The Groove

The greatest psychedelic rock artists of all time

108 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

92.175

Why this number?

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73 All Them Witches

United States of America · 2012– · stoner rock 0.550

74 Soft Machine

United Kingdom · 1966– · progressive rock 0.544

75 MGMT

United States of America · 2002– · neo-psychedelia 0.543

Red Hot Chili Peppers

United States of America · 1983– · alternative rock 0.536

Jimi Hendrix

United States of America · 1942–1970 · rock 0.525

78 Spiritualized

United Kingdom · 1990– · space rock 0.518

79 My Bloody Valentine

Ireland · 1983– · shoegaze 0.496

Elton John

United Kingdom · 1947– · rock 0.496

The Flaming Lips

United States of America · 1983– · neo-psychedelia 0.494

82 Mad Season

United States of America · 1994–1999 · rock 0.491

Yes

United Kingdom · 1968– · progressive rock 0.490

84 Flower Travellin’ Band

Japan · 1967–2011 · hard rock 0.480

85 Lenny Kravitz

United States of America · 1964– · rock 0.456

The Cure

United Kingdom · 1977– · new wave 0.423

Soundgarden

United States of America · 1984–2017 · alternative rock 0.405

88 Hatfield and the North

United Kingdom · 1972–1975 · progressive rock 0.400

89 Jim Morrison

United States of America · 1943–1971 · experimental 0.400

90 Joanna Newsom

United States of America · 1982– · folk 0.370

The Beach Boys

United States of America · 1961– · pop 0.365

92 Monster Magnet

United States of America · 1989– · space rock 0.364

93 Mazzy Star

United States of America · 1988– · alternative rock 0.363

94 The Byrds

United States of America · 1964–1973 · rock 0.356

The Black Keys

United States of America · 2001– · blues rock 0.352

The Chemical Brothers

United Kingdom · 1989– · big beat 0.312