| 23 Skidoo | 1979 | UK | London | |
| 27 | 1997 | USA | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| 86 | 1983 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| 323 | 1985 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | Started as "Presse Papier" 1980 |
| 337is (three three seven is) | 2015 | USA | Berrien Springs, Michigan | Real name: Leslie Rollins |
| 999 | 1976 | UK | London | |
| 1349 | 1994 | Sweden | Norköpping | Started as "Hofdingi Myrka" |
| 1919 | 1980 | UK | Bradford | |
| 9353 | 1983 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| (Fab) Phatons | 1966 | USA | Pensacola, Florida | |
| 100 Flowers (AKA Urinals) | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| 1000 Mexicans | 1983 | UK | London | |
| 1000 Ohm | 1979 | Belgium | ||
| 101 Strings | 1957 | USA | ||
| 101ers | 1974 | UK | London | |
| 1313 Mockingbird Lane | 1989 | USA | Albany, New York | |
| 13th Chime | 1980 | UK | Suffolk | |
| 13th Floor Elevators | 1966 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| 13th Moon | 2008 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| 13th Power (AKA Max Frost & the Troopers) | 1967 | USA | ||
| 15 Minutes | 1981 | USA | New York | ⇒ Steve Wynn |
| 17 Pygmies | 1982 | USA | California | |
| 17th Avenue Exits | 1967 | USA | Mobile, Alabama | |
| 18 Karat Gold | 1970 | Germany | München | |
| 18:e Oktober | 1984 | Sweden | Motala | |
| 18th Dye | 1992 | Germany | Berlin | |
| 1984 (1) | 1986 | Japan | ||
| 1984 (2) | 2006 | France | Alsace | |
| 2+2=5 | 1981 | Italy | Milano | |
| 2 Foot Flame | 1994 | New Zealand | Dunedin | ⇒ Peter Jefferies |
| 2 Seconds Late | 1990-ies | Greece | ||
| 2/5 BZ | 1986 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| 2.3 Children | 1982 | USA | San Francisco | |
| 2000 Dirty Squatters (2000 DS) | 1987 | UK/Germany/Italy/Spain/USA | 2003 disbanded, then became CrowZone | |
| 22 Band (22 Band Kankan) | 1976 | Guinea | ||
| 22 Pistepirkko | 1989 | Finland | ⇒ Others (3) | |
| 22-20's | 2003 | UK | Sleaford, Lincolnshire | |
| 24 Carat Black | 1973 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| 27 Various | 1987 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| 28th Day | 1983 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Barbara Manning |
| 2i | 1980 | USA | Minnesota | |
| 2VM | 2005 | Canada | Windsor | |
| 3 Times A Day | 1981 | UK | London | |
| 3 Titans | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| 3 Toed Sloth | 1991 | Australia | Sidney | |
| 31 Knots | 1997 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| 386 DX | 2001 | Russia | Moscow | |
| 39 Clocks | 1977 | Germany | Hannover | |
| 3puen | 1998 | USA | New York | |
| 3rd World | 1973 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| 4" Be 2" | 1979 | UK | London | Name reads "Four Inch Be Two Inch" |
| 4 Instants | 1966 | UK | London | |
| 4,000,000 Telephones | 1985 | UK | Lincoln | |
| 41 Degrees | 1982 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Slight Seconds |
| 45 Grave | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| 48 Cameras | 1985 | Belgium/Monaco/UK | ||
| 48 Chairs | 1979 | UK | Manchester | |
| 4th Amendment | 1968 | USA | Georgia | |
| 49th Parallel | 1967 | Canada | Calgary | |
| 5, 6, 7, 8's | 1988 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| 50 Kaitenz | 2004 | Japan | Osaka | |
| 54 Nude Honeys | 1992 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| 500mg | 2004 | USA | Philadelphia | ⇒ Bardo Pond ⇒ Hash Jar Tempo |
| 5ive Ximes Of Dust | 1982 | UK | Bristol & Cardiff | ⇒ Robert Lawrence ⇒ Machines At Last |
| 7 Year Bitch | 1991 | USA | Seattle | |
| 7 Year Rabbit Cycle | 2003 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| 700 Club | 1984 | USA | San Francisco | |
| 7th Cinders | 1966 | USA | Newark, New Jersey | |
| 7th Temple (VIIth Temple) | 1978 | Canada | ||
| 8 Living Legs | 1983 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| 8 Oder 9 | 1983 | Germany | ||
| 808 State | 1988 | UK | Manchester | |
| 9th Street Market | 1967 | USA | Michigan | |
| A Blaze Colour | 1981 | Belgium | ||
| A Blind Dog Stares | 1981 | USA | New York | ⇒ Play the Siren |
| A Certain Ratio (ACR) | 1977 | UK | Manchester | |
| A Faulty Chromosome | 2010 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| A Giant Dog | 2008 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| A Gun Called Tension | 2005 | USA | Seattle | |
| A Guy Called Gerald | 1988 | UK | Manchester | |
| A Hawk and a Hacksaw | 2004 | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| A House (1) | 1987 | Ireland | ||
| A House (2) | 1981 | UK | ||
| A Modest Proposal | 1986 | Netherlands | Utrecht | |
| A Nul Noise | 1984 | UK | ||
| A Place Both Wonderful & Strange | 2013 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| A Place To Bury Strangers | 2004 | USA | New York | ⇒ Dion Lunadon (Dion Palmer) |
| A Raincoat | 1975 | UK | ||
| A Sordid Poppy | 1990 | France | ||
| A Split Second | 1985 | Belgium | ||
| A. Jodorowsky, R. Frangipane & Don Cherry | 1971 | Chile | ⇒ Don Cherry | |
| A.C. Jones & the Atomic Aces | 1965 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | Originally from Orlando, Florida |
| A.C. Marias | 1981 | UK | ⇒ Wire | |
| A.F. Moebius | 1985 | Germany | Berlin (East) | Real name: Frank Bretschneider |
| A.H. Kraken | 2005 | France | Metz | |
| A. Peyton (Alec Peyton) | 2017 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| A.R. Kane | 1986 | UK | London | |
| A.T.R.O.X. A.T.R.O.X. & F.P. & the Doubling Riders |
1982 | Italy | Piacenza | |
| Aaa…! | 1982 | UK | ||
| Aardvarks | 1966 | USA | Muskegon, Michigan | |
| Aaron Neville | 1960 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Aavikko Aavikko (ft. Kabar) |
1995 | Finland | Siilinjärvi | |
| Abandoned | 1966 | USA | Chicago | |
| Abandos | 2013 | USA | ||
| ABC | 1981 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Abdoulaye Traore | 2010 | Mali | ||
| Abe Katzman's Bessarabian Orchester | 1993 | USA | ||
| Abe Vigoda | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Abelardo Carbonó | 2013 | Colombia | Bogota | |
| Abeti Masikini | 1973 | DR Congo | Kisangani | |
| Abgott | 1999 | UK | London | Formed in Cassino, Italy |
| Able Tasmans | 1984 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| A-Bones A-Bones & Johnny Powers |
1980 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Aboriginal Voices | 1981 | Switzerland | ||
| Above | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Above Ground | 1983 | New Zealand | Christchurch | ⇒ Bill Direen (Builders) |
| Abrasive Wheels | 1981 | UK | Leeds | |
| Abronia | 2017 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Absentees | 1981 | UK | ||
| Absolute Body Control | 1980 | Belgium | ⇒ Klinik ⇒ Unoviduaol | |
| Absolute Grey | 1983 | USA | New York | |
| Absolutes | 2010 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Abstract Sound | 1967 | USA | New Brunswick, New Jersey | |
| Abunai! | 1996 | USA | Boston | |
| Abwärts | 1980 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Aby Ngana Diop | 1993 | Senegal | Dakar | |
| Abyssinians | 1968 | Jamaica | ||
| Accelerators | 1981 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Accent On Travvel | 1983 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Ace | 2012 | UK | Leeds | |
| Ace & the Gulls | 2015 | USA | New York | |
| Achim Reichel & Machines (AKA A.R & Machines) | 1971 | Germany | Hamburg | ⇒ Rattles ⇒ Weltschmertz |
| Acid Baby Jesus | 2009 | USA | Athems, Georgia | |
| Acid Eater | 2001 | Japan | ||
| Acid King | 1993 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O | 1995 | Japan | Osaka | ⇒ Pikacyu-Makoto |
| Ackie (Ackee) | 1986 | UK | ||
| Acoustics | 1967 | USA | Palmyra, New York | |
| Action Beat | 2007 | UK | Bletchley | |
| Action Now | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Pandoras |
| Action Pact | 1981 | UK | Middlesex | |
| Actor | 1980 | Germany | ||
| Actor's Studio | 1985 | Italy | ||
| Actuel | 1982 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| AD | 1979 | UK | ||
| Ada Richards | 2010 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Adalita | 2006 | Australia | ||
| Adam & the Ants | 1977 | UK | ||
| Adam Kesher | 2004 | France | Bordeaux | |
| Adam Payne | 2009 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Adam Widener | 2012 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Adam Wind | 1969 | USA | Tacoma, Washington | |
| Adèle | 1966 | France | ||
| Adickdid | 1993 | USA | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Adicts | 1975 | UK | Ipswich | |
| ADN' Ckrystall | 1982 | France | ||
| Adolescents | 1980 | USA | Fullerton, California | |
| Adored | 2004 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Adrenalin O.D. | 1981 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Adrian & the Sunsets | 1963 | USA | California | ⇒ Adrian Lloyd |
| Adrian Belew | 1982 | USA | ⇒ Frank Zappa & Mothers ⇒ Talking Heads ⇒ Tom Tom Club | |
| Adrian Lloyd | 1963 | USA | California | ⇒ Adrian & the Sunsets |
| Adrian Younge | 2000 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Venice Dawn |
| Ads | 1980 | Denmark | ||
| Adult | 1998 | USA | Detroit | |
| Adult Net | 1984 | UK | Manchester | |
| Advanced Art | 1985 | Finland | Tampere | |
| Adventure | 2008 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Adverts | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ TV Smith |
| ADZ | 1991 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Aerogramme | 1998 | UK | Scotland | |
| Aeternus | 1993 | Norway | Bergen | |
| Afet Serenay | 1979 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Affluents | 1968 | USA | ||
| Afghan Whigs | 1986 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Afida Es & Siglap Boys Afida Es & Surbinas Combo |
1967 | Malaysia | Johor Bahru | |
| Afous d'Afous | 2016 | Algeria | Tamanrasset | |
| Afraid of Mice | 1979 | UK | Liverpool | |
| African Head Charge | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ Lee Scratch Perry |
| After Dinner | 1981 | Japan | Osaka | ⇒ Kam-Pas-Nel-La |
| Afterglow | 1968 | USA | Oregon | |
| Afterimage | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Rich Evac |
| Afuche | 2011 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Agalloch | 1996 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Agarttha | 2013 | Italy | Roma | |
| Agathokles | 1985 | Belgium | Antwerpen | |
| Agent Orange | 1978 | USA | Fullerton, California | |
| Agent Side Grinder | 2005 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Agitation Free | 1967 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Agitpop | 1981 | USA | Poughkeepsie, New York | |
| Agnes Bernelle | 1958 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Agnes Circle | 2015 | UK | London | |
| Agnostic Front | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Agonie | 2009 | France | ||
| Agrarians | 2004 | USA | ||
| Agression | 1983 | USA | Oxnard, California | |
| Aguaturbia | 1969 | Chile | Santiago | |
| Ahilea | 2009 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Ahmad Zahir | 1999 | Afghanistan | ||
| Ahmed Malek | 1978 | Algeria | ||
| Aiko Shimada | 2001 | USA | Seattle | |
| Aimless Device | 1985 | Belgium | Leuven | |
| Air | 1995 | France | Versailles | |
| Air Liquide | 1991 | Germany | Frankfurt a.M. | |
| Air Waves | 2006 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Airto | 1970 | Brazil | Itaiopolis | Full Name: Airto Moreira |
| Airyfarm | 1981 | Japan | AKA Tchimay | |
| Aisha Kandisha | 1987 | Morocco | Marrakesh | AKA Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects |
| Aiumeen Basoa | 1994 | Spain | Mutriku, Euskadi | Basque band |
| Aka | 1980 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Akalé Wubé | 2009 | France | Paris | Origin:Ethiopia |
| Akatombo | 2003 | Japan | Hiroshima | |
| Akiko Yano | 1976 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Akitsa | 1999 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Aksak Maboul | 1977 | Belgium | ||
| Al Brown | 1970 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Al Campbell | 1973 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Al Massrieen | 1977 | Egypt | ||
| Al Saxon | 1958 | UK | ||
| Al Stewart | 1967 | UK | Scotland | |
| Al Wilson | 1967 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Alaclair Ensemble | 2010 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Alain Goraguer | 1958 | France | Rosny-sous-Bois | |
| Alan Jenkins | 1994 | UK | Leicester | ⇒ Ruth's Refrigerator ⇒ Deep Freeze Mice |
| Alan King Pin | 1990 | UK | Ilford | ⇒ Reggae Regular |
| Alan Parker | 1968 | UK | Derbyshire | ⇒ Ugly Custard |
| Alan Price | 1965 | UK | Washington, Tyne and Wear | ⇒ Eric Burdon & the Animals |
| Alan Vega | 1980 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Suicide ⇒ Marc Hurtado & Alan Vega |
| Alarm Clocks | 1965 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Alastis | 1987 | Switzerland | Sion | |
| Albert Griffiths | 1974 | Jamaica | ⇒ Gladiators | |
| Albert King | 1959 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Albert Kuvezin and Yat-Kha | 1995 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Albert Washington | 1963 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Albert Y Lost Trios Paranoias | 1972 | UK | Manchester | |
| Alchemysts | 1989 | UK | ||
| Ale Mania | 2010 | USA | San Diego | |
| Alec K. Redfearn & the Eyesores | 2002 | USA | Rhode Island | |
| Alejandro Escovedo | 1992 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | ⇒ Dragons ⇒ Fauntleroys |
| Alex Chilton | 1977 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Box Tops ⇒ Tav Falco & Panther Burns |
| Alex Gibson | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Alexandre Desplat | 1994 | France | Paris | |
| Alexandros | 1983 | Greece | Patras | |
| Alfredo Mendieta | N/A | USA | Texas | |
| Algebra Mothers | 1979 | USA | Detroit | |
| Algebra Suicide | 1982 | USA | Chicago | |
| Algiers | 2007 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Algiz | 1998 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Alhaji K. Frimpong | 1975 | Ghana | ||
| Ali Beletic | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Ali Farka Touré Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabate |
1976 | Mali | Timbuktu | |
| Ali Mohammed Bira | 1973 | Ethiopia | ||
| Alien Ballroom | 2011 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Alias | 2001 | USA | Portland, Maine | ⇒ Alias & Tarsier |
| Alias & Tarsier | 2006 | USA | ⇒ Alias | |
| Alice | 1970 | France | ||
| Alice Cooper | 1974 | USA | Michigan | |
| Alice Donut | 1988 | USA | New York | |
| Aice Russell | 2004 | UK | Suffolk | |
| Alicia Keys | 1996 | USA | New York | |
| Alien Heat | 1989 | Finland | Pori | |
| Alien Sex Fiend | 1982 | UK | London | |
| A-Lines | 2003 | UK | ||
| Alio Die | 1989 | Italy | Milano | |
| Alisa | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Alisa Harmon | N/A | N/A | ||
| Alive She Died | 1984 | Greece | Athens | |
| All Gone Dead | 2004 | UK | London | |
| All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors | 1996 | USA | New Jersey | |
| All Scars | 1997 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| All the Madmen | 1999 | USA | California | |
| All Them Witches | 2012 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Allah-las | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Allan Wachs | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Allen Ginsberg | 1970 | USA | New York | |
| Allen Oldies Band | 2005 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Allen Toussaint | 1960 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Allergic to Cats | 1981 | UK | Sunderland | |
| Alley Cats | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Zarkons |
| Allez Allez | 1981 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Allies | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Alluring Strange | 1994 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Tav Falco & Panther Burns ⇒ Lorette Velvette |
| Aloa | 1982 | Germany | Kassel | |
| Aloe Blac | 2002 | USA | California | ⇒ Sureshot Symphony |
| Alpha Blondy | 1982 | Ivory Coast | ||
| Alpha Hydrae | 2015 | France | ||
| Alsarah & the Nubatones | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | Origin: Sudan |
| Altered Images | 1979 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Alternative TV | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ Mark Perry |
| Alternomen Unlimited | 1979 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Spherical Objects |
| Althea & Donna | 1977 | Jamaica | ||
| Alton Ellis | 1967 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Aluminium Knot Eye | 2004 | USA | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Alvarius B. | 1994 | USA | Seattle | |
| Alvi & the Alviettes | 1983 | Germany | ||
| Ama-Dots | 1980 | USA | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Amadou & Mariam | 1989 | Mali | ||
| Amanar (AKA Amanar de Kidal) | 2010 | Mali | Kidal | |
| Amanita Vulva | 2015 | Belgium | ||
| Amara Touré | 1975 | Guinea | ||
| Amasa | 2007 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Amazones de Guinée | 1961 | Guinea | ||
| Ambitious Lovers | 1984 | USA | New York | ⇒ Arto Lindsay ⇒ DNA (2) |
| Amen Dunes | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| American Music Club | 1983 | USA | San Francisco | |
| American Watercolor Movement | 1998 | USA | Jersey City, New Jersey | |
| Amerika | 1970 | UK | ||
| Amesoeurs | 2004 | France | Clermont-Ferrand | |
| Ami Marie | 1981 | Germany | ||
| Amnésie | 2004 | France | Angers | |
