List of alternative rock artists

This is a list of alternative rock artists. Bands are listed alphabetically by the first letter in their name (not including "The"), and individuals are listed by the first name.

0–9

 * +44
 * 3 Doors Down
 * 4 Non Blondes
 * 8stops7
 * 10 Years
 * 12 Stones
 * 13 Engines
 * 54-40
 * The 77s
 * 311
 * The 1975
 * 10,000 Maniacs

A

 * A
 * A Day to Remember
 * A Perfect Circle
 * A Rocket to the Moon
 * A Silent Film
 * Aaroh
 * Abandon Kansas
 * Abandoned Pools
 * The Academy Is...
 * Acceptance
 * The Accidentals
 * The Aces
 * Acroma
 * Adam Again
 * Adam Gontier
 * Adema
 * Adorable
 * The Afghan Whigs
 * AFI
 * After Midnight Project
 * Against Me!
 * Against the Current
 * Age of Chance
 * The Age of Information
 * Air
 * The Airborne Toxic Event
 * Alanis Morissette
 * The Alarm
 * Alex Clare
 * Alex Chilton
 * Alice in Chains
 * Alien Ant Farm
 * Alkaline Trio
 * The All-American Rejects
 * All Time Low
 * The Almost
 * Alpha Rev
 * Alt-J
 * Alter Bridge
 * Alvvays
 * The American Analog Set
 * American Authors
 * American Hi-Fi
 * American Standards
 * Amplifier
 * The Amps
 * Anathema
 * Anberlin
 * Andy Biersack
 * Angels & Airwaves
 * APB
 * The Apex Theory
 * The Apples in Stereo
 * Arcade Fire
 * Arcane Roots
 * Architecture in Helsinki
 * Arctic Monkeys
 * Area 11
 * Arkells
 * Armor For Sleep
 * ArmsBendBack
 * Art of Anarchy
 * As Tall As Lions
 * Ash
 * Asian Kung-Fu Generation
 * The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
 * At the Drive-In
 * The Ataris
 * Athlete
 * Atlas Genius
 * Atom Smash
 * Audioslave
 * The Auteurs
 * Autolux
 * Avril Lavigne
 * Awolnation

B

 * B-52s
 * Babes in Toyland
 * Baby Chaos
 * The Backseat Lovers
 * Bad Books
 * Bad Suns
 * Badflower
 * The Badgeman
 * Balance and Composure
 * Band of Horses
 * Barenaked Ladies
 * Baryonyx
 * Bastille
 * Battles
 * Bayside
 * Be Your Own Pet
 * Beady Eye
 * Beastie Boys
 * Beatsteaks
 * Beck
 * Beirut
 * The Belltower
 * Belly
 * Ben Folds Five
 * Ben Kweller


 * Beth Orton
 * Better Than Ezra
 * Beware of Darkness
 * Bif Naked
 * Biffy Clyro
 * Big Black
 * Big Dipper
 * Big Wreck
 * The Big Pink
 * Billie Joe Armstrong
 * Billy Corgan
 * Billy Talent
 * The Birds of Satan
 * Birds of Tokyo
 * Björk
 * Blackfield
 * The Black Crowes
 * The Black Keys
 * Black Kids
 * Black Light Burns
 * Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
 * Bleachers
 * Blind Melon
 * Blind Pilot
 * Blindside
 * Blink-182
 * Bloc Party
 * Blonde Redhead
 * Blood Red Shoes
 * Bloodhound Gang
 * Blue October
 * The Bluebells
 * Blumfeld
 * Blues Traveler
 * Blur
 * Bob Mould
 * Bodyjar
 * The Bolshoi
 * Bon Iver
 * Bono
 * The Boo Radleys
 * Bowling For Soup
 * Boys Like Girls
 * Bracket
 * Brand New
 * Brandon Flowers
 * The Bravery
 * Breaking Benjamin
 * The Breeders
 * Bring Me the Horizon
 * Broder Daniel
 * Brother Cane
 * The Buck Pets
 * Buffalo Tom
 * Bully
 * Bush
 * Butthole Surfers
 * Bring Me the Horizon
 * Broder Daniel
 * Brother Cane
 * The Buck Pets
 * Buffalo Tom
 * Bully
 * Bush
 * Butthole Surfers

