List of musicians from Seattle

This List of musicians from Seattle recognizes artists who are either from, or significantly associated with, the city.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

• 10 Minute Warning, hardcore punk band
• 3rd Secret, alternative rock/folk rock/grunge band
• 7 Horns 7 Eyes, Christian melodic death metal band
• 7 Year Bitch, riot grrrl band
• 764-HERO, indie rock/emo band
• A Frames, experimental rock band
• Aaron Parks, jazz pianist
• Aaron Sprinkle, alternative rock multi-instrumenralist & producer
• Abney Park, steampunk band
• Abyssinian Creole, Northwest hip hop duo
• Acceptance, pop-punk band
• The Accused, crossover thrash band
• Aiden, horror punk band
• Akimbo, hardcore punk band
• Alcohol Funnycar, alternative rock/post-grunge band
• Alex Vincent, grunge/punk rock drummer
• Alice in Chains, grunge band
• Alice N' Chains, glam metal band
• Allen Stone, blue-eyed soul singer-songwriter
• Alyse Black, rock/pop/jazz/folk pop singer-songwriter
• Amber Pacific, pop-punk band
• Amy Denio, avant-garde jazz/experimental rock/free improvisation multi-instrumenralist/vocalist
• Andrew Wood, grunge/glam metal vocalist
• Ann Wilson, hard rock/pop rock vocalist
• Anomie Belle, avant-garde vocalist/multi-instrumentalist
• Aqueduct, indie pop band
• Artis the Spoonman, rock spoonist/busker
• Arthur & Yu, indie folk duo
• Assemblage 23, futurepop band
• Asva, drone/doom metal band
• Awaken the Empire, alternative rock/metal band
• "Awesome", cabaret collective
• Ayron Jones, blues rock vocalist/guitarist
• Baby Gramps, Americana singer-songwriter
• Band of Horses, indie rock band
• Barcelona, indie rock band
• Barrett Martin, grunge percussionist & ethnomusicologist
• The Beakers, art punk/post-punk/new wave band
• Bell Witch, doom metal band
• Ben Bridwell, indie rock vocalist/guitarist
• Ben Gibbard, indie rock vocalist/guitarist
• Ben Shepherd, grunge bassist
• The Bergevin Brothers, political jazz band
• Bernadette Bascom, R&B/gospel vocalist
• Best Kissers in the World, post-grunge band
• Big Band Garage Orchestra, punk jazz orchestra
• Big Business, heavy metal band
• Bill Frisell, jazz guitarist
• Bill Rieflin, industrial rock drummer
• Black Cat Orchestra, classical/world/film score band
• The Blackouts, punk rock band
• Blaine "Zippy" Cook, punk rock/thrash metal vocalist
• Blake Lewis, beatboxer/pop vocalist
• Blake Wescott, indie rock guitarist/drummer
• The Blakes, indie rock band
• The Blood Brothers, post-hardcore band
• Blood Circus, sludge metal band
• Bloodgood, Christian metal band
• Blue Scholars, Northwest hip hop/alternative hip hop duo
• BOAT, indie rock band
• Bonnie Guitar, country/pop singer-songwriter/guitarist
• Botch, mathcore band
• Brad, alternative rock band
• Brandi Carlile, Americana singer-songwriter
• Brent Amaker and the Rodeo, country band
• Briana Marela, indie rock vocalist
• The Briefs, punk rock band
• Brite Futures (formerly Natalie Portman's Shaved Head), indie rock/electronica band
• The Brothers Four, folk pop vocal group
• Bruce Fairweather, grunge guitarist/bassist
• Buddy Catlett, jazz bassist
• Budo, hip hop multi-instrumenralist/producer
• Bundle of Hiss, grunge band
• Burning Witch, doom metal band
• Calm Down Juanita, psychedelic rock band
• Candlebox, grunge/post-grunge band
• Car Seat Headrest, indie rock band
• Cardiknox, indie pop band
• Carissa's Wierd, indie rock band
• Carrie Akre, alternative rock vocalist
• Cat Butt, alternative rock band
• The Catch, alternative pop band
• The Catheters, hard rock band
• The Cave Singers, indie rock/folk band
• Chad Channing, alternative rock drummer