| Amoeba | 1965 | USA | Texas | |
| Amoeba Men | 2004 | Canada | ||
| Amon Amarth | 1992 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Amon Düül II | 1969 | Germany | München | |
| Amon Tobin | 1997 | Brazil | Formed 1990 as "Cujo" | |
| Amor Fati | 1984 | USA | ||
| Amorphons | 1981 | UK | Newbury | ⇒ Desmond Simmons |
| Amorphous Head | 1989 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Amp | 1992 | UK | London | |
| Amsterdam | 1969 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Amy & the Angels | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Amy Annelle | 2001 | USA | Chicago | |
| Amy Winehouse | 2003 | UK | London | |
| Ana D | 1997 | Spain | Asturia | |
| Ana Hausen | 1981 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Ana Threat | 2010 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Anaal Nathrakh | 1999 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Anarchic System | 1972 | France | Lille | |
| Anat Ben-David | 2003 | UK | London | Origin: Israel / ⇒ Chicks On Speed |
| Anavan | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| ANBB | 2007 | Germany | Berlin | ft. Blixa Bargeld (⇒ Einstürzende Neubauten ⇒ Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) |
| And Also the Trees | 1979 | UK | Worcestershire | |
| Anders Nelson & the Inspirations | 1968 | USA | California | |
| Anderson Council | 2001 | USA | New Brunswick, New Jersey | |
| Andi Arroganti | 1981 | Germany | Saarbrücken | |
| Andorra | 1972 | Germany | Hamm | |
| André de Saint-Obin | 1982 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Andre Williams Andre Williams & the Goldstars |
1955 | USA | Detroit | |
| Andrea & the Left Hand of Darkness | 2008 | USA | ||
| Andrew Liles | 2007 | UK | ||
| Andrew Thomas Wilson | ||||
| Andrew Thompson | 1980 | Australia | ||
| Andrew Tosh | 1986 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Androids of Mu | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Andwellas Dream | 1968 | UK | London | Origin: Northern Ireland |
| Andy Giorbino | 1980 | Germany | Hamburg | ⇒ Geisterfahrer |
| Andy Human Andy Human & the Reptoids |
2011 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Andy Partridge | 1972 | USA | Swindon, Wiltshire | ⇒ XTC ⇒ Dukes of Stratosphear |
| Andy Stewart | 1960 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Andy Stott | 2005 | UK | Manchester | |
| Andy Summers & Robert Fripp | 1982 | UK | London | ⇒ King Crimson |
| Anemic Boyfriends | 1980 | USA | Alaska | |
| Angel (1) | 1982 | UK | ||
| Angel (2) | 2016 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Angel Corpus Christi | 1985 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Angel Face | 1985 | France | Paris | |
| Angel Olsen | 2010 | USA | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Angela Prince | 1980 | Jamaica | ||
| Angela Werner | 1980 | Germany | ||
| Angelblood | 1999 | USA | New York | |
| Angelic Upstarts | 1977 | UK | South Shields | |
| Angelique Kidjo | 1981 | Benin | ||
| Angelite - The Bulgarian Voices | 1983 | Bulgaria | ||
| Angelo Badalamenti Angelo Badalamenti & Marianne Faithfull |
1986 | USA | New York | |
| Angels | 1960-ies | USA | ||
| Angels In America | 2007 | USA | New York | ⇒ Laura Warholic |
| Angels In Aspic | 1988 | UK | London | |
| Angels of Light | 1997 | USA | New York | ⇒ Michael Gira ⇒ Swans ⇒ Circus Mort |
| Angie (Angela Bermuda) | 2013 | Australia | Sydney | ⇒ Straight Arrows |
| Angil & the Hiddentracks With Half Asleep | 2004 | France | Saitn-Étienne | |
| Angizia | 1994 | Austria | ||
| Angkanang Kunchai Angkanang Kunchai With Ubon-Pattana Band |
1975 | Thailand | ||
| Angkor Wrack | 2011 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Angry | 1966 | USA | Canton, Ohio | |
| Angry Angles | 2005 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Reatards ⇒ Jay Reatard ⇒ Lost Sounds |
| Angry Dead Pirates | 2010 | France | Toulouse | |
| Angry Samoans | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Angst | 1979 | USA | Denver | |
| Anika | 2010 | UK | Bristol | |
| Animal Bodies | 2010 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Animal Collective | 2003 | USA | Baltimore | Based in New York |
| Animal Things | 1979 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Animals & Men | 1978 | UK | Somerset | |
| Anita Lane | 1988 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Ann Magnuson | 1995 | USA | California | Origin: West Virginia ⇒ Bongwater |
| Anna Caragnano & Donato Dozzy | 2005 | Italy | Roma | |
| Anna Domino | 1983 | USA | Born in Japan | |
| Anna Oxygen | 2003 | USA | Los Angeles | Origin: Olympia, Washington |
| Anna von Hausswolff | 2010 | Sweden | Göteborg | |
| Annabouboula | 1985 | USA | New York | Greek-American |
| Anne Clark | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Anne Waldman | 1977 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ John Giorno |
| Annette Peacock | 1972 | USA | New York | |
| Anni Rossi & Whitman | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Annie | 1999 | Norway | Trondheim | |
| Annie Anxiety (Little Annie) | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Annie Philippe | 1965 | France | ||
| Ann-Margaret | 1961 | Sweden | ||
| Anomoanon | 1997 | USA | ||
| Anonymous | 1980 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Answer | 1965 | USA | Berkeley, California | |
| Answers | 1966 | UK | South Shields | |
| Ant the Symbol | 2009 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | AKA Just Plain Ant |
| Anteenagers MC | 2003 | France | ||
| Antena (1) | 1981 | Belgium | ||
| Antena (2) | 1989 | Japan | ||
| Anthony Child | 1999 | UK | ||
| Anthony Hamilton | 1996 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Anthony Rother | 1997 | Germany | Offenbach | |
| Anthony-Cédric Vuagniaux | 2010 | Switzerland | Geneva | |
| Anthrax | 1985 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Anthroprophh | 2012 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Heads |
| Anti | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Anti Troppau Council | 1986 | Greece | Athens | |
| Anti Trust | 1986 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Antietam | 1984 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | Based in New York |
| Antifamily | 2006 | UK | ||
| Anti-Nowhere League | 1980 | UK | Kent | |
| Antioch Arrow | 1993 | USA | San Diego | ⇒ Dangerous Boys Club |
| Anti-Pasti | 1978 | UK | Derby | |
| Antisocial | 1981 | UK | Blackpool | |
| Antiworld | 1995 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Anton Barbeau | 1992 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Anton Ignorant | 1984 | Spain | Barcelona | ⇒ Avant-Dernières Pensées |
| Antonio Smith | 1974 | Chile | ||
| Ants | 1989 | USA | ||
| Anubian Lights | 1995 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Anything People | 2004 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Apa Kabar | 2015 | Indonesia | ||
| Apache | 2007 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Apagya Show Band | 1973 | Ghana | ||
| Apartment | 1978 | UK | Bristol | |
| Apartments | 1978 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| APB | 1979 | UK | Scotland | |
| Ape Machine | 2010 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Apes | 1999 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Aphex Twin | 1991 | Ireland | Limerick | |
| Apparat | 2001 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Appendix | 1981 | Finland | Pori | |
| Appliances SFP | 1980 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| April March | 1993 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Shitbirds ⇒ Pussywillows |
| Aqua Nebula Oscillator | 1998 | France | Paris | |
| Aqua Velvets | 1992 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Aquarian Blood | 2014 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Aranos | 1997 | Czechia | Based in Galway, Ireland | |
| Arbete & Fritid | 1969 | Sweden | Uppsala | |
| Arbre Noir | 1993 | Germany | Freiburg | |
| Arca | 2012 | Venezuela | Based in New York & London | |
| Arcade Fire | 2001 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Arcesia | 1952 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Arch Hall Jr. & the Archers | 1959 | USA | California | |
| Archie & the Bunkers | 2014 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Archie Bell & the Drells | 1967 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Architects of Disaster | 1982 | UK | Bedfordshire | |
| Arcwelder | 1987 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Area C | 2004 | USA | Cranston, Rhode Island | |
| Argan | 1996 | Morocco | ||
| Argons | 1963 | USA | Kansas | |
| Arian Sample | 1990-ies | USA | Chicago | Singer of unknown identity, many ALIASES ⇒ Terry |
| Arica | 1972 | USA | New York | |
| Ariel Pink Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti |
1997 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Ar-Kaics | 2013 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Arkansaw Man | 1981 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Arkay IV | 1966 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Arklight | 2006 | USA | New York | |
| Arm the Insane | 1985 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Armand Frydman | 1978 | France | Barbizon | |
| Armed Force | 1979 | UK | Manchester | |
| Arms of Someone New | 1983 | USA | Champaign, Illinois | |
| Arnaud Fleurent-Didier | 2003 | France | Paris | |
| Arondies | 1963 | USA | Clairton, Pennsylvania | |
| Arpadys | 1977 | France | ||
| Arrington de Dionyso Arrington de Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa |
2002 | USA | Chicago | |
| Arson Garden | 1987 | USA | Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Art Bears | 1978 | UK | London | ⇒ Fred Frith |
| Art Failure | 1980 | UK | ||
| Art Group Laboratory | 2007 | Georgia | ||
| Art Guy | 1966 | USA | ⇒ New Dimenstion ⇒ Smokestack Lightnin' | |
| Art Lepers | 1985 | USA | ||
| Art Objects | 1980 | UK | Bristol | |
| Art of Noise | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Art Remains Tangible (A.R.T.) | 1984 | France | ||
| Art Yard | 1981 | USA | Boston | |
| Artery | 1979 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Arthur Alexander | 1960 | USA | Alabama | |
| Arthur Brown | 1974 | UK | Yorkshire | |
| Arthur Harrison & Rupert Chappelle | 1982 | USA | ||
| Athur Lee & the Love | 1972 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Arthur Lee Harper | 1968 | USA | Los Angeles | AKA Arthur |
| Arthur Russell | 1983 | USA | New York | |
| Article 58 | 1981 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Articles of Faith | 1981 | USA | Chicago | |
| Artifical Organs | 1981 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Artistic Control | 1980 | UK | Cornwall | |
| Artless (1) | 1980 | USA | Michigan | |
| Artless (2) | 1980 | Germany | ||
| Arto Lindsay | 1990 | USA | New York | ⇒ DNA (2) ⇒ Ambitious Lovers ⇒ Lound Lizards |
| Artur Nunes | 1973 | Angola | ||
| Artwoods | 1963 | UK | London | |
| Arvid Tuba | 1985 | Sweden | Falun | |
| Asger Baden | 2008 | Denmark | ⇒ Cours Lapin | |
| Asguard | 1996 | Belarus | ||
| Ash Gray & the Girls | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Ash Ra Tempel | 1971 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Ashra |
| Asha Puthli | 1968 | India | Bombay | |
| Asher & Trimble | 1979 | Jamaica | ||
| Ashley Morance | 1982 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Mourning Noise |
| Ashra | 1996 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Ash Ra Tempel |
| Ashrae Fax | 1993 | USA | Greensboro, North Carolina | |
| Asia Argento (ft. Anton Newcombe) Asia Argento (ft. Brian Molko) |
1999 | Italy | Roma | |
| Asian Mae | 2006 | USA | Portland, Maine | ⇒ Big Blood ⇒ Cerberus Shoal ⇒ Fire On Fire |
| Asmara All Stars | 2008 | Eritrea | ||
| Asmodaeus | 1985 | Belgium | ||
| Asmus Tietchens Asmus Tietchens & Liquidsky (Tietchens/Liquidsky) |
1980 | Germany | Hamburg | ⇒ Moebius & Tietchen ⇒ Liliental |
| Ass Ponys | 1988 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound | 2005 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Associates | 1976 | UK | Dundee, Scotland | |
| Astral | 1999 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Astrometrics | 2012 | Finland | Turku | |
| Astronauts | 1979 | UK | Hertfordshire | |
| Aswad Aswad & Jah Shaka |
1974 | UK | London | |
| Asylum Party | 1985 | France | Courbevoie | |
| Ata Kak | 1994 | Ghana | ||
| Ataraxia | 1990 | Italy | Modena | |
| ATC (A Touch of Class) | 2000 | Germany | ||
| Athanor | 1973 | USA | Chicago | |
| Athletico Spizz 80 (AKA Spizzenergi) | 1979 | UK | Birmingham | ⇒ Spizzles |
| Atila | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Atlantic Thrills | 2013 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Atlantics | 1976 | USA | Boston | |
| Atlantis Philharmonic | 1970 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Atlas Sound | 2006 | USA | Athens, Georgia | |
| Atmosphere | 1977 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Atoll | 1972 | France | Metz | |
| Atom Mouth Gimlies | 2010 | Finland | Kuopio | |
| Atomsmashers | 2002 | Italy | Parma | |
| Attention | 2009 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Attic Sounds | 1966 | USA | Silverspring, Maryland | |
| Attic Ted | 2004 | USA | San Marcos, Texas | |
| Attrition | 1980 | UK | Coventry | |
| Au Pairs | 1979 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Auburn Lull | 1997 | USA | Michigan | |
| Audiobinger | 2015 | USA | ||
| Augustus Pablo | 1971 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Aunt Dracula | 2014 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Aunt Sally | 1979 | Japan | Osaka | ⇒ Phew |
| Aura Noctis | 2010 | UK | London | |
| Aus Decline | 1981 | Italy | Pavia | |
| Ausbruch | 1984 | Germany | Aachen | |
| Ausmuteants | 2011 | Australia | Geelong | |
| Austra | 2010 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Aut'Chose | 1973 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Autechre | 1987 | UK | Manchester | |
| Auteurs | 1991 | UK | London | |
| Autistic Behavior | 2014 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Autodidakt | 2003 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Autodrone | 2002 | USA | New York | |
| Automelodi | 2009 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Autonervous | 2004 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Jessie Evans ⇒ Vanishing ⇒ Malaria (1) ⇒ Subtonix |
| Autoportrait | 2011 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Autumn | 1980 | Belgium | ||
| Autumn Cathedral | 1988 | USA | San Jose, California | |
| Autumn Shade | 2007 | USA | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Autumnfair | 1986 | USA | ||
| Avant-Dernières Pensées | 1984 | Spain | Barcelona | ⇒ Anton Ignorant |
| Avantis | 1963 | USA | ||
| Avarus | 2001 | Finland | Tampere | ⇒ Islaja ⇒ Kemialliset Ystävät |
| Ave Sangria | 1974 | Brazil | ||
| Avengers (1) | 1977 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Avengers (2) | 1966 | USA | Memphis,Tennessee | ⇒ Lawson & Four More |
| Avengers (3) | 1967 | USA | Syracuse, New York | |
| Avey Tare | 2000 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Avondale Airforce | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| AvonRim | 2011 | Germany | München | |
| Awesome Color | 2005 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Axis Sova | 2011 | USA | Chicago | |
| Aynsley Dunbar | 1971 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Azalia Snail | 1989 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Aztecs | 1964 | USA | Wenatchee, Washington | |
| B 52's | 1976 | USA | Athens, Georgia | |
| B.B. Brunes | 2006 | France | ||
| B.B. King | 1957 | USA | Mississippi | |
| B.F.G. | 1985 | UK | Manchester | |
| Baard | 1982 | Sweden | ||
| Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band | 2015 | Burkina Faso | ||
| Babe Ruth | 1970 | UK | Hertfordshire | Originally named "Shacklock" |
| Babel 17 | 1983 | France | Paris | ⇒ Zurück Placenta |
| Babes In Toyland | 1987 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Babies | 2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Babils | 2007 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Baby Drowsy | 1983 | USA | Jersey City, New Jersey | |
| Baby Elephant | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| Baby Namboos | 1999 | UK | Manchester | |
| Baby Opaque | 1984 | USA | Virginia | |
| Baby Ray & the Ferns | 1963 | USA | California | |
| Baby Woodrose | 2011 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Baby59 | 2015 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Babyland | 1991 | USA | California | |
| Babylava | N/A | N/A | ||
| Bachikaburi | 1984 | Japan | ||
| Baciamibartali | 1981 | Italy | Castelfidardo | |
| Backdoor Men | 1982 | Sweden | Almhult | |
| Backdoor Society (AKA Richard Pash & the Back Door Society) | 1966 | USA | Ohio | |
| Backdraft | 2007 | Netherlands | ||
| Bad Actors | 1980 | USA | Orlando, Florida | |
| Bad Axe | 2014 | USA | Chicago | |
| Bad Brains | 1977 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Bad Electric | 2016 | USA | New York | |
| Bad Indians | 2009 | USA | Ypsilanti, Michigan | |
| Bad Liquor Pond | 2007 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Bad Manners | 1976 | UK | London | |
| Bad Party | 2008 | USA | Detroit | |
| Bad Religion | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Redd Kross |
| Bad Ronald (AKA All My Friends) | 1996 | USA | New York | |
| Bad Seeds | 1966 | USA | Corpus Christi, Texas | |
| Badawi | 1996 | Isreal | Jerusalem | |
| Baden Powell | 1959 | Brazil | Real Name: Baden Powell de Aquino | |