C

 * The Cab
 * Caesars
 * Cage the Elephant
 * Cake
 * The Calling
 * Camper Van Beethoven
 * Candlebox
 * Candy Flip
 * Canterbury
 * Carbon Leaf
 * The Cardigans
 * Caribou
 * Carolina Liar
 * Cartel
 * Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
 * Cast
 * The Cat Empire
 * Cat Power
 * Catatonia
 * Catherine
 * Catherine Wheel
 * Cave In
 * Caveman
 * Cell
 * Chad Kroeger
 * The Charlatans
 * Charlie Simpson
 * Cherri Bomb
 * Chevelle
 * The Chills
 * Chimera
 * Chris Cornell
 * Chumbawamba
 * The Church
 * Chvrches
 * The Cinematics
 * Circa Survive
 * Circus Diablo
 * Citizen Cope
 * Citizen King
 * Civil Twilight
 * Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
 * The Classic Crime
 * Cloud Control
 * Cloud Nothings
 * The Clouds
 * Cobra Starship
 * Coheed and Cambria
 * Cold
 * Cold War Kids
 * Coldplay
 * Coldrain
 * Collective Soul
 * The Colourist
 * Company of Thieves
 * Concrete Blonde
 * The Connells
 * The Constellations
 * Copeland
 * The Coral Sea
 * Counting Crows
 * Courtney Love
 * The Cramps
 * The Cranberries
 * Crash Test Dummies
 * The Creatures
 * Creed
 * The Cribs
 * Croc Shop
 * Crossfade
 * Crooked Fingers
 * Crowded House
 * Crystal Antlers
 * Crystal Castles
 * The Cult
 * Cults
 * The Cure
 * Curve
 * Cute Is What We Aim For

D

 * Daisy Chainsaw
 * The Damned
 * The Damning Well
 * Dan Auerbach
 * Dan Reynolds
 * The Dandy Warhols
 * The Dangerous Summer
 * Daniel Amos
 * Daniel Johnston
 * Dark New Day
 * The Darling Buds
 * Das Damen
 * Dashboard Confessional
 * The Datsuns
 * Daughtry
 * Dave Gahan
 * Dave Grohl
 * Dave Matthews Band
 * Dave Navarro
 * Davey Havok
 * Days Of The New
 * The dB's
 * Deacon Blue
 * Dead by Sunrise
 * Dead Letter Circus
 * The Dead Milkmen
 * Dead Poetic
 * Dead Sara
 * The Dead Weather
 * The Deadly Syndrome
 * Deaf Havana
 * The Dear Hunter
 * Deas Vail
 * Death Cab for Cutie
 * The Decemberists
 * Deep Blue Something
 * Deerhunter
 * Default
 * Deftones
 * The Del Fuegos
 * The Delgados
 * Demon Hunter
 * Depeche Mode
 * Deryck Whibley
 * Di-rect
 * Die Kreuzen
 * DIIV
 * Dinosaur Jr.
 * The Dirty Heads
 * Dirty Projectors
 * Dishwalla
 * Dispatch
 * The Dodos
 * The Donnas
 * doubleDrive
 * Doves
 * Dr. Dog
 * The Dream Academy
 * Dredg
 * Drill
 * The Drums
 * Dum Dum Girls
 * Duran Duran
 * Dutch Uncles

E

 * Eagle-Eye Cherry
 * The Early November
 * Eddie Vedder
 * Editors
 * Edwyn Collins
 * Eels
 * Eisley
 * Elastica
 * Elbow
 * Electrasy
 * Electronic
 * Eleventh Dream Day
 * The Elms
 * Elvis Costello
 * Emery
 * Emiliana Torrini
 * Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton
 * Enter Shikari
 * Envy on the Coast
 * Eraserheads
 * Evanescence
 * Evans Blue
 * Eve 6
 * Everclear
 * Every Avenue
 * Everything Everything
 * The Exies
 * The Exit

F

 * Failure
 * Faith No More
 * The Fall
 * Fall Out Boy
 * Far-Less
 * Fastball
 * Fatherson
 * Feeder
 * Feist
 * Fiction Plane
 * Fightstar
 * Filter
 * Finch
 * Finger Eleven
 * Fiona Apple
 * Fishbone
 * Five For Fighting
 * The Flaming Lips
 * Foo Fighters
 * The Format
 * Forty Foot Echo
 * Fountains of Wayne
 * Franz Ferdinand
 * The Fray
 * Fuel
 * Fugazi
 * Fun Lovin Criminals
 * Funeral For A Friend
 * Further Seems Forever

