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Some bands/artists you need to familiarize yourself with:

Albert Ayler
alto saxophonist creates fucked up free jazz with marching band overtones

Alboth!
swiss grinding death jazz

Anal Cunt
insanely wild screaming metal

Arab On Radar
guitars that sound like a swarm of angry killer bees, pre-pubescent vocals, incessant drumbeats

Art Ensemble Of Chicago
free jazz from a group of pioneers

The Berzerker
death metal with a drum machine. super-fast blast beats!

Bikini Kill
angry female punk

Bill Laswell
outstanding bassist/producer, involved in every aspect of the music industry

Bobby Conn
the anti-christ? creates pop songs that are more than worth listening to

Borbetomagus
NYC trio of 2 saxes and guitar. fierce improvisations

Captain Beefheart
genius. ultra-complex songs with elements of rock blues and jazz

Cecil Taylor
free jazz pianist and composer of pure insanity

Charles Mingus
innovative bassist/composer from the hey days of jazz

Crime
san francisco's finest punk band of the 70s

Cryptopsy
canadian death metal. amazing drumming

D.N.A.
70s new york no wave innovators

The Damned
70s punk from the UK

Dazzling Killmen
scary rock music from chicago

Dead Can Dance
very ethereal atmospheric music

Debris'
unknown oklahoma band from early-mid 70s. elements of punk before punk

Deerhoof
songs span between incredible dissonance to pretty pop. my preference is the former

Deicide
satanic death metal

Devo
spastic pop rock

Diamanda Galas
what this woman can do with her voice is frightening

Edgard Varese
the father of electronic music. truly unique classical composer/innovator

The Electric Eels
ohio's infamous band of brats

Erase Errata
music to shake your ass to. no wave/punk/pop/rock/etc.

Ex Models
talking heads on speed and 30 cups of coffee

Emerson Lake & Palmer
prog pioneers. early albums highly recommended

Flipper
hardcore punk from san francisco

The Flying Luttenbachers
running the gamut of free jazz/death metal/prog and all points in between

Fred Lane
comedic free jazz

Gary Numan
ultra-catchy pop

Get Hustle
fucked up lounge act

Glass Candy & The Shattered Theatre
death disco dance punk with harsh female vocals

Goblin
ultra-creepy synth-prog horror soundtracks from italy

Gorguts
canadian grind death metal. "obscura" is fantastic album

Grand Ulena
change on a dime brutal prog from st. louis

Harry Partch
extremely innovative composer built his own instruments

Harry Pussy
spastic punk metal

Heavens To Betsy
intensely angry female punk duo

Heldon
outstanding prog from france

Hella
totally insane drumming featured from this duo

Iannis Xenakis
brilliant modern composer

Immortal
norwegian ice cold black metal

James Chance & The Contortions
70s new york no wave funky dance jazz punk

John Coltrane
tenor saxophonist/composer and jazz icon

John Zorn
the man is in his own world musically. nothing quite like it

Joy Division
somber punk

King Crimson
prog pioneers

Lightning Bolt
hypnotic dance chaos

The Locust
ultra-speed metal

Magma
the quintessential zeuhl prog group from france

Mars
new york no wave from mars

(((microwaves)))
futuristic no wave from pittsburgh

Miles Davis
trumpeter/keyboardist/composer and jazz icon

Mike Oldfield
pop prog multi-instrumentalist

Napalm Death
english grindcore pioneers

The Need
spastic female punk

New York Dolls
70s crazy glam pop rock

Nile
egyptian death metal from south carolina

No Doctors
bluesy skronk rock from minnesota

Numbers
jagged punk dance music from san francisco

Le Orme
outstanding italian prog

Ornette Coleman
alto/tenor saxophonist/composer and arguably the father of the avant-garde

Orthrelm
totally insane speed from this duo. guitar and drums

Peter Brotzmann
tenor saxophonist and creator of some of the dirtiest sounding free jazz

Phantomsmasher
formerly atomsmasher. sometimes grind sometimes ambient sometimes noise

Pink & Brown
spastic dance rock/punk duo from san francisco

The Pop Group
funky no wave free jazz from england

Pussy Galore
jon spencer before the blues explosion

Queen
great rock music

Quintron
dancey organ music

Red Aunts
hardcore female punk

Red Transistor
new york no wave featuring von lmo

The Residents
unclassifiable craziness

Roxy Music
highly influential pop rock

Ruins
japanese high-energy prog/punk duo

Sadistik Exekution
extreme death metal from australia

The Scissor Girls
90s chicago no wave

Screamers
LA's synth-punk pioneers

Le Shok
90s hardcore garage punk

Shub-Niggurath
very dark zeuhlish prog

Sparks
70s proto new wave. very catchy

Subtonix
gloomy dance punk with saxophone

Sun Ra
outstanding free jazz from venus

Sweet
ahead of their time. 80s type pop metal rock in the early 70s

T.Rex
70s pop rock

Teenage Jesus & The Jerks
minimalistic new york no wave

Theoretical Girls
glenn branca no wave before his guitar orchestras

Univers Zero
impressive chamber style prog

Upsilon Acrux
exciting new free jazz/prog from the west coast

US Maple
insane compositions from this chicago no wave group

Van der Graaf Generator
peter hammill's epic prog journey

The Vanishing
killer death disco madness

The Velvet Underground
60s experimental pioneers

Von LMO
dancey no wave jazz

White Noise
amazing soundscapes from the 60s

Whitehouse
intense power electronics. not for the weak of heart

Wolf Eyes
current electronic innovators

XBXRX
spastic punk known for live shows of pure chaos

Yes
early 70s albums are great

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