List of alternative rock musicians
- 10,000 Maniacs
- The Afghan Whigs
- Alice in Chains
- American Music Club
- Arcacy
- The B-52's
- Bauhaus
- Beastie Boys
- Beat Happening
- Beck
- Bikini Kill
- Billy Bragg
- Bjork
- Blur
- Bob Mould
- The Boo Radleys
- The Breeders
- Butthole Surfers
- Camper Van Beethoven
- Charlatans U.K
- The Church
- The Cocteau Twins
- The Cult
- The Cure
- The dB's
- Depeche Mode
- Dinosaur Jr
- Dream Syndicate
- Echo & the Bunnymen
- The Flaming Lips
- Galaxie 500
- Green Day
- Happy Mondays
- Henry Rollins
- Hole
- The Housemartins
- Husker Du
- Jane's Addiction
- Jesus & Mary Chain
- Julian Cope
- The La's
- The Lemonheads
- Liz Phair
- Luna
- Manic Street Preachers
- Massive Attack
- Meat Puppets
- The Mekons
- Mercury Rev
- Ministry
- Minutemen
- Mission U.K
- Morrissey
- Mother Love Bone
- Mudhoney
- My Bloody Valentine
- New Order
- Nick Cave
- Nine Inch Nails
- Nirvana
- Pavement
- Pearl Jam
- Pixies
- P.J. Harvey
- The Pogues
- Primal Scream
- Primus
- The Psychedelic Furs
- Pulp
- Radiohead
- Rancid
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- R.E.M
- The Replacements
- Ride
- Robyn Hitchcock
- Sebadoh
- Sinead O'Connor
- Siouxsie & the Banshees
- Sleater-Kinney
- Slint
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- The Smiths
- Sonic Youth
- Soul Asylum
- Soundgarden
- Spacemen 3
- Spiritualized
- Stereolab
- The Stone Roses
- Stone Temple Pilots
- The Strokes
- Suede
- Sugarcubes
- Sunny Day Real Estate
- Superchunk
- Tangerine Dream
- Teenage Fanclub
- They Might Be Giants
- Throwing Muses
- Tricky
- U2
- Uncle Tupelo
- Unrest
- Urge Overkill
- The Verve
- Violent Femmes
- Ween
- Weezer
- XTC
- Yo La Tengo