 | France | ||
| Prisoners | 1982 | UK | Chatham, Kent | ⇒ Graham Day & the Goalers |
| Prisonshake | 1967 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Prizehog | 2008 | USa | ||
| Problem Dogs | 1980 | USA | Chicago | |
| Procedure Club | 2008 | USA | New Haven, Connecticut | |
| Process of Elimination | 2016 | USA | California | |
| Procul Harum | 1967 | UK | Essex | |
| Prodigal | 1967 | USA | California | |
| Prodigy (ft. Juliette Lewis) | 1990 | UK | London | |
| Prodromes | 2015 | USA | New York | |
| Product (1) | 1981 | UK | ||
| Product (2) | 1982 | Denmark | Hovedstaden | |
| Product of Reason | 1980 | UK | ||
| Production Club | 1982 | USA | ||
| Prof Fuzz 63 | 2014 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Professor and the Madman | 2017 | USA | ||
| Professor Elemental | 2010 | UK | Brighton | |
| Profil | 1981 | Germany | ||
| Profili Profili | 1981 | Serbia | Belgrade | |
| Profligate | 2012 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Proforma | 2000 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Progressive Aid | N/A | N/A | NON-VERIFIED ARTIST | |
| Project Gemini | 2019 | UK | London | |
| Project X | 1966 | USA | ||
| Projectiles | 1985 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Projection Company | 1967 | USA | California | ⇒ Id (1) |
| Projects | 2001 | UK | London | |
| Prolapse | 1991 | UK | Leicester | |
| Proletariat | 1980 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Proof of Utah | 1984 | USA | Ohio | |
| Propaganda | 1982 | Germany | Düsseldorf | ⇒ Die Krupps |
| Prophet & His Disciples | 1971 | USA | Detroit | |
| Prophet Hens | 2013 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Prosaics | 2002 | USA | New York | |
| Prosulas | 2005 | N/A | ||
| Protex | 1977 | UK | Befast, Northern Ireland | |
| Prothese | 1981 | Belgium | Bruxelles | ⇒ Front 242 |
| Protoje | 2009 | Jamaica | Saint Elisabeth | |
| Protomartyr | 2008 | USA | Detroit | |
| Prototypes | 2003 | France | Paris | |
| Protruders | 2016 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Prude Boys | 2013 | USA | Hamtramck, Michigan | |
| Prurient | 1998 | USA | New York | |
| Prutsers (De Prutsers) | 1983 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Psapp | 2002 | UK | London | |
| Pseudo Code | 1979 | Belgium | ||
| Pseudo Existors | 1978 | UK | Branston, Lincolnshire | |
| Psi Com | 1984 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Rich Evac ⇒ Afterimage |
| Psionic | 2007 | Austria | Steiermark | |
| Psyche | 1982 | Canada | Edmonton | Based in Germany |
| Psychedelic Aliens | 1968 | Ghana | Accra | AKA Magic Aliens |
| Psychedelic Furs | 1977 | UK | London | |
| Psychedelic Porn Crumpets | 2014 | Australia | Perth | |
| Psychic Bloom | 2017 | Iran | Teheran | |
| Psychic Frost | 2011 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Psychic Graveyard | 2019 | USA | ||
| Psychic Ills | 2003 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Virginia Trance ⇒ Effi Briest |
| Psychic Lemon | 2016 | UK | Cambridge | |
| Psychic TV | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ Throbbing Gristle ⇒ Coil ⇒ Chris & Cosey ⇒ Genesis Breyer P-Orridge ⇒ Dave Bell ⇒ Drew McDowell ⇒ Monte Cazazza |
| Psychic Youth | 1982 | USA | Boston | |
| Psycho | 1981 | USA | Boston | |
| Psychobud | 1984 | USA | California | |
| Psychomania | 1984 | Netherlands | ||
| Psychopaths | 1967 | USA | Aubindale, Massachusetts | |
| Psych-O-Positive | 2017 | USA | Hoboken, New Jersey | |
| Psychotic Tanks | 1979 | Germany | Köln | |
| Psychotics | 1967 | USA | Coopersville, Michigan | |
| Psychoviolets | 1992 | USA | Lawrence, Kansas | |
| Psychowelders | 1986 | USA | Kansas City | |
| Psyclones | 1980 | USA | Eureka, California | |
| Psycotic Pineapple | 1978 | USA | Schenectady, New York | |
| Psykicks | 2000 | Greece | Athens | |
| Psykik Volts | 1978 | UK | Dewsbury, West Yorkshire | |
| Psyyke | 1982 | Finland | Pori | |
| PTA's | 1980 | Japan | ||
| Ptose | 1979 | France | Niort | |
| Public Disturbance | 1979 | USA | Belmar, New Jersey | |
| Public Image Ltd. | 1978 | UK | London | ⇒ Sex Pistols ⇒ Jah Wobble ⇒ Brian Brain |
| Public Nuisance | 1967 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Public Practice | 2018 | USA | New York | |
| Puce Mary | 2010 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Puddle | 1986 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Puerto Rico Flowers | 2008 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Puff Pieces | 2014 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Pufftube | 1991 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | AKA Puff Tube |
| Pugh Rogefeldt | 1968 | Sweden | ||
| Pugs | 1993 | Japan | ||
| Puka Puka Brians | 1995 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Puke Spit & Guts | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Pullovers | 1980 | UK | York | |
| Pulnoc | 1988 | Czechia | Prague | ⇒ Plastic People of the Universe |
| Pulp | 1978 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Puls der Zeit (ft. Mad Professor) | 1987 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Pulsations | 1981 | USA | Chicago | |
| Punctured Tough Guy | 1984 | UK | Hull | |
| Pungo | 1980 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Punkasila | 2007 | Indonesia | ||
| PUR | 1982 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Pure Hell | 1975 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Pure Morning | 1994 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Clinic |
| Purling Hiss | 2009 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Purple Canteen | 1969 | USA | Jonesboro, Arkansas | |
| Purple Desert Rain God | 2020 | Sweden | ||
| Purple Persians | 1970 | USA | Hamilton, Ohio | |
| Purple Pilgrims | 2011 | New Zealand | Christchurch | |
| Purple Sun | 1970 | USA | League City, Texas | |
| Purple Wizard | 2004 | USA | New York | |
| Purrkur Pillnikk | 1981 | Island | Reykjavik | |
| Pushtwangers | 1983 | Sweden | Stockholom | |
| Pushups | 1979 | USA | San Francisco | AKA Aurora Pushups |
| Pussy Cat | 1966 | France | Paris | |
| Pussy Galore | 1985 | USA | Washington D.C. | ⇒ Royal Trux |
| Pussy Riot | 2011 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Pussycat Trash | 1992 | UK | Mewcastöe | |
| Pussycats | 1995 | Spain | Vigo | |
| Pussywillows | 1988 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ April March ⇒ Shitbirds |
| Pustra & Vile-een | 2006 | UK | London | |
| Putamen Insula | 2008 | Canada | Montreal | |
| PVA | 2019 | UK | London | |
| PVLSAR | 2016 | France | Metz | |
| Pygmies | 1963 | USA | New York | |
| Pyha | 2001 | South Korea | ||
| Pylon | 1979 | USA | Athens, Georgia | |
| PyPy | 2007 | Canada | Montreal | ⇒ Duchess Says |
| Pyramids | 1961 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Pyrex | 2022 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Pyrolator | 1979 | Germany | Wuppertal | |
| Q 65 | 1965 | Netherlands | Den Haag | |
| Q And Not U | 1998 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Qaballah Steppers | 1995 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Q4U | 1982 | Iceland | Reykjavik | |
| Qek Junior | 2005 | Germany | Külz | |
| Qi-ZZ | 1980 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Qloaqa Letal | 1982 | Spain | Valladollid | |
| Qoriwayllas de Chuschi | 2010 | Peru | ||
| Qua Dance | 1981 | Netherlands | Groningen | |
| Quadrangle | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Quadrant Six | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Quadron | 2009 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Quails | 2000 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Qual | 2014 | UK | ⇒ Lebanon Hanover | |
| Quantic | 2000 | UK | Worcestershire | |
| Quarks | 1995 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Quazi Modo | 1992 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Queen | 1970 | UK | London | |
| Queen Meanie Puss | 1991 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Queen of Japan | 1998 | UK/Austria/Germany | ⇒ Electronicat ⇒ H.P. Zinker | |
| Queen's Nectarine Machine | 1969 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Queens of the Stone Age | 1996 | USA | Palm Desert, California | ⇒ Mondo Generator ⇒ Mark Lanegan |
| Queers | 1982 | USA | Portsmouth, New Hamspshire | |
| Quest | 1994 | Netherlands | Nijmegen | AKA QST |
| Question Mark | 1977 | Nigeria | ||
| Question Mark & the Mysterians | 1962 | USA | Michigan | |
| Quests (2) | 1961 | Singapore | ||
| Quests (1) | 1966 | USA | Grand Rapids, Michigan | |
| Quicksilver Messenger Service | 1965 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Dino Valente |
| Quiet Room | 1980 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Quim Manuel O Espirito Santo | 1978 | Angola | ||
| Quin Galavis | 2005 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Quintron | 1994 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | 1984 | Canada | Montreal | AKA QRN |
| Quittinirpaaq | 2008 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Qulfus | 2001 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| R. Elizabeth | 2015 | UK | London | |
| R. Hundro | 2014 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| R. Stevie Moore | 1969 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | ⇒ Yukio Yung & R. Stevie Moore ⇒ Billy Anderson |
| R Tasaday | 2010 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| R.A.P.P. [Radical Alliance of Poets & Players] | 1982 | UK | ||
| R.E.M. | 1980 | USA | Athens, Georgia | |
| R.L. Burnside | 1981 | USA | Mississippi | |
| R.M.F.C. | 2018 | Australia | New South Wales | |
| R.N.A. Organism | 1980 | Japan | Kyoto | |
| Rabbit Fun | 1982 | Netherlands | ||
| Rabid Dogs | 2018 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Rachel Mason | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ TheUse |
| Rachid Taha | 1990 | France | Oran, Algeria | Based in France ⇒ Carte de Séjour |
| Rad Max | 2018 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Radar Bros. | 1994 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Radar Eyes | 2007 | USA | Chicago | |
| Radiacs | 1983 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Radicts | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Radio 4 | 1999 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Radio Alarm Clocks | 1983 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Radio Birdman | 1974 | Australia | Sydney | ⇒ Deniz Tek ⇒ New Christs |
| Radio Free Europe | 1979 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Radio Heart (ft. Gary Numan) | 1987 | UK | ⇒ Gary Numan | |
| Radio Moscow | 2003 | USA | Iowa | |
| Radio Romance | 1980 | France | Lille | |
| Radio Scarlet | 2004 | USA | Denver | |
| Radio Werewolf | 1984 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Radiohead | 1991 | UK | Oxford | |
| Radiohearts | N/A | N/A | ||
| Rafi Bookstaber | 2006 | USA | Asheville, North Carolina | |
| Ragged Barracudas | 2014 | Germany | Westerwald | |
| Raging Arb & the Redheads | 1985 | USA | Ventura, California | |
| Rah Bras | 1998 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Rail Band | 1970 | Mali | Bamako | ⇒ Salif Keita |
| Railroad Jerk | 1990 | USA | New York | |
| Raime | 2010 | UK | London | |
| Rainbow Arabia | 2008 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Rainbow Generator | 1978 | Australia | ⇒ Krozier & the Generator | |
| Rainbow Press | 1968 | USA | New York | |
| Rainbow Red Oxidizer | 1980 | USA | ||
| Raincoats | 1977 | UK | London | ⇒ Slits ⇒ Gina Birch |
| Rainer Bloss & Klaus Schulze | 1982 | Germany | Sachsen | ⇒ Tangerine Dream |
| Raining Heart | 1986 | Germany | Frankfurt | |
| Rainy Day Saints | 1990 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Rainy Daze | 1965 | USA | Denver | |
| Raisa K | 2013 | UK | ||
| Räjäyttäjat | 2011 | Finland | Jyväskylä | |
| Rakta | 2011 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Ralph Carney | 1987 | USA | Akron, Ohio | |
| Ralph Lundsten & the Andromeda All Stars | 1977 | Sweden | ||
| Ralph Nielsen & the Chancellors | 1962 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Ralph Robles | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Ramases Ramases & Selket |
1968 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Ramayana Soul | 2005 | Indonesia | Jakarta | |
| Ramblers | N/A | N/A | ||
| Rambutan | 2008 | USA | Albany, New York | |
| Ramesh | 1969 | Iran | Teheran | |
| Ramesses | 2003 | UK | Dorset | |
| Ramleh | 1982 | UK | Croydon | ⇒ Sklullflower |
| Ramonas | 1990 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Ramones | 1974 | USA | Forest Hills, New York | |
| Ramrods | 1959 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Ranch House | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Rancheros | 1963 | USA | ||
| Rancid Hell Spawn | 1988 | UK | London | |
| Rancid Vat | 1981 | USA | Portland, Oregon | Based in San Antonio, Texas |
| Random Hold | 1977 | UK | London | |
| Random Rab | 1998 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Randy | 1992 | Sweden | ||
| Randy & the Goats | 1981 | USA | ||
| Randy & the Radiants | 1962 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Randy & the Rest | 1967 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Rangda | 2009 | USA | ||
| Rank Sinatra | 2004 | Australia | ||
| Rank Strangers | 1990 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Rank Z'Heroes | 1983 | Belgium | ||
| Rantouls | 2008 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Rants | 2001 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Raoul Duguay | 1966 | Canada | Quebec | |
| Raoul Guillaune et son Groupe | 1955 | Haiti | ||
| Rapiers | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Rapture | 1998 | USA | New York | |
| Rare Breed | 1967 | USA | Florida | |
| Rare Monk | 2013 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus | 1974 | Jamaica | ⇒ Dadawah | |
| Rascal Reporters | 1974 | USA | Oak Park, Michigan | |
| Rascals | 2007 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Rasputina | 1992 | USA | New York | |
| Rass-Es Band | 1976 | Jamaica | AKA Royal Rasses | |
| Rat Columns | 2009 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ David West |
| Rat At Rat R | 1981 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Rat Traps | 2005 | USA | Tennessee | |
| Ratatat | 2001 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Ratchets | 2003 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Rational Youth | 1981 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Rats (1) | 1980 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Rats (2) | 1965 | USA | Akron, Ohio | |
| Rats of Unusual Size | 1989 | USA | New York | Based in San Francisco |
| Raunch Hands | 1984 | USA | New York | ⇒ Frosted Flaykes ⇒ Outta Place |
| Ravagers | ||||
| Raven (1) | 1975 | USA | Ohio | |
| Raven (2) | 1968 | USA | Florida | |
| Raveonettes | 2000 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Ravi Shankar | 1956 | India | Hindustan | |
| Ravi Shavi | 2015 | USA | Rhode Island | Origin: Pakistan |
| Raving Madd | 1967 | USA | California | |
| Ravioli Me Away | 2014 | UK | London | |
| Raw Silk | 2018 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Raw Thrills | 2010 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Ray & Porcell | 1991 | USA | New York | |
| Ray Daytona & the Googoobombos | 1997 | Italy | Siena | |
| Ray Rude | 2003 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Ray Scott | 1958 | USA | Indiana | |
| Ray Sharp & the Soul Set | 1968 | USA | ||
| Raybeats | 1979 | USA | New York | ⇒ Los Straitjackets ⇒ Danny Amis |
| Raylene & the Blue Angels | 1966 | USA | Wisconsin | |
| Raymen | 1983 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Raymilland (Ray Milland) | 1979 | USA | St. Louis | |
| Raymond Pettibon & Super Session | 1990 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | ⇒ Just Say No |
| Rayne | 1977 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Rayon | 2006 | Germany | Weilheim | |
| Rayon Beach | 2010 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Razar | 1977 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Raze de Soare | 2015 | Romania | Bukarest | |
| Razor Penguins | 1981 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Razzia | 1979 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Reactors (1) | 1979 | USA | California | |
| Reactors (2) | 1980 | USA | Texas | ⇒ Mike Runnels |
| Real Camouflage | 1987 | Switzerland | ||
| Real Losers | 2001 | UK | Leeds | |
| Real Numbers | 2008 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Real Tuesday Weld | 1998 | UK | London | |
| Really Red | 1978 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Rear Exit | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Reason to Live (RTL) | 1985 | Sweden | ||
| Reasons Why (1) | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Reasons Why (2) | 1966 | USA | Texas | |
| Reatards | 1997 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Jay Reatard ⇒ Lost Sounds ⇒ Angry Angles ⇒ Nervous Patterns ⇒ Oblivians |
| Rebbels | 1964 | Germany | Koblenz | |
| Rebecca Closure | 2003 | UK | London | |
| Rebecca Nurse | 2003 | USA | Rhode Island | |
| Rebel | 1991 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | ⇒ Country Teasers ⇒ Stallion |
| Rebel Kind | 2010 | USA | Michigan | |
| Rebel Set | 2006 | USA | Scottsdale, Arizona | |
| Rebels of Tijuana | 2010 | Switzerland | Geneva | |
| Recruders | 2002 | N/A | ||
| R.E.D. | 1982 | USA | Boston | AKA Radical Entertainment Development |
| Red Alert | 1979 | UK | Sunderland | |
| Red Asphalt | 1978 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Red Aunts | 1991 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Red Balune | 1976 | UK | Bristol | |
| Red Beat | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Red Button | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Red Dog Bandit | 2011 | UK | Stromness, Scotland | |
| Red Dons | 2007 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Red Favorite | 2007 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Red Guitars | 1982 | UK | Kingston Upon Hull | |
| Red Krayola (AKA Red Crayola) Red Krayola With Art & Language |
1966 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Red Lorry Yellow Lorry | 1981 | UK | Leeds | |
| Red Mass | 2008 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Red Rockers | 1979 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Red Snapper | 1993 | UK | London | |
| Red Stuff | 2020 | USA | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Red Temple Spirits | 1987 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Red Zebra | 1978 | Belgium | Bruges | |
| Redbone | 1968 | USA | Fresno, California | |
| Redcoats | 1964 | USA | Wildwood, New Jersey | |
| Redd Kross | 1978 | USA | California | ⇒ Black Flag ⇒ Circle Jerks ⇒ Bad Religion |
| Redhead | 1973 | UK | ||
| Red-Headed League | 2015 | USA | Missouri | |
| Redness | 1980 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Redondo | 2010 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Redondo Beat | 1999 | Germany | Geinhausen | |
| Reds | 1978 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Reducers | 1978 | USA | New London, Connecticut | |
| Ree-Gents | 1964 | USA | ||
| Reekers | 1964 | USA | Maryland | ⇒ Hangmen |
| Reeks & the Wrecks | 1998 | USA | Bellingham, Washington | |
| Réelle | 2016 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Reese McHenry | 2017 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Reflectors | 2019 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Regal Degal | 2011 | USA | New York | |
| Reggae Regular | 1977 | UK | Ilford | ⇒ Alan King Pin ⇒ Tony Benjamin |
| Reggie Perkins | 1958 | USA | ||
| Regiment | 1966 | USA | Illinois | |
| Régine | 1964 | Belgium | ||
| Regressive Aid | 1981 | USA | Trenton, New Jersey | |
| Regular Fries | 1997 | UK | London | |
| Reigning Sound | 2001 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Benny Trokan |
| Reigns | 2002 | UK | Somerset | |
| Reines d'Angleterre | 2008 | Belgium | Bruxelles | ⇒ EL-G ⇒ Ghédalia Tazartès |
| Reiser | 2017 | Germany | Leipzig | |
| Relatives | 1970 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Religious Knives | 2005 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Religious Overdose | 1981 | UK | Northampton | ⇒ Ciaran Harte |
| Religious to Damn | 2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Remaining Few | 1967 | USA | San Angelo, Texas | |
| Remains | 1964 | USA | Boston | AKA Barry & the Remains |
| Rema-Rema | 1979 | UK | London | ⇒ Mass (2) |
| Remnants of Warsaw | 1981 | UK | Sunderland | |
| Remo Capra | 1960 | USA | ||
| Remo Four | 1963 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Remo Voor | 1979 | Germany | ||
| Remote Start | 1982 | UK | ||
| Renaldo & the Loaf | 1979 | UK | Portsmouth | ⇒ Residents & Renaldo & the Loaf ⇒ Charles Bobuck |
| Renderers | 1989 | New Zealand | Christchurch | |
| Rendez-Vous | 2012 | France | Paris | |
| René Halkett & David Jay | 1981 | Germany/UK | Weimar/Northampton | |
| Renegade Soundwave | 1986 | London | UK | |
| Renegades | 1964 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Rentals | 1979 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Jeff & Jane Hudson |
| Repairs | 2009 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Repetition | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Replacements | 1979 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Replicant | 2014 | USA | Chicago | |
| Reporters | 1982 | Greece | Athens | |
| Requiem (Geroge A. Speckert) | 1981 | USA | Based in Germany | |
| Requiem Blues | 2025 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Rescue 1 | 1981 | USA | ||
| Rescue Co. No. 1 | 1971 | UK | London | |
| Research Library | 1981 | USA | ||
| Research Turtles | 2008 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Residents Residents & Renaldo & the Loaf |
1971 | USA | Louisiana | ⇒ Renaldo & the Loaf ⇒ Charles Bobuck ⇒ Hardy Fox |
| Residual Echoes | 2003 | USA | Santa Cruz, California | |
| Resistance | 1980 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Resonars | 1991 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Retail Simps | 2022 | USA | Portland, Oregon | AKA Tha Retail Simps, Thee Retail Simple Tones,Thee Retail Simps, Thine Retail Simps, Retail Simp$ |
| Retreds | 1966 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Retsepti | 1987 | Georgia | Tbilisi | |
| Revelairs | 1963 | USA | South Bay, California | |
| Revellions | 2008 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Reverberations | 2015 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Reverend Beat Man Reverend Beat Man & the Unbelievers Reverend Beat Man & the Church of Herpes Reverend Beat Man & the New Wave |
2001 | Switzerland | Bern | ⇒ Monsters ⇒ Die Zorros |
| Reverend Horton Heat | 1985 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Reverend Louis Overstreet | 1982 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Revillos (AKA Rezillos) | 1979 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Revolting Cocks | 1985 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Luc Van Acker |
| Revolutionaires (AKA Revolutionaries) | 1975 | Jamaica | ||
| Revolving Paint Dream | 1984 | UK | London | |
| Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers | 1959 | USA | New York | |
| Rex Holman | 1970 | USA | Denver | |
| Rexy | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Rheingold | 1980 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Rhino 39 | 1979 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Rhoda | 1982 | UK | Coventry | AKA Rhoda Dakar ⇒ Specials ⇒ Rhoad T the Special AKA |
| Rhythm & Noise | 1984 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Rhythm & Sound | 1996 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Rhythm Addicts | 1960 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Rhythm Clicks | 1980 | UK | ||
| Rhythm Methodists | 1980 | UK | Newcastle | |
| Rhythm of Life | 1981 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | ⇒ Paul Haig ⇒ Josef K |
| Rhythm Surfers | 1963 | USA | ||
| Rhyton | 2011 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Ribbon Stage | 2020 | USA | New York | |
| Ribbons | 2008 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Ribeye Brothers | 2000 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Ric Ocasek | 1982 | USA | Baltimore | ⇒ Cars |
| Rich & Famous | 1978 | USA | ||
| Rich Evac | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Afterimage ⇒ Psi Com |
| Rich Gilbert | 2006 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Zulus |
| Rich Mountain Tower | 1971 | USA | Tennessee | |