G

 * The Gandharvas
 * Garbage
 * The Get Up Kids
 * Gin Blossoms
 * Glasvegas
 * Gnarls Barkley
 * The God Machine
 * Godsmack
 * The Golden Palominos
 * Gomez
 * Goo Goo Dolls
 * Good Charlotte
 * Gorillaz
 * Gotye
 * Grant Lee Buffalo
 * The Grapes of Wrath
 * Grayscale
 * Greek Fire
 * Green Day
 * The Gufs
 * Guided by Voices
 * Guster

H

 * Half Moon Run
 * Halestorm
 * HalfNoise
 * Happy Mondays
 * Hawksley Workman
 * Hawthorne Heights
 * Headstones
 * Hidden In Plain View
 * HIM
 * The Hives
 * Holding Absence
 * Hoobastank
 * Hootie & The Blowfish
 * Hopesfall
 * Hot Hot Heat
 * Hum
 * Hundred Reasons
 * Hurt
 * Hüsker Dü

I

 * I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
 * Idlewild
 * I Dont Know How But They Found Me
 * Ima Robot
 * Imogen Heap
 * Incubus
 * Injected
 * The Innocence Mission
 * Institute
 * Interpol
 * Island of Love
 * Ivoryline

J

 * Jack White
 * Jack's Mannequin
 * Jaguares
 * James
 * James Iha
 * Jane's Addiction
 * Jars of Clay
 * Jellyfish
 * Jerry Cantrell
 * The Jesus and Mary Chain
 * Jesus Jones
 * Jet
 * Jimmie's Chicken Shack
 * Jimmy Eat World
 * Jitters
 * John Butler Trio
 * Joywave
 * The Joy Formidable
 * The JudyBats
 * Julian Cope
 * Juliana Hatfield
 * The Juliana Theory
 * July Talk
 * Jump, Little Children

K

 * K's Choice
 * Kaiser Chiefs
 * Kaizers Orchestra
 * KALEO
 * Kane
 * Kara's Flowers
 * Karnivool
 * Kasabian
 * Keane
 * KennyHoopla
 * Kent
 * Kevin Devine
 * Kill Hannah
 * The Killers
 * The Kills
 * King Charles
 * Kings Kaleidoscope
 * Kings of Leon
 * Kitchens of Distinction
 * Klaxons
 * KMFDM
 * Kodaline
 * KONGOS
 * The Kooks
 * KoЯn
 * Kula Shaker
 * Kutless

L

 * The La's
 * Lacuna Coil
 * LANY
 * L'Arc-en-Ciel
 * The Lemonheads
 * Less Than Jake
 * Letters to Cleo
 * Lifehouse
 * Limblifter
 * Linkin Park
 * Lit
 * Live
 * Liz Phair
 * Local H
 * Lord Huron
 * Love Battery
 * Lovedrug
 * Lower Than Atlantis
 * Lucero
 * Ludo
 * Luscious Jackson

M

 * Mad Season
 * Madrugada
 * mae
 * The Maine
 * Mallory Knox
 * Manchester Orchestra
 * Mando Diao
 * Manic Street Preachers
 * Mansun
 * Marcy Playground
 * Marvelous 3
 * Mary's Danish
 * Matchbox Twenty
 * The Matches
 * Material Issue
 * Matthew Good
 * Matthew Sweet
 * Maxïmo Park
 * Mayday
 * The Mayfield Four
 * Mazzy Star
 * The Mekons
 * Melvins
 * Mercury Rev
 * Metric
 * mewithoutYou
 * Middle Class Rut
 * Millencolin
 * Mobile
 * Moby
 * Modest Mouse
 * Moist
 * Moke
 * Monoral
 * Morningwood
 * Morphine
 * Morrissey
 * Mor ve Ötesi
 * Moses Mayfield
 * Moth
 * Mother Love Bone
 * Mother Mother
 * Motion City Soundtrack
 * Mudhoney
 * Mumford & Sons
 * Muse
 * MUTEMATH
 * My Chemical Romance
 * Myles Kennedy

N

 * Nada Surf
 * The Naked and Famous
 * Natalie Merchant
 * The National
 * Ned's Atomic Dustbin
 * NEEDTOBREATHE
 * The Neighbourhood
 * Neon Trees
 * Neutral Milk Hotel
 * Neverending White Lights
 * New Empire
 * New Found Glory
 * New Model Army
 * New Order
 * New Politics
 * New Radicals
 * Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
 * Nickel Creek
 * Nickelback
 * Nico Vega
 * Nine Black Alps
 * Nine Days
 * Nine Inch Nails
 * Nine Lashes
 * Nirvana
 * No Devotion
 * No Doubt
 * NOAH
 * Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
 * Nothing But Thieves

