History Main / AlternativeIndie

People or bands performing independent/alternative music.
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* Music/ThreeEleven - This band's mix of rock, reggae, and rap made them quite popular in the [[TheNineties 90s]] and [[TheOughties 2000s]].
* Music/{{The 1975}} - This English/British group has gained quite a bit of popularity in late 2013.
* Music/TenThousandManiacs - AlternativeRock group from the Hudson Valley; lead singer Natalie Merchant later had some solo success.
** 1987 - ''Music/InMyTribe''
* Music/ADayToRemember - An unusual mix of Metalcore and PopPunk gave them some national exposure.
* Music/TheAcademyIs - Popular punk-pop band of the early '00s, with a knack for theatrics.
* Music/AdamAndTheCouchPotatoes - A kid-friendly rock band.
* Music/RyanAdams - He has done punk, rock, country, and BlackMetal!
* Music/{{AFI}} - A hardcore punk band who later adopted a new sound and scored a top 40 pop hit.
* Music/TheAgeOfInformation
* Music/{{AJJ}}
* Music/AlamaailmanVasarat - They describe their music as "kebab-kosher-jazz-film-traffic-punk-music."
* Music/TheAlarm
* Music/SteveAlbini[[note]]Also see Music/BigBlack[[/note]] - Both a musician and a producer; also known for his big mouth.
* Music/AliceInChains - One of the most respected AlternativeMetal bands, the combine 90s grunge with [[DoomMetal Doom and Sludge Metal]] and are also notable for their eclectic acoustic work.
* Music/TheAllAmericanRejects
* Music/AllTimeLow - A pop-punk band who have a big fanbase despite not having any mainstream hits.
* Music/AlterBridge[[note]]Also see Music/{{Creed}}[[/note]] - After Creed broke up, a new lead singer joined the instrumentalists. They were much better received than their predecessor.
* Music/AltJ
* Music/ToriAmos - A singer-songwriter-pianist, this critically acclaimed musician is known as a feminist icon.
** 1992 - ''Music/LittleEarthquakes''
* Music/AnalogRebellion
* Music/{{Anathema}} - Former doom metal band who introduced elements of AlternativeRock and ProgressiveRock to their sound around 2001.
* Music/{{Anberlin}} - They came out of nowhere with a massive rock hit in 2009. They have since scored a few more hits.
* Music/AngelsAndAirwaves[[note]]Also see Music/Blink182, Music/TheOffspring, Music/ThirtySecondsToMars[[/note]] - A side project of Tom [=DeLonge=] of Music/Blink182. The group had a more indie-rock/80s feel rather than blink-182's punk style. Self produces and releases their music under their label To The Stars Records.
* Music/AnimalCollective - An indie-rock band with a lot of critical acclaim.
** 2009 - ''Music/MerriweatherPostPavilion''
* Music/{{Anouk}}
* Music/TheAntlers - A former solo project-turned band known for their incredibly depressing lyrical content.
** 2009 - ''Music/{{Hospice}}''
* Music/AntonyAndTheJohnsons
* Music/APerfectCircle - Led by Maynard Keenan of Tool, this supergroup also features members of Music/TheSmashingPumpkins and Music/NineInchNails.
* Music/FionaApple - Acclaimed performer whose angst-ridden, piano-based songs represent a new stage in the female singer-songwriter movement/
* Music/ArcadeFire - A Canadian indie pop band formed in Montreal. The band's third album, ''The Suburbs'' was awarded the 2011 Grammy for Album of the Year, which many music writers claim is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for the band, their label Merge Records, and the indie rock genre as a whole.
** 2004 - ''Music/{{Funeral}}''
** 2010 - ''Music/TheSuburbs''
* Music/ArcticMonkeys - The first band to ever become really successful through the internet.
** 2006 - ''Music/WhateverPeopleSayIAmThatsWhatImNot''
** 2013 - ''Music/{{AM}}''
* Music/{{Area 11}} - The first band to play "Gaijin Rock", a [[GenreMashup mix of J-Pop and Western Rock]]. Lyrics filled with {{anime}} references, but subtle enough not to alienate non-anime fans.
* Music/ArtOfDying[[note]]Also see Music/ThreeDaysGrace, Music/{{Disturbed}}[[/note]] - Exposure on WWE Television helped this band score a few rock hits in the [[TheNewTens 2010s.]]
* Music/{{Ash}} - A Britpop band who love ScienceFiction and ''Franchise/StarWars''.
* Music/AsianKungFuGeneration - Although they are popular in Japan, they are best known for making anime themes elsewhere.
* Music/{{Audioslave}} [[note]] Also see Music/RageAgainstTheMachine and Music/{{Soundgarden}} [[/note]] - A supergroup featuring Music/ChrisCornell and members of ''Rage Against the Machine.'' Their style reflects ''Soundgarden''[='s=] more than ''Rage Against the Machine'''s.
* Music/{{AURORA}} - A singer/songwriter from Bergen, Norway.
* Music/{{AWOLNATION}} - A solo project of Aaron Bruno and a creative outler for the songwriter.
* Music/TheB52s
* Music/{{Banks}} - IndiePop singer who rose to prominence through [=SoundCloud=].
* Music/BarenakedLadies - Canadian rock band who scored an unlikely number-one song on the Hot 100.
* Music/{{Basehead}} - AlternativeRock and AlternativeHipHop group from Washington, D.C. usually comprised of Michael Ivey and whoever he can get to play with him. [[NamesTheSame Or an electronic tracker musician named Dan Gardopée, who has contributed to the]] ''VideoGame/{{Unreal|I}}'' soundtrack.
* Music/{{Bastille}}
* Music/BatForLashes - Actually just one singer who can play the piano, harpischord, and autoharp.
** 2006 - ''Music/FurAndGold''
* Music/{{Battles}} - Experimental rock group from the turn of the millennium.
* Music/BeachHouse - Unlike most dream pop bands, they aim for a certain "theme" with their music.
* Music/BeatHappening - An influential band in the lo-fi and twee pop movements.
* Music/TheBeautifulSouth - An English alternative pop rock group that ran from TheEighties to the TurnOfTheMillennium.
* Music/{{Beck}} - While he had one huge American hit in 1994, he remains an influential figure on indie-rock.
** 1994 - ''Music/MellowGold''
** 1996 - ''Music/{{Odelay}}''
** 2005 - ''Music/{{Guero}}''
* Music/BelleAndSebastian: Scottish band noted for its similarities to Music/BobDylan and Music/TheSmiths.
* Music/BlackMidi - An experimental British rock quartet known for their weird vocals.
* Music/Blink182: [[note]] Also see Music/AngelsAndAirwaves [[/note]] American band that started off playing pop punk, gaining a string of hit singles in the early to mid 2000s. Started shifting to a mixture of alternative and pop punk in 2003. As of their 2012 split from Interscope, they've been self-releasing/producing their music and also incorporating some of the indie rock sound of related sideproject, Music/AngelsAndAirwaves.
