The Groove

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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121

The Doors

United States of America · 1965–1973 · rock 0.368

122 DEVO

United States of America · 1972– · new wave 0.363

123

Ulver

Norway · 1992– · black metal 0.360

124 The Residents

United States of America · 1966– · experimental 0.355

125

Tangerine Dream

Germany · 1967– · electronic 0.343

126

Incubus

United States of America · 1991– · alternative rock 0.341

127

Pearl Jam

United States of America · 1990– · grunge 0.340

128 Stone Sour

United States of America · 1992–2020 · alternative metal 0.333

129

The Mars Volta

United States of America · 2001– · rock 0.326

130 Asia

United Kingdom · 1981– · rock 0.308

131 Anna von Hausswolff

Sweden · 1986– · neoclassical dark wave 0.290

132 Jeff Wayne

United Kingdom · 1943– · rock opera 0.277

133 Soft Machine

United Kingdom · 1966– · progressive rock 0.272

134

Sonic Youth

United States of America · 1981–2011 · alternative rock 0.261

135 Spiritualized

United Kingdom · 1990– · space rock 0.259

136 Super Furry Animals

United Kingdom · 1993– · rock 0.259

137

The Police

United Kingdom · 1977–2008 · rock 0.241

138 Jimmy Eat World

United States of America · 1993– · alternative rock 0.221

139 This Heat

United Kingdom · 1975–1982 · experimental rock 0.211

140 This Mortal Coil

United Kingdom · 1983–1991 · dream pop 0.200

141 Boston

United States of America · 1975– · rock 0.175

142 Everything Everything

United Kingdom · 2007– · indie rock 0.158

143 Alabama Shakes

United States of America · 2009– · rock 0.157

144

Air

France · 1995– · downtempo 0.142