Description of experimental rock music
Experimental rock is a subgenre of rock music that emphasizes challenging and unconventional approaches to composition and performance. It often features unconventional song structures, unconventional instruments, and an emphasis on texture, timbre, and atmosphere over traditional melodies and harmonies. The genre emerged in the 1960s as artists began to explore new sonic territories and experiment with new technologies and techniques. Some notable examples of experimental rock artists include The Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, and Captain Beefheart.
Related genres: noise rockpost-rockrockalternative rockpsychedelic rockalternativenoiseindie rockpost-punkprogressive rock
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The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out!

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The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money
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The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat

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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica

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The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World

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Tim Buckley - Starsailor

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David Bowie - Heroes

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This Heat - This Heat

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This Heat - Health and Efficiency

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This Heat - Deceit

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Psychic TV - Allegory & Self

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Egg Hunt - 2- song

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Sun City Girls - Torch of the Mystics

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Sonic Youth - Goo

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Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle

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Boredoms - Super Ae

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Slint - Slint

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Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Strangers From the Universe

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Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante

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Can - Tago Mago (Remastered)

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Ween - The Mollusk

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Slipknot - Bone Church

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Quasi - Featuring "Birds"

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Blur - 13

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Mr. Bungle - California

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Sonic Youth - NYC Ghosts & Flowers

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Radiohead - Kid A

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Sonic Youth - Nyc Ghosts And Flowers

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Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (2011 Remastered Version)

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Radiohead - Amnesiac

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Xiu Xiu - Knife Play

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Serart - Serart

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Animal Collective - Here Comes the Indian

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Ween - Quebec

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Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles

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Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage

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Tera Melos - Untitled

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The Sound of Animals Fighting - Lover, The Lord Has Left Us...

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Xiu Xiu - The Air Force

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Stereolab - Refried Ectoplasm [Switched On Volume 2]

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Portugal. The Man - It's Complicated Being a Wizard

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Black Dice - Load Blown

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The Mae Shi - HLLLYH

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Scars on Broadway - They Say

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Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna

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Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

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Thrice - Beggars

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The Flaming Lips - Embryonic

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Atlas Sound - Logos

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Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky

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Zach Hill - FACE TAT

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Circa Survive - Appendage

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Circa Survive - B-Sides

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Esben and the Witch - Violet Cries

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Circa Survive - Appendage - EP

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Shaka Ponk - The Geeks and the Jerkin' Socks

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Liars - WIXIW

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Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan

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Swans - The Seer

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And So I Watch You From Afar - All Hail Bright Futures (Bonus Track Version)
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David Lynch - The Big Dream

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Cojum Dip - Cojum Dip

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John Frusciante - Enclosure

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Swans - To Be Kind

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Todd Rundgren - A Wizard / A True Star

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Can - Ege Bamyasi (Remastered Version)

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The Voidz - Tyranny

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Swans - The Beggar

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Alex G - Blessing

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David Bowie - Blackstar

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The Drones - Feelin Kinda Free

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Xiu Xiu - Plays the Music of Twin Peaks

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The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Monolith of Phobos

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Död Mark - Drabbad av sjukdom

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Carne Doce - Princesa

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David Bowie - Lodger (2017 Remaster)

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The Voidz - Virtue

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Death Grips - Year of the Snitch
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BLACK MIDI - Sweater

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Xiu Xiu - 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips

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Desert Sessions - Vols. 11 & 12

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Heccra - The Devil-Faces of My Old Friends, Beneath Me

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Clown Core - Van

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Mary Lattimore - Silver Ladders

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Xiu Xiu - OH NO

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Spirit of the Beehive - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH
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Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix

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STOMACH BOOK - STOMACH BOOK

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The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico 45th Anniversary

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Low - HEY WHAT

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My Morning Jacket - Chapter 1: The Sandworm Cometh - Early Recordings, B-Sides, Covers, y Mas

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Jack White - Fear Of The Dawn

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The Garden - Horseshit on route 66

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Will Wood and the Tapeworms - SELF-iSH (2020 Remastered Version)

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Dean Blunt - Roaches 2012-2019

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Will Wood and the Tapeworms - Everything is a Lot (2020 Remastered Version)

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Brave Little Abacus - Just Got Back from the Discomfort We're Alright

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Water From Your Eyes - Everyone's Crushed

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Squid - O Monolith

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Sprain - The Lamb as Effigy