* Music/GeoffBerner
* Music/BestCoast - American indie rock band recognizable for their [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth fuzzy, low-fidelity sound]] in the vein of SurfRock.
* Music/BetterThanEzra
* Music/Bi2 - A Russian AlternativeRock band that incorporates elements of PostPunk, {{Industrial}} and IndiePop and has roots in {{Absurdism}} theatre.
* Music/BiffyClyro - The Scottish band has been popular for a few years before ''Series/TheXFactor'' gave them mainstream attention.
* Music/BigBlack[[note]]Also see Music/SteveAlbini[[/note]] - Post-Hardcore band who became popular within the underground music community for their distinctive "clanky" guitar playing, the use of drum machine instead of a drum kit (predating its use in IndustrialMetal), and their dark and explicit lyrical content.
** 1987 - ''Music/SongsAboutFucking''
* Music/{{BIGMAMA}} - Japanese AlternativeRock band known for their incorporation of live strings and ClassicalMusic elements, [[RockMeAmadeus often quoting classical passages]].
* Music/BillyTalent - This Canadian band has gained exposure in both their homeland and other countries through festivals.
* Music/AndrewBird - Very prolific Chicago-based singer, multi-instrumentalist, and whistler.
* Music/{{Birdeatsbaby}} - Brighton based band who attracted attention for their strange and dark videos. Influenced by punk and classical music.
* Music/BitterRuin - Best known for playing before {{Music/Amanda Palmer}}.
* Music/TheBlackKeys - A Grammy-winning BluesRock band hailing from Akron, Ohio.
* Music/{{BORNS}} - IndiePop and rock singer with psychadelic pop influences praised by Taylor Swift.
** 2010 - ''Music/{{Brothers}}''
* Music/BlackLightBurns[[note]]Also see Music/LimpBizkit, Music/NineInchNails[[/note]] - An AlternativeRock band with IndustrialMetal influences, formed by Music/LimpBizkit guitarist[=/=]EnsembleDarkhorse Wes Borland, who is its [[IAmTheBand sole constant member]].
* Music/BlocParty - A British rock band formed in 2003. They're often stuck on the indie label, mainly due to their first album, Silent Alarm, being weighed amongst other indie albums of the time. However, with the second and third albums they have branched into a more electronic-sound while still maintaining some elements of indie rock.
* Music/BloodRedShoes - Alternative rock duo from Brighton, England
* Music/{{Blossoms}} - Brand new, very retro
* Music/TheBlueNile - Scottish duo (formerly a trio) known for being one of the most awesomely beautiful AdultAlternative bands in existence. Their music is so carefully mixed and composed that the synthesizer effects (later replaced with acoustic-based production) end up creating an other-worldy DreamPop feel.
* Music/BlueOctober - Alternative American rock band from Houston, Texas. Musically, Blue October is a running autobiography of lead songwriter Justin Furstenfeld, who is very open about his bipolar disorder. Themes tend to run between lows and highs: from mental illness to love, and now a custody battle and divorce.
* Music/{{Blur}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Gorillaz}}[[/note]] - Partial founders of the {{Britpop}} movement, who decided to make weirder music starting in 1997.
** 1994 - ''Music/{{Parklife}}''
* Music/BoaUK
* Franchise/BookOfMagic
* Music/BonIver - Indie folk semi-group comprising of Justin Vernon and whoever he has on hand at the time.
* Music/TheBooRadleys - Noteworty British band that brought a pronounced pop influence to the shoegaze movement.
* Music/{{Boris}} - [[WidgetSeries Japanese experimental rock band]].
* Music/BrandNew - Long Island punk-pop/emo outfit who grew up fast with their second album.
* Music/BraveSaintSaturn[[note]]Also see Music/FiveIronFrenzy[[/note]]
* Music/BreakingBenjamin - One of the major PostGrunge successes of the [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]].
* Music/TheBreeders[[note]]Also see Music/ThePixies[[/note]] - Formed by Music/ThePixies' bassist Kim Deal as an outlet for her songwriting, ended up becoming her main band after the Pixies disbanded.
* [[Music/BrentalFloss Brent Black, aka Brental Floss]]
* Music/PhoebeBridgers - Indie rock and indie folk musician from Los Angeles.
* Music/BrightEyes - Quirky Conor Oberst "band" earned critical raves in the early '00s, exploding the Omaha/Saddle Creek Records scene to national prominence.
* Music/BritishSeaPower: A British indie band noted for (among other things) their eccentric choice of venues for some performances.
* Music/TheBrobecks- an indie alternative/pop band with a diverse range of styles, from synth pop, to rock-ier alternative to themes that have a distinctly 'circus-y' feel. The band features Dallon Weekes (now bassist for Music/PanicAtTheDisco) doing lead vocals. Despite getting a couple of their songs getting airplay on regional radio stations and having a large catalog, they have never had a mainstream hit and only one of their albums is on itunes.
* Music/BrokeNCYDE - New Mexico-based band that combines screamo and crunk into a high energy music party.
* Music/BrokenIris
* Music/BrokenSocialScene - Critically beloved Canadian collective whose brand of indie rock boasts clever, eclectic influences.
* Music/EbenBrooks
* Music/JeffBuckley - Son of critically acclaimed folk singer Tim Buckley, responsible for one of the most famous covers of [[Music/LeonardCohen "Hallelujah"]].
** 1994 - ''Music/{{Grace}}''
** 1998 - ''Music/SketchesForMySweetheartTheDrunk''
* [[Music/BrianBurton Brian Burton, aka Danger Mouse]]- Producer and musician known for his {{Retraux}}y, [[GenreMashup genre-mixing]] work.
* Music/BuiltToSpill: Indie rock band whose style would prove to be influential on bands such as Music/ModestMouse and Music/DeathCabForCutie.
* Music/KateBush - Haunting British pop-rock singer with swooping, dramatic voice; this second-wave art rocker was critically deified by the 1980s.
** 1978 - ''Music/TheKickInside''
** 1985 - ''Music/HoundsOfLove''
** 1989 - ''Music/TheSensualWorld''
* Music/ButtholeSurfers - Musically able American group dubbed as the sickest band on Earth. Indifference is not an option.
* Music/DavidByrne - Former frontman of Music/TalkingHeads who spins the GenreRoulette wheel with every single album.
** 2018 - ''Music/AmericanUtopia''
* Music/TheCab
* Music/CageTheElephant - A garage-rock band who scored a rock hit in 2009 with "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" and has since been a mainstay on alternative radio.
* Music/{{CAKE}} - This band's unique twist on alt-rock features the use of trumpets and deadpan humor. They broke out in 1996 and have had a few big hits over a fourteen year span.
* Music/JohnCale - Co-founder of the Music/VelvetUnderground.