| Baffo Banfi | 1978 | Italy | Lecco | |
| Bags (1) | 1977 | USA | California | |
| Bags (2) | 1985 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Bailter Space | 1986 | New Zealand | Christchurch | ⇒ Hamish Kilgour |
| Bain Didonc | 1966 | France | ||
| Bait Ones | 1997 | Japan | Kobe | |
| Bajm | 1977 | Poland | Lublin | |
| Bajofondo Tango Club (ft. Mala Rodriguez) | 2002 | Argentina/Uruguay | Buenos Aires | |
| Bakersfield Boogie Boys | 1980 | USA | Bakersfield, California | |
| Bal Paré | 1982 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Balaam & the Angel | 1984 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Balaclavas | 2008 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Balam Acab | 2010 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Balla et ses Balladins | 1968 | Guinea | Conakry | |
| Ballistic Kisses | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Balloon Farm | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Ballroom | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Balroynigress | 2006 | Sweden | ||
| Balso Snell | N/A | N/A | NON-VERIFIED ARTIST | |
| Baltech | 1983 | USA | ||
| Balzac | 1992 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Bama Lamas (AKA Les Bama Lamas) | 2008 | USA | Chicago | |
| Bambi Kino | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| Bambix | 1988 | Netherlands | Nijmegen | |
| Bamboo | 2015 | UK | London | |
| Bamboo Zoo | 1981 | UK | Manchester | |
| Bamff | 1983 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Ban | 1965 | USA | Californa | |
| Bananarama | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ Specials ⇒ Fun Boy Three |
| Band Apart | 1979 | France | Based in Los Angeles | ⇒ Mader |
| Band In Heaven | 2010 | USA | Florida | |
| Band of Blacky Ranchette | 1985 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | ⇒ Howe Gelb ⇒ Giant Sand |
| Band of Holy Joy | 1984 | UK | London | |
| Band of Susans | 1986 | USA | New York | |
| Banda Ionica | 1997 | Italy | Sicily | |
| Bandit Queen | 1992 | UK | Manchester | 1996 |
| Bang Gang | 1996 | Iceland | ||
| Bangs | 1997 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Banned | 1977 | UK | ||
| Banshees | 1966 | USA | Chicago | |
| Banteay Ampil Band | 1983 | Cambodia | ||
| Banzai Predicament | 2016 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Banyuwangi Putra With Arrington de Dionyso | 2016 | Indonesia | ||
| Barbacoa | 2011 | USA | Vermont | |
| Barbara Carlotti | 2005 | France | Clamart | |
| Barbara Gogan & Hector Zazou | 1997 | France | Paris | ⇒ Hector Zazou ⇒ Passions |
| Barbara Green (AKA Barbara Greene) | 1982 | USA | ||
| Barbara Manning Barbara Manning & Flophouse Barbara Manning & the Go-Luckys |
1988 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ 28th of May ⇒ SF Seals ⇒ World of Pooh |
| Barbarians | 1964 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Barberries | 2008 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Barbi & the Kens | 1980 | USA | ||
| Bardo Pond | 1991 | USA | Philadelphia | ⇒ 500mg ⇒ Hash Jar Tempo |
| Bards | 1966 | USA | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Bare Wires | 2007 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Barefacts | 1968 | USA | Osceola, Arkansas | |
| Baris Manco Baris Manco & Kaygisizlar |
1962 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Barn Owl | 2007 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Barnyard Beat (Mew Kids On the Block) | 1995 | USA | ||
| Baron Four | 2013 | UK | ||
| Barons | 1967 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Baroque Bordello | 1981 | France | Paris | |
| Barracudas (1) | 1979 | UK | ⇒ Jeremy Gluck | |
| Barracudas (2) | 1965 | USA | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| Barrence Whitfield & the Savages | 1984 | USA | Boston | |
| Barricade | 1968 | France | Marseille | ⇒ Hector Zazou |
| Barrington Levy Barrington Levy & Jah Thomas |
1976 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Barry Adamson | 1989 | UK | Manchester | |
| Barry Andrewsin Disko | 2010 | Finland | Rovaniemi | |
| Barry Merger Ford | 1980 | UK | ||
| Bart Zoll | 1982 | USA | ||
| Bartok | 1982 | UK | ||
| Basement 5 | 1978 | UK | London | |
| Basement Jaxx | 1994 | UK | London | |
| Basement Wall | 1967 | USA | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| Basements | 2010 | Greece | Thessaloniki | |
| Baskervilles | 1997 | USA | New York | |
| Bass Drum of Death | 2009 | USA | Oxford, Mississippi | |
| Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | 2006 | Mali | ||
| Bassmen | 1965 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Bastards | 1977 | Switzerland | Geneva | |
| Bastien Lallemant & Armelle Pioline | 2003 | France | ||
| Bat Nouveau | 2010 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Bathory | 1983 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Batida | 2009 | Angola | Based in Lisbon | |
| Batmobile | 1985 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Batpiss | 2011 | Australia | Collingwood | |
| Bats | 1982 | New Zealand | Christchurch | |
| Battle of Mice | 2005 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Battles | 2002 | USA | New York | |
| Bättre Lyss | 1975 | Sweden | Tä, Stockholms Län | |
| Batusis | 2010 | USA | New York | |
| Bauhaus | 1978 | UK | Northampton | ⇒ Tones On Tail |
| Bazooka | 2008 | Greece | Athens | |
| BCBG | 2013 | France | Paris | Origin Brazil |
| Beach Fossils | 2009 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Beach House | 2004 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Beaches | 2007 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Beacon Street Union | 1966 | USA | Boston | |
| Bear In Heaven | 2003 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Bearies | 1965 | USA | Connecticut | |
| Beast of Beast | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Beastianity | 1999 | Australia | New South Wales | |
| Beastie Boys | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Beast of Bourbon | 1983 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Beat Happening | 1982 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Beat Necessity | 1980 | IL | Fife, Scotland | |
| Beaters | 2009 | USA | San Diego | |
| Beatles | 1960 | UK | Liverpool | |
| BeatLove | 2009 | Spain | ||
| Beatniks | 1981 | Japan | ||
| Beau | 1969 | UK | Leeds | |
| Beau Brummels | 1963 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Beaut | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| Beutiful People | 1992 | UK | London | |
| Beaux Jens | 1966 | USA | Michigan | |
| Bébé Manga | 1982 | Cameroon | ||
| Bedlam Rovers | 1987 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Bee Bee Sea | 2011 | Italy | Castel Goffredo, Lombardia | |
| Bee Dee Kay & the Roller Coaster | 1994 | France | Tours | |
| Beechwood | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Beefeaters | 1966 | USA | Texas | |
| Beehive & the Barracudas | 1968 | USA | San Diego | ⇒ Rocket From the Crypt |
| Beep Beep | 2004 | USA | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Beep Beep & the Roadrunners | 1962 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Bees | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Bees Knees | 1997 | USA | California | |
| Before | 1980 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Beginner's Mynd | 2013 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Behavior | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Beirut | 2006 | USA | Sante Fe, New Mexico | Based in Brooklyn NY |
| Bela Karoli | 2007 | Romania | Based in USA | |
| Belairs | 1960 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Belajar Membunuh | 2007 | Indonesia | ||
| Belbury Circle Belbury Circle & John Foxx |
2013 | UK | ⇒ John Foxx | |
| Belbury Poly | 2003 | UK | London | |
| Belfast Gypsies | 1965 | UK | Belfast | ⇒ Them |
| Belfegore | 1983 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Belgrado | 2010 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Bell | 1998 | USA | Chicago | |
| Belle Stars | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Belleruche | 2005 | UK | London | |
| Belles | 1965 | USA | Florida | |
| Bellevue | 1991 | Switzerland | Zürich | |
| Bellicose Minds | 2009 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Bellrays | 1990 | USA | California | |
| Belltower | 1991 | USA | New York | |
| Belly | 1991 | USA | Boston | |
| Beme Seed | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Ben Pritchard | 2015 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Fall |
| Ben Vaughn Combo | 1985 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Benders | 1966 | USA | Wisconsin | |
| Bene Gesserit | 1981 | Belgium | ||
| Beneath Augusta | 2004 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Benevento Russo Duo | 2001 | USA | New York | |
| Benoît Pioulard | USA | USA | Seattle | Born in Michigan |
| Bent Knee | 2005 | USA | Boston | |
| Bent Moustache | 2004 | Netherlands | Krommenie | |
| Bent Spanner, Arty Banner | 1994 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| Bent Wind | 1969 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Beres Hammond | 1974 | Jamaica | ||
| Bergheim 34 | 1999 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Berkley Five | 1966 | USA | Florida | |
| Berlin | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Berlin Blondes | 1979 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Berlin Express | 1982 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Peter Baumann ⇒ Conrad Schnitzler ⇒ Gregor Schnitzler |
| Berlin West | 1981 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Berliner Eins | 2009 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Berlitz Drama | 1982 | Netherlands | ||
| Bermuda Triangle | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Bermuda Triangles | 2007 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Bernard C | 1981 | France | ||
| Bernard Szajner (AKA Zed) | 1980 | France | Paris | |
| Bernd Kistenmacher | 1985 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Berserk | 1989 | USA | Baltmore | |
| Bert Jansch | 1965 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | ⇒ Pentangle |
| Bertin | 2004 | Netherlands | Nijmegen | |
| Bertrand Betsch | 1997 | France | Toulouse | |
| Beth Gibbons & Rustin' Man | 2002 | UK | Exeter | |
| Beth Orton | 1993 | UK | Norfolk | |
| Better Half-Dozen | 1966 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Bettie Serveert | 1991 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Betty Davis | 1973 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Betty Everett | 1958 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Betty McQuade | 1962 | Australia | Brisbane | Born in Scotland |
| Betty Wright | 1967 | USA | Miami | |
| Betty LaVette | 1962 | USA | Michigan | |
| Bettye Swann | 1965 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Beverly | 2014 | USA | New York | |
| Bevis Frond | 1986 | UK | London | |
| Bewitched | 1986 | USA | Hoboken, New Jersey | |
| Bewitched As Dark | 2014 | Turkey | ||
| Bézier | 2012 | USA | California | |
| BGM | 1980 | Japan | ||
| Bhagavad Gita | 1967 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Bianca | 1984 | France | ||
| Biblical | 2011 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Bibs | 2013 | USA | Detroit | |
| Bicyclettes Blanches | 2008 | USA | New York | |
| BID (ft. Oku Onuora & Karina Buhr) | 2013 | Jamaica/Brazil | ⇒ Oku Onuora | |
| Biff Bang Pow | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Big Beats | 1966 | USA | Virginia | |
| Big Black | 1982 | USA | Illinois | |
| Big Blood | 2006 | USA | Portland, Maine | ⇒ Cerberus Shoal ⇒ Asian Mae |
| Big Boys | 1979 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Big Brother & the Holding Company (ft. Janis Joplin) | 1965 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Big Brown House | 1987 | USA | Ohio | |
| Big Butter | 1984 | USA | California | |
| Big Chief | 1989 | USA | Ann Arbor, Michigan | |
| Big In Japan | 1977 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Big Joe | 1972 | Jamaica | ||
| Big Lazy | 1999 | USA | New York | |
| Big Mama Thornton | 1953 | USA | Alabama | |
| Big Maybelle | 1952 | USA | Jackson, Tennessee | |
| Big Self | 1979 | UK | Northern Ireland | |
| Big Stick | 1985 | USA | New York | |
| Big Three | 1983 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Big White | 2015 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Big Youth | 1972 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Bikini Atoll | 1979 | UK | Nottingham | |
| Bikini Kill | 1990 | USA | Olympia, Washington | |
| Bikini Lovers | 2016 | Spain | ||
| Bilge Seaweed Orcastrua | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | Originally named "Big City Orchestra" |
| Bill Converse | 2016 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Bill Ding | 1995 | USA | Chicago | |
| Bill Fay | 1967 | UK | London | |
| Bill Gilonis & Tim Hodgkinson | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Bill Nelson | 1971 | UK | Yorkshire | |
| Bill Skinner | 2017 | UK | London | |
| Bill Ward | 1990 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Bill Withers | 1967 | USA | West Virginia | |
| Billy & the Kids | 1967 | USA | Wenatchee, Washington | |
| Billy & the Moonlighters | 1977 | USA | ||
| Billy Bragg | 1983 | UK | Essex | |
| Billy Childish & Dan Melchior | 1988 | UK | Kent | ⇒ Dan Melchior |
| Billy Couvson | 1977 | USA | ||
| Billy Fury | 1959 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Billy Idol | 1981 | UK | Middlesex | |
| Billy Lee Riley | 1956 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Billy McKenzie | 1982 | UK | Dundee, Scotland | |
| Billy Nayer Show | 1990 | USA | New York | |
| Billy Pitcock & the People | 1974 | USA | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Billy Stewart | 1956 | USA | ||
| Billy Synth & the Turnups | 1978 | USA | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | |
| Billy Young | 1963 | USA | Texas | |
| Bim Sherman | 1975 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Bing Selfish Bing Selfish & Bob Hopeless Bing Selfish & the Ideals |
1983 | UK | ⇒ Murphy Federation | |
| Bingo's | 1989 | N/A | ||
| Bipolaroid | 2008 | USA | New Orelans | |
| Bird of Omen | 2012 | N/A | ||
| Birdcloud | 2011 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Birds of Avalon | 2007 | USA | Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| Birds of Paradise | 2014 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Birdwatchers | 1964 | USA | Florida | |
| Birmingham Sunday | 1968 | USA | Nevada | |
| Birthday Party | 1978 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds |
| Bishops | 2002 | UK | London | |
| Bitchfits (Misfits Tribute Band) | 2008 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Biting Tongues | 1979 | UK | Manchester | |
| Bitori | 1998 | Capverde | AKA Bitori Nha Bibinha | |
| Bits of Shit | 2009 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Bittersweets | 1966 | USA | Dayton, Ohio | |
| Bittersweett | 1967 | USA | Alabama | |
| Bixio, Frizzi & Tempera | 1975 | Italy | ⇒ Goblin ⇒ Fabio Frizzi | |
| Bizarre Unit | 1979 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Bizarros | 1976 | USA | Akron, Ohio | |
| Björk | 1991 | Iceland | Reykjavik | ⇒ Sugarcubes ⇒ KUKL |
| Black (Colin Vearncombe) | +981 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Black & Whites | 2006 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Black Angels | 2005 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Black Blood | 1975 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Black Bug | 2008 | France | Bordeaux | |
| Black Dahlia Murder | 2001 | USA | Michigan | |
| Black Devil Disco Club | 1978 | France | Asnières | |
| Black Diamonds | 1966 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Black Eyed Snakes | 2001 | USA | Duluth, Minnesota | |
| Black Eyes | 2001 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Black Fantasy | 1984 | UK | ||
| Black Flag | 1979 | USA | California | ⇒ Red Kross |
| Black Furies | 2001 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Black Heart Procession Black Heart Procession & Solbakken |
1997 | USA | San Diego | |
| Black Hippies | 1976 | Nigeria | AKA Pazy & the Black Hippies | |
| Black Hole | 1981 | Italy | Verona | |
| Black Hollies | 2005 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Black Humor | 1982 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Black Hustlers | 1970-ies | USA | ||
| Black Ice | 2003 | USA | New York | |
| Black Joe Lewis | 2007 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Black Keys | 2001 | USA | Akron, Ohio | ⇒ Dan Auerbach |
| Black Lips | 1999 | USA | Atlanta Georgia | ⇒ Saint Pé |
| Black Marble | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Black Mare | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Black Market Fetus | 2000 | USA | Des Moines, Iowa | |
| Black Math | 2009 | USA | Chicago | |
| Black Mountain | 2004 | Canada | Vancouver | ⇒ Sinoia Caves |
| Black Oak Arkansas | 1970 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Black Ox Orkestar | 2004 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | 1998 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Black Sabbath | 1968 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Black Skull | 1976 | Jamaica | AKA Skulls | |
| Black Slate | 1974 | UK | London | |
| Black Sun Ensemble | 1985 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Black Sunday | 2005 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Black Swans | 2004 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Black Tambourine | 1989 | USA | Washington D.C. | ⇒ Velocity Girl |
