

Noise rock playlist/
Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) fuses rock to noise, usually with recognizable “rock” instrumentation, but with greater use of distortion and electronic effects, varying degrees of atonality, improvisation, and white noise. One notable band of this genre is Sonic Youth who took inspiration from the No Wave composers Glenn Branca and Rhys Chatham.
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore has stated: “Noise has taken the place of the punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk has been co-opted, and this subterranean noise music and the avant-garde folk scene have replaced it.”
Below the list of bands, you can see the noise rock playlist.
List of notable noise rock bands
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punk rock, noise rock
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An Albatross
noise rock, psychedelic, grindcore
A Place to Bury Strangers
noise rock, post-punk revival, shoegaze, experimental rock, psychedelic rock, space rock
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Babes in Toyland
alternative rock, punk rock, noise rock
Big Black
punk rock, noise rock, post-hardcore, post-punk
The Birthday Party
post-punk, gothic rock, punk jazz, art punk, noise rock
Blind Idiot God
noise rock, math rock, dub
Boredoms
experimental rock, noise rock, psychedelic rock, space rock
Boris
experimental, doom metal, noise rock, psychedelic
Brainiac
indie rock,,noise rock,experimental pop,electropunk,post-hardcore
The Butthole Surfers
experimental rock, alternative rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock
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Cherubs
noise rock, post-hardcore
The Cows
noise rock, post-hardcore, hardcore punk
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Daughters
mathcore, noise rock, grindcore (early)
Deerhoof
indie rock, experimental pop, noise, punk rock
Dinosaur Jr.
alternative rock, indie rock, noise rock
F
Feedtime
punk rock, noise rock
Flipper
noise rock, punk rock, post-punk, hardcore punk, experimental rock, lo-fi
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Girl Band
post-punk, noise rock, indie rock
Gore
hardcore punk, heavy metal, noise rock
Guerilla Toss
art rock, noise rock, punk rock, no wave
H
Halo of Flies
noise rock
Health
noise rock, experimental rock, electronic rock, post-rock
Helmet
alternative metal, post-hardcore, noise rock
J
The Jesus Lizard
noise rock, post-hardcore, alternative rock
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Killdozer
noise rock, post-hardcore, alternative rock
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Les Rallizes Denudes
psychedelic rock, noise rock
Live Skull
post-punk, noise rock, experimental rock, alternative rock, no wave
Lightning Bolt
noise rock
The Locust
grindcore, hardcore punk, powerviolence, noise rock
Lou Reed
rock experimental, proto-punk, glam rock, art rock, noise rock
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Melt-Banana
noise rock, experimental rock, hardcore punk, grindcore
Melkbelly
noise rock
Melvins
experimental rock, alternative metal, sludge metal, grunge, hardcore punk, noise rock
The Membranes
punk rock, post-punk, noise rock
Metz
noise rock, hardcore punk, post-punk, punk rock
Thurston Moore
alternative rock, noise rock, avant-rock, post-punk
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No Age
noise rock, art punk, noise pop
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Pain Teens
noise rock, alternative rock, experimental rock
Pussy Galore
garage rock, noise rock, punk blues, garage punk
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Rapeman
post-hardcore, noise rock
Ruins
progressive rock, noise rock, experimental rock
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Scratch Acid
post-hardcore, noise rock, post-punk
Shellac
post-hardcore, noise rock, math rock
Slug
noise rock, post-hardcore
Sonic Youth
noise rock, alternative rock, experimental rock, indie rock, post-punk, no wave
Steve Albini
punk rock, experimental rock, alternative rock, math rock, noise rock
Swans
experimental rock, industrial music, art rock, post-rock, post-punk, noise rock
T
Tar
noise rock, post-hardcore
Today Is the Day
extreme metal, noise rock, hardcore punk
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Unsane
noise rock, post-hardcore
Uzi
alternative rock, noise rock, no wave, art punk
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Whores
noise rock, sludge metal
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