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- Alternative rock (pre-1992) including grunge music
- Alice in Chains (primary songwriter: Jerry Cantrell)
- Echo & the Bunnymen (primary songwriter: Pete DeFreitas, Les Pattinson, Will Sergeant)
- Fugazi (primary songwriters: Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, Ian MacKaye, Guy Picciotto)
- Hüsker Dü (primary songwriters: Grant Hart, Bob Mould)
- The Mekons (primary songwriters: John Langford, Tom Greenhalgh)
- Nirvana (primary songwriter: Kurt Cobain)
- Pearl Jam (primary songwriters: Jeff Ament, Eddie Vedder)
- Pixies (primary songwriters: Black Francis, Kim Deal)
- R.E.M. (songwriters: Billy Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe)
- The Replacements (primary songwriter: Paul Westerberg)
- Sonic Youth (primary songwriters: Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo)
- Sloan (Jay Ferguson, Patrick Pentland, Andrew Scott, Chris Murphy)
- Violent Femmes (primary songwriters: Gordon Gano)
- Britpop (and related earlier genres, including twee pop and shoegazing)
- Ash (primary songwriter: Tim Wheeler)
- Boo Radleys (primary songwriter: Martin Carr)
- Blur (primary songwriters: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree)
- Cast (primary songwriter: John Power)
- Charlatans UK (primary songwriters: Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgess, Rob Collins)
- Heavenly (primary songwriters: Amelia Fletcher, Matthew Fletcher, Peter Momtchiloff, Rob Pursey)
- Manic Street Preachers (primary songwriters: James Dean Bradfield, Richey James, Sean Moore, Nicky Wire)
- My Bloody Valentine (primary songwriter: Kevin Shields)
- Oasis (primary songwriter: Noel Gallagher)
- Pulp (primary songwriters: Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Mark Webber)
- The Smiths (Morrissey, Johnny Marr)
- Stone Roses (primary songwriters: Ian Brown, John Squire)
- Suede (primary songwriters: Brett Anderson, Bernard Butler)
- The Verve (primary songwriter: Richard Ashcroft)
- Country music
- Folk rock
- The Band (primary songwriter: Robbie Robertson)
- The Beau Brummels (primary songwriter: Ron Elliott)
- Bob Dylan
- The Byrds (primary songwriters: Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn, Gram Parsons)
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (songwriters: David Crosby, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Neil Young)
- Donovan
- Fairport Convention (primary songwriter: Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny)
- Forest (primary songwriters: Martin Welham, Dez Allenby, Adrian Welham
- Arlo Guthrie
- The Incredible String Band (primary songwriter: Robin Williamson)
- The Mamas & the Papas (primary songwriter: John Phillips)
- Simon & Garfunkel (primary songwriter: Paul Simon)
- Tim Buckley
- Van Morrison
- Funk
- Con Funk Shun (primary songwriter: Felton Pilate)
- Earth, Wind & Fire (primary songwriters: Larry Dunn, Wade Flemons, Maurice White, Don Whitehead)
- The Gap Band (primary songwriter: Steve Wilson)
- James Brown
- Eric Burdon & War (primary songwriters: Harold Brown, Eric Burdon, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott)
- Kool & the Gang (primary songwriters: Robert Bell, Ronald Bell)
- The Meters (primary songwriters: Cyril Neville, Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers (primary songwriters: Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Hillel Slovak)
- The Ohio Players (primary songwriters: Cornelius Johnson, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Clarence Satchell, Robert Ward)
- P-Funk (primary songwriters: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Eddie Hazel, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Bernie Worrell)
- Slave (primary songwriters: Floyd Miller, Steve Washington)
- Sly & the Family Stone (primary songwriter: Sly Stone)
- Heavy metal
- Aerosmith (primary songwriters: Joe Perry, Steven Tyler)
- Anthrax (primary songwriters: Joey Belladonna, Frank Bello, Scott Ian, Dan Spitz)
- Black Sabbath (primary songwriters: Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward)
- Celtic Frost (primary songwriter: Tom Warrior)
- Deep Purple (primary songwriters: Richie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice)
- Guns N' Roses (primary songwriters: Duff McKagan, Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin)
