The Groove

The greatest punk artists of all time

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

No. 1

The Clash

United Kingdom · 1976–1986 · punk rock

16.368

Why this number?

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49 Viagra Boys

Sweden · 2015– · post-punk 0.518

50 Iggy and The Stooges

United States of America · 1972– · garage rock 0.509

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Australia · 1983– · alternative rock 0.498

Blondie

United States of America · 1974– · new wave 0.463

53 Minutemen

United States of America · 1980–1985 · post-punk 0.460

54 Powerman 5000

United States of America · 1991– · alternative metal 0.421

55 Anamanaguchi

United States of America · 2003– · chiptune 0.420

56 Anberlin

United States of America · 2002– · alternative rock 0.400

57 envy

Japan · 1992– · rock 0.400

58 The Replacements

United States of America · 1979–1991 · alternative rock 0.385

59 Killing Joke

United Kingdom · 1979– · rock 0.370

60 Pere Ubu

United States of America · 1975– · post-punk 0.365

61 Billy Talent

Canada · 1993– · alternative rock 0.355

62 Wormrot

Singapore · 2007– · grindcore 0.340

63 The Hives

Sweden · 1993– · garage rock 0.329

64 Butthole Surfers

United States of America · 1982– · alternative rock 0.320

65 The Jesus Lizard

United States of America · 1987– · indie rock 0.317

66 Bloodhound Gang

United States of America · 1988– · alternative rock 0.307

67 Elvis Costello

United Kingdom · 1954– · rock 0.307

68 Suicidal Tendencies

United States of America · 1982– · crossover thrash 0.307

Slayer

United States of America · 1981– · thrash metal 0.303

70 Amyl and the Sniffers

Australia · 2016– · garage punk 0.300

Fear Factory

United States of America · 1990– · industrial metal 0.293

Moby

United States of America · 1965– · electronic 0.285