* Music/{{Calexico}}
* Music/CamperVanBeethoven - One of indie rock's pioneers, known for college radio classic "Take the Skinheads Bowling" and a chart-topping cover of "Pictures of Matchstick Men."
* Music/CaptainBeefheart - A legendary figure in the avant-garde music genre.
** 1967 - ''Music/SafeAsMilk''
** 1968 - ''Music/StrictlyPersonal''
** 1969 - ''Music/TroutMaskReplica''
** 1970 - ''Music/LickMyDecalsOffBaby''
** 1975 - ''Music/BongoFury'' (with Frank Zappa)
** 1978 - ''Music/ShinyBeast''
** 1980 - ''Music/DocAtTheRadarStation''
** 1982 - ''Music/IceCreamForCrow''
* Music/{{Caroline}} - A Japanese-American musician who famously left a major label to stay true to her music.
* Music/TheCardigans - the most internationally successful of the 90s Swedish pop wave.
* Music/CarSeatHeadrest
* Music/TheCatEmpire - Australian band whose music has been described as [[GenreBusting latin/ska/funk/jazz/soul/indie/rock/reggae/hip-hop (or simply as "genre-bending")]] and whose energetic live performances ensure their popularity at music festivals around the world.
* Music/CatPower
** 1998 - ''Music/MoonPix''
* Music/CatherineWheel - British band whose hard-edged brand of shoegaze brought considerable underground success on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1990s.
* Music/NickCave - A brooding, enigmatic, and energizing post-punk pioneer.
** 1994 - ''Music/LetLoveIn''
** 1996 - ''Music/MurderBallads''
* Music/{{Chaotrope}} - An [[ElectronicMusic Electronic]] ProgressiveMetal musician known for his songs on the ''[[VideoGame/RockBand Rock Band Network]]''.
* Music/CharliXCX - British Electro-indie pop singer who rose to fame in 2014
* Music/CheerUpCharlieDaniels
* Music/{{Chumbawamba}} - Anarcho-punk band who scored the unlikeliest of international pop hits with 1997's "Tubthumping."
* Music/TheChurch - An Australian ProgressiveRock[=/=]DreamPop group. A minor force during the {{New Wave|Music}}, and their album ''Starfish'' was a major influence on the softer side of the DarkWave. A bout of NoExportForYou outside Australia in the 90's caused their international fame to fade somewhat, but they retain a global cult following.
* Music/{{CHVRCHES}} - An Scottish synthpop trio who has achieved underground success with songs like "Recover" and "The Mother We Share".
* Music/CityAndColour - Solo act of Music/{{Alexisonfire}} guitarist/singer Dallas Green. Alternative rock/folk.
* Music/TheClickFive
* Music/ClockworkQuartet
* Music/CobraStarship - A punk-pop group who first gained exposure by writing the theme song to ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane''. They eventually turned completely to dance-pop to score a pair of smash hits.
* Music/CocteauTwins - The TropeMaker of DreamPop.
* Music/{{Codeine}} - {{Slowcore}} pioneers.
* Music/{{Cold}} - Hard rock band who gained attention by signing with Fred Durst's label; they had many rock radio hits in the new millenium.
* Music/{{Coldplay}} - Arguably the most well-known rock band of the 2000s.
** 2000 - ''Music/{{Coldplay}}''
** 2002 - ''Music/ARushOfBloodToTheHead''
* Music/CollectiveSoul - This band from Georgia had three pop hits in the mid-90's but continued their success through the end of the decade on rock charts.
* Music/CrashTestDummies - Canadian band who were important in the establishment of the Hot AC radio format. "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" became their only American hit.
* Music/PaulaCole - Most famous for the ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' theme "I Don't Want to Wait;" had one other hit with "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone."
* Music/ImaniCoppola
* Music/CountingCrows - Adam Duritz is the leader of this rock band who had a chart-topper in 1994 with "Mr. Jones".
* Music/CreatureFeature
* Creator/JuleeCruise
* Music/TheCure
** 1980 - ''Music/SeventeenSeconds''
** 1989 - ''Music/{{Disintegration}}''
* Music/{{Curve}}
* Music/CrowdedHouse
** 1993 - ''Music/TogetherAlone''
* Music/TheDandyWarhols
* Music/{{Dangers}}
* Music/{{Daughters}}
* Music/DavidCrowderBand
* Music/DeadCanDance
* Music/TheDeadMilkmen
* Music/DeadSara - A modern [[GenreThrowback throwback]] to 90s' {{grunge}} and chick rock.
* Music/TheDeadWeather[[note]]Also see Music/TheWhiteStripes, Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge[[/note]]
* Music/DeathCabForCutie - One of the 21st century's defining indie-pop bands.
* Music/DeathInJune - TropeCodifier for Neofolk
* Music/TheDecemberists - Indie Folk/Rock band from Portland, Oregon, most known for their songs about Mariners, Forest Queens and Chimbley Sweeps.
* Creator/{{Deco27}}
** Music/{{MILGRAM}}
* Music/{{Deerhunter}}
* Music/LanaDelRey
* Music/DengueFever
* Music/DepecheMode
** 1983 - 'Music/ConstructionTimeAgain''
** 1984 - ''Music/SomeGreatReward''
** 1987 - ''Music/MusicForTheMasses''
** 1990 - ''Music/{{Violator}}''
** 1993 - ''Music/SongsOfFaithAndDevotion''
** 1997 - ''{{Music/Ultra}}''
** 2005 - ''Music/PlayingTheAngel''
* Music/{{dEUS}}
** 1994 - ''Music/WorstCaseScenario''
** 1996 - ''Music/InABarUnderTheSea''
** 1999 - ''Music/TheIdealCrash''
** 2005 - ''Music/PocketRevolution''
* Music/DevHynes
* Music/{{Devotchka}}
* Music/AniDifranco
* Music/DillonDixonBand
* Music/DinosaurJr
* Music/TheDirtbombs
* Music/TheDivineComedy
* Music/NicoleDollanganger
* Music/SiobhanDonaghy [[note]] Also see Music/{{Sugababes}} and Music/MutyaKeishaSiobhan. [[/note]]
* Music/DrCarmillaAndTheMechanisms
** Music/DrCarmilla
* Music/DriftlessPonyClub
* Music/ShilohDynasty
* Music/EchoAndTheBunnymen
* Music/{{Eels}} - Although they had only one radio hit in the USA, this group has a pretty strong fan following.
** 1996 - ''Music/BeautifulFreak''
* {{Music/Editors}}
* Music/{{Efterklang}}
* Music/{{Elbow}}
* Music/ElectricSix
* Music/{{Elephant 6}}
** Music/TheApplesInStereo
** Music/NeutralMilkHotel[[note]]Also see Music/AHawkAndAHacksaw[[/note]]
*** 1996 - ''Music/OnAveryIsland''
*** 1998 - ''Music/InTheAeroplaneOverTheSea''
** Music/OfMontreal
** Music/TheOliviaTremorControl
* Music/{{Empires}}
* Music/{{Evanescence}} - Probably the most popular female-fronted rock band of the new millenium.
