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A
Abattoir
Absolute Body Control
Absolute Elsewhere
Abwarts
Forrest J. Ackerman
David Ackles
King Sunny Ade
Hasil Adkins
Aesthetic Meat Front
Africa
African Head Charge
Agitation Free
Agitpop
Ahora Mazd
a
Aksak Maboul
Alberich
Alesia Cosmos
Algebra Suicide
Alien Sex Fiend
Daevid Allen
Davie Allen and the Arrows
GG Allin
Alternative TV
The Amazement Company
Ambitious Lovers
Amebix
Ame Son
AMM
Amoebas in Chaos
Amon Duul
Amon Duul II
Amos and Sara
Anal Magic and Rev. Dwight Frizzell
Laurie Anderson
Leona Anderson
Anenzephalia
Animal Collective
Annie Anxiety
Anonymous
Anorexic Dread
The Apollo Stars
Arab on Radar
Arcane V
Archaia
Architects Office
Ardy the Painter of Love
Area
Arktau Eos
Art and Language
Art Bears
The Art Ensemble of Chicago
Art the Only Band In the World
Art Zoyd
Arzachel
Robert Ashley
Ash Ra Tempel
Asphixiation
Mulatu Astatke
Virginia Astley
Ataraxia
Attila the Stockbroker
The Au Pairs
Arseny Avraamov
The Atom Smashers
Attrition
Axe
Hoyt Axton
Kevin Ayers
Albert Ayler
B
Baby Buddha
Angelo Badalamenti
Bad Brains
Badings
The Bad Light
Derek Bailey
Nyra Bakiga
Balkan Beat Box
Il Balleto di Bronzo
Ballistic Kisses
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Band of Holy Joy
Barbara the Grey Witch
Syd Barrett
Bastard Noise
Bathory
Franco Battiato
Bauhaus
The Beatles
The Beatnigs
The Beat Of the Earth
Beaver and Krause
Beefeater
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Beirut Slump
Beme Seed
John Bender
Bene Gesserit
Cathy Berberian
Luciano Berio
Besombes
Big Black
Big City Orchestra
Big Boy Pete
Big Hair
Big in Japan
Big Sexy Noise
Birdsongs Of the Mesozoic
The Birthday Party
Biting Tongues
Black Eyes
Black Flag
Black Leather Jesus
Black Light District
Black Mayonnaise
Black Mountain
Black Sabbath
Les Black's Amazing Pink Holes
Blah Blah Blah
Bley - Peacock Synthesizer Show
Blondie
Bloodclot
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra
The Blue Humans
The Blue Men
Blurt
Boa Constrictor and Natural Vine
Bobak Jons Malone
Body Without Organs
Bohren and der Club of Gore
Marc Bolan
The Bombay Ducks
Grahame Bond
Bonemen of Barumba
Bone Orchard
Bongwater
The Books
Boots for Dancing
Bootsy's Rubber Band
Borbetomagus
Boredoms
Bourbonese Qualk
David Bowie
Lester Bowie
Boy Dirt Car
Bpeople
Don Bradshaw Leather
Brainstorm
Brainticket
Glenn Branca
Brave New World
Brave New World
Anthony Braxton
Brazilian Octopus
Brian Brain
The Brides of Funkenstein
Brighter Death Now
Jonathan Briley
Broadcast
Caspar Brotzmann Massaker
James Brown
Earle Brown
Marion Brown Quartet
Brown Supper
Brume
Bubu
Buckethead
Tim Buckley
Harold Budd
Michael Bundt
Bunnydrums
William S. Burroughs
Bushido
Bush Tetras
Butthole Surfers
Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies
C
Cabaret Voltaire
Roberto Cacciapaglia
John Cage
John Cale
Can
Candy Messiah
Frances Cannon and The Extraterrestrials
Capsicum Red
Carambolage
The Caretaker
Caroliner
Chris Carter
Johnny Cash
The Jimmy Castor Bunch
Cat
Catapilla
Catholic Discipline
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Monte Cazazza
C.C.C.C.