| Rich Ruth | 2019 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | In various bands since early 80-ies |
| Richard & Linda Thompson | 1973 | UK | London | |
| Richard & the Young Lions | 1965 | USA | Trenton, New Jersey | |
| Richard (Passero) | 1968 | France | ||
| Richard Barone | 1983 | USA | Tampa, Florida | ⇒ Bongos |
| Richard Bone | 1980 | USA | New York | AKA Bone ⇒ Shox Lumania |
| Richard Chartier & Coh | 1998 | USA | Arlington, Virginia | |
| Richard Dawson | 2005 | UK | Newcastle | |
| Richard H. Kirk | 1980 | UK | Sheffield | ⇒ Cabaret Voltaire |
| Richard Hell & the Voidoids | 1977 | USA | New York | ⇒ Neon Boys ⇒ Television ⇒ Heartbreakers ⇒ Dim Stars ⇒ Outsets ⇒ Ivan Julian ⇒ Naux (Naúx) |
| Richard Hydell & the Wrecked | 2005 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Richard James & the Special Riders | 2005 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Richard Papiercuts | 2012 | USA | ||
| Richard Pinhas | 1977 | France | Neuilly-sur-Seine | ⇒ Schizo ⇒ Heldon ⇒ Pascal Comelad & Richard Pinhas |
| Richard Schneider Jr. | 1977 | Germany | ||
| Richard Thomas & the Wormholes | 1996 | UK | Wales | |
| Richard X. Heyman | 1980 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Doughboys |
| Richard Youngs | 1990 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | ⇒ Lurists |
| Richenel | 1982 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Richie Stephens | 1988 | Jamaica | ||
| Richies | 1989 | Germany | Duisburg | |
| Rick Ross | 2002 | USA | ||
| Ricketts | 1961 | Germany | Bottrop | |
| Ricky Nelson | 1957 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Ricochets | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Riddles | 1966 | USA | Elmhurst, Illinois | |
| Ride | 1988 | UK | Oxford | |
| Rider-Horse | 2021 | USA | Kingston, New York | Actually Rider/Horse |
| Riders of the Mark | 1967 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Rien Virgule | 2015 | France | ||
| Riff-Raffs | 2007 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Rifles | 2005 | UK | London | |
| Right Profile | 1981 | UK | Portsmouth | |
| Righteous Yeah | 2018 | New Zealand | Dunedin | ⇒ Dead C ⇒ Gate |
| Rik Slave & the Phantoms | 1983 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Riki | 2017 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Rikki Ililonga | 1975 | Zambia | Based in Denmark | |
| Rim Kwaku Obeng | 1980 | Ghana | ||
| Rimauri | 1987 | Italy | ⇒ Teisco | |
| Rina & Chea Savoeun | 2021 | Cambodia | ||
| Ringers | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Ringing | 1992 | USA | ||
| Rings | 2006 | USA | New York | |
| Riot | 1975 | USA | New York | |
| Riot Clone (Riot/Clone) | 1979 | UK | ||
| Rip Rig & Panic | 1981 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Pop Group |
| Rip Slyme | 1994 | Japan | Kanagawa | |
| Rip-Offs | 1993 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Rippers | 2001 | Italy | Cagliari, Sardinia | |
| Riptoids | 1982 | New Zealand | ||
| Rire: to Laugh | 1980 | UK | ||
| Rishi & Harshil | 2008 | Italy | ||
| Rising Four | 1990 | USA | ||
| Risk Relay | 2003 | USA | New Brunswick, New Jersey | |
| Risto | 2002 | Finland | Tampere | |
| Rite de Passage | 1982 | Netherlands | ||
| Rites of Spring | 1984 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Rites Wild | 2011 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Ritual | 1979 | UK | London | ⇒ Death Cult |
| Ritz Carlton | 2018 | USA | ||
| Rivals | 1979 | UK | Kent | |
| River City Tanlines | 2004 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| River Flows Reverse | 2021 | Hungary | ||
| Riviera Playboys | 1997 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Rivieras | 1963 | USA | Indiana | |
| Rivits | 1979 | USA | New York | |
| RJD2 | 2000 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Rob | 1977 | Ghana | Accra | |
| Rob Crow | 1995 | USA | San Diego | ⇒ Pinback |
| Rob Jo Star Band | 1972 | France | Montpellier | |
| Rob Kirk & the Word | 1966 | USA | Michigan | |
| Roba El-Khaliyeh | 2007 | UK | ||
| Robbie Robertson | 1980 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Robert | 1986 | New Zealand | ||
| Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma | 2008 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ White Lichens |
| Robert Ashley | 1974 | USA | Michigan | |
| Robert Bensick Band | 1975 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Robert Calvert | 1974 | South Africa | Pretoria | Based in UK ⇒ Hawkwind ⇒ Imperial Pompadours |
| Robert Fripp Robert Fripp & Brian Eno Robert Fripp & Toyah Wilcox |
1979 | UK | Dorset | ⇒ King Crimson ⇒ Andy Summers & Robert Fripp ⇒ Brian Eno |
| Robert Görl | 1983 | Germany | München | ⇒ DAF ⇒ Der Plan |
| Robert Hazard | 1982 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Robert Lawrence | 1981 | UK | Wales | ⇒ 5ive Ximes of Dust ⇒ Machines At Last |
| Robert Musso | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Robert Palmer | 1974 | UK | Yorkshire | |
| Robert Pollard | 1996 | USA | Dayton, Ohio | ⇒ King's Ransom |
| Robert Rental |
1978 | UK | Scotland | ⇒ Normal ⇒ Thomas Leer & Robert Rental |
| Robert Schröder | 1979 | Germany | Aachen | |
| Robert Sotelo | 2017 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Robert Wyatt | 1970 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Millennium |
| Roberta Flack | 1969 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Roberto Cacciapaglia | 1975 | Italy | Milano | |
| Roberto Musci & Giovanni Venosta | 1987 | Italy | Milano/Udine | |
| Robin Berger | 2008 | USA | New York | |
| Robin Hatch | 2019 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Robin Lane & the Chartbusters | 1979 | USA | Boston | |
| Robin O'Brien Robin O'Brien & David Mitros |
1993 | USA | Santa Rosa, California | |
| Robin Scott | 1969 | UK | Croydon | ⇒ M ⇒ Ryuichi Sakamoto & Robert Scott |
| Robodub (AKA Simon Mathewson) | 1972 | USA | ||
| Robocop Kraus | 1998 | Germany | Nürnberg | |
| Robotanists | 2008 | USA | Silver Lake, California | |
| Roboton | 2011 | Germany | ||
| Robyn Hitchcock Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians |
1981 | UK | London | |
| RoccoW | 2010 | Netherlands | ||
| Rock Garden | 1967 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Rock-A-Hulas | 2003 | Spain | Cedeira | |
| Rockandys | 2008 | France | ||
| Rocket 808 | 2018 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Rocket City Riot | 1999 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Rocket Freudental | 2000 | Germany | Freudental | |
| Rocket From the Crypt | 1990 | USA | San Diego | ⇒ Beehive & the Barracudas ⇒ Swami John Reis |
| Rocket From the Tombs | 1974 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | ⇒ Dead Boys ⇒ Pere Ubu ⇒ Future Plan |
| Rockets | 1968 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Crazy Horse |
| Rockford Kabine | 2002 | Germany | Bochum | |
| Rockin Rod & the Strychnines | 1991 | USA | ||
| Rocking Vickers | 1963 | UK | Blackpool | ⇒ Mötörhead (Lemmy Kilmister) |
| Rock'n'Roll Monkey & the Robots | 2005 | USA | Detroit | |
| Rocks | 1965 | USA | Huntsville, Alabama | |
| Rod Hamdallah | 2014 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | ⇒ Legendary Shack Shakers |
| Rod Droid | 2004 | France | Nantes | |
| Rodd Keith (As Ken Roberts) | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Rodion G.A. | 1975 | Romania | Cluj | |
| Roe Enney | 2011 | USA | ||
| Roedelius | 1971 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Cluster ⇒ Eno, Moebius, Roedelius, & Plank |
| Roel A. Garcia & Frankie Chan | 1994 | China | Hongkong | |
| Roger Miller | 1986 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Rogers Sisters | 1999 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Rogue Wave | 2002 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Rogues (1) | 1966 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Rogues (2) | 1966 | USA | Tennessee | |
| Roky Erickson Roky Erickson & the Aliens |
1975 | USA | Texas | ⇒ Spades ⇒ 13th Floor Elevator |
| Roland P. Young | 1980 | USA | California | ⇒ Offs |
| Rollerskate Skinny | 1992 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Rollin' Ramsaxes | 1964 | USA | Ohio | |
| Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | 2013 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Rolling Stones | 1962 | UK | London | |
| Rollo Jean | 2012 | UK | ||
| Roman Index | 1981 | UK | ||
| Romancers | 1963 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Romantic Robots | 2008 | Italy | ||
| Romeo Void | 1979 | USA | California | |
| Romica Puceanu | 1963 | Romania | ||
| Romperayo | 2012 | Colombia | Bogota | |
| Romulans | 1991 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Ron & the Starfires | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Ron Berry | 1981 | UK | Manchester | |
| Ron Boots | 1987 | Netherlands | Eindhoven | |
| Ron Gallo | 2014 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Ron Gray | 1966 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Ron Haydock j& the Boppers | 1959 | USA | Chicago | |
| Ron Miller | 1986 | USA | Salt Lake City | |
| Ronald Shannon Jackson & the Decoding Society | 1980 | USA | Forth Worth, Texas | |
| Rondos | 1977 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Ronettes | 1957 | USA | New York | ⇒ Ronnie Spector |
| Rongorongo | 2007 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Roni Griffith | 1980 | USA | Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Ronnie Cook & the Diamonds | 1962 | USA | Bakersfield, California | |
| Ronnie Dawson | 1958 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Ronnie Fuller | 1965 | USA | ||
| Ronnie Hawkins Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks |
1958 | USA | Arkansas | Based in Canada |
| Ronnie Love | 1961 | USA | Detroit | |
| Ronnie Self | 1956 | USA | Tin Town, Missouri | |
| Ronnie Spector | 1964 | USA | New York | ⇒ Ronettes |
| Roofdogs | 1987 | USA | Washington State | |
| Room | 1979 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Room 56 | 2017 | UK | London | |
| Root Boy Slim Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band |
1978 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Roots | 1987 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Root's Radics | 1980 | Jamaica | Kingston | ⇒ Revolutionaires ⇒ Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare ⇒ Dean Fraser |
| Roots Underground | 1977 | USA | New York | |
| Rosa Crux | 1984 | France | Rouen | AKA Rosa Crvx |
| Rosa Nebel | 2015 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Rosa Yemen | 1979 | France | Paris | ⇒ Lizzy Mercier Descloux |
| Rose City Band | 2019 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Rose Croix | 2007 | USA | Wisconsin | |
| Rose Garden | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Rose Kemp | 2003 | UK | Carlisle | |
| Rose McDowall | 1988 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | ⇒ Psychic TV ⇒ Current 93 ⇒ ⇒ Boyd Rice ⇒ Felt ⇒ ⇒ Death In Jue ⇒Nurse With Wounds |
| Rose Mitchell | 1953 | USA | ||
| Rose Windows | 2010 | USA | Seattle | |
| Roseau | 2015 | UK | London | |
| Rosebud | 1976 | France | ||
| Rosebuds | 2001 | USA | Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| Rosie & the Originals | 1960 | USA | San Diego | |
| Rot TV | 2019 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Roter Stern Belgrad | 1980 | Germany | Düsseldorf | AKA Roter Stern |
| Rough Skeletons | 2007 | USA | ||
| Rough Trade | 1974 | Canada | ||
| Roulettes | 1963 | UK | Hertfordshire | |
| Round Robin | 1964 | USA | ||
| Routes | 2007 | Japan | Oita | |
| Rovin' Flames | 1965 | USA | Tampa, Florida | |
| Rowland S. Howard | 1982 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Birthday Party &rArr, Crime & the City Solution, Lydia Lunch, Nikki Sudden, These Immortal Souls |
| Roxy Music | 1971 | UK | London | ⇒ Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Brian Eno |
| Roxy Pain | 2007 | USA | ||
| ROY | 2018 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Roy G. Biv (1) | 1980 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Roy G. Biv (2) | 1986 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Roy G. Biv (3) | 2014 | USA | Colorado | |
| Roy G. Biv & the White Noise | 2011 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Roy Hamilton | 1954 | USA | Georgia | |
| Roy Harper Roy Harper & Jimmy Page |
1966 | UK | Manchester | |
| Roy Head & the Traits | 1957 | USA | San Marcos, Texas | |
| Roy Junior | 1966 | USA | AKA Roy Acuff Jr. | |
| Roy Montgomery | 1995 | New Zealand | Christchurch | ⇒ Dadamah ⇒ Pin Group |
| Roy Montrell & His Band | 1956 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Roy Ranking & Raymond Naptali | 1979 | UK | ||
| Roy White & Steve Torch | 1980 | UK | Liverpool | AKA White & Torch |
| Roya | 2017 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Royal Family & the Poor | 1978 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Royal Purple | 2004 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Royal Trux | 1987 | USA | Washington D.C. | ⇒ Pussy Galore, RTX |
| Royksopp | 1998 | Norway | Bergen | |
| RTX | 2004 | USA | ⇒ Royal Trux, Black Bananas | |
| Rubber Blanket | 2019 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Rubber City Rebels | 1976 | USA | Akron, Ohio | |
| Rubber Rodeo | 1980 | USA | Rhode Island | |
| Rubble | 2011 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Rube Waddell | 1997 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Rubella Ballet | 1979 | UK | London | ⇒ Flux of Pink Indians |
| Rub-Touch Propellor | 2009 | USA | New York | AKA Michael X. Rose |
| Ruby Karinto | 2013 | Canada | Victoria | |
| Ruby On the Vine | 2003 | USA | Montclair, New Jersey | |
| Rude Boys | 1989 | UK | Cardiff, Wales | |
| Rude Buddha | 1984 | USA | Charlottesville, Virginia | |
| Rude Mechanicals | 2001 | UK | London | |
| Rüdiger Lorenz | 1981 | Germany | Ingelheim | |
| Rudimentary Peni | 1980 | UK | Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire | |
| Ruggedy Annes | 1985 | Canada | Winnipeg | |
| Rumblefish | 1986 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Rumblers | 1960 | USA | California | |
| Rumi Koyama | 1968 | Japan | Sapporo | |
| Run On | 1994 | USA | New York | |
| Run-A-Rounds | 1964 | USA | Michigan | |
| Runaways | 1975 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Joan Jett & the Blackhearts ⇒ Lita Ford |
| Running Stream | 1985 | Italy | Trieste | |
| Rupert's People | 1967 | UK | London | |
| Rush | 1968 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Rusko | 2006 | UK | Leeds | |
| Russ Olson | 1965 | USA | ||
| Russ Tolman | 1986 | USA | California | ⇒ True West |
| Russell E.L. Butler | 2014 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Russian Tsarlag | 2007 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Rüstem Quliyev | 2019 | Azerbaijan | ||
| Rusty Bells | 2004 | France | Toulouse | |
| Rusya | 1990 | Ukraine | ||
| Ruth | 1982 | France | Paris | ⇒ Breaking Point ⇒ Ilitch ⇒ Crash (2) ⇒ NLTM |
| Ruth Brown | 1949 | USA | Portsmouth, Virginia | |
| Ruth McFadden | 1955 | USA | ⇒ Gamble & Huff | |
| Ruth Friedman | 1968 | USA | New York | |
| Ruth's Refrigerator | 1990 | UK | Leicester | ⇒ Alan Jenkins ⇒ Deep Freeze Mice |
| Ruth White | 1955 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Ruts | 1977 | UK | London | |
| RVG | 2015 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Ryan Little | 2014 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Rye Coalition | 1994 | USA | Jersey City | |
| Ryo Kawasaki | 1970 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Ryoma Maeda & Romantic Suiciders | 2000 | Japan | Kawasaki | |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto Ryuichi Sakamoto & Robin Scott |
1978 | Japan | Nakano | ⇒ Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) ⇒Phew |
| S. Hazarasingh | 1964 | India | ||
| S.H. Draumur | 1982 | Iceland | Kopavogur | |
| S.M. Nurse | 1980 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | ⇒ Menko |
| S.T. Mikael | 1988 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| S.Y.P.H. | 1977 | Germany | Solingen | |
| Saada Bonaire | 1984 | Germany | Bremen | |
| Saal 2 | 1980 | Germany | Hamburg | AKA Saal 3, Saal 4 |
| Saal-C | 2006 | Germany | ||
| Saba Lou | 2007 | Germany | Berlin | Daughter of King Khan |
| Sabaithong Powpuri | 1970 | Thailand | ||
| Saboten | 1981 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Sabrina | 1986 | Italy | Genova | |
| Saccharine Trust | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sachiko (& the Culture Shock) | 1991 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Sack & Blumm | 1998 | Germany | Köln | ⇒ Harald Sack Ziegler |
| Sacred Miracle Cave | 1989 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sacred Mushroom | 1966 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Sad Lovers & Giants | 1981 | UK | Watford, Hertfordshire | ⇒ Snake Corps |
| Sadaf | 2014 | Iran | Based in New York, AKA Sadaf H. Nava, Sadaf Hakimian | |
| Sadies | 1995 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Sadistic Exploits | 1982 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Sadnes | 2010 | USA | Connecticut | |
| Sado-Nation | 1978 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Saetia | 1997 | USA | New York | |
| Safes | 2003 | USA | Chicago | |
| Saffron Sect | 2003 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Sages (1) | 1965 | UK | ||
| Sages (2) | 1989 | UK | ||
| Sagittarius | 1998 | Germany | Leipzig | |
| Sahara Hotnights | 1992 | Sweden | Robertsfors | |
| Sahra Motalebi | 2007 | USA | Alabama | |
| Saicobab | 1999 | Japan | Osaka | AKA Psycho Baba ⇒ OOIOO ⇒ Z-Rock Hawaii |
| Saigon Kick | 1991 | USA | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | |
| Sainkho Namtchylak | 1991 | Russia | Based in Vienna | |
| Saint Abdullah | 2017 | USA | New York | Origin Iran |
| Saint Etienne | 1990 | UK | London | |
| Saint Pé | 2015 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | ⇒ Black Lips |
| Saint Steven | 1969 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Nervous Eaters ⇒ Ultimate Spinach |
| Saint Vitus | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Saints (1) | 1973 | Australia | Brisbane | ⇒ Ed Kuepper |
| Saints (2) | 1963 | UK | ⇒ Joe Meek | |
| Saison Froide | 2001 | France | Paris | |
| Sal Davis | 1963 | Tanzania | ||
| Salamandra Glass | 1992 | USA | ||
| Salaried Man Club | 1981 | Japan | ||
| Salem 66 | 1982 | USA | Boston | |
| Salford Jets | 1976 | UK | Manchester | |
| Salif Keita | 1979 | Mali | ⇒ Rail Band | |
| Salk Vacchin | 2003 | Japan | Okinawa | |
| Salloom, Sinclair & the Mother Bear | 1968 | USA | Chicago | AKA Salloom-Sinclair |
| Sally Decker | 2021 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Sally Dige | 2012 | Canada | Vancouver | Currently in Berlin |
| Salon Music | 1981 | Japan | Minamihoncho, Kanto | |
| Saltfeend | 1997 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Salvation Army | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | Later became Three O'Clock |
| Salvia Plath | 2013 | UK | AKA Drugdealer, Michael Collins, Run DMT | |
| Sam Coomes | 2016 | USA | Texas | ⇒ Donner Party |
| Sam Flax | 2012 | USA | California | |
| Sam Gendel | 2017 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sam Phillips | 1987 | USA | California | Real Name: Leslie Ann Phillips |
| Sam Rosenthal | 1984 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Black Tape For a Blue Girl |
| Sam Snitchy | 2022 | Switzerland | Bern | |
| Sam Spence | 1971 | USA | California | Based in Germany |
| Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs | 1961 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Samael | 1988 | Switzerland | Sion | |
| Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers | 2007 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Samantha Fish | 2009 | USA | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Samba Touré | 2009 | Mali | Dabi | |
| Sambo | 1975 | Trinidad | AKA Sam Bo, Sam-Bo | |
| Samhain | 1983 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Misfits |
| Samla Mammas Manna | 1969 | Sweden | Uppsala | |
| Samm Bennett | 1984 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Sammy Salvo | 1957 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Samsimar | 2011 | Indonesia | Sumatra | |
| Samuel Prody | 1969 | UK | Brighton | |
| San Kazakgascar | 2006 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Sanchez | 1987 | Jamaica | ||
| Sand | 1969 | Germany | Bosenwerder | ⇒ Alu |
| Sandcastle | 2010 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Sandra Bell | 1984 | New Zealand | Dundedin | ⇒ Maitlands |
| Sandro Perri | 2006 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Sandwich | 2007 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | AKA Psandwich |
| Sandwidi Pierre (Pierre Sandwidi) | 1975 | Burkina Faso | ||
| Sandwitches | 2008 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Sandy Day | 1989 | Italy | ||
| Sandy Salisbury | 1969 | USA | Hawaii | Real Name: Henry Graham Salisbury, born in Philadelphia |
| Sangre Mexicana | 1966 | USA | Laredo, Texas | AKA Mexican Blood |
| Sanhedrin | 2015 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Dirty Excuse |
| Sanity Assassins | 1989 | USA | Harford, Connecticut | |
| Sankofa | 1984 | USA | AKA E.C. Brew & Sankofa | |
| Sanshers | 1964 | USA | Michigan | AKA Sanchers |
| Santogold | 2007 | USA | Philadelphia | AKA Santigold |
| Santrofi | 2020 | Ghana | Accra | |
| Sapat | 2004 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Sara Noxx Sara Noxx & Goethe's Erben |
1997 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Sarah June | 2008 | USA | Detroit | |
| Sarah Louise | 2013 | USA | Ashville, North Carolina | |
| Sarah Mary Chadwick | 2012 | New Zealand | Based in Australia | |
| Sarah McLachlan | 1988 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Sarah Shook & the Disarmers | 2015 | USA | Pittsboro, North Carolina | |
| Saralunden Saralunden & Andrey Kiritchenko |
2000 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Sarathy Korwar | 2016 | USA | Based in London, UK | |
| Sarcastic Orgasm | 1984 | USA | Kent, Ohio | |
| Sardine V | 1980 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Sargeist | 2001 | Finland | ||
| SarrSew | 2011 | Iran | Teheran | Based in Paris |
| Satan's Cheerleaders | 1985 | USA | Alabama | |
| Satan's Rats | 1977 | UK | Worcestershire | |
| Satan's Satyrs | 2009 | USA | Virginia | |
| Satelliters | 1993 | Germany | Darmstadt | |
| Satisfied Minds | 1967 | USA | Huntington, West Virginia | |
| Sato Sato | 2014 | UK | London | |
| Sator Codex (AKA Sator) | 1984 | Sweden | Borlange | Name Change to Sator 1987 ⇒ Bo-Dogs |
| Satori | 1982 | USA | Texas | |
| Saturn V Saturn V (ft. Orbit) |
1991 | UK | Oxford | |
| Satyricon | 1991 | Norway | Oslo | |
| Savage | 1966 | Japan | ||
| Savage Blush | 2014 | USA | Denver | |
| Savage Republic | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ 17 Pygmies ⇒ Autumnfair ⇒ Brad Laner |
| Savage Rose | 1967 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Savages (1) | 1965 | Bermuda | ||
| Savages (2) | 2011 | UK | London | |
| Savages (3) | 2008 | Hungary | Budapest | |
| Savak | 2015 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Obits |
| Savant | 1981 | USA | Seattle | ⇒ John Foster ⇒ K. Leimer |
| Savoy Brown | 1965 | UK | London | |
| Saxons (1) | 1966 | USA | Florida | |
| Saxons (2) | 1964 | UK | Essex | |
| Say Sue Me | 2014 | Korea | Busan | |
| Scabs | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Scaffold | 1966 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Scala | 1995 | UK | London | ⇒ Mark Van Hoen |
| Scandale | 1989 | France | ||
| Scarborough Antelopes | 1979 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Scarcity of Tanks | 2004 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Scarlet Alive | 1982 | UK | ||
| Scarlet Architect | 1980 | USA | Chicago | |
| Scars | 1977 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Scary Mansion | 2008 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Scattered Order | 1979 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Sceptres | 1966 | USA | Illinois | |
| SCH | 1983 | Bosnia | Sarajewo | |
| Scheel | 1989 | Germany | ||
| Schelmish | 1999 | Germany | Bonn | |
| Schimmel über Berlin | 2020 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Die letzten Ecken |
| Schizo | 1972 | France | ⇒ Richard Pinhas | |
| Schizophonics | 2009 | USA | California | |
| Schlaflose Nächte | 1981 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | ⇒ Pigbag |
| Schlammpeitziger | 1994 | Germany | Köln | |
