List of alternative rock artists

This is a list of alternative rock artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one that has been on a major label, but not limited to such). This list does not include little-known local bands. Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the"), and individuals are listed by last name.

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0-9

*13 Engines
*16 Horsepower
*1990s
*10,000 Maniacs
*3 Doors Down
*30 Seconds to Mars
*311
*4 Non Blondes
*54-40

A

*The Academy Is...
*Acceptance
*Adorable
*Aereogramme
*The Afghan Whigs
*AFI
*Age of Chance
*Agent Sparks
*Alice in Chains
*Alien Ant Farm
*The All-American Rejects
*American Music Club
*American Hi-Fi
*Tori Amos
*Amp
*The Amps
*An Angle
*…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
*Anberlin
*Angelfish
*Angels & Airwaves
*Fiona Apple
*The Apples in Stereo
*Arcade Fire
*Archers of Loaf
*Architecture in Helsinki
*Arctic Monkeys
*Army of Anyone
*Ash
*Richard Ashcroft
*The Ataris
*Athlete
*Audioslave
*Melissa Auf der Maur
*Augie March
*Autolux

B

*Babes in Toyland
*Baboon
*Babyshambles
*Badly Drawn Boy
*Bamboo
*Band of Susans
*Barenaked Ladies
*Bauhaus
*Bayside
*Beat Happening
*Beck
*Belly
*Ben Folds Five
*Better Than Ezra
*Biffy Clyro
*Bif Naked
*Big Audio Dynamite
*Big Black
*Bikini Kill
*Billy Talent
*Björk
*Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
*Blessid Union of Souls
*Blindside
*Blind Melon
*Blink-182
*Bloc Party
*Blonde Redhead
*Blue October
*Blur
*Bôa
*The Bolshoi
*The Bongos
*Boy Kill Boy
*Boysetsfire
*The Boo Radleys
*Billy Bragg
*Brand New
*The Bravery
*Breaking Benjamin
*The Breeders
*Brian Jonestown Massacre
*Bright Eyes
*Broken Social Scene
*Ian Brown
*Jeff Buckley
*Buffalo Tom
*Built to Spill
*Burden Brothers
*Bush
*Kate Bush
*Butthole Surfers
*By Divine Right

C

*Caesars
*Cake
*The Call
*The Calling
*Camper Van Beethoven
*Camus
*Candlebox
*Jerry Cantrell
*The Cardigans
*Cartel
*Carter USM
*Catatonia
*Catherine Wheel
*Cat Power
*Cell
*Chainsaw Kittens
*The Chameleons
*The Charlatans
*Chevelle
*Billy Childish
*The Church
*Cibo Matto
*Cigaretta
*CIV
*Jarvis Cocker
*Cocteau Twins
*Cohen & the Ghost
*Coldplay
*Collective Soul
*Concrete Blonde
*The Constantines
*David Cook
*The Cooper Temple Clause
*Julian Cope
*Billy Corgan
*Cornershop
*Counting Crows
*Cowboy Junkies
*Cracker
*The Cramps
*The Cranberries
*The Creatures
*Creed
*Crooked Fingers
*The Cubby Creatures
*Cueshe
*The Cure
*Cursive
*Cute Is What We Aim For

D

*The Dandy Warhols
*Daphne Loves Derby
*Dappled Cities Fly
*The Darling Buds
*Dashboard Confessional
*The Datsuns
*Daughtry
*Dave Matthews Band
*Days of the New
*The dB's
*Dead Can Dance
*The Dead Milkmen
*Dead Moon
*Death Cab for Cutie
*The Decemberists
*Default
*Deftones
*The Delgados
*Depeche Mode
*dEUS
*Die Kreuzen
*Dinosaur Jr.
*The Diodes
*Dirty Pretty Things
*Dirty Three
*Dishwalla
*The Distillers
*Do as Infinity
*Dog's Eye View
*Do Make Say Think
*Dramarama
*Dream Syndicate
*Dredg
*The Dresden Dolls
*Dungen
*The Dylans

E

*The Early November
*Echo & the Bunnymen
*Echobelly
*Econoline Crush
*Editors
*Ednaswap
*Eels
*Eisley
*Elastica
*Elbow
*Electronic
*Embrace
*EMF
*Erase Errata
*Ethyl Meatplow
*Eve 6
*Everclear
*Evermore
*Explosions in the Sky

F

*Faith No More
*The Fall
*The Fall of Troy
*Fastbacks
*Fastball
*Feeder
*The Feelies
*The Fiery Furnaces
*Filter
*Finger Eleven
*Firehose
*Fishbone
*The Flaming Lips
*Folk Implosion
*Fountains of Wayne
*The Frames
*Frank Black and the Catholics
*Franz Ferdinand
*The Fratellis
*The Fray
*From First to Last
*From Satellite
*Frou Frou
*Fuel
*Fugazi
*The Futureheads

