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Criteria: Alternative Music Artists are ranked by their influence, impact, and popularity. List includes alternative rock, post-punk and new wave artists, as well as artists in the various alternative rock subgenres (including - but not limited to - indie rock, Britpop, grunge, shoegazing, post rock, emo, alternative dance, goth rock, and dream pop).

Edited By: Ryan
Last Updated: 2025-12-12

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R.E.M.

bolded artists are new to the 2025 revision of the list.

1. R.E.M.
2. Nirvana
3. Radiohead
4. Talking Heads
5. The Cure
6. Sonic Youth
7. Pearl Jam
8. U2
9. The Smiths
10. Pixies
11. Red Hot Chili Peppers
12. The Replacements
13. Elvis Costello & The Attractions
14. Joy Division
15. Nine Inch Nails
16. Green Day
17. Depeche Mode
18. Soundgarden
19. Hüsker Dü
20. Kate Bush
21. The Smashing Pumpkins
22. Beck
23. New Order
24. Dinosaur Jr.
25. Jane's Addiction
26. Echo and the Bunnymen
27. Siouxsie and the Banshees
28. Foo Fighters
29. Pavement
30. Oasis
31. Fugazi
32. XTC
33. Alice in Chains
34. Weezer
35. Minutemen
36. The Jesus and Mary Chain
37. The White Stripes
38. Tori Amos
39. Blur
40. Wire
41. My Bloody Valentine
42. Björk
43. The Jam
44. Liz Phair
45. Rage Against the Machine
46. No Doubt
47. Bauhaus
48. PJ Harvey
49. Coldplay
50. Jeff Buckley

51. The B-52's
52. Hole
53. Faith No More
54. Stone Temple Pilots
55. The Flaming Lips
56. Public Image Ltd.
57. Cocteau Twins
58. They Might Be Giants
59. Linkin Park
60. The Strokes
61. Alanis Morissette
62. My Chemical Romance
63. Paramore
64. Arctic Monkeys
65. Fiona Apple
66. Deftones
67. Mudhoney
68. Pulp
69. The Tragically Hip
70. Blink 182
71. The Killers
72. Sinéad O'Connor
73. Wilco
74. Morrissey
75. The Psychedelic Furs
76. The Offspring
77. Muse
78. Incubus
79. Violent Femmes
80. Portishead
81. Soda Stereo
82. Primal Scream
83. 10,000 Maniacs
84. INXS
85. The Stone Roses
86. Sublime
87. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
88. Modest Mouse
89. Vampire Weekend
90. The Cranberries
91. Sleater-Kinney
92. Gorillaz
93. Suede
94. Midnight Oil
95. Elliott Smith
96. Gang of Four
97. Goo Goo Dolls
98. Sarah McLachlan
99. Queens of the Stone Age
100. Superchunk

101. Belle and Sebastian
102. Meat Puppets
103. Yo La Tengo
104. The Fall
105. LCD Soundsystem
106. Sunny Day Real Estate
107. The Breeders
108. Rancid
109. The Sisters of Mercy
110. Florence + The Machine
111. Fall Out Boy
112. Primus
113. Arcade Fire
114. Guided by Voices
115. The Happy Mondays
116. The Go-Betweens
117. Bad Religion
118. Bikini Kill
119. Manic Street Preachers
120. Ministry
121. Soul Asylum
122. The Pogues
123. Bush
124. The Smithereens
125. Aimee Mann
126. Mission of Burma
127. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
128. TV on the Radio
129. The Church
130. The Verve
131. Teenage Fanclub
132. Spoon
133. Jimmy Eat World
134. Franz Ferdinand
135. Fishbone
136. Stereolab
137. Slowdive
138. Throwing Muses
139. The Alarm
140. Gin Blossoms
141. The Sugarcubes
142. Legião Urbana
143. Killing Joke
144. Camper Van Beethoven
145. The Black Keys
146. Juliana Hatfield
147. Kings of Leon
148. Third Eye Blind
149. The National
150. This Mortal Coil