* Music/EvansBlue
* Music/{{Eve 6}} - California pop-punk band who scored one of the 1990s' biggest modern rock hits with "Inside Out."
* Music/EvelynEvelyn[[note]]Also see Music/AmandaPalmer[[/note]]
* Music/{{Everclear}}
* Music/EverythingEverything
* Music/ExplosionsInTheSky (see also PostRock)
* Music/{{Failure}}
* Music/FaithNoMore - One of the earliest AlternativeMetal bands, also counts as this.
* Music/TheFall
* Music/FallOfEfrafa - Post-rock/crust punk/sludge metal band who really like ''Literature/WatershipDown.''
* Music/FallOutBoy - Perhaps the most popular pop punk band since Green Day hit the mainstream in the mid-1990s.
* Music/{{Fastbacks}} - Long-running Seattle punk band whose local fans turned into [[{{Grunge}} national icons.]]
* Music/{{Feeder}}
* Music/{{Feist}}
* Music/{{Felt}}
* Music/FieldsOfTheNephilim
* Music/TheFireman - A collaboration between Paul [=McCartney=] and Killing Joke bassist-turned-music producer Youth.
** 2008 - ''Music/ElectricArguments''
* Music/{{Fishbone}}
* Music/FKATwigs
* Music/FlamingLips[[note]]Also see Music/MercuryRev[[/note]]
* Music/FleetFoxes - Seattle-based band known for their folk sound and use of a capella.
* Music/{{Flipper}}
* Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine - British singer who gained American popularity in 2010.
* Music/{{Flyleaf}} - This punk-metal band from Texas packs a wallop from both secular and Christian fans.
* Music/{{Foals}}
* Music/BenFolds - Leader of the one-hit wonder Ben Folds Five.
* Music/FooFighters[[note]]Also see Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/ThemCrookedVultures and Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge[[/note]] - Music/DaveGrohl's post-Nirvana project rode a light-hearted brand of rock to superstardom in the '90s and beyond.
** 1995 - ''Music/FooFightersAlbum''
** 1997 - ''Music/TheColourAndTheShape''
* Music/FosterThePeople - Los Angeles-based trio formed in 2009. Mostly known to the greater public for only one song, "Pumped Up Kicks."
** Music/BestFriend
* Music/FranzFerdinand - Known mostly for their 2005 hit "Take Me Out," but still have a strong following.
** 2004 - ''Music/FranzFerdinand2004''
* Music/TheFratellis - Named after the villains from "The Goonies," they are one of the most popular alternative-rock bands in the UK.
* Music/FreelanceWhales
* Music/TheFrontBottoms
* Music/FrouFrou[[note]]Also see Music/ImogenHeap[[/note]]
* Music/JohnFrusciante: Former guitarist of Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, who has had a successful solo career of his own.
* Music/{{Fun}} - NYC indie pop trio who skyrocketed to mainstream success in 2012.
* Music/HannahFury
* Music/PeterGabriel
** 1977 - ''Peter Gabriel'' (''Music/{{Car}}'')
** 1978 - ''Peter Gabriel'' (''Music/{{Scratch}}'')
** 1980 - ''Peter Gabriel'' (''Music/{{Melt}}'')
** 1982 - ''Peter Gabriel'' (''Music/{{Security}}'')
** 1986 - ''Music/{{So}}''
** 1989 - ''Music/{{Passion}}''
** 1992 - ''Music/{{Us}}''
** 1994 - ''Music/SecretWorldLive''
** 2002 - ''Music/UpPeterGabrielAlbum''
* Music/{{Gackt}}[[note]]Also see Music/MaliceMizer[[/note]]
* Music/DiamandaGalas
* Music/{{Galaxie 500}}
* Music/GangOfFour
* Music/{{Garbage}} - AlternativeDance and DanceRock band fronted by Shirley Manson.
* Music/TheGaslightAnthem
* Music/LisaGermano
* Music/LisaGerrard
* Music/GinBlossoms - One of the most popular rock bands of the mid-'90s, they are best known for such hits as "Hey Jealousy" and "Follow You Down."
* Music/{{Girlyman}}
* Music/GlassAnimals
* Music/TheGoGos
* Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor
* Music/GogolBordello
* Music/GooGooDolls - Originally a punk-rock group, they have since gone a more adult-contemporary route with hits such as "Iris".
* Music/{{Gorillaz}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Blur}}[[/note]] - An indie-rock-rap group featuring a cartoon band.
** 2001 - ''[[Music/GorillazAlbum Gorillaz]]''
** 2004 - ''Music/DemonDays''
** 2010 - ''Music/PlasticBeach''
** 2011 - ''Music/TheFall''[[note]]Originally released digitally in 2010 before its physical release in 2011.[[/note]]
** 2017 - ''Music/{{Humanz}}''
** 2018 - ''Music/TheNowNow''
* Music/{{Gotye}} - Also known as the drummer for The Basics, had a breakout hit in 2012 with "Somebody That I Used To Know" (and the rest of the ''Making Mirrors'' album as well)
* Music/{{Grandson}} - A Canadian-American AlternativeRock artist known for his politically charged songs and music videos.
* Music/JohnGrant
* Music/GrizzlyBear
* Music/{{Grouplove}} - An indie rock/indietronica band from Los Angeles, best known for their song "Tongue Tied".
* Music/GuidedByVoices[[note]]Also see Music/TheBreeders[[/note]]
* Music/GuniwTools
* Music/LisaHannigan - Dublin folk rock artist best known for using antique and unusual instruments, her 2008 hits "I Don’t Know" and "Lille", and her voice work for ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'' and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''.
* Music/TheHappyFits - Indie alternative rock group.
* Music/HappyMondays - Dance-rock group who pioneered "Madchester."
* Music/PJHarvey - British indie-rock songstress who first became popular in the mid-1990s.
** 1992 - ''Music/{{Dry}}''
** 1993 - ''Music/RidOfMe''
** 1995 - ''Music/ToBringYouMyLove''
** 1998 - ''Music/IsThisDesire''
** 2000 - ''Music/StoriesFromTheCityStoriesFromTheSea''
** 2004 - ''Music/UhHuhHer''
* Music/HarveyDanger - A punk-rock band whose only big hit was 1998's "Flagpole Sitta."
* Music/JulianaHatfield - Ex-Blake Babies frontwoman who had an even more successful solo career.
* Music/HavalinaRailCo
* Music/HaveANiceLife
* Music/HawthorneHeights
* Music/TheHeavy - This band's music has indie rock, neo soul, funk, and blues blended together. Known almost solely through their songs constant use in [[BadToTheBone TV advertisements and video game soundtracks]].