• Champion, hardcore punk band
• charlieonnafriday, melodic rapper
• Chastity Belt, alternative rock band
• Childbirth, garage rock band
• Chinas Comidas, art punk band
• Choral Arts, choral music group
• Chris Ballew aka Caspar Babypants, alternative rock/kids' music vocalist/bassist/basitarist
• Chris Cornell, grunge/hard rock vocalist
• Chris Staples, alternative rock multi-instrumenralist
• Chris Walla, indie rock singer-songwriter/guitarist
• Christ Analogue, electronic/industrial rock band
• Christian Wargo, indie folk singer-songwriter/guitarist
• Circus Contraption, dark cabaret troupe
• Clarence Acox Jr., jazz drummer & director of the Garfield Jazz Ensemble (1979–2019)
• The Classic Crime, alternative rock band
• Climax Golden Twins, experimental music band
• Cody Votolato, post-hardcore guitarist
• Coffin Break, hardcore punk band
• Common Market, Northwest hip hop duo
• Critters Buggin, jazz/rock/funk/electronica instrumental band
• Culprit, heavy metal band
• Cuong Vu, jazz trumpet
• Daily Flash, folk rock/psychedelic rock band
• Damien Jurado, indie rock singer-songwriter
• Dan Hoerner, emo vocalist/guitarist
• Dan Peters, grunge drummer
• Daniel House, grunge bassist & former owner of C/Z Records
• Dann Gallucci, indie rock guitarist/producer
• The Dark Fantastic, hard/desert/psychedelic/indie rock band
• Dark Time Sunshine, alternative/indie hip hop duo
• Dave Dederer, alternative rock vocalist/guitarist/guitbassist
• Dave Knudson, indie rock/mathcore guitarist
• Dave Krusen, alternative rock drummer
• Dave Lewis, R&B vocalist/keyboardist
• David Bazan, indie rock singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist
• David Friesen, jazz bassist
• David Zaffiro, Christian metal guitarist & producer
• David Wayne, heavy metal vocalist
• Dead Low Tide, garage rock band
• The Dead Science, experimental pop band
• Dear John Letters, alternative rock/indie rock/emo band
• Death Cab For Cutie, indie rock band

• Deep Sea Diver, pop rock band
• Demon Hunter, Christian metal band
• Devilhead, alternative rock band
• Diagram of Suburban Chaos, electronic music composer
• Dick Wilson, jazz tenor saxophonist
• Dickless, riot grrrl/grunge/punk rock/funk punk band
• The Divorce, indie rock band
• Doll Squad, alternative rock/power pop band
• Dolour, indie rock band
• Don Lanphere, jazz saxophonist
• Dude York, alternative rock band
• Duff McKagan, hard rock bassist
• Dust Moth, metalgaze band
• The Dutchess and the Duke, indie folk band
• Eddie Vedder, grunge vocalist
• Eldon Hoke aka El Duce, shock rock vocalist/drummer
• Elmer Gill, jazz pianist/vibraphonist/vocalist
• Emi Meyer, jazz vocalist/pianist
• Eric Barone, video game music composer/sound designer
• Eric Carlson aka Sickie Wifebeater, shock rock guitarist
• Erik Blood, hip hop artist/producer
• Ernestine Anderson, vocal jazz/blues vocalist
• Estradasphere, experimental rock band
• Fair, alternative rock/emo pop band
• Faith & Disease, ethereal wave/dark wave/slowcore/shoegaze/dream pop/new-age band
• The Fall of Troy, mathcore band
• The Fartz, hardcore punk band
• Fastbacks, punk rock band
• Fences, pop rock band
• Fifth Angel, heavy metal band
• The Fire Theft, prog rock band
• Fleet Foxes, indie folk band
• Flop, power pop band
• Floyd Standifer, jazz tenor saxophonist/trumpeter
• Foo Fighters, post-grunge band
• Forced Entry, thrash metal band
• Forgive Durden, indie rock/emo band
• Frank Waldron, jazz cornetist/trumpeter/alto saxophonist
• The Frantics, garage rock band
• Gabor Hun, punk rock guitarist/vocalist
• Gabriel Teodros, Northwest hip hop rapper
• The Gallahads, doo wop vocal group