The Celibate Rifles
Cellular Chaos
Celtic Frost
Cerebral Hemorrhage
A Certain Ratio
Eugene Chadbourne
Paul Chain
Chain Gang
James Chance
Maria Chavez
Don Cherry
Neneh Cherry and the Thing
The Cherry Point
The Chesterfield Kings
Chillum
The Chocolate Watchband
Henri Chopin
Chris and Cosey
Christian Death
Christ on Parade
Chrome
Suzanne Ciani
Ciccone Youth
Circle Jerks
Circus Contraption
The Clash
Les Claypool
George Clinton
Clock DVA
Cluster
Cockney Rebel
Leonard Cohen
Coil
Ornette Coleman
Collegium Musicum
Willie Colon
Colosseum
Alice Coltrane
John Coltrane
Come
Come On
Companyia Electrica Dharma
Comus
Concrete
Confusional Quartet
Tony Conrad
Consumer Electronics
Contortions
Controlled Bleeding
Ry Cooder
Alice Cooper
Copernicus
The Copper Plated Integrated Circuit
Cord of Life
Cornucopia
Corpses as Bedmates
Cosey Fanni Tutti
Michael Cosmic
The Cosmic Jokers
Count Five
Country Joe and the Fish
The Counts
Jayne County
Wayne County and The Electric Chairs
Coven
Lol Coxhill
The Cramps
Crash Course in Science
Crash Worship
Crass
The Cravats
Crawling Chaos
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Helios Creed
Crime
Cripure S.A.
Crispy Ambulance
Cristina
Cromagnon
Cro Mags
The Crucifucks
Crust
CTI
Cult Of the Psychic Fetus
Cult Ov the Womb
David Cunningham
Cupol
Curved Air
Cut Hands
Leo Cuypers
Cybotron
Cyrnai
Holger Czukay
Holger Czukay Jah Wobble Jaki Liebezeit
D
Dakh Daughters
Dick Dale and His Del Tones
Dale Cooper Quartet and the Dictaphones
Dali's Car
Cynthia Dall
Dark Day
Doc Corbin Dart
Datach'i
Wolfgang Dauner
Betty Davis
Miles Davis
Danielle Dax
Dead Boys
Dead Can Dance
Dead Fingers Talk
The Dead Goldfish Ensemble
Dead Kennedys
Death Sentence: Panda!
Death Squad
Debris
The Decayes
The Deep
The Deep Freeze Mice
Deerpark
Defunkt
The Del Byzant
eens
Dementia Precox
Delia Derbyshire
Demon Fuzz
Dengue Fever
Martin Denny
Desaccord Majeur
Destroy All Monsters
Eddy Detroit
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
Deutsch Nepal
The Deviants
Devo
D.F. Sadist School
The Dictators
Die Form
Dies Irae
Aaron Dilloway
Dissecting Table
Tom Dissevelt
DNA
The Doctors of Madness
Dogbowl
Dog Faced Hermans
Eric Dolphy
Dome
Orion Rigel Domisse
The Doors
Philippe Doray et Les Associaux Associes
Dow Jones and the Industrials
Down With People
Roger Doyle
Drain
Dr. Feelgood
Drinking Electricity
Dr. Strangely Strange
The Druids of Stonehenge
Drunks With Guns
D Stop
Laszlo Dubrovay
Jean Dubuffet
Dub Syndicate
Duet Emmo
The Dukes of Stratosphear
Dzyan
E
The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa
Ectoplasm Girls
Eddie and the Hot Rods
Egg
8 Eyed Spy
801
Eiliff
Einsturzende Neubauten
Halim El-Dabh
Electric Eels
The Electric Prunes
Electric Wizard
Elephant's Memory
Andy Ellison
Embryo
Emil Beaulieu
Emily
Emptyset
Brian Eno
Brian Eno and David Byrne
Ensemble Economique
Roky Erickson and the Aliens
ESG
Eskaton
Esplendor Geometrico
Essential Logic
Etant Donnes
Etat Brut
Etron Fou Leloublan
The Ex
Executive Slacks
Exmagma
Exodus
The Exploding Tits
Exploding White Mice
F
De Fabriek
Factrix
Kate Fagan
