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• 13th Floor Elevators
• Big Star
• Billy Bragg
• Blue Cheer
• David Bowie
• The Edgar Broughton Band
• John Cale
• Chocolate Watchband
• Captain Beefheart
• The Deviants
• Devo
• The Dictators
• The Doors
• Dr. FeelgoodFeelgood is a nickname given to physicians who overprescribe psychoactive medications. The piano- blues musician Piano Red briefly recorded under the name Dr. Feelgood & the Interns which is the source of the name for the band described below. His biggest
• The FugsThe Fugs are a band who formed in New York City in 1965 by Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg. The band was named by Kupferberg who borrowed it from the euphemism in Norman Mailer's novel, The Naked and the Dead''. The Fugs were a satirical and self-satirizin
• Dave EdmundsDave Edmunds (born April 15, 1944) came out of Cardiff in the late 1960s, fronting a band called Love Sculpture who were playing blues and rocked up classical pieces. Sabre Dance" was typical of this, a top ten hit after much airplay from DJ John Peel.
• Ducks DeluxeDucks Deluxe were an English pub rock band from the 1970s. Martin Belmont, Nick Garvey, Sean Tyla and Andy McMasters formed the band in 1972 (see 1972 in music). Ducks Deluxe remained a cult band throughout their career, with their final LP, Ducks Deluxe
• Electric EelsThe Electric Eels were a punk band in the 1970s 1980s. They formed in a somewhat awkward period, however, during the time when punk was still not considered mainstream music. They were (relatively) among the more violent of the early "pre-punk" bands.
• Roky EricksonRoky Erickson born Roger Kynard Erickson in 1947, is an American musician from Texas and a founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators. Erickson was the chief songwriter for the 13th Floor Elevators, which was composed mostly of fellow Texans. Janis Jopli
• The FacesThe Faces were an early 1970s rock band formed from the ashes of The Small Faces after Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie; new members Ron Wood ( guitar) and Rod Stewart ( vocals) joined Ronnie Lane ( bass), Ian McLagan ( keyboards) and Kenney Jones,
• The Flamin' GrooviesThe Flamin' Groovies were an American rock music band of the 1960s and '70s. They began in San Francisco in 1965, founded by Cyril Jordan and Roy A. The Flamin Groovies' early recordings reveal a debt to the Lovin' Spoonful. Their first album, 1969's Supe
• Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
• Alex Harvey
• Richard Hell & the Voidoids
• MC5
• Mick Farren
• Mott the Hoople
• Love
• Nick Lowe
• New York Dolls
• Graham Parker & the Rumour
• The Pink Fairies
• Iggy Pop
• ? and the Mysterians
• Lou Reed
• Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
• Mick Ronson
• The Rolling Stones
• The Runaways
• Seeds
• Patti Smith
• Chris Spedding
• The Standells
• Steve Took's Shagrat
• The Troggs
• Rocket From The Tombs
• Roxy Music
• Brinsley Schwarz
• The Stooges
• Suicide
• T. Rex
• The Velvet Underground
• The Who
• Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
• The Sonics