Bands

Below is an assorted list of 'starter' bands by genre, each genre is arranged as close to chronologically as possible.
==Punk (1970s)==
 	 	 	
Sex Pistols	Ramones 	The Clash 	Misfits
 	 	 	
Buzzcocks 	The Damned	Stiff Little Fingers	X
 	 	 	
Germs 	Wipers 	Patti Smith 	
==Industrial (1970s)==
 	 	 	
Throbbing Gristle	Monte Cazazza	Cabaret Voltaire	SPK
 	 	 	
Nurse With Wound 	Front 242 	KMFDM 	Foetus
==Oi! (1970s)==
 	 	 	
Sham 69 	Cockney Rejects 	The 4-Skins	Cock Sparrer
 	 	 	
The Business	Angelic Upstarts	Blitz 	The Burial
==Post-Punk (1970s)==
 	 	 	
Joy Division 	The Cure 	Bauhaus 	Siouxsie and the Banshees
 	 	 	
Public Image, Ltd.	Wire 	Gang of Four	The Fall
 	 	 	
The Pop Group 	The Birthday Party	Killing Joke	The Slits
==New Wave==
===First Wave (1970s)===
 	 	 	
Devo 	Talking Heads	Blondie 	Television
 	 	 	
The Police	The Cars 	The B-52's	Duran Duran
===Second Wave (1980s)===
 	 	 	
Depeche Mode	New Order 	Tears For Fears 	INXS
 	 	 	
Oingo Boingo	Simple Minds	Echo & The Bunnymen	Soft Cell
==No Wave (1970s)==
 	 	 	
Swans	Sonic Youth 	Teenage Jesus & The Jerks	DNA
 	 	 	
Mars 	The Contortions	Theoretical Girls 	Suicide
==Hardcore Punk (1980s)==
 	 	 	 	
Black Flag 	Minor Threat	Bad Brains 	Dead Kennedys	Fear
 	 	 	 	
Circle Jerks	MDC 	Wasted Youth	TSOL 	
 	 	 	 	
Jerry's Kids	Negative FX 	JFA 	SNFU 	
==Street Punk (1980s)==
 	 	 	
Anti-Nowhere League	Oxymoron	The Casualties	The Virus
==Anarcho-Punk (1980s)==
 	 	 	
Crass 	Rudimentary Peni	Flux of Pink Indians	Subhumans
 	 	 	
Conflict	Anti-System 	Chumbawamba 	Reagan Youth
==UK82 (1980s)==
 	 	 	
The Exploited	Charged GBH	The UK Subs	The Adicts
 	 	 	
The Exploited	Charged GBH	The UK Subs	Antisocial
==D-Beat (1980s)==
 	 	 	
Discharge 	The Varukers	Crude SS	Mob 47
 	 	 	
Anti Cimex	Totalitär 	Avskum 	Crucifix
 	 	 	
Disclose 	Disfear 	Disgust 	Dishammer
==Post-Hardcore==
===First Wave (1980s)===
 	 	 	
Big Black 	Flipper 	Killdozer 	Soulside
 	 	 	
Naked Raygun	Scratch Acid	NoMeansNo 	Shudder To Think
 	 	 	
Fugazi 	Scream 	Nation of Ulysses	
===Second Wave (1990s) ===
 	 	 	
Helmet 	Quicksand 	Rollins Band 	Unsane
 	 	 	
Shellac	The Jesus Lizard	Unwound 	Jawbox
 	 	 	
Hum 	Chavez 	Drive Like Jehu	Refused
===Third Wave (2000s)===
 	 	 	
At The Drive-In	Glassjaw 	Thursday 	Thrice
 	 	 	
The Used 	Hawthorne Heights	Funeral For A Friend	Saosin
 	 	 	
Alesana 	Silverstein 	Alexisonfire 	From First To Last
===Fourth Wave (2010s)===
 	 	 	
Pierce The Veil 	Sleeping With Sirens	Black Veil Brides	Falling In Reverse
 	 	 	
Blessthefall 	The Color Morale 	A Skylit Drive 	Emarosa
 	 	 	
Dance Gavin Dance	Our Last Night 	Secrets 	Hands Like Houses
==Melodic Hardcore (1980s)==
 	 	 	
Descendents 	Bad Religion 	Dag Nasty 	Adolescents
 	 	 	
Gorilla Biscuits	Youth of Today	Articles of Faith	7 Seconds
==Emotive Hardcore (1980s)==
 	 	 	
Rites of Spring	The Faith	Gray Matter	Moss Icon
 	 	 	
Embrace 	 	 	
==College Rock (1980s)==
 	 	 	
Hüsker Dü 	Minutemen	The Replacements	Sonic Youth
 	 	 	
The Smiths	Pixies 	REM 	U2
==Crossover Thrash (1980s)==
 	 	 	
Suicidal Tendencies	DRI 	Agnostic Front	Cro-Mags
 	 	 	
SOD 	Municipal Waste	COC 	
==Crust Punk (1980s)==
 	 	 	
Amebix 	Hellbastard 	Antisect 	Doom
 	 	 	
Antischism	Nausea 	Driller Killer 	Aus-Rotten
 	 	 	
Skitsystem	His Hero Is Gone	Behind Enemy Lines	Tragedy
==Grunge (1980s)==
 	 	 	
Melvins 	TAD 	Nirvana 	Green River
 	 	 	
Soundgarden	Alice In Chains	Skin Yard	U-Men
==Sludge (1980s)==
 	 	 	
Eyehategod 	Acid Bath	Grief 	Buzzov•en
 	 	 	
Meth Drinker	Fistula 	Toadliquor	Bottom Feeder
==Grindcore (1980s)==
 	 	 	
Napalm Death 	Extreme Noise Terror	Carcass 	Anal Cunt
 	 	 	
Brutal Truth 	Assück 	Nasum 	Agathocles
 	 	 	
Agoraphobic Nosebleed	Pig Destroyer 	Insect Warfare	Wormrot
==Riot Grrrl (1990s)==
 	 	 	