Jad Fair
Marianne Faithfull
Tav Falco's Panther Burns
The Fall
Falx Cerebri
Family Fodder
The Far East Family Band
Patrizio Fariselli
Far Out
Faust
Fear
Federal Duck
Feederz
The Feelies
Lawrence Ferlinghetti With the Cellar Jazz Quintet
Luc Ferrari
F.G. Experimental Laboratory
F/i
The Fiery Furnaces
Fifty Foot Hose
Fire Engines
Firehose
Fire Orchestra
Wild Man Fischer
Five Way Mirror
The Flamin' Groovies
The Flesh Eaters
Flipper
Floh de Cologne
Klaus Flouride
Flux of Pink Indians
The Flying Lizards
The Flying Luttenbachers
Flying Saucer Attack
The Focus Group
Foot Village
Forest
45 Grave
Forward Music Quintet
Kim Fowley
The Freak Scene
Free Kitten
Chico Freema
n
Friar Tuck
Friendsound
Frightwig
Robert Fripp
Fripp and Eno
Fred Frith
The Frogs
The Fugs
The Fun Boy Three
Fungus Brains
Funkadelic
G
Peter Gabriel
Galactic Supermarket
Diamanda Galas
Eddie Gale
Gandalf
Gang of Four
Mort Garson
Gash
Giorgio Gaslini
Ron Geesin
Gentle Giant
The Geraldine Fibbers
Gerechtigkeits Liga
The German Shepherds
Germs
Gerogerigegege
Geza X
Gila
Giles Giles and Fripp
G.I.S.M.
Philip Glass
Glaxo Babies
Globe Unity Orchestra
Gnidrolog
Goblin
The Godz
Gogol Bordello
The Golden Dawn
The Golden Palominos
Vivien Goldman
Gomorrha
Gong
Peter Gordon
Gracious
The Gravedigger V
Randy Greif
Rudolph Grey
The Grodeck Whipperjenny
Grong Grong
Group A
Group 1850
The GTO's
Jean Guerin
Gum
The Gun Club
Guru Guru
H
Bruce Haack
Nina Hagen
Keiji Haino
Hairy Chapter
Half Japanese
Hampton Grease Band
Hanatarash
Herbie Hancock
Bo Hansson
Hansson and Karlsson
Harmonia
Eddie Harris
Jody Harris and Robert Quine
Jon Hassell
The Haters
C.M. von Hausswolff
Die Haut
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Hawkwind
Gibby Haynes and His Problem
Lee Hazlewood
Headhunters
The Headhunters
Head of David
The Heartbreakers
Heldon
Helium
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Hell Preachers Inc.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Henry Cow
Hex Minora
Andrew Hill
The Honeymoon Killers
Hopelessly Obscure
Horrific Child
Haruomi Hosono
Rowland S. Howard
Howlin' Wolf
H.P. Lovecraft
The Hugh Beaumont Experience
Human Flesh
Human Head Transplant
Hum Of the Druid
Hunting Lodge
Husker Du
Hu Vibrational
Dick Hyman
I
Ibliss
Ike Yard
Illusion of Safety
Inca Babies
The Incredible String Band
Inflatable Boy Clams
The Insect Trust
Insulin Reaction
Irakere
Akira Ishikawa and Count Buffaloes
It's a Beautiful Day
J
The Jackofficers
Jackpine Savage
Jack Ruby
Jade Warrior
Jandek
Jan Dukes de Grey
Jarboe
The Jazz Butcher
The Jean Paul Sartre Experience
Jefferson Airplane
The Jellies
The Jesus Lizard
JFA
The Jihad
Jliat
Dr. John
Daniel Johnston
Spike Jones
Jooklo Duo
Judge Dread
July
Lady June
Justine and Juliette
K
Caroline K
Kaa Antilope
Kak
Kalahari Surfers
Kaleidoscope
Karen Novotny X
Kas Product
Kastrierte Philosophen
Jack Kerouac
Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds
T
he Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
Killdozer
Kilslug
The Kinetic Synthesis Group
King Crimson
Kingdom Come
The Kingdoms of Elgaland Vargaland
