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Math rock
Math rock is a rhythmically complex, guitar-based style of experimental rock music that emerged in the late 1980s. It is characterized by complex, atypical rhythmic structures (including irregular stopping and starting), angular melodies, and dissonant chords.
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Shellac
Shellac (sometimes referred to as Shellac of North America) is an American group composed of Steve Albini (guitar and vocals), Bob Weston (bass guitar and vocals) and Todd Trainer (drums and vocals). Although they have been classified as noise rock...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1992
Polvo
Polvo is an American indie noise rock band of the 1990s from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The band is fronted by guitarists/vocalists Ash Bowie and Dave Brylawski. Brian Quast plays drums, and Steve Popson plays bass guitar.
Polvo is widely...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1990
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1997
Replicator
Replicator was a noise rock band from Oakland, California. The band consisted of Conan Neutron (electric guitar/vocals/tape deck operation), Ben Adrian (bass guitar/vocals/keyboard), and Chris Bolig (drums). The band was occasionally joined by Todd...
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Nomeansno
NoMeansNo is a Canadian progressive punk rock music group originally from Victoria, British Columbia and now located in Vancouver.
The band has never had, nor have they seemed to pursue, strong mainstream success, but they do have a devoted...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1979
Laddio Bolocko
Laddio Bolocko was an instrumental avant-rock quartet originally formed in 1996 inspired by experimental rock groups such as This Heat & free jazz music ala Albert Ayler; they were based in New York City -- The band consisted of guitarist Drew St....
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June of 44
June of 44 was an American rock band which was formed in 1994 from ex-members of Rodan, Lungfish, Codeine, Rex, The Crownhate Ruin and Hoover. The band's music is often described as 'math rock'. The band's name refers to June Miller, wife of author...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1994
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 2000
My Disco
MY DISCO is an Australian band consisting of English-born brothers Liam Andrews (Bass, Vocals), Ben Andrews (Guitar), and Rohan Rebeiro (Drums).
Formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2003, their first public appearance was performed at The Good Morning...
Hella
Hella is an American band from Nevada City, California. They play a technical blend of math rock, noise rock, and experimental rock. The primary members of the band are Spencer Seim on electric guitar and Zach Hill on drums. In 2005, the band...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Feb 2001
Les Savy Fav
Les Savy Fav (pronounced lay SAH-vee FAHV) is a New York City indie rock band. Their style is influenced by art rock and post-hardcore. The group is known for the stage presence of lead singer Tim Harrington.
The group's original line-up, formed in...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1995
The Dismemberment Plan
The Dismemberment Plan was a Washington D.C. based indie rock band formed on January 1, 1993. Also known as D-Plan or The Plan, the name comes from a stray phrase uttered by insurance salesman Ned Ryerson in the popular comedy Groundhog Day. The...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1993
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- Sep 2003
Don Caballero
Don Caballero are a rock group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are often categorized as math rock, though the band dislikes this label. The group took their name from the character Guy Caballero, portrayed by Joe Flaherty, on the sketch comedy...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1991
Circa Survive
Circa Survive is a experimental rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2004. The band consists of vocalist Anthony Green, former singer of Saosin and members of the now-defunct This Day Forward.
Their debut album, Juturna, was released...
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- 2004
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Roadside Monument
Roadside Monument was a Christian math rock band from Seattle, Washington who were signed to Tooth & Nail Records. They were active from 1994-1998 and then again from 2002-2003.
Before Roadside Monument began, singer Doug Lorig was involved in other...
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Ruins
Ruins is a Japanese experimental rock duo of drum set and electric bass guitar. The group, formed in 1985, was supposedly intended to be a power trio; the guitarist, however, never showed up to the band's first rehearsal, so the group remained a duo...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1985
Ian Williams
Ian Williams (born 1970 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American rock guitarist. He became noted for his finger tapping guitar playing in bands such as Don Caballero, Storm & Stress and currently in Battles.
