Punk, Indie & Alternative Rock

late proto-punk/early punk rock/early post punk/early new wave/proto-early hardcore punk:

the deviants

the equals

stooges

mc5

edgar broughton band

crushed butler

Zior

David bowie

mott the hoople

t. rex

slade

alice cooper

hawkwind

ufo

status quo

lou reed

slade

third world war

the pink fairies

roxy music

brian eno

sweet

new York dolls

Hollywood brats

Johnathan richman and the modern lovers

bebop de luxe

heavy metal kids

kiss

Babe ruth

peter hammill

patti smith

death (punk band)

the dictators

doctors of madness

deaf school

eddie and the hot rods

the ramones

the runaways

the saints

motorhead

Nick lowe

ian dury and the blockheads 

pure hell

the sex pistols

the clash

the dead boys

the damned

blondie

talking heads

the stranglers

the vibrators

television

the jam

elvis Costello and the attractions

wire

devo

ultravox

johnny thunders and the heartbreakers

Richard hell

the zeros

generation x

the adverts

the slits

the police

the buzzcocks

the boys

the drones

the streets (punk compilation)

squeeze

peter gabriel

london

b-52s

eater

the kids

the wasps

sham 69

Big in japan

Yachts

johnny moped

satan's rats

the undertones

gary numan and tubeway army

penetration

x ray spex

the carpettes

the art attacks

subway sect

alternative tv

the fall

the cortinas

steve hillage

uk subs

the only ones

the soft boys

the radio rats

the cars

the pigs

crass

xtraverts

siouxsie and the banshees

999

angelic upstarts

fatal microbes/honey bane

the wake

magazine

slaughter and the dogs

suburban studs

the bags

suicide

this heat

basement 5

the rezillos

the mekons

james chance and the contortions

teenage jesus and the jerks

d.n.a

mars

adam and the ants

swell maps

public image ltd

the pop group

poison girls

the ruts

joy division

essential logic

gang of four

delta 5

the cravats

a certain ratio

section 25

stiff little fingers

the cure

middle class

wipers

the germs

bow wow wow

young marble giants

units

dead can dance

duran duran

the addicts

the durutti column

the sound

section 25

killing joke

the cockney rejects

the misfits

flock of seagulls

Kleenex/liliput

Nikki and the corvettes

Suburban lawns

Toy dolls

big audio dynamite

ska revival/2 tone:

the specials

madness

the selecter

bad manners

the English beat

The bodysnatchers

new wave/post punk/gothic rock:

brian eno

the doctors of madness

deaf school

suicide

television

talking heads

elvis Costello and the attractions

the stranglers

wire

pere ubu

the fall

this heat

siouxsie and the banshees

magazine

the cure

the sound

joy division/new order

Bauhaus

the damned

the caravats

the durutti column

glen branca

killing joke

flipper

Graduate

flux of pink indians

psychedelic furs

monochrome set

23 skidoo

simple minds

comsat angels

alien sex fiend

sad lovers and giants

modern english

au pairs

violent femmes

boowy

the danse society

uk decay

swans

billy idol

Strawberry switchblade

echo and the bunnymen

the chameleons

the The

rubella ballet

Christian death

45 grave

Cocteau twins

felt

virgin prunes

sex gang children

the birthday party

play dead

butthole surfers

the smiths

dif juz

red lorry yellow lorry

the cult

death in june

sisters of mercy

this mortal coil

fiels of Nephilim

Big Flame

World Domination Enterprises

Minimal Compact

nick cave and the bad seeds

paraise lost

my dying bride

anathema

Six Finger Satellite

Brainiac

Elastica

cradle of filth

early street punk/hardcore punk/emo:

the stooges (proto)

the pink fairies (proto)

death (punk band-proto)

the ramones (some early songs)

motorhead

the clash (some early songs)

the damned (some songs, some on their first two albums, many on their third album)

pure hell (some songs)

sham 69 (some early songs)

wire (some songs)

ultravox (some songs)

the cortinas (early)

the carpettes (early)

London (some songs)

999 (some songs)

the buzzcocks (some songs)

x ray spex (some songs)

crass (some songs)

uk subs

the bags (some songs)

middle class

stiff little fingers (some songs)

the ruts (some songs)

wipers (some songs)

swell maps (some songs)

the germs

the adicts

cockney rejects (some songs)