• Gary Lee Conner, grunge guitarist
• Gas Huffer, garage rock band
• Gatsbys American Dream, indie rock band
• The Gentlemen, pop rock band
• Geoff Reading, hard rock drummer
• Gerald Brashear, jazz conga drummer/saxophonist/scat singer
• Girl On Fire, hard rock band
• The Girls, pop punk band
• The Gits, punk rock band
• Goodness, alternative rock band
• Gosling (formerly Loudermilk), hard rock band
• Grammatrain, post-punk band
• Grand Archives, indie rock band
• Grand Hallway, chamber pop
• Grave Babies, goth rock band
• Grayskul, Northwest hip hop/alternative hip hop duo
• Green Apple Quick Step, post-grunge/psychedelic rock band
• The Green Pajamas, neo-psychedelia band
• Green River, grunge band
• Greg Anderson, doom metal guitarist
• Greg Gilmore, grunge drummer
• Grieves, hip hop rapper/producer
• Gruntruck, grunge band
• Guy Lacey, grunge guitarist/vocalist
• Hadley Caliman, jazz saxophonist/flutist
• Hammerbox, grunge band
• Harold Weeks, jazz/ragtime composer/songwriter
• Harvey Danger, alternative rock band
• Hater, alternative metal band
• He Is We, indie pop band
• The Head and the Heart, indie folk band
• Headphones, indie rock/synthpop band
• Heart, hard rock/pop rock band
• Heir Apparent, heavy metal band
• Heiress, sludge metal band
• Hell's Belles, all-girl AC/DC tribute band
• Helms Alee, sludge metal band
• Hey Marseilles, indie folk/chamber pop band
• Hibou, dream pop band
• Himsa, metalcore band
• Hiro Yamamoto, grunge bassist
• Hobosexual, experimental rock band
• Hollis, pop/hip hop singer-songwriter
• Howard Leese, hard rock guitarist
• Hovercraft, experimental rock instrumental band
• I Declare War, deathcore band
• The Intelligence, post-punk band
• Isaac Brock, indie rock vocalist/guitarist
• Isaac Scott, blues/soul/gospel guitarist/vocalist
• Ivan & Alyosha, indie pop band
• Ivar Haglund, folk singer and founder of Ivar's Acres of Clams
• J. Clark post-punk guitarist/drummer
• Jack Endino, grunge guitarist & Sub Pop producer/engineer
• Jake Snider, indie rock guitarist/vocalist
• Jake One, Northwest hip hop/trap producer/songwriter
• James Bergstrom, hard rock drummer
• Jason Finn, alternative rock drummer
• Jason Holstrom, electronic rock/dream pop guitarist/vocalist
• Jason Kardong, Americana/lo-fi/alt-country pedal steel guitarist/vocalist
• Jason Webley, folk punk vocalist/accordionist/guitarist
• Jay Park, hip hop/R&B rapper/singer-songwriter
• Jeff Ament, grunge bassist
• Jeff Angell, blues rock vocalist/guitarist
• Jeff Kashiwa, jazz fusion saxophonist
• Jeff Loomis, prog rock guitarist
• Jeff Rouse, hard rock bassist
• Jeff Suffering, Christian punk vocalist/bassist
• Jen Wood, alternative rock vocalist/guitarist
• Jennifer Thomas, crossover/classical/new-age pianist
• Jeremiah Green, indie rock drummer
• Jeremy Enigk, emo/prog rock vocalist/guitarist
• Jerry Cantrell, grunge guitarist/vocalist
• Jesse Brand, country rock singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist
• Jessica Lurie, jazz woodwinds
• Jim Allchin, blues rock guitarist/vocalist & Microsoft software engineer
• Jim Black, free jazz/post-rock drummer
• Jim Page, folk singer-songwriter/busker
• Jim Sheppard, prog rock bassist
• Jimi Hendrix, psychedelic rock/blues rock guitarist/vocalist
• Joe Doria, jazz/funk/rock Hammond organist
• John Holte, big band swing bandleader/arranger/reedist
• John Pettibone, hardcore punk/metalcore vocalist
• John Roderick, indie rock singer-songwriter/guitarist
• Johnny Bacolas, glam metal/industrial dance/world music bassist
• Johnny Whitney, post-hardcore vocalist/keyboardist
• Jon Auer, power pop/psychedelic rock guitarist