* Music/HeyViolet - switched from HardRock to alt rock
* Music/HisNameIsAlive
* Music/TheHives - GarageRock quintet from a small town in Sweden, famous for their insanely entertaining live performances
* Music/{{Hole}}
** 1994 - ''Music/LiveThroughThis''
* Music/TheHoldSteady
* Music/HollywoodUndead - A popular rap-metal group from Los Angeles whose members all use stage names and wear creepy masks.
* Music/JuliaHolter
* Music/TheHorrors
* Music/HotHotHeat - Post-punk group who had a few minor hits in the mid 2000's.
* Music/{{Hozier}} - Irish indie rock musician who rose to prominence through his use of [=SoundCloud=] and Spotify, and had a surprise crossover hit stateside with "Take Me to Church" in 2014.
* Music/{{Hurt}} - Rock band from Virginia.
* [[Music/HuskerDu Hüsker Dü]] - Highly influential punk-rock trio from Minnesota.
* Music/{{IAMX}}[[note]]Also see Music/SneakerPimps[[/note]]
* Music/{{Idles}}
* Music/{{Idlewild}}
* Music/ImagineDragons - Quite possibly the only alternative rock band to successfully cross over to mainstream popularity in TheNewTens.
* Music/{{Incubus}} - Alternative-metal band who had massive success in the 2000's.
* Music/InkubusSukkubus
* Music/{{Interpol}} - Indie rock group from New York City who gained popularity as part of the post-punk revival movement.
* Music/{{Issues}} - Their [[GenreMashup odd mixture]] of {{Metalcore}}, NuMetal, and Top 40 {{Pop}} has led them to moderate success commercially ([[MorePopularSpinOff much more than their predecessor]] Woe, Is Me)
* Music/JacksMannequin - Piano-based side project of Something Corporate's Andrew [=McMahon=].
* Music/JackStauber
* Music/JackWhite - Originally a Garage-Rocker from Detroit, now a little more Country since he moved to Nashville. Member of Music/TheWhiteStripes, Music/TheRaconteurs and Music/TheDeadWeather.
* Music/JakeBugg
* Music/TheJam
* Music/JanesAddiction - A rock band who laid the bricks for the 90's alternative-rock boom.
* Music/JarsOfClay - Christian rock band whose "Flood" was the first song by such a group to have pop crossover success.
* Music/{{Jawbox}}
* Music/{{Jellyfish}}
* Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain - Scottish indie-rock band; Trope Codifiers of Noise Pop
** 1985 - ''Music/{{Psychocandy}}''
* Music/TheJesusLizard
* Music/JimmyEatWorld - Breakout stars of the emo-pop movement; they scored a crossover hit with 2002's "The Middle."
* Music/JoyceManor
* Music/JoyDivision
** Music/NewOrder
** Music/{{Electronic}}
* Music/KFlay
* Music/{{Kagrra}}
* Music/KaiserChiefs - British post-punk revivalists who had some American success in the mid-2000's.
* Music/KaizersOrchestra
* Music/KanakoItou - Her style, despite being labelled as J-pop, mixes various genres.
* Music/{{Kasabian}} - One of the most popular British rock bands of the 2000's.
* Music/{{Keane}} - Piano-based indie rock band who had an American hit in 2005 with "Somewhere Only We Know."
* Music/{{Kenickie}}
* Music/KingsOfLeon - Southern-rock band who had massive mainstream success starting in 2009.
* Music/TheKillers - One of the biggest rock bands of the mid-2000's whose 80's style pop won audiences all across the world.
* Music/KillingJoke - Post-Punk band heavily influential in the development of Industrial Metal.
* Music/KimyaDawson
* Music/KingCharles
* Music/KingMissile
* Music/KinnieStarr
* Music/KirstyMaccoll
* Music/KitchensOfDistinction
** 1992 - ''Music/TheDeathOfCool''
* Music/{{Klaxons}}
* Music/{{Klima}}
* Music/{{Koi}}
* Music/{{Kongos}} - An alternative rock band from South Africa best known for their songs, "Come With Me Now" and "I'm Only Joking".
* Music/{{Korn}} - arguably the UrExample of NuMetal. Excluded from the metal section for a long time due to their hatred of being classified.
* Music/LaDispute - A post-hardcore band that frequently includes spoken word elements and unconventional musical form.
* Music/LadyLamb
* Music/TheLas - {{Trope Codifier}}s of Britpop that sadly [[OneBookAuthor only made one album]].
* Music/LoveAndRockets
* Music/{{L7}}
* Music/MaryLambert - SingerSongwriter whose claim to fame is actually on Music/{{Macklemore}}'s "Same Love".
* Music/LauraMarling - SingerSongwriter who has been compared to Music/JoniMitchell, Music/BobDylan & Music/LeonardCohen (and pretty much every other folk musician to which one can be positively compared.)
* Music/LesFriction
* Music/TendonLevey - {{Outsider|Music}} / {{avant|GardeMusic}}-pop musician known for his unusual, goat-like voice and his prolific tendencies (70 albums recorded between 2007 and 2011).
* Music/JennyLewis
* Music/TheLibertines
* Music/{{Lifehouse}} - Started as a post-grunge band, but after the success of "Hanging by a Moment", they shifted their sound to more adult-friendly rock.
* Music/LimpBizkit[[note]]Also see Music/BlackLightBurns and Music/HouseOfPain[[/note]] - Hugely controversial rap-rock band who were MTV darlings in the late 90's and early 00's.
** 1997 - ''Music/ThreeDollarBillYall''
** 1999 - ''Music/SignificantOther''
** 2000 - ''Music/ChocolateStarfishAndTheHotDogFlavoredWater''
** 2003 - ''Music/ResultsMayVary''
** 2005 - ''Music/TheUnquestionableTruth, Part 1''
** 2011 - ''Music/GoldCobra''
* Music/LinkinPark[[note]]Also see Music/JayZ and Music/FortMinor[[/note]] - One of the most popular rock bands of the 2000's, they brought nu-metal to pop radio stations, and eventually underwent a complete 180-degree turn stylistically.
** 2001 - ''Music/HybridTheory''
** 2003 - ''Music/{{Meteora}}''
** 2007 - ''Music/MinutesToMidnight''
* Music/{{Live}} - Rock band who pioneered the post-grunge movement.
** Creator/EdKowalczyk - Singer/songwriter for the band.
* Music/LivingColour - One of the first all-black alternative rock groups; their best known song "Cult of Personality" is known for being the theme song of pro-wrestler CM Punk.
* Music/{{Lorde}} - New Zealand artist who took the world by storm in 2013 at only 16-years-old and became the arguable face of IndiePop.
** 2013 - ''Music/TheLoveClub''
** 2013 - ''Music/PureHeroine''
* Music/LordHuron
* Music/LosCampesinos
* Music/{{Lostprophets}} - Welsh rock band who had massive success in the UK and moderate success in the US, including a number-one modern rock hit.