151. Social Distortion
152. Galaxie 500
153. The Chameleons
154. The Mountain Goats
155. Interpol
156. Bloc Party
157. Live
158. Lush
159. The Lemonheads
160. The Charlatans
161. Death Cab for Cutie
162. 311
163. Ween
164. American Football
165. Billy Bragg
166. Silverchair
167. Ride
168. The The
169. Robyn Hitchcock
170. Placebo
171. Matchbox Twenty
172. Belly
173. Low
174. Love and Rockets
175. Neutral Milk Hotel
176. Sebadoh
177. James
178. Built to Spill
179. Screaming Trees
180. Phoenix
181. Beach House
182. Mother Love Bone
183. At the Drive-In
184. St. Vincent
185. Bright Eyes
186. Sloan
187. The Birthday Party
188. Pere Ubu
189. Butthole Surfers
190. Panic! at the Disco
191. The Slits
192. Afghan Whigs
193. Catherine Wheel
194. Matthew Sweet
195. The Hold Steady
196. The Feelies
197. Magazine
198. AFI
199. Uncle Tupelo
200. Lorde

201. Silversun Pickups
202. Cage the Elephant
203. The dB's
204. The Call
205. Snow Patrol
206. Slint
207. Taking Back Sunday
208. Super Furry Animals
209. Spiritualized
210. fIREHOSE
211. Helmet
212. The Sundays
213. Tame Impala
214. The Wedding Present
215. The Chills
216. Big Black
217. Beat Happening
218. Fountains of Wayne
219. Let's Active
220. The Dismemberment Plan
221. Hum
222. The Magnetic Fields
223. Foals
224. The Jesus Lizard
225. M.I.A.
226. The 1975
227. Orange Juice
228. Broken Social Scene
229. The xx
230. The Shins
231. My Morning Jacket
232. Morphine
233. Pylon
234. Twenty One Pilots
235. Sigur Rós
236. Barenaked Ladies
237. Swans
238. The Soft Boys
239. The Mekons
240. Game Theory
241. The War on Drugs
242. Mitski
243. Big Thief
244. Héroes del Silencio
245. Phoebe Bridgers
246. Courtney Barnett
247. Billie Eilish
248. Soul Coughing
249. Alvvays
250. Our Lady Peace

EDIT: This is the old 2021 revision and I am adding it to the second post for archival reasons

1. R.E.M.
2. Nirvana
3. Radiohead
4. Talking Heads
5. The Cure
6. Sonic Youth
7. Pearl Jam
8. U2
9. The Smiths
10. Pixies
11. Red Hot Chili Peppers
12. The Replacements
13. Elvis Costello & The Attractions
14. Joy Division
15. Nine Inch Nails
16. Green Day
17. Depeche Mode
18. Soundgarden
19. Hüsker Dü
20. Kate Bush
21. Beastie Boys
22. The Smashing Pumpkins
23. Beck
24. New Order
25. Dinosaur Jr.
26. Television
27. Jane's Addiction
28. Echo and the Bunnymen
29. Siouxsie and the Banshees
30. Foo Fighters
31. Pavement
32. Oasis
33. Fugazi
34. XTC
35. Alice in Chains
36. Weezer
37. Minutemen
38. The Jesus and Mary Chain
39. The White Stripes
40. Blondie
41. Tori Amos
42. Blur
43. Wire
44. My Bloody Valentine
45. Björk
46. Morrissey
47. Bauhaus
48. A Tribe Called Quest
49. The Pretenders
50. The Jam