• Jonathan Moore aka Wordsayer, Northwest hip hop producer/rapper/DJ
• Jordan Blilie, post-hardcore vocalist
• Julian Priester, jazz trombonist & educator (Cornish College of the Arts 1979–2011)
• Juned, pop rock band
• Juno, post-punk band
• Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground, psychedelic pop band
• Kenny G, smooth jazz saxophonist
• Ken Stringfellow, alternative rock guitarist/vocalist
• Ken Mary, heavy metal drummer
• Kevin Wood, grunge guitarist
• Kevtone, alternative rock drummer
• Kid Sensation (now known as Xola Malik), old skool hip hop rapper/producer
• Kill Switch...Klick, industrial rock band
• Kim Thayil, grunge guitarist
• Kim Warnick, punk rock vocalist/bassist
• Kings Kaleidoscope, contemporary worship/Christian rock/art rock/chamber pop/progressive pop band
• Kinski, post-rock band
• Kiss It Goodbye, metalcore/hardcore punk band
• Krist Novoselic, grunge bassist
• Kultur Shock, Gypsy punk/alternative metal band
• Kurt Bloch, hard rock guitarist
• Kurt Cobain, grunge vocalist/guitarist
• Kyle Townsend, hip hop/R&B producer/keyboardist
• La Luz, surf noir band
• Land, jazz/world music/electronica band
• The Lashes, power pop band
• Lavender Country, country/Americana band
• Layne Staley, grunge vocalist
• Leah LaBelle, R&B vocalist
• Legion Within, dark wave/gothic rock/industrial rock band
• The Lemons, post-grunge/pop punk band
• Liar's Club, pop music band
• Lil Mosey, hip hop/trap rapper
• Limp Richerds, hardcore punk band
• Little Champions, indie rock band
• Living Daylights, jazz-jamband trio
• Loaded, hard rock band
• The Long Winters, indie rock band
• Loni Rose, pop music singer-songwriter
• Love Battery, grunge band
• The Lovemongers, acoustic side project of Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart
• Macklemore, hip hop rapper
• Mad Rad, hipster hop group
• Mad Season, grunge band
• The Magic Magicians, indie rock duo
• Maktub, jazz fusion/prog rock band
• The Maldives, alt-country band
• Malfunkshun, glam punk/grunge band
• Mamiffer, post-rock/ambient/experimental rock/drone
• Manooghi Hi, prog rock band
• Marc Seales, jazz/post-bop pianist
• Mark Arm, grunge vocalist/guitarist
• Mark Lanegan, grunge vocalist
• Mark Pickerel, grunge drummer/guitarist/vocalist
• Mary Lambert, R&B/folk/pop singer-songwriter & spoken word artist
• Mat Brooke, indie rock singer-songwriter/guitarist
• Mateo Messina, classical/film score pianist/composer
• Math and Physics Club, indie pop band
• Matt Bayles, indie rock keyboardist & producer
• Matt Lukin, grunge bassist
• Melissa Reese, hard rock keyboardist/vocalist
• Merrilee Rush, pop vocalist
• Mentors, shock rock band
• Metal Church, heavy metal band
• Mia Zapata, punk rock vocalist
• Michael "The Whip" Wilton, progressive metal guitarist
• Mico de Noche, stoner rock/sludge metal band
• Mike Inez, grunge/alternative metal bassist
• Mike McCready, grunge guitarist
• Mike Squires, alternative rock guitarist
• Mike Starr, grunge bassist
• Minus the Bear, math rock band
• The Missionary Position, blues rock band
• Mistrust, heavy metal band
• Modest Mouse, indie rock band
• Mother Love Bone, grunge/glam punk band
• Mr. Hill, Northwest hip hop/alternative hip hop DJ & producer
• Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, indie rock band
• Mudhoney, grunge band
• Murder City Devils, horror punk band
• My Sister's Machine, grunge band
• The Myriad, indie rock band
• Nacho Picasso, hip hop rapper
• Naked Giants, rock and roll/psychedelic rock/grunge/post-punk/lo-fi band
• Nancy Wilson, hard rock/pop rock guitarist/backing vocalist
• Narrows, mathcore band
• Natalie Grant, contemporary Christian vocalist