G

*Galaxie 500
*Garbage
*Gas Huffer
*The Gathering
*Gene Loves Jezebel
*Gin Blossoms
*The Go-Betweens
*Godspeed You! Black Emperor
*Goldfinger
*Gomez
*Goo Goo Dolls
*The Good, the Bad and the Queen
*Gorillaz
*Matthew Good
*Gravity Kills
*Green Day
*Green River
*Grinderman
*Grinspoon
*Grumpy Justins
*Gruntruck
*Guadalcanal Diary
*Guano Apes
*Guided by Voices
*Gumball
*Guster

H

*Hale
*Half Japanese
*Half Man Half Biscuit
*Hammerbox
*Happy Mondays
*Hard-Fi
*Ben Harper
*P.J. Harvey
*Imogen Heap
*Head Automatica
*Hellogoodbye
*Hello Operator
*Helmet
*His Name Is Alive
*The Hives
*Robyn Hitchcock
*Hole
*Holly and the Italians
*Hoobastank
*Hoodoo Gurus
*Hootie and the Blowfish
*Hot Hot Heat
*Hot Snakes
*Hot Water Music
*The House of Love
*The Housemartins
*Brodie Foster Hubbard
*Hum
*Hüsker Dü

I

*I Am Kloot
*I Am the Avalanche
*I Mother Earth
*Idlewild
*Ima Robot
*Imago
*Incubus
*Inspiral Carpets
*Interpol
*Iron & Wine
*Itchyworms

J

*Jack Off Jill
*James
*James Iha
*Jane's Addiction
*Jawbox
*The Jesus and Mary Chain
*Jesus Jones
*The Jesus Lizard
*Jimmie's Chicken Shack
*Jimmy Chamberlin Complex
*Jimmy Eat World
*Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
*Juliette and the Licks
*The Juliana Theory

K

*K's Choice
*Kaiser Chiefs
*Kaizers Orchestra
*Kasabian
*Keane
*Kent
*Kill Hannah
*Killdozer
*The Killers
*Killing Heidi
*Killing Joke
*The Kills
*King Missile
*Kings of Convenience
*Kings of Leon
*Kitchens of Distinction
*Klaxons
*The Kooks
*Kula Shaker
*Kyuss

L

*L7
*The La's
*Language of Flowers
*Sook-Yin Lee
*The Lemonheads
*Let's Active
*Letters to Cleo
*The Levellers
*Liam Lynch
*Liars
*The Libertines
*Lifehouse
*The Lilac Time
*Lit
*Linkin Park
*Live
*Local H
*Long Beach Dub Allstars
*Lostprophets
*Louis XIV
*Love and Rockets
*The Lovely Feathers
*The Lovers
*Love Spit Love
*Luna
*Luscious Jackson
*Lush

M

*Ashley MacIsaac
*Edwin McCain
*Bill Madden
*Lisa Maxwell
*Mad Season
*Madrugada
*Magic Dirt
*Malfunkshun
*Man or Astro-man?
*Mando Diao
*Manic Street Preachers
*Mansun
*Marcy Playground
*Matchbox Twenty
*Maxïmo Park
*Mazzy Star
*McLusky
*Meat Puppets
*The Mekons
*The Melvins
*Mercury Rev
*Metric
*Midnight Oil
*Ministry
*The Minutemen
*Mission of Burma
*Mission U.K.
*Modest Mouse
*Mogwai
*Moist
*Monaco
*Monopoli
*Moonbabies
*Moonpools & Caterpillars
*Morcheeba
*Morningwood
*Morphine
*Alanis Morissette
*Morrissey
*The Moths!
*Mother Love Bone
*Motion City Soundtrack
*Bob Mould
*The Mountain Goats
*Mudhoney
*Shawn Mullins
*Peter Murphy
*Muse
*Mute Math
*The Music
*My Bloody Valentine
*My Chemical Romance
*My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
*My Morning Jacket
*My Sister's Machine
*Myslovitz

N

*Nada Surf
*The National
*Kitchie Nadal
*Ned's Atomic Dustbin
*Nerf Herder
*Neutral Milk Hotel
*New Model Army
*New Order
*The New Pornographers
*Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
*Nickelback
*Nine Black Alps
*Nine Inch Nails
*Nirvana
*No Doubt

O

*Oasis
*O.A.R.
*The Ocean Blue
*Oceansize
*Odds
*Of Montreal
*The Offspring
*OK Go
*Orange and Lemons
*Orbit
*Beth Orton
*Ostava
*Our Lady Peace
*Ours