Williams grew up in Pennsylvania and...
Date of birth:
- 1970 (age 40 years)
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Breadwinner
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By The End Of Tonight
By the End of Tonight (often abbreviated to BTEOT) was an American instrumental rock band from Alvin, Texas. They were signed to notable post-rock label Temporary Residence Limited for their life as a band.
Formed in 2003 by Stefan Mach, Josh Smith,...
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Anthony Green
Anthony Green (born April 15, 1982) is a musician from Doylestown, PA. He is currently the lead singer of Circa Survive and vocalist for The Sound of Animals Fighting, previously in the bands Saosin, Audience of One, Jeer At Rome, High and Driving,...
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- Apr 15, 1982 (age 27 years)
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65daysofstatic
65daysofstatic (also known by the abbreviations 65dos, 65days, or simply 65) are an instrumental post-rock band from Sheffield, England. The band is composed of Paul Wolinski, Joe Shrewsbury, Rob Jones and Simon Wright. The band has thus far...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 2001
These Arms Are Snakes
These Arms Are Snakes is a Seattle-based progressive/post-hardcore quartet currently on Suicide Squeeze Records, featuring former members of Botch, Nineironspitfire, and Minneapolis-based Kill Sadie, with drummer/producer Chris Common joining after...
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Justin Pearson
Justin Pearson is a vocalist or bassist for several West Coast screamo, noise rock and grindcore bands, some of which include The Locust, Holy Molar, Head Wound City, Ground Unicorn Horn, Fast Forward, Brain Tourniquet, and Rogue Astronaut. He also...
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Combat Wounded Veteran
Combatwoundedveteran or Combat Wounded Veteran are a hardcore punk band split between Ithaca, New York and Tampa, Florida heavily influenced by early grindcore, screamo, math rock and powerviolence. In their 7 years of existence they managed to put...
Five Star Prison Cell
Five Star Prison Cell is a four-piece band from Melbourne, Australia, whose music is generally labelled as tech metal or math rock. They are known for their use of unusual time signatures, dissonant guitar riffs, and a vocal approach that explores...
The Cancer Conspiracy
The Cancer Conspiracy was a progressive rock group from Burlington, Vermont featuring guitarist Daryl Rabidoux, drummer/keyboardist/saxophonist Greg Beadle, and bassist Brent Frattini. Rabidoux and Beadle were veterans of the local hardcore scene,...
The Advantage
The Advantage is an American rock band from Sacramento, CA, that formed in 1998 and specializes in doing covers of music from old NES games. They have covered songs from numerous videogames, including Mega Man, Air Fortress, Castlevania and Metroid....
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- 1998
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Thomas Erak
Thomas Erak (born March 7, 1985) is the lead guitarist and lead vocalist from Mukilteo, Washington based mathcore/post-hardcore band The Fall of Troy. Thomas is currently endorsed by Gibson USA, Orange Amplification, Ernie Ball and Nike footwear. He...
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- Mar 7, 1985 (age 24 years)
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Swing Kids
Swing Kids were a hardcore/emo band from San Diego California during the mid 1990s. They were closely involved with and influenced by the forerunners of the San Diego hardcore punk scene of the 1990s.
Their music was characterized by Justin Pearson...
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Holy Fuck
Holy Fuck is an electronica band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of Dependent Music, a music label and artist collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1994.
The band uses live instrumentation and miscellaneous instruments...
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OXES
OXES are an instrumental rock band from Baltimore, Maryland. Its music has been called math rock or post-punk, though it does not subscribe to any genre.
Its members are part of what is known as "The Baltimore Rowdy Collective" which stages...
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Shake Ray Turbine
Shake Ray Turbine was a DIY rock/punk band from Little Rock, Arkansas. They formed in the summer of 1995 and played their first show that August with Richard Matson as vocalist. The band toured and recorded from 1996-1998. As of late 1998, Shake Ray...