• Nate Mendel, alternative rock bassist
• Neko Case, indie rock/alt-country vocalist/tenor guitarist/percussionist
• Neon Blonde, experimental rock band
• Nerve Filter, electronic band
• Nevada Bachelors, alternative rock band
• Nevermore, heavy metal band
• New American Shame, hard rock band
• Nick Pollock, grunge guitarist/vocalist
• Nick Wiggins, post-hardcore guitarist/bassist
• Night Beats, garage rock band
• Nightcaps, lounge band
• Nirvana, grunge band
• Nissim Black aka D.Black, hardcore/conscious/Jewish hip hop rapper/producer
• The No WTO Combo, hardcore punk/spoken word band
• Noah Gundersen and the Courage, acoustic folk rock singer-songwriter and his band
• NoClue, Northwest hip hop rapper
• Odesza, electropop duo
• Oldominion, hip hop collective (which also has members from Portland, Oregon)
• On the Last Day, post-hardcore band
• Onry Ozzborn, alternative hip hop rapper/producer
• Orcas, dream pop/ambient/electronic duo
• Orkestar RTW, Balkan folk band
• Owen Wright, grunge/heavy metal guitarist
• Pacific Gold, contemporary Christian band
• The Pale Pacific, power pop band
• Pamela Moore, hard rock/heavy metal singer-songwriter
• Past Lives, post-punk band
• Patti Bown, jazz/soul pianist/vocalist
• Paul Tutmarc, country tenor vocalist/lap steel guitarist
• Pearl Jam, grunge band
• Pedro The Lion, slowcore band
• Perfume Genius, art pop singer-songwriter
• Perkins Coie Band, rock and roll/garage rock band
• Pete Stewart, Christian rock singer-songwriter
• Peter Cornell, alternative metal/heavy metal/grunge/alternative rock/hard rock singer-songwriter/guitarist
• Peter DePoe (aka Last Walking Bear), funk rock/swamp rock/soul/R&B/Native American traditional drummer
• Peter Scott Lewis, contemporary classical composer
• Pickwick, garage rock band
• Pigeonhed, trip hop/lo-fi band
• PK Dwyer, jump blues busker
• Pleaseeasaur, camp musical parody act
• Pollens, indie rock band
• Ponga, jazz improv band
• Pony Time, garage rock/punk rock band
• Poor Moon, indie folk band
• Poor Old Lu, Christian rock band
• The Posies, power pop band
• The Postal Service, indie pop/synth-pop band
• Posse, indie rock band
• Presidents of the United States of America, alternative rock band
• Pretty Girls Make Graves, post-punk band
• The Prom, indie rock band
• Psychic Emperor, electropop band
• Q5, hard rock/heavy metal band
• Queensrÿche, hard rock/heavy metal band
• Quincy Jones, jazz trumpeter/arranger & multi-genre producer
• RA Scion, Northwest hip hop/alternative hip hop rapper/producer
• Raft of Dead Monkeys, Christian punk band
• Rail, hard rock band
• Randy Hansen, psychedelic rock/blues rock guitarist & Jimi Hendrix tribute performer
• Ray Charles, ^[1] R&B vocalist/pianist
• Ray Dalton, hip hop/gospel/R&B/pop singer-songwriter
• Raz Simone, hip hop rapper
• Red Stars Theory, slowcore band
• Regan Hagar, grunge drummer
• Reggie Watts, comedic electronic/trip hop beatboxer/keyboardist & "disinformationist"
• Reignwolf, indie rock/blues rock band
• Reverend, thrash metal band
• The Revolutionary Hydra, indie rock band
• Richard Stuverud, grunge drummer
• Rick Parashar, grunge keyboardist & founder of London Bridge Studio
• Roadside Monument, math rock band
• Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, jazz bandleader & multi-genre producer
• Robert Cray, ^[2] blues vocalist/guitarist
• Robert DeLong, ^[3] house/dubstep keyboardist/sampler
• Robert Brown aka Captain Robert, steampunk vocalist/multi-instrumentalist
• Robert Roth, grunge/psychedelic rock vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist
• Robin Pecknold, indie folk singer-songwriter
