Share This
Noise rock
Noise rock (also known as noise punk) describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting...
Learn more about Noise rock »
Add More Topics
Save this view to a base, or just for yourself.
about 200 Musical Artist topics matching:
Filter this Collection
+
x
-
Musical Artist
- » Musical Genres
- » Place Musical Career Began
- » Albums
- » Similar Artists
- » Record Labels
- Active as Musical Artist (start)
- Active as Musical Artist (end)
- » Instruments Played
- » Vocal Range
-
Album Contributions
- » Tracks Recorded
-
Track Contributions
- » Concert Tours
- » Supporting artists
-
Person
-
Musical Group
-
Musician
- Other Columns Other Info
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American singer-songwriter, raconteur, spoken word artist, writer, publisher, actor, radio DJ, and activist. After joining the short-lived Washington D.C. band State of Alert in...
Date of birth:
- Feb 13, 1961 (age 48 years)
Place of birth:
The Presidents of the United States of America
The Presidents of the United States of America, commonly referred to as The Presidents, is a twice Grammy-nominated American alternative rock band. The band formed in Seattle, USA, in 1993. The three-piece group currently comprises vocalist and ...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1990
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore (vocals and guitar), Kim Gordon (vocals, bass, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (vocals and guitar), Mark Ibold (bass) and Steve Shelley ...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1981
The Residents
The Residents is an American avant-garde music and visual arts group who have been active since 1969. Their first official release under the name of The Residents was in 1972, and since then the band have gone on to release over sixty albums,...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1966
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground was an American experimental rock band formed in New York City, New York. First active from 1965 to 1973, their best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although never...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1965
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1973
Krist Novoselic
Krist Anthony Novoselic II (Croatian surname spelling: Novoselić) (born May 16, 1965) is a Croatian American rock musician, best known for being the bassist and co-founder of the grunge band Nirvana. In addition to Nirvana, Novoselic has played for...
Date of birth:
- May 16, 1965 (age 44 years)
Place of birth:
Place Musical Career Began:
Thurston Moore
Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958 in Coral Gables, Florida) is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has participated in many solo and group collaborations outside of Sonic Youth, as well as...
Date of birth:
- Jul 25, 1958 (age 51 years)
Place of birth:
Lee Ranaldo
Lee M. Ranaldo (born February 3, 1956) is an American singer, guitarist, writer and record producer, best known as a co-founder of the rock band Sonic Youth. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Ranaldo and Thurston Moore, of Sonic Youth, the 33rd and 34th...
Date of birth:
- Feb 3, 1956 (age 53 years)
Place of birth:
Instruments Played:
Swans
Swans were an American post-punk band active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1982
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1997
Ian MacKaye
Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (pronounced /məˈkaɪ/) (born April 16, 1962), is an American singer and guitarist. Active since 1979, MacKaye is best known for being the frontman of the influential hardcore punk band Minor Threat, the post-hardcore bands...
Date of birth:
- Apr 16, 1962 (age 47 years)
Place of birth:
Rollins Band
Rollins Band was an American rock group, led by singer and songwriter, Henry Rollins.
They are best-known for the songs "Low Self Opinion" and "Liar", which both earned heavy airplay on MTV in the early 1990s. Critic Steve Huey describes their music...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Apr 1987
The Verve
The Verve (originally Verve) were an English rock band formed in Wigan, Greater Manchester in 1990, by vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. The members had met at Winstanley Sixth Form...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1989
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1999
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are an American third wave ska band from Boston, Massachusetts.
Formed in 1983, the Bosstones are often credited with the creation of the ska-core genre, a form of music that mixes elements of third wave ska and hardcore...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1985
Lightning Bolt
Lightning Bolt is a noise rock duo from Providence, Rhode Island, composed of Brian Chippendale on drums and vocals and Brian Gibson on bass guitar. The band met and formed in 1994, when the members of the then-trio attended the Rhode Island School...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1995
Fugazi
Fugazi is an American post-hardcore band that formed in Washington, D.C. in 1987. The band's continual members were guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty. Fugazi are noted for their DIY...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1987
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...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1992
Helmet
Helmet is a post-hardcore band from New York formed in 1989. Founded by vocalist/guitarist Page Hamilton, Helmet has had numerous lineup changes, and Hamilton has been the only constant member.
Helmet has released six studio albums and two...
Place Musical Career Began:
Dinosaur Jr
Dinosaur Jr. is an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984. Originally called Dinosaur prior to legal issues that forced the group to change their name, the band disbanded in 1997 until reuniting in 2005. Guitarist J...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1984
Butthole Surfers
The Butthole Surfers are an American alternative rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but the core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1982
Musical Genres:
View entire collection »
David Wm. Sims
David William Sims (born September 17, 1963 in Austin, Texas) is an American musician, best known as the bass guitarist of the bands Scratch Acid (with whom he initially played guitar), Rapeman and The Jesus Lizard. In the context of his musical...