King Missile
King Snake Roost
Osamu Kitajima
Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons
Klaatu
Kleenex
Kluster
Konstruktivits
Korpses Katatonik
Kramer
Kraftwerk
Krokodil
Kronos Quartet
K2
Christina Kubisch
K,U,K,L,
Fela Kuti
L
Lack of Knowledge
Steve Lacy
Laibach
Fred Lane
Lard
Last Exit
The Last Poets
Bill Laswell
Yusef Lateef
Laughing Clowns
Peter Laughner
L'Avi G821
The League of Gentlemen
Paul Leary
Dr. Timothy Leary
The Leather Nun
Anne LeBaron
John Lee and Gerry Brown
Thomas Leer and Robert Rental
The Legendary Stardust Cowboy
Lemon Kittens
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Jerry Lee Lewis
Enoch Light
Lieutenant Caramel
Lightning Bolt
Liliput
Lily
Liquid Liquid
Little Women
Annea Lockwood
Giuseppi Logan
Lora Logic
Anestis Logothetis
Loop
Lothar and the Hand People
The Lounge Lizards
Love of Life Orchestra
Low Flying Aircraft
Lubricated Goat
Lucid Rivers
Alvin Lucier
Lucifer
Lucrate Milk
Luie Luie
Christian Lunch
Lydia Lunch
John Lurie
Lustmord
Arthur Lyman
David Lynch
Lynx
M
Angus MacLise
Pinkie Maclure
Mad Curry
Owen Maercks
Mag and the Suspects
Magical Power Mako
Magma
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Major Organ and The Adding Machine
Malaria
The Mandrake Memorial
Herbie Mann
Mantis
Maquina
Albert Marcoeur
Marie et les Garcons
Marine Girls
The Markko Polo Adventurers
Marquis de Sade
Mars
Marvin Pontiac
Hugh Masekela
Maska Genetik
Nick Mason
Masonna
Jean Pierre Massiera and Bernard Torrelli
The Master Musicians of Jajouka
Master Musicians of Bukkake
Master/Slave Relationship
Matching Mole
Material
Maximum Joy
Mazzy Star
M.B.
MC5
Medium Medium
Mekanik Kommando
Getatchew Mekurya
Melt Banana
Melvins
The Membranes
Lizzie Mercier Descloux
Maridian Brothers
Merzbow
Metabolist
Michael Dracula
Los Microwaves
Mighty Sphincter
Ilhan Mimaroglu
Min Bul
Minimal Man
Ministry
The Minutemen
Misfits
Missing Foundation
Mission of Burma
MKB Fraction Provisoire
Mob 47
Model Citizens
The Modern Lovers
Moebius
Mofungo
Meredith Monk
The Monks
Monoton
Moondog
Michael Moorcock's Deep Fix
R. Stevie Moore
Jeffrey Morgan
Morgen
Morphine
Jim Morrison
Mortification To the Flesh
Mark Mothersbaugh
The Mothers of Invention
Motor Boys Motor
Motorhead
The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Coporation
Mouse
Moving Gelatin Plates
Mrs. Piss
Mtume
Mtume Umoja Ensemble
Fritz Muller
Musica Elettronica Viva
The Music Improvisation Company
Musique Concret
Muslimgauze
Muzsikas
MX 80 Sound
My Bloody Valentine
My Cat Is an Alien
Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares
N
Erleen Nada
Naked City
Naked Raygun
Napalm Death
Nino Nardini
Nash the Slash
Negativland
Nektar
Octovian Nemescu
Nervous Gender
Neu
Neva
News From Babel
New York Dolls
NFS
The Nice
Nico
Czeslaw Niemen
Nightmare Lodge
Night Sun
The Nihilist Spasm Band
Janko Nilovic
Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
Nocturnal Emissions
Noizeclot
Nomeansno
Klaus Nomi
Non
Non Band
The Normal
Nosferatu
Alva Noto
No Trend
NRBQ
Nuclear Assault
Gary Numan
Nurse With Wound
N.W.A.