The cravats

discharge

black flag

X

bad brains

dead kennedys

vice squad

gbh

exploited

minor threat

varukers

disorder

the partisans

omega tribe

d.o.a

circle jerks

chaos uk

gang green

jerrys kids

jfa

DIRT

the f.u.s

minutemen

angry samoans

agent orange

the insane

the adolescents

the descendents

the mob

peter and the test tube babies

one way system

amebix

antisect

Dead man's shadow (uk)

rudimentary peni

the destructors

abrasive wheels

rubella ballet

faith

void

Fang

the skeptix

ultra violent

subhumans (uk)

potential threat

the 4 skins

the blood

nomeansno

the ejected

negative approach

anti system

mob 47

Government issue

rattus

shitlickers

bad religion

crucifix

icons of filth

anti cimex

the riot squad (punk band)

English dogs 

d.r.i.

T.s.o.l.

State of alert

broken bones

deep wound

suicidal tendencies

sacrilege/warwound

big black

Cro-Mags

husker du

millions of dead cops

agnostic front

battalion of saints

dag nasty

rites of spring

gray matter

embrace

Gorilla boscuits

Youth of today

25 ta life

Warzone

Sheer terror

Breakdown

Killing Time

Madball

Bulldoze

Terror Zone

Neglect

Judge

jawbreaker

poison idea

poison ivy

rancid

NOFX

Skarhead

Gwar

E. Town concrete

Fury of five

Vision of disorder

Crown of thornz

No redeeming Social value

anarcho punk/crust punk/crossover thrash/grindcore/powerviolence:

crass

fatal microbes/honey bane

poison girls

uk subs

black flag

The cravats

killing joke

discharge

bad brains

disorder

gbh

Vice squad

exploited

varukers

rudimentary peni

flux of pink indians

chaos uk

the subhumans (uk)

cruficix

DIRT

mob 47

amebix

antisect

anti system

d.r.i.

broken bones

ultra violent

anti cimex

suicidal tendencies

English dogs

sacrilege (uk)

siege

larm

heresy

raw noise/extreme noise terror

the stupids

stormtroopers of death

corrosion of conformity

cryptic slaughter

concrete sox

active minds

repulsion

electro hippies

napalm death

deviated instinct

ripcord

cro mags

murphy's law

ativistic

cerebral fix

doom (uk)

generic

satanic malfunctions

hellkrusher

axegrinder

hellbastard

sore throat

unseen terror

intense degree

dr. and the crippens

gorilla biscuits

sick of it all

warfear

filthcick

terrorizer

prophecy of doom

infest

no comment

earth crisis

hatebreed

biohaard

disgust

disarm

disfear

disrupt

Eyehategod

health hazard/suffer

anal cunt

nasum

brutal truth

antischism

aus rotten

Agathocles

totalitar

extinction of mankind

excrement of war

police bastard

refused

iron monkey

hard to swallow

canvas (uk)

urko

cress

his hero is gone

narcosis

tragedy

anaal nathrakh

gorerotted

fukpig

fall of efrafah

indie rock/lofi indie/alternative rock/noise rock/dream pop/shoegaze/britpop/pop punk:

r. stevie moore

the cure

monochrome set

television personalities

Sad Lovers and Giants

the feelies

the psychedelic furs

orange juice

felt

kim wilde

the smiths

james

r.e.m.

cleaners from venus

Daniel johnston

the clean

talulah gosh

beat happening

Cocteau twins

chameleons

the replacements

sonic youth

husker du

marine girls

shop assistants

the lotus eaters

red hot chilli peppers

the cult

The pale fountains/shack

They might be giants

Grazhdanskaya Oborona

jesus and the mary chain

the bodines

wedding present

half man half biscuit

the wolfhounds

close lobsters

McCarthy

dinosaur jr.

the pixies

sea urchins

The pastels

pop will eat itself

the wonder stuff

the bomb party

gaye bykers on acid

carter the unstoppable sex machine

my bloody valentine

a.r. kane

st. Christopher

the telescopes

spacemen 3

loop

14 iced bears

stone roses

Eternal

happy Mondays

primal scream

the charlottes

the field mice

Meat puppets

The froggs

nick cave and the bad seeds

kitchens of distinction

another sunny day

slowdive

the charlatans

northside

These animal men

inspiral carpets

pale saints

lush

ride

Bleach (uk)

the las

Boyracer

teenage fanclub

the sundays

Catherine wheel

whipping boy

blind melon

blind mr jones

the boo radleys

swervedriver

brighter

revolver

curve

Kingmaker

The high

Ocean colour scene

Babybird

The auteurs

chapterhouse

secret shine

moose

Salad

blur

adorable

seefeel

Cornershop

Flying saucer attack

moonshake

drop ninteens

lilys

The real people

Perfume

brian Jonestown massacre

green day

heavenly (uk)