51. The Flaming Lips
52. No Doubt
53. Stone Temple Pilots
54. Liz Phair
55. Public Image Ltd.
56. Violent Femmes
57. Mudhoney
58. Cocteau Twins
59. Faith No More
60. Pulp
61. Hole
62. PJ Harvey
63. 10,000 Maniacs
64. De La Soul
65. Jeff Buckley
66. Rage Against the Machine
67. Coldplay
68. Portishead
69. The B-52's
70. Meat Puppets
71. Primal Scream
72. Linkin Park
73. Incubus
74. They Might Be Giants
75. The Stone Roses
76. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
77. Gang of Four
78. The Psychedelic Furs
79. The Tragically Hip
80. Wilco
81. Sleater-Kinney
82. The Offspring
83. Arcade Fire
84. The Fall
85. Suede
86. Belle and Sebastian
87. Midnight Oil
88. Sublime
89. Superchunk
90. Yo La Tengo
91. INXS
92. Muse
93. Fiona Apple
94. Squeeze
95. Devo
96. The Killers
97. Blink-182
98. The Strokes
99. Garbage
100. Modest Mouse

101. Queens of the Stone Age
102. Soul Asylum
103. Guided by Voices
104. My Chemical Romance
105. The Roots
106. Alanis Morissette
107. Deftones
108. Massive Attack
109. Elliott Smith
110. Manic Street Preachers
111. The Go-Betweens
112. The Cranberries
113. The Sisters of Mercy
114. Primus
115. Bad Religion
116. Fall Out Boy
117. The Specials
118. Mission of Burma
119. Spoon
120. The Pharcyde
121. Teenage Fanclub
122. Sinéad O'Connor
123. The Fugees
124. Sunny Day Real Estate
125. The Church
126. The Breeders
127. The Alarm
128. The Happy Mondays
129. Bush
130. Mother Love Bones
131. Killing Joke
132. Aimee Mann
133. Florence + The Machine
134. Vampire Weekend
135. Gin Blossoms
136. Camper Van Beethoven
137. The Black Keys
138. Billy Bragg
139. The Pogues
140. Juliana Hatfield
141. Ministry
142. Arctic Monkeys
143. Paramore
144. Gorillaz
145. Afghan Whigs
146. Lush
147. Love and Rockets
148. Silverchair
149. Jimmy Eat World
150. Throwing Muses

151. Talk Talk
152. This Mortal Coil
153. The Lemonheads
154. The Verve
155. Pere Ubu
156. Slowdive
157. Panic! at the Disco
158. Ride
159. Sebadoh
160. Social Distortion
161. Built to Spill
162. Uncle Tupelo
163. The Slits
164. The Chameleons
165. The The
166. The Sugarcubes
167. Twenty One Pilots
168. Silversun Pickups
169. Madness
170. Kings of Leon
171. Death Cab for Cutie
172. Robyn Hitchcock
173. The Smithereens
174. James
175. This Heat
176. Stereolab
177. Galaxie 500
178. The Charlatans
179. Matthew Sweet
180. Placebo
181. Screaming Trees
182. LCD Soundsystem
183. The Feelies
184. The dB's
185. Tears for Fears
186. Neutral Milk Hotel
187. The Wedding Present
188. Soda Stereo
189. Sloan
190. Belly
191. Butthole Surfers
192. Rancid
193. Cage the Elephant
194. Catherine Wheel
195. Game Theory
196. Magazine
197. The Birthday Party
198. Franz Ferdinand
199. Taking Back Sunday
200. The Beautiful South
201. fIREHOSE
202. The Sundays
203. Lorde
204. The Chills
205. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
206. The National
207. Lucinda Williams
208. Spiritualized
209. Super Furry Animals
210. Big Black
211. Beat Happening
212. The Jesus Lizard
213. Fountains of Wayne
214. At The Drive-In
215. The Mountain Goats
216. Let's Active
217. The Dismemberment Plan
218. Pylon
219. Bright Eyes
220. American Football
221. TV on the Radio
222. Steve Earle
223. Orange Juice
224. The Soft Boys
225. Ween

226. M.I.A.
227. The Call
228. The Magnetic Fields
229. Broken Social Scene
230. Foals
231. Tame Impala
232. The 1975
233. Snow Patrol
234. Morphine
235. Slint
236. The Jayhawks
237. Thirty Seconds to Mars
238. The Mekons
239. Low
240. Swans
241. AFI
242. Mumford & Sons
243. CHVRCHES
244. The xx
245. Imagine Dragons
246. Beach House
247. Urge Overkill
248. Barenaked Ladies
249. Redd Kross
250. Bastille

