Frank Zappa

Innovative American Rock Musician and Composer

Captain Beefheart

Avant-Garde Rock Pioneer

Sonic Youth

Influential Alternative Rock Band

The Residents

Avant-Garde Experimental Music Collective

The Mothers

Avant-Garde Rock Collective Led by Frank Zappa

The Magic Band

Experimental Rock Collective Associated with Ca...

The Durutti Column

British Post-Punk Experimental Group

John Zorn

Avant-garde Composer and Saxophonist

Fred Frith

Innovative British Experimental Musician and Co...

Thy Catafalque

Hungarian Avant-Garde Metal Project

The Velvet Underground

Influential Proto-Punk Rock Band

The Tiger Lillies

British avant-garde cabaret trio

Loren Mazzacane Connors

Avant-Garde Guitarist and Experimental Composer

The Legendary Pink Dots

Experimental Psychedelic Rock Collective

Sigh

Japanese Avant-Garde Black Metal Band

Robert Wyatt

English Progressive Rock Musician

Einstürzende Neubauten

German Industrial Music Pioneers

Ihsahn

Norwegian progressive metal musician

Magma

French progressive rock band

Nico

German Singer-Songwriter and Avant-Garde Artist

Pascal Comelade

Catalan Multi-Instrumentalist and Avant-Garde C...

Nocte Obducta

German Black Metal Band

Cermaque

Czech Alternative Folk Music Artist

Jim O'Rourke

Versatile American Musician and Producer

Maladie

Glenn Branca

Avant-Garde Composer and Guitarist

Eden Weint Im Grab

German Dark Metal Band

Yoko Ono

Japanese-American multimedia artist and musician

Diamanda Galás

Avant-Garde Performance Artist and Vocalist

The Flying Luttenbachers

Avant-Garde Jazz-Punk Ensemble

Beauty Pill

Experimental Indie Rock Collective

Brian Eno

British ambient music pioneer and producer

Richard Youngs

Scottish Experimental Musician

Tuxedomoon

Experimental Post-Punk/New Wave Band

Aksak Maboul

Belgian Avant-Garde Pop Band

Henry Cow

British avant-garde rock group

Helge Schneider

German Multi-talented Comedian and Musician

Melody's Echo Chamber

French dream pop project

David Bowie

Iconic British rock musician and cultural innov...

The Ex

Dutch Experimental Punk Band

The Plastic People Of The Universe

Czech Avant-Garde Rock Band

Oren Ambarchi

Australian Experimental Musician and Composer

Keiji Haino

Japanese Avant-Garde Musician

Blaine L. Reininger

American Post-Punk and Experimental Musician

Lee Ranaldo

Former Sonic Youth Guitarist and Experimental R...

Jac Berrocal

French avant-garde trumpeter and multi-instrume...

Arturo Stalteri

Italian Pianist and Composer

Copernicus

PainKiller

In Vain

Norwegian Progressive Metal Band

Solefald

Norwegian avant-garde metal duo

Kutiman

Israeli Multi-genre Musician and Producer

Virus

Sinistro

Portuguese doom metal band

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

Avant-Garde Experimental Rock Ensemble

Reverorum Ib Malacht

Swedish Experimental Black Metal Project

Pere Ubu

Innovative American Avant-Garde Rock Band

Scott Walker

Innovative American-born avant-garde singer-son...

Red Krayola

Experimental Rock Pioneers

Blut Aus Nord

French avant-garde black metal band