Category: experimental rock
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Kim Gordon
About Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and rapper best known as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth. Born in Rochester, New York, she was raised in Los Angeles, California, where her father was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. After graduating from Los…
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Melvins
About Melvins are an American rock band formed in 1983 in Montesano, Washington. Their early work was key to the development of both grunge and sludge metal. Primarily a trio, they have also performed as a quartet, with either two drummers or two bassists. Since 1984, vocalist and guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover…
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Phil Manzanera
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About Phillip Geoffrey Targett-Adams, known professionally as Phil Manzanera, is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He is the lead guitarist with Roxy Music, and was the lead guitarist with 801 and Quiet Sun. In 2006, Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour’s album On an Island, and played in Gilmour’s band for tours in Europe and…
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The Raincoats
About The Raincoats are a British post-punk band formed in 1977. They were founded by Ana da Silva and Gina Birch while the two were students at Hornsey College of Art in London. Other prominent members have included Vicky Aspinall, Palmolive (drums), and Richard Dudanski (drums). Albums/Songs: No significant albums found.
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Michael Rother
About Michael Rother is a German experimental musician, best known for being a founding member of the influential bands Neu! and Harmonia, and an early member of the band Kraftwerk. Albums/Songs: No significant albums found.
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Ian MacKaye
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About Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye is an American musician. Active since 1979, he is best known as the co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.–based independent record label, and the frontman of hardcore punk band Minor Threat and post-hardcore band Fugazi. MacKaye was also the bassist for the short-lived band the Teen Idles,…
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Public Image Ltd
About Public Image Ltd are an English post-punk band formed by lead vocalist John Lydon, guitarist Keith Levene, bassist Jah Wobble, and drummer Jim Walker in May 1978. The group’s line-up has changed frequently over the years; Lydon has been the sole constant member. Albums/Songs: No significant albums found.
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Conny Plank
About Konrad “Conny” Plank was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany’s krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s. Plank was involved in releases by Neu!, Kraftwerk, Cluster, Harmonia, Ash Ra Tempel, Guru Guru, Kraan, and other German groups of…
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Pink Floyd
About Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experiments, philosophical lyrics, and elaborate live shows, and became a leading progressive rock band. Albums/Songs: No significant albums found.
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Syd Barrett
About Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Until his departure in 1968, he was Pink Floyd’s frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia and stream-of-consciousness writing. As a guitarist, he was influential for his free-form playing and…