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Blake Fleming
Blake Fleming is a drummer known for his involvement with several influential experimental bands. Fleming started drumming at age 8, and spent several years in fife and drumming corps, bagpipe bands, jazz bands, orchestras, etc. His first band was...
Creedle
Creedle was an avant-jazz-punk-art-damaged band based in San Diego, California which released three full length albums on Cargo Music/Headhunter Records in the 1990s along with numerous 7" singles. The band was primarily composed of Devon E. Levins...
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Gay for Johnny Depp
Gay for Johnny Depp is a hardcore band formed in New York, USA. Members are: Sid Jagger (Guitar - Real name: Joseph Grillo), Marty Leopard (Vocals - Real name: Arty Shepherd), Chelsea Piers (Bass - Real name: Lyndon Roeller), JJ Samanen (drums)....
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Uphollow
Uphollow is a rock band formed in 1993 based in Denver, Colorado, currently under the Hill Billy Stew Records record label. They are known for their mathematical approach to song-writing and their use of a cello.
After forming in 1993, Uphollow ...
Maps And Atlases
Maps & Atlases is a math rock group from Chicago, Illinois.
Maps & Atlases formed in the fall of 2004 when the founding members met in art school at Columbia College Chicago in the South Loop of Chicago. Shiraz Dada (bass), Chris Hainey (drums),...
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We Be The Echo
We Be the Echo is an American instrumental rock band from San Francisco. They play a blend of math rock, brutal prog, punk, jazz and heavy metal with dub influenced bass lines. The band's sound is based on melodic and rhythmically challenging short...
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90 Day Men
90 Day Men is a progressive rock band formed in 1995 in St. Louis, Missouri and later based out of Chicago, Illinois. Their name is a slang term used by corrections officers to refer to prison inmates who are slated to undergo psychiatric...
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Chavez
Chavez is an alternative rock/math rock band from New York active in the national club scene. They first gained popularity in the mid to late '90s. The band reformed in 2006 playing three shows and as confirmed by guitarist Matt Sweeney are working...
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Slint
Slint was a rock band consisting of Brian McMahan (guitar and vocals), David Pajo (guitar), Britt Walford (drums), Todd Brashear (bass on Spiderland) and Ethan Buckler (bass on Tweez). They formed in Louisville, Kentucky, United States in 1986 from...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1987
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1992
Shipping News
Shipping News is an American post-rock/indie rock band. The group formed in the fall of 1996 when members Jason Noble and Jeff Mueller, who were both in Rodan, collaborated to create music for the Chicago-based syndicated National Public Radio...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1996
Frodus
Frodus (a.k.a. Frodus Conglomerate International, Frodus Sound Laboratories, FCI, Frodus Escape Plan, Frodus Deposit Insurance Corporation) was a 1990s Washington, D.C.-based post-hardcore band, described by critics as a mixture of math rock,...
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Drive Like Jehu
Drive Like Jehu was an American post-punk/post-hardcore band led by Rick Froberg and John Reis, formed in 1990 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 1995. Their music combines elements of rock and punk with complex time signature changes,...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1990
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1994
Grüvis Malt
Grüvis Malt was a six piece band founded in Providence, Rhode Island in 1995. Grüvis Malt has released a total of seven full-length albums, one of which was released under Lakeshore Entertainment subsidiary Lakeshore Records, and three EPs. The...
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Shiner
Shiner were a band from Kansas City, Missouri.
The group formed in 1992, and quickly found wide exposure, releasing a vinyl EP in 1993 and touring with acts such as Sunny Day Real Estate, Chore, Jawbox, Season to Risk, The Jesus Lizard, and Girls...
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Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc are an experimental indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois. They formed in 1995, following the break up of Cap'n Jazz.
Singer Tim Kinsella has been the only permanent member of the group; he has also recorded as a solo artist.
Joan of...