* Music/CourtneyLove - Better-known for being Kurt Cobain's widow than for her own music.
* Music/LoversAndLiars
* Music/LoveSpiralsDownwards
* Music/{{Low}}
* Music/LowerDens
* Music/{{Ludo}}
* Music/{{Lush}}
* Music/JohnLydon
* Music/TheMaeShi
* Music/TheMagneticFields
* Music/ClareMaguire
* Music/{{Malukah}}
* Music/ManMan
* Music/ManOrAstroMan
* Music/ManicStreetPreachers
* Music/{{Mansun}}
* Music/ManWithAMission
* Music/ClintMansell
* Music/MarcyPlayground
* Music/{{Marmozets}} - A female-fronted band from England consisting of [[BandOfRelatives two different sets of siblings]]. One of heaviest bands to be referred to as "indie".
* Music/JohnnyMarr[[note]]Also see Music/TheSmiths[[/note]]
* Music/MashrouLeila
* Music/MaximoPark
* Music/MaximumTheHormone
* Music/MaydayParade
* Music/MazzyStar
* Music/SarahMcLachlan
* Music/MeatPuppets
* Music/MegAndDia
* Music/TheMegas
* Music/MegMyers
* Music/MercuryRev[[note]]Also see Music/FlamingLips[[/note]]
* Music/MerShoppingMissbrukForStudenter
* Music/MeWithoutYou
* Music/{{Metric}}
* Music/{{Mew}}
* Music/{{MGMT}}
** 2008 - ''Music/OracularSpectacular''
* Music/IngridMichaelson
* The Microphones
** 2001 - ''Music/TheGlowPt2''
* Music/MidnightOil
* Creator/EzraMiller - Singer of the band Sons of an Illustrious Father
* Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence
* Music/MiracleOfSound
* Music/MissionOfBurma
* Music/{{Mitski}}
* Music/MrBungle
* Music/ModestMouse
** 2007 - ''Music/WeWereDeadBeforeTheShipEvenSank''
* Music/MsMr
* Music/AlanisMorissette
** 1995 - ''Music/JaggedLittlePill''
* Music/{{Morphine}}
* Music/{{Morrissey}}[[note]]Also see Music/TheSmiths[[/note]]
* Music/JasonMraz
* Music/{{Mudhoney}}
* Music/PeterMurphy[[note]]Also see Music/{{Bauhaus}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Muse}}
* Music/MyBloodyValentine
** 1991 - ''Music/{{Loveless}}''
* Music/MyBrightestDiamond[[note]]Also see Music/SufjanStevens, Music/TheNational[[/note]]
* Music/MyChemicalRomance
** 2006 - ''Music/TheBlackParade''
** 2010 - ''Music/DangerDaysTheTrueLivesOfTheFabulousKilljoys''
* Music/MyLifeStory
* Music/MyVitriol
* Music/MysteryJets (Incidentally, their biggest hit, "Young Love," featured the aforementioned Music/LauraMarling)
* Music/TheNeighbourhood: This group's electro R&B-influenced sound has made them a popular indie band in mid-2013.
* Music/TheNational[[note]]Also see Music/SufjanStevens[[/note]]
* Music/NeonTrees
* Music/NeverShoutNever
* Music/TheNewPornographers
* Music/NewRadicals
* Music/NewYesterday
* Music/NewYorkDolls
* Music/{{Nirvana}}[[note]]Also see Music/FooFighters[[/note]] - TropeCodifier for {{Grunge}} and brought AlternativeRock to the mainstream.
** 1989 - ''Music/{{Bleach}}''
** 1991 - ''Music/{{Nevermind}}''
** 1992 - ''Music/{{Incesticide}}''
** 1993 - ''Music/InUtero''
** 1994 - ''Music/MTVUnpluggedInNewYork''
* Music/MojoNixon
* Music/NoDevotion
* Music/{{Oasis}}: English rock band from Manchester in 1991, fronted by Liam Gallagher and his older brother, Noel Gallagher; known for being one of the main representatives of {{Britpop}}, a chart rivalry with peers Music/{{Blur}}, and the Gallagher brothers being featured regularly in tabloid newspapers for their sibling disputes and wild lifestyles.
* Music/OfMonstersAndMen: indie folk band from Iceland.
* Music/OgreYouAsshole
* Music/TheOhHellos: Indie folk band from Texas, taking an eclectic approach to how they make music.
* Music/OKGo: A PowerPop band known for their wacky, creative and innovative music videos.
* Music/OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark
* Music/PaleSaints
* Music/AmandaPalmer[[note]]Also see Music/EvelynEvelyn[[/note]]
* Music/{{Panchiko}}: An extremely short-lived band who recorded an EP that would later become of the most fascinating music-related mysteries on the internet.
* Music/ThePaperChase
* Music/ParadeOfLights
* Music/{{Paramore}}: Very popular {{Pop Punk}} band; one of the few female fronted bands. Along side Music/FallOutBoy, one of the few from their scene to maintain somewhat mainstream success. Additionally similar to FOB, they have reached into more pop-sounding music.
* Music/ParentheticalGirls
* Music/PatoFu
* Music/{{Pavement}}
* Music/CharliePeacock
* Music/PearlJam[[note]]Also see Music/{{Soundgarden}}[[/note]]
** 1991 - ''{{Music/Ten|PearlJamAlbum}}''
* Music/{{Peace}}
* Creator/PennBadgley (of MOTHXR)
* Music/PepeDeluxe
* Music/PerfumeGenius
* Music/LizPhair
** 1993 - ''Music/ExileInGuyville''
* Music/ThePillows
* Music/ThePixies[[note]]Also see Music/TheBreeders[[/note]] - Early AlternativeRock band from Boston who significantly influenced the underground {{Grunge}} scene. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff More popular abroad than at home]].
** 1988 - ''Music/SurferRosa''
** 1989 - ''Music/{{Doolittle}}''
* Music/{{Placebo}}
* Music/APlaceToBuryStrangers
* Music/{{Plumb}}
* Music/{{Poe}}
* Music/PoetsOfTheFall: Finnish {{Alternative Rock}}ers with an especial knack for SurprisinglyGoodEnglish, {{Breakaway Pop Hit}}s and winning at GenreRoulette. Otherwise notable for their videogame soundtrack contributions, particularly as the [[FakeBand fictional]] personas from the ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' games, HeavyMithril band Old Gods of Asgard.
* Music/{{Pomplamoose}}
* Music/PopWillEatItself - AlternativeRock jokesters from the Black Country where Music/ClintMansell started his career.
* Music/ThePosies
* Music/PrefabSprout
* Music/PrettyBalanced
* Music/PrimalScream - A band who produce their best work when they hire other people to help with production and tell their lead singer to shut up and stop writing terrible lyrics.