O

 * O.A.R.
 * Oasis
 * The Ocean Blue
 * Oceansize
 * The Offspring
 * Of Monsters and Men
 * Of Montreal
 * OK Go
 * Oleander
 * One OK Rock
 * OneRepublic
 * Orgy
 * Ostava
 * Our Lady Peace
 * Ozma

P

 * P.O.D.
 * Palaye Royale
 * Pale Saints
 * Palm Ghosts
 * Panic! at the Disco
 * Papa Roach
 * Parabelle
 * Paramore
 * Passion Pit
 * Paul Westerberg
 * Paul Weller
 * Pavement
 * Pearl Jam
 * Pete Yorn
 * Phantom Planet
 * Phoenix
 * Phoxjaw
 * Pierce the Veil
 * The Pillows
 * Pixies
 * PJ Harvey
 * Placebo
 * Plain White T's
 * Pluto
 * Poets of the Fall
 * Poor Old Lu
 * Pop Will Eat Itself
 * Porcupine Tree
 * Porno for Pyros
 * Portishead
 * Portugal. The Man
 * The Posies
 * Possum Dixon
 * The Postal Service
 * Poster Children
 * Powerman 5000
 * The Presidents of the United States of America
 * The Pretenders
 * The Pretty Reckless
 * Primal Scream
 * Prime Circle
 * Prime STH
 * Primitive Radio Gods
 * The Primitives
 * Primus
 * The Prodigy
 * Project 86
 * The Psychedelic Furs
 * Public Image Ltd.
 * Puddle of Mudd
 * Pulled Apart By Horses
 * Pulp
 * Punchline
 * Puressence
 * PVRIS
 * Pylon

Q

 * Queens of the Stone Age
 * Quietdrive

R

 * R.E.M.
 * Ra
 * Ra Ra Riot
 * The Raconteurs
 * Radiohead
 * Radwimps
 * The Railway Children
 * The Rasmus
 * The Raveonettes
 * RED
 * Red Hot Chili Peppers
 * The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
 * Redd Kross
 * Reef
 * The Refreshments
 * Regina Spektor
 * Relient K
 * Remy Zero
 * The Rentals
 * Renegade Soundwave
 * The Replacements
 * Republica
 * Revis
 * Rhythm Corps
 * Rocket from the Crypt
 * The Rocket Summer
 * Royal Bliss
 * Royal Blood
 * The Rubens

S

 * SafetySuit
 * Said the Whale
 * Saint Asonia
 * Saliva
 * Sambomaster
 * Saosin
 * Saving Abel
 * Say Anything
 * School of Fish
 * The Score
 * Scott Stapp
 * Scott Weiland
 * Screaming Trees
 * The Script
 * Seaweed
 * Sebadoh
 * Seether
 * Semisonic
 * Seven Mary Three
 * Sevendust
 * The Shamen
 * Shawn Mullins
 * Shed Seven
 * Sheila on 7
 * Sherwood
 * Shihad
 * Shinedown
 * The Shins
 * Shiny Toy Guns
 * Shudder to Think
 * Sick Puppies
 * Silverchair
 * Silverstein
 * Silversun Pickups
 * Simple Minds
 * Simple Plan
 * Sinéad O'Connor
 * Siouxsie and the Banshees
 * Sister Hazel
 * Sixpence None the Richer
 * Skillet
 * Skindred
 * Skunk Anansie
 * Slaves On Dope
 * Sleater-Kinney
 * Sleeper Agent
 * Sleeping with Sirens
 * Sleigh Bells
 * Slint
 * Sloan
 * Slowdive
 * Smash Mouth
 * The Smashing Pumpkins
 * The Smithereens
 * The Smiths
 * Snail Mail
 * Snow Patrol
 * Soccer Mommy
 * Social Code
 * Something Corporate
 * Sonic Youth
 * Sons of Elvis
 * Sorry About Your Daughter
 * Sort Sol
 * Soul Asylum
 * Soul Coughing
 * Soundgarden
 * Spacehog
 * Spacemen 3
 * SPAN
 * Sparta
 * Spiderbait
 * Spin Doctors
 * Spirit of the West
 * Sponge
 * Spoon
 * Squeeze
 * St. Vincent
 * Stabbing Westward
 * Staind
 * Starflyer 59
 * Starsailor
 * Starset
 * State Radio
 * Stereolab
 * Stereophonics
 * Steve Burns
 * Steve Taylor
 * Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil
 * Stir
 * The Stone Roses
 * Stone Sour
 * Stone Temple Pilots
 * Story Of The Year
 * The Stranglers
 * The Strokes
 * The Subways
 * Suede
 * Sugar
 * Sugar Ray
 * The Sugarcubes
 * Sugarcult
 * Sullen
 * Sullivan
 * Sum 41
 * The Sundays
 * Sunny Day Real Estate
 * Sunrise Avenue
 * Super Furry Animals
 * Supercar
 * Superchunk
 * Superdrag
 * Supergrass
 * Superheaven
 * The Superjesus
 * Surrounded
 * Suzanne Vega
 * Sweet Water
 * Sweethead
 * Swervedriver
 * Switchfoot
 * System of a Down

