Bands that built a sound from scratch
Ranked list by Jonas Weber · 18 items · 0 likes
I like groups that invented their own rules and left a template. Post-punk and art rock sit higher than usual here.
- Radiohead
Redesigned the band after every album.
- Pink Floyd
The Wall is a design brief as much as an album.
- The Beatles
Most influential studio, not just best songs.
- Talking Heads
Art school funk, and the Stop Making Sense film.
- Led Zeppelin
Riffs engineered for maximum impact.
- The Velvet Underground
Sold few records and started everyone else's band.
- Joy Division
Two albums, and a whole genre grew out of them.
- Nirvana
- Queen
- The Clash
Punk that learned reggae, dub and jazz.
- The Rolling Stones
- Ramones
- Pixies
- Sonic Youth
- Rush
- The Who
- AC/DC
- Metallica