jeff buckley

ned's atomic dustbin

oasis

suede

blueboy

Shampoo

Supergrass

The bluetones

Black grape

All about eve

sunny day real estate

the promise ring

the smashing pumpkins

sebadoh/folk implosion

pavement

the breeders

built to spill

beck

The dandys

Thousand yard stare

Super furry animals

eels

Sleeper

Shed seven

Catatonia

Spacehog

p.j. harvey

Doughboys

guided by voices

bikini kill

huggy bear

radiohead

Dodgy

Ash

Marion

The Bluetones

Manic atreet preachers

the offspring

the cranberries

weezer

stereolab

saint etienne

pulp

Strangelove

Embrace (uk)

The pearly gatecrashers

Connelis

Super furry animals

yo le tango

mazzy star

Elliott smith

placebo

Echobelly

Gay dad

spiritualized

flaming lips

Longpigs

Mansun

Kinky machine

lcd soundsystem

john frusciante

the verve

Kenickie

Northern uproar

Kula shaker

Sleater kinney

The seahorses

yeah yeah yeahs

neutral milk hotel

blonde redhead

alanis morrisette 

pram/broadcast

mindless self indulgence

imogen heap

doves

Oceansize

goldfrapp

peaches

Modest mouse

Fiona apple

post hardcore/math rock/art rock/experimental rock/emo:

king crimson

this heat

nomeasno

rites of spring

gray matter

dag nasty

embrace

Moss icon

fugazi

slint

jawbreaker

jawbox

superchunk

sunny day real estate

cap n jazz

mineral

glassjaw

Quicksand

Snapcase

Sense field

Errortype: eleven

Ken mode

Saetia

Orange 9mm

Handsome

Q and not u

Shudder to think

Girls against boys

The nation of ulysses

Rorschach

Hum

Brainiac

Chavez

Boysetsfire

burn

Stillsuit

Texas is reason

breadwinner

polvo

unwound

weezer

orange 9mm

Chamberlain

The Promise Ring

cursive

rainer maria

shellac

jimmy eat world

drive like jehu

braid

Elliot

the get up kids

the jazz june

rodan/June of 44

nomeansno

Chavez

today is the day

shipping news

dismemberment plan

American football

at the drive in

65daysofstatic

hella

the mars volta

Battles

Foals

post rock:

this heat

dif juz

talk talk

slint

disco inferno

bark psychosis

stereolab

seefeel

radiohead

mooshake/laika

pram/broadcast

mogwai

tortoise

joan of arc

sigur ross

godspeed! you black emperor

65daysofstatic

post punk revival/ garage rock revival/psychedelic rock/indie rock/indie folk/alternative rock/pop rock/pop punk:

pj Harvey

damon albarn

blink 182

sum 41

Peaches

modest mouse

peaches

imogen heap

yeah yeah yeahs

blonde redhead

dove

muse

Fidlar

The hiss

the strokes

avril Lavigne

evanescence

linkin park

green day

interpol

coldplay

white stripes

black keys

mgmt

Parquet courts

johanna newsom

broken social scene

wolf parade

the killers

Bombay motorcycle club

kings of leon

The subways

Maximo park

the national

kaiser chiefs

bloc party

Kasabian

arctic monkeys

Noisettes

the kooks

the libertines

Blossoms

The wombats

franz Ferdinand

The courteeners

The vaccines

The fratellis

The knife

The pigeon detectives

Razorlight

Catfish and the bottlemen

Two doors cinema club

Hard fi

The maccabees

The hunna

Mystery jets

Gonjasufi

ariel pink

Viola beach

Florence + the machine 

Bon iver

paramore

Lana del ray

Animal collective

The national

Deerhunter

Joanna newsom

my chemical romance

santigold

Fiona apple

Owl city

White lies

Editors

the xx

sleaford mods

Dean blunt

Everything everything

Klaxons

Cage the elephant

arcade fire

tame impala

The 1975

king krule

Alt j

foals

idles

Mitski

Osees

The shins

king gizzard and the lizard wizard

kurt vile

Courtney barnett

Connan mockasin

andy shauf

twenty one pilots

mac demarco

beach house

Alvvays

Viagra boys

Turnstile

black midi

Cigarettes after sex

Bent knee

Frankie and the witch fingers 

Men I trust

Wet leg