List of noise rock bands

This is a list of noise rock bands.

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.

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

• See also
• References

0–9

• '68 ^[1]

A

• AIDS Wolf ^[2]
• An Albatross ^[3]
• Arab on Radar ^[4]

B

• Babes in Toyland ^[5]
• Barkmarket ^[6]
• Big Black ^{[7] [8]}
• The Birthday Party ^[7]
• Black Midi ^[9]
• Blind Idiot God ^[10]
• The Body ^[11]
• Boredoms ^[7]
• Boris ^[12]
• Brainbombs ^[13]
• Brainiac ^[14]
• The Butthole Surfers ^[7]

C

• Carsick Cars ^{[15] [16]}
• Chat Pile ^[17]
• Cherubs ^[5]
• The Chinese Stars ^[18]
• Cows ^{[19] [5]}

D

• Daisy Chainsaw ^[20]
• Daughters ^[21]
• Dazzling Killmen ^[22]
• Death from Above 1979 ^[23]
• Deerhoof ^[24]
• Dinosaur Jr. ^[25]
• Distorted Pony ^[26]
• Drive Like Jehu ^[27]
• Drunk Tank ^[28]
• DZ Deathrays ^[29]

E

• Ed Hall ^[30]

F

• Feedtime ^[31]
• Flipper ^[32]
• Foot Village ^[33]
• Fudge Tunnel ^[34]

G

• Gilla Band ^{[35] [36]}
• Girls Against Boys
• God Bullies ^[37]
• godheadSilo ^[38]
• Gore ^[31]
• Grong Grong ^[31]
• Glenn Branca ^[39]
• Guerilla Toss ^[40]

H

• Half Japanese ^[7]
• Halo of Flies ^[31]
• Health ^[41]
• Hella
• Helmet ^[5]
• High Rise ^[31]

I

• Itchy-O ^[42]

J

• The Jesus Lizard ^{[43] [5]}
• Jucifer ^[44]

K

• KEN Mode ^[45]
• Killdozer ^[31]

L

• Les Rallizes Denudes ^[7]
• Les Savy Fav
• Live Skull ^[31]
• Lightning Bolt ^[46]
• The Locust ^[47]
• Lou Reed ^[7]

M

• Magik Markers ^[48]
• mclusky ^[49]
• Melt-Banana ^[50]
• Melkbelly ^[51]
• Melvins ^{[31] [5]}
• The Membranes ^[31]
• METZ
• Thurston Moore ^[7]
• Michael Gira ^[52]
• Model/Actriz ^[53]

N, O

• Neptune ^[54]
• Nightstick ^[55]
• Oxbow ^[56]

P

• Pain Teens ^[5]
• Part Chimp ^[57]
• Polvo ^[58]
• Pussy Galore ^[31]
• Pixies

Q

• Queenadreena ^[59]

R

• Red Krayola ^[60]
• Replicator ^[61]
• Royal Trux ^[7]
• Ruins ^[31]
• Rapeman ^[62]

S

• Scratch Acid ^{[7] [31] [49]}
• Season to Risk ^[63]
• Shellac ^[64]
• Shorty ^[65]
• Show Me the Body ^[66]
• Six Finger Satellite ^[8]
• Sonic Youth ^{[7] [8]}
• Steel Pole Bath Tub ^[67]
• Steve Albini ^[36]
• The Stooges ^[7]
• Swans ^[8]

T

• Tad ^[68]
• Tar ^[5]
• Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 ^[26]
• Totimoshi ^[69]
• Tropical Fuck Storm ^[70]
• Today Is the Day ^[5]

U

• Uboa ^[71]
• Unsane ^[72]
• Unwound ^[73]
• Uzi ^[31]
• The U-Men ^[74]

V

• The Velvet Underground ^[7]

W

• White Zombie ^[75]
• Whores ^[76]

Z

• Zeni Geva ^[77]

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