- Kyuss (primary songwriters: Brant Bjork, John Garcia, Josh Homme)
- Led Zeppelin (primary songwriters: John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant)
- Metallica (primary songwriters: James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich)
- Pantera (Vinnie Paul, Dimebag Darrell, Rex Brown)
- Tool (primary songwriters: Paul d'Amour, Danny Carey, Adam Jones, Maynard James Keenan)
- Van Halen (primary songwriters: Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen)
- Hip hop
Terminator X)
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- R&B/soul
- New Wave (and the New Romantics)
- Adam & the Ants (primary songwriter: Adam Ant)
- Aztec Camera (primary songwriter: Roddy Frame)
- Blondie (primary songwriters: Debbie Harry, James Destri, Chris Stein)
- The Cars (primary songwriter: Ric Ocasek)
- Culture Club (primary songwriters: Boy George, Roy Hay, Jon Moss)
- Depeche Mode (primary songwriter: Vince Clarke)
- Duran Duran (primary songwriter: Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor)
- A Flock of Seagulls (primary songwriters: Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds, Ali Score, Mike Score)
- Haircut 100 (primary songwriter: Nick Heyward)
- Human League (primary songwriters: Philip Oakley, Adrian Wright)
- The Pretenders (primary songwriter: Chrissie Hynde)
- Spandau Ballet (primary songwriters: Gary Kemp)
- XTC (Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding)
- Prog rock (art rock)
- Electric Light Orchestra (primary songwriter: Jeff Lynne)
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer (primary songwriters: Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer)
- Genesis (primary songwriters: Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Anthony Phillips)
- Gentle Giant (primary songwriters: Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, Phil Shulman, Ray Shulman)
- Jethro Tull (primary songwriter: Ian Anderson)
- Elton John
- King Crimson (primary songwriters: Robert Fripp, Peter Sinfield)
- Moody Blues (primary songwriters: Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Michael Pinder)
- The Nice (primary songwriters: Keith Emerson, Lee Jackson)
- Pink Floyd (primary songwriters: Syd Barrett, David Gilmour, Roger Waters)
- Todd Rundgren
- Procol Harum (primary songwriters: Gary Brooker, Keith Reid)
- Van Der Graaf Generator (primary songwriter: Peter Hammill)
- Yes (primary songwriter: Jon Anderson)
- Psychedelic music
- 13th Floor Elevators (primary songwriter: Roky Erickson)
- The Beatles (primary songwriters: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
- Cream (primary songwriters: Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton)
- The Doors (primary songwriter: Jim Morrison)
- Grateful Dead (primary songwriters: Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter)
- Jefferson Airplane (primary songwriters: Marty Balin, Paul Kantner)
- The Kinks (primary songwriter: Ray Davies)
- Kula Shaker (primary songwriter: Crispin Mills)
- Love (primary songwriter: Arthur Lee)
- The Small Faces (primary songwriters: Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott)
- Soft Machine (primary songwriters: Mike Ratledge, Kevin Ayers, Hugh Hopper)
- Traffic (primary songwriters: Dave Mason, Steve Winwood)
- The Who (primary songwriter: Pete Townshend)
- The Zombies (Chris White, Rod Argent)
- Punk
- The Clash (primary songwriters: Mick Jones, Joe Strummer)
- Elvis Costello
- Iggy Pop
- The Jam (primary songwriter: Paul Weller)
- New York Dolls (David Johansen)
- Operation Ivy & Rancid (primary songwriters: Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman, Jesse Michaels)
- The Ramones (primary songwriters: Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Marky Ramone, Tommy Ramone)
- Sex Pistols (primary songwriters: Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Glenn Matlock, Johnny Rotten)
- The Specials (primary songwriter: Jerry Dammers)
- Sublime (primary songwriters: Bud Gaugh, Bradley Nowell, Eric Wilson)
- Talking Heads (primary songwriter: David Byrne)
- Television (primary songwriter: Tom Verlaine)
- Velvet Underground (primary songwriter: Lou Reed)
- Reggae and dub
- Traditional songs/Lieder:
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