• Robin Holcomb, ^[4] avant-garde minimalist singer-songwriter/pianist
• The Rockfords, alternative rock band
• Rocky Votolato, indie folk/folk rock singer-songwriter
• Roger Fisher, hard rock guitarist
• Ron Holden, R&B/pop/rock and roll vocalist
• Room Nine, psychedelic rock band
• Rose Blossom Punch, post-grunge band
• Rose Windows, psychedelic rock band
• Rosie Thomas, indie folk singer-songwriter & comedian (as Sheila Saputa)
• Roxy Coss, jazz saxophonist
• The Rumba Kings, world music band
• Rusty Willoughby, power pop vocalist/guitarist/drummer
• Ryan Lewis, alternative hip hop/hipster hop DJ/producer
• Ryann Donnelly, horror punk/pop vocalist
• S aka Jenn Champion (formerly Jenn Ghetto), indie rock singer-songwriter
• Sabzi, alternative hip hop DJ/producer
• Sam Kim, R&B singer-songwriter/guitarist
• Sammy Drain, blues/rock/R&B guitarist
• Sanctuary, thrash metal band
• Sandrider, grunge/sludge metal band
• Sango, electronic/hip hop/R&B DJ/producer
• Sanjaya Malakar, pop vocalist
• Satchel, grunge band
• Satisfact, post-punk band
• The Saturday Knights, hip hop/indie rock/pop band
• Say Hi, indie rock solo act
• The Scene Aesthetic, acoustic indie/folk/country pop band
• Schoolyard Heroes, horror punk band
• scntfc, EDM/hip hop/rock composer/sound designer
• Scott McCaughey, alternative rock guitarist
• Scott Mercado, grunge/psychedelic rock drummer
• Scott Rockenfield aka SRock, prog rock drummer
• Screaming Trees, grunge band
• Seapony, indie pop band
• Sean Kinney, grunge drummer
• Sean Nelson, alternative rock vocalist/keyboardist
• Sean Osborn, classical/chamber clarinetist/composer
• Seattle Chamber Players, chamber ensemble
• Seattle Girls Choir, choral music group
• Seattle Opera, Opera company
• Seattle Pro Musica, choral music group
• Seattle Symphony, classical orchestra
• Second Coming, industrial dance band
• Sera Cahoone, Americana/lo-fi singer-songwriter/guitarist/drummer
• Shabazz Palaces, progressive rap/alternative hip hop group
• Shane Tutmarc, indie pop singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist
• Sharks Keep Moving, math rock band
• Shawn Smith, alternative rock vocalist/keyboardist
• Shelby Earl, indie rock singer-songwriter
• Shoplifting, punk rock band
• Sicko, punk rock band
• The Sight Below, ambient/techno/shoegaze/electronic band
• Sir Mix-a-Lot, old skool hip hop/electro-funk rapper/producer
• Sirens Sister, alternative rock band
• Skerik, jazz saxophonics
• Skin Yard, grunge band
• Sky Cries Mary, psychedelic rock/trance band
• SixTwoSeven, alternative rock band
• Sledgeback, punk rock/Oi! band
• Slender Means, indie rock band
• Sleze, glam metal band
• Smoosh (now known as Chaos Chaos), indie pop/synth-pop sister duo
• SMP, industrial rock band
• Soiled Doves (formerly The Vogues), post-hardcore band
• Sol, hip hop rapper
• Solger, hardcore punk band
• Soulbender, hard rock band
• Soundgarden, grunge band
• Source of Labor, Northwest hip hop rap group
• Spencer Moody, garage rock vocalist
• Spluii Numa, hardcore punk band
• Spys4Darwin, alternative metal band
• The Squirrels, novelty pop-punk band
• Stan Boreson, "Scandahoovian" parody music vocalist/accordionist
• Stefanie Sargent, punk rock guitarist
• Stephen O'Malley aka SOMA, avant-garde metal guitarist/keyboardist
• Stephen Flinn [percussionist based in Berlin/New York City] [composer, performer, improviser]
• Steve Broy aka Dr. Heathen Scum, shock rock bassist
• Steve Turner, grunge guitarist
• Stone Gossard, grunge guitarist
• Sunn O))), experimental metal band
• Sunny Day Real Estate, emo band
• Super Deluxe, punk pop band
• The Supersuckers, cowpunk/hard rock band
• Surf Mesa, electronic music artist
