List of dance-rock artists

The following list includes notable dance-rock artists.

Notes

± indicates a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee whether individually and/or as part of a group

Artists

• !!! ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• ABC ^[4]
• And Then There Were None ^[5]
• The B-52's ^{[4] [6] [7]}
• Belouis Some ^[4]
• Big Audio Dynamite ^{[8] [9] [10]}
• The Big Pink ^[11]
• BodyRockers ^[12]
• A Certain Ratio ^[4]
• The Charlatans ^{[13] [14]}
• ± Depeche Mode ^{[4] [15] [16]}
• Devo ^{[17] [18]}
• ± Duran Duran ^{[4] [19] [20]}
• Electronic ^{[21] [22]}
• EMF ^{[23] [24] [25]}
• ± Eurythmics ^[4]
• The Farm ^[26]
• Fine Young Cannibals ^[27]
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood ^[28]
• Franz Ferdinand ^{[29] [30]}
• Friendly Fires ^{[31] [32] [33]}
• Gang of Four ^[4]
• Garbage ^{[4] [34] [35]}
• ± Hall & Oates ^[4]
• Happy Mondays ^{[25] [36] [37]}
• Hot Chelle Rae ^{[38] [39]}
• Hot Chip ^{[40] [41] [42]}
• Billy Idol ^{[43] [44]}
• INXS ^{[4] [45] [46]}
• ± Mick Jagger ^[47]
• Jesus Jones ^{[25] [48] [49]}
• The Killers ^{[50] [51] [52]}
• LCD Soundsystem ^{[53] [54] [55]}
• Liquid Liquid ^[56]
• The New Cities ^[57]
• New Order ^{[4] [58] [59]}
• No Doubt ^[4]
• Oingo Boingo ^[60]
• Robert Palmer ^[4]
• Pet Shop Boys ^[4]
• Primal Scream ^{[61] [62]}
• The Prodigy ^{[63] [64] [65]}
• Pseudo Echo ^[66]
• Public Image Ltd ^{[67] [68] [69]}
• Rogue Traders ^{[70] [71]}
• Scissor Sisters ^{[4] [72] [73]}
• The Shamen ^[74]
• Simple Minds ^{[75] [76]}
• The Stone Roses ^{[37] [77]}
• ± Talking Heads ^{[78] [79] [80]}
• Tom Tom Club ^{[81] [82]}
• ± U2 ^{[4] [83]}
• Walk the Moon ^[84]
• Was (Not Was) ^{[85] [86] [87]}
• The White Tie Affair ^[88]
• Robbie Williams ^[4]

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