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The greatest art rock artists of all time

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

No. 1

Pink Floyd

United Kingdom · 1965–2014 · progressive rock

88.932

Why this number?

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Swans

United States of America · 1982– · experimental rock 5.478

26

Muse

United Kingdom · 1994– · alternative rock 5.332

27

Porcupine Tree

United Kingdom · 1987– · progressive rock 4.792

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Marillion

United Kingdom · 1979– · rock 4.557

29

Mike Oldfield

United Kingdom · 1953– · progressive rock 4.105

30

Dream Theater

United States of America · 1985– · progressive metal 4.089

31

Van der Graaf Generator

United Kingdom · 1967–1978 · progressive rock 3.699

32 John Cale

United States of America · 1942– · art rock 3.695

33

Arctic Monkeys

United Kingdom · 2002– · indie rock 3.688

34

Arcade Fire

Canada · 2001– · indie rock 3.613

35 Gentle Giant

United Kingdom · 1970–1980 · progressive rock 3.457

36 David Byrne

United States of America · 1952– · art rock 2.882

37

PJ Harvey

United Kingdom · 1969– · indie rock 2.879

38

Coldplay

United Kingdom · 1996– · alternative rock 2.802

39 Pulp

United Kingdom · 1978– · britpop 2.663

40

Animal Collective

United States of America · 2000– · neo-psychedelia 2.628

41

The Who

United Kingdom · 1964– · rock 2.568

42

Talking Heads

United States of America · 1974–1991 · new wave 2.536

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Frank Zappa

United States of America · 1940–1993 · rock 2.515

44

Tool

United States of America · 1990– · alternative metal 2.327

45

The Beach Boys

United States of America · 1961– · pop 2.254

46

Queens of the Stone Age

United States of America · 1996– · alternative rock 2.252

47 Scott Walker

United Kingdom · 1943–2019 · baroque pop 2.160

48

Blur

United Kingdom · 1990– · britpop 2.145