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Every artist on the map
1960 — 2026312 artists1,024 influence links
312 artists
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Named as an influence by 20 or more artists
Named by 10 to 19
Named by 5 to 9
Suicide
Patti Smith
The Birthday Party
Bad Brains
Hüsker Dü
R.E.M.
Radiohead
Elliott Smith
Nick Drake
Sex Pistols
The Clash
Wire
Björk
Neutral Milk Hotel
Pavement
Steve Reich
The Fall
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
The Replacements
Depeche Mode
Minutemen
New Order
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Dinosaur Jr.
Scott Walker
Silver Apples
Big Star
Devo
Television
Buzzcocks
The Human League
Wipers
Talk Talk
Faust
New York Dolls
Kate Bush
Gang of Four
Echo & the Bunnymen
Big Black
Yo La Tengo
The Jesus Lizard
Drive Like Jehu
PJ Harvey
Broadcast
Named by 2 to 4
King Crimson
Roxy Music
This Heat
Swans
Rites of Spring
Galaxie 500
Nirvana
Ride
Bratmobile
Low
Fiona Apple
SOPHIE
Bert Jansch
Nico
John Prine
The Modern Lovers
Cabaret Voltaire
Arthur Russell
The Slits
X-Ray Spex
Dead Kennedys
Lucinda Williams
NoMeansNo
Minor Threat
Violent Femmes
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Boards of Canada
Slint
Autechre
Lush
Deftones
Codeine
Stereolab
Portishead
Unwound
Built to Spill
Wilco
Sufjan Stevens
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Animal Collective
Burial
St. Vincent
Porter Robinson
Karen Dalton
Roy Harper
Vashti Bunyan
Mars
Glenn Branca
James Chance and the Contortions
Rhys Chatham
Beat Happening
Spacemen 3
Guided by Voices
The Stone Roses
The Sundays
Beck
Mazzy Star
Red House Painters
Slowdive
Bikini Kill
Tortoise
Liz Phair
Boris
Jeff Buckley
Modest Mouse
Olivia Tremor Control
Stars of the Lid
Sigur Rós
Bright Eyes
Camera Obscura
Drive-By Truckers
Songs: Ohia
Sweet Trip
The Strokes
Grizzly Bear
Joanna Newsom
Grouper
Arca
Big Thief
Named by one, or none yet
More than half of them started after 2000: the newest voices on the map.
MC5
Incredible String Band
Townes Van Zandt
Sparks
Tom Waits
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
Descendents
Gary Numan
DNA
Steve Roach
The Blue Nile
The Chameleons
The Pastels
Prefab Sprout
The Flaming Lips
This Mortal Coil
Mr. Bungle
Fishmans
Massive Attack
Mudhoney
Cap'n Jazz
Hum
Silver Jews
Superchunk
The Breeders
Mary Timony
Cat Power
Sunny Day Real Estate
Blonde Redhead
Bonnie Prince Billy
At The Drive-In
Sleater-Kinney
Destroyer
Mogwai
Squarepusher
Ariel Pink
Duster
The Shins
American Football
Interpol
Four Tet
Imogen Heap
Sheena Ringo
The Knife
The Walkmen
Arcade Fire
Beach House
Sharon Van Etten
Fleet Foxes
Bon Iver
Tame Impala
Charli XCX
Grimes
Mitski
Caroline Polachek
100 gecs
Ninajirachi
Harold Budd
Pulp
The Sound
Coil
Ween
Bark Psychosis
Talulah Gosh
Blur
Black Tambourine
Heavenly
The Cranberries
Converge
Spiritualized
Refused
The Mountain Goats
Dirty Three
Spoon
The Dismemberment Plan
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Sneaker Pimps
Tricky
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Do Make Say Think
Far Apart
Jeff Rosenstock
The Get Up Kids
The Radio Dept.
Airiel
Belle and Sebastian
of Montreal
The Microphones / Mount Eerie
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The Dillinger Escape Plan
The White Stripes
Natural Snow Buildings
Panchiko
Pinback
The Rapture
Broken Social Scene
Explosions in the Sky
Mono
The National
Brand New
Caribou
Have A Nice Life
Hot Chip
Tim Hecker
toe
Deerhunter
The Postal Service
Editors
LCD Soundsystem
MGMT
Xiu Xiu
Kurt Vile
La Dispute
Adrianne Lenker
Vampire Weekend
Weyes Blood
Candy Claws
Everything Everything
Oneohtrix Point Never
Mac DeMarco
Perfume Genius
IDLES
Peter Cat Recording Co.
Alex G
Angel Olsen
Anna von Hausswolff
Car Seat Headrest
George Clanton
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Parquet Courts
Turnstile
Waxahatchee
Wolf Alice
Alvvays
Blood Orange
Julia Holter
Kero Kero Bonito
death's dynamic shroud
FKA twigs
yeule
A.G. Cook
Japanese Breakfast
Mid-Air Thief
Oklou
Phoebe Bridgers
2814
Snail Mail
Squid
Magdalena Bay
The Marías
beabadoobee
black midi
Clairo
Fontaines D.C.
Geese
Parannoul
Wednesday
Black Country, New Road
Jockstrap
Slayyyter
underscores
Ethel Cain
Jane Remover
MJ Lenderman
The Last Dinner Party























