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
• Do Make Say Think
• 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