Era
1980s Classic Rock · Alternative Rock · Pop Rock
Post-punk, new wave, hair metal, college rock, thrash metal, and the underground that becomes alternative.
- 172 artists
- 21 countries
- Classic Rock dominant genre
- #012 Nirvana
- #014 Radiohead
- #028 The Smiths
- #035 Sonic Youth
- #038 Guns N' Roses
- #042 Beastie Boys
- #043 R.E.M.
- #047 Metallica
- #049 Pavement
- #052 Pixies
- #060 Nine Inch Nails
- #061 Green Day
- #074 My Bloody Valentine
- #075 New Order
- #094 Traveling Wilburys
- #104 Hole
- #106 Depeche Mode
- #111 Red Hot Chili Peppers
- #115 They Might Be Giants
- #117 Dream Theater
- #119 Slayer
- #130 Waxahatchee
- #137 Talk Talk
- #143 Neutral Milk Hotel
- #148 The Jesus and Mary Chain
- #154 Deftones
- #160 Dinosaur Jr.
- #162 Avril Lavigne
- #164 The Breeders
- #170 Pantera
- #171 Fugazi
- #176 The Chemical Brothers
- #182 Hayley Williams
- #188 Danny Brown
- #192 Minutemen
- #193 The Smashing Pumpkins
- #200 St. Vincent
- #209 Helloween
- #217 Soundgarden
- #219 Regina Spektor
- #230 The Stone Roses
- #232 Lupe Fiasco
- #235 Pet Shop Boys
- #240 Hilary Duff
- #241 Bon Jovi
- #248 Mötley Crüe
- #256 Primus
- #257 Yo La Tengo
- #258 Silver Jews
- #272 Violent Femmes
- #274 Tears for Fears
- #276 Ministry
- #284 Aurora
- #292 Angel Olsen
- #293 Porcupine Tree
- #297 Phish
- #304 Father John Misty
- #306 Slowdive
- #307 Kyuss
- #315 Mika
- #327 Barenaked Ladies
- #336 Gotye
- #339 NOFX
- #355 Goo Goo Dolls
- #362 L7
- #365 Sepultura
- #381 Blur
- #391 Type O Negative
- #396 Courtney Barnett
- #399 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- #401 Megadeth
- #403 Manic Street Preachers
- #418 Death
- #423 Jelly Roll
- #435 LiSA
- #437 Cannibal Corpse
- #439 Minor Threat
- #454 Alice N' Chains
- #465 Jane's Addiction
- #467 Mayhem
- #468 Brandon Flowers
- #469 Ashlee Simpson
- #471 Meshuggah
- #483 The Sundays
- #484 Bloodhound Gang
- #485 Bathory
- #491 Dio
- #499 Suicidal Tendencies
- #504 Kurt Vile
- #506 B.o.B
- #510 Leighton Meester
- #514 Arijit Singh
- #520 Jessica Pratt
- #521 Jesse McCartney
- #525 Christina Perri
- #527 Devendra Banhart
- #537 Orville Peck
- #539 Amy Macdonald
- #541 Ben Howard
- #543 Paolo Nutini
- #549 Michael Kiwanuka
- #559 Colbie Caillat
- #570 James Morrison
- #572 Elle King
- #582 LP
- #583 Kelly Osbourne
- #593 Natalia Lafourcade
- #605 Lights
- #607 Conor Oberst
- #633 Mon Laferte
- #644 Brandi Carlile
- #646 Carrie Underwood
- #648 Anthony Green
- #650 Albert Hammond, Jr.
- #658 Brittany Howard
- #663 John Maus
- #671 Soda Stereo
- #672 Chelsea Wolfe
- #677 The Hives
- #680 Drake Bell
- #681 311
- #702 Marcus Mumford
- #711 The Waterboys
- #717 The Bangles
- #722 Travie McCoy
- #725 The Flaming Lips
- #726 Miles Kane
- #728 Amy Lee
- #732 Alex Clare
- #735 James
- #736 Cody Johnson
- #739 No Doubt
- #741 The Cranberries
- #743 Hootie & the Blowfish
- #744 Jeff Rosenstock
- #745 Marilyn Manson
- #748 Patrick Stump
- #750 James Vincent McMorrow
- #751 X Japan
- #760 Frank Iero
- #769 Testament
- #773 The Offspring
- #775 Blind Guardian
- #779 Alice in Chains
- #785 Galaxie 500
- #795 4 Non Blondes
- #814 Charlotte Church
- #818 Ty Segall
- #825 Queensrÿche
- #853 Manowar
- #855 Fear Factory
- #859 The Black Crowes
- #862 K.Flay
- #873 Napalm Death
- #881 Paradise Lost
- #893 Erasure
- #914 Professor Green
- #920 Brantley Gilbert
- #929 Danzig
- #932 Noize MC
- #934 Ryan Cabrera
- #936 Jamie T
- #942 Ben Kweller
- #943 W.A.S.P.
- #945 Morphine
- #948 Bahamas
- #963 Kreator
- #970 Missy Higgins
- #975 Neurosis
- #982 Josh Kelley
- #988 David Cook
- #999 Poison