Bikini Kill	7 Year Bitch 	Bratmobile	Huggy Bear
 	 	 	
Team Dresch	Heavens To Betsy	Excuse 17 	The Third Sex
==Alternative (1990s)==
 	 	 	
Pearl Jam 	The Smashing Pumpkins	Weezer 	Stone Temple Pilots
 	 	 	
Blind Melon	The Cranberries 	Garbage	The Breeders
==Stoner (1990s)==
 	 	 	
Kyuss 	Corrosion of Conformity	Fu Manchu 	Clutch
 	 	 	
Truckfighters	Red Fang 	Orange Goblin	Monster Magnet
==Pop Punk==
===Punk Pop (1990s)===
 	 	 	
Green Day	The Offspring	NOFX	Pennywise
 	 	 	
Lagwagon 	MxPx 	Lit 	Goldfinger
===First Wave (2000s)===
 	 	 	
Blink-182 	Sum 41 	Yellowcard 	New Found Glory
 	 	 	
Good Charlotte	Avril Lavigne	Simple Plan	All Time Low
===Second Wave (2010s)===
 	 	 	
Neck Deep	Tigers Jaw	State Champs	Man Overboard
===Third Wave (2020s)===
 	 	 	
Machine Gun Kelly	Yungblud	Miley Cyrus	Mod Sun
==Midwest Emo (1990s)==
 	 	 	
Sunny Day Real Estate	Mineral 	Texas Is The Reason	Christie Front Drive
 	 	 	
Cap'N Jazz 	The Promise Ring	Boy's Life 	
==Post-Grunge==
===First Wave (1990s)===
 	 	 	
Foo Fighters	Bush 	Matchbox Twenty	Alanis Morrissette
 	 	 	
Live 	Candlebox	Silverchair 	Collective Soul
===Second Wave (2000s)===
 	 	 	
Nickelback 	Seether 	Creed 	Staind
 	 	 	
3 Doors Down	Puddle of Mudd	Breaking Benjamin	Three Days Grace
==Post-Metal (1990s)==
 	 	 	
Eyehategod 	Acid Bath	Grief 	Buzzoven
 	 	 	
Meth Drinker	Fistula 	Toadliquor	Open Tomb
==Metallic Hardcore (1990s)==
 	 	 	
Hatebreed 	Biohazard	Earth Crisis	All Out War
 	 	 	
Hogan's Heroes	Madball 	Shai Hulud 	Coalesce
==Nu Metal (1990s)==
 	 	 	
Korn 	Deftones	Limp Bizkit	System of A Down
 	 	 	
Linkin Park	Slipknot	Disturbed 	PapaRoach
==Powerviolence (1990s)==
 	 	 	
Siege 	Charles Bronson	Man Is The Bastard	Spazz
 	 	 	
Capitalist Casualties	Infest 	Dropdead 	Crossed Out
 	 	 	
Despise You 	ACxDC 	Nails 	Full of Hell
==Skramz (1990s)==
 	 	 	
pg.99 	Orchid 	Saetia 	Funeral Diner
 	 	 	
Raein 	City of Caterpillar	Ampere 	Circle Takes The Square
 	 	 	
Hot Cross	Majority Rule 	Portraits of Past	Jerome's Dream
==Emo-Pop==
===First Wave (1990s)===
 	 	 	
American Football	Jimmy Eat World 	The Get-Up Kids	Saves The Day
 	 	 	
Brand New 	Dashboard Confessional	 	
===Second Wave (2000s)===
 	 	 	
My Chemical Romance	Panic! At The Disco 	Fall Out Boy 	Paramore
 	 	 	
Taking Back Sunday 	The All-American Rejects	Marianas Trench	Hedley
==Mathcore (1990s)==
 	 	 	
Converge	The Dillinger Escape Plan	Botch 	Ion Dissonance
 	 	 	
Car Bomb	Knut 	Number 12 Looks Like You	PsyOpus
==Metalcore==
===First Wave (2000s)===
 	 	 	
Underoath 	Killswitch Engage 	As I Lay Dying	Trivium
 	 	 	
All That Remains	Bullet For My Valentine	Atreyu 	Avenged Sevenfold
===Second Wave (2010s)===
 	 	 	
Asking Alexandria	Of Mice & Men 	Bring Me The Horizon	Motionless In White
 	 	 	
Architects 	Memphis May Fire	Miss May I 	
==Deathcore==
===First Wave (2000s)===
 	 	 	
Despised Icon 	Antagony	Texas In July 	All Shall Perish
 	 	 	
All That Remains	Atreyu 	Avenged Sevenfold	
===Second Wave (2010s)===
 	 	 	
Suicide Silence	Whitechapel 	Chelsea Grin	Oceano
 	 	 	
Architects 	Memphis May Fire	Miss May I 	
==Skramz Revival (2000s)==
 	 	 	
Despised Icon 	Antagony	Texas In July 	All Shall Perish
 	 	 	
All That Remains	Atreyu 	Avenged Sevenfold	
=="Hardcore" (2010s)==
 	 	 	
Code Orange 	Knocked Loose	Counterparts	Beartooth
 	 	 	
Comeback Kid	Kublai Khan 	Harm's Way 	Vein
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Finch	Aiden	Underoath	Senses Fail
 	 	 	
The Used	Mudhoney	Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains	Green Day