Original post follows below

Artists I am probably increasing their position next revision
50. The Jam
52. No Doubt
53. Stone Temple Pilots
62. PJ Harvey
66. Rage Against the Machine
67. Coldplay
69. The B-52's - more specifically alternative than Blondie
72. Linkin Park
73. Incubus
82. The Offspring
88. Sublime
91. INXS - they're low they were more new wave than alternative, but they were a core artist on early alt rock radio.
96. The Killers
97. Blink-182
98. The Strokes
104. My Chemical Romance
106. Alanis Morissette
107. Deftones
122. Sinéad O'Connor
128. The Happy Mondays
132. Aimee Mann
134. Vampire Weekend
142. Arctic Monkeys
143. Paramore
144. Gorillaz
149. Jimmy Eat World
164. The Chameleons
167. Twenty One Pilots
182. LCD Soundsystem
188. Soda Stereo
192. Rancid
206. The National
232. The 1975
239. Low

Artists I am probably decreasing their position next revision
55. Public Image Ltd.
70. Meat Puppets
83. Arcade Fire
86. Belle and Sebastian

Artists I am probably adding
The Goo Goo Dolls
Live
Matchbox Twenty
Third Eye Blind
Sarah McLachlan
Legião Urbana
Courtney Barnett
Alvvays
Big Thief
The War on Drugs
Phoebe Bridgers
St. Vincent
The Hold Steady

Artists I am probably removing from the list
40. Blondie - probably not an alternative artist, but definitely an influence
95. Devo - same
228. The Magnetic Fields
236. The Jayhawks
237. Thirty Seconds to Mars
238. The Mekons
242. Mumford & Sons
245. Imagine Dragons
247. Urge Overkill
249. Redd Kross
250. Bastille

Artists I am unsure about their inclusion on this list
21. Beastie Boys - basically became an alternative rock band by Check Your Head, but worth reconsidering all the same
26. Television - too early to call alternative?
48. A Tribe Called Quest - worth asking if the hip-hop artists belong on this list.
49. The Pretenders
64. De La Soul
94. Squeeze - too new wave?
105. The Roots
108. Massive Attack - same thing with the trip hop acts
120. The Pharcyde
123. The Fugees
117. The Specials - too new wave?
169. Madness
185. Tears for Fears
207. Lucinda Williams
222. Steve Earle

Including alt hip-hop is a tricky one. If you are including rock artists that are on the alternative side, then sure, but that's not really what the Alternative Rock genre name refers to.

Funny, I was just thinking about this. I remember Sampson pushing for an inclusive list, like the one Ryan has here. Still, I think alternative hip-hop is different enough to deserve its own separate list. Grouping it with broader categories might blur the unique qualities that set it apart from alternative rock. It often has a different sound, message, and background that make it stand out on its own.

Oh, I had forgotten there actually is a list already...

https://digitaldreamdoor.com/mobile/rap ... ative.html

I think alt hip-hop should be removed. It's rock that is alternative, but alternative rock refers to a specific style of guitar rock that doesn't really apply to A Tribe Called Quest and others.

Same with trip hop, alt-country, etc.

Also, while Beastie Boys have a couple songs within the alt rock lane I don't think they were ever clearly an alt rock band for even one album so I'd say their inclusion is rather questionable.

I also have a second list as part of this, 100 Greatest Influences on Alternative Music, that I created because I thought David Bowie and the Velvet Underground didn't really belong on the main list but I felt like I had to mention them in some way.