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Faraquet
Faraquet (pronounced /ˈfærəkɛt/) was an influential rock band from Washington D.C. sometimes placed in the math rock genre. They were formed in 1997, and disbanded in 2001. They were on Dischord Records, and were influenced by bands like Fugazi,...
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Bastro
Bastro was an American Math Rock / Post Hardcore band in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's main line-up consisted of David Grubbs on guitar, Clark Johnson on bass guitar, and John McEntire on drums.
Bastro were one of two bands formed by...
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Ativin
Ativin is an experimental post-rock band from Bloomington, Indiana. Chris Carothers and Dan Burton of Early Day Miners make up their core, with a revolving door of drummers.
Formed in Bloomington, Indiana in the winter of 1994 after Chris Carothers ...
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Sharks Keep Moving
Sharks Keep Moving were a short-lived Seattle rock band that formed in 1998. The band’s original lineup consisted of Jake Snider (guitar/vocals), Jeff DeGolier (bass), Nate Turpen (guitar), and Dan Dean (drums), and Jay Clark (guitar). Their music...
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31knots
31Knots is a band founded in Portland, Oregon by guitarist Joe Haege and bassist Jay Winebrenner. In 1998 the band added Joe Kelly as a drummer; in 2003 he left and was replaced by Jay Pellicci of Dilute. Early albums explored the limits of a guitar...
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Minus the Bear
Minus the Bear is an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington that incorporates elements of ambience and sonic experimentation while maintaining indie influences. The band features current and former members of Botch, Kill Sadie, and Sharks Keep...
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Moneen
Moneen (sometimes stylised as .moneen.) is an indie rock band from Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
The band formed in 1999 after the dissolution of another band, called Perfectly Normal. Moneen's original bass player, Mark Bowser, was replaced by Chris...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 2000
American Football
American Football was an indie rock band from Urbana, Illinois, active from 1997 to 2000. The band was formed by guitarist/bassist and singer Mike Kinsella (formerly of Cap'n Jazz and Joan of Arc and currently of Owen) and drummer Steve Lamos ...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1997
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 2000
Pivot
Pivot is an experimental rock band from Sydney and Perth, Australia.
Pivot are a 3 piece band based in London
Pivot were formed as a purely improvisational 5 piece band in Sydney 1999 by brothers Richard Pike and Laurence Pike. The band spent the...
Rodan
Rodan was an American math/indie rock band in the early to mid 1990s. The band consisted of Jeff Mueller (guitar/vocals), Jason Noble (guitar/vocals), Tara Jane O'Neil (bass/vocals), and Kevin Coultas (drums).
Rodan formed in Louisville, Kentucky in...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1991
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1994
Rob Crow
Robertdale Rulon "Rob" Crow, Jr. (born February 21, 1971) is an American singer and multi-instrumentalist from San Diego, California known for the long list of bands and projects he is associated with, mostly in the genres of indie rock and math...
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- Feb 21, 1971 (age 38 years)
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Ghosts and Vodka
Ghosts and Vodka is an instrumental math rock band from Chicago, known for their impressive technical skills. The band was made up of two guitarists, Victor Villareal and Sam Zurick, bassist Erik Bocek and drummer Scott Shellhamer.
The band formed...
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Zu
Zu are an Italian instrumental trio from Rome.
Hailing from the catholic block of Rome, Zu are an atypical trio made of drums, electric bass, baritone saxophone and electronics. Formed in Rome in 1997, they began as composers and players for theatre...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1997
Dazzling Killmen
Dazzling Killmen were one of the most accomplished 90s math rock bands, combining a punk-inspired noisy ruckus with jazzy Sun Ra-type intelligence and complex arrangements.
The group, which formed in 1990, was composed of St. Louis area-based jazz...
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Zazen Boys
Zazen Boys is a Japanese band formed by former Number Girl guitarist and vocalist Mukai Shutoku. Stylistically, their music consists mostly of complex rhythmic songs reminiscent of math rock, as well as extended improvisational songs characterized...