* Music/{{Primus}}
* Music/PublicImageLtd[[note]]Also see Music/SexPistols[[/note]]
* Music/PuddleOfMudd
* Music/{{Pulp}}
* Music/ThePsychedelicFurs
** Music/JarvisCocker
* Music/QueenAdreena
* Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge[[note]]Also see Music/{{Kyuss}}, Music/ThemCrookedVultures and Music/FooFighters[[/note]]
** 2002 - ''Music/SongsForTheDeaf''
* Music/{{REM}}
** 1983 - ''Music/{{Murmur}}''
** 1984 - ''Music/{{Reckoning}}''
** 1985 - ''Music/FablesOfTheReconstruction''
** 1986 - ''Music/LifesRichPageant''
** 1987 - ''Music/{{Document}}''
** 1988 - ''Music/{{Green}}''
** 1991 - ''Music/OutOfTime''
** 1992 - ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople''
** 1994 - ''Music/MonsterREMAlbum''
** 1996 - ''Music/NewAdventuresInHiFi''
** 2008 - ''Music/{{Accelerate}}''
** 2011 - ''Music/CollapseIntoNow''
* Music/{{Radical Face}}
* Music/{{Radiohead}}
** 1993 - ''Music/PabloHoney''
** 1995 - ''Music/TheBends''
** 1997 - ''Music/OKComputer''
** 2000 - ''Music/KidA''
** 2001 - ''Music/{{Amnesiac}}''
** 2003 - ''Music/HailToTheThief''
** 2007 - ''Music/InRainbows''
** 2011 - ''Music/TheKingOfLimbs''
** 2016 - ''Music/AMoonShapedPool''
* Music/RageAgainstTheMachine[[note]]Also see Music/{{Audioslave}}[[/note]]
* Music/TheRamones
** 1976 - ''Music/{{Ramones}}''
** 1977 - ''Music/LeaveHome''
** 1977 - ''Music/RocketToRussia''
** 1978 - ''Music/RoadToRuin''
** 1980 - ''Music/EndOfTheCentury''
* Music/TheRasmus
* Music/{{Rasputina}}
* Music/RedHotChiliPeppers[[note]]Also see Music/{{Chickenfoot}}[[/note]]
** 1991 - ''Music/BloodSugarSexMagik''
** 1999 - ''Music/{{Californication}}''
** 2006 - ''Music/StadiumArcadium''
* Music/RedHousePainters
** 1996 - ''Music/SongsForABlueGuitar''
** Music/SunKilMoon
* Music/TheRedJumpsuitApparatus
* Music/RedVox - an AlternativeRock band headed by Vinny of WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} fame.
* Music/{{Regurgitator}}
* Music/TheReignOfKindo - a jazz/progressive rock band composed of very technical musicians.
* Music/TheReplacements
* Music/TheResidents
** 1976 - ''Music/ThirdReichAndRoll''
** 1979 - ''Music/{{Eskimo}}''
** 1980 - ''Music/TheCommercialAlbum''
* Music/{{Ride}}
* Music/DamienRice
* Music/RiloKiley
* Music/RufusRex
** 2011 - ''[[Music/RufusRex Dead Beat]]''
* Music/RiseAgainst
* Music/RoyalBlood (a GenreThrowback to seventies HardRock)
* Music/SaidTheWhale
* Music/SaintEtienne
* Music/{{Sakanaction}}
* Music/{{Santigold}}
* Music/XimenaSarinana
* Music/SayAnything
* Music/ScreamingFemales
* Music/SeaWolf
* Music/{{Seether}}
* Music/BreeSharp
* Music/EdSheeran
* Music/{{Shellac}}
* Music/ShiinaRingo
* Music/{{Shinedown}}
* Music/TheShins
* Music/ShorthandPhonetics
* Music/{{Sia}}
* Music/SingaporeSling
* Music/SigurRos - The other famous band from Iceland.
* Music/{{Silverchair}}
* Music/SilversunPickups
* Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees
* Music/TheSistersOfMercy
* Music/SixteenHorsepower[[note]]Also see Music/WovenHand[[/note]]
* Music/{{Skillet}}
* Music/SkunkAnansie
* Music/SkyFerreira
* Music/SleaterKinney
* Music/SleighBells
* Music/{{Slint}}
** 1991 - ''Music/{{Spiderland}}''
* Music/{{Sloan}}
* Music/{{Slowdive}}
* Music/SmashMouth
* Music/TheSmashingPumpkins
** 1993 - ''Music/SiameseDream''
** 1995 - ''Music/MellonCollieAndTheInfiniteSadness''
** 1998 - ''Music/{{Adore}}''
* Music/SmileEmptySoul
* Music/ElliottSmith
* Music/TheSmithereens
* Music/TheSmiths[[note]]Also see Music/{{Morrissey}} and Music/JohnnyMarr[[/note]]
** 1986 - ''Music/TheQueenIsDead''
* Music/SneakerPimps
* Music/SnowPatrol
* Music/{{Sodagreen}}
* Music/SonicYouth
* Music/SoulAsylum
* Music/TheSound
* Music/{{Soundgarden}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Audioslave}} and Music/PearlJam[[/note]]
** Music/ChrisCornell
* Music/{{Space}}
** 1996 - ''Music/{{Spiders}}''
* Music/{{Spacemen 3}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Spiritualized}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Sparklehorse}}
* Music/ReginaSpektor
** 2004 - ''Music/SovietKitsch''
* Music/SashaSpielberg
* Music/{{Spiritualized}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Spacemen 3}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Spoon}}
* Music/DeStaat
* Music/{{Starflyer 59}}[[note]]Also see Music/JoyElectric[[/note]]
* Music/{{Stereolab}}
* Music/{{Stereophonics}}
* Music/SufjanStevens
* Music/MosesSumney
* Music/TheStoneRoses
** 1989 - ''Music/{{The Stone Roses|Album}}''
* Music/StoneTemplePilots
* Music/TheStooges
** 1969 - ''Music/TheStooges''
** 1970 - ''Music/FunHouse''
** 1973 - ''Music/RawPower''
* Music/StopMakingFriends
* Music/TheStranglers
* Music/StrawberrySongOrchestra
* Music/TheStrokes
** 2001 - ''Music/IsThisIt''
* Music/StVincent
* Music/{{Suede}} - Pioneered the Britpop genre in 1993, distinctive for their 70's Glam rock-inpired style.