Some of the artists on this list are very surface level inclusions that influenced lots of different genres but I don't think really fit in an alternative specific list. I have those artists bolded here for potential removal to be replaced by the alt hip hop etc. artists

1. David Bowie
2. Velvet Underground
3. The Beatles
4. Neil Young
5. The Stooges
6. MC5
7. Patti Smith
8. Frank Zappa
9. Brian Eno
10. Scott Walker
11. Tom Waits
12. Ramones
13. Sex Pistols
14. The Clash
15. Lou Reed
16. Iggy Pop
17. Roxy Music
18. Kraftwerk
19. The Sonics
20. Big Star
21. The Byrds
22. Can
23. Buzzcocks
24. Black Flag
25. Throbbing Gristle
26. Suicide
27. Bad Brains
28. Leonard Cohen
29. Peter Gabriel
30. New York Dolls
31. Todd Rundgren
32. The Residents
33. Joni Mitchell
34. X
35. Captain Beefheart
36. Dead Kennedys
37. Public Enemy
38. Warren Zevon
39. Prince
40. Syd Barrett
41. The Stranglers
42. T. Rex
43. Cheap Trick
44. Love
45. The 13th Floor Elevators
46. The Kinks
47. Sparks
48. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
49. Nick Lowe
50. Jefferson Airplane
51. The Seeds
52. The Damned
53. John Cale
54. Richard Hell and the Voidoids
55. Grace Jones
56. Yellow Magic Orchestra
57. The Cars
58. Laurie Anderson
59. Nico
60. Stiff Little Fingers
61. Moby Grape
62. Cypress Hill
63. Los Lobos
64. Richard Thompson
65. Glenn Branca
66. Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
67. The Undertones
68. The Cramps
69. Nick Drake
70. ESG
71. Cabaret Voltaire
72. The Gun Club
73. Suzanne Vega
74. King Crimson
75. Living Colour
76. Pink Floyd
77. Miles Davis
78. Gil-Scott Heron
79. The Soft Machine
80. Metallica
81. Grateful Dead
82. Herbie Hancock
83. Motörhead
84. The Monks
85. Dr. Feelgood
86. The Chemical Brothers
87. The Prodigy
88. Robert Wyatt
89. The Adverts
90. John Cage
91. The KLF
92. Graham Parker
93. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
94. Daft Punk
95. James Chance and the Contortions
96. Liquid Liquid
97. Ian Dury
98. Phish
99. Aphex Twin
100. Bob Marley & The Wailers

I think Daft Punk could probably stay, but I agree with taking everyone else off the list.

I am planning out a revision now.

The following artists are off the list
* = will be moved to the influences list

21. Beastie Boys *
26. Television *
40. Blondie *
48. A Tribe Called Quest *
49. The Pretenders *
64. De La Soul *
94. Squeeze *
95. Devo *
105. The Roots *
108. Massive Attack *
120. The Pharcyde *
123. The Fugees
117. The Specials *
169. Madness *
185. Tears for Fears *
200. The Beautiful South
207. Lucinda Williams *
222. Steve Earle *
228. The Magnetic Fields
236. The Jayhawks
237. Thirty Seconds to Mars
238. The Mekons
242. Mumford & Sons
243. CHVRCHES
245. Imagine Dragons
247. Urge Overkill
249. Redd Kross
250. Bastille

The following new artists are on the list
The Goo Goo Dolls
Live
Matchbox Twenty
Third Eye Blind
Sarah McLachlan
Legião Urbana
Alvvays
Big Thief
The War on Drugs
Phoebe Bridgers
St. Vincent
The Hold Steady
Bloc Party
Interpol
Hum
Helmet
311
The Postal Service
The Shins
Mitski


On the bubble:
Blind Melon
Courtney Barnett
Deerhunter
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Mitski
Olivia Rodrigo
Thursday