| Schleimer K | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Schmaalhans Weltraum | 1991 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Schneier TM | 1995 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Schonwald | 2008 | Italy | Ravenna | |
| School Damage | 2013 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| School of Radiant Living | 2009 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Constant Mongrel |
| School of Seven Bells | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| School Ties | 1980 | UK | ||
| Schultz | 2002 | France | Nice | |
| Schund | 1982 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Schwartzenegger | 1991 | UK | London | |
| Schwefel | 1984 | Germany | Mannheim | |
| Science Project | 2016 | Canada | Halifax | |
| Scientific Americans | 1978 | USA | Massachusetts | AKA Ski Ams |
| Scientist | 1979 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Scientists | 1979 | Australia | Perth | ⇒ Kim Salmon ⇒ Hoodoo Gurus |
| Scooter | 1993 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Scorched Earth Policy | 1982 | New Zealand | Christchurch | |
| Scoria | 1983 | Greece | Peiraias | |
| Scorn | 1991 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Napalm Death ⇒ PainKiller |
| Scorpio Tube | 1967 | USA | ||
| Scorpion Violente | 2009 | France | Metz | |
| Scorpion Wind | 1996 | USA | Denver | ⇒ Boyd Rice |
| Scott Amendola | 2009 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Henry Kaiser |
| Scott Bedford Four | 1965 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Scott H. Biram | 2000 | USA | Texas | |
| Scott Williams | 1985 | USA | New York | |
| Scotty | 1970 | Jamaica | ||
| Scoundrels | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Scraps | 2011 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Scratch Acid | 1982 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Jesus Lizard |
| Scratch Bandits Crew | 2002 | France | Lyon | |
| Scrawl | 1985 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Screamers | 1977 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Screaming Abdabs | 1985 | Australia | ⇒ City Ram Waddy | |
| Screaming Blue Messiahs | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Screaming Dead | 1978 | UK | Cheltenham | |
| Screaming Females | 2005 | USA | New Brunswick, New Jersey | |
| Screaming For Emily | 1986 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Screaming Jay Hawkins | 1958 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Screaming Lord Sutch Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages |
1961 | UK | Hampstead, Middlesex | |
| Screaming Trees (1) | 1986 | USA | Ellensburg, Washington | ⇒ Mark Lanegan |
| Screaming Trees (2) | 1986 | UK | Rotherham, South Yorkshire | |
| Screaming Tribesmen | 1982 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Screams For Tina | 1985 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Screeches | 2004 | UK | London | |
| Screeching Weasel | 1986 | USA | Chicago | |
| Screen 3 | 1981 | UK | Norwich | |
| Screen Vinyl Image | 2007 | USA | Virginia | |
| Screensaver | 2019 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Scruffs | 1974 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Scudocrow | 1986 | Italy | Firenze | |
| Scupper | 2014 | USA | New York | |
| Scuppernong | 1991 | USA | ⇒ Blue-Green Gods | |
| Sea Monkeys | 1991 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Sea Monster | 1986 | USA | Lindenhurst, New York | |
| Seajeff | 2002 | Russia | AKA C-Jeff | |
| Sean Rowe | 2004 | USA | Troy, New York | |
| Search | 1967 | USA | San Diego | |
| Searchers | 1963 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Sears | 1981 | UK | Wednesbury | |
| Sebadoh (AKA Sentridoh) | 1987 | USA | Amherst, Massachusetts | ⇒ Lou Barlow & Friends ⇒ Folk Implosion |
| Sebald (Detlef Sebald) | 2013 | USA | ||
| Sebastian Weikum | 2010 | Poland | Warsaw | |
| Sebastien Tellier | 2000 | France | Paris | |
| Second Decay | 1987 | Germany | ||
| Second Hand Rose | 2003 | China | ||
| Second Layer | 1979 | UK | London | ⇒Sound |
| Second Sight | 2006 | Australia | ||
| Secret Chiefs 3 | 1995 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Eyvind Kang ⇒ Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog |
| Secret Life | 1981 | Belgium | Antwerpen | |
| Secret Pyramid | 2010 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Secret Syde | 1983 | USA | Long Branch, New Jersey | |
| Secret Zoo | 2016 | Sweden | ||
| Secreto Metro | 1982 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Secrets of China | 1988 | Belgium | ||
| Section 25 | 1978 | UK | Blackpool | |
| Sediments | 1984 | ISA | Illinois | |
| See No Evils | 2014 | UK | Leeds | |
| Seeds | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Dick Marsh ⇒ Sky Saxon ⇒ Ya Ho Wha 13 |
| Seeds of Time | 1965 | USA | ⇒ Monroeville, Alabama | |
| Seefeel | 1992 | UK | London | ⇒ Mark Van Hoen |
| Seelenluft | 1997 | Switzerland | Zürich | |
| Sekou Diamate Bembeya | 1985 | Guinea | ||
| Seksu Roba | 2000 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Selcouth | 2017 | Finland | Oulu | |
| Selcuk Alagoz | 1965 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Selda (Selda Bagcan) | 1971 | Turkey | ||
| Selebrities | 2011 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Marian Usbeck |
| Selecter | 1979 | UK | Coventry | |
| Self Improvement | 2021 | USA | Long Beach California | |
| Sellwoods | 2012 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Selofan | 2011 | Greece | Athens | |
| Sema 4 | 1978 | UK | York | |
| Senator Bobby Senator Everett McKinley |
1966 | USA | ||
| Senator Flux | 1987 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Senders | 1976 | USA | New York | |
| Senior Service | 2016 | UK | Rochester, Kent | |
| Sensational Alex Harvey Band | 1972 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Sensation's Fix | 1974 | Italy | Firenze | |
| Senyawa | 2010 | Indonesia | Java | |
| Sepp Maier's Gloves | 1982 | N/A | ||
| Seppuku | 1985 | Sweden | ||
| September Girls | 2012 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Seraphim Shock | 1994 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Serfmen | 1964 | USA | Indiana | |
| Serfs | 2019 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Serge Blenner | 1980 | France | Mulhouse | Based in Hamburg, Germany |
| Serge Franklin | 1966 | France | ||
| Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin Serge Gainsbourg & Jean-Claude Vannier |
1958 | France | Paris | ⇒ Jane Birkin |
| Serious Drinking | 1981 | UK | Norwich | |
| Serious Killer Social Club | 2011 | France | ⇒ Lucas Trouble | |
| Serious Solid Swineheard Is Better Than Homecooked | 1989 | Germany | ||
| Serpent Power (1) | 1966 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Serpent Power (2) | 2014 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Coral ⇒ Zutons |
| Serpents of Wisdom | 2007 | USA | Philadelphia | AKA Serpents of W.I.S.D.O.M. |
| Servants | 1985 | UK | London | ⇒ Auteurs ⇒ Luke Haines |
| Servotron | 1995 | USA | Auburn, Alabama | ⇒ Man Or Astro-Man |
| Sessa | 2017 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Set Dressing | 2025 | UK | Manchester | |
| Setting Son | 2007 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Seu Jorge & Almaz | 2001 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Sevdaliza | 2012 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | Origin: Iran |
| Seven Codes | 1981 | Isreal | ||
| Seven Hail Marys | 1987 | Germany | ||
| Seven Stooges | 1983 | USA | ||
| Seven That Spells | 2003 | Croatia | Zagreb | |
| Sevens Collective | 2014 | USA | ||
| Seventeen Steps | 1985 | France | ||
| Seventh Séance | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Severe | 1982 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Severed Heads | 1979 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Severija | 2017 | Lithuania | ||
| Severin | 1989 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Sewerheads | 2024 | USA | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| Sex Church | 2009 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Sex Gang Children | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Sex In Miami | 1983 | USA | New York | |
| Sex On TV | 1984 | USA | ||
| Sex Organs | 2014 | N/A | ||
| Sex Pistols | 1975 | UK | London | ⇒ Sid Vicious ⇒ Public Image Ltd. |
| Sex Tide | 2013 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Sexteto Boloña | 1926 | Cuba | ||
| Sextile | 2015 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sexton Ming & Adrian Stout | 2006 | UK | London | AKA Ming & Stout ⇒ Tiger Lillies |
| Sexual Milkshake | 1989 | USA | Harrisburg, Virginia | |
| SF Seals | 1993 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Barbara Manning ⇒ 25th of May ⇒ World of Pooh |
| SFA (Stands For Anything) | 1984 | USA | New York | |
| Shabazz Palaces | 2009 | USA | Seattle | |
| Shacks | 2016 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Shadden & the King Lears | 1967 | USA | ||
| Shade | 1968 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Shades (ft. Bob Fly) | 1968 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Shades of Night | 1967 | USA | Lytle, Texas | |
| Shadow (1) | 1974 | USA | ||
| Shadow (2) | 1971 | Trinidad | ||
| Shadow Casters | 1966 | USA | Aurora, Illinois | |
| Shadow In the Cracks | 2015 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Shadow of Light | 1985 | N/A | N/A | |
| Shadow Show | 2018 | USA | Detroit | |
| Shadowland | 1985 | UK | ||
| Shadowplay | 1988 | Germany | Fockbeck, Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Shadows | 1958 | UK | London | ⇒ Brian Bennett ⇒ Jet Harris & Tony Meehan |
| Shadowy Men On a Shadowy Planet | 1984 | Canad | Toronto | |
| Shadracks | 2018 | UK | Medway, Kent | |
| Shady Daze | 1966 | USA | Illinois | |
| Shae Gill | 2022 | Pakistan | Lahore | |
| Shag | 1965 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Shaggs | 1968 | USA | Fremont, New Hamshire | |
| Shags | 1964 | USA | New Haven, Connecticut | ⇒ George's Boys |
| Shake | 2006 | Spain | Almeria | |
| Shake Chain | 2022 | UK | London | |
| Shake Shake | 1981 | UK | ||
| Shakles | 1967 | USA | Texas | |
| Shalini | 1999 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Shalom | 2022 | USA | Brooklyn NY | Origin Maryland |
| Sham 69 | 1975 | UK | Hersham | |
| Shambles | N/A | N/A | http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/21902 | |
| Shamen Shamen vs. Bam Bam |
1985 | UK | Aberdeen, Scotland | |
| Shams | 1990 | Ethiopia | ||
| Shana Cleveland Shana Cleveland & the Sandcastles |
2011 | USA | Seattle | ⇒ La Luz |
| Shana Falana | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Shanda & the Howlers | 2017 | USA | Las Vegas | |
| Shanes | 1966 | Germany | Trier | |
| Shang Shang Typhoon | 1980 | Japan | Yokosuko, Kanagawa | |
| Shangi-La's | 1963 | USA | New York | |
| Shannon & the Clams | 2008 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ Shannon Shaw ⇒ Hunx & His Punx |
| Shannon Shaw | 2016 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ Shannon & the Clams ⇒ Hunx & His Punx |
| Shannon Wright | 1998 | USA | Florida | |
| Shantel | 1995 | Romania | Bukowina | |
| Shaolin Afronauts | 2011 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Shape of Broad Minds | 2007 | USA | ||
| Sharaf | 1990-ies | Somalia | ||
| Shareholder | 2007 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | 2001 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Cochemea Gastelum |
| Sharon Tandy | 1965 | South Africa | Johannesburg | |
| Sharon Van Etten | 2005 | USA | New Jersey | Based in Brooklyn NY |
| Sharp Turn | 1984 | USA | ||
| Sharpe & Numan | 1985 | UK | London | ⇒ Gary Numan |
| S-Haters | 1976 | UK | Watford | |
| Shattered Dolls | 1980 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Shattered Faith | 1978 | USA | California | |
| Shaved Pigs | 1986 | USA | New York | |
| Shawn David McMillen | 1999 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Shayna Lewis | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Shaynes | 1966 | USA | Detroit | |
| She | 1970 | USA | Sacramento | ⇒ Hairem |
| She Keeps Bees | 2006 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| She Past Away | 2006 | Turkey | Bursa | |
| Shearwater | 2001 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Sheaves | 2019 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Shebangs | 2007 | USA | Lawrence, Kansas | |
| Shed (1) | 2004 | Germany | Frankfurt a.d. Oder | |
| Shed (2) | 2009 | USA | Virginia | |
| Shedonist | 2020 | USA | Santa Monica | |
| Sheena & Thee Nosebleeds | 2014 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Sheena & the Rokkets | 1978 | Japan | Fukuokja | |
| Sheer Mag | 2014 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Sheila Chandra | 1984 | UK | London | ⇒ Monsoon |
| Sheila Hylton | 1976 | UK | London | |
| Sheila Walsh | 1981 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Shel Naylor | 1963 | UK | Coventry | |
| Shelley Hirsch | 1985 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Shepherds | 2011 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Shht | 2016 | Belgium | Gent | |
| Shi Guys | 1960-ies | USA | New Mexico | |
| Shifters | 2015 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Shilpa Ray Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers |
2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Shimaali & Killer | N/A | Somalia | Mogadishu | |
| Shimmer | 2017 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Shimmy Rivers And And Canal | 2003 | UK | London | |
| Shimmys | 2004 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Shin Jung Hyun & the Men | 1972 | South Korea | ||
| Shindiggers | 1984 | USA | ||
| Shining Path | 2005 | USA | San Diego | |
| Shinki Chen & His Friends | 1971 | Japan | Yokohama | ⇒ Flied Egg |
| Shins | 1987 | USA | Seattle | |
| Shinsei Kamattechan | 2007 | Japan | Chiba | |
| Shiny Darkly | 2012 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Shiny Two Shiny | 1983 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Shirelles | 1957 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Shirley Anne Hofmann | 1995 | Canada | Kingston | ⇒ Peeni Waali |
| Shirley Collins Shirley Collins & the Albion Country Band |
1955 | UK | Hastings | |
| Shirley Ellis | 1963 | USA | New York | |
| Shitbirds | 1992 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ April March ⇒ Pussywillows |
| Shitdels | 2017 | USA | ||
| ShitKid | 2016 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Shitty Awesome | 2010 | USA | ||
| Shivaree | 1997 | USA | California | |
| Shivas | 2008 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Shizuka | 1994 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Shoc Corridor | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Shocked Minds | 2013 | USA | ||
| Shocking Blue | 1967 | Netherlands | Den Haag | |
| Shoes For Industry | 1979 | UK | Bristol | Shoes This High | 1979 | New Zealand | Wellington |
| Shonen Knife | 1981 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Shooby Taylor | 2000 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Shook-Ups | 2011 | UK | Wigan | |
| Shop Fronts | 2005 | USA | New York | |
| Shopping | 2013 | UK | London, Glasgow | |
| Shoremen | 1965 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Short Romans | 1984 | Germany | Meschede | |
| Short Wave Mystery | 1984 | USA | California | |
| Shotmaker | 1993 | Canada | Belleville, Ontario | |
| Shots | 1965 | UK | ||
| Should | 1998 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Shox Lumania | 1981 | USA | New York | ⇒ Richard Bone |
| Shriekback | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ Out On Blue Six ⇒ Luc Van Acker ⇒ Out On Blue Six ⇒ Ivan Julian |
| Shrimpwitch | 2015 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Shrink | 1979 | UK | Morecambe, Lacashire | |
| Shudders | 2005 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Shutdown 66 | 1997 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Stink Bugs |
| SHV | 2022 | USA | ||
| Shy Child | 2000 | USA | New York | |
| Shy Guys | 1968 | USA | Florida | |
| Shyres | 1967 | USA | Rhode Island | |
| Sia (AKA S.I.A.) | 2000 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Siberians | 2012 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Sic | 1979 | Belgium | Charleroi | |
| Sick Bags | 2018 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Sick Bees | 1997 | USA | Seattle | |
| Sick Rose | 1983 | Italy | Torino | |
| Sick Thoughts | 2013 | USA | Baltimore | Based in New Orleans |
| Sickdoll | 2006 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Sicks | 2014 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Sid Selvidge | 1969 | USA | Greensville, Mississippi | |
| Sid Vicious | 1979 | UK | London | ⇒ Sex Pistols ⇒ Siouxsie & the Banshees |
| Side Eyes | 2015 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sidestepper | 1996 | Colombia | Bogota | |
| Sidi Touré | 1996 | Mali | Bamako | |
| Sidney Owens & North South Connection | 1976 | USA | ||
| Siege | 1981 | USA | Weymouth, Massachusetts | |
| Siegfried | 1998 | Austria | Innsbruck | |
| Siekiera | 1983 | Poland | Pulawy | |
| Sigh | 1989 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Sightings | 2000 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Sights | 1998 | USA | Detroit | |
| Siglo XX | 1978 | Belgium | Genk | |
| Sign Language | 1986 | UK | Blackpool | |
| Sigur Ros | 1994 | Iceland | Reykjavik | |
| Sik Tikit | 1989 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Silent City | N/A | N/A | ||
| Silent Rage | 1984 | UK | ||
| Silent Scream (1) | 1980 | UK | Newcastle | |
| Silent Scream (2) | 1981 | UK | Barnsley | ⇒ Creatures of Habit |
| Silent Servant | 2006 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Silent Signals | 2002 | Germany | Dortmund | ⇒ Flashbacks |
| Silent Sun | 2001 | Indonesia | ||
| Silicon Soul | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Silicon Teens | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Silje Nes | 2007 | Norway | Leikanger | Based in Berlin |
| Silk Flowers | 2006 | USA | New York | |
| Silk Winged Alliance | 1968 | USA | Salt Lake City | |
| Sillies | 1977 | USA | Detroit | |
| Silly Pillows | 1989 | USA | Boston | |
| Siluetes 61 | 1980 | Germany | Köln | ⇒ Wat? Sanitär! (Tom Dokoupil) ⇒ Wirtschaftswunder |
| Silvano Chimenti Silvano Chimenti & Nello Ciangherotti-Nenty |
1970 | Italy | ||
| Silver Apples | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Silver Bullets | 2009 | Italy | Sicily | |
| Silver Leaf | 1986 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Silver Jews | 1989 | USA | Hoboken, New Jersey | ⇒ Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks |
| Silver Pines | 2007 | USA | San Marcos, Texas | |
| Silver Summit | 2008 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Silverfish | 1988 | UK | London | |
| Silvia | 1982 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Silvia Tape | 2013 | Brazil | ||
| Simian Mobile Disco | 2005 | UK | London | |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 1964 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Simon Crab | 2005 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Qualk |
| Simon Dupree & the Big Sound | 1966 | UK | Portsmouth | |
| Simon Finn | 1970 | UK | Godalming, Surrey | |
| Simon Joyner | 1992 | Omaha, Nebraska | ⇒ Buildermash (Builders) | |
| Simon Wickham-Smith | 1990 | UK | West Sussex | Based in New Jersey, USA |
| Simone Massaron | 2006 | Italy | Milano | |
| Simones | 1992 | USA | Ohio | AKA Al Simones |
| Simonetti-Pignatelli-Morante | 1981 | Italy | Roma | ⇒ Goblin |
| Simple Circuit | 2010 | USA | ||
| Simple Minds | 1977 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Sin 34 | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sin Fang Bous | 2008 | Iceland | Reykjavik | |
| Sinatras | 1976 | USA | New York | |
| Sincere Americans | 1980 | UK | Leicester | |
| Sincron | 1966 | Romania | Bukarest | AKA Formatia Sincron, Ensemble Sincron |
| Sinéad O'Brien | 2019 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Singer | 2007 | USA | Chicago | |
| Singing Loins | 1990 | UK | London | |
| Single Bullet Theory | 1976 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Single Frame | 2003 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Single Gun Theory | 1987 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Singles | 1981 | Ireland | ||
| Sinister 6 | 2014 | N/A | ||
| Sinister Sirens | 1995 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Sinister Six | 1991 | USA | Seattle | |
| Sinking Ships | 1979 | UK | Lincoln | |
| Sinners | 1982 | Sweden | Lund | |
| Sinoia Caves | 2002 | Canada | Vancouver | ⇒ Black Mountain |
| Siouxsie & the Banshees | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ Creatures (2) ⇒ Glove ⇒ Ear Trumpet |
| Sir Alice | 2004 | France | Paris | |
| Sir Collings & the Black Diamonds | 1969 | UK | London | |
| Sir Douglas Quintet | 1964 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Sir Kenneth & the Yorkshire Coachmen | 1960-ies | USA | Indiana | |
| Sir Mack Rice | 1964 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Sir Psyko & His Monsters | 2006 | Austria | Bregenz | |
| Sir Raleigh & the Coupons | 1964 | USA | Seattle | AKA Sir Walter Raleigh |
| Sir Richard Bishop | 1998 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | Based in Seattle ⇒ Sun City Girls ⇒ Alvarius B. |
| Sirens (1) | 2003 | USA | Detroit | |
| Sirens (2) AKA Hestina | 2014 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Sirens (3) | 1990 | USA | New York | |
| Siskiyou | 2010 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Sister Mantos | 2008 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sister Slacks | 2012 | France | Toulouse | |
| Sister Wynona Carr | 1949 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Sisters of Mercy | 1980 | UK | Leeds | |
| Sit N'Spin | 1993 | USA | New Brunswick, New Jersey | |
| Six Deep | 1966 | USA | Texas | |
| Six Organs of Admittance | 1998 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Six Teens | 1955 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sixteen Horsepower (16 Horsepower) | 1992 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Lilium ⇒ Woven Hand |
| Sixteens | 1998 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Sixth June | 2007 | Serbia | Belgrade | |
| Sixth Sense | 1987 | Italy | Savona | |
| Sixto Rodriquez | 1967 | USA | Detroit | |
| Sixtoo | 1995 | Canada | Halifax | |
| Size | 1979 | Mexico | Mexico City | |
| Sjunne Ferger's Exit | s1978 | Sweden | ||
| Skagos | 2007 | Canada | Courtenay | |
| Skah Shah No. 1 | 1974 | USA | New York | Origin Haiti |
| Skating For Cover | 1982 | UK | Northampton | |
| Skeet | 1981 | UK | Coventry | |
| Skeeter Davis | 1959 | USA | Kentucky | |
| Skeeters | 1988 | USA | ||
| Skeletal Family | 1982 | UK | Keighley, West Yorkshire | |
| Skeletonwitch | 2003 | USA | Athens, Ohio | |
| Skelkur Í Bringu | 2009 | Iceland | Reykjavik | |
| Skels | 1988 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Skeptics (1) | 1965 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Skeptics (2) | 1985 | USA | Maryland | |
| Skeptics (3) | 2009 | France | La Rochelle | |
| Skeptics (4) | 1979 | New Zealand | Palmerston North | ⇒ Bailter Space ⇒ Gordons |
| Ski Patrol | 1979 | UK | Brixton, London | |
| Skids | 1977 | UK | Dunfermline, Scotland | |
| Skin Yard | 1985 | USA | Seattle | |
| Skingraft | 1982 | UK | Brighton | |
| Skinny Girl | 2013 | UK | London | |
| Skinny Pelembe | 2016 | UK | Doncaster | Born in South Africa |
| Skinny Puppy | 1982 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Skip & Flip | 1958 | USA | ||
| Skip & the Creations | 1967 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Skip Bifferty | 1966 | UK | Newcastle | |
| Skoal Kodiak | 2007 | USA | Minnesota | |
| Skooshny | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Skream | 2003 | UK | London | |
| Skull Defekts | 2005 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Skull Duggery | 1983 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Skull Practitioners | 2014 | USA | New York | |
| Skull Snaps | 1973 | USA | New York | |
| Skullflower | 1986 | UK | London | ⇒ Ramleh |
| Sky Saxon | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | Origin: Salt Lake City ⇒ Seeds ⇒ Dick Marsh |
| Skye Klad | 2000 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Skyrider | 2004 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Skysent Lu | 1999 | Greece | Athens | Previously erroneously posted as "2 Seconds Late" (Title of a song by this band) |
| Skywalkers | 2009 | Netherlands | Utrecht | |
| Slag Queens | 2016 | Australia | Hobart | |
| Slant 6 | 1992 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Slapp Happy | 1972 | Germany/USA | Hamburg | ⇒ Peter Blegvad |