Place of birth:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC for short) is an American alternative rock band from San Francisco, California, now based in Los Angeles. BRMC is known for its brand of garage rock, blues, folk revival, neo-psychedelia, and often religiously...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1998
Fields of Aplomb
Fields of Aplomb, abbreviated FoA, is a goth/alternative band formed in Baltimore in 1998 upon the demise of Pelican's Daughter. known for surrealistic and gloomy lyrics. Their first album, Reverence for the Lost, addresses themes of extreme...
Place Musical Career Began:
Limp Richerds
The Limp Richerds were a hardcore punk rock band from Seattle, Washington which featured Mark Arm and Steve Turner (later of Mudhoney and Green River) in one of their many lineups. They formed around 1981, ceased to be a serious band in 1984, and...
Place Musical Career Began:
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (often abbreviated as Trail of Dead) is an American art rock band from Austin, Texas. According to the band's website, their name is taken from an ancient Mayan ritual chant which shows a striking...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1994
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...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1990
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1997
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard is an American alternative rock band formed in 1987 in Austin, Texas, and based in Chicago, Illinois from 1989 to 1999. The band reunited in 2008.
The band began in Austin, TX, when guitarist Duane Denison recruited David Yow,...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1989
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1999
Praxis
Praxis is the name of an ever-changing musical project, led by prolific producer Bill Laswell. Praxis combine elements of different musical genres such as funk, jazz, hip-hop and heavy metal into highly improvised music. First appearing in 1992 with...
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...
Place Musical Career Began:
Brainiac
Brainiac was an American synthpunk band formed in 1992 and disbanded after the sudden death of lead singer Tim Taylor in 1997.
Brainiac was formed in Dayton, Ohio in January 1992 with vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player (particularly Moog...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1992
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1997
Blues Explosion
Blues Explosion (formerly The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and sometimes abbreviated JSBX) is an American punk blues trio, formed in 1990 and based out of New York. The band is composed of singer and guitarist Jon Spencer, previously the frontman of...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1990
Boredoms
Boredoms (ボアダムス) (or, more recently, V∞redoms) is a noise rock band from Osaka, Japan. The band was officially formed in 1986, although some date the band to bedroom tape experiments from 1982. The band's output is usually referred to as noise rock...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1986
Musical Genres:
View entire collection »
The Locust
The Locust is a musical group from San Diego, California, United States known for their unique mix of grindcore speed and aggression, mathcore complexity, and new wave weirdness.
Originally a powerviolence band with a strong tendency towards synth...
Place Musical Career Began:
Half Japanese
Half Japanese is a rock band formed by brothers Jad and David Fair in their Uniontown, Maryland bedroom around 1975. Their original instrumentation included a small drum set, which they took turns playing; vocals; and an out of tune (but quite...
Place Musical Career Began:
Melt-Banana
Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock band that is known for playing extremely fast and noisy music mixed with experimental electronica that might be described as new-wave grindcore. They have worked with artists as diverse as Merzbow, John Zorn,...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1992
Kittens
The Kittens were a three piece noise rock band, with some country influences, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Their albums were released on Sonic Unyon. After disbanding for almost eight years, they had a reunion show on News Years of 2007. Russell...
Musical Genres:
Tad
TAD was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. They were one of the first of the many bands which came out of Seattle in the grunge era. Their music had a noticeable 1970s metal influence, rather than the punk which influenced most other...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1988
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1999
Mclusky
Mclusky (often stylized as mclusky) was a three-piece alternative rock group from Cardiff, Wales. The group consisted of Andy "Falco" Falkous (vocals, guitar), Jonathan Chapple (bass, vocals) and Jack Egglestone (drums), who replaced previous...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1996
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- Jan 7, 2005
Guitar Wolf
Guitar Wolf (Japanese: ギターウルフ) is a Japanese garage punk power trio founded in Nagasaki, Nagasaki in 1987. The band is known for songs with piercing vocals and an extremely loud style of noise-influenced punk which emphasizes heavy distortion and...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1987
George Hurley
George Hurley (born September 4, 1958 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is a drummer noted for his work with The Minutemen and fIREHOSE.
Even though he went to the same high school as D. Boon and Mike Watt he did not meet them until around 1978. That same...
Date of birth:
- Sep 4, 1958 (age 51 years)
Place of birth:
Deerhoof
Deerhoof is a San Francisco musical group, currently consisting of Satomi Matsuzaki (usually vocals and bass), John Dieterich (usually guitar), Ed Rodriguez (usually guitar as well) and Greg Saunier (usually drums).
In 1991, Greg Saunier,...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Mar 1994
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....
Place Musical Career Began:
Polysics
Polysics (typeset POLYSICS) is a Japanese new wave and rock band from Tokyo, who dubs its unique style as "technicolor pogo punk". It was named after a brand of synthesizer, Korg Polysix. The band started in 1997, but got their big break in 1998 at...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1997
The Notwist
The Notwist (pronounced /ˈnoʊ.twɪst/) are a German indie rock band. Formed in 1989, the band moved through several musical incarnations despite maintaining a relatively stable lineup. While their early records moved through heavy metal into dark...
