Noise Rock

Noise rock is a genre characterized by its abrasive, dissonant sound, often featuring distorted guitars, driving rhythms, and unconventional vocal styles. Emerging in the 1980s, it evolved from post-punk and hardcore punk, incorporating elements of avant-garde and experimental music. Key bands of the era, such as those from the SST Records and Dischord Records scenes, pushed the boundaries of noise and melody, creating a raw, intense sound. Noise rock's cultural significance lies in its rejection of commercialism and its embracing of DIY ethos, inspiring a generation of musicians to experiment and challenge traditional notions of music. With its emphasis on texture and atmosphere, noise rock overlaps with genres like post-rock and shoegaze, but its focus on noise and dissonance sets it apart. Notable elements include the use of feedback, unconventional tunings, and often, a sense of chaotic, unpredictable energy.

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AGAYAN
Arseless Chaps
Asleep At The Helm
BADGRUB
Ball Hog q
BatBat
Believe In Nothing
Booshle G.
BreakingRules
Buckshot Princess
CHIDO1
Chat Pile
Cliffords
Cosmic Psychos
Crossing Belt
Daedra
Daniel Menche
Dari Bay
Devianza
Dollflesh
Don't Scare Billy
Doohdead
Drill for Absentee
FiveEight Fever
Fordærv
Fugazi
GHOLD
GRAVITY
Gramofone
HANSHOLE
HEALTH
Haunted House Party
Highway Gloom
Hugo Loud
Hüsker Dü
Icegergert
Ink & Dagger
It's All Red
Just Mustard
Keiji Haino
Kill Dyll
LKN
LeGrand
Lemony Rug
Les Secrétaires Volantes
Lifeguard
Lovesliescrushing
MAQUINA.
MES
Mandy, Indiana
Mated
Merzbow
Model/Actriz
Naked Raygun
OCS
Oh! I Kill
Ollie Twist
PLUTO
Palindromen
Pant A
Perishing
Phogg
Poni
Reminder:
Rexxx Records
Rhys Bloodjoy
Rockout Danny
Ronny Howl
SOAPBOX
SPLIT
STELLVRIS
Sectas
Sins
Soundtype
Summer Deaths
SuperGloo
Sword II
TRUCKSTOP DICKPILL
TZOJ
Talk in waves
The Deccan Traps
The M
The Vultures
TomInTheChamber
Watertowers
We Are the Waste
YHWH Nailgun
Your Grave
Yuppie
Zavtra Broshu
all things break
alt!
blesse
ded light
dexter in the newsagent
diamond*
holybones
moreru
nate band
suhhh
Bloody Hawk
nate band
Icegergert
Sinners Movie
PLUTO
HEALTH
my bloody valentine
Caos
Rockout Danny
Sonic Youth
Fugazi
Rubyeye
Glass Beams
Show Me the Body
SOFT PLAY
Butthole Surfers
Pink Noise
Music For Dogs
Klinac
alt!
Cor
Dinosaur Jr.
The Stooges
LeGrand
Kill Dyll
Thee Oh Sees
Crooked Bangs
Armut
Parquet Courts
Grazhdanskaya Oborona
The Oozes
FJORD
Swans
Problembarn
Ty Segall
Static Dress
Gutter Grinders
black midi
Xiu Xiu
Deerhunter
Verdena
all things break
Ovlov
ONE OR EIGHT
Waco
House of Protection
GING NANG BOYZ
The Jesus Lizard
Сметана band
Fulston
The Grunge Growlers
Grubbo
They Are Gutting a Body of Water
MISERO
STIFF RICHARDS
Garage King
Chase Petra
WHATMORE
Hugo Loud
Unwound
Heatmiser
Suicide
the fashion show
Ball Hog q
Wavves
Slint
Chat Pile
Parannoul
Les Votives
Underground
Tigerblood Jewel
Deerhoof
Boris
dexter in the newsagent
Number Girl
Booshle G.
Hüsker Dü
CCCP – Fedeli Alla Linea
Protomartyr
Art Vandeley
Hot for Crime
Alduts Sherdley
OCS
yellofish
Japandroids
Old Flame
Twin Iguana
Heartbeat in the brain
Faded Family Portraits
Kim Gordon
Wipers
LA ÉLITE
Bugy
Mated
diamond*
Pissed Jeans
BatBat
Doohdead
ミドリ
Kumo 99