| Black Tape For a Blue Girl | 1986 | USA | California | |
| Black Time | 2004 | UK | London | |
| Black Uhuru | 1974 | Jamaica | Kingston | ⇒ Junior Reid |
| Blackbeard All Stars | 1976 | Jamaica | ||
| Blackfeet Braves | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Mystic Braves |
| Blacklight Braille | 1980 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Blacklight Chameleons | 1984 | USA | New York | ⇒ Mad Violets |
| Blackouts (1) | 1999 | USA | Chicago | |
| Blackouts (2) | 1979 | USA | Seattle | |
| Blag Dahlia | 1994 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Dwarves |
| Blago Bung | 1981 | Sweden | Lung | |
| Blair 1523 | 1988 | UK | Cornwall | |
| Blanche Blanche Blanche | 2011 | USA | Vermont | |
| Blancmange | 1979 | UK | Harrow | |
| Blank Dogs | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | ⇒ Mayfair Set |
| Blank Stares | 1999 | USA | Brooklyn NY | Based in San Francisco |
| Blank Students | 1979 | UK | Lancastershire | |
| Blanket of Secrecy | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Blanketship | 2003 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Vision Heat |
| Blasted Canyons | 2011 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Blauer Hirsch | 1988 | Germany | Borken | |
| Blaze Foley | 1979 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Bleach | 1989 | UK | Ipswich | |
| Bless | 2006 | France | Paris | |
| Blessure Grave | 2008 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Blind Descent | 1989 | UK | ||
| Blind Mr. Jones | 1992 | UK | Marlow | |
| Blind Shake | 2005 | USA | Minneapolis | ⇒ Jim and the French Vanilla |
| Blitz | 1980 | UK | Derbyshire | |
| Bloated Toads | 1980 | UK | West Sussex | |
| Bloc Party | 2003 | UK | London | |
| Blockhead | 2001 | USA | New York | |
| Blonde Etheopian (AKA Blonde Ethiopian) | 1983 | UK | Newcastle | ⇒ Crawling Chaos |
| Blonde Redhead | 1993 | USA | New York | |
| Blondie | 1974 | USA | New York | |
| Blood | 1983 | UK | London | |
| Blood Axis | 1989 | USA | Denver | |
| Blood Bright Star | 2012 | USA | ||
| Blood Brothers | 1997 | USA | Seattle | |
| Blood Fetish | 1983 | UK | ||
| Blood On the Saddle | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Blood On the Wall | 2002 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Blood Or Whiskey | 1993 | Ireland | Leixlip | |
| Blood Oranges | 1990 | USA | Boston | |
| Blood Robots | 1982 | UK | Newcastle | |
| Bloodless Pharaohs | 1996 | USA | ||
| Bloodshot Bill Bloodshot Bill & the Hubcaps |
2001 | Canada | Montreal | ⇒ Ding Dongs ⇒ Tandoori Knights |
| Bloody Hollies | 2000 | USA | Buffalo, New York | |
| Bloody Tears | s2005 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Blossom Dearie | 1955 | USA | New York | |
| Blowback | 2001 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Bludded Head | 2012 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Blue Aces | 1964 | Ireland | ||
| Blue Aeroplanes | 1981 | UK | Bristol | ⇒ Art Object |
| Blue Ash | 1969 | USA | Ohio | |
| Blue Asia | 2000 | Japan | ||
| Blue Cheer | 1966 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Blue China | 1981 | Switzerland | Zürich | ⇒ Vogel |
| Blue Chips | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Blue Chips of Asama | N/A | N/A | ||
| Blue Coupe | 2008 | USA | New York | ⇒ Blue Oyster Cult |
| Blue Funeral | 2010 | Netherlands | ||
| Blue Hollow | 1985 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Blue In Heaven | 1982 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Blue Orchids | 1979 | UK | Mancheser | ⇒ Fall |
| Blue Oyster Cult | 1972 | USA | New York | ⇒ Blue Coupe |
| Blue Rondo à la Turk | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Blue Stratos | 2013 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Blue Trapeze | 1984 | USA | California | |
| Blue Zoo | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Bluefood | 2003 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Blue-Green Gods | 1991 | USA | ⇒ Scuppernong | |
| Blues Magoos | 1964 | USA | Bronx NY | |
| Blues Project | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Blues Section | 1967 | Finland | ||
| Bluestars | 1964 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Blur | 1990 | UK | London | |
| Blurt | 1979 | UK | Gloustershire | |
| B-Movie | 1978 | UK | Nottinghamshire | |
| Bo Allen (AKA Beau Allen) | 1968 | USA | Georgia | |
| Bo Hansson | 1970 | USA | Göteborg | |
| Bob Andy | 1967 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Bob D. Has No Dick | 2005 | France | ||
| Bob Dylan | 1962 | USA | Duluth, Minnesota | |
| Bob Edmund | 1970 | USA | Florida | |
| Bob Hund | 1991 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Bob Kayli | 1958 | USA | Detroit | |
| Bob Lee | 1957 | USA | ||
| Bob Markley | 1960 | USA | Oklahoma | ⇒ West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band |
| Bob Marley | 1970 | Jamaica | ||
| Bob Marsh | 2000 | USA | Detroit | |
| Bob Mel | 1987 | USA | ||
| Bob Moore & the Temps | 1963 | USA | ||
| Bob Pegg | 1971 | UK | Derbyshire | |
| Bob Seger & the Last Herd | 1966 | USA | ||
| Bob Urh & the Bare Bones | 2005 | Greece | Thessaloniki | |
| Bobak, Jons, Malone | 1969 | UK | London | Sometimes referred to as "Motherlight" |
| Bobb Trimble | 1980 | USA | Massachusetts | ⇒ Prefab Messiahs |
| Bobby Blue Bland | 1955 | USA | Tennessee | |
| Bobby Conn | 1995 | USA | Chicago | |
| Bobby Darin | 1958 | USA | New York | |
| Bobby Freeman | 1958 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Bobby Fuller Four | 1962 | USA | El Paso, Texas | |
| Bobby Womack | 1965 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Bobkat'65 | 2015 | Spain | Asturias | |
| Bobo Jenkins | 1959 | USA | Detroit | |
| Bocal 5 | 1980 | France | Tours | |
| Bodeans | 1986 | USA | Wisconsin | |
| Bodeco | 1984 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Bodenpersonal | 1980 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Bodies of Water | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Bodo Molitor | 1968 | Germany | Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
| Bo-Dogs | 2014 | Sweden | Malmö | ⇒ Wilmer X. ⇒ Sator Codex (Sator) |
| Body 11 | 1987 | Germany | München | |
| Body Electric | 1982 | New Zealand | Wellington | |
| Body Package | 2016 | Poland | Zawadzkie, Silesia | |
| Boeing Duveen & the Beautiful Soup | 1968 | UK | ||
| Bohemian Bedrocks | 1984 | USA | New York | |
| Bohemian Vendetta | 1966 | USA | Long Island, New York | |
| Bollock Brothers | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Bolz Bolz | 1997 | Germany | Köln | |
| Bombay Sweets | 2010 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Bomber Jackets | 2011 | UK | London | |
| Bombettes | 2005 | Sweden | Umea | |
| Bomis Prendin | 1979 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Bonbomb | 2004 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Bondsmen | 1967 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Bonehead | 2002 | USA | Detroit | |
| Bonga | 1972 | Angola | ||
| Bongomuffin | 1996 | South Africa | ||
| Bongos | 1979 | USA | Hoboken, New Jersey | |
| Bongwater | 1985 | USA | New York | ⇒ Ann Magnuson |
| Bongzilla | 1996 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Bonnie Dobson | 1960 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Bonnie Prince Billy | 1999 | USA | Louisville, Kentucky | ⇒ This Immortal Coil |
| Bonniwell Music Machine (AKA Music Machine) | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Bonzo Dog Band | 1966 | UK | ||
| Book of Love | 1983 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Booker T | 1996 | UK | London | |
| Boom | 1981 | USA | ||
| Boom Bip | 1998 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Boomtown Rats | 1975 | USA | Dublin | |
| Boorays | 1991 | USA | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Boots For Dancing | 1979 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Booze | 2007 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Boptronics | 1983 | Australia | ||
| Bora Yoon | 1999 | USA | Chicago | |
| Bordellos | 2006 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Borghesia | 1982 | Slovenia | Ljubljana | |
| Boris & Ian Astbury (BXI) | 2010 | Japan | ||
| Boris Dzanek | 1983 | Netherlands | Utrecht | |
| Borknagar | 1996 | Norway | Bergen | |
| Born Liars | 2006 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Bosom Divine | 2006 | France | Paris | |
| Boss Five | 1966 | USA | Detroit | |
| Boss Martians | 1992 | USA | Seattle | |
| Boss Mustangs | 2009 | USA | ||
| Boss Tweeds (AKA Bosteeds, Bill Wendry & the Boss Tweeds) | 1964 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Bosse-de-Nage | 2006 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Botanist | 2009 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Bottroper Hammerchor | 1982 | Germany | Bottrop | |
| Bound & Gagged | 1978 | USA | Boston | |
| Bo-Weevils | 1985 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Bow Street Runners | 1970 | USA | Fayetteville, North Carolina | |
| Bow-Wow-Wow | 1980 | UK | London | ⇒ Malcolm McLaren ⇒ Adam & the Ants ⇒ Boy George |
| Box Elders | 2005 | USA | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Box Of Fish | 1981 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Box Tops | 1963 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | ⇒ Alex Chilton |
| Boxbury Beat | 1984 | Norway | Elverum | |
| Boxcar | 1986 | Australia | Sidney | |
| Boxer Rebellion | 1995 | USA | Wichita, Kansas | |
| Boy Harsher | 2014 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Boyd Rice Boyd Rice & Daniel Miller |
1977 | USA | Denver | ⇒ Scorpion Wind |
| Boys From Nowhere | 1984 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Boys Life | 1980 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Boyskout | 2003 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Boytronic | 1983 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Bpeople | 1981 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Tom Recchion |
| Bracey Everett (AKA Bobby Wall) | 1959 | USA | New York | |
| Brad Laner | 1994 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Earth Dies Burning |
| Bradford | 1987 | UK | Blackburn | |
| Braen's Machine | 1971 | Italy | Roma | |
| Brain Damage | 1981 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Brain Discipline | 1988 | Italy | Calbiate, Lombardia | |
| Brain Donor | 1999 | UK | ⇒ Julian Cope | |
| Brain Train | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Clear Light |
| Brainbombs | 1985 | Sweden | Hudiksvall | ⇒ Bremen |
| Braindead Sound Machine | 1991 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Brainticket | 1968 | Switzerland | Basel | |
| Brak | 2000 | USA | ||
| Brand New Heavies | 1985 | UK | London | |
| Brass Alley | 1964 | UK | ||
| Brat | 1980 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Bratmobile | 1983 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Brave Combo | 1979 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Brazilian Girls | 2003 | USA | New York | |
| Breakers | 1963 | USA | Wichita, Kansas | |
| Breaking Circus | 1985 | USA | Chicago | |
| Breakouts | 1979 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Breanna Barbara | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Breeders | 1988 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Pixies |
| Bremen | 2010 | Sweden | ⇒ Brainbombs | |
| Brenda Ray | 1979 | UK | ||
| Brendan Benson | 1996 | USA | Michigan | |
| Brenton Wood | 1963 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Brentwoods | 1967 | USA | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Bresslaws | 2005 | UK | Kent | |
| Brian & Chris | 1999 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Brian & Tony Gold | 1986 | Jamaica | ||
| Brian Bennett | 1967 | UK | London | |
| Brian Brain | 1980 | UK | ||
| Brian Briggs | 1980 | UK | ||
| Brian Crook | 2000 | New Zealand | Port Chalmers | |
| Brian Dewan | 1993 | USA | ||
| Brian Eno | 1973 | UK | Suffolk | ⇒ Roxy Music |
| Brian James | 1979 | UK | London | ⇒ Damned ⇒ Lords of the New Church |
| Brian Jonestown Massacre | 1990 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Brian Olive | 2009 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Brian Protheroe | 1974 | UK | Salisbury | |
| Brian Wilson Shock Treatment | 2007 | USA | New York | |
| Bridget St. John | 1969 | UK | London | |
| Brigade Rosse | 2008 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Brigands | 1966 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Brigitte Bardot | 1956 | France | Paris | |
| Brigitte Fontaine Brigitte Fontaine & Areski |
1966 | France | Bretagne | |
| Briks | 1966 | USA | Denton, Texas | |
| Brilliant Colors | 2007 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Brimstone Howl | 2005 | USA | Lincoln, Nevada | |
| Brimstones | 1998 | USA | Edison, New Jersey | |
| Bristols (1) | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Bristols (2) | 1994 | UK | London | ⇒ Fabienne Delsol ⇒ Milkshakes ⇒Headcoats ⇒ Dee Rangers |
| British Electric Foundation (B.E.F.) | 1980 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Brix & the Extricated | 2014 | UK | Manchester | |
| Broadcast | 1995 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Broadneck | 1965 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Broadway Lafayette | 2014 | USA | New York | |
| Brogues | 1964 | USA | California | |
| Broken Bells | 2009 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Broken Spindels | 2002 | USA | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Bronze | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| Brood | 1983 | USA | Portland, Maine | |
| Brother JT Brother JT & Vibrolux |
1991 | USA | Pennsylvania | ⇒ Original Sins |
| Brothers Four | 1991 | USA | Seattle | |
| Brothers Johnson | 1975 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood | 2004 | Australia | Kyogle | |
| Brothers Unconnected | 2008 | USA | California | |
| Brown Spirits | 2017 | Australia | Coburg | |
| Bruce Haack | 1963 | Canada | Alberta | |
| Bruce Lose | 1983 | USA | Fresno, California | ⇒ Flipper |
| Bryan & the Brunelles | 1965 | UK | ||
| Bryan Ferry | 1973 | UK | ⇒ Roxy Music | |
| B-Sides '66 | 2006 | Greece | Athens | |
| Bubonic Plague | 2005 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Geneva Jacuzzi |
| Bucaneer's | 1966 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Buck Rogers Movement | 1967 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Buckaroos (AKA Buck Owens' Buckaroos) | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Bucket City Distortion Racket | 1967 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Buckethead | 1992 | USA | California | |
| Buckets | 1968 | Australia | Adelaide | |
| Buckley | 2018 | USA | Boston | Based in Austin, Texas |
| Bud & Kathy | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Budapest Klezmer Band | 1990 | Hungary | Budapest | |
| Buddy Holly | 1956 | USA | Texas | |
| Budos Band | 2005 | USA | New York | |
| Buff Medways | 2000 | UK | AKA Wild Billy Childish & the Friends of the Buff Medway Fanciers Association | |
| Buffy Sainte-Mariet | 1964 | Canada | ||
| Bugger West | 1984 | USA | ||
| Bugs | 1967 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Builders (AKA Bill Direen, Buildermash, Bilderbergers) | 1980 | New Zealand | Christchurch | ⇒ Above Ground ⇒ Bill Direen (& the Builders) ⇒ Bilderbergers ⇒ Buildermash ⇒ David Nance |
| Built to Spill | 1992 | USA | Boise, Ohio | |
| Buju Banton & Ed Robinson | 1992 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Buk Buk Bigups | 2010 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Bülent Ortaçgil | 1970 | Turkey | ||
| Bull the Buffalos | 1993 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Bulldozer (AKA Bulldozer BCN) | 2001 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Bullet LaVolta | 1987 | USA | Boston | |
| Bullseye | N/A | N/A | ||
| Bullwix | 1985 | Switzerlan | ||
| Bum | 1991 | Canada | ||
| Bumps | 1965 | USA | Seattle | |
| Bunch | 1967 | UK | Bournemouth | |
| Bunches A Good | 1968 | USA | Illinois | |
| Bunny Brains | 1990 | USA | Hudson, New York | |
| Bunny Sigler | 1959 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Bunny Wailer | 1965 | Jamaica | ⇒ Bob Marley ⇒ Peter Tosh | |
| Bunnydrums | 1980 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Burlington Squires | 1968 | USA | Florida | |
| Burning Bush | 1967 | USA | Georgia | |
| Burning Spear | 1973 | Jamaica | ||
| Burnt Friedman | 1996 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Burnt Ones | 2010 | USA | Indianapolis | |
| Burnt Skull | 2011 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Bush Tetras | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Bushman's Revenge | 2003 | Norway | Oslo | |
| Business | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Busted Statues | 1983 | USA | Boston | |
| Butchers | 2009 | USA | ||
| Butchie Saunders & the Buddies | 1956 | USA | Newark, New Jersey | |
| Butter Utter | 1977 | Sweden | Uppsala | |
| Butterclock | 2000 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Butterknifekrüsh | 2000 | USA | ||
| Buttertones | 2012 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Butthole Surfers | 1981 | USA | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Buzzcocks | 1976 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Harry DeVoto ⇒ Pete Shelley ⇒ Magazine ⇒ Steve Diggle's Band (AKA Flag of Convenience) &rAfrr; Ear Trumpet |
