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This is a list of alternative music artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one that has been on a major label, but not limited to such). This list does not include little-known local bands. Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the"), and individuals are listed by last name. 0-9 __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z__NOTOC__
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- The B-52's
- Barenaked Ladies
- BauhausBauhaus was a British rock band (formed in Northampton in 1978) popular in the 1980s. The band took their name from the German Bauhaus art movement, originally going by the name 'Bauhaus 1919', dropping the latter portion within a year of the band's forma
- Beastie BoysThe Beastie Boys are an American hip hop music group originating from Brooklyn, New York. Its main members are Mike D (real name Michael Diamond), MCA (Adam Yauch) and Adrock (Adam Horovitz), but several other musicians have played with the group for a lo
- Beat HappeningBeat Happening was a 1980s indie rock and twee pop band, the most popular of International Pop Underground's roster of influential alternative rock stars. Based out of Olympia, Washington, Beat Happening began recording in 1983 ( 1983 in music) after seve
- BeckBeck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician and songwriter. Biography Beck Hansen was born in Los Angeles, California to parents, David Campbell, a musician, and Bibbe Hansen, a visual artist. When his parents separated, he
- Belle & SebastianBelle & Sebastian is a Scottish twee pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996 under the aegis of a training scheme and music business course. Built mostly around the creative mind of Stuart Murdoch, their first album, Tigermilk, was recorded as part of
- BellyBelly was a musical band formed in 1991 by former Throwing Muses members Tanya Donelly (also in The Breeders with Kim Deal) and Fred Abong. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the band consisted of Tanya Donelly on lead vocals, Fred Abong bass, Tom Gorman gui
- Ben Folds FiveBen Folds Five ( 1994 2000) was a three member band formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They played what might be called piano-dominated pop/ rock. Much of their work was influenced by jazz, evident in frequent improvised passages through bridge and/or
- Art BergmannArt Bergmann is a Canadian rock singer and songwriter, who was one of the key figures in Canadian punk rock in the late 1970s. Bergmann was the lead singer and songwriter for Vancouver, British Columbia punk stalwarts Young Canadians. Although the Young C
- Better Than Ezra
- Big Audio Dynamite
- Bikini Kill
- Billy Bragg
- Björk
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- Blessed Union of Souls
- Blind Melon
- Blue Moon and Company
- Blur
- Bongwater
- The Boo Radleys
- The Breeders
- Jeff Buckley
- Buffalo Tom
- Bush
- Kate Bush
- Butthole Surfers
- By Divine Right
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