The Fall

Influential British post-punk band

La Monte Young

Pioneering Minimalist Composer and Artist

Marian Zazeela

American Visual Artist and Experimental Music P...

Gavin Bryars

British Avant-Garde Composer and Double Bassist

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

Avengers

Multinational Superhero Ensemble Band

Tony Conrad

Experimental Avant-Garde Composer and Filmmaker

Crime

Theatre Of Eternal Music

Avant-garde Drone Music Pioneers

Sonic Youth

Influential Alternative Rock Band

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...

Glaxo Babies

Post-punk pioneers from the UK

The Sun Ra Arkestra

Legendary Afrofuturist Jazz Ensemble

Guided By Voices

Indie Rock Pioneers

Steve Reich

Innovative American Minimalist Composer

Scientist

Jamaican dub pioneer and producer

Devo

Innovative New Wave/Punk Band

Cluster

German experimental electronic music pioneers

Brigitte Fontaine

French avant-garde singer-songwriter

Glenn Branca

Avant-Garde Composer and Guitarist

Don Pullen

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Composer

Suicide

American electronic protopunk band

Jon Gibson

Christian Singer-Songwriter and Saxophonist

Roberto Cacciapaglia

Italian contemporary classical composer and pia...

The Flesh Eaters

Pioneering Los Angeles Punk Rock Band

Pip Proud

Australian Outsider Musician and Poet

Francesco Messina

Ike Yard

Post-punk pioneers

Ellen Fullman

Experimental Sound Artist and Long String Instr...

Debris'

The Contortions

Influential No Wave Punk Band

David Cunningham

Paris 1942

Ennio Morricone

Italian Film Composer and Conductor

John Adams

British Contemporary Classical Composer

Franco Battiato

Italian Experimental Singer-Songwriter and Comp...

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

The Mekons

British punk/post-punk band

John Frusciante

Red Hot Chili Peppers Guitarist and Experimenta...

Martin Rev

American electronic musician and half of the pr...

William Hooker

Innovative American Jazz Drummer and Composer

Alvin Curran

Avant-Garde Composer and Experimental Music Pio...

Marion Brown

Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Arnold Dreyblatt

Experimental Minimalist Composer and Performer

Byard Lancaster

Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist and Flutist

Phill Niblock

Minimalist Composer and Multimedia Artist

Germs

Pioneering Los Angeles punk rock band

Alain Goraguer

French composer and jazz pianist

Areski - Brigitte Fontaine

French Avant-Garde Music Duo

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