| By-Fives | 1966 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| By-Products of America (BPA) | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Byrds | 1964 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Byron Lee & the Dragonaires | 1960 | Jamaica | ||
| Byron Westbrook | 2015 | USA | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| C Cat Trance | 1983 | UK | Nottingham | ⇒ Medium Medium |
| C. Memi | 1980 | Japan | Osaka | Real name: Megumi Nagahara |
| C.A. Quintet | 1967 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| C.C. Adcock | 1994 | USA | Fafayette, Louisiana | |
| C.O.B. | 1970 | UK | ||
| C.O.M.A. | 1979 | France | ||
| C.W. Stoneking | 1999 | Australia | ||
| C.W. Vrtacek C.W. Vrtacek (ft. Mellen Lovrin) |
1981 | USA | Connecticut | |
| Cab Calloway | 1953 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Cabal | 1993 | UK | ||
| Cabaret Nocturne | 2013 | Belgium | ||
| Cabaret Voltaire | 1973 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Cactus | 1970 | USA | New York | |
| Cadillac | 1975 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Caesars | 1995 | Sweden | AKA Caesars Palace | |
| Cahit Oben | 1965 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Calabrese | 2003 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Calamity Jane | 1990 | USA | Portland, Oregon | ⇒ Rockin Rod & the Strychnines |
| Caleb | N/A | N/A | ||
| Calendar Crowd | 1982 | UK | ||
| Calexico | 1995 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | ⇒ Iron and Wine & Calexico |
| Calico Wall | 1966 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Califone | 1998 | USA | Chicago | |
| Call of the Wild | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Calling Hearts | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Callisto | 2001 | Finland | Kokkola | |
| Cambodian Space Project | 1975 | Cambodia | ||
| Camel Heads | 2013 | USA | New York | |
| Cameo | 1974 | USA | New York | |
| Camille | 2002 | France | Paris | |
| Camino Organisation | 1982 | Ireland | ||
| Camper Van Beethoven | 1983 | USA | California | |
| Campingsex | 1982 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Mutter |
| Can | 1969 | Germany | ||
| Can Can Heads | 1993 | Finland | Kauhajoki | |
| Canalterror | 1980 | Germany | Bonn | |
| Candidate | 1985 | France | Nancy | |
| Candie Hank | 2000 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Candy Reed (ft. Jesse Stone & His Orchestra) | 1958 | USA | ||
| Candy Skins | 1989 | UK | Oxfordshire | AKA Candyskins |
| Candy Sylver | 1977 | France | ||
| Cannanes | 1984 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Cannibals | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ Count Bishops |
| Canonball Jane | 2006 | USA | Connecticut | |
| CAO | 2016 | Peru | Based in London | |
| Caper Story | 2009 | UK | London | |
| Capra Informis | 2015 | Sweden | ||
| Capricorns | 2000 | USA | Chicago | |
| Captain Beefheart Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa Captain Beefheart & Ry Cooder |
1964 | USA | California | |
| Captain Future & the Zapguns | 1965 | Sweden | ||
| Captive Portal | 2013 | USA | Chicago | |
| Car Crash Set | 1983 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Carambolage | 1979 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Caravelles | 1961 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Carbonas | 2001 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Carcrash International | 1983 | UK | London | ⇒ Christian Death ⇒ Mephisto Walz |
| Cardboards | 1981 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Cardiacs (AKA Cardiac Arrest) | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Care | 1983 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Caretaker | 1999 | UK | Manchester | |
| Caretakers of Deception | 1967 | USA | California | |
| Cargo Cultus | 1982 | Netherlands | ||
| Caribou (AKA Manitoba) | 2001 | Canada | Ontario | Based in London |
| Carl Bradney | 1975 | Jamaica | ||
| Carl Sagan | 1987 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Carla Bozulich | 2003 | USA | New York | ⇒ Evangelista |
| Carla dal Forno | 2016 | Australia | Based in Berlin / ⇒ F Ingers | |
| Carlene Davis | 1978 | Jamaica | ||
| Carlton Melton | 2008 | USA | California | |
| Carly Simon | 1971 | USA | New York | |
| Carly Sings | 2008 | Ireland | Based in Paris | |
| Carmel | 1981 | UK | Manchester | |
| Carmody | 2009 | Italy | Torino | |
| Carnys | 2007 | USA | ||
| Carol McQuade | 1982 | USA | ||
| Caroliner Rainbow | 1983 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Carpet Sellers | 2007 | France | Paris | |
| Carpettes | 1977 | UK | Newcastle | |
| Cars | 1976 | USA | Boston | |
| Cars Are the Stars | 2005 | France | Paris | |
| Carsickness | 1980 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Carte de Séjour | 1981 | France | Paris | ⇒ Rachid Taha |
| Cartoons | 1981 | USA | ||
| Cassandra Complex | 1985 | UK | Leeds | |
| Cassiber | 1982 | Germany | ||
| Castanets | 2004 | USA | San Diego | |
| Castaways | 1965 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Csuals Incorporated | 1966 | USA | Kentucky | |
| Cat Power | 1993 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Cat Rapes Dog | 1984 | Sweden | Vislanda | |
| Catalogue | 1979 | France | ⇒ Jac Berrocal | |
| Catatonic Youth | 2007 | USA | Seattle | |
| Cate Le Bon | 2007 | UK | Wales | |
| Caterina Caselli | 1964 | Italy | Modena | |
| Caterwaul | 1987 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Catfish Knight & the Blue Express | 1968 | USA | ||
| Catherine Ribeiro & Alpes | 1969 | France | ||
| Catherine Velienne | 2016 | Mauritius | ||
| Catherine Wheel | 1990 | UK | Norfolk | |
| Catheters | 1995 | USA | Bellevue, Washington | |
| Cathie O'Sullivan | 1980 | Australia | ||
| Catholic Girls | 1980 | USA | ||
| Catholic Spray | 2010 | France | Paris | |
| Cathy La Crème (ft. John Cooper Clarke) | 1980 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Cro-Tones ⇒ John Cooper Clarke |
| Cat's Meow | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Catzilla | 2016 | Australia | Perth | |
| Cause Vertical | N/A | N/A | NON-VERIFIED ARTIST | |
| Cave | 2005 | USA | Chicago | |
| Cave Dwellers | 1967 | USA | Chicago | |
| Cave Men | 1966 | USA | Florida | |
| Cavegurls | 1989 | USA | Minnesota | |
| Cavestompers | 2006 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Cedric IM Brooks | 1970 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Celan | 2009 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Celeste Ukwu | 1997 | Nigeria | ||
| Celibate Rifles | 1979 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Cell | 1990 | USA | New York | |
| Cells | 1979 | USA | Boulder, Colorado | |
| Celtics | 1966 | USA | El Paso, Texas | |
| Cemetary | 1969 | Sweden | ||
| Cemetary Girlz | 2008 | France | Paris | |
| Central Unit | 1980 | Italy | Bologna | |
| Centry | 1991 | UK | London | |
| Centurians (AKA Centurions) | 1963 | USA | California | |
| Centuries | 1981 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Centurys | 1965 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Ceramic Hello | 1980 | Canada | Ontario | ⇒ Spoons |
| Cerberus Shoal | 1994 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Big Blood ⇒ Asian Mae ⇒ Fire On Fire |
| Cerebrum | 1970 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Ceremony | 2005 | USA | Virginia | |
| Cerrone | 1976 | France | Paris | |
| Certain General | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Cha Cha Guitri | 1971 | France | Saint Etienne | |
| Chadwicks | 1966 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Chain & the Gang | 2009 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Chain Gang | 1977 | USA | New York | AKA El Chain Gang |
| Chain of Command | 1979 | USA | Liverpool | |
| Chain Reaction | 1966 | USA | Yonkers, New York | |
| Chainsaw Masochist | 1989 | New Zealand | ||
| Chakachas | 1958 | Belgium | ||
| Chalice | 1979 | Jamaica | ||
| Challengers | 1962 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Chameleons | 1980 | UK | Manchester | |
| Champion | 2004 | Canada | Quebec | |
| Champs | 1957 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Chan Romero | 1959 | USA | Montana | |
| Chancha Via Circuito | 2008 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
| Chandler Travis | 1992 | USA | ⇒ Go Go Gorillas | |
| Chandra | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Changin' Tymes (1) | 1968 | USA | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Changing Tymes (2) | 1967 | USA | Virginia | |
| Channel 3 | 1980 | USA | California | |
| Chanpen Sirithep | 1970 | Thailand | ||
| Chantal Goya | 1964 | France | Paris | Born in Vietnam |
| Chantal Kelly | 1965 | France | Marseille | |
| Chantays | 1961 | USA | California | |
| Chants (1) | 1966 | USA | Texas | |
| Chants (2) | 1960 | USA | New York | |
| Chants R&B | 1966 | New Zealand | Christchurch | |
| Chaos U.K. | 1979 | UK | Bristol | |
| Chapa Mamba | 2014 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Chapelier Fou | 2009 | France | Metz | |
| Chapin Sisters | 2004 | USA | New York | |
| Chaparrals | 1958 | USA | Texas | |
| Charalambides | 1991 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Charlatans (AKA Charlatans U.K.) | 1989 | UK | Northwich | |
| Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band | 2002 | USA | Florida | ⇒ Menahan Street Band |
| Charles Caldwell | 2004 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Charles Lindbergh N.E.V. | 1983 | Germany | ||
| Charles Manier | 2002 | USA | Michigan | ⇒ Dabrye |
| Charles Sheffield | 1961 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Charlie & the Moonhearts | 2007 | USA | California | |
| Charlie Feathers | 1955 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Charlie Pickett & the Eggs | 1981 | USA | Miami, Florida | |
| Charlie Slick | 2005 | USA | Michigan | |
| Charlie Starr | 1969 | USA | Buffalo, New York | |
| Charlotte Day Wilson | 2012 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | 1984 | UK | London | |
| Charlottes | 1989 | UK | Huntingdon | |
| Charms | 2002 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Charnier | 2015 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Charolette Wood | 1968 | USA | California | |
| Chase Canfil | 1959 | USA | ||
| Chasers | 1967 | USA | Colorado | |
| Chastity Belt | 2012 | USA | Seattle | |
| Chat Ours | 2009 | France | Saint-Etienne | |
| Chatterbox | 1979 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Chawiwan Damnoen | 2002 | Thailand | ||
| Chaz & the Classics | 1965 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Cheap Freaks | 2008 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Cheap Time | 2006 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Cheater Slicks | 1987 | USA | Boston | |
| Cheba Djanet (Djeba Djenet, Chabe Danet) | 2001 | Algeria | Oran | |
| Checkers | 2003 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Cheena | 2014 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Cheepskates | 1983 | USA | New York | |
| Cheetah Chrome | 1979 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | ⇒ Dead Boys |
| Cheick Hamala Diabate | 2011 | Mali | ||
| Cheifs | 1980 | USA | California | |
| Cheiron | 1985 | Netherlands | ||
| Chekarino Project | 2016 | Ukraine | Kiew | |
| Chelsea | 1976 | UK | London | |
| Chelsea Deadbeat Combo | 2014 | Switzerland | Herzogenbuchsee | |
| Chen Fen Lan (AKA Chen Fern Lan) | 1968 | Malaysia | ||
| Chen Yi | 1978 | UK | London | |
| Cherry Boys | 1981 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Cherry Glazerr | 2013 | USA | California | |
| Cherry Smash | 1967 | UK | Hampshire | |
| Cherubs | 1992 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Chesapeake Juke Box Band | 1972 | USA | New York | |
| Che-Shizu | 1981 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Chessie | 1993 | USA | Virginia | |
| Chessmen | 1965 | USA | Texas | |
| Chester Randle's Soul Sender's | 1968 | USA | ||
| Chesterfield Kings | 1979 | USA | Rochester, New York | |
| Chevalier Avant Garde | 2011 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Chevelle V | 1963 | USA | Abilene, Texas | |
| Chevelles | 1989 | Australia | Perth | |
| Cheveu | 2007 | France | Paris | |
| Chew Yan & the Stylers | 1962 | Singapore | ||
| Chewee | 1996 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Chewers | 2010 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Cheynes | 1963 | UK | ||
| Chia Pet | 1992 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Chicken Shack | 1964 | UK | Stourbridge | |
| Chickens | 2003 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Chicks On Speed | 1997 | Germany | München | ⇒ Anat Ben-David |
| Chief Kamachi & the Ju Ju Mob | 2005 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Chik White | 2014 | Canada | Nova Scotia | |
| Children In Adult Jails | 1986 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Children of Bodom | 1993 | Finland | Espoo | |
| Children of the Night | 1967 | USA | ||
| Children's Hospital | 2008 | USA | Seattle | |
| Chills | 1980 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Chimes of Freedom | 1968 | USA | Scotia, New York | |
| China Crisis | 1979 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Chinese Religion | 1981 | UK | Merseyside | |
| Chinese Stars | 2003 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Chingon | 2003 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Chino Amobi | 2014 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Chit Chat | 2011 | USA | ||
| Chob | 1967 | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Chocolat | 2007 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Chocolate Tunnel | 1967 | USA | Bakersfield, California | |
| Chocolate USA | 1989 | USA | Tampa, Florida | |
| Chocolate Watch Band | 1965 | USA | California | AKA Chocolate Watchband. Not to be confounded with the UK band of the same name |
| Choir (AKA Mods 1) | 1966 | USA | Ohio | ⇒ Mods (1) |
| Chokebore | 1993 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Chopper Chicks | 1998 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Chris & Cosey | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ Throbbing Gristle ⇒ Psychic TV ⇒ Coil ⇒ Cosey Fanni Tutti ⇒ Chris Carter |
| Chris Carter | 1980 | UK | London | ⇒ Throbbing Gristle ⇒ Chris & Cosey ⇒ Cosey Fanni Tutti ⇒ Ian Boddy & Chris Carter |
| Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band | 2013 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Chris Fraser | 1989 | UK | Bournemouth | ⇒ Unrest Work & Play |
| Chris Heazlewood | 1990 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Chris Hodge | 1972 | UK | ||
| Chris Joss | 2004 | France | La Rochelle | |
| Chris Lindquist | 1980 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Chris Moffa & the Competition | 1981 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Chris Morgan & the Togas | 1965 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Chris Newman | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Chris Yates | 1977 | USA | ||
| Chrisma (AKA Krisma) | 1976 | Italy | Milano | 1976-1980 Chrisma, then Krisma |
| Christian Death | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Mephisto Walz |
| Christiane Felscherinow | 1982 | Germany | Hamburg | AKA Christiane F. |
| Christina Carter | 2001 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Christina 23 Onna | 1993 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Chromatics | 2001 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Chrome | 1976 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Damon Edge ⇒ Helios Creed |
| Chrome Cranks | 1988 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Chrome Dome | 2009 | Australia | Brunswick, Victoria | |
| Chrome Reverse | 2015 | France | Paris | |
| Chron Gen | 1977 | UK | Hertfordshire | |
| Chronic Tendencies | 2004 | USA | ||
| Chubbies | 1994 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Chuck Berry | 1955 | USA | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Chuck Violence | 2005 | Brazil | ||
| Chud | 1985 | Germany | ||
| Chumbawamba | 1982 | UK | Leeds | |
| Church | 1980 | Australia | Canberra | |
| Churchill's | 1968 | Isreal | ||
| Chutima Duang Porn | N/A | Thailand | ||
| Chymes | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Ciaran Harte | 1980 | UK | ||
| Cibelle | 2003 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
| Cibo Matto | 1994 | USA | New York | |
| Cicadelics | 1967 | USA | Angleton, Texas | |
| Ciccone Youth | 1986 | USA | New York | ⇒ Sonic Youth ⇒ Lee Ranaldo |
| Cidadao Instigado | 1994 | Brazil | Fortaleza | |
| Cigarettes (1) | 1978 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Cigarettes (2) | 1979 | UK | Lincolnshire | |
| Cindy & the Barbi Dolls | 1979 | UK | Cornwall | |
| Cindytalk | 1982 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Cinecyde | 1977 | USA | New York | |
| Cinema 90 | 1981 | USA | Seattle | |
| Cinema Red & Blue | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| Cinema Strange | 1998 | USA | Camarillo, California | |
| Cinematics | 2003 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Circa Tapes | 2013 | USA | Detroit | |
| Circle | 1991 | Finland | Pori | ⇒ Falcon |
| Circle Jerks | 1979 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Black Flag ⇒ Redd Kross ⇒ Bad Religion |
| Circle of Ouroborus | 2004 | Finland | Tampere | |
| Circle X (AKA Circle X International) | 1978 | USA | New York | Formed in Louisville, Kentucky |
| Circles | 1983 | Germany | Eppstein, Hessen | |
| Circuit 7 | 1984 | UK | Exeter | |
| Circuit des Yeux | 2007 | USA | Indiana | |
| Circuit Rider | 1980 | USA | Westport, Connecticut | |