| Slash Orchestra | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Slaughter & the Dogs | 1975 | UK | Manchester | |
| Slava Tsukerman, Brenda I. Hutchinson & Clive Smith | 1983 | Russia | ||
| Slaves | 1998 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ VSS ⇒ Pleasure Forever |
| Sleater-Kinney | 1994 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Sleep Chamber | 1981 | USA | Boston | |
| Sleep Museum | 2005 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Sleepers | 1978 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Sleeping Aides & Razorblades | 2013 | Japan | ||
| Sleepover | 2009 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Sleepy Kitty | 2007 | USA | St. Louis | |
| Sleepytime Gorilla Museum | 1999 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ oFFice chAIRs |
| Slew | 2005 | USA | Seattle | |
| Slickee Boys | 1976 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Slight Seconds | 1979 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ 41 Degrees |
| Slim Harpo | 1957 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Slime | 1979 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Slits | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ Raincoats |
| Sloks | 2016 | Italy | Torino | |
| Sloppy Heads | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| Sloppy Jane | 2014 | USA | New York | |
| Sloth Baby & the Land Pirates | 2014 | USA | Morristown, New Jersey | |
| Sloths | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Slovenly | 1981 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Slow Bongo Floyd | 1990 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Slow Children | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Slow Slushy Boys | 1990 | France | Chambéry | |
| Slowdive | 1989 | UK | Reading | |
| Slub | 1985 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Slug Guts | 2009 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Slugfuckers | 1999 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Slugs | 2018 | UK | London | |
| Slum of Legs | 2013 | UK | Brighton | |
| Slump | 2016 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Slut Magic | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Sly & the Family Stone | 1966 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Sly Dunbar Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespieare |
1970 | Jamaica | ||
| Smack | 1982 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| Smartpills | 1979 | UK | Bath | |
| Smashcords | ||||
| Smashing Orange | 1991 | USA | Wilmington, Delaware | |
| Smegma Smegma & Jozef Van Wissem |
1979 | USA | Pasadena, California | ⇒ Jozef Van Wissem ⇒ Tom Recchion |
| Smersh | 1981 | USA | Piscataway, New Jersey | |
| Smirk | 2020 | USA | Los Angeles & Connecticut | |
| Smith Westerns | 2007 | USA | Chicago | |
| Smithereens | 1980 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Smiths | 1982 | UK | Manchester | |
| Smoke | 1967 | UK | London | |
| Smoke Bellow | 2011 | USA | Baltimore, Maryland | |
| Smokestack Lightnin' | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Art Guy |
| Smokey & His Sister | 1967 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Smokey Haangala | 1976 | Zambia | ||
| Smooch | 2019 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Smoosh | 2000 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Smudge | 1991 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Smurd | 2013 | UK | ||
| Smut | 1990 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Snake & Jet's Amazing Bullit Band | 2003 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Snake Corps | 1984 | UK | Watford | ⇒ Sad Lovers & Giants |
| Snake Flower 2 | 2006 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Snake River Conspiracy | 1996 | USA | California | |
| Snakefinger | 1978 | UK | London | ⇒ Residents |
| Snakes | 1975 | UK | London | |
| Snapped Ankles | 2012 | UK | London | |
| Snapper | 1978 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Snaps | 1965 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Snatch | 1977 | USA | New York | ⇒ Judy Nylon ⇒ Patti Palladin (Flying Lizards) |
| Snatches of Pink | 1985 | USA | California | |
| Sneaks | 2014 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Sneetches | 1985 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Sneeze Attack | 2012 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Sniff & the Tears | 1975 | UK | London | |
| Snipers | 1979 | UK | Oxford | |
| Snivelling Shits | 1977 | UK | ||
| Snog | 1988 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Snooper | 2020 | USA | Memphis Tennessee | AKA Snööpper |
| Snowy Red | 1981 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| So Cow | 2006 | Ireland | Galway | |
| Soap Kills (AKA Soapkills) | 1997 | Lebanon | Beirut | ⇒ Yasmina Hamdan ⇒ Y.A.S. |
| Soap&Skin | 2008 | Austria | Gnas | |
| Soapeyed | 2020 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Social Climbers | 1981 | USA | Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Social Distortion | 1978 | USA | Fullerton, California | |
| Social Security | 1980 | Netherlands | Groningen | |
| Social Spit | 1986 | USA | ||
| Social Stomach | 2017 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Social Unrest | 1979 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Society of the Silver Cross | 2018 | USA | Seattle | |
| Societys Children | 1967 | USA | Chicago | |
| Sodom | 1981 | Germany | Gelsenkirchen | |
| Sods | 1977 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | ⇒ Sort Sol |
| Sodsri Promsakson & Theppon Pedubon | 2007 | Thailand | AKA Sodsri Promseksan & Theppon Pedubon | |
| Soema Montenegro | 2008 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
| Sofa Head | 1987 | UK | Darlington | |
| Sofie | 2020 | USA | Palo Alto | Real name: Sofie Fatouretchi |
| Soft Boys | 1976 | UK | Cambridge | ⇒ Kimberley Rew |
| Soft Cell | 1979 | UK | Leeds | ⇒ Dave Ball ⇒ Marc & the Mambas |
| Soft Drinks | 1980 | UK | ||
| Soft Gang | 2015 | USA | New York | |
| Soft Hair | 2016 | USA | ||
| Soft Metals | 2009 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Soft Moon | 2009 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ Lumerians |
| Soft Tags | 2007 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Soft Verdict | 1982 | Belgium | ||
| Softboiled Eggies | 2006 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sohep | 1981 | USA | Exeter | |
| Soiled Doves | 2000 | USA | Seattle | ⇒ Blood Brothers ⇒ Chromatics |
| SoKo | 2007 | France | Bordeaux | |
| Solarflares | 1998 | UK | ||
| Soldiers of Fortune | 2004 | USA | New York | |
| Sole | 1992 | USA | Portland, Maine | |
| Solex | 1998 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Solid Attitude | 2010 | USA | Iowa | |
| Solid Space | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Solid State Logic | 1991 | UK | ||
| Solstafir | 1994 | Iceland | Reykjavik | |
| Som Imaginario | 1970 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Soma Holiday | 1984 | France | Lyon | |
| Soma Sema | 2011 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Sombear | 2012 | USA | ||
| Some Action | 2003 | USA | ||
| Some Detergents | 1982 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Some Velvet Sidewalk | 1987 | USA | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Someone & the Somebodies | 1981 | USA | Boston | |
| Something Wild | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Somnambulist | 1982 | Belgium | Antwerpen | ⇒ M. Byro & DMT |
| Son of Cowboy Laila | 2005 | Norway | Trondheim | |
| Son Seals | 1974 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Songhoy Blues | 2014 | Mali | Timbuktu | |
| Sonic Avenues | 2006 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Sonic Boom | 1989 | UK | Rugby, Warwickshire | ⇒ Spacemen 3 |
| Sonic Youth | 1981 | USA | New York | ⇒ Lee Ranaldo ⇒ Ciccone Youth ⇒ Thurston Moore ⇒ Kim Gordon |
| Sonicide | 1993 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Sonics | 1963 | USA | Tacoma, Washington | |
| Sonic's Rendez-Vous Band | 1975 | USA | Detroit | |
| Sonido Gallo Negro | 2011 | Mexico | Mexico City | |
| Sonne Hagal | 1992 | Germany | Rathenow, Brandenburg | |
| Sonnenbrandt | 2003 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Sonnets | 2004 | USA | Malmö | |
| Sonny & the Sunsets | 2009 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Sonny Bono | 1965 | USA | Detroit | |
| Sonny Day (AKA Sonny Daye) | 1957 | USA | ⇒ Dave Diddle Day | |
| Sonny Vincent | 1992 | USA | New York | ⇒ Testors |
| Sonoko | 1987 | France | ||
| Sonora Casino | 1964 | Peru | ||
| Sons & Daughters | 2001 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Sons of Hercules | 1992 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Sons of Moon | 2005 | USA | New York | |
| Sons of Otis | 1992 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Sons of Science | 1983 | Italy | AKA Nuclearte | |
| Soom T | 2003 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Soonton Charoogruen | 2007 | Thailand | ||
| Sophia | 1995 | UK | London | |
| Sophia Djebel Rose | 2020 | France | Auvergne | |
| Sophia Kennedy | 2013 | USA | Baltimore | Based in Hamburg, Germany |
| Sophia Knapp | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sophie Ellis-Bextor | 2001 | UK | Middlesex | |
| Sophisticated Boom Boom | 1982 | Switzerland | Büren an der Aare | AKA SBB |
| Sopwith Camel | 1966 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Soraia | 2005 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Sorcerers | 2015 | UK | Leeds | |
| Sore Eros | 2002 | USA | Enfield, Connecticut | |
| Sorelle Kraus | 2003 | Italy | Ferrara | |
| Sornpetch Sornsupan | 1981 | Thailand | ||
| Sorrows (1) | 1963 | UK | Coventry | |
| Sorrows (2) | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Sorry | 1982 | USA | Boston | |
| Sorry Bamba | 1976 | Mali | Mopti | ⇒ L'Orchestre Kanaga de Mopti |
| Sorry Entertainers | 2010 | Denmark | Based in Berlin | |
| Sort Hvide Landskaber | 1981 | Denmark | ||
| Sort Sol | 1977 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | ⇒ Sods |
| Sory Kandia Kouyaté | 1970 | Guinea | ⇒ Les Amazones d'Afrique | |
| Soul Agents | 1964 | UK | Southampton | |
| Soul Assassins | 1986 | USA | New York | |
| Soul Benders | 1967 | USA | Grand Rapids, Michigan | |
| Soul Crap | 2011 | Japan | ||
| Soul Trippers | 1966 | USA | Tampa, Florida | |
| Souljazz Orchestra | 2002 | Canada | Ottawa | |
| Soul-Junk | 1994 | USA | San Diego | |
| Sound | 1979 | UK | London | ⇒ Second Layer |
| Sound Barrier | 1964 | USA | Salem, Ohio | |
| Sound Directions | 2003 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sound Explosion | 1991 | Greece | Athens | |
| Sound Magics | 1963 | Netherlands | Doesburg | |
| Sound of Mull | 1971 | UK | Scotland | |
| Sound of Ruby | 1996 | Saudi Arabia | Damman | |
| Sound Reasons | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sound Station | 2021 | USA | ||
| Sound System | 1969 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Sound Track | 1967 | USA | Kingsport, Tennessee | |
| Soundcarriers | 2007 | UK | Nottingham | |
| Sounds Like Us | 1966 | USA | Duluth, Minnesota | |
| Sounds of Randall | 1966 | USA | ||
| Sounds of Tomorrow | 1964 | USA | Michigan | |
| Sounds Unlimited (1) | 1966 | USA | Florida | |
| Soursob | 2019 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Sounds Unlimited (2) | 1967 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Southern Culture On the Skids | 1983 | USA | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | |
| Southern Death Cult | 1981 | UK | Bradford | ⇒ Getting the Fear ⇒ Death Cult ⇒ Cult |
| Sovetskoe Foto | 1982 | Germany | Rosenheim | |
| Soviet Sex | 1980 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | ⇒ Interior (1) |
| Soviet Soviet | 2008 | Italy | Pesaro | |
| Space Agency | 2002 | UK | Brighton | ⇒ Vibrasonic |
| Space Art | 1977 | France | Paris | |
| Space Cossacks | 1996 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Space Lady | 1990 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Space Negros | 1975 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Spacecraft | 1978 | France | ||
| Spaced | 2015 | USA | Michigan | |
| Spacefuzz | 2020 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Spaceheads | 1990 | UK | ||
| Spacemen 3 | 1982 | UK | Rugby, Warwickshire | ⇒ Sonic Boom |
| Spacious Mind | 1991 | Sweden | ||
| Spades | 1965 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Roky Erickson ⇒ Spades |
| Spandau Ballet | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Spanking Charlene | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| Sparkles | 1962 | USA | Levelland, Texas | |
| Sparklings | 1965 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Sparks | 1972 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Earle Mankey |
| Spartans | 1964 | USA | New York | |
| Spasmodic Caress | 1979 | UK | Clacton-on-Sea | |
| Spastic Rats | 1985 | USA | Annapolis, Maryland | |
| Spats | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Spear of Destiny | 1983 | UK | London | ⇒ Pack (2) ⇒ Theatre of Hate |
| Special Interest | 2016 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Special Pillow | 1994 | USA | Hoboken, New Jersey | |
| Specials | 1977 | UK | Coventry | AKA Coventry Automatics ⇒ Terry Hall ⇒ Rhoda ⇒ Bananarama ⇒ Fun Boy Three |
| Specific Heats | 2004 | USA | Boston | |
| Specimen | 1981 | UK | Bristol | |
| Specters | 1966 | USA | Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| Spectre | 1971 | France | ||
| Spectre Folk | 2007 | USA | Northampton, Massachusetts | |
| Spectres (1) | 1962 | UK | London | Became later Status Quo |
| Spectres (2) | 1998 | USA | Seattle | |
| Spectrum | 1991 | UK | Rugby | |
| Speed the Plough | 1984 | USA | Hackensack, New Jersey | ⇒ Feelies |
| Spektr | 2000 | France | Paris | |
| SPELLLING | 2017 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Spencer Robinson & the Wolf Spiders | 2016 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Lords of Altamont |
| Spencer Spencer | 1981 | Australia | ||
| Sperrmüll | 1972 | Germany | Aachen | |
| Spherical Objects | 1978 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Alternomen Unlimited |
| Spider Bags | 2006 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Spider Rico | 1997 | Netherlands | Den Haag | |
| Spiders (1) | 1961 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Spiders (2) | 2010 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Spiders (3) | 1965 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Spids Nogenhat | 2001 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Spike | 1981 | Netherlands | Leiden | |
| Spike & the Sweet Spots | 2015 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Spike In Vain | 1984 | USA | Ohio | |
| Spilluffe | 1986 | Sweden | ⇒ LAX | |
| Spindrift | 1966 | USA | ||
| Spinners | 1961 | USA | Detroit | AKA Detroit Spinners |
| Spiny Normen | 1976 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Spiral Jetty | 1986 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Spiral Stairs | 2009 | USA | ||
| Spirea X | 1990 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Spires That In the Sunset Rise | 2001 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | ⇒ Ka Baird |
| Spirit | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Spirit Fest | 2017 | Germany | München | ⇒ Notwist |
| Spirit Photography | 2009 | USA | San Diego | |
| Spiritualized | 1989 | UK | Rugby | |
| Spirogyra | 1967 | UK | Bolton | |
| Spitboy | 1992 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Spitfire Boys | 1977 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Spits | 1991 | USA | Michigan | |
| Spiv | 1973 | UK | ||
| Spizzles | 1981 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Athletico Spizz 80 (AKA Spizzenergi) |
| SPK | 1978 | Australia | Sydney | AKA SoliPsiK, Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv, Surgical Penis Klinik &rArr: Graeme Revell |
| Spliffs | 1966 | Australia | Queensland | |
| Split Enz | 1972 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Split System | 2022 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Splodgenessabounds | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Sponsors | 1982 | USA | New York | ⇒ Hand Grenades |
| Spontaneous Generation | 1968 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Spooky Dance Band | 1988 | USA | Bellingham, Washington | |
| Spoon | 1993 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Spoons | 1979 | Canada | Burlington, Ontario | ⇒ Ceramic Hello |
| Sporting Bachelors | 1990 | USA | ||
| Sporting Life | 2015 | USA | New York | |
| Spotting | 2016 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Sprague Brothers | 1999 | USA | Wichita Falls, Texas | |
| Spray Paint Spray Paint With Ben Mackie |
2012 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Contributors ⇒ Protomartyr & Spray Paint ⇒ Winged Wheel |
| Spray Pals | 1982 | USA | Denver | |
| Spread Eagles | 2005 | USA | Lawrence, Kansas | |
| Spread Joy | 2020 | USA | Chicago | |
| Spring Heel Jack | 1993 | UK | London | |
| Sprints | 2020 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Sprung aus den Wolken | 1980 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Alexander Hacke |
| Spur | 1986 | USA | Belleville, Illinois | |
| Spux | 1983 | Germany | ||
| Spylacopa | 2000 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Squarepusher | 1996 | UK | Chalmsford | |
| Squat | 1995 | USA | ||
| Squid | 2016 | UK | Brighton | |
| Squid Diddley | 1983 | UK | ||
| Squires (1) | 1965 | USA | Connecticut | |
| Squires (2) | 1962 | USA | St. Louis | ⇒ Symbols |
| SRC | 2008 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Srch Party | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Srei Sothear & Sin Sisamouth | 1966 | Cambodia | AKA Ros Sereysothea & Sinn Sisamouth, Sin Sisamouth & Rose Sereysothea | |
| SS Till | 1986 | Poland | ||
| Ssion | 2001 | USA | Kentucky | |
| SSQ | 1982 | USA | Fullerton, California | |
| SS-Say | 1983 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | ⇒ Pesteg Dred |
| ST 37 | 1987 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| St. John Green | 1968 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| St. Vitus Dancers | 1982 | UK | ||
| Stabs | 2003 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Staccato du Mal | 2007 | USA | Miami | ⇒ Flesh Graey Display ⇒ Opus Finis |
| Stacian | 2008 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Stack Waddy | 1965 | UK | Manchester | |
| Staer | 2010 | Norway | Stavanger | |
| Staff Benda Bilili | 2003 | Kongo | Kinshasa | ⇒ Mbongwana Star |
| Stained Veil | 1985 | Greece | Thessaloniki | |
| Stag | 2010 | USA | Seattle | |
| Stained Rug Theory | 1986 | USA | ||
| Stains | 1966 | USA | New Haven, Connecticut | |
| Stalin | 1980 | Japan | ||
| Stalins of Sound | 2010 | USA | ||
| Stallion | 2017 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | ⇒ Country Teasers ⇒ Rebel |
| Stampeders (ft. Wolfman Jack) | 1967 | Canada | Calgary | |
| Stan Clear & the Closing Doors | 2022 | USA | ||
| Stan Hubbs | 1982 | USA | Chicago | |
| Standells | 1962 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Standing Waves | 1979 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Stanley Myers | 1966 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Stano | 1982 | Ireland | Dublin | AKA Protagonist 28 Nein ⇒ Threat |
| Stanton Miranda | 1986 | USA | New York | ⇒ Thick Pigeon |
| Star & Dagger | 2012 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Star Feminine Band | 2020 | Benin | Natitingou | |
| Star Spangles | 2000 | USA | Tennessee | |
| Staraya Derevnya | 1999 | Isreal | Tel Aviv | |
| Starfires | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Stargazer Lilies | 2013 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Stark Folk | 2003 | USA | Dayton, Ohio | |
| Stark Reality | 1968 | USA | Boston | |
| Starlets | 1964 | USA | ||
| Starlight Mints | 1996 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Starlite Desperation | 1995 | USA | Monterey, California | |
| Starter | 1981 | Switzerland | Bern | |
| Starvations | 1998 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| State of Art | 1983 | Italy | Milano | ⇒ Der Blaue Reiter (1) |
| State of Mind | 1965 | USA | Wilmington, Delaware | |
| Station 17 | 1990 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Statiqbloom | 2013 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Staynz | 2003 | USA | New York | |
| Steaming Coils | 1985 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Brad Laner |
| Steeds | 2004 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Stefan Christensen & Friends | 2015 | USA | New Haven, Connecticut | |
| Stefan Neville & Greg Malcolm | 2002/1986 | New Zealand | Auckland/Christchurch | |
| Stella Chiweshe | 1987 | Zimbabwe | ||
| Stems | 1984 | Australia | Perth | |
| Stenhjärta | 2024 | Sweden | ||
| Stents | 2012 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Stepford Husbands | 1983 | USA | New York | |
| Stephen Ashman & Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra | 1983 | USA | ||
| Stephen Brodsky | 1999 | USA | Massachusetts | ⇒ Mutoid Man ⇒ Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky |
| Stephen Hamm | 2017 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Stephen Kent | 1990 | UK | Currently Oakland, California | |
| Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks | 2000 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Pavement ⇒ Silver Jews |
| Stephen Spera | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Steppes | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Steppin' Wolf | 2015 | USA | Frankfurt a.M. | |
| Stereo | 1982 | France | Paris | |
| Stereo MC's | 1988 | UK | London | |
| Stereo Total | 1995 | France/Germany/Italy | Based in Berlin | ⇒ Lolitas ⇒ Françoise Cactus |
| Stereolab | 1990 | UK | London | ⇒ McCarthy ⇒ Projects ⇒ Ghost Power |
| Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited | 1998 | Switzerland | Zürich | |
| Stereoscope Jerk Explosion | 2004 | France | ||
| Steroid Maximus | 1990 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Foetus ⇒ Wiseblood |
| Steso Songs | 2006 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Steve Adamyk Band | 2010 | Canada | Ottawa | |
| Steve Ainsworth | 1982 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Steve Combs | 2014 | USA | Cornwall, New York | |
| Steve Diggle | 1981 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Buzzcocks ⇒ Flag of Conveniece |
| Steve Earle | 1983 | USA | Virginia | |
| Steve Fisk | 1980 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Pell Mell ⇒ Anonymous ⇒ Pigeonhead |
| Steve France & the Varatones | 1964 | USA | ||
| Steve Gunn | 2007 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel | 1972 | UK | London | |
| Steve Jansen | 1985 | UK | London | |
| Steve Kekana | 1980 | South Africa | ||
| Steve Kilbey | 1985 | UK | Hertfordshire | Based in Australia ⇒ Baby Grande ⇒ Church ⇒ Hex |
| Steve Lake | 1981 | UK | Oxford | ⇒ Zounds |
| Steve Lawrence | 1957 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Steve Linnegar's Snakeshed | 1989 | South Africa | ||
| Steve Mackay (AKA Steven Mackay) | 2004 | USA | Grand Rapids, Michigans | ⇒ Iggy Pop & the Stooges ⇒ Violent Femmes |
| Steve Masters | 1989 | USA | ||
| Steve Von Till | 2000 | USA | Oakland, California | ⇒ Harvestman ⇒ Neurosis |
| Steve Weber & Junk Hog | 1963 | USA | New York | ⇒ Holy Modal Rounders |
| Steve Wynn Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 |
1990 | USA | California | ⇒ Dream Syndicate ⇒ Gutterball ⇒ 15 Minutes |
| Steven Bernstein | 1999 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Stevens (The Stevens) | 2011 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Stevens & Grdnic | 1977 | USA | Full names: Ron Stevens and Joy Grdnic, comedians | |
| Steves | 1980 | USA | Boston | |
| Stewart Brodian | 1982 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Stick Men With Rayguns | 1981 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Stickers | 2010 | USA | Seattle | |
| Sticks & Stones | 1988 | USA | Bridgewater, New Jersey | |
| Stiff Kittens | 1984 | UK | Leeds | |
| Stiff Love | 2017 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Stiletti-Ana | 2014 | Finland | Helsinki | ⇒ DJ Fett Burger & Stiletti-Ana |
| Still Corners | 2008 | UK | London | |
| Stills | 1981 | UK | Reading | |
| Stina Nordenstam | 1991 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Sting Rays of Newburgh | 1967 | USA | Newburgh, New York | |
| Sting-Rays | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Stink Bugs | 2006 | Australia | Brisbane | ⇒ Shutdown 66 |
