The Fall

Influential British post-punk band

Marian Zazeela

American Visual Artist and Experimental Music P...

La Monte Young

Pioneering Minimalist Composer and Artist

The Ex

Dutch Experimental Punk Band

Harold Budd

Ambient Music Pioneer and Avant-Garde Composer

Spacemen 3

British Psychedelic Space Rock Pioneers

This Kind Of Punishment

New Zealand Post-Punk Duo

Tony Conrad

Experimental Avant-Garde Composer and Filmmaker

Crime

Avengers

Multinational Superhero Ensemble Band

Theatre Of Eternal Music

Avant-garde Drone Music Pioneers

Bert Jansch

Scottish folk music pioneer

Joe McPhee

Innovative American Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist

Faust

German Krautrock Pioneers

Milford Graves

Innovative American Jazz Drummer and Percussion...

Steve Reich

Innovative American Minimalist Composer

Guided By Voices

Indie Rock Pioneers

Scientist

Jamaican dub pioneer and producer

Devo

Innovative New Wave/Punk Band

Gavin Bryars

British Avant-Garde Composer and Double Bassist

Cluster

German experimental electronic music pioneers

Glenn Branca

Avant-Garde Composer and Guitarist

Suicide

American electronic protopunk band

Brigitte Fontaine

French avant-garde singer-songwriter

The Flesh Eaters

Pioneering Los Angeles Punk Rock Band

Jon Gibson

Christian Singer-Songwriter and Saxophonist

Pip Proud

Australian Outsider Musician and Poet

Don Pullen

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Composer

Ike Yard

Post-punk pioneers

Francesco Messina

David Cunningham

The Contortions

Influential No Wave Punk Band

Ennio Morricone

Italian Film Composer and Conductor

The Sun Ra Arkestra

Legendary Afrofuturist Jazz Ensemble

Sonic Youth

Influential Alternative Rock Band

Ornette Coleman

Innovative Jazz Saxophonist and Free Jazz Pioneer

The Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Innovative Avant-Garde Jazz Collective

Albert Ayler

Innovative Free Jazz Saxophonist

Richard Pinhas

French electronic music pioneer and guitarist

Alice Coltrane

Jazz Harpist and Pianist Pioneer

John Frusciante

Red Hot Chili Peppers Guitarist and Experimenta...

Martin Rev

American electronic musician and half of the pr...

The Mekons

British punk/post-punk band

William Hooker

Innovative American Jazz Drummer and Composer

Marion Brown

Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Byard Lancaster

Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist and Flutist

Arnold Dreyblatt

Experimental Minimalist Composer and Performer

Phill Niblock

Minimalist Composer and Multimedia Artist

Alvin Curran

Avant-Garde Composer and Experimental Music Pio...

Alain Goraguer

French composer and jazz pianist

Germs

Pioneering Los Angeles punk rock band

The Orchestra Of Excited Strings

Dynamic Ensemble Specializing in Energetic Stri...

Areski - Brigitte Fontaine

French Avant-Garde Music Duo

Dicks

Roberto Cacciapaglia

Italian contemporary classical composer and pia...

Peter Jefferies

New Zealand Experimental Musician and Songwriter

Sonny Sharrock

Innovative American Jazz Guitarist

Suburban Lawns

80s New Wave Punk Band

Makaya Ntshoko

South African Jazz Drummer

cLOUDDEAD

Experimental Hip-Hop Collective