proto-punk

The Kinks

garage rock, hard rock

Frank Zappa

alternative rock, art music

Patti Smith

art rock, post-punk

Sparks

alternative rock, art rock

John Cale

alternative rock, art rock

Todd Rundgren

blue-eyed soul, hard rock

Roxy Music

New Romantic, art rock

Iggy Pop

alternative rock, garage rock

Lou Reed

alternative rock, art rock

The Stooges

punk rock

The Velvet Underground

alternative rock, art pop

Jonathan Richman

folk music

The Mothers of Invention

blues rock, experimental rock

Captain Beefheart

alternative rock, art rock

Television

art rock, new wave

Syd Barrett

experimental rock, outsider music

James Williamson

Ivan Král

alternative rock

Sylvain Sylvain

glam punk, glam rock

Maureen Tucker

art rock, avant-garde music

Ton Steine Scherben

German rock, Politrock

Andi Valandi & Band

Liedermacher, blues rock

Tom Verlaine

art punk, new wave

The 101ers

pub rock