Judy Nylon and Crucial
O
Odin
Oedipus Scream
The Offs
Oil Tasters
Old Time Relijun
Pauline Oliveros
The Olivia Tremor Control
100 Flowers
Oneness of Juju
Ono
Ooioo
Opal
The Open Mind
Operating Theatre
Daphne Oram
Orchid Spangiafora
Organisation
Organum
The Orkustra
O.W.L.
P
Pagan Easter
Nam Jun Paik
Pain Teens
The Parasites Of the Western World
Evan Parker/Derek Bailey/Han Bennink
Parliament
Harry Partch
Part 1
Part Time Christians
Genevieve Pasquier
Ron Pate's Debonairs
Sally Patience
PBK
Peace Corpse
Annette Peacock
Pearls Before Swine
David Peel
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
The Pentangle
People's Temple Choir
Pere Ubu
Persona
The Petticoats
Phantom Tollbooth
The Philadelphia Moog Ensemble
Piano Conclave
Pigbag
Dave Pike
The Pink Fairies
Pink Floyd
Pink Section
Der Plan
Plasmatics
The Plastic People Of the Universe
The Plastics
Poison Dwarfs
Poison Girls
Poison Idea
Policeband
P1/E
Iggy Pop
The Pop Group
Popol Vuh
Pornosonic
Portion Control
Portishead
Portsmouth Sinfonia
Povarovo
Power of Zeus
Power Tools
Pram
Elvis Presley
Previte Petrella Salis
Primus
The Proletariat
P16.D4
Pseudo Code
Psychic TV
Ptose
Public Enemy
Public Image Ltd.
Puce Mary
Alex Puddu
Tito Puente
Puke Spit and Guts
Pussy
Pussy Galore
Q
Queen
Quiet Sun
Quintron
R
Radio Werewolf
The Raincoats
Raksha Mancham
Ramleh
Ramones
Rancid Vat
Raped Teenagers
Rapeman
Rare Bird
Rat at Rat R
The Raybeats
Kit Ream
Red Krayola
Dewey Redman
Red Transistor
Lou Reed
Steve Reich
Relatively Clean Rivers
Renaldo and the Loaf
Robert Rental
The Residents
Martin Rev
The Rezillos
Rhythm and Noise
Catherine Ribeiro et Alpes
Catherine Ribeiro et 2 Bis
Boyd Rice
Jonathan Richman
Zoogz Rift
Terry Riley
Rip Rig and Panic
The Rita
El Ritual
Steve Roach
Robbie the Werewolf
The Rocky Dennis Picture Show
Rocky's Filj
Wanda Robinson
Rodan
The Rolling Stones
Mick Ronson
Rosa Yemen
Rosemary's Baby
Roxy Music
Royal Trux
Rubella Ballet
Ruins
Arthur Russell
Charles S. Russell
George Russell
S
Sabbath Assembly
Saccharine Trust
Sadistic Mika Band
Sadomazombies
The Saints
Norman Salant
Salem Mass
Kim Salmon and the Surrealists
Sam Gopal
Samla Mammas Manna
Samurai
Sand
Sara Goes Pop
Saturnalia
Rick Saucedo
Savage Republic
Armand Schaubroeck Steals
Schizo
Conrad Schnitzler
Klaus Schulze
The Scientific Americans
Gil Scott-Heron
Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel
Scratch Acid
Screamers
The Screaming Dukduks
Section 25
Sea Urchin
Second Hand
2nd Layer
Secret Oyster
The Seeds
R.S. Seizure
Senor Coconut
Septic Death
The Serpent Power
7 From Life
Sex Gang Children
Sex Pistols
The Shadows of Knight
The Shaggs
The Shangri Las
Sonny Sharrock
The Shaved Pigs
Shellac
Pete Shelley
Archie Shepp
Adrian Sherwood
She Spread Sorrow
Shit and Shine
The Shiver
The Shaolin Afronauts
Shock Headed Peters
Shonen Knife
Shockabilly
Shock Headed Peters
Shox Lumania
Shub Niggurath
Silver Apples
Silver Daggers
Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood
16 Bitch Pile Up