| Circus 2000 | 1970 | Italy | Torino | |
| Circus Mort | 1979 | USA | New York | |
| Cirkit | 1968 | USA | Indiana | |
| Citizen Cope | 1992 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Citizen UK | 1979 | UK | Lancashire | ⇒ Pathetix |
| Citrus Groove | 1991 | USA | ||
| City Center | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| City Ram Waddy | 1979 | Australia | ⇒Screaming Abdabs | |
| City Yelps | 2013 | UK | Cardiff, Wales | |
| Clair Obscur | 1981 | France | Creil, Picardie | |
| Claire Hamill | 1971 | UK | Port Clarence | |
| Claire Welles | 2008 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Clan of Xymox | 1983 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | In the beginning AKA Xymox |
| Clap | 1972 | USA | California | |
| Clapham South Escalators | 1981 | UK | London | ⇒ Metors ⇒ Legendary Raw Deal ⇒ Tall Boys |
| Clara Engel | 2005 | Canada | Toronta | |
| Clara Mondshine | 1981 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Clara Rockmore | 1977 | Lithuania | ||
| Clarika | 1993 | France | Boulogne-Billancourt | |
| Clash | 1976 | UK | London | |
| Class Action | 1984 | USA | ||
| Class Assassins | 2000 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Class Info | 1983 | Canada | Winnipeg | |
| Classical | 2015 | USA | Berkeley, California | |
| Classical M | 1967 | France | ||
| Classics IV (ft. Dennis Yost) | 1962 | USA | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Classix Nouveaux | 1979 | UK | London | ⇒ X-Ray Spex |
| Claude Bolling | 1966 | France | Cannes | |
| Claude Perraudin | 1976 | France | Paris | |
| Claude VonStroke | 2005 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Claudette et Ti Pierre | 1978 | Haiti | ||
| Claudette McLean (AKA Nana McLean) | 1971 | Jamaica | ||
| Claudine Chirac | 1982 | Italy | Firenze | |
| Claw Hammer | 1986 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Clayface | 1992 | USA | ||
| Clean | 1978 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Clear Light | 1967 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Brain Train |
| Cliché | 2013 | France | ||
| Click Click | 1982 | UK | Luton | |
| Client | 2001 | IL | Rothenham, South Yorkshire | |
| Clientele | 1997 | UK | Hampshire | |
| Clinic | 1997 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Clint Eastwood | 1978 | Jamaica | ||
| Clique | 1966 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Clit Cops | 1997 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Clive Pig (AKA Clive Pig & the Hopeful Chinamen) | 1976 | UK | St. Albans, Hertfordshire | |
| Cloak | 2016 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Clock DVA | 1978 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Clockcleaner | 2008 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Clockwork Orange | 1967 | USA | Kentucky | |
| Clothesline Revival | 2002 | USA | ||
| Cloud Nothings | 2009 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Cloudland Canyon | 2002 | Germany | Darmstadt | |
| Cloudwalkers | 1965 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Clover | 1946 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Clown Alley | 1986 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Club Foot Orchestra | 1983 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Clue | 1966 | USA | Midland, Texas | |
| Cluster Cluster & Eno |
1971 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Moebius ⇒ Roedelius ⇒ Conrad Schnitzler ⇒ Brian Eno |
| Clutters | 2001 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Clyde & the Nightswingers | 1967 | USA | ||
| C'mon & Kypsi | 2002 | Netherlands | Utrecht | |
| Coachmen | 1977 | USA | New York | |
| Coal Porters | 1990 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Coasters | 1955 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Coastliners | 1964 | USA | Baytown, Texas | |
| Coathangers | 2006 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Cobra Killer Cobra Killer & Kapajkos |
1998 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Cobra Verde | 1994 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Cobras | 1966 | USA | Illinois | |
| Coco Hames | 2016 | USA | Memphis Tennessee | ⇒ Ettes |
| CocoRosie | 2003 | France | Paris | Based in Brooklyn NY |
| Cococoma | 2005 | USA | Chicago | |
| Cocoon | 1985 | Germany | ||
| Coctails | 1988 | USA | Chicago | |
| Cocteau Twins | 1980 | UK | Grangemouth, Scotland | |
| Codeine | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Coffin Break | 1987 | USA | Seattle | |
| Coffin Daggers | 1998 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Coffin Nails | 1985 | UK | London | |
| Coil | 1983 | UK | London | ⇒ Throbbing Gristle ⇒ Psychic TV ⇒ Chris & Cosey ⇒ Cosey Fanni Tutti ⇒ Current 93 ⇒ Genesis P Orridge ⇒ Dave Ball ⇒ Drew McDowell ⇒ UUUU |
| Coitus Int. | 1980 | Netherlands | Utrecht | |
| Cola Freaks | 2007 | Denmark | Arhus | |
| Cold Beat | 2013 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Cold Cave | 2008 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Cold Dance | 1984 | UK | Yorkshire | |
| Cold In May | 2011 | Belarus | Minsk | |
| Cold Phoenix | 1985 | Italy | Bologna | |
| Cold Sun | 1993 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Coldcut | 1987 | UK | London | |
| Colder | 2003 | France | Paris | |
| Colder Children | 1968 | USA | New York | |
| Coldreams | 1984 | France | Montpellier | |
| Colette Magny | 1963 | France | Paris | |
| Colin Newman | 1980 | UK | Salisbury | ⇒ Wire ⇒ Githead |
| Colin Potter | 1980 | UK | York | |
| Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld | 2009 | USA/Canada | Ann Arbor, Michigan/Vancouver Island | |
| Coliseum | 2003 | USA | ||
| Collapsing New People | 2002 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Colleen | 2002 | France | Based in Spain | |
| Collins Kids | 1955 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Colombey | 2013 | France | Saint-Dizier | |
| Colony | 1966 | USA | Ventura, California | |
| Colorblind James Experience | 1980 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Colors Out of Time | 1977 | UK | Crewe, Cheshire | |
| Colour Radio | 1982 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Colourbox | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Colourfield | 1983 | UK | Manchester | AKA Colour Field |
| Comas | 1998 | USA | North Carolina | |
| Comateens | 1978 | USA | New York | |
| Combichrist | 2003 | Norway | Fredrikstad | |
| Combinations | 1968 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Combo Audio | 1980 | USA | Illinois | |
| Come | 1990 | USA | Boston | |
| Come On | 1976 | USA | New York | |
| Come-Ons | 1999 | USA | Detroit | |
| Comet Control | 2014 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Comet Gain | 1994 | UK | London | |
| Common Cold | 2016 | UK | Preston | |
| Common Language | 1989 | USA | Seattle | |
| Common People | 1964 | USA | California | |
| Commons Ltd. | 1966 | USA | Chicago | |
| Communiqué | 1995 | USA | ||
| Company of State | 1983 | Belgium | ||
| Compulsion | 1990 | Ireland | Dublin | |
| Comsat Angels | 1978 | UK | Sheffield | |
| Comus | 1968 | UK | Bromley, Kent | |
| Conceal | 2005 | Japan | ||
| Concern | 1973 | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Concrete Blonde | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Concretes | 1995 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Concussions | s2004 | USA | Grand Rapids, Michigan | |
| Coneheads (1) | 1986 | Australia | ||
| Coneheads (2) | 2014 | USA | Indiana | |
| Confession of Sin | 1982 | UK | ||
| Conflict | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Connoisurs | 1963 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Conrad Schnitzler & Dompteur Mooner Conrad & Gregor Schnitzler |
1971 | Germany | Düsseldorf | ⇒ Tangerine Dream |
| Consolidated | 1988 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Constant Mongrel | 2010 | Australia | Melbourne | ⇒ School of Radiant Living |
| Constantines | 1999 | Canada | Ontario | |
| Contemporaries | 1966 | USA | Delaware | |
| Continental Crawler | 1977 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Contortions | 1977 | USA | New York | AKA James Chance & the Contortions ⇒ Teenage Jesus & the Jerks ⇒ Implog |
| Contributors | 2017 | USA | Austin, Texas | ⇒ Spray Paint ⇒ Dan Melchior |
| Control Machete | 1995 | Mexico | Monterrey | |
| Controlled Bleeding | 1978 | USA | Boston | |
| Conway Twitty | 1957 | USA | Mississippi | |
| Cookie Jackson | 1961 | USA | ||
| Cool Jerks | 1999 | Germany | Bremen | |
| Coolrunnings | 2010 | USA | Knoxville, Tennessee | |
| Cooly G | 2008 | UK | London | |
| Cop Shoot Cop | 1987 | USA | New York | |
| Copy | 2006 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Coral | 1996 | UK | Hoylake, Wirral Peninsula | |
| Coralie Clément | 2001 | France | Villefranche-sur-Saône | |
| Cordials | 1967 | USA | Arizona | |
| Cordova Cordova Academy Glee Club |
2004 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Cords (1) | 1970 | USA | Wisconsin | |
| Cords (2) | 1990 | Netherlands | ||
| Cords (3) | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Corinne Bailey Rae | 2005 | UK | Leeds | |
| Corki Ray & Audiofaze | 1963 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Cornell Campbell | 1961 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Corolla DeVille | 2006 | USA | Boston | |
| Corporation of One | 1988 | USA | Bronx NY | |
| Corpses As Bedmates | 1984 | USA | Denver | ⇒ Hail |
| Corpus Delicti | 1993 | France | Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Corrosive Crowd | 1980 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Corsairs | 1984 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Corteche | 1986 | Sweden | ||
| Cortex | 1980 | Sweden | Götheburg | |
| Cortney Tidwell | 2005 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Corvairs | 1978 | USA | Boulder, Colorado | |
| Cosey Fanni Tutti | 1983 | UK | Hull | ⇒ Throbbing Gristle ⇒ Psychic TV ⇒ Chris & Cosey ⇒ Coil ⇒ Current 93 ⇒ Genesis P Orridge ⇒ Dave Ball ⇒ Drew McDowell ⇒ Chris Carter |
| Cosmetics | 2010 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Cosmic Horse | 2010 | USA | Honolulu | |
| Cosmic Overdose | 1978 | Sweden | Göteborg | ⇒ Lars Falk ⇒ Twice A Man |
| Cosmic Psychos | 1982 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Cosmic Range | 2014 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Cosmic Rock Show | 1968 | USA | Duluth, Minnesota | |
| Cosmopolitans | 1979 | USA | New York | |
| Couch Flambeau | 1981 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Count Bishops | 1975 | UK | London | ⇒ Cannibals |
| Count Five | 1964 | USA | California | |
| Count Indigo | 1995 | UK | London | |
| Count Viglione | 1977 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Countdown 5 | 1965 | USA | Galveston, Texas | |
| Counter Intuits | 2013 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Countershaft | 2004 | USA | ||
| Country Gentlemen (AKA Little Frankie & the Country Gentlemen | 1963 | UK | Manchester | |
| Country Joe & the Fish | 1965 | USA | Berkeley, California | ⇒ Country Joe McDonald |
| Country Joe McDonald | 1965 | USA | Berkeley, California | ⇒ Country Joe & the Fish |
| Country Teasers | 1993 | UK | Edinburg, Scotland | ⇒ Rebel ⇒ Stallion |
| Coupe de Villes | 1985 | USA | Kentucky | |
| Coupons (AKA Cupons) | 1962 | USA | California | |
| Cours Lapin | 2009 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | ⇒ Asger Baden ⇒ Peder |
| Cousen Brothers | 1971 | Singapore | ||
| Coven | 1986 | USA | Detroit | |
| Covenant (AKA Kovenant) | 1994 | Norway | Bergen | |
| Cover Girls | 1963 | USA | ||
| Cowboy Killers | 1987 | UK | Newport, Wales | |
| Cowboys International | 1979 | UK | ||
| Cozmic Corridors | 1996 | Germany | ||
| CPC Gangbangs | 2005 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Crabby Appleton | 1970 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Crack | 1976 | USA | ||
| Crack Pipes | 1995 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Crack Und Ultra Eczema | 2006 | France | ||
| Craig Leon | 1981 | USA | ||
| Cramps | 1976 | USA | New York | |
| Cranes | ||||
| Crash (1) | 1985 | USA | New York | |
| Crash (2) | 2009 | France | ||
| Crash Course In Science | 1979 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Crash Normal | 1996 | France | Paris | |
| Crass | 1977 | UK | Essex | |
| Crawling Chaos | 1979 | UK | Newcastle | ⇒ Blonde Etheopian |
| Crawling With Tarts | 1983 | USA | California | |
| C-Rayz Walz | 1999 | USA | Bronx NY | |
| Crazed | 2008 | Greece | Thessaloniki | |
| Crazy Cats | 1955 | Japan | ||
| Crazy Elephant | 1969 | USA | ⇒ Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus | |
| Crazy Horse | 1962 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Neil Young & the Crazy Horse ⇒ Rockets |
| Crazy Pages | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Crazy Squeeze | 2011 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Cream | 1966 | UK | London | ⇒ Ginger Baker |
| Cream Abdul Babar | 1994 | USA | Tallahassee, Florida | |
| Creamers | 1986 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Creation Factory | 2017 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Creation Rebel & New Age Steppers | 1977 | UK | ||
| Creations (1) | 1964 | UK | ||
| Creations (2) | 1961 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Creatures (1) | 1987 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Creatures (2) | 1981 | UK | ⇒ Siouxsie & the Banshees | |
| Creatures of Habit | 1981 | UK | ||
| Creatures of the Golden Dawn | 1985 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Creeping Nobodies | 2001 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Creeps | 1982 | Sweden | Almhult | |
| Creme Soda | 1972 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Creo | 2009 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Crescent | 1993 | UK | Bristol | |
| Crewd | 1983 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Crime | 1978 | UK | Durham | |
| Crime & the City Solution | 1977 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Crimson Iguanandon | 1991 | UK | London | |
| Crimson Scarlet | 2011 | USA | Santa Barbara, California | |
| Crimson Shadows | 1985 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Crippled Pilgrims | 1984 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Cripure S.A. | 1985 | France | Grenoble | |
| Crispy Ambulance | 1977 | UK | Manchester | |
| Cristina | 1974 | USA | New York | |
| Croatian Amor & Lust For Youth | 2011 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Cromagnon | 1969 | USA | New York | |
| Crooked Necks | 2009 | USA | Virgina | |
| Croox | 1980 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Crop Circle | 1996 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Cross Record | 2010 | USA | Texas | |
| Crossed Wire | 1986 | USA | Detroit | |
| Crossfires | 1963 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Turtles |
| Crossroads | 1982 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Cro-Tones | 1980 | UK | Manchester | ⇒ Cathy La Crème |
| Crow Tongue | 2006 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Crown of Thorns | 1982 | UK | Hertfordshire | |
| Crown the Invisible | 1966 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Crown Vics | 2006 | USA | ||
| Crucibles | 1966 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Crucifucks | 1982 | USA | Lansing, Michigan | |
| Cruella De Ville | 1982 | UK | Belfast | |
| Crusaders of Love | 2010 | France | Lille | |
| Cryptic Soup | 1989 | USA | New York | |
| Crystal Antlers | 2006 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Crystal Castles | 2003 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Crystal Chandelier | 1968 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Crystal Stilts | 2003 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Crystalaugur | 1972 | USA | ||
| C-Schulz | 1989 | Germany | Köln | |
| Csermanek Lakotelep | 2005 | Hungary | ||
| Chubby Preachers | 2010 | USA | ||
| Cucumbers | 1983 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Cul-de-sac | 1990 | USA | Boston | |
| Cult | 1984 | UK | London | ⇒ Death Cult ⇒ Southern Death Cult |
| Cult Hero | 1979 | USA | ||
| Cult of Youth | 2008 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Cultural Amnesia | 1979 | UK | ||
| Cultural Decay | 1980 | Belgium | Leuven | |
| Cultural Roots | 1978 | Jamaica | ||
| Culture | 1976 | Jamaica | ||
| Culver Street Playground | 1967 | USA | ||
| Cuntz | 2011 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Curd Duca | 1992 | Austria | Vienna | |
| Cure | 1976 | UK | Crawley, West Sussex | |
| Cured Pink | 2010 | Australia | Brisbane | |
| Curlee Wurlee | 1998 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Curlew | 1979 | USA | New York | |
| Current 93 Current 93 & HöH |
1982 | UK | London | |
| Current Obsessions | 1982 | UK | Caerdydd, Wales | |
| Curs | 2005 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Curse Ov Dialect | 1994 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Cursor Minor | 2000 | UK | West Sussex | |
| Curtis Knight & the Squires (ft. Jimi Hendrix) | 1966 | USA | New York | |
| Curtis Mayfield | 1970 | USA | Georgia | |
| Curve | 1960 | UK | London | |
| Curved Air | 1969 | UK | London | |
| Cutaways | 1963 | USA | Bellaire, Ohio | |
| Cutbacks | 1990 | Norway | ||
| Cuts | 1997 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Cutting Edge | 1983 | UK | ||
| Cyan Revue | 1984 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| Cybotron | 1981 | USA | Detroit | |
| Cycle | 1986 | UK | Middlesborough | Originally named Psycle |