T

 * Takida
 * Taking Back Sunday
 * Talk Show
 * Talk Talk
 * Tame Impala
 * Tantric
 * Taproot
 * The Tea Party
 * Team Sleep
 * Teenage Fanclub
 * Tegan and Sara
 * Temple of the Dog
 * Terrible Things
 * Texas
 * that dog.
 * The The
 * Them Crooked Vultures
 * Therapy?
 * There for Tomorrow
 * They Might Be Giants
 * Thin White Rope
 * Third Day
 * Third Eye Blind
 * Thirty Seconds to Mars
 * Thom Yorke
 * Thornhill
 * Thornley
 * Thousand Foot Krutch
 * Three Days Grace
 * Thrice
 * Throwing Muses
 * Thursday
 * Tiger Please
 * Toad the Wet Sprocket
 * Toadies
 * Tokio Hotel
 * Tokyo Police Club
 * Tomahawk
 * Tom Morello
 * Tom Waits
 * Tonic
 * Tonight Alive
 * Tool
 * Too Much Joy
 * Tori Amos
 * Tracy Bonham
 * The Tragically Hip
 * Train
 * Transmatic
 * Transvision Vamp
 * Trapt
 * Trashcan Sinatras
 * Travis
 * The Trews
 * Tripping Daisy
 * Troy Baker
 * TTNG
 * TV on the Radio
 * Tweaker
 * Twenty One Pilots
 * Twin Atlantic
 * Two Door Cinema Club

U

 * U2
 * Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker
 * Ultra Vivid Scene
 * Uncle Tupelo
 * Under the Influence of Giants
 * Underøath
 * Uniklubi
 * Unsane
 * Unwritten Law
 * UPSAHL
 * Urge Overkill
 * Us Amongst The Rest
 * The Used

V

 * The Vaccines
 * Vampire Weekend
 * The Vaselines
 * VAST
 * Velvet Revolver
 * Vendetta Red
 * VERIDIA
 * VersaEmerge
 * Versus
 * Vertical Horizon
 * Veruca Salt
 * The Verve
 * The Verve Pipe
 * VHS or Beta
 * Vic Chestnutt
 * The Vines
 * Violent Femmes
 * Violent Soho
 * Virgos Merlot
 * The Voidz
 * Volcano Suns
 * The Von Bondies
 * Vonray

W

 * Wakey Wakey
 * Walk Off The Earth
 * Walk the Moon
 * The Wallflowers
 * Wallows
 * Walt Mink
 * The Wannadies
 * Warpaint
 * The Watchmen
 * Waterparks
 * Wavves
 * We Are Scientists
 * We Are The Ocean
 * We the Kings
 * The Weakerthans
 * Weathers
 * The Wedding Present
 * Ween
 * Weezer
 * Whale
 * Wheatus
 * White Lies
 * The White Stripes
 * White Town
 * Wilco
 * Wintersleep
 * Wolf Alice
 * Wolf Parade
 * The Wombats
 * The Wonder Stuff
 * The Working Title
 * WZRD

X

 * X Ambassadors
 * The XCERTS

Y

 * Yeah Yeah Yeahs
 * Yellowcard
 * Yo La Tengo
 * You Am I
 * You Me at Six
 * Young Guns
 * Young the Giant
 * Yungblud

Z

 * Zoé
 * The Zolas
 * Zox
 * The Zutons
 * Zwan