Skafish
Skeleton Crew
Jakob Skott
Skozey Fetisch
Skullflower
Slapp Happy
Slayer
Sleep
Sleep Chamber
Slits
Slugfuckers
Sly and The Family Stone
Smegma
Smersh
Patti Smith Group
S.M. Nurse
Snakefinger
Snatch
The Soft Machine
Alan Sondheim
Sonic Youth
The Southern Death Cult
Spacebox
The Space Lady
Sparks
The Specials
Sperm
Spizzenergi
SPK
Sprung Aus den Wolken
Squirrel Bait
Stalaggh
The Standells
Vivian Stanshall
Ann Steel
Steel Mill
Steel Pole Bathtub
Stereolab
Mark Stewart and Maffia
Stickmen With Rayguns
Sticky Antlers
St. John Green
Karlheinz Stockhausen
The Stooges
The Stranglers
Stripminers
Suburban Lawns
Suckdog
Suicide
Sun O)))
Sun City Girls
Sundenfall II
Sun Ra
Supersister
Screaming Lord Sutch
Swans
Swell Maps
T
The Taj Mahal Travellers
Toru Takemitsu
Tangerine Dream
The Tards
Cecil Taylor
The Tea Company
Technical Space Composer's Crew
Teddy and the Frat Girls
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
Television
Test Dept.
Theatre du Chene Noir
Theoretical Girls
These Immortal Souls
Thick Pigeon
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
The Third Bardo
Third Ear Band
Third World War
The 13th Floor Elevators
34 Vampires
39 Clocks
This Heat
Leon Thomas
Thors Hammer
Thrice Mice
Throbbing Gristle
Johnny Thunders
Asmus Tietchens
The Tiger Lillies
Alfonia Tims and His Flying Tigers
Tiny Tim
Toad
Die Todliche Doris
Yasunao Tone
Tonto's Expanding Headband
Torturing Nurse
Jill Tracy
Tragic Mulatto
Trance
T. Rex
Tangela Tricoli
Trio
John Trubee
Tunnel Canary
Tupelo Chain Sex
Tuxedomoon
26
Twenty Sixty Six and Then
23 Skidoo
Twink
Charles Tyler
Tyrannosaurus Rex
U
Uakti
UK Decay
James Blood Ulmer
Ultimate Spinach
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats
The United States of America
The Units
Unsane
U.S. Christmas
Ut
V
Vagina Dentata Organ
Vainio/Vaisanen/Vega
The Vampires' Sound Incorporation
Van Der Graaf Generator
Vasilisk
Alan Vega
The Velvet Underground
The Victims of Chance
Virgin Prunes
Vita Noctis
Voice Crack
Voice Farm
Voivod
Volcano the Bear
Vomir
Andy Votel
Alexander von Schlippenbach
Vox Populi
W
Michel Waisvisz
Tom Waits
Scott Walker
Wall of Voodoo
Patty Waters
Weather Report
We Be Echo
Weed
Walter Wegmuller
Johanna Went
Werewolf Jerusalem
Phillip Werren
Fred Wesley and The Horny Horns featuring Maceo Parker
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
James White and the Blacks
Ruth White
The Whitefield Brothers
Whitehouse
White Noise
Wicked Witch
Wilkinson Tri Cycle
Wesley Willis
Gary Wilson
The Wind In the Willows
The Wipers
Wire
Wiseblood
The Witch Trials
Jah Wobble
Chelsea Wolfe
Wolf Eyes
The Wozards of Iz
Link Wray
Robert Wyatt
X
X
Xhol Caravan
X Ray Spex
Y
Ya Ho Wha 13
Yapoos
Yello
Yezda Urfa
La Monte Young
Neil Young
Young Marble Giants
Y Pants
Z
Z
Zanzibars Twist
ZAO
Frank Zappa
Zendik Orgaztra
Zeni Geva
Zeppi Vingt Doigts
Zero Kama
Z'ev
Zia
Zior
Z.N.R.
The Zodiac
John Zorn
Zos Kia
Zoviet France
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