The Groove
The greatest avant-garde artists of all time
52 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?
No. 1
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
United States of America · 1965–1982 · experimental rock2.686
Why this number?
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United Kingdom · 1978– · post-punk
Norway · 1992– · black metal
Romania · 1995–2017 · black metal