| Stiv Bators | 1979 | USA | Ohio | ⇒ Dead Boys ⇒ Lords of the New Church |
| Stoics | 1965 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Stolen Power | 1981 | UK | ||
| Stomachmouths | 1984 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Stompin' Riff Raffs | 2010 | Japan | AKA Stompin' Riffraffs | |
| Stone Axe | 1971 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Stone Breath | 1995 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Stone Coyotes | 1998 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Stone Cutters | 1966 | USA | Georgia | |
| Stone Poneys | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Stone Roses | 1983 | UK | Manchester | |
| Stoneage Hearts | 2002 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Stones | 1982 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Stools | 2017 | USA | Detroit | |
| Stop Communication | 1999 | USA | Ohio | Previously listed as "Radar Secret Service" according to Discogs. According to Bandcamp "Stop Communication" is band name |
| Storm Bugs | 1978 | UK | London | |
| Stormy Six | 1966 | Italy | Milano | |
| Story Tellers | 1967 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Storybook People | 1967 | USA | California | |
| Stowaways | 1967 | USA | ||
| Stragula Stragula & Werner Schröder |
1983 | Germany | ||
| Straight Arrows | 2007 | Australia | Sydney | ⇒ Angie (Angela Bermuda) |
| Strange Boutique | 1987 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Strange Boys | 2007 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Strange Forces | 2010 | Australia | Based in Berlin | |
| Strange Games (Strannye Igry) | 1979 | Russia | St. Petersburg | |
| Strange Girls | 1999 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Strange Nursery | 1989 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Stanger Nation | 1978 | UK | Norfolk | |
| Stranger Still | 1981 | UK | Norfolk | |
| Strangers | 1972 | Nigeria | ||
| Stranglers | 1974 | UK | Guilford | ⇒ Hugh Cornwell |
| Strapping Fieldhands | 1991 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Stratis | 1981 | Germany | Köln | |
| Straw Man Army | 2020 | USA | New York | |
| Strawberry Alarm Clock | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Thee Sixpence |
| Strawbs | 1964 | UK | ||
| Stray Cats | 1979 | USA | Massapequa, New York | ⇒ Bloodless Pharaohs |
| Strays | 2005 | USA/UK/Greece | Los Angeles/London/Athens | |
| Stresovicka Kramle | 2016 | Czechia | Prague | |
| Stress | 1981 | UK | Coventry | |
| STRFKR | 2007 | USA | Portland, Oregon | AKA Starfucker |
| Striborg | 1997 | Australia | Hobart | |
| Strike | N/A | N/A | NON-VERIFIED ARTIST | |
| Strike Under | 1981 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Breaking Circus ⇒ Trial By Fire |
| String & the Beans | 1962 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| String Driven Thing | 1968 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Strings of Consciousness | 2007 | France | Marseille | |
| Stripes | 1979 | Germany | Hagen | |
| Stromae | 2007 | Belgium | Brussels | Origin: Rwanda |
| Struggler | 1979 | Belgium | ||
| Strutz | 1981 | UK | Burntisland, Fife | |
| Stu Spasm | 2014 | Australia | Perth | ⇒ Lubricated Goat ⇒ Beasts of Bourbon |
| Stud Cole | 1963 | USA | Los Angeles | Born in Buffalo NY |
| Student Nurse | 1979 | USA | Seattle | |
| Studio | 2001 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Stupid Set | 1979 | Italy | Bologna | |
| Stupidity | 2005 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Sturm Group | 1983 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Stuyedeyed | 2017 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Styrenes | 1975 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | ⇒ Hudson Styrene ⇒ Easter Monkeys |
| S.U.G.A.R. | 2021 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Sub Verse | 1981 | UK | ||
| Suba | 1999 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | Origin: Novi Sad, Serbia |
| Subarachnoid Space | 1995 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Sub-Division | 2005 | Mexico | Mexico City | |
| Subject | 2001 | Belgium | ⇒ M.A.L. (2) Daniel Malempré | |
| Submarine Races | 2006 | USA | Chicago | |
| Subskin Cables | 1988 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Subsonics | 1992 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Subtonix | 2001 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Jessie Evans ⇒ Vanishing ⇒ Autonervous |
| Suburban Homes | 2014 | UK | Crawley, West Sussex | ⇒ Paul Messis ⇒ Higher State |
| Suburban Lawns | 1978 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Suburbs | 1978 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Subway Surfers | 1989 | Germany | Aurich | |
| Subways | 2004 | UK | Hertfordshire | |
| Successful Failures | 2006 | USA | Trenton, New Jersey | |
| Sudden Infant | 1989 | Switzerland | Basel | |
| Sudeten Creche | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Suede | 1989 | UK | London | ⇒ Elastica |
| Suffering Luna | 1995 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sugai Ken | 2010 | Japan | Kanegawa | |
| Sugar | 1992 | USA | Minneapolis | ⇒ Hüsker Dü |
| Sugar Belly | 1965 | Jamaica | ||
| Sugar Cube Blues Band | 1968 | USA | Grenada, Mississippi | |
| Sugar Minott | 1977 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Sugar Pie De Santo | 1958 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Sugarcubes | 1986 | Iceland | Reykjavik | ⇒ Björk ⇒ KUKL ⇒ Theyr |
| Suicidal Tendencies | 1981 | USA | California | |
| Suicide | 1977 | USA | New York | ⇒ Alan Vega ⇒ Martin Rev ⇒ Marc Hurtado & Alan Vega |
| Suicide Dada | 1986 | Italy | ||
| Suishu No Fune | 1999 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Sukia | 1996 | USA | Camarillo, California | |
| Sukursaal | 1984 | Netherlands | Delft | |
| Sullivan | 1967 | France | Paris | |
| Sultan Bathery | 2012 | Italy | Vicenza | |
| Sultanas | 2005 | USA | ||
| Summoning | 1993 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Sumner | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sun | 2003 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Sun Araw | 2008 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Sun Breaks | 2015 | USA | Seattle | |
| Sun City Girls | 1979 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | ⇒ Alvarius B. (Alan Bishop) ⇒ Sir Richard Bishop ⇒Brothers Unconnected |
| Sun Dial | 1990 | UK | London | ⇒ Modern Art |
| Sun Protection Factor Four (SPF 4) | 2004 | USA | New England | |
| Sunatirene | 2015 | USA | New York | |
| Sunburned Hand of the Man | 1996 | USA | Boston | |
| Suncoil Sect | 1998 | UK | Bristol | |
| Sundae Painters | 2020 | New Zealand | ⇒ Bats, Clean, Tall Dwarfs, Toy Love | |
| Sunday Funnies | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sunday Painters | 1980 | Australia | Wollongong | |
| Sunday Servants | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sunday Sinners | 2004 | Canada | Montral | |
| Sundrops | 1991 | USA | ||
| Sunflower Bean | 2013 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Sunil Ganguly | 1970 | India | ||
| Sunnyboys | 1980 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Sunsets | 1965 | Australia | Newcastle NSW | ⇒ Four Strangers |
| Sunshine | 1995 | Czechia | Tabor | |
| Sunshine & the Rain | 2015 | USA | Jersey City | |
| Sunshine Fix | 1993 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sunwatchers Sunwatchers & Eugene Chadbourne |
2014 | USA | New York | |
| Super Djata Band | 1969 | Mali | Bamako | |
| Super Eagles | 1967 | Gambia | Banjul | |
| Super Heroines | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Christian Death |
| Super Vacations | 2008 | USA | Norfolk, Virginia | |
| Superbs | 1964 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Superchunk | 1989 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Supergrass | 1993 | UK | Oxford | |
| Superhighway Carfire | 1996 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Superkools | 1990 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Superlage | 2005 | Brazil | ||
| Supermayer | 2007 | Germany | Köln | |
| Supermoon | 2015 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Supernaut | 1974 | Australia | Perth | |
| Supersnazz | 1990 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Supersuckers | 1988 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Supreme Dicks | 1982 | USA | Amherst, Massachusetts | |
| Sureshot Symphony | 2007 | USA | California | ⇒ Aloe Blacc |
| Surf Rats | 1988 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Surf Side 6 (AKA Surfside Six) | 1980 | USA | ||
| Surf Trio | 1985 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Surface Music | 1980 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Surfaris | 1962 | USA | Glendora, California | |
| Surfin Caesars | 1990 | Australia | ||
| Surfin' Führers (AKA F/i) | 1982 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Surfmen | 1961 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Lively Ones |
| Surplus Stock | 1979 | UK/Germany | Osnabrück | |
| Surprize (1) | 1980 | Italy | Bologna | |
| Surprize (2) | 1966 | USA | Tampa, Florida | |
| Surrealistic Pillar | 1967 | USA | Lafayette, Louisiana | |
| Survivor | 1978 | USA | Chicago | |
| Susan & the Surftones | 1993 | USA | Rochester, New York | ⇒ Susan SurfTone |
| Susan SurfTone | 2011 | USA | Rochester, New York | ⇒ Susan & The Surftones |
| Suspect Parts | 2008 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Suspects (1) | 1979 | Belgium | ||
| Suspects (2) | 1981 | UK | Norwich | |
| Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz | 1986 | Iran/USA | ||
| Sutekh Hexen | 2011 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Suthep Daoduangmai Band | 1984 | Thailand | Udon Thani | |
| Suttree | 2007 | USA | ||
| Suuns Suuns & Jerusalem In My Heart |
2005 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Suzanne Bouchard | 1967 | Canada | ||
| Suzanne Ciani | 1970 | USA | Boston | |
| Suzanne Mullins | 1961 | USA | ||
| Suzanne Vega | 1985 | USA | California | |
| Suzi Jane Hokom | 1965 | USA | ||
| Suzi Moon | 2021 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Suzy Andrews | 1982 | France | Francescas, Aquitaine | |
| Svalastog | 2005 | Norway | Tromsø | |
| Svart Klovn | 1983 | Norway | Bodo | |
| Svengalisghost | 2012 | USA | Chicago | |
| Svetlanas | 2008 | Italy | Members from Italy & Russia | |
| SVT | 1978 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Swallow | 1990 | UK | London | |
| Swami John Reis | 2015 | USA | San Diego | ⇒ Rocket From the Crypt |
| Swamp Dogg | 1970 | USA | Virginia | |
| Swanks | 1968 | USA | Pennellville, New York | |
| Swans | 1982 | USA | New York | ⇒ Michael Gira ⇒ Angels of Light ⇒ Unsane ⇒ Jarboe |
| Swaydes | 1967 | USA | ||
| Sweeping Promises | 2020 | USA | Boston | |
| Sweet | 1966 | UK | London | |
| Sweet Action | 2007 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Sweet Jesus | 1991 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Sweet Knives | 2016 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Swell | 1989 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Swell Maps | 1972 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Nikki Sudden ⇒ Jowe Head ⇒ Television Personalities ⇒ Phones Sportsman Band |
| Swilson (1) | 2011 | USA | New Jersey | Based in Los Angeles |
| Swilson (2) | 2016 | USA | Texas | |
| Swing Kids | 1994 | USA | San Diego, California | |
| Swinging Blue Jeans | 1962 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Swinging Laurels | 1980 | UK | Leicester | |
| Swinging Machine | 1964 | USA | Chesapeake, Virginia | |
| Swirlies | 1990 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Mice Parade |
| Switch Trout | 1997 | Japan | Yokkaichi, Mie Prefucture | |
| Switchblade Symphony | 1992 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Syd Barrett | 1969 | UK | Cambridge | ⇒ Pink Floyd |
| Sydney Valette | 2011 | France | Paris | |
| Syko Friend | 2012 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Sylford Walker | 1975 | Jamaica | ||
| Sylvain Sylvain | 1979 | USA | New York | ⇒ New York Dolls ⇒ Batusis |
| Sylvia Black Sylvia Black & Lydia Lunch |
2017 | USA | Alabama | AKA Sylvia Gordon ⇒ Betty Black |
| Sylvie Simmons | 2014 | UK | London | Based in USA |
| Symbol Six | 1980 | USA | Santa Monica, California | |
| Symbols | 1965 | USA | Missouri/Illinois | ⇒ Squires (2) |
| Symboter | 1981 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Sympathy Nervous | 1979 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Syndicate | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Synergy | 1975 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Syntax Error | 1981 | Belgium | ||
| Syreeta | 1972 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Syrinx | 1970 | Canada | Toronto | |
| System | 1967 | USA | St. Paul, Minnesota | |
| System 56 | 1981 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| System Exclusive | 2022 | USA | Pasadena, California | |
| Systemaddicts | 2011 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Systems | 1969 | USA | ||
| Systum | 1984 | USA | ||
| SYZ (Screaming Yellow Zonkers) | 2007 | USA | Chicago | |
| T. Raumschmiere | 2000 | Germany | Heidelberg | |
| T. Rex | 1970 | UK | London | ⇒ Marc Bolan |
| T. Swift & the Electric Bag | 1968 | USA | ||
| T.C. Atlantics | 1967 | USA | St. Paul, Minnesota | |
| T.C. Matic | 1980 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| T.J. Hustler Meaphysical Sythesized Orchestra | 1975 | USA | ⇒ Mysterious Minds (AKA Mystic Minds) ⇒ Preacherman | |
| T.R. & the Yardsmen | 1965 | USA | Detroit | |
| T.R.A.S.E. | 1981 | UK | Manchester | AKA Tape Recorder and Synthesizer Ensemble |
| T.S.U.M.A. | 1986 | Latvia | Riga | |
| T-42 | 1987 | Germany | Duisburg | AKA Tea For Two |
| Taarab All Stars (ft. Bi Kidude Baraka) | 1992 | Tanzania | Zanzibar | |
| Table Sugar | 2015 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Tabu | 1982 | Germany | ||
| Tabukah X | 1975 | Nigeria | Lagos | |
| TacocaT | 2007 | USA | Seattle | |
| Tactics | 1977 | Australia | Canberra | |
| Tad | 1987 | USA | Seattle | |
| Take | 1999 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Takeshi Terauchi Takeshi Terauchi & the Blue Jeans Takeshi Terauchi & the Bunnies |
1963 | Japan | Ibaraki | |
| Taki | 2018 | USA | Chicago | Real name Taki Pantos |
| Talib Kweli | 1998 | USA | New York | |
| Talismen | 1965 | USA | Wenatchee, Washington | |
| Talk Normal | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Gold Dime |
| Talk Talk | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Talking Heads | 1975 | USA | New York | ⇒ David Byrne ⇒ Jerry Harrison |
| Tall Birds | 2006 | USA | Seattle | |
| Tall Boys | 1983 | UK | London | ⇒ Meteors ⇒ Legendary Raw Deal ⇒ Clapham South Escalators |
| Tall Days | 2004 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Tall Dwarfs | 1979 | New Zealand | Dunedin | ⇒ Toy Love ⇒ Sundae Painters |
| Tallboys | 2008 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Talmud Beach | 2006 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| Talula Babies (AKA Tulu Babies) | 1964 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Talulah Gosh | 1986 | UK | Oxford | |
| Talvé | 2022 | USA | ||
| Tamaryn | 2009 | New Zealand | Based in Brooklyn NY | |
| Tamikrest | 2010 | Mali | Kidal | |
| Taming the Outback | 1986 | UK | Southend-on-Sea | |
| Tamlins | 1974 | Jamaica | ||
| Tammy & the Bachelors | 1964 | USA | Duluth, Minnestota | |
| Tampere SS | 1983 | Finland | Tampere | |
| Tampoffs | 2003 | USA | New York | |
| Tamrons | 1967 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Tams | 1960 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Tandoori Knights | 2009 | Canada | Montreal | ⇒ Bloodshot Bill |
| Tangerine Dream | 1967 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Edgar Froese ⇒ Klaus Schulze ⇒ Klaus Krüger ⇒ Conrad Schnitzler ⇒ Peter Baumann ⇒ Ulrich Schnauss |
| Tangle | 1966 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Tango Lüger | 1980 | France | Beaune, Bourgogne | ⇒ Lucas Trouble |
| Tanit | 1983 | France | Paris | |
| Tanita Tikaram | 1988 | Germany | Münster | Based in London |
| Tank of Danzig | 1980 | Germany | Koblenz | |
| Tank Shot | 2016 | Germany | Hannover | |
| Tannhäuser Sterben & das Tod | 2008 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Tanya Tagaq | 2005 | Canada | ||
| Tao Chemical | 1982 | USA | Santa Cruz, California | |
| Tao Mao | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Tapes (1) | 1982 | Italy | Genova | |
| Tapes (2) | 2009 | UK | London | |
| Tapes (3) | 1977 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Tapes & Tapes | 2003 | USA | Minneapolis | AKA Tapes 'N' Tapes |
| Tapper Zukie | 1973 | Jamaica | Kingston | Based in UK |
| Tappi Tikarrass | 1981 | Iceland | Reykjavik | ⇒ Björk |
| Tar Halos | 2010 | USA | San Diego | |
| Tara Cross | 1983 | USA | New York | ⇒ Human Flesh |
| Tara Jane O'Neil | 2000 | USA | Chicago | AKA TJO, based in Los Angeles |
| Tara Key | 1993 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Tara King Th. (Tara King Theory) | 1999 | France | ||
| Taragana Pyjarama | 2012 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Taraka | 2021 | USA | New York | ⇒ Prince Rama of Ayaodhya |
| Tarantella | 2002 | USA | Denver | ⇒ Kal Cahoone |
| Tarantulas | 1961 | USA | ||
| Tartan Horde | 1975 | UK | ⇒ Nick Lowe | |
| Tartit | 1992 | Burkina Faso | Based in Timbuktu, Mali | |
| Tarwater | 1995 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Tash Sultana | 2013 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Tasmanians | 1967 | USA | West Palm Beach, Florida | |
| Tattoo Hosts (Tatto Hosts Vision On!) | 1980 | UK | Wakefield | AKA Tattoo Host Vision On! |
| tATu | 1999 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Tau Cross | 2013 | UK | ||
| Tau Ea Lesotho | 1984 | Lesotho | ||
| Taugadeildin | 1981 | Iceland | ||
| Tav Falco & the Panther Burns | 1979 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Alex Chilton ⇒ Lorette Velvette ⇒ Alluring Strange |
| Taxi | 1999 | Italy | Roma | |
| Taxi Girl | 1979 | France | Paris | |
| Taylor Hollingsworth | 2003 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | ⇒ Dexateens |
| Täynnä Uuititsia | 1983 | Finland | ||
| T-Bone Burnett | 1972 | USA | St. Louis | |
| T-Boones | 1984 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Teardrop Explodes | 1978 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Julian Cope⇒ Troy Tate |
| Teardrops | 1966 | USA | Puelbo, Colorado | |
| Tears | 2003 | USA | Algoma, Wisconsin | |
| Tears For Fears | 1981 | UK | Bath | |
| Ted Stilles | 1980 | USA | Montclair, New Jersey | Based in Montreal, Canada |
| Teddy Boys From the Crypt | 1996 | Greece | Athens | |
| Teddybears | 1991 | Sweden | ||
| Tee Vees | 1980 | UK | Luton | |
| Teemates | 1964 | USA | ||
| Teenage Fanclub | 1989 | UK | Bellshill | |
| Teenage Filmstars | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Teenage Jesus & the Jerks | 1976 | USA | New York | ⇒ Lydia Lunch ⇒ Contortions (James Chance) |
| Teenbeats | 1962 | USA | Las Vegas | |
| Teengenerate | 1993 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Teepee | 2008 | USA | Miami | |
| Teeth | 1988 | New Zealand | ||
| Teeth Mountain | 2008 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Teeth of the Sea | 2009 | UK | London | |
| Tegan & Sara | 1995 | Canada | Calgary | |
| Teisco | 1978 | Italy | ⇒ Rimauri | |
| TEKE::TEKE | 2017 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Tekitha | 1997 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Tele Ranch | 2006 | USA | Colorado | |
| Telekrimen | 2000 | Mexico | Ciudad de México | |
| Telepathe | 2004 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Telepathic Butterflies | 2000 | Canada | Winnipeg | |
| Telephone | 1976 | France | ||
| Telescopes | 1988 | UK | London | |
| Television | 1973 | USA | New York | ⇒ Tom Verlaine ⇒ Richard Hell & the Voidoids ⇒ Dim Stars ⇒ Neon Boys |
| Television Personalities | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ Jowe Head ⇒ Palookas ⇒ Swell Maps |
| Television Set | 2002 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Televisionaries | 2014 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Telex | 1978 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Tellavision | 2010 | Germany | Bielefeld | |
| Telstar Drugs | 2012 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Telstar Sound Drone | 2007 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Temper Trap | 2005 | Australia | ||
| Tempers | 2013 | USA | New York | |
| Temple Gates | 1987 | France | ⇒ Lucas Trouble | |
| Temples | 2012 | UK | Kettering, Northamptonshire | |
| Temptations | 1960 | USA | Detroit | ⇒ Barrett Strong |
| Tempters | 1965 | Japan | Saitama | |
| Ten Volt Shock | 2000 | Germany | Freiburg | |
| Ten Years After | 1966 | UK | London | |
| Tenacious D | 1994 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Tenant | 1979 | USA | New York | |
| Tenants | 1981 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Tenko | 1987 | Japan | Tokyo | ⇒ Polka Dot Fire Brigade (Mizutama Shobodan ⇒ Honeymoons |
| Tennessee Ernie Ford | 1949 | USA | Tennessee | |
| Tenor Saw | 1984 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Terakaft | 2001 | Mali | Kidal | |
| Térapi | 1982 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Terminal Fun | 1982 | UK | ||
| Terminal Power Company | 1989 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Terminal Sunglasses | 1983 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Terminal Waste Band | 1997 | USA | New Mexico | Based in California |
| Terminals | 1986 | New Zealand | Christchurch | ⇒ Victor Dimisich Band |
| TERMINATor | 2019 | USA | Seattle | |
| Terranova | 1996 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Terraplanes | 1980 | UK | Somerset | ⇒ Animanls & Men |
| Terrible Truths | 2011 | Australia | ||
| Terry | 1990-ies | USA | Chicago | Singer of unknown identity, many ALIASES ⇒ Arian Sample |
| Terry Britten | 1969 | UK | Manchester | |
| Terry Brooks & Strange | 1973 | USA | Florida | |
| Terry Edwards & the Scapegoats | 1994 | UK | ||
| Terry Hall Terry Hall & Mushtaq |
1989 | UK | London | ⇒ Specials ⇒ Fun Boy Three |
| Terry Knight & the Pack | 1965 | USA | Flint, Michigan | |
| Terry Reid | 1968 | UK | Huntingdon | |
| Terry Riley | 1967 | USA | California | ⇒ John Cale & Terry Riley |
| Tervahäät | 2009 | Finland | ||
| Tèshomè Meteku | 1969 | Ethiopia | AKA Tèshomè Mitiku ⇒ Getatchew Kassa & Soul Ekos Band | |
| Testors | 1975 | USA | New York | ⇒ Sonny Vincent |
| Testpattern | 1982 | Japan | ⇒ Yellow Magic Orchestra | |
| Tétines Noires | 1980 | France | Paris | |
| Tewelde Redda | 1971 | Eritrea | Asmara | Based in Netherlands |
| Tex & the Horseheads | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Texacala Jones |
| Tex Rubinowitz | 1978 | USA | Texas | |
| Tex Soul & the Bayonets | 2012 | USA | ||
| Texacala Jones (& Los Platos) | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Tex & the Horseheads |
| Texas Is the Reason | 1994 | USA | New York | |
| Thalia Zedek Thalia Zedek Band |
2000 | USA | Boston | |
| Thanes | 1986 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | AKA Thanes of Cawdor |
| That Petro Emotion | 1984 | UK | Northern Ireland | Based in London |
| Thavius Beck | 2004 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| The Blue and the Gray | 1966 | USA | Arkansas | |
| The Comet Is Coming | 2013 | UK | London | |
| The Cool and Deadly | 2006 | USA | New York | |
| The Dutchess and the Duke | 2007 | USA | Seattle | |
| The Goat That Went OM | 1980 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| The Lopez | 2013 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud | 1993 | Austria | Vienna | ⇒ Der Blutharsch ⇒ L.A.A. |
| The The | 1979 | UK | London | ⇒ Matt Johnson ⇒ Gadgets |
| The Way We Live | 1966 | UK | Lancashire | ⇒ Tractor |
| Théatre du Chêne Noir d'Avignon | 1971 | France | Avignon | |
| Theatre of Hate | 1980 | UK | London | ⇒ Pack (2) ⇒ Spear of Destiny |
| Theatre of Tragedy | 1993 | Norway | Stavanger | |
| Theatre Royal | 2014 | UK | Medway, Kent | |
| Thee 50's High Teens | 1998 | Japan | Fukuoka | |
| Thee Crucials | 2006 | USA | Milledgeville, Georgia | |
| Thee Electric Bastards | 1999 | USA | Boston | |
| Thee Exciters | 2001 | UK | London | |
| Thee Fine Lines | 2001 | USA | Springfield, Missouri | |
| Thee Flying Carpets | 1990-ies | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Thee Fourgiven | 1984 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Thee Headcoatees | 1991 | UK | Chatham, Kent | ⇒ Ludella Black |