* Music/TheSundays
* Music/{{Superchunk}}
* Music/SuperFurryAnimals
* Music/{{Swans}}
* Music/MatthewSweet
* Music/{{Switchfoot}}
* Music/DavidSylvian
* Music/TalkTalk
** 1991 - ''Music/LaughingStock''
* Music/TalkingHeads
** 1977 - ''Music/TalkingHeads77''
** 1978 - ''Music/MoreSongsAboutBuildingsAndFood''
** 1979 - ''Music/FearOfMusic''
** 1980 - ''Music/RemainInLight''
** 1983 - ''Music/SpeakingInTongues''
** 1984 -''Film/StopMakingSense''
** 1985 - ''Music/LittleCreatures''
** 1986 - ''Music/TrueStories''
** 1988 - ''Music/{{Naked}}''
* Music/TallyHall
* Music/TearsForFears
* Music/TeenagersInTokyo
* Music/TeganAndSara
* Music/NataliaTena
* Music/TheTeaParty
* Music/TessaViolet - [=YouTube=] vlogger turned indie pop singer-songwriter.
* Music/ThatHandsomeDevil
* Music/TheThe
* Music/TheseNewPuritans
* Music/ThemCrookedVultures[[note]]Also see Music/LedZeppelin, Music/FooFighters, and Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge[[/note]]
* Music/TheyMightBeGiants
** 1986 - ''Music/TheyMightBeGiantsAlbum''
** 1988 - ''Music/{{Lincoln}}''
** 1990 - ''Music/{{Flood}}''
** 1992 - ''Music/Apollo18''
** 1994 - ''Music/JohnHenry''
** 1996 - ''Music/FactoryShowroom''
** 1999 - ''Music/LongTallWeekend''
** 2001 - ''Music/MinkCar''
** 2004 - ''Music/TheSpine''
** 2018 - ''Music/ILikeFun''
* Music/ThirdEyeBlind
* Music/ThirtySecondsToMars
** 2009 - ''Music/ThisIsWar''
* Music/ThisMortalCoil
** 1991 - ''Music/{{Blood}}''
* Music/ThousandFootKrutch
* Music/ThreeDaysGrace[[note]]Also see Music/ArtOfDying[[/note]]
* Music/{{Thrice}}
* Music/ThrowingMuses
* Music/{{Thursday}}
* Music/TheTigerLillies
* Music/ToadTheWetSprocket
* Music/{{Tocotronic}}
* Music/TonesOnTail - Side project of Daniel Ash (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets)
* Music/{{Tool}}
* Music/TonesAndI
* Music/ToveLo
* Music/TheTragicallyHip
* Music/{{Train}}
* Music/{{Travis}} - Britpop/indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland
* Music/TVOnTheRadio
** 2006 - ''Music/ReturnToCookieMountain''
* Music/TwentyOnePilots
* Music/TwoDoorCinemaClub, a dance-punk band from Northern Ireland
* Music/{{U2}}, who one of the most successful Rock bands of all time, started off as a PostPunk band and later became AlternativeDance. One of the first AlternativeRock bands of any kind to find mainstream success.
* Music/UrbanDanceSquad
* Music/TheUsed
* Music/SuzanneVega
* [[Music/VelvetUnderground The Velvet Underground]] - The UrExample of AlternativeRock.
** 1967 - ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico''
** 1968 - ''Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat''
** 1969 - ''Music/TheVelvetUnderground''
** 1970 - ''Music/{{Loaded}}''
** Music/LouReed
*** 1972 - ''Music/{{Transformer}}''
*** 1973 - ''Music/{{Berlin}}''
* Music/{{Verdena}}
* Music/VerticalHorizon
* Music/VerucaSalt
* Music/TheVerve
* Music/TheVervePipe
* Music/MaiaVidal
* Music/TheVines
* Music/VioletUK[[note]]Also see Music/YoshikiHayashi[[/note]]
* Music/ViolentFemmes
* Music/{{Vocaloid}}[[note]]technically not an artist; they are music synthesizer programs, but artists use them to make songs[[/note]]
** [=CeVIO=]
*** WebAnimation/{{Midy}}
** Music/{{UTAU}}
** Music/SynthV
** Music/{{Machigerita}}[[note]]Currently, he only makes vocaloid songs for Halloween.[[/note]]
** Music/{{Mothy}}
*** Franchise/EvilliousChronicles
** Music/{{Ferry}}
*** Music/PartiesAreForLosers
** Music/PutinP
** Music/{{cosMo}}
** Music/HatsuneMiku
** Music/SasakureUK
* Music/RufusWainwright
* Music/TomWaits
** 1973 - ''Music/ClosingTime''
** 1974 - ''Music/TheHeartOfSaturdayNight''
** 1975 - ''Music/NighthawksAtTheDiner''
** 1976 - ''Music/SmallChange''
** 1977 - ''Music/ForeignAffairs''
** 1978 - ''Music/BlueValentine''
** 1980 - ''Music/HeartattackAndVine''
** 1983 - ''Music/{{Swordfishtrombones}}''
** 1985 - ''Music/RainDogs''
** 1987 - ''Music/FranksWildYears''
** 1992 - ''Music/BoneMachine''
** 1993 - ''Music/TheBlackRider''
** 1999 - ''Music/MuleVariations''
** 2002 - ''Music/{{Alice}}''
** 2002 - ''Music/BloodMoney''
** 2004 - ''Music/RealGone''
** 2006 - ''Music/OrphansBrawlersBawlersAndBastards''
** 2011 - ''Music/BadAsMe''
* Music/TheWalkmen
* Music/WalkTheMoon
* Music/TheWallflowers
* Music/TheWarOnDrugs
* Music/{{Waterparks}}
* Music/JasonWebley [[note]]Also see Music/EvelynEvelyn.[[/note]]
* Music/{{Wedlock}} - Electronic pop
* Music/{{Ween}}
** 1990 - ''Music/GodWeenSatanTheOneness''
** 1991 - ''Music/ThePod''
** 1992 - ''Music/PureGuava''
** 1997 - ''Music/TheMollusk''
** 2003 - ''{{Music/Quebec}}''
* Music/{{Weezer}}
** 1994 - ''Music/WeezerTheBlueAlbum''
** 1996 - ''Music/{{Pinkerton}}''
** 2001 - ''Music/WeezerTheGreenAlbum''
** 2002 - ''Music/{{Maladroit}}''
** 2005 - ''Music/MakeBelieve''
** 2008 - ''Music/WeezerTheRedAlbum''
* Creator/PersiaWhite
* Music/WhiteLies
* Music/TheWhiteStripes
** 2001 - ''Music/WhiteBloodCells''
** 2003 - ''Music/{{Elephant}}''
* Music/{{Wilco}}
** 2002 - ''Music/YankeeHotelFoxtrot''
* Music/WildBeasts
* Music/WesleyWillis
* Music/WirSindHelden
* Music/PatrickWolf
* Music/ChelseaWolfe
* Music/WolfAlice
* Music/{{Women}}
* Music/{{Wussy}}
* Music/XJapan
* Music/XiuXiu
* Music/{{XTC}}
* Music/YeahYeahYeahs
* Music/{{Yeasayer}}
* Music/YoLaTengo
* Music/TheZiggens
* Music/ZugIzland [[note]]Also see Music/InsaneClownPosse[[/note]]
[[/index]]

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