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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A Place To Bury Strangers
ARCHI
Air Drawn Dagger
Alison Darwin
Armut
Asian Glow
Avenade
BatBat
Bike Routes
Bilchu Live
Birds 3AM
Birth (Defects)
Black Simpson
Black Suit Youth
Blonde Redhead
Buckshot Princess
Bush
Butthole Surfers
Car Crash Bird Funeral
Car Seat Headrest
Cemento
Chatzi
Colin Keenan
Crooked Bangs
Dari Bay
Dinosaur Jr.
Drippers
Dééfait
FISHER
Fu
GRAVITY
Garage King
Gay Guy Straight Guy
Glitterspitter
HEALTH
Hard Block
Hong Kong Blood Opera
Iceage
Icegergert
Infinite Guest
Jelly
KLÄMP
Kavrila
Keiji Haino
Kill Dyll
LKN
Larm
LeGrand
Lemony Rug
Leslie Keffer
Mated
Melt-Banana
Merzbow
Máklikőr
OCS
Ormella
PATRICIO SWAYZEE
PLUTO
PLUTO
Pebbledash
Pixies
Point Line Plane
Prolapse
Protomartyr
Quicksand
Reckoner
Rhododendron
Rockout Danny
SPLIT
SST
STONE FERRARI
Samuel Locke Ward
Show Me the Body
Sikeen
Silent Attack
So So Modern
Steamboat Switzerland
Swans
THE BURNING FLAGS
Tax Free
Tezzus
The Flaming Lips
The Residents
The Öbjektz
Thee Oh Sees
They Are Gutting a Body of Water
Tokyo Taboo
Trillium
Ty Segall
TzarBombah
Underground
Wavves
Ween
Youth For Sale
dry
idontcare
ira glass
moreru
nate band
Нормы Морали
FISHER
Pixies
Bloody Hawk
Tax Free
Bush
nate band
Ween
UVERworld
Car Seat Headrest
Icegergert
Sinners Movie
PLUTO
HEALTH
my bloody valentine
Rockout Danny
Sonic Youth
Caos
The Flaming Lips
Fugazi
Butthole Surfers
Rubyeye
SOFT PLAY
Glass Beams
Show Me the Body
Pink Noise
Dinosaur Jr.
Music For Dogs
The Stooges
Klinac
alt!
Cor
Kill Dyll
Blonde Redhead
LeGrand
Melvins
K!llx
Armut
The Oozes
Grazhdanskaya Oborona
Parquet Courts
Juan Casanova
Public Image Ltd.
Swans
FJORD
Crooked Bangs
Ty Segall
Gutter Grinders
black midi
Deerhunter
Thee Oh Sees
Verdena
Xiu Xiu
all things break
House of Protection
Ovlov
GING NANG BOYZ
ONE OR EIGHT
Waco
Kim Gordon
STIFF RICHARDS
The Jesus Lizard
Hugo Loud
WHATMORE
Chase Petra
The Grunge Growlers
Grubbo
Boris
They Are Gutting a Body of Water
MISERO
Garage King
Suicide
the fashion show
Ball Hog q
Wavves
Iceage
Slint
Unwound
Heatmiser
Deerhoof
dexter in the newsagent
Hüsker Dü
CCCP – Fedeli Alla Linea
Art Vandeley
Quicksand
Protomartyr
Tigerblood Jewel
Booshle G.
Number Girl
Parannoul
Chat Pile
yellofish
OCS
Heartbeat in the brain
Faded Family Portraits
Old Flame
Twin Iguana
Wipers
Chalk
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