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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1000 Steps
A Place To Bury Strangers
ARCHI
Alison Darwin
Apostle
Armut
BatBat
Bike Routes
Birds 3AM
Birth (Defects)
Black Simpson
Black Suit Youth
Bush
Butthole Surfers
Car Seat Headrest
Chatzi
Chris Brokaw
Crooked Bangs
Cross Wires
Dari Bay
Dead Dandelions
Deafkids
Disventure Camp
Dokumentia
Doohdead
FISHER
Fu
GRAVITY
Garage King
Genre is death
HEALTH
Hard Block
Haunted House Party
Highway Gloom
Hong Kong Blood Opera
Horse Lords
Iceage
Icegergert
Infinite Guest
KOWA
LKN
LYNX LUGGA
LeGrand
Lemony Rug
Lightning Bolt
Loud Lucky
MY PAL AL
Memo PST
Merzbow
Mess
My Wife's An Angel
Máklikőr
Neato
Nomad Punk
OCS
OOIOO
Old Moon
PLUTO
PLUTO
Pixies
Point Line Plane
Quicksand
Real Farmer
Reckoner
Rhododendron
Rockout Danny
SPLIT
SST
STOLEN
STUCK
Show Me the Body
Sikeen
Sins
Sonic Reducer
Static Noise Bird
Summer Deaths
Talk in waves
Talking Meds
Tax Free
Tezzus
The Family Men
The Flaming Lips
The Groovy Bastards
The Kosmics
The M
They Are Gutting a Body of Water
Thurston Moore
Toy
Trillium
TzarBombah
Underground
Waterpistol
Ween
all things break
blesse
diamond*
holybones
idontcare
nate band
ratbag
FISHER
Pixies
Bloody Hawk
Tax Free
Bush
nate band
Ween
UVERworld
Icegergert
Car Seat Headrest
Sinners Movie
PLUTO
HEALTH
my bloody valentine
Caos
Sonic Youth
Rockout Danny
Butthole Surfers
Fugazi
Rubyeye
The Flaming Lips
Glass Beams
SOFT PLAY
Show Me the Body
Pink Noise
Dinosaur Jr.
Music For Dogs
The Stooges
Klinac
Cor
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Kill Dyll
LeGrand
Blonde Redhead
The Oozes
Grazhdanskaya Oborona
Melvins
K!llx
Parquet Courts
Armut
Ty Segall
FJORD
Crooked Bangs
Public Image Ltd.
Swans
Gutter Grinders
black midi
all things break
Verdena
Thee Oh Sees
Xiu Xiu
Deerhunter
Waco
House of Protection
Kim Gordon
ONE OR EIGHT
GING NANG BOYZ
Ovlov
They Are Gutting a Body of Water
Grubbo
The Grunge Growlers
STIFF RICHARDS
Hugo Loud
Boris
The Jesus Lizard
WHATMORE
Chase Petra
Garage King
MISERO
Heatmiser
Unwound
Iceage
Slint
Infinite Guest
Suicide
the fashion show
Ball Hog q
Wavves
Number Girl
Quicksand
Art Vandeley
Deerhoof
Parannoul
Hüsker Dü
dexter in the newsagent
Chat Pile
CCCP – Fedeli Alla Linea
Protomartyr
Tigerblood Jewel
Booshle G.
Twin Iguana
Chalk
OCS
Faded Family Portraits
Old Flame
Heartbeat in the brain
Japandroids
Wipers
yellofish
Just Mustard