• Sweet 75, alternative rock band
• Sweet Water, alternative rock/new wave band
• SYML, indie pop singer-songwriter
• Syncopated Taint Septet, punk jazz band
• Tacocat, pop punk band
• Tad, grunge band
• Taime Downe, glam metal vocalist
• Tamara Gee, pop singer-songwriter
• Tangerine, dream pop band
• Tattle Tale, riot grrrl band
• Tea Cozies, garage rock band
• Teen Angels, grunge band
• Telekinesis, indie rock/shoegaze band
• The Tempers, synthpop/glam rock/art rock/dark cabaret band
• Temple of the Dog, grunge supergroup
• THEESatisfaction, hip hop/R&B/neo-soul duo
• These Arms Are Snakes, post-hardcore band
• This Busy Monster, indie rock band
• This Providence, alternative rock/punk pop/emo band
• Thorr's Hammer, death-doom band
• Thrones, avant-garde metal solo project of Joe Preston
• Throw Me The Statue, indie pop band
• Thunderpussy, hard rock band
• Tim Gemmill, jazz/post-bop/avant-garde jazz/jazz fusion/techno saxophonist/flutist/keyboardist
• Tim Mullen, punk rock/heavy metal drummer
• Tina Bell, grunge/punk rock singer-songwriter
• Tiny Vipers, indie rock singer-songwriter/guitarist
• The Tiptons Sax Quartet, jazz quartet
• TKO, glam rock/heavy metal band
• Toe Tag, hardcore punk/thrash metal band
• Tom Collier, jazz/classical/pop vibraphonist/percussionist
• Total Experience Gospel Choir, gospel choir
• Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, anti-folk/indie rock/art pop band
• Travis Bracht, post-grunge singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist
• Treepeople, alternative rock/post-punk band
• Trial, hardcore punk band
• The Tripwires, power pop/pub rock band
• Truly, grunge/psychedelic rock band
• Tuatara, world music instrumental band
• Tullycraft, twee pop band
• The Turn-Ons, alternative rock band
• Tyler Willman, post-grunge/psychedelic rock singer-songwriter/guitarist
• The U-Men, grunge band
• Ugly Casanova, indie rock band
• UMI, R&B singer-songwriter
• Uncle Bonsai, contemporary folk trio
• Undertow, hardcore punk band
• Unified Theory (formerly Luma), post-grunge band
• United State of Electronica, electronic rock band
• Unwed Sailor, instrumental rock/ambient/post-rock band
• Van Conner, grunge bassist
• VAST, industrial rock band
• Vells, indie rock band
• Vendetta Red, post-grunge/screamo band
• Vic Meyers, jazz saxophonist/ bandleader
• Vince Mira, country rock vocalist/guitarist
• Visqueen, punk pop band
• The Wakefields, alt-country band
• Waking Hour, prog metal band
• The Walkabouts, indie rock/alt-country band
• Walking Papers, alternative rock band
• Walt Wagner, lounge/pop/classical/rock and roll pianist (Canlis 1996–2016)
• War Babies, hard rock band
• Warrel Dane, heavy metal/thrash metal vocalist
• Waxwing, indie rock band
• Wayne Horvitz, jazz/downtown scene keyboardist & adjunct professor at the Cornish College of the Arts
• Wellwater Conspiracy, garage rock/neo-psychedelia/space rock band
• Western State Hurricanes, indie rock band
• Whangdoodle Entertainers, jazz/ragtime band
• White (formerly MerKaBa), prog rock band
• Wil Francis aka William Control, horror punk/dark wave singer-songwriter
• Willard, grunge/sludge metal band
• William Bolcom, contemporary classical/traditional pop/parlour/cabaret/ragtime pianist/composer
• William Control, dark wave band
• William Goldsmith, alternative rock drummer
• Wimps, punk rock band
• Wizdom, Northwest hip hop MC
• Wonderful, dream pop band
• X-15, punk rock band
• Xperience, alternative hip hop rapper
• Young Fresh Fellows, alternative rock band
• Zeke, hardcore punk band
• Zipgun, punk rock band

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