Back eventually with the new list

New revision
10/27/2025 by Ryan

1. R.E.M.
2. Nirvana
3. Radiohead
4. Talking Heads
5. The Cure
6. Sonic Youth
7. Pearl Jam
8. U2
9. The Smiths
10. Pixies
11. Red Hot Chili Peppers
12. The Replacements
13. Elvis Costello & The Attractions
14. Joy Division
15. Nine Inch Nails
16. Green Day
17. Depeche Mode
18. Soundgarden
19. Hüsker Dü
20. Kate Bush
21. The Smashing Pumpkins
22. Beck
23. New Order
24. Dinosaur Jr.
25. Jane's Addiction
26. Echo and the Bunnymen
27. Siouxsie and the Banshees
28. Foo Fighters
29. Pavement
30. Oasis
31. Fugazi
32. XTC
33. Alice in Chains
34. Weezer
35. Minutemen
36. The Jesus and Mary Chain
37. The White Stripes
38. Tori Amos
39. Blur
40. Wire
41. My Bloody Valentine
42. Björk
43. The Jam
44. Liz Phair
45. Rage Against the Machine
46. No Doubt
47. Bauhaus
48. PJ Harvey
49. Coldplay
50. Jeff Buckley

51. The B-52's
52. Hole
53. Faith No More
54. Stone Temple Pilots
55. The Flaming Lips
56. Public Image Ltd.
57. Cocteau Twins
58. They Might Be Giants
59. Linkin Park
60. The Strokes
61. Alanis Morissette
62. My Chemical Romance
63. Paramore
64. Arctic Monkeys
65. Fiona Apple
66. Deftones
67. Mudhoney
68. Pulp
69. The Tragically Hip
70. Blink 182
71. The Killers
72. Sinéad O'Connor
73. Wilco
74. Morrissey
75. The Psychedelic Furs
76. The Offspring
77. Muse
78. Incubus
79. Violent Femmes
80. Portishead
81. Soda Stereo
82. Primal Scream
83. 10,000 Maniacs
84. INXS
85. The Stone Roses
86. Sublime
87. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
88. Modest Mouse
89. Vampire Weekend
90. The Cranberries
91. Sleater-Kinney
92. Gorillaz
93. Suede
94. Midnight Oil
95. Elliott Smith
96. Gang of Four
97. Goo Goo Dolls
98. Sarah McLachlan
99. Queens of the Stone Age
100. Superchunk

101. Belle and Sebastian
102. Meat Puppets
103. Yo La Tengo
104. The Fall
105. LCD Soundsystem
106. Sunny Day Real Estate
107. The Breeders
108. Rancid
109. The Sisters of Mercy
110. Florence + The Machine
111. Fall Out Boy
112. Primus
113. Arcade Fire
114. Guided by Voices
115. The Happy Mondays
116. The Go-Betweens
117. Bad Religion
118. Bikini Kill
119. Manic Street Preachers
120. Ministry
121. Soul Asylum
122. The Pogues
123. Bush
124. The Smithereens
125. Aimee Mann
126. Mission of Burma
127. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
128. TV on the Radio
129. The Church
130. The Verve
131. Teenage Fanclub
132. Spoon
133. Jimmy Eat World
134. Franz Ferdinand
135. Fishbone
136. Stereolab
137. Slowdive
138. Throwing Muses
139. The Alarm
140. Gin Blossoms
141. The Sugarcubes
142. Legião Urbana
143. Killing Joke
144. Camper Van Beethoven
145. The Black Keys
146. Juliana Hatfield
147. Kings of Leon
148. Third Eye Blind
149. The National
150. This Mortal Coil

151. Social Distortion
152. Galaxie 500
153. The Chameleons
154. The Mountain Goats
155. Interpol
156. Bloc Party
157. Live
158. Lush
159. The Lemonheads
160. The Charlatans
161. Death Cab for Cutie
162. 311
163. Ween
164. American Football
165. Billy Bragg
166. Silverchair
167. Ride
168. The The
169. Robyn Hitchcock
170. Placebo
171. Matchbox Twenty
172. Belly
173. Low
174. Love and Rockets
175. Neutral Milk Hotel
176. Sebadoh
177. James
178. Built to Spill
179. Screaming Trees
180. Phoenix
181. Beach House
182. Mother Love Bone
183. At the Drive-In
184. St. Vincent
185. Bright Eyes
186. Sloan
187. The Birthday Party
188. Pere Ubu
189. Butthole Surfers
190. Panic! at the Disco
191. The Slits
192. Afghan Whigs
193. Catherine Wheel
194. Matthew Sweet
195. The Hold Steady
196. The Feelies
197. Magazine
198. AFI
199. Uncle Tupelo
200. Lorde

