| Description | Band |
| American punk rock trio whose singer died in 1985 at age 27 by falling out of the back of a van | |
| Indie band from Montreal that are widely considered to have gained success due to promotion by Pitchfork Media | |
| Northern Irish rock band that had a female guitarist for a while, but who left the band reducing them to a trio again | |
| German krautrock band whose 1973 album was released at budget price on Virgin Records in the UK | |
| Punk rock trio of the mid-80s from Minnesota, who had two gay members and one straight | |
| Late '60s and early '70s psychedelic group from Leicester, England, whose singer sounds like an 'electric goat' | |
| Prog rock supergroup with singer from King Crimson, keyboardist from The Nice, and drummer from Atomic Rooster | |
| Their singer, who sang about being a drug addict, was found dead at his home surrounded by drug equipment in 2002 | |
| 1989 self-titled album was a breakthrough in English indie rock, 1994 second and last album was about 80 minutes long | |
| They wrote the song 'Hannah & Gabi' | |
| British synthpop band whose 1990 album is generally considered their best; singer nearly died of a heroin overdose in Los Angeles in the 1996 | |
| Icelandic 'twinkletronica' band, that uses electronic sounds to generate an 'organic' feel | |
| Their first album features a picture of a monk setting himself on fire | |
| Progressive metal band that released their first EP back in '92, and sold out to the man | |
| Seattle grunge band that released a very large number of live albums | |
| Electronic ambient group from Berlin with only one constant member, first album came out in 1970 | |
| Popular British hard rock group that released their first album with a blown up airship on it in 1969 | |
| This British trio had one of the best American guitarists ever; all three of them are dead now | |
| Their 1985 album was a pioneer in the medium of the CD, and the second track from it, which mentions MTV, was one of the first computer animated music videos | |
| Their 1968 album misspells the word 'odyssey' | |