| Cyclone | 1989 | Italy | Rome | |
| Cyclones (1) | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Cyclones (2) | 2004 | Sweden | ||
| Cyclops | 1991 | New Zealand | Dunedin | ⇒ Peter Jefferies |
| Cymbeline | 1965 | Sweden | Östergötlands Iän | |
| Cynics (1) | 1985 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Cynics (2) | 1966 | USA | Texas | |
| Cynthia Bhikharie | 1984 | Suriname | ||
| Cyrkle | 1965 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| D. Charles Speer & the Helix | 2006 | USA | Georgia | ⇒ No-Neck Blues Band |
| D. Stop | 1981 | France | ⇒ Les Visiteurs du Soir | |
| D. Watusi | 2011 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| D.C. Drifters | 1967 | USA | Minnesota | |
| D.O.A. | 1978 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| D.U.H. | 1980 | USA | New Jersey | |
| D.Y. & the Motivators | 1964 | USA | ||
| DA (DA!) | 1978 | USA | Chicago | |
| Daara J | 1997 | Senegal | Dakar | |
| Dabrye | 2001 | USA | Michigan | ⇒ Charles Manier |
| DACM | 2002 | France | Grenoble | |
| Dada Tapes | 2016 | Greece | Thessaloniki | |
| Dadamah | 1991 | New Zealand | Christchurch | ⇒ Roy Montgomery |
| Dadawah | 1974 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Daddy Long Legs | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Daevid Allen Daevid Allen & Kramer Daevid allens University of Errors |
1970 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| DAF (Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft) | 1978 | Germany | Düsseldorf | ⇒ Robert Görl |
| Dag Vag | 1977 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Dagenites | 1965 | USA | Maryland | |
| Dagons | 1999 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Daily Terror | 1980 | Germany | Braunschweig | |
| Daily Void | 2007 | USA | Chicago | |
| Daisy Chain | 1967 | USA | Fullerton, California | |
| Dajat Inja (AKA Dayat Inya) | 1986 | Germany | Hildesheim | |
| Daktaris | 1998 | USA | New York | |
| Dale Hawkins | 1956 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Damaged Bug | 2014 | USA | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Damian & the Criterions | 1982 | USA | ||
| Damned | 1976 | UK | London | ⇒ Naz Nomad & the Nightmares |
| Damon | 1964 | USA | California | |
| Damon Edge | 1985 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ Chrome ⇒ Helios Creed |
| Damtew Ayele | 1973 | Ethiopia | ||
| Dan Auerbach | 2009 | USA | Ohio | ⇒ Black Keys |
| Dan Deacon | 2003 | USA | West Babylon, New York | |
| Dan Green | 1997 | USA | ||
| Dan Melchior Dan Mechior's Broke Revue Dan Melchior Und Das Menace |
1998 | UK | Shepperton | ⇒ Lloyd Pack ⇒ Billy Childish & Dan Melchior ⇒ Contributors |
| Dan Sartain | 2001 | USA | Birmingam, Alabama | |
| Dana | 2014 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Dana Valser | 2016 | Switzerland | Lausanne | |
| Danbert Nobacon & Pink Valley Cosmonauts | 1994 | UK | Newport, Monmouthshire | |
| Dance | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Dance Asthmatics | 2010 | New Zealand | Christchurch | |
| Dance Attack | 1980 | UK | ||
| Dance Disaster Movement | 2002 | USA | Long Beach, California | |
| Dancing Cigarettes | 1981 | USA | Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Dandelion (1) | 1979 | France | Belfort | |
| Dandelion (2) | 2013 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Dandi Wind | 2005 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Dandy Warhols | 1994 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| D'Angelo & Vanguard | 1995 | USA | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Danger Mouse | 2002 | USA | New York | |
| Dangerous Birds | 1982 | USA | Boston | |
| Dangerous Boys Club | 2010 | USA | California | ⇒ Antioch Arrow |
| Dangus Tarkus | 2014 | USA | ||
| Daniel Avery & the Deadstock 33s | 2012 | UK | London | |
| Daniel Carter | 1997 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Daniel Savio | 2006 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Daniela Casa | 1971 | Italy | Rome | |
| Daniele Brusaschetto | 1996 | Italy | Torino | |
| Daniele Luppi | 2004 | Italy | Padova | Based in Los Angeles |
| Danielle Dax | 1983 | UK | Essex | |
| Danielson Family | 1994 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Danny Amis | 1982 | USA | Nashville, Tennessee | ⇒ Raybeats ⇒ Los Straitjackets |
| Danny and the Darleans | 2011 | USA | Detroit | |
| Danny Cohen | 1961 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Danny Dell & the Trends | 1960 | USA | ||
| Danny Kalb & Stefan Grossman | 1964 | USA | ||
| Danny's Reasons | 1966 | USA | Minneapolis | |
| Danse Society | 1981 | UK | Barnsley | |
| Dansettes | 2005 | USA | New York | ⇒ Nouvellas |
| Dantes | 1963 | USA | ||
| Daphne Lee Martin | 2013 | USA | ||
| Dara Puspita | 1966 | Indonesia | ||
| Daringers (AKA Morgus & the Daringers) | 1964 | USA | Detroit | |
| Dark | 1978 | UK | London | |
| Dark Awake | 2008 | Greece | ||
| Dark Carnival | 1984 | USA | Detroit | |
| Dark Carpet | 2017 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Dark Day | 1978 | USA | New York | AKA Robin Crutchfield's Dark Day |
| Dark Fog | 2004 | USA | ||
| Dark Fortress | 1996 | Germany | Landshut | |
| Dark Horsemen | 1966 | USA | Florida | |
| Dark Marbles | 2004 | USA | ⇒ Yod Crewsy & the Dark Marbles | |
| Dark Rags | 2010 | USA | Athens | |
| DarkSunn | 2000 | Portugal | Almada | |
| Darling Buds | 1986 | UK | Caerdydd, Wales | |
| Darlingchemicalia | 2011 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Darondo | 1970 | USA | California | |
| Darts | 2016 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Das Black Milk | 2008 | USA | Scranton, Pennsylvania | |
| Das Ding | 1982 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Das Kabinette | 1983 | UK | Blackpool | |
| Data Bank A | 1983 | USA | ||
| Datafreq | 2006 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Datura 4 | 2015 | Australia | Freemantle | |
| Dave Ball | 1983 | UK | ⇒ Soft Cell | |
| Dave Clark Five | 1958 | UK | London | |
| Dave Cloud Dave Cloud & the Gospel of Power |
1999 | USA | Nashville, Tennesse | |
| Dave Davani Four | 1965 | UK | London | |
| Dave Diddle Day | 1957 | USA | ⇒ Sonny Day/Sonny Daye | |
| Dave Greenfield & J.J. Burnel | 1983 | UK | ⇒ Polyphonic Size | |
| Dave Savadge | N/A | N/A | ||
| Dave Soldier | 1990 | USA | ||
| Dave Starky Five | 1965 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Dave Van Ronk | 1959 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| David | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| David Barron | N/A | N/A | NON-VERIFIED ARTIST | |
| David Barron Band | 2011 | USA | Stafford | |
| David Borden | 1978 | USA | Boston | |
| David Bowie | 1967 | UK | London | |
| David Byrne David Byrne & Brian Eno |
1981 | USA | New York | ⇒ Talking Heads ⇒ Brian Eno |
| David Cunningham | 1977 | Ireland | Based in London | |
| David Essex | 1965 | UK | ||
| David Fenech | 1993 | France | Paris | |
| David Garland | 1985 | USA | New York | |
| David Harrow | 1983 | UK | ||
| David Hemmings | 1967 | UK | Surrey | |
| David Holmes | 1994 | UK | Northern Ireland | |
| David Kilgour | 1989 | New Zealand | Dunedin | ⇒ Great Unwashed |
| David Lynch | 1982 | USA | Montana | |
| David McWilliams | 1966 | UK | Belfast | |
| David Microwave | 1980 | USA | California | |
| David Nance | 2012 | USA | Omaha, Nebraska | ⇒ Buildermash ⇒ Forbidden Tigers |
| David Suisman & the Hoof n'Mouth Sinfonia | 2005 | USA | New Jersey | |
| David Thomas & Foreigners | 2000 | USA | Miami | |
| David Thomas & Two Pale Boys | 1996 | USA | Miami | ⇒ Pere Ubu |
| David Thomas Broughton | 2005 | UK | West Yorkshire | |
| David West | 2014 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Davie Allan & the Arrows | 1965 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Daw Bandon (AKA Dao Bandong) | 2001 | Thailand | ||
| Dawn 5 | 1965 | USA | Indianapolis | |
| Dawson | 1988 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Day of the Dead | 2005 | Australia | Perth | |
| Daybed | 2010 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Daybreak | 1971 | USA | ||
| Daybreak Conspiracy | N/A | N/A | NON-VERIFIED ARTIST | |
| Daybreakers | 1966 | USA | Iowa | |
| Days In Grief | 2001 | Germany | Köln | |
| Days of Sorrow | 1984 | Germany | ||
| Dazzling Killmen | 1990 | USA | St. Louis | |
| Db's | 1978 | USA | New York | |
| D-Day | 1983 | Japan | ||
| De Artsen | 1988 | Netherlands | Arnhem | |
| De Froiz | 2016 | USA | ||
| De Keefmen | 2009 | Netherlands | Klazienaveen | |
| De Press | 1980 | Norway | Oslo | |
| De Rogue | 1982 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Dead Astist Syndrome (ft. Brian Healy) | 1990 | USA | California | |
| Dead Boys | 1989 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | ⇒ Pere Ubu |
| Dead Brothers | 1998 | Switzerland | Geneva | |
| Dead C | 1987 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Dead Can Dance | 1981 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Dead Channel | 1998 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Dead Combo | 2003 | Finland | ||
| Dead Folk | 2012 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Dead Ghosts | 2008 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Dead Gum | 2009 | Greece | Athens | |
| Dead Horse One | 2011 | France | Valence | |
| Dead Kennedys | 1978 | USA | San Francisco | ⇒ East Bay Ray ⇒ Klaus Flouride ⇒ Witch Trials |
| Dead Man | 2004 | Sweden | Orebro | |
| Dead Man's Bones | 2009 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Dead Meadow | 1998 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Dead Men | 2003 | USA | ||
| Dead Milkmen | 1979 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Dead Moon | 1987 | USA | Clackamans, Oregon | ⇒ Pierced Arrows |
| Dead Or Alive | 1980 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Dead Phones | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Dead Roses | 2010 | USA | ||
| Dead Skeletons | 2010 | Iceland | Reykjavik | |
| Dead Westerns | 2010 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Deadbolt | 1988 | USA | San Diego | |
| Deadfly Ensemble | 2005 | USA | New York | |
| Dean & Britta | 2003 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Dean Carter | 1964 | USA | Illinois | |
| Dean Dean & the Sex Machines | 2003 | USA | ||
| Dean Fraser | 1975 | Jamaica | ||
| Dean Landew | 1992 | USA | ||
| Dear Eloise | 2010 | China | Beijing | |
| Dearly Beloved | 1966 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Death and Vanilla | 2009 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| Death By Unga Bunga | 2010 | Norway | ||
| Death Cult | 1983 | UK | London | ⇒ Southern Death Cult ⇒ Cult |
| Death Domain | 2008 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Death In June | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Death of a Party | 2003 | USA | Oakland, California | |
| Deathlist | 2016 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Deathly Fighter | 2010 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Débils | 1980 | Switzerland | Bienne | |
| Debris | 1975 | USA | Oklahoma | |
| Débruit | 2006 | France | Paris | |
| Deca | 1986 | Italy | Savona | AKA Federico De Caroli |
| Decadence | 1982 | USA | Boston | |
| Decades | 1987 | France | Rouuen | |
| Decay | 1998 | Japan | ||
| December's Children Ltd. | 1967 | USA | ||
| Dee Dee Sharp | 1960 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Deejay OM | 2003 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Deekay Jones | 1983 | USA | New York | |
| Deep Eynde | 1992 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Deep Forest | 1991 | France | Arleux | |
| Deep Freeze Mice | 1979 | UK | Leicester | ⇒ Alan Jenkins ⇒ Ruth's Refrigerator |
| Deep Magic | 2009 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Deep Six | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Deep Time | 2012 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Dee-Rangers | 1995 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Deerhoof | 1994 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Deerhunter | 2005 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Defect | 1983 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Defectors (1) | 1998 | Denmark | ||
| Defectors (2) | 1980 | UK | ||
| De-Fenders | 1963 | USA | ||
| Defiant 4 | 1966 | USA | ||
| Defibulators | 2009 | USA | New York | |
| Déficit Budgétaire | 2014 | France | Lyon | |
| Déficit des Années Antérieures (AKA DDAA) | 1979 | France | Caen, Normandie | |
| Deke Dickerson & the Trashmen | 1994 | USA | Missouri | ⇒ Untamed Youth |
| Del Moroccos | 2008 | USA | Chicago | |
| Del Serfs | 1980-ies | USA | ||
| Delaney Davidson | 2007 | New Zealand | Based in Switzerland | |
| Del-Byzanteens | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Delerium | 1986 | Canada | Vancouver | ⇒ Noise Unit ⇒ Front Line Assembly |
| Deleted | 1988 | France | Lille | |
| Delfonics | 1966 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Delgados | 1995 | UK | Motherwell, Scotland | |
| Delights | 1965 | USA | Delaware | |
| Deliriants | 1981 | USA | Milwaukee | |
| Deliverance Echos | 1971 | USA | ||
| Del-Lords | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Delmonas | 1984 | UK | Kent | |
| Delmontes | 1979 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Delphian Complex | 2005 | UK | Bedfordshire | |
| Delphine | 1966 | Belgium | ||
| Delta | 1981 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Delta 16 | 1999 | Germany | ||
| Delta Five | 1978 | UK | Leeds | |
| Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio | 2017 | USA | Seattle | |
| Demands | 2000 | USA | New York | |
| Demented Are Go | 1982 | UK | Caerdydd, Wales | |
| Dementia 13 | 1985 | Australia | Brisbane | Not to be confounded with "Dimentia 13" |
| Demolition Doll Rods | 1994 | USA | Detroit | |
| Demon's Claws | 2003 | Canada | Montreal | |
| Dendo Marionette | 1980 | Japan | Osaka | |
| Dengue Fever | 2001 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Denims | 1965 | USA | Queens NY | |
| Denis Mpunga & Paul K. | 2017 | Belgium/Congo | ||
| Denise James | 2001 | USA | Detroit | |
| Deniz Tek Deniz Tek & James Williamson |
1983 | USA | Michigan | ⇒ Radio Birdman |
| Denizens | 1978 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Dennis Brown Dennis Brown & Aswad |
1970 | Jamaica | Kingston | ⇒ Aswad |
| Dennis the Fox | 1975 | USA | Seattle | |
| Dennis Young | 1987 | USA | New York | |
| Denny & Kenny Duo | 1965 | USA | Sacramento, California | |
| Dentists | 1984 | UK | Chatham, Kent | |
| Deo Toy | 1983 | USA | California | |
| Department S | 1979 | UK | London | |
| Depeche Mode | 1980 | UK | Essex | ⇒ Martin Gore |
| Depth Affect | 2004 | France | Nantes | |
| Der Blaue Reiter (1) | 1980 | Italy | Milano | |
| Der Blaue Reiter (2) | 2006 | Spain | Barcelona | |
| Der Blutharsch | 1996 | Austria | Vienna | ⇒ The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath the Clouds ⇒ White Hills & Der Blutharsch |
| Der Demokratische Konsum | 1983 | Germany | Berlin (East) | |
| Der Herr Kam Über Sie | 1986 | Germany | Bremen | |
| Der Lustige Musikant (AKA Der Mußikant) | 1980 | Germany | Hamburg | AKA Der Ewige Musikant, Der Künftige Musikant et al. ⇒ Heute |
| Der Moderne Man | 1979 | Germany | Hannover | |
| Der Plan | 1979 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Der Verboten | 1985 | Germany | ||
| Derek & the Dominos | 1970 | USA | New York | |
| Derek Lyn Plastic | 2004 | USA | New York | |
| Derrière Le Miroir | 1992 | Germany | ||
| Des Airs | 1981 | Belgium | ||
| Des Demonas | 2017 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Desert Sessions | 1997 | USA | California | |
| Desi Roots | 1980 | Jamaica | ||
| Desmond Dekker | 1962 | Jamaica | ||
| Desmond Simmons | 1981 | UK | Newbury | ⇒ Amorphons |
| Destination Lonely | 2010 | France | ||
| Destiny's Children | 1966 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Destroy All Monsters | 1974 | USA | Ann Arbor, Michigan | |
| Destroyed | 1977 | USA | Boston | ⇒ Joe Rainbow ⇒ Henry Kaiser |
| Destruction Unit | 2000 | USA | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Det Elektriske Kjøkken | 1980 | Norway | Trondheim | ⇒ Lister |
| Details | 1965 | Germany | Frankfurt | |
| Details At Eleven | 1985 | USA | New York | |
| Detroit Cobras | 1994 | USA | Detroit | |
| Deuter | 1971 | Germany | ||
| Deux | 1983 | France | Lyon | |
| Deux Baleines Blanches | 1985 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Devendra Banhart | 2002 | USA | Houston, Texas | |
| Deviants | 1967 | UK | London | ⇒ Mick Farren & the Deviants ⇒ Larry Wallis |
| Devilles | 1965 | USA | Duluth, Minnesota | |
| Devil's Picnic | 1983 | France | Paris | |
| Devin Gary & Ross | 2011 | USA | ||
| Devin Leigh | 2016 | USA | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Devo | 1972 | USA | Kent, Ohio | |
| Devon Irons | 1976 | Jamaica | ||
| Devon Pearson | 1991 | USA | ||
| Dew Claw | 2006 | USA | New York | ⇒ Hypno-Twists |
| Dexateens | 2004 | USA | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | |
| Dexter Romweber Dexter Romweber Duo Dexter Romweber Duo (ft. Rick Miller) |
1992 | USA | North Carolina | ⇒ Flat Duo Jets |
| Dezerter (AKA Deuter) | 1981 | Poland | Warsaw | |
| DG 307 | 1973 | Czechia | Praha | |
| D-Generation | 1985 | Australien | ||
| Dialing In | 2005 | USA | Seattle | |
| Diamanda Galas Diamanda Galas & Paul Jones |
1979 | USA | San Diego | Based in New York |
| Diamatregon | 1997 | France | Grenoble | |
| Diamond Joe | 1961 | USA | New Orelans | |
| Diamond Nights | 2003 | USA | New York | |
| Diamondheads | 2003 | USA | Baltimore | |