201. Silversun Pickups
202. Cage the Elephant
203. The dB's
204. The Call
205. Snow Patrol
206. Slint
207. Taking Back Sunday
208. Super Furry Animals
209. Spiritualized
210. fIREHOSE
211. Helmet
212. The Sundays
213. Tame Impala
214. The Wedding Present
215. The Chills
216. Big Black
217. Beat Happening
218. Fountains of Wayne
219. Let's Active
220. The Dismemberment Plan
221. Hum
222. The Magnetic Fields
223. Foals
224. The Jesus Lizard
225. M.I.A.
226. The 1975
227. Orange Juice
228. Broken Social Scene
229. The xx
230. The Shins
231. My Morning Jacket
232. Morphine
233. Pylon
234. Twenty One Pilots
235. Sigur Rós
236. Barenaked Ladies
237. Swans
238. The Soft Boys
239. The Mekons
240. Game Theory
241. The War on Drugs
242. Mitski
243. Big Thief
244. Héroes del Silencio
245. Phoebe Bridgers
246. Courtney Barnett
247. Billie Eilish
248. Soul Coughing
249. Alvvays
250. Our Lady Peace

Nice job! I like the Soda Stereo bump and the mention of Héroes del Silencio

I'd have The Strokes in the top 50-60

new influences list

1. David Bowie
2. Velvet Underground
3. Neil Young
4. The Stooges
5. MC5
6. Patti Smith
7. Brian Eno
8. Scott Walker
9. Television
10. Tom Waits
11. Ramones
12. Sex Pistols
13. The Clash
14. Lou Reed
15. Iggy Pop
16. Blondie
17. Roxy Music
18. Big Star
19. Kraftwerk
20. The Sonics
21. Beastie Boys
22. New York Dolls
23. Buzzcocks
23. The Pretenders
24. Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
25. Black Flag
26. X
27. The Damned
28. Captain Beefheart
29. Nick Drake
30. Devo
31. Can
32. Throbbing Gristle
33. Suicide
34. Bad Brains
35. Peter Gabriel
36. The Residents
37. Dead Kennedys
38. Syd Barrett
39. The Stranglers
40. T. Rex
41. Love
42. The 13th Floor Elevators
43. Sparks
44. Nick Lowe
45. Lucinda Williams
46. The Seeds
47. John Cale
48. The Specials
49. Richard Hell and the Voidoids
50. The Cars
51. Laurie Anderson
52. Nico
53. Stiff Little Fingers
54. Misfits
55. Los Lobos
56. Richard Thompson
57. Glenn Branca
58. Massive Attack
59. The Adverts
60. Cabaret Voltaire
61. Ian Dury and the Blockheads
62. X-Ray Spex
63. The Raincoats
64. The Fugs
65. Germs
66. Suzanne Vega
67. Flipper
68. ESG
69. Talk Talk
70. This Heat
71. Robert Wyatt
72. Graham Parker
73. Steve Earle
74. Descendents
75. The Go-Go's
76. James Chance and the Contortions
77. The Cramps
78. Dead Boys
79. De La Soul
80. A Tribe Called Quest
81. The Roots
82. Squeeze
83. The Monks
84. The Pop Group
85. Radio Birdman
86. Liquid Liquid
87. Charly Garcia
88. The Saints
89. The Gun Club
90. Dr. Feelgood
91. Tears for Fears
92. Flamin' Groovies
93. Marshall Crenshaw
94. Swell Maps
95. Johnny Thunders
96. The Prodigy
97. The Chemical Brothers
98. Living Colour
99. Crass
100. Dave Edmunds

The Specials are there twice, at 48 and 60

Fido wrote: Wed Oct 29, 2025 5:04 am The Specials are there twice, at 48 and 60

Thanks for spotting. Added Dave Edmunds to the list to replace the duplicate.