| Thee Headcoats | 1989 | UK | Chatham, Kent | ⇒ Billy Childish |
| Thee Hypnotic Chickens | 2008 | USA | Jackson, Mississippi | |
| Thee Hypnotics | 1988 | UK | High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire | |
| Thee Jezebels | 2015 | UK | ||
| Thee Lordly Serpents | 2004 | USA | St. Louis | ⇒ Nevermores |
| Thee Majesty | 1998 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Genesis Breyer P-Orridge ⇒ Throbbing Gristle ⇒ Psychic TV |
| Thee Midnighters | 1964 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Thee Mighty Caesars | 1985 | UK | Kent | ⇒ Ludella Black |
| Thee Minks | 2004 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Thee MVPs | 2013 | UK | London | |
| Thee Oh Sees (lately AKA Osees) | 1997 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Ziegenbock-Kopf ⇒ Warm Drag ⇒ Brigid Dawson & the Mother's Network ⇒ Damaged Bug ⇒ Bent Arcana |
| Thee Outlets | 2011 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Thee Shams | 2002 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra | 1998 | Canada | Montreal | AKA A Silver Mt. Zion |
| Thee Sixpence | 1965 | USA | Glendale, California | ⇒ Strawberry Alarm Clock |
| Thee Tee Pees | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Thee Tsunamis | 2013 | USA | Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Thee Vicars | 2007 | UK | Suffolk | |
| Thee Wylde Main-iacs | 1982 | USA | Maine | |
| Their Eminence | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Them (1) | 1962 | USA | Cincinnati | |
| Them (2) | 1964 | UK | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ⇒ Belfast Gypsies |
| Them Natives | 2007 | USA | Alabama | |
| Them Two | 1967 | USA | ||
| Them, Themselves Or They | 2008 | USA | ||
| Theo Angell & Tabernacle Hillside Singers | 1994 | USA | Oregon | |
| Theodore Nemy & His Band | 1973 | Nigeria | ||
| Theoreme | 2014 | France | Strasbourg | |
| Theoretical Girls | 1978 | USA | New York | |
| Therapy | 1989 | UK | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Full name: Therapy? |
| Therese Racket | 1983 | France | Toulouse | |
| These Arms Are Snakes | 2002 | USA | Seattle | |
| These Immortal Souls | 1987 | UK | London | ⇒ Mick Harvey ⇒ Rowland S. Howard ⇒ Harry Howard |
| These Trails | 1973 | USA | Hawaii | |
| TheUse TheUse (ft. Rachel Mason) |
2014 | USA | Jersey City | ⇒ Rachel Mason |
| They Might Be Giants | 1982 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Flat Old World |
| They Must Be Russians | 1977 | UK | Windsor | |
| Theyr (Þeyr) | 1980 | Iceland | Reykjavik | ⇒ Sugarcubes ⇒ KUKL |
| Thiago Nassif | 2009 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Thibault | 2020 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| THICK | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Thick Pigeon | 1981 | USA | New York | ⇒ Stanton Miranda |
| Thievery Corporation | 1995 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Thilges | 1999 | Austria | ||
| Thin Lizzy | 1970 | Ireland | Dublin | ⇒ Phil Lynott |
| Thin White Rope | 1984 | USA | California | |
| Thin Yoghurts | 1977 | UK | Carlisle | |
| Things | 2005 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Things to Come | 1965 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Think of One | 1998 | Belgium | Antwerpen | |
| Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 | 1986 | USA | San Fancisco | |
| Thinking Plague | 1982 | USA | Denver | |
| Third Bardo | 1967 | USA | New York | ⇒ Jeff Monn |
| Third Circle | 1985 | UK | Leeds | |
| Third Door From the Left | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ We Be Echo |
| Third Evolution | 1966 | USA | Bronx NY | |
| Third Eye Foundation | 1994 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Matt Elliott ⇒ This Immortal Coil |
| Thirteen At Midnight | 1981 | UK | ||
| This Co. | 2008 | Germany | ||
| This Damn Town | 2005 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| This Eternal Waiting | 1985 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| This Heat | 1975 | UK | London | |
| This Immortal Coil | 2009 | USA | One-off tribute to ⇒ Coil ⇒ Matt Elliott ⇒ Third Eye Foundation | |
| This Kind of Punishment | 1983 | New Zealand | Auckland | ⇒ Peter Jefferies |
| This Mortal Coil | 1983 | UK | London | |
| This Replica | 1987 | UK | Cambridge | |
| Thom Starr & the Galaxies | 1963 | UK | London | |
| Thomas Belhom | 2003 | France | ⇒ Tindersticks | |
| Thomas Dolby | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Thomas Fehlman | 1981 | Switzerland | Founder of "Palais Schaumburg", based in Germany | |
| Thomas Function | 2005 | USA | Huntsville, Alabama | |
| Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments | 1988 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Thomas Leer Thomas Leer & Robert Rental |
1978 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | ⇒ Robert Rental |
| Thomas Mapfumo & the Acid Band Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks United |
1978 | Zimbabwe | ||
| Thomas Nöla (& Son Orchestre) | 2006 | USA | ||
| Thomas System | 1981 | Germany | ||
| Thompson Twins | 1977 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Thonghuad Faited | 2002 | Thailand | ||
| Thongmark Leacha | 2007 | Thailand | ||
| Thor | 1977 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Thor Harris (Thor & Friends) | 2015 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Thorns | 1980-ies | USA | ||
| Those Attractive Magnets | 1979 | UK | Tamworth | |
| Those Fabulous Twatsky Twins | N/A | N/A | ||
| Those Helicopters | 1979 | UK | Maidstone, Kent | |
| Those Intrinsic Intellectuals | 1980 | UK | Inverness, Scotland | |
| Those Rogues (AKA Rogues) | 1967 | Canada | Ontario | |
| Thoughts | 1966 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Threat | 1978 | Ireland | Dublin | ⇒ Stano |
| Three 4 Tens | 1999 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Three Day Stubble | 1980 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Three Dimensions | 1959 | USA | ||
| Three Dog Night | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Three D's (3Ds) | 1988 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Three Johns | 1982 | UK | Leeds | |
| Three Mile Pilot | 1991 | USA | San Diego | |
| Three Nine One (AKA 391) | 1978 | UK | ||
| Three to Forgotten | 2004 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Xeno & Oaklander |
| Throb | 1965 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Throbbing Gristle | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ Psychic TV ⇒ Chris & Cosey ⇒ Cosey Fanni Tutti ⇒ Current 93 ⇒ Genesis Breyer P-Orridge ⇒ Dave Ball ⇒ Chris Carter |
| Thromboes | 2009 | USA | Maryland | |
| Throneberry | 1990 | USA | Cincinnati | |
| Throwing Muses | 1980 | USA | Newport, Rhode Island | |
| Thrum | 1992 | UK | Bellshill | |
| Thunder Gods | 1994 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Thunder Head | 1972 | USA | New York | ⇒ Unsettled Society |
| Thunder Pigs | 2011 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Thunderbeats | 2011 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Thursday's Children | 1966 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Thurston Moore | 1990 | USA | ⇒ Velvet Monkeys ⇒ Sonic Youth ⇒ Dim Stars ⇒ | |
| Thy Catafalque | 1998 | Hungary | Mako | |
| Thy Serpent | 1992 | Finland | Espoo | |
| Tiaras | 1959 | USA | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Tibor Szemsö | 1983 | Hungary | Budapest | |
| Tic Tic | 2017 | Norway | Kristiansand | |
| Tickley Feather | 2007 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Tides In | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Tie Red | 2001 | USA | New York | |
| Tied & Tickled Trio | 1994 | Germany | Weilheim, Bavaria | |
| Tiger Lillies | 1989 | UK | London | ⇒ Sexton Ming & Adrian Stout |
| Tiger Tiger | 2008 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Tigermen | 1964 | USA | Olean, New York | |
| Tigershark | 2007 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Tight Lipped | 2019 | USA | Ashbury Park, New Jersey | |
| Tijuana Panthers | 2009 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Tilahun Gessesse (Tlahoun Gèssèssè) | 1970 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | |
| Tim Callander | 1979 | USA | ||
| Tim Evans | 2014 | Australia | Based in New York | |
| Tim G | 2004 | UK | ||
| Tim Gick | 2017 | USA | Lafayette, Indiana | ⇒ TV Ghost |
| Tim Goss | 2021 | UK | ||
| Time And Temperature | 2007 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Time Beings | 1995 | USA | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | |
| Time Trout | 2023 | USA | ||
| Timebox | 1965 | UK | Southport, Lancashire | |
| Timewellspent | 2004 | USA | ||
| Timi Yuro | 1961 | USA | Chicago | |
| Timmy's Organism | 2009 | USA | Detroit | |
| Timothy & Ms. Pickens With Natural Act | 1976 | USA | ||
| Timothy James | 2017 | USA | Buffalo, New York | |
| Tinariwen | 1982 | Mali | ||
| Tindersticks | 1991 | UK | Nottingham | ⇒ Thomas Belhom |
| Tine Kindermann | 2008 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ John Kruth |
| Tino Contreras | 1953 | Mexico | Ciudad Juarez | |
| Tintern Abbey | 1966 | UK | London | |
| Tiny & Tim | 1958 | USA | ||
| Tiny Desk Unit | 1979 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Timy Tim | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Tiny Topsy | 1957 | USA | Chicago | |
| Tinyfolk | 2006 | USA | Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Tipical Me | 1984 | Spain | ||
| Tired of Triangles | 2016 | USA | Florida | |
| Tirefire | 2008 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Tirogo | 1977 | Nigeria | ||
| Ti-Tho | 1982 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Tits (1) | 2013 | France | Paris | |
| Tits (2) | 1978 | Netherlands | ||
| Tits Up | 2022 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Tiyiselani Vomaseve | 2009 | South Africa | ||
| Titus Turner | 1955 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Tiziano Popoli | 1983 | Italy | Vignola, Emilia-Romagna | |
| Tjolgtjar | 1998 | USA | Decatur, Illinois | ⇒ Xexyz |
| Tjupurru | 2007 | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | |
| TK Webb | 2001 | USA | Kansas City | Based in Brooklyn NY, AKA TK Webb & the Visions |
| TNS | 1972 | USA | Grand Rapids, Michigan | AKA TNS Blues Band |
| To Feed a Neon Forest | 2013 | UK | ||
| To Kill a Petty Bourgoisie | 2003 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Toah Dynamic | 1996 | USA | ||
| Toba Seydou Traore | 2010 | Mali | ||
| Tobacco | 2008 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Tobin Sprout | 1996 | USA | Dayton, Ohio | |
| Todd Clark (Todd Tamanend Clark) | 1976 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Todd Edwards | 1993 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Todd Modes | 2013 | USA | Detroit | |
| Todd Rundgren | 1970 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Tödliche Doris | 1980 | USA | Berlin | ⇒ Wolfgang Müller |
| Together Pangea | 2005 | USA | California | Formerly known as Pangea |
| Toggery Five | 1963 | UK | Manchester | Later called Toggery Soul |
| Toiling Midgets | 1979 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Flipper |
| Tokay Lewis | 1968 | USA | Georgia | |
| Tokow Boys | 1980 | France | ||
| Tokyo All-Star Orchestra | 2002 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Tokyo Kid Brothers | 1968 | Japan | Tokyo | ⇒ Itsuro Shimoda |
| Tollund Men | 2011 | USA | Denver | |
| Tol-Puddle Martyrs | 1966 | Australia | Bendigo | |
| Tom Carr | 1982 | USA | ||
| Tom Dae Turned On | 1970 | USA | Maine | |
| Tom Diabo | 1988 | Germany | Wuppertal | |
| Tom Parrott | 1968 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Tom Recchion | 1982 | USA | Pasadena, California | ⇒ BPepole %rArr; Smegma |
| Tom Robinson (Tom Robinson Band) | 1976 | UK | London | Sometimes referred to as Sector 27 |
| Tom Thumb | 1966 | New Zealand | Wellington | |
| Tom Verlaine | 1979 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Television ⇒ Neon Boys |
| Tom Waits | 1972 | USA | Calfornia | |
| Tom Zé | 1968 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Tomahawk | 1999 | USA | Nashville Tennessee | ⇒ Mike Patton ⇒ Fantômas ⇒ Faith No More |
| Tomb Weavers | 2013 | USA | California | |
| Tombstone Ramblers | 2012 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Tombstones | 1966 | USA | ||
| Tomek | 1983 | USA | New York | ⇒ Model Citizens |
| Tomer Yosef | 2002 | Isreal | ||
| Tommy & the True Blue Facts | 1968 | USA | California | |
| Tommy Blake | 1957 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Tommy Bruce & the Bruisers | 1958 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Tommy Curtis | 1965 | USA | ||
| Tommy Guerrero | 1997 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Tommy James & the Shondells | 1960 | USA | Michigan | |
| Tommy Jay | 1986 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | ⇒ Mike Rep & the Quotas |
| Tommy Tornado | 2009 | Netherlands | Haarlem | |
| Tomorrow's Caveman | 2001 | USA | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Tom-Tom Club | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Tone Dogs | 1988 | USA | Seattle | |
| Tone Set | 1981 | USA | Arizona | |
| Tones On Tail | 1982 | UK | Northampton | ⇒ Bauhaus |
| Tonetraeger | 2002 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Tonetta | 2010 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Toni Daly | 1966 | UK | ||
| Tonto & the Renegades | 1963 | USA | Grand Ledge, Michigan | |
| Tony & the Monstrosities | 1960 | USA | AKA Tony's Monstrosities | |
| Tony Allen | 1975 | Nigeria | Lagos | Based in Paris |
| Tony Benjamin | 1980 | UK | Ilford | ⇒ Reggae Regular |
| Tony Brook & the Breakers | 1964 | USA | ||
| Tony Dee | 1966 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Tony Evans Band | 1967 | UK | ||
| Tony Papa | 1984 | USA | ||
| Tony Tears | 1988 | Italy | Genova | |
| Tony Whittaker | 1981 | UK | ||
| TootArd | 2011 | Palestine | West Bank | |
| Topolinos | 1981 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Torche | 2005 | USA | Miami | |
| Tori Amos | 1991 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Torment | 1985 | UK | London | |
| Tormentor | 1987 | Hungary | ||
| Tormentos | 2001 | Argentine | Buenos Aires | |
| Torn Memory | 1986 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Tornadoes | 1962 | USA | California | |
| Tornados | 1961 | UK | London | ⇒ Billy Fury |
| Torques | 1964 | USA | ||
| Torquetts (AKA Torquettes) | 1962 | USA | El Paso, Texas | |
| Tors of Dartmoor | 1991 | Germany | Stuttgart | |
| Tortoise | 1993 | USA | Chicago | |
| Toscho (Todor Todorovic) | 1988 | Germany | Origin: Jugoslavia | |
| Total Chaos | 1992 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Total Control | 2008 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Eddy Current Suppression Ring ⇒ Lace Curtain ⇒ Mikey Young |
| Totally Mild | 2015 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Touch-Me-Nots | 2006 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra | 1988 | Mali | Bamako | |
| Toumast | 2006 | Lybia | Based in France | |
| Tournament | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| Towanda | 2015 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Tower Recordings | 1994 | USA | New York | ⇒ Matt Valentine ⇒ MV & EE |
| Towerbrown | 2009 | France | Grenoble | |
| Toxenes | 2017 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Toxin III | 1979 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Toy Dolls | 1979 | UK | Sunderland | |
| Toy Love | 1978 | New Zealand | Auckland | ⇒ Tall Dwarfs ⇒ Sundae Painters |
| Toyah Wilcox (AKA Toyah) | 1979 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Toylets (AKA Toilets) | 1980 | Netherlands | Sneek, Friesland | |
| Toys Went Berserk | 1985 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Tozcos | 2015 | USA | Santa Ana, California | |
| Tracey Thorn | 1982 | UK | Hatfield, Hertfordshire | ⇒ Marine Girls |
| Tractor | 1972 | UK | Lancashire | ⇒ The Way We Live |
| Tracy Bryant | 2014 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Tracy City | 2022 | USA | New York | |
| Träd, Gräs och Stenar | 1969 | Sweden | Stockholm | ⇒ International Harvester ⇒ Träden |
| Träden | 2018 | Sweden | Stockholm | ⇒ International Harvester ⇒ Träd, Gräs och Stenar |
| Tradewinds | 1965 | USA | New York | |
| Traffic Sound | 1968 | Peru | Lima | |
| Tragic Mulatto | 1983 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Traits | 1966 | USA | Pelham, New York | |
| Tralala Blip | 2008 | Australia | Lismore | |
| Träneninvasion | 1980 | USA | Düsseldorf | |
| Trans Am | 1990 | USA | Bethesda, Maryland | |
| Trans Upper Egypt | 2011 | Italy | Roma | |
| Trans-Atlantic Subway | 1968 | USA | ||
| Transistors (1) | 1979 | USA | Boulder, Colorado | |
| Transistors (2) | 2008 | New Zealand | Christchurch | |
| Transistors (3) | 1999 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Translator | 1982 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Translola | 2008 | Poland | Krakow | |
| Transmisia | 1981 | Croatia | Rijeka | |
| Transmission | 1980-ies | N/A | ||
| Transmitters | 1977 | UK | London | |
| Transparent Illusion | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Trans-X | 1981 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Trash (1) | 1991 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Trash (2) | 1970 | Germany | ||
| Trash Bags | 2019 | USA | New York | |
| Trash Company | 1975 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Trash Kit | 2009 | UK | London | |
| Trashmen | 1962 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Trauma Harness | 2011 | USA | Belleville, Illinois | |
| Traumahelikopter | 2010 | Netherlands | Groningen | |
| Travis Pike's Tea Party | 1967 | Canada | Ontario | |
| Travis Wammack | 1964 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Trav'lers | 1967 | USA | Long Island, New York | |
| Travo | 2018 | Portugal | Braga | |
| Tredje Mannen | 1982 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Tree | 1967 | USA | Wilmington, Delaware | |
| Treepeople | 1987 | USA | Boise, Idaho | |
| Trees | 1968 | USA | Trenton, New Jersey | |
| Trees Speak | 2017 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Treez | 1966 | USA | ||
| Trembles | 1985 | USA | ||
| Tremolo Beer Gut | 1998 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Tremolons | 1963 | USA | Niles, Michigan | ⇒ Luv'd Ones |
| Tremors | 1965 | USA | Urbana, Ohio | |
| Tres | 1982 | Sweden | Landskrona | |
| Trevor McNamara | 1969 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Trial | 1983 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Trial By Fire | 1981 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Strike Under |
| Triangle | 1967 | USA | Connecticut | |
| Tribe (1) | 1987 | USA | Boston | |
| Tribe (2) | 1966 | USA | Michigan | |
| Tribe 8 | 1991 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Tribecastan | 2007 | USA | New York | ⇒ John Kruth |
| Tricky | 1993 | UK | ⇒ Martina Topley-Bird ⇒ Nearly God | |
| Triffids | 1978 | Australia | Perth | |
| Trillion Catz | 2015 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Trin Tran | 2003 | USA | Madison, Wisconsi | |
| Trio | 1980 | Germany | Niedersachsen | |
| Triple Thick | 2001 | USA | Boston | |
| Triplum | 1996 | Germany | ||
| Tripod Jimmy | 1981 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Trippo Marx | 2011 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Triptides | 2010 | France | Paris | |
| Trisomie 21 | 1983 | France | Lille | |
| Tristan T | 1982 | Denmark | Haderslav | |
| Tristwch Y Fenywod | 2022 | UK | Leeds | |
| Trivalia | 1986 | Serbia | Nis | |
| Trixie & the Trainwrecks | 2012 | USA | San Francisco | AKA Trixie Trainwreck No Man Band |
| Trixie Smith | 1922 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Trizo 50 | 1974 | USA | Missouri | |
| Trodden Path | 1965 | USA | Wisconsin | |
| Troggs | 1966 | UK | Andover | |
| Troll | 1996 | Australia | ||
| Trolley | 1966 | USA | Seattle | |
| Trolls (1) | 1964 | USA | California | |
| Trolls (2) | 1964 | USA | Colorado | |
| Tropic of Cancer | 2009 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Tropical Fuck Storm | 2017 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Tropical Skinbyrds | 2015 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Tropical Trash | 2010 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Tropical Thaitii Granda Banda | 1969 | Poland | Krakow | |
| Tropicana Fishtank | 1985 | UK | ||
| Trost | 2003 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Cobra Killer |
| Trouble | 2017 | USA | ||
| Troy Gregory & the Stepsisters | 2005 | USA | Detroit | ⇒ Crime & the City Solution ⇒ Dirtbombs |
| Troy Tate | 1981 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Teardrop Explodes ⇒ Fashion |
| Troyes | 1966 | USA | Battle Creek, Michigan | |
| Truants | 1963 | USA | California | |
| True West | 1982 | USA | California | ⇒ Russ Tolman |
| Trust (TR/ST) | 2009 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Truth | 1965 | UK | London | |
| Truth & Janey | 1972 | USA | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | |
| Truth Club | 1979 | USA | ||
| Tryfles | 1985 | USA | New York | |
| Trypes | 1984 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Glenn Mercer ⇒ Feelies |
| TS1 | 2008 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Tsehaytu Beraki | 1972 | Eritrea | Based in Rotterdam | |
| Tsembla | 2009 | Finland | Turku | |
| Tshegue | 2017 | France | Paris | |
| Tshetsha Boys | 2008 | South Africa | AKA Tshe-Tsha Boys | |
| TSOL | 1978 | USA | Huntington Beach, California | AKA T.S.O.L., True Sounds of Liberty |
| Tsunami | 1990 | USA | Arlington, Virginia | |
| TT Reuter | 1978 | Sweden | Lund | |
| Tueurs de la Lune de Miel | 1977 | Belgium | Brussels | ⇒ Honeymoon Killers |
| Tuff Sherm | 2012 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Tuff Sunshine | 2012 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Tujiko Noriko | 2000 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Tulipomania | 2002 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Tumido | 2002 | Austria | ||
| Tuna Helpers | 2002 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Tunji Oyelana & the Benders | 1974 | Nigeria | ||
| Tunnels | 2005 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Eternal Tapestry |
| Turbo Fruits | 2006 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Turing Machine | 1998 | USA | New York | |
| Turkey Bones & the Wild Dogs | 1983 | UK | Perth, Scotland | |
| Turn Me On Dead Man | 2000 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Turpentine Brothers | 2005 | USA | Boston | |
| Turqouiz Nois (AKA Sweat Lodge) | 2013 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Turquoise Days | 1981 | UK | Jersey | |
| Turtles | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Crossfire |
| Turzi | 2005 | France | Versailles | |
| Tusia Beridze | 2007 | Georgia | Tbilisi | |
| Tusk | 1997 | USA | Evanston, Illinois | |
| Tusk Lord | 2004 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Tuxedomoon | 1977 | USA | San Francisco | At times based in Belgium ⇒ Winston Tong |
| TV Babies | 1980 | USA | ||
| TV Colours | 2010 | Australia | Canberra | |
| TV Ghost | 2006 | USA | Lafayette, Indiana | ⇒ Tim Gick |
| TV Moms | 2016 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| TV Smith | 1983 | UK | Devon | ⇒ Adverts |
| TV Toy | 1975 | USA | New Jersey | |
| TV21 | 1980 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Twa Toots | 1986 | UK | Kent | |
| Twee Belgen | 1982 | Belgium | Gent | AKA 2 Belgen |
| Tweeds | 1977 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Twelve Cubic Feet | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Twerps | 2008 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ J. McFarlane's Reality Guest |
| Twice A Man | 1981 | Sweden | Göteborg | ⇒ Lars Falk ⇒ Cosmic Overdose |
| Twilight Circus Twilight Circus Dub Sound System |
1995 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Twilight Ritual | 1982 | Belgium | ⇒ Autumn ⇒ Linear Movement | |
| Twin Guns | 2011 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Twin Temple | 2017 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Twin Tribes | 2018 | USA | Brownsville, Texas | |
| Twine (1) | 1997 | USA | Kent, Ohio | |
| Twine (2) | 2014 | USA | Florida | |
| Twink | 1970 | UK | Essex | |
| Twinkle Brothers Twinkle Brothers & Trebunie Tutki |
1962 | Jamaica | Falmouth | |
| Twinsistermoon | 2007 | France | Bretagne | |
| Twisted | 1984 | USA | New York | |
| Twisted Nerve | 1982 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Two Daughters | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Two One Six | 2014 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Two Seconds | 2006 | USA | California | |