P

*P
*Pale Saints
*Panic at the Disco
*Papa Roach
*Paramore
*Parokya ni Edgar
*The Pastels
*Pavement
*Pearl Jam
*Pennywise
*Pere Ubu
*A Perfect Circle
*Peter Bjorn and John
*Liz Phair
*Phantom Planet
*Phish
*Pinback
*The Pink Spiders
*Pixies
*Placebo
*Pluto (Portuguese)
*Pluto (Canadian)
*Poets of the Fall
*The Pogues
*Polvo
*The Polyphonic Spree
*Pop Will Eat Itself
*Porno for Pyros
*Portishead
*The Posies
*The Postal Service
*Poster Children
*Powderfinger
*Bob Powell
*The Presidents of the United States of America
*Primal Scream
*The Primitives
*Primus
*Protein
*The Psychedelic Furs
*Public Image Ltd.
*Pulp
*Pussy Galore

Q

*Quicksand
*Quorthon
*Queens of the Stone Age

R

*The Raconteurs
*Radial Spangle
*Radiohead
*Rage Against the Machine
*The Railway Children
*Rancid
*The Rasmus
*Rasputina
*Raveonettes
*Razorlight
*Red Hot Chili Peppers
*Red House Painters
*Redd Kross
*The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
*Reef
*Reel Big Fish
*Reggie and the Full Effect
*R.E.M.
*Remy Zero
*Relient K
*The Rentals
*The Replacements
*Republica
*Revelation Theory
*Revenge
*Ride
*The Right Hand
*Rise Against
*Rivermaya
*Rocket from the Crypt
*Rock Kills Kid
*Rollins Band
*Royal Trux

*Sahara Hotnights
*Scarling.
*School of Fish
*Scratch Acid
*Screaming Jets
*Screaming Trees
*Seaweed
*Sebadoh
*See See Rider
*Seether
*Semisonic
*Shakespears Sister
*The Shamen
*The Shins
*Shiny Toy Guns
*Shout Out Louds
*Shudder to Think
*Sigur Rós
*Silverchair
*Silverstein
*Silversun Pickups
*Siouxsie & the Banshees
*Sister Hazel
*Sisters of Mercy
*Skin Yard
*Skunk Anansie
*Sleater-Kinney
*Slint
*Sloan
*Slowdive
*Slut
*Smashing Orange
*The Smashing Pumpkins
*Smoking Popes
*Elliott Smith
*The Smiths
*The Smithereens
*Snow Patrol
*Social Code
*Social Distortion
*Sonic Youth
*Soul Asylum
*Soul Coughing
*The Sounds
*Soundgarden
*Space
*Spacehog
*Spacemen 3
*Spiritualized
*Spitalfield
*Splender
*Sponge
*Stabbing Westward
*Stars
*Starsailor
*The Starting Line
*Steadman
*Stereolab
*Stereomud
*Stereophonics
*The Stone Roses
*Stone Temple Pilots
*Streetlight Manifesto
*The Strokes
*The Subways
*Sublime
*Suede
*Sugar
*Sugar Ray
*The Sugarcubes
*Sugarplum Fairy
*The Sundays
*Sunny Day Real Estate
*Superchunk
*Superdrag
*Super Furry Animals
*Supergrass
*Surly
*Matthew Sweet
*Swervedriver
*Switchfoot

T

*Tad
*Tangerine Dream
*Taking Back Sunday
*Tapes 'n Tapes
*Tappi Tíkarrass
*The Tea Party
*Team Sleep
*Teenage Fanclub
*Tegan and Sara
*Temple of the Dog
*Terrorvision
*Th' Faith Healers
*Theory of a Deadman
*Therapy?
*They Might Be Giants
*Third Eye Blind
*This Mortal Coil
*Thom Yorke
*Those Days
*Throwing Muses
*Three Days Grace
*Thursday
*TISM
*Toad the Wet Sprocket
*Toadies
*Tocotronic
*Tones on Tail
*Tonic
*Trashcan Sinatras
*Travis
*Jennifer Trynin
*The Tunguska Event
*TV on the Radio

U

*U2
*Ultra Vivid Scene
*Uncle Tupelo
*Under the Influence of Giants
*Unrest
*Unsane
*The Used
*Unwritten Law
*Urge Overkill
*USER

V

*The Vaselines
*VAST
*The Veils
*Versus
*Vertical Horizon
*Veruca Salt
*The Verve
*The Verve Pipe
*The Vines
*Violent Femmes
*Volcano Suns
*The Von Bondies
*Voxtrot

W

*The Wallflowers
*Wannadies
*We Are Scientists
*The Wedding Present
*Ween
*Weezer
*Paul Westerberg
*The White Stripes
*Wilco
*Wolf Parade
*The Wonder Stuff

X

*X
*XTC

Y

*Yeah Yeah Yeahs
*Yellowcard
*Yo La Tengo
*You Am I
*The Young Knives

Z

*Zebrahead
*Zita Swoon
*Zornik
*Zwan

ee also

*List of Britpop musicians
*List of dream pop artists
*List of gothic rock bands
*List of indie pop artists
*List of indie rock musicians
*List of industrial rock bands
*List of math rock groups
*List of post-rock bands
*List of shoegazing musicians