The Groove

The greatest alternative rock artists of all time

406 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Radiohead

United Kingdom · 1991– · alternative rock

126.081

Why this number?

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Shakira

Colombia · 1977– · pop 0.706

314 Ben Folds Five

United States of America · 1993–2023 · rock 0.700

315

Slash

United States of America · 1965– · heavy metal 0.700

316 Neutral Milk Hotel

United States of America · 1989–1998 · indie rock 0.697

317 The Used

United States of America · 2001– · rock 0.691

318 Prophets of Rage

United States of America · 2016– · rock 0.667

319 Coma

Poland · 1998– · hard rock 0.660

320 Manchester Orchestra

United States of America · 2005– · folk rock 0.657

321 Кукрыниксы

Russia · 1997–2018 · gothic rock 0.640

322

Limp Bizkit

United States of America · 1994– · nu metal 0.638

323 X

United States of America · 1977– · rock 0.633

324

Robbie Williams

United Kingdom · 1974– · pop rock 0.626

325 Teenage Fanclub

United Kingdom · 1989– · indie rock 0.621

326 Death From Above 1979

Canada · 2001– · electronic 0.618

327 Mitski

United States of America · 1990– · indie rock 0.604

328 The Cardigans

Sweden · 1992– · pop rock 0.594

329

Brian Eno

United Kingdom · 1948– · ambient 0.587

330 The xx

United Kingdom · 2005– · indie pop 0.579

331

Boris

Japan · 1992– · drone 0.571

332 8stops7

United States of America · 1996– · hard rock 0.571

333 Train

United States of America · 1994– · rock 0.560

334 Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

United States of America · 1997– · blues 0.550

335 Daughter

United Kingdom · 2010– · rock 0.550

336 Kelly Clarkson

United States of America · 1982– · pop 0.548