| Diana Tribute | 2015 | New Zealand | Auckland | |
| Diane Marie Kloba | 2004 | USA | Chicago | |
| Diary of Dreams | 1989 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Diät | 2011 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Diatric Puds & The Blobbettes | 2004 | USA | ||
| Dick Dale & His Del-Tones | 1981 | USA | California | |
| Dick Marsh (AKA Sky Saxon) | 1960 | USA | Salt Lake City | ⇒ Sky Saxon ⇒ Seeds |
| Dick Rivers | 1962 | France | Nice | |
| Dickies | 1977 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Dickless | 1990 | USA | Seattle | |
| Dicks | 1980 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Die Form (1) | 1977 | France | Bourg-en-Bresse | |
| Die Form (2) | 1981 | Italy | Monza | Changed name 1984 to ⇒ Tasaday |
| Die Gesunden | 1982 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Die Haut Die Haut (ft. Lydia Lunch) Die Haut (ft. Nick Cave) |
1982 | Germany | Berlin | ⇒ Lydia Lunch ⇒ Nick Cave |
| Die Klopferbande | 1981 | Germany | Selters, Hessen | |
| Die Krupps | 1980 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Die Monster Die | 1992 | USA | Athens, Georgia | |
| Die Neue Prächtigkeit | 1980 | Germany | ||
| Die Synthetische Republik | 1982 | Germany | ||
| Die Traktor | 1995 | Germany | ||
| Die Unbekannten | 1981 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Die Zorros | 2002 | Switzerland | Bern/Zürich | |
| Died Pretty | 1984 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Dieter Meier | 1978 | Switzerland | Zürich | ⇒ Yello |
| Dieter Schütz | 1981 | Germany | Flensburg | |
| Dif Juz | 1980 | USA | London | |
| Difference Engine | 1992 | USA | ||
| Different Fountains | 2009 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Digital Leather | 2002 | USA | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Dikes of Holland | 2009 | USA | Austin, Texas | |
| Dilip Roy | 1977 | India | ||
| Dillinger Escape Plan | 1997 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Mike Patton |
| Dim Stars | 1991 | USA | New York | ⇒ Television ⇒ Richard Hell & the Voidoids |
| Dim-Dim | 1997 | Belgium | Brussels | |
| Dimentia 13 | 1985 | USA | Ohio | Not to be confounded with "Dementia 13" |
| Diminished Men | 2005 | USA | Seattle | |
| Dimitri From Paris | 1996 | Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Dimlite | 2005 | Switzerland | ||
| Dimmer | 1994 | New Zealand | Dunedin | |
| Dinah Washington | 1952 | USA | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | |
| Ding Dongs | 2010 | Canada | Montreal | ⇒ Bloodshot Bill |
| Dinner | 2012 | Denmark | ||
| Dino Lee (AKA K.O.W.T.) | 1985 | USA | ||
| Dinosaur Junior | 1984 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Dinowalrus | 2008 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Dion Dion & the Belmonts |
1957 | USA | New York | |
| Dion Lunadon | 2016 | USA | Brooklyn NY | Real name: Dion Palmer ⇒ A Place to Bury Strangers |
| Directors | 2017 | USA | New York | |
| Dirt | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Dirtbombs | 1992 | USA | Detroit | |
| Dirty Beaches | 2007 | Canada | Based in Lisbon | |
| Dirty Burds | 1997 | UK | London | |
| Dirty Excuse | 2004 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Dirty Looks (1) | 1980 | USA | Staten Island NY | |
| Dirty Looks (2) | 1984 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Dirty Lovers | 1990 | Australia | Geelong | |
| Dirty Princess | 2003 | Spain | Madrid | |
| Dirty Shames | 1966 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Dirty Wurds | 1965 | USA | Chicago | |
| Disaffect | 1981 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Disappears | 2008 | USA | Chicago | |
| Discipline | 1990 | Netherlands | Eindhoven | |
| Disco Inferno | 1989 | UK | London | ⇒ Ian Crause |
| Dislocation Dance | 1980 | UK | Manchester | |
| Disrupt | 2005 | Germany | Leipzig | |
| Dissection | 1989 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Dissidenten | 1981 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Distant Creatures | 2015 | USA | Sterling, Virginia | |
| Distant Drums | 1980 | UK | Colchester | |
| Distillers | 1998 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Distorted Pony | 1986 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Distortions | 1966 | USA | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Distributors | 1979 | UK | Wakefield | |
| District Six | 1966 | USA | ||
| Disturbed Furniture | 1981 | UK | Bradford | ⇒ Phil Shoenfeldt |
| Diva Destruction | 1998 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Divine Horsemen | 1983 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Division Four | 1981 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Division Kent | 2005 | Switzerland | Zürich | |
| Divorce | 1980 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Dixie Cups | 1963 | USA | Louisiana | |
| Dizzy Jones | 1965 | USA | AKA Dizzy Jones & the Continentals, Davey Jones | |
| DJ Bert & Eagle | 1980 | Belgium | ||
| DJ Female Convict Scorpion | 2006 | USA | San Francisco | |
| DJ Q | 1997 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| DJ Shadow | 1996 | USA | California | |
| DJ Vadim | 1995 | Russia | St. Peterburg | Based in London |
| DK | 1980 | Russia | ||
| Dlina Volny | 2016 | Belaruus | Minsk | |
| DM Bob & County Jem DM Bob & the Deficits |
1994 | Germany | Hamburg | |
| DMZ | 1976 | USA | Boston | |
| DNA (1) | 1983 | USA | ||
| DNA (2) | 1977 | USA | New York | ⇒ Arto Lindsay ⇒ Dark Day ⇒ Robin Crutchfield |
| DNV | 1979 | UK | ||
| Do-Re-Mi | 1981 | Australia | ||
| Doc & the Pods | 1985 | USA | ||
| Doc Wör Mirran | 1984 | Germany | Nürnberg | Origin San Francisco |
| Doctor Mix & the Remix | 1979 | France | ||
| Dodads | 1960-ies | USA | Texas | |
| Dodgems | 1979 | UK | Brighton | |
| Doers | 2004 | Canada | Vancouver | |
| Dog Faced Hermans | 1986 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Dog Tired | 1989 | USA | ||
| Dogbowl | 1989 | USA | Bronx NY | ⇒ King Missile |
| Dogs (1) | 1966 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Dogs (2) | 1977 | France | Rouen | |
| Doi Intanon & Group Suthep | 1984 | Thailand | ||
| Dokaka | 2008 | Japan | Tokyo | |
| Doktor Kosmos | 1991 | Sweden | Uppsala | |
| Dolenz Jones Boyce & Hart | 1976 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Monkees |
| Dolina | 2006 | France | Pressagny-l'Orgueilleux, Haute-Normandie | |
| Dolkows | 1985 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| Doll Parts | 1988 | USA | Boulder, Colorado | |
| Dolly Parton | 1968 | USA | Tennessee | |
| Dolly Rocker Movement | 2002 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Dominion | 1985 | Canada | Edmonton | |
| Dominions | 1964 | USA | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Don & Stevie | 2013 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Don & the Holidays | 1966 | USA | Orlando, Florida | |
| Don Bartnick | 1980 | Germany | Düsseldorf | |
| Don Bowman | 1961 | USA | Texas | |
| Don Caballero | 1991 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Don Cavalli | 1999 | France | Paris | |
| Don Drummond | 1960 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Don Gere | 2011 | USA | ||
| Don Goliath | 2007 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Don Hinson & the Rigormorticians | 1964 | USA | ||
| Don Shtone | 2000 | USA | Berlin | |
| Dona Onete | 2012 | Brazil | ||
| Donald Woods & the Vel-Aires | 1955 | USA | Los Angeles | AKA Bel-Aires |
| Dondee & the Glades | 2014 | USA | ||
| Done Lying Down | 1993 | UK/USA | ||
| Donna Lee | 1961 | USA | ||
| Donna Regina | 1992 | Germany | Köln | |
| Donna Summer | 1974 | USA | Boston | |
| Donner Party | 1986 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Donovan | 1965 | UK | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Donso | 2007 | France/Mali | ||
| Donuts | 2007 | USA | ||
| Dooley Invention | 1968 | USA | Allentown, New Jersey | |
| Doom | 1987 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Doomed Bird of Providence | 2009 | UK | Londo | |
| Doomed On the Planet Earth | 1982 | USA | ||
| Doppelzimmers | 2006 | Japan | ||
| Doppler Effect | 1988 | USA | Boston | |
| Dorcelsius | 2013 | France | Paris | |
| Dorit Chrysler | 2000 | USA | New York | |
| Dormannu | 1984 | UK | ||
| Doronco Gumo | 2008 | Japan | ⇒ Hiiragi Fukuda | |
| Dorothy Ashby | 1957 | USA | Detroit | |
| Dorsey Brockington | 1971 | USA | Virginia | |
| Dory Previn | 1965 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Dos Santos Anti-Beat Orquesta | 2015 | USA | Chicago | |
| Double Nelson | 1989 | France | Nancy | |
| Double X Project | 1985 | Germany | ||
| DoubleVee | 2013 | USA | Oklahoma City | |
| Doug Brown | 1961 | USA | Ann Arbour, Michigan | Based in California |
| Doug Hream Blunt | 2000 | USA | Arkansas | |
| Doug Parkinson In Focus | 1968 | Australia | Melbourne | Started out 1967 as Questions |
| Doug Tuttle | 2014 | USA | New Hampshire | ⇒ Mmoss |
| Dougal Reed | 2001 | UK | London | ⇒ Faith Healers ⇒ X-Men |
| Doughboys | 1968 | USA | Plainfield, New Jersey | ⇒ Richard X. Heyman |
| Douglas Bregger | 1988 | USA | ⇒ Vitamin B12 | |
| Dovers | 1965 | USA | Santa Barbara, California | |
| Doves | 1998 | UK | Manchester | |
| Dow Jones & the Industrials | 1980 | USA | Indiana | |
| Down By Law | 1989 | USA | ||
| Downbeat 5 | 1999 | USA | Boston | |
| Downliners Sect | 1964 | UK | Twickenham | |
| Down-N-Outs | 1997 | USA | ||
| Doxa Sinistra | 1982 | Netherlands | ||
| Dr. Alban | 1990 | Sweden | Origin Nigeria | |
| Dr. Alimantado | 1973 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Dr. Feelgood | 1971 | UK | Essex | |
| Dr. John | 1986 | USA | New Orleans | ⇒ Drits & Dravy |
| Dr. Spec's Optical Illusions | 1967 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Dracula Lewis | 2008 | Italy | Piacenza | |
| Dragibus | 1995 | France | ||
| Dragon | 1976 | Belgium | ⇒ Alejandro Escovedo | |
| Dragonfly | 1967 | USA | Durango, Colorado | |
| Dragons | 1970 | USA | Malibu, California | |
| Dragontears | 2007 | Denmark | Kopenhagen | |
| Drakkar Band | 1967 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh | |
| Dramady | 2007 | USA | Portland, Oregon | |
| Dramarama | 1982 | USA | New Jersey | |
| Drame | 2014 | France | ||
| Draugar | 2002 | USA | San Francisco | |
| Draytones | 2006 | UK | London | |
| Drcarlsonalbion | 2012 | USA | Seattle | |
| Dream 6 | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Dream Affair | 2010 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Dream Machine | 2017 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Dream Sequence | 1981 | UK | ||
| Dream Syndicate | 1982 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Dream Warriors & Gang Starr | 1988 | Canada | Toronto | |
| Dreamdecay | 2011 | USA | Seattle | |
| Dreams | 2008 | USA | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Dreamsalon | 2011 | USA | Seattle | |
| Dredd Foole & the Din | 1982 | USA | Boston | |
| Dreidimensional | 1982 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Dress Up As Natives | 1982 | USA | Pittsburgh | |
| Drew McDowell | 2015 | UK | Paisley, Scotland | |
| Drew Weaver Drew Weaver & the Alvarados |
1987 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Drift | N/A | N/A | ||
| Driftmachine | 2014 | Germany | Berlin | |
| Drills | 1987 | USA | ||
| Drinking Electricity | 1980 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Drits & Dravy | 1962 | USA | Louisiana | ⇒ Dr. John |
| Droids | 1977 | France | ||
| Drones | 1966 | USA | California | |
| Droogettes | 2014 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Droogs | 1973 | USA | Los Angeles | |
| Drop the Lime | 2003 | USA | New York | |
| Dropkick Murphys | 1996 | USA | Boston | |
| Drowning Craze | 1980 | UK | London | |
| Drowning Pool | 1996 | USA | Dallas, Texas | |
| Druids of Stonehenge | 1967 | USA | New York | |
| Drunk Driving | 1980 | USA | New York | |
| Drunk Elk | 2011 | Australia | Hobart | |
| Drusalee & the Dead | 1966 | USA | ||
| Dry Ice (1) | 1971 | USA | Pennsylvania | |
| Dry Ice (2) | 1996 | USA | Massachusetts | |
| Dry-Rot | 2006 | USA | ||
| DSK | 1988 | USA | Miami | |
| Duane Eddy | 1959 | USA | New York | |
| Dub Syndicate | 1982 | UK | London | |
| Dub Thompson | 2014 | USA | Agoura Hills, California | |
| Dub Trio | 2004 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Dubkasm | 1994 | UK | Bristol | |
| Duchess Says | 2003 | Candad | Montreal | |
| Duchesses | 2007 | USA | Seattle | |
| Duck Fight Goose | 2009 | China | Shanghai | |
| Duds | 2016 | UK | Manchester | |
| Duke Ellington | 1951 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Duke Spirit | 2002 | UK | London | |
| Dukes (1) | 1962 | Netherlands | Nijmegen | |
| Dukes (2) | 1987 | Germany | Emmendingen | |
| Dukes of Stratosphear | 1985 | UK | Swindon | ⇒ XTC |
| Dull Schicksal | 1984 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | |
| Dum Dum Girls | 2008 | USA | Los Angeles | ⇒ Merchandise |
| Dump | 1992 | USA | New Jersey | ⇒ Yo La Tengo |
| Dumptruck | 1983 | USA | Boston | |
| Dunaj | 1983 | Czechia | Brno | ⇒ Iva Bittova |
| Dungen Dungen & Woods |
1998 | Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Dunkelziffer | 1982 | Germany | Köln | |
| Duo Inmortales | 2006 | Chile | Santiago | |
| Duran Duran | 1978 | UK | Birmingham | |
| Durutti Column | 1978 | UK | Manchester | |
| Dust | 1971 | USA | ||
| Dustaphonics | 2008 | UK | London | |
| Dusty Stray | 2009 | Netherlands | ||
| Dutch Futurismo | 2016 | Hungary | ||
| Dutch Masters | 1967 | USA | Little Rock, Arkansas | |
| Dwarr | 1981 | USA | Columbia, South Carolina | |
| Dwarves | 1986 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Blag Dahlia |
| Dwayne Omarr | 1982 | USA | ||
| Dwight Twilley | 1979 | USA | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Dykehouse | 2001 | USA | Michigan | |
| Dynamics | 1956 | USA | Detroit | |
| Dynasty Handbag | 2006 | USA | New York | |
| Dystraction | 1969 | USA | Reno, Nevada | |
| DZ Lectric | 1981 | France | Paris | |
| Dzeltenie Pastnieki | 1989 | Latvia | Riga | |
| Eagle Eye Cherry | 1997 | Sweden | ||
| Eagles of Death Metal | 1998 | USA | Palm Desert, California | |
| Ear Trumpet | 1987 | UK | London | ⇒ Buzzcocks ⇒ Siouxsie & the Banshees ⇒ Wire ⇒ Glove |
| Earaches | 1998 | USA | Seattle | |
| Earl & the Losers | 2005 | Greece | Athens | |
| Earl Sixteen | 1975 | Jamaica | ||
| Earl Zero | 1975 | Jamaica | ||
| Earle Mankey | 1978 | USA | California | ⇒ Sparks |
| Earls | 1961 | USA | Bronx NY | |
| Early Hours | 1995 | Australia | Perth | |
| Earth | 1989 | USA | Seattle | |
| Earth Dies Burning | 1981 | USA | California | ⇒ Brad Laner |
| Eartha Kitt | 1953 | USA | South Carolina | |
| Eartheater | 1981 | USA | New York | |
| Earthling | 1981 | Japan | ||
| Earwig | 1989 | UK | Brighton | |
| East Bay Ray East Bay Ray & the Killer Smiles |
1984 | USA | California | ⇒ Dead Kennedys ⇒ Jumbo Shrimp |
| East of Venus | 2015 | USA | New York | ⇒ Glenn Mercer ⇒ Feelies ⇒ Bongos |
| East Side Kids | 1965 | USA | California | |
| Easter Monkeys | 1981 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Easy Action | 1997 | USA | Detroit | |
| Easy Goings | 1989 | USA | ||
| Easybeats | 1965 | Australia | Sydney | |
| Eat | 1979 | USA | Florida | |
| Eat the People | 2004 | USA | California | |
| Eater | 1977 | UK | London | |
| Ebb Tides (1) | 1965 | USA | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Ebb Tides (2) | 1966 | USA | New Bedford, Massachusetts | |
| Eberhard Schoener Eberhard Schoener (ft. Sting) |
1971 | Germany | Stuttgart | |
| Eberhard Weber | 1969 | Germany | Stuttgart | |
| Ebony Bones | 2009 | UK | London | |
| EC Nudes | 1994 | Italy | Bologna | |
| Echo & the Bunnymen | 1978 | UK | Liverpool | |
| Echo Romeo | 1985 | Spain | ||
| Echobelly | 1992 | UK | London | |
| Echomen | 1966 | USA | Minnesota | |
| Eclectic Mayhem | 2012 | USA | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Ecstatic Vision | 2013 | USA | Philadelphia | |
| Ectogram | 1994 | UK | Bangor, Wales | |
| Ed Gein's Car | 1982 | USA | New York | |
| Ed Kuepper | 1985 | Australia | Brisbane | ⇒ Saints (1) |
| Ed Sirrs | 1979 | UK | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Eddi Front | 2012 | USA | New York | |
| Eddie & the Showmen | 1963 | USA | Palos Verdes, California | |
| Eddie Angel Eddie Angel & the Hi-Risers |
1981 | USA | New York | ⇒ Los Straitjackets ⇒ Neanderthals |
| Eddie Callahan | 1976 | USA | Oregan | |
| Eddie Kirk | 1947 | USA | Colorado | |
| Eddie Maelov & Sunshine Patteson | 1981 | UK | London | |
| Eddie Warner | 1967 | Germany | Magdeburg | |
| Eddie Weldon | 1950-ies | USA | ||
| Eddy Detroit | 1980 | USA | Phoenix,Arizona | |
| Eddy Grant | 1974 | British Guayana | Plaisance | |
| Eden | 1990 | Australia | Melbourne | |
| Edgar Broughton Band | 1968 | UK | Warwick | |
| Edgar Froese | 1974 | Germany | ⇒ Tangerine Dream | |
| Edgar Winter Group | 1972 | USA | ||
| Edge | 1978 | UK | ||
| Edges of Wisdom | 1966 | USA | Illinois | |
| Edibles | 2010 | USA | ||
| Edith Nylon | 1977 | France | Paris | |
| Editor B | 2015 | USA | New Orleans | |
| Edsel | 1989 | USA | Washington D.C. | |
| Edu Lobo (ft. Tambo Trio) | 1965 | Brazil | ||
| Edward Artemyev | 1969 | Russia | Moscow | |
| Edward Ka-Spel | 1984 | UK | London | ⇒ Legendary Pink Dots |
| Edwyn Collins | 1984 | UK | Scotland | |
| Eek-A-Mouse | 1979 | Jamaica | Kingston | |
| EERA | 2017 | Norway | Oslo | |
| Effectionhate | 2007 | USA | ||
| Effetto Joule | 1987 | Italy | Bologna | |
| Effi Briest | 2007 | USA | Brooklyn NY | |
| Effigies | 1980 | USA | Chicago | ⇒ Jack Scratch |
| Efterklang | 2003 | Denmark |