| Ty Segall | 2007 | USA | California | ⇒ Epsilons |
| Ty Wagner | 1966 | USA | Buffalo, New York | |
| Tyde | 1969 | USA | Burlington, Iowa | |
| Tyler Keith Tyler Keith & the Apostles |
2001 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Tyme | 1966 | USA | ||
| Tyndall | 1980 | Germany | ||
| Tyrades | 2001 | USA | Buffalo, New York | Based in Chicago |
| Tyrone Evans | 1969 | Jamaica | ⇒ Paragons | |
| Tyvek | 2004 | USA | New York | ⇒ Winged Wheel |
| Tzusing | 2014 | Malaysia | Based in Shanhai & Taipei | |
| U 2 | 1976 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| U 96 | 1991 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| U. Brown | 1976 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| U. Roy | 1970 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| U.F.C. (Under Fashist Control) | 2000 | USA | Florida | Based in New York |
| U.K. Subs | 1976 | UK | London | |
| U.S. Bonds (AKA Gary U.S. Bonds) | 1960 | USA | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| U.S. Girls | 2007 | USA | Chicago | Based in Toronto |
| U.V. Pop | 1981 | USA | Sheffield | |
| UB 40 | 1978 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Ueh | 2002 | France | Toulouse | |
| UFO | 1969 | UK | Enfield, Middlesex | |
| Ufomammut | 1999 | Italy | Tortona | |
| Ugly Beats | 2004 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Ugly Custard | 1970 | UK | London | ⇒ Alan Parker |
| Ugly Ducklings | 1965 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Uh Bones | 2012 | USA | Chicago | |
| Uiutna | 2010 | UK | Bristol | |
| Uj Látásmód Fúzió | 2010 | Hungary | ||
| UK Decay | 1977 | UK | Luton | |
| Ulan Markhor | 2012 | USA | Fullerton, California | |
| Ulrich Schnauss | 2001 | Germany | ||
| Ultimate Spinach | 1967 | USA | Bostoon | ⇒ Nervous Eaters ⇒ Saint Steven |
| Ultimatome | 1993 | France | ||
| Ultra (AKA Ultrafine Sugar) | 1986 | USA | ||
| Ultra Five (AKA Ultra 5) | 1988 | USA | New York | |
| Ultra Mates | 1962 | USA | ||
| Ultra Vivid Scene | 1987 | USA | New York | |
| Ultravox | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ John Foxx |
| Ulver With Siri Stranger | 1992 | Norway | Oslo | |
| Uman | 1992 | France | ||
| Umberto | 2008 | USA | Kansas City | |
| U-Men | 1981 | USA | Seattle | |
| Umlauts | 2021 | UK | Stroud | |
| Un Département | 1980 | France | Orléabs | |
| Una Bestia Incontrolable | 2012 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Uncalled For | 1966 | USA | Tennessee | ⇒ Great Lakes |
| Unclaimed | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Uncle Acid | 2009 | UK | Cambridge | |
| Under Midnight | 1992 | USA | ||
| Under the Hills and Nearby | 2013 | UK | ||
| Under Two Flags | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Undercat & the Dragons | N/A | N/A | ||
| Underdogs | 1965 | USA | Grosse Poine, Michigan | |
| Underground Failure | 1969 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Underground Life | 1977 | Italy | Monza | |
| Underground Lovers | 1989 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Underground Set | 1970 | Italy | Genova | |
| Undergrünnen | 2015 | Norway | Haugesund | |
| Undernation | 1991 | USA | ||
| Undertakers (1) | 1966 | USA | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Undertakers (2) | 1961 | UK | Liverpool | AKA Takers |
| Undertones | 1975 | UK | Derry, Northern Ireland | |
| Unearth Noise | 2014 | USA | Montclair, New Jersey | ⇒ Dreamspeak |
| Unfolding | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Unidentified Man | 2013 | Belgium | Antwerpen | |
| Uniform | 2013 | USA | New York | |
| Union 13 | 1997 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Union Carbide Productions | 1986 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Uniques | 1961 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Unit Four Plus Two | 1963 | UK | Hertfordshire | |
| United Space League | 2010 | USA | ||
| United States of America | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Units | 1978 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Unknown Cambodian Artist | N/A | Cambodia | ||
| Unknown Gender | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | 2010 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Unknowns | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Unleashing My Demons | 2014 | Romania | Focsani | |
| Unloved | 2015 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Unnatural Axe | 1977 | USA | Dorchester, Massachusetts | |
| Unovidual | 1980 | Belgium | Aalter | ⇒ Absolute Body Control ⇒ Klinik |
| Unrelated Segments | 1967 | USA | Taylor, Michigan | |
| Unrequited Loves | 2005 | USA | Tampa, Florida | |
| Unrest Work & Play | 1982 | UK | Bournemouth | ⇒ Chris Fraser |
| Unsane | 1988 | USA | New York | ⇒ Swans |
| Unseen | 1993 | USA | Boston | |
| Unsettled Society | 1969 | USA | New York | ⇒ Thunder Head |
| Unsemble | 2013 | USA | ⇒ Alexander Hacke | |
| Unskilled Lab | 2015 | Japan | ||
| Unspeakable Practices | 2015 | USA | ||
| Unspoken Things | 2005 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Untamed Youth | 1988 | USA | Columbia, Missouri | ⇒ Deke Dickerson |
| Unter den Linden | 1980 | Sweden | Karlshamn | |
| Unto Others | 2020 | USA | Portland Oregon | ⇒ Idle Hands (2017-20) |
| Untouchables | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Unusuals | 1965 | USA | Bellingham, Washington | |
| Unwound | 1991 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Upper Wilds | 2017 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Upright Citizens | 1981 | Germany | Bottrop | |
| Uprisers | 1964 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Uproar | 1982 | UK | Durham | |
| Upside Down House | 1982 | Australia | ||
| Uptempo Players | 2002 | UK | ||
| Uptight (1) | N/A | USA | ||
| Uptight (2) | 2003 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Urbain Autopsy | 1983 | France | Bourgogne | |
| Urban Dance Squad | 1986 | Netherlands | Utrecht | |
| Urban Dentist | 2017 | Sweden | AKA Urban:Dentist | |
| Urbane Gorillas | 1981 | UK | Blackpool | |
| Urdog | 2002 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Ure Thrall | 1995 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Urfaust | 1999 | Netherlands | Asten | |
| Urges | 2004 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Urlaub In Polen | 1999 | Germany | Köln | |
| Urna Chahar-Tugchi | 1998 | Mongolia | ||
| Urochromes | 2015 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Ursula 1000 | 1998 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| US Bombs | 1993 | USA | California | |
| US Chaos | 1984 | USA | New Jersey | |
| US Maple | 1995 | USA | Chicago | |
| Usch | 1979 | Sweden | ||
| Use of Ashes | 1990 | Netherlands | Nijmegen | ⇒ Mekanik Kommando |
| Useless Eaters | 2009 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Ut | 1978 | USA | New York | |
| Ute Lemper | 1986 | Germany | M¨nster | Based in New York |
| Uter | 1999 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Uther Pendragon | 2000 | Luxembourg | Steinheim | |
| UUUU | 2017 | UK | ⇒ Coil ⇒ Wire | |
| Uz Jsme Doma | 1985 | Czechia | Teplice | |
| Uzeda | 1991 | Italy | Catania | |
| Uzi | 1986 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Thalia Zedek (Band) |
| V.E.X. | 2013 | USA | Oakland, California | AKA Ventiloquest Ectoplamsold Xanaxax AKAVortex Empath Xen ⇒ Moira Scar |
| Vacation Club | 2011 | USA | Indianapolis | |
| Vactrol Park | 2015 | UK | London | |
| Vader | 1983 | Poland | Olsztyn, Mazurka | |
| Vagrants | 1964 | USA | Forest Hills, New York | |
| Vain Aims | 1979 | UK | Cardiff, Wales | |
| Vainica Doble | 1971 | Spain | ||
| Val Denham Val Denham & Farmacia Val Denham With Geese |
2007 | UK | Leeds | ⇒ Geese (AKA 3eese) |
| Val Rogolino (AKA Kath) | 1974 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Valen | 2016 | USA | Reno, Nevada | |
| Valentines | 2000 | Italy | Bologna | |
| Valentinos | 1962 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | ⇒ Bobby Womack |
| Valerie June | 2006 | USA | Jackson, Ohio | |
| Valerie Project | 2007 | USA | Philadelphia | ⇒ Greg Weeks ⇒ Orion Rigel Dommisse |
| Valet | 2006 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Vampires | 1971 | South Africa/India | ||
| Van der Graaf Generator | 1967 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Peter Hammill |
| Van Dykes (AKA Vandykes) | 1984 | USA | ||
| Van Kaye & Ignit | 1980 | Netherlands | Arnhem | |
| Vandals (1) | 1965 | USA | Florida | |
| Vandals (2) | 1966 | USA | Georgia | |
| Vandelles | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Vanessa | 2021 | Brazil | ||
| Vangelis | 1973 | Greece | ⇒ Odyssey (1) | |
| Vanilla Trainwreck | 1988 | USA | Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| Vanishing | 2000 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Subtonix ⇒ Jessie Evans ⇒ Autonervous |
| Vanishing Twin | 2015 | UK | London | |
| Vanity Fair | 1962 | UK | Kent | |
| Vanja Sky | 2017 | Croatia | Zagreb | |
| Vapid | 2008 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Vaqueros | 1964 | USA | Minnesota | |
| Varsovia | 2014 | Peru | Lima | |
| Värttinä | 1983 | Finland | Rääkkylä | |
| Varve | 1982 | USA | Denver | |
| Vaselines | 1987 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Vector Command | 2018 | USA | ||
| Vectors (1) | 1964 | USA | Chicago | |
| Vectors (2) | 1968 | USA | Missouri | |
| Veda | 1987 | UK | London | |
| VeeDee | 2000 | USA | Chicago | |
| Vegamatic | 1982 | USA | West Virginia | |
| Veil | 1984 | UK | London | |
| Vejtables | 1964 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Veldt | 1981 | UK | Carlisle | |
| Velma | 1996 | Switzerland | Lausanne | |
| Velocity Girl | 1989 | USA | Maryland | ⇒ Black Tambourine |
| Velvet Condom | 2005 | France | Strasbourg | |
| Velvet Illusions | 1966 | USA | Yakima, Washington | |
| Velvet Monkeys | 1980 | USA | New York | ⇒ Thurston Moore |
| Velvet Underground | 1965 | USA | New York | ⇒ John Cale ⇒ Moe Tucker ⇒ Nico ⇒ Henry Flynt |
| Velvetones (1) | 1964 | USA | Palmdale, California | |
| Velvetones (2) | 1967 | USA | ||
| Vena | 1984 | Italy | Ancona | |
| Vendettas (1) | 1980 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Vendettas (2) | 1997 | USA | Georgia | |
| Venice Dawn | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Adrian Younge |
| Venise (1) | 1984 | Italy | Venezia | |
| Venise (2) | 1982 | France | ||
| Venom | 1980 | UK | Newcastle | |
| Venom P. Stinger | 1986 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Mick Turner |
| Ventre de Biche | 2011 | France | Strasbourg | |
| Ventures | 1959 | USA | Seattle | AKA Versatiles |
| Venus Beads | 1988 | UK | Stoke-On-Trent | |
| Venus Fly Trap One Girl Band (AKA Ramona Tornadita) | 2008 | France | ||
| Venus Flytrap | 1967 | USA | California | |
| Venus Gang | 1978 | France | ⇒ Jean-Pierre Massiera | |
| Vera Norea | 2018 | Sweden | ||
| Vera Sola | 2017 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Verge | 1982 | USA | Albany, New York | |
| Verlaines | 1980 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Verma | 2010 | USA | Chicago | |
| Vermillion Sands | 2008 | Italy | Treviso | |
| Vermooste Vløten | 1995 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Vero | 2020 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Veronica Falls | 2009 | UK | London | |
| Veronica Lipgloss & the Evil Eyes | 2003 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Version City Rockers | 1998 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Versus | 1990 | USA | New York | |
| Vert | 1996 | UK | Portsmouth | |
| Vertacyn Arc Materializer | 2018 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Vertebrats | 1978 | USA | Illinois | |
| Vertical Pillows | 1985 | USA | Detroit | |
| Vertigo | 1988 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Veruca Salt | 1993 | USA | Chicago | |
| Verve | 1991 | UK | Manchester | |
| Verzerk | 1991 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Vesna | 1998 | Russia | St. Petersburg | |
| Vessel | 2011 | UK | Bristol | |
| Vestells | 1967 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Vetiver | 2002 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Devendra Banhart |
| Vex | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Vex Ruffin | 2011 | USA | California | |
| Via Láctea | 1990 | Mexico | ||
| VHS Death | 2019 | UK | London | AKA VHS¥DEATH |
| Via Tania | 2001 | Australia | ||
| Viagra Boys | 2016 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Vialka | 2002 | France | Auvergne | |
| Vibes | 2009 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Vibo | 1983 | Belgium | ||
| Vibragun | 2012 | USA | Seattle | |
| Vibrant Fiasco | 1980 | USA | ||
| Vibrant Thigh | 1979 | UK | Manchester | |
| Vibraslaps (1) | 1985 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Vibraslaps (2) | 1993 | Belgium | AKA Catherine Jauniaux & Ikue Mori ⇒ Hat Shoes, Work, Aksak Maboul | |
| Vibrasonic | 1990 | UK | Brighton | ⇒ Space Agency |
| Vibrasonics | 1966 | USA | ||
| Vibrators | 1976 | UK | London | |
| Vic Chesnutt | 1990 | USA | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Vic Godard & the Subway Sect | 1976 | UK | London | |
| Vice Squad | 1978 | UK | Bristol | |
| Vice Versa | 1978 | UK | Sheffield | ⇒ ABC |
| Viceroys (1) | 1962 | USA | Chicago | |
| Viceroys (2) | 1958 | USA | Seattle | |
| Vicious Pink Phenomena Vicious Pink |
1981 | UK | Leeds | As of 1984 named Vicious Pink |
| Vicky & the Vengents | 2008 | USA | California | |
| Victims | 1976 | USA | New York | |
| Victor Brady | 1965 | USA | St. Croix, Virgin Islands | |
| Victor Dimisich Band | 1982 | New Zealand | christchurch | |
| Victoria Harper | 1984 | UK | ||
| Victors | 1964 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Victory At Sea | 1996 | USA | Boston | |
| Vid Libert | 2005 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Video | 2011 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Video Natives | N/A | N/A | ||
| Vidna Obmana | 1985 | Belgium | Antwerpen | |
| Vietnam Veterans | 1982 | France | Dijon | ⇒ Lucas Trouble |
| View | 1982 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Vigil | 1986 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Vigilantes | 2011 | Puerto Rico | San Juan | |
| Viktimized Karcass | 1987 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Viletones | 1977 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Village Outcast | 1966 | USA | Delaware | |
| Ville Fantôme | 2014 | France | Strasbourg | |
| Villenettes | 2013 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Vin Matteo | 2016 | USA | ||
| Vincas | 2012 | USA | Athens, Georgia | |
| Vince Mack Mahon | 2009 | Ireland | ||
| Vince Taylor & His Playboys | 1961 | UK | London | |
| Vincent K. | 2007 | Netherlands | Tilburg | |
| Vini Vidi Vici [ft. Princess Demeny] | 1989 | Canada | Montreal | ⇒ Princess Demeny |
| Vinny Club | 1983 | Ireland | Wexford | |
| Vintage Live | 2001 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Vinyl Records | 2010 | New Delhi | India | |
| Violators | 1979 | UK | Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire | |
| Violent Femmes | 1980 | USA | Milwaukee | ⇒ Steve Mackay (AKA Steven Mackay) ⇒ Night Crickets |
| Violent Squid | 2003 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Violet Stigmata | 1999 | France | Besançon | |
| Violet Temple | 2012 | Italy | ||
| Virgil Warner & Suzi Jane Hokom | 1968 | USA | ||
| Virgin Insanity | 1971 | USA | Richardson, Texas | |
| Virgin Prunes | 1977 | Ireland | Dublin | ⇒ Princess Tinymeat |
| Virginia Dare | 1993 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Virginia Trance | 2014 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Psychic Ills |
| Virginia Wing | 2012 | UK | Manchester | Origin: London ⇒ Jane Weaver (ft. Virginia Wing) |
| Virgins | 2006 | USA | New York | |
| Virna Lindt | 1981 | Sweden | Lund | |
| Virus (1) | 1971 | Germany | Bielefeld | |
| Virus (2) | 1984 | Brazil | ||
| Vis A Vis | 1975 | Ghana | Kumasi | |
| Visage | 1978 | UK | London | ⇒ Barry Adamson ⇒ Ultravox ⇒Siouxsie & the Banshees ⇒ Magazine |
| Visible | 1981 | France | Troyes | |
| Visible Targets | 1980 | USA | Seattle | |
| Vision Baroque | 1984 | France | ||
| Vision Heat | 2015 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Blanketship |
| Vision On | 1980 | UK | ||
| Visionist | 2011 | UK | London | |
| Visitor (1) | 1980 | Netherlands | Gauw | |
| Visitor (2) | 2017 | Canada | Edmonton | |
| Visitors (1) | 1978 | Australia | Sydney | ⇒ Deniz Tek |
| Visitors (2) | 1979 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Visitors (3) | 1974 | France | ⇒ Jean-Pierre Massiera | |
| Vita Noctis | 1981 | Belgium | Vilvoorde | |
| Vital Excursions | 1982 | UK | ||
| Vital Idles | 2015 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Vitalic | 2001 | France | Dijon | ⇒ Kompromat |
| Vitamin B12 | 1990 | UK | Brighton | ⇒ Vitamin B12 |
| Vito Acconci | 1977 | USA | New York | |
| Vito Ricci | 1973 | USA | New York | |
| Viv & the Sect | 2016 | Mexico | ||
| Viv Akauldren | 1982 | USA | Detroit | |
| Viv Albertine | 2010 | Australia | Sydney | Based in London |
| Viva Voce | 1998 | USA | Alabama | |
| Vive La Fête | 1997 | Belgium | Gent | |
| Vive La Void | 2017 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Moon Duo |
| Vivian Girls | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Chain & the Gang |
| Vivian Stanshall | 1970 | UK | London | ⇒ Bonzo Dog Band |
| Vivien Goldman | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Vlad & the Impalers | 2007 | USA | ||
| Vlis | 1980-ies | Netherlands | Utrecht | |
| Vocokesh | 1991 | USA | Wisonsin | |
| Vogel Vogel & Ivor Cutler |
1979 | Switzerland | ⇒ Blue China ⇒ Ivor Cutler | |
| Vogue | 1978 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Voice Farm | 1981 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Voice of the Seven Woods | 2005 | UK | Manchester | |
| Voices of Africa | 1959 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Void | 1980 | UK | ||
| Void Vision | 2010 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Voigt 465 | 1976 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Voks | 1996 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Volcano Suns | 1984 | USA | Boston | |
| Volcanoes | 1960 | USA | ||
| Volksschule | 1986 | Germany | Hildesheim | |
| Voltage | 1968 | Japan | Yokohama | |
| Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black | 1990 | USA | New York | |
| Vomit Launch | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Vomit Pigs | 1984 | USA | Texas | |
| Vomito Negro | 1983 | Belgium | Beveren-Waas | |
| Von Bondies | 1997 | USA | Detroit | |
| Von Ghouls | 1998 | USA | Rockland County, New York | |
| Von Mons | 2017 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Von Südenfed | 2007 | UK | ||
| Vonbrigdi | 1981 | Iceland | ||
| Voodoo Church | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Voodoo Dolls (1) | 1983 | Sweden | Orebro | |
| Voodoo Dolls (2) | 1987 | USA | Boston | |
| Voodoo Gearshift | 1987 | USA | Iowa City | |
| Vorgruppe | 1979 | Germany | Herne | |
| Vovo Kai | 1980 | Netherlands | Eindhoven | |
| Vox Pop | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Jeff Dahl |
| Vox Populi! | 1981 | France | Villejuif | |
| V-Sor, X | 1979 | UK | Lichfield, Staffordshire | |
| VSS | 1995 | USA | Boulder, Colorado | ⇒ Slaves ⇒ Pleasure Forever |
| Vulcan | 1979 | USA | Spencer, Iowa | |
| Vulgarrity | 2008 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Vum Vum | 1969 | Angola | Based in Portugal | |
| VV & the Void | 2013 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Vvqart | 2009 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Vyllies | 1983 | Switzerland | ||
| W.A.T. | 1982 | Netherlands | Eindhoven | |
| W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band | 1966 | USA | California | |
| W.K.W. | 1979 | Italy | ||
| Wackies (AKA Bullwackies All-Stars) | 1975 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Wad | 2016 | USA | Missouri | |
| Wah! | 1979 | UK | Liverpool | Aliases: Wah! Heat, The Mighty Wah! |
| Wailers (AKA Fabulous Wailers) Wailers (ft. Gail Harris) |
1959 | USA | Tacoma, Washington | |
| Wailing Souls | 1965 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Waistcoats | 1981 | Netherlands | Groningen | |
| Wait | 1983 | UK | ||
| Waitresses | 1977 | USA | Akron, Ohio | |
| Wake | 1981 | UK | Scotland | |
| Waldos | 1991 | USA | New York | ⇒ Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers |
| Walk Proud | 1985 | USA | Norwalk, California | |
| Walkabouts | 1984 | USA | Seattle | |
| Walker Brothers | 1964 | USA | California | |
| Walkingseeds | 1986 | UK | Liverpool | AKA Corinthians |
| Wall | 1978 | UK | Sunderland | |
| Wall of Voodoo | 1977 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Divine Horsemen |
| Wallias Band | 1977 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | ⇒ Mulatu Astatke |
| Wallsockets | 1979 | New Zealand | Wellington | |
| Walter Steding Walter Steding & the Dragon People |
1980 | USA | New York | Origin: Pennsylvania |
| Walter Verdin | 1979 | Belgium | Anderlecht | ⇒ Pas de Deux |
| Walter Wegmüller | 1973 | Switzerland | Bern | |
| Wampire | 2007 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Wanda Davis | 1970 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Wanda Jackson | 1954 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Wanda Robinson | 1971 | USA | Baltimore, Maryland | |
| Wannabe Texans | 1990 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Wanted | 1966 | USA | Detroit | |
| WAPHPHLE | 1967 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Warhorse | 1996 | USA | AKA Corinthians | |
| Warlocks | 1999 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Warlords | 1966 | USA | ||
| Warlus | 1975 | France | ||
| Warm Drag | 2015 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ K-Holes ⇒ Golden Triangle ⇒ Modey Lemon ⇒ Thee Oh Sees |
| Warm Gun | 1977 | France | Paris | |
| Warmduscher | 2015 | UK | London | |
| Warning | 1982 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Warpaint | 2004 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Warpig | 1968 | Canada | Ontario | |
| Warren Teagarden & the Good Grief | 2011 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Warren Zevon | 1969 | USA | Chicago | |
| Warrior Soul | 1987 | USA | New York | |
| Warsaw | 1976 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Joy Division |
| Warsaw Generators | 2019 | Poland | Warsaw | |
| Wartburgs Für Walter | 1987 | Germany | Berlin Ost | ⇒ Grabnoct |
| WASP | 2014 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Waspmen | 2013 | USA | Kansas City | |
| Waste Man | 2017 | USA | New York | |
| Wasted Youth (1) | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Wasted Youth (2) | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Wat? Sanitär! | 1981 | Germany | AKA Tom Dokoupil ⇒ Siluetes 61 ⇒ Wirtschaftswunder | |
| Watain | 1998 | Sweden | Uppsala | |
| Watch Them Die | 2001 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Watchtower | 1982 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Water From Your Eyes | 2016 | USA | New York | |
| Waterboys | 1982 | UK | Scotland | |
| Watery Love | 2009 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Watine | 2004 | France | Paris | AKA Catherine Watine |
| Wau Wau Collectif | 2021 | Senegal | Toubab Dialao | |
| Wau Y Los Arrrghs!!! | 2003 | Spain | Valencia | |
| Waveform | 1985 | Italy | Arezzo | |
| Waveshape | 1999 | Germany | Köln | |
| Wavves | 2008 | USA | San Diego | |
| Wax Audio | 2004 | Australia | ||
| Wax Chattels | 2016 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Wax Fruit | 2012 | USA | St. Louis | |
| Wax Heroes | 1982 | Italy | Treviso | |
| Wax Idols | 2009 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Wax Machine | 2015 | UK | Brighton | |
| Wax Museums | 2005 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Wax Tailor | 2004 | France | Vernon, Haute-Normandie | |
| Way of the West | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Wayfarers | 1985 | USA | Hoboken, New Jersey | |
| Wayne County & the Electric Chairs | 1977 | UK | London | AKA Jayne County & the Electric Chairs |
| Wayne Jarrett | 1975 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Wayne Mason | 2011 | USA | Florida | |
| Wazmo Nariz | 1978 | USA | Chicago | |
| We. | 2000 | Germany | Peiting, Bavaria | ⇒ File Not Found |
| We Are All Alone | 2012 | Russia | ||
| We Are the Arm | 2006 | USA | ||
| We Are Wolves | 2005 | Canada | Montreal | |
| We Be Echo | 1983 | UK | Dartford, Kent | Based in Canad ⇒ Third Door From the Left |
| We The People | 1965 | USA | Orlando, Florida | |