Whirlwind Heat
Whirlwind Heat is a three-piece band from the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Although they are avid genre-hoppers, they are often categorized as alternative rock.
The band was formed in 1996 by Moog synthesizer-player/vocalist David Swanson,...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1996
Musical Genres:
View entire collection »
To Live and Shave in L.A.
To Live and Shave in L.A. (TLASILA) is an experimental music collective founded in 1993 by avant-garde composer/producer Tom Smith (formerly of Washington, DC groups Peach of Immortality and Pussy Galore) and Miami Beach musician/producer Frank "Rat...
Place Musical Career Began:
Band of Susans
Band of Susans was a noise rock band formed in New York City in 1986. It originally consisted of Robert Poss (guitar/vocals), Susan Stenger (bass/vocals), Ron Spitzer (drums), with Susan Lyall (guitar), Susan Tallman (guitar), and Alva Rogers ...
Place Musical Career Began:
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...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Feb 2001
Holy Molar
Holy Molar is a noise rock band from San Diego, composed of members that play or have played in The Locust, Antioch Arrow, Charles Bronson, Heroin, Cattle Decapitation, The Crimson Curse, Glass Candy, Get Hustle, Swing Kids, Das Oath, Struggle and...
Place Musical Career Began:
Autobody
Autobody was a Brooklyn, New York based indie rock band. They released three albums on the Silly Bird label, as well as various other tapes and 7" records.
WFMU's Scott Williams has described them as an "avant-garde supergroup".
All hail from (or...
Place Musical Career Began:
The Go! Team
The Go! Team are an English, Brighton-based sextet. With founder Ian Parton, they have pushed the boundaries of indie rock and garage rock in a unique style, incorporating two drummers and an imitative mixture of 1970s car chase themes, double dutch...
Place Musical Career Began:
White Zombie
White Zombie was a Grammy Award-nominated American rock band named after the 1932 film of the same name, which starred Béla Lugosi.
Based in New York, White Zombie was originally a noise rock band. White Zombie are better-known for their later heavy...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1985
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1996
Musical Genres:
View entire collection »
Destroy 2
Destroy 2 (sometimes called Eye & Chew) was a short-lived Japanese noise rock band. Consisting of only two members, Yamantaka Eye of Boredoms (vocals) and Chew Hasegawa of Corrupted (drums), they released one infamous recording in 1996 called We Are...
Concubine Forming
Concubine Forming was a noise rock band that were part of the burgeoning punk scene in Buffalo, New York during the early part of the 21st century.
The band was formed in 1999 by singer/guitarist Eric Witz, guitarist Mike Hart, and bassist Ed Lover....
Place Musical Career Began:
David Yow
David Yow (born August 2, 1960) is an American musician born in Las Vegas, Nevada and best known as the vocalist for the noise rock bands Scratch Acid and The Jesus Lizard.
In 1982, Yow formed the Austin, Texas-based punk/noise rock group Scratch...
Date of birth:
- Aug 2, 1960 (age 49 years)
Place of birth:
Instruments Played:
Afrirampo
Afrirampo (あふりらんぽ, Afuriranpo) are a band from Osaka, Japan. They are Oni (guitar, vocals) and Pikachu (drums, vocals). Since forming in 2002 they have toured with Sonic Youth and Lightning Bolt, collaborated with Acid Mothers Temple and released...
Disciplina kičme
Disciplina Kičme (English: Spinal Discipline; currently working under the slightly altered name of Disciplin A Kitschme), is a Serbian band, one of the two spin-offs of the seminal Yugoslav New Wave and later post-punk band Šarlo Akrobata, the other...
Liars
Liars is a three-piece American band consisting of Australian-born Angus Andrew (vocals/guitar), Aaron Hemphill (percussion, guitar, synth) and Julian Gross (drums). Although initially lumped into the New York post-punk revival scene of the early...
Place Musical Career Began:
Musical Genres:
View entire collection »
Scarling.
Scarling. is an American noise pop band from Los Angeles, whose core members are Jessicka and Christian Hejnal-Addams. The band formed in 2002. They have released two albums, Sweet Heart Dealer and So Long, Scarecrow.
The band's name comes from a...
Place Musical Career Began:
Fecal Matter
Fecal Matter was a short-lived band from Aberdeen, Washington, that formed in late 1985. It was the first band conceived by Kurt Cobain, who would become famous as the frontman of the seminal grunge band, Nirvana. Other significant members included...
Place Musical Career Began:
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 is an experimental indie rock group formed in 1986 San Francisco, California , though half of its members are from Iowa. Their albums combine dissonant lo-fi noise and ambient sounds (referred to as "Feller filler")...