| We Too | 1983 | USA | ||
| Weads | 1965 | USA | Long Island, New York | |
| Weak Signal | 2018 | USA | New York | |
| Weapon | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Weather Weapon | 2013 | USA | Somerville, Massachusetts | |
| Web | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Web of Lies | 2022 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Webcore | 1984 | UK | Cornwall | ⇒ Zuvuya |
| Wedding Present | 1985 | UK | Leeds | |
| Wedge | 2014 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Wednesday Week | 1983 | USA | California | |
| Wee Four | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Weed | 1970 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Weeds (1) | 1985 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Weeds (2) | 1987 | USA | Las Vegas | ⇒ Lollipop Shoppe |
| Weegee | 2023 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Weejuns (1) | 1962 | USA | Alabama | |
| Weejuns (2) | 1966 | USA | Indiana | |
| Weekenders (1) | 1965 | USA | ||
| Weekenders (2) | 2005 | USA | New York | |
| Weekends | 1964 | USA | ||
| Ween | 1984 | USA | Pennsylvania | ⇒ Moistboyz ⇒ Z-Rock Hawaii |
| Wei Zhongle | 2012 | USA | Chicago | |
| Weimar Gesang | 1983 | Italy | Milano | |
| Weird Al Qaida | 2011 | USA | Denver | |
| Weird Al Yankovic | 1979 | USA | California | |
| Weird TV | 2010 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Weirdos | 1976 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Wellington Arrangement | 1970 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Wellwater Conspiracy | 1983 | USA | Seattle | |
| Weltschmertz | 1982 | Germany | Hamburg | ⇒ Achim Reichel & Machines |
| WeR7 | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Werps | 1967 | USA | Hightstown, New Jersey | |
| West African Cosmos | 1975 | France | ||
| West Coast Experimental Pop Art Band | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Bob Markley |
| Western Eyes | 1978 | USA | ||
| Wet Hair | 2008 | USA | Iowa | |
| Wet Illustrated | 2010 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Wet Leg | 2019 | UK | Isle of Wight | |
| Wet Paint | 1970 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Wet Tuna | 2017 | USA | Vermont | |
| Wetware | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Weyes Blood & the Dark Juices | 2010 | USA | New York | AKA Weyes Bluhd |
| Wez Devine | 2012 | Ireland | ||
| Wha-Ha-Ha | 1981 | Japan | ||
| Whale | 1992 | USA | ||
| Wharves | 2012 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| What Four | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| What If Thinking | 1983 | USA | Detroit | |
| What Peggy Wants | 1987 | USA | North Carolina | |
| What to Wear | 1978 | UK | Castell-nedd Port Talbot | |
| Whatever | 1967 | USA | Levittown, New York | |
| What-Nots | 1965 | USA | Hillsdale, New Jersey | |
| Wheels | 1965 | UK | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| Wheels On Fire | 2005 | USA | Athens, Ohio | |
| Wheezy Kretcherson | N/A | N/A | ||
| When | 1983 | Norway | Oslo | |
| When Particles Collide | 2012 | USA | Bangor, Maine | |
| When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water | 1987 | USA | USA | |
| Where's the Pope? | 1985 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Whines | 2009 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Whipping Boy (1) | 1982 | USA | Michigan | |
| Whipping Boy (2) | 1988 | Ireland | Edenderry | |
| Whips | 2016 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Whirlywirld | 1978 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Whiskey Kiss | 2016 | USA | Poenix, Arizona | |
| Whisper Room | 2006 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Whistler's Mother | 1970 | USA | ||
| Whiteboy | 1977 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| White Boy & the Average Rat Band | 1979 | USA | Toledo, Ohio | |
| White Car | 2010 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| White Christian Male | 2014 | USA | Detroit | |
| White Fence | 2010 | USA | Los Angels | |
| White Flag | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| White Fluff | 1969 | USA | Lewiston, Maine | |
| White Hills White Hills & Der Blutharsch |
2003 | USA | New York | ⇒ Der Blutharsch |
| White Lichens | 2007 | USA | ⇒ Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | |
| White Lightning | 1968 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| White Magic | 1968 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| White Manna | 2012 | USA | California | |
| White Noise | 1968 | USA | London | |
| White Rabbits | 2004 | USA | Columbia, Missouri | |
| White Stripes | 1997 | USA | Detroit | |
| White Town | 1990 | UK | Origin: India | |
| White Void | 2012 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| White Widow | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | AKA White Widow III |
| Whitefield Brothers | 2001 | Germany | ||
| Whiteroom | 2004 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Whitney Houston's Crypt | 2014 | Australia | Newcastle NSW | |
| Who Shot Hollywood | 2007 | USA | Amherst, Massachusetts | |
| Whodini | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Whorelords | 1980 | USA | ||
| Whore Paint | 2012 | USA | ||
| Who's Who | 1979 | France | ||
| Why Bother | 2021 | USA | Mason City, Iowa | |
| Why Four | 1966 | USA | Wisconsin | ⇒ Benders |
| Why-Nots | 1960-ies | USA | ||
| Wicked Awesomes | 2007 | Canada | Edmonton | |
| Wicked Lady | 1968 | UK | Northampton | |
| Wicked Witch | 1983 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Wickies | 2024 | USA | Portland, Maine | |
| Widowspeak | 2011 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Wig | 1966 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Wig-Wags | 1965 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Wigwam | 1968 | Finland | Helsinki | |
| Wild Belle | 2012 | USA | ||
| Wild Carnation | 1992 | USA | ||
| Wild Cherries | 1966 | USA | Virginia | |
| Wild Classical Music Ensemble | 2007 | Belgium | ||
| Wild Evel & the Trashbones | 2010 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Wild Flag | 2011 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Mary Timony |
| Wild Havana | 1977 | Netherlands | Schagerbrug | ⇒ Clear |
| Wild Kisses | 1989 | USA | New York | ⇒ Dean Landew |
| Wild Man Fischer | 1968 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Wild Ones | 1965 | USA | Boston | |
| Wild Poppies | 1987 | New Zealand | ||
| Wild Stares | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | Origin Boston |
| Wild Zeros | 2008 | France | La Rochelle / Bordeaux | |
| Wilde Flowers | 1964 | UK | Salisbury | ⇒ Kevin Ayers |
| Wildebeests | 1995 | UK | London | |
| Wildflowers | 1966 | USA | ||
| Wiley Terry | 1965 | USA | ||
| Will | 1991 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Will Veder | 2022 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Willful Neglect | 1982 | USA | St. Paul, Minnesota | |
| Willi Williams (Willie Williams) | 1980 | Jamaica | ||
| William C. Beeley | 1969 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| William D. Drake | 2001 | UK | London | |
| William Hellfire | 1994 | USA | Bloomingdale, New Jersey | |
| William Loveday Intention | 2020 | UK | ⇒ Billy Childish | |
| William Onyeabor | 1977 | Nigeria | ||
| Willie & the Cigs | 2021 | USA | Cincinnati | |
| Willie & the Walkers | 1963 | Canada | Edmonton | |
| Willie Hightower | 1966 | USA | Alabama | |
| Willie Rosario | 1964 | Puerto Rico | ||
| Willie Ward & the Warblers | 1958 | USA | ||
| Willowz | 2002 | USA | Anaheim, California | |
| Wilmer X. | 1977 | Sweden | Malmö | ⇒ Bo-Dogs |
| Wilmouth Houdini | 1939 | Trinidad | ||
| Wilted Woman | 2014 | Germany | Berlin | AKA Gewelktes Weib |
| Wimple Winch | 1965 | UK | Stockport | |
| Wimps | 2013 | USA | Seattle | |
| Window Frame | 1960-ies | USA | Michigan | |
| Windowpaynes | 1994 | USA | Pennsylvania | ⇒ Billy Synth & the Turnups |
| Wine Lips | 2016 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Winged Wheel | 2022 | USA | Detroit | ⇒ Matchess, Spray Paint, Tyvek |
| Winston Brothers | 2020 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Winston Tong | 1979 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Tuxedomoon ⇒ Karl Biscuit & Winston Tong |
| Winston Wright & Impact All Stars | 1969 | Jamaica | ⇒ Impact All Stars | |
| Winter Family | 2006 | France | Paris | |
| Winter Light | 1982 | Italy | ||
| Wipers | 1977 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Greg Sage |
| Wire | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ Colin Newman ⇒ ⇒ Dome Gist ⇒ A.C. Marias ⇒ Ear Trumpet ⇒ UUUU |
| Wired For Mono | 2002 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Wirtschaftswunder | 1980 | Germany | ⇒ Wat? Sanitär! (Tom Dokoupil) | |
| Wise Men | 1983 | UK | ||
| Wiseblood | 1985 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Foetus (J.G. Thirlwell) ⇒ Steroid Maximus |
| Witch (1) | 1974 | Zambia | ||
| Witch (2) | 2005 | USA | Vermont | |
| Witch Doctors | 1989 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Witch Hunt | 2001 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Witch Jail | 2017 | USA | Kansas City | |
| Witch Trials | 1980 | UK | London | ⇒ Dead Kennedys ⇒ East Bay Ray ⇒ Klaus Flouride |
| Witchcraft | 2000 | Sweden | Örebro | |
| Witches Broom | 2020 | USA | Portland, Maine | |
| Witching Hour | 1991 | UK | London | |
| Witness Inc. | 1967 | Canada | Saskatoon | |
| Wives | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Wizz Jones | 1969 | UK | Croydon | |
| Wizzard Sleeve | 2007 | USA | Mobile, Alabama | |
| WKBG | 1977 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Woggles | 1987 | USA | Athens, Georgia | |
| Wojciech Rusin | 2019 | UK | Bristol | |
| Wolf Biermann | 1965 | Germany | Berlin (East) | |
| Wolf Eyes | 1996 | USA | Ann Arbor, Michigan | |
| Wolf Parade | 2003 | Canada | Victoria | |
| Wolfgang Müller | 1989 | Germany | Wolfsburg | ⇒ Tödliche Goris |
| Wolfgang Press | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Wolfgang Riechmann Wolfgang Riechmann & Sreetmark |
1966 | Germany | ⇒ Michael Rother ⇒ Kraftwerk ⇒ Neu! | |
| Wolfhounds | 1986 | UK | London | |
| Wolverton Brothers | 1985 | USA | Cincinnati | |
| Womanhaters | 1982 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Womb | 2015 | Netherlands | Den Haag | |
| Women & Children | 2001 | France | Paris | |
| Wonder Dark | 2015 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Wonders of Science | 1983 | San Jose | California | |
| Woo | 1972 | UK | London | |
| Wooden Shjips | 2006 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Moon Duo |
| Wooden Veil | 2007 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Wooden Wand | 2004 | USA | New York | Based in Lexington, Kentucky |
| Woodentops | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Woodie Garrett Band | 1983 | USA | ||
| Woodpecker Wooliams | 2009 | UK | Brighton | |
| Woods | 2005 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Woodsman | 2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Woody Peakers | 1986 | Italy | ||
| Woolen Men | 2009 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Wooly Ones | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Word D | 1966 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Work | 1980 | UK | ⇒ Bill Gilonis & Tim Hodgkinson ⇒ Vibraslaps (2) | |
| Workdub | 1989 | USA | St. Louis | |
| Workhorse | 2017 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Workshop | 1990 | Germany | Köln | |
| World (1) | 2004 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| World (2) | 2016 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| World Column | 1968 | USA | Chicago | |
| World Domination Enterprises | 1984 | UK | London | |
| World of Pooh | 1989 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Barbara Manning ⇒ 28th of May ⇒ SF Seals |
| World of Twist | 1985 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Worlds of Love | 1989 | USA | New York | ⇒ David Garland |
| Worlocks | 1965 | USA | Port Byron, New York | |
| Worm Ouroboros | 2007 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Worthless | 2012 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Would-Be-Goods | 1987 | UK | London | |
| Woundz (AKA Wounds) | 1981 | USA | ||
| Woven Bones | 2009 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Woven Hand | 2001 | USA | Denver | AKA Wovenhand ⇒ Sixteen Horsepower ⇒ Lilium |
| Wowza In Kalamazoo | 2018 | USA | Kalamazoo, Michigan | |
| Wrath | 1975 | USA | Ohio | |
| Wreathes | 2010 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Wreckery | 1984 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Hugo Race |
| Wrecking Crew | 2004 | USA | San Diego | |
| Wreckless Eric | 1977 | UK | London | |
| Wretched Ones | 1989 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Wrinkars Experience | 1972 | Nigeria | ||
| Wrists | 2004 | USA | Longview, Texas | |
| Writhing Squares | 2013 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Wrong Kind of Stone Age | 1983 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Wrong Society | 2013 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Wrong Turn | 2007 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Wumpscut | 1991 | Germany | München | |
| Würm | 1974 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Black Flag |
| Wylde Heard | 1966 | USA | Peoria, Illinois | |
| Wylde Rattz | 1997 | USA | New York | |
| Wylde Tryfles | 2016 | France | Bordeaux | |
| Wyldlife | 2006 | USA | Purchase, New York | |
| Wymond Miles | 2012 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Fresh & Onlys |
| Wynona Riders | 1988 | USA | San Francisco | |
| X | 1977 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Xao Seffcheque & der Rest | 1980 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Xarhanga | 1972 | Portugal | Lisbon | |
| Xarkrinur | 2014 | Bangla Desh | Dhaka | |
| Xasan Diiriye | 1900-ies | Somalia | ||
| X-Cetra | 2000 | USA | Santa Rosa, California | |
| Xeno & Oaklander | 2004 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Three to Forgotten |
| Xero | 1982 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Xetas | 2014 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| XEX | 1980 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Xexyz | 2006 | USA | Decatur, Illinois | ⇒ Tjolgtjar |
| Xiu Xiu | 2002 | USA | San Jose, California | |
| X'lents | 1970 | India | Ahmedabad | |
| X-Mal Deutschland | 1980 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| X-Men | 1982 | UK | London | ⇒ Dougal Reed ⇒ Faith Healers |
| XNO | 1987 | Italy | Vicenza | |
| X-O-Dus | 1975 | UK | Manchester | |
| X-Offender | 1986 | Italy | ||
| X-Ray Eyeballs | 2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| X-Ray Pop | 1984 | France | Tours | |
| X-Ray Spex | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ Classix Nouveaux ⇒ Poly Styrene |
| X-S Discharge | 1979 | UK | Paisley, Renfrewshire | |
| X-Tal | 1983 | USA | San Francisco | |
| XTC | 1972 | UK | Swindon | ⇒ Andy Partridge ⇒ Dukes of Stratosphear |
| Xtreems | 1968 | USA | Missouri | |
| XV | 2019 | USA | Michigan | |
| X-Wife | 2003 | Portugal | ||
| Xylitol | 2006 | UK | Canterbury | |
| Xynn | 1980 | Germany | Bavaria | |
| XYZ | 1987 | Thailand | ||
| Y Create | 1983 | UK | Muiden | |
| Y Pants | 1979 | USA | New York | |
| Ya Ho Wha 13 | 1973 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Dick Marsh ⇒ Sky Saxon ⇒ Seeds |
| Yabancilar | 1967 | Turkey | Ankara | |
| Yabby You & the Prophets | 1975 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Yachts | 1977 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Yaeji | 2015 | USA | Queens NY | Based in Brooklyn |
| Yah Mos | 1990 | USA | California | AKA Yah Mo's, Yahmos |
| Yamantaka // Sonic Titan | 2007 | Canada | Montreal | Based in Toronto |
| Yami Bolo | 1985 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Yan Tregger | 1972 | Algeria | Based in France | |
| Yang Fan | 2015 | China | Sichuan | Based in Taiwan ⇒ Hang On the Box |
| Yanka | 1988 | Russia | Novosibirsk | Full name: Yana Stanislavovna Dyagileva |
| Yankee Dollar | 1968 | USA | California | |
| Yanni | 1984 | Greece | Kalamata | |
| Yannis Kyriakides & Andy Moor | 2004 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Yarbrough & Peoples | 1980 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Yard Apes | 2009 | Australia | Ballarat | |
| Yard Trauma | 1982 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Yardbirds | 1963 | UK | London | |
| Y.A.S. | 2007 | France | Paris | ⇒ Yasmine Hamdan ⇒ Soap Kills |
| Yasmin Williams | 2012 | USA | Woodbridge, Virginia | |
| Yasmine Hamdan | 2012 | Lebanon | Beirut | Based in Paris ⇒ Y.A.S. ⇒ Soap Kills |
| Yasuaki Shimizu | 1966 | Japan | ||
| Yawn Control | 2024 | UK | ||
| Yazoo (AKA Yaz) | 1982 | UK | Basildon | |
| Yb Linkz | 2019 | USA | New York | |
| Ye Nuns | 2006 | UK | London | |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 2000 | USA | New York | |
| Yeahman | 2017 | France | Marseille | |
| Years On Earth | 1979 | UK | Northampton | |
| Yeasayer | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Yeasties | 2020 | USA | St. Louis | |
| Yello | 1979 | Switzerland | Zürich | ⇒ Dieter Meier |
| Yellow Dog | 1977 | UK | ||
| Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) | 1978 | Japan | Tokyo | ⇒ Ryuichi Sakamoto ⇒ Testpattern ⇒ Yukihiro Takahashi ⇒ Beatniks ⇒ Haruomi Hosono |
| Yellow Power | 1982 | USA | California | ⇒ Explorer |
| Yell-O-Yell | 1982 | Greece | Athens | |
| Yemanjo | 2011 | USA | California | |
| Yes Please | 2005 | USA | San Francisco | |
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| Yesterday's Children (2) | 1967 | USA | Connecticut | |
| Yesterday's Obsession | 1968 | USA | Port Arthur, Texas | |
| Yesterday's Thoughts Yesterday's Thoughts (ft. Sky Saxon) |
1986 | Greece | Athens | ⇒ Sky Saxon |
| Yeti | 2004 | UK | London | ⇒ Libertines |
| YigYuze | 1983 | UK | ||
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| YL Hooi | 2019 | Australia | Real Name: Ying-Li Hooi | |
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| Yngwie Malmsteen | 1984 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Yo | 1984 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Yo Kinky | 2020 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Yo La Tengo | 1984 | USA | Hoboken, New Jersey | ⇒ Dump |
| Yod Crewsy & the Dark Marbles | 2004 | USA | ⇒ Dark Marbles ⇒ Jacklords | |
| Yoko Kikuchi | 2003 | USA | New York | AKA Yoko O.K. |
| Yoko Ono Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band Yoko Ono With Blow Up Yoko Ono With Sleepy Jackson |
1970 | Japan | Tokyo | Based in New York |
| Yorismäki | 2024 | France | ||
| Yoruba Singers | 1972 | Guyana | ||
| Yothu Yindi | 1986 | Australia | Northern Territory | |
| You (1) | 1979 | Germany | ||
| You (2) | 2010 | USA | Detroit | |
| You Know Who Group | 1964 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Young Aristocracy | 1967 | USA | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Young Fathers | 2008 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Young Identities | 1978 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Young Jessie | 1955 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Young Love | 2012 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Young Marble Giants | 1979 | UK | Wales | ⇒ Gist |
| Young People With Faces | 2005 | USA | Idaho | |
| Young Sinclairs | 2005 | USA | Roanoke, Virginia | |
| Young Turks | 1981 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Young Tyrants | 1965 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Young Weasels | 1981 | USA | Denver | |
| Young Werewolves | 2002 | USA | Philadelphia | |
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| Your Enemies Friends | 2001 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Your Funeral | 1982 | USA | Denver | ⇒ Jeri Cain Rossi |
| Youri Kun | 2004 | Japan | Kyoto | ⇒ Les Rallizes Dénudés |
| Youssou N'Dour & le Super Étoile de Dakar | 1979 | Senegal | Dakar | ⇒ Étoile de Dakar |
| Youssouf Diarra dit El Grand Ballaké | 1978 | Burkina Faso | ||
| Youth Brigade | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Youth Code | 2012 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Youth Gone Mad | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | Based in New York |
| Youth In Asia | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Youth Lagoon | 2011 | USA | Boise, Idaho | |
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| YoYo's | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Yppah | 2006 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| YU (We Are YU) | 1982 | USA | Texas | |
| Yu Yu Hop | 1985 | USA | Boston | |
| Yuki Kajiura | 1996 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Yukihiro Takahashi | 1978 | Japan | ⇒ Yellow Magic Orchestra ⇒ Beatniks | |
| Yukiko Otsuki | 2003 | Japan | ||
| Yukio Yung Yukio Yung & R. Stevie Moore |
1986 | UK | Ipswich | ⇒ R. Stevie Moore |
| Yungchen Lhamo & Anton Batagov | 1994 | China | Llhasa, Tibet | |
| Yura Yura Teikoku | 1992 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Yuri Landman Ensemble (ft. Jad FAir & Phillippe Petit) | 2012 | Netherlands | Zwolle | |
| Yusef Lateef | 1957 | USA | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Yussuf Jerusalem | 2009 | France | Saint-Ouen, Île-de-France | |
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| Yves & Serge & Victor | 1975 | France | ||
| Yves Tumor | 2015 | USA | Tennessee | Based in Torino, Italy |
| Yvette | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
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| Zaliva-D | 2003 | China | Beijing | |
| Zantees | 1977 | USA | New York | ⇒ A-Bones |
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| Zazou, Nodland & Lema | 1985 | France | Paris | ⇒ Hector Zazou |
| Z-Country Paradise | 2015 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Zea Zea & Yavier Charles |
1999 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Zebra Stripes | 1984 | USA | ||
| Zeek Sheck | 1994 | USA | Chicago | |
| Zeitkratzer | 1997 | Germany | Berlin | |
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| Zero Gravity Thinkers | 2016 | USA | ||
| Zerodent | 2016 | Australia | Perth | |
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| Ziggy Marley | 1985 | Jamaica | ||
| Ziguri | 1987 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Günter Schickert |
| Zilched | 2017 | USA | Detroit | |
| Zilla Zilla With Her Eyes Shut |
2017 | UK | London | |
| Zim Ngqawana | 1998 | South Africa | Port Elizabeth | |
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| Zippers | 1973 | USA | Los Angeles | |
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| Zirkular Dion | 2021 | Ukraine | ||
| Ziyo | 1984 | Poland | Tarnow | |
| Zodiacs | 2011 | USA | ||
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| Zola Jesus | 2008 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
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| Zolephants | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Zom Zoms | 2003 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Zombi | 2001 | USA | Pittsburgh | Based in Nashville, Tennessee |
| Zombie Garden Club | 2015 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Zombie Ghost Train | 2003 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Zombie Zombie | 2006 | France | ||
| Zombierella | 2019 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Messer Chups ⇒ Bleak Engineers |
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| Zombies (2) | 1983 | Japan | ||
| Zombina & the Skeletones | 1998 | UK | Liverpool | |
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| Zoomers | 1981 | USA | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| Zoot Sims | 1951 | USA | California | AKA Zoot Simms |
| Zoo-Z | 1982 | USA | ||
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| Zounds | 1977 | UK | Reading | ⇒ Steve Lake |
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| Zulus | 1985 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Rich Gilbert |
| Zurück Placenta | 1993 | France | ⇒ Babel 17 | |
| Zush | 1989 | Spain | Barcelona | AKA Tres |
| Zut Un Feu Rouge | 1977 | Sweden | Linköpping | |
| Zutons | 2001 | UK | Liverpool | ⇒ Coral ⇒ Serpent Power (2) |
| Zuvuya | 1993 | UK | ⇒ Webcore | |
| Zuzu's Petals | 1988 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Zvuki Mu | 1983 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Zwischenfall | 1982 | Belgium | ||
| Zyx | 1981 | Austria | ⇒ Graf & ZYX | |
| zZz | 2003 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
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