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experimental rock
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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.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 |  |
1966-06-27 | The Mothers of Invention | Freak Out! |
| 48 | 1967-05-26 | The Mothers of Invention | We're Only In It For The Money | |
| 49 |  |
1969-11 | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | Trout Mask Replica |
| 31 | 1970 | Tim Buckley | Starsailor | |
| 52 | 1979-09 | This Heat | This Heat | |
| 22 | 1980 | This Heat | Health and Efficiency | |
| 68 | 1981 | This Heat | Deceit | |
| 2 |  |
1981-06 | The Raincoats | Odyshape |
| 47 |  |
1984 | Psychic TV | Allegory & Self |
| 35 |  |
1985 | Tom Waits | Rain Dogs |
| 33 |  |
1986 | Egg Hunt | 2- song |
| 28 |  |
1987-10-19 | Swans | Children of God |
| 9 |  |
1988-10 | Sonic Youth | Daydream Nation |
| 53 | 1990-01 | Sun City Girls | Torch of the Mystics | |
| 95 | 1991-08-13 | Mr. Bungle | Mr. Bungle | |
| 3 |  |
1993-08 | Stereolab | Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements |
| 30 |  |
1993-09-25 | Boredoms | Super Ae |
| 62 |  |
1995 | Can | Tago Mago (Remastered) |
| 86 | 1995-10-10 | Mr. Bungle | Disco Volante | |
| 50 |  |
1997 | Slipknot | Bone Church |
| 85 |  |
1999-03-15 | Blur | 13 |
| 99 |  |
1999-07-13 | Mr. Bungle | California |
| 21 |  |
2000 | Radiohead | KID A MNESIA |
| 63 |  |
2000 | Sonic Youth | Nyc Ghosts And Flowers |
| 64 |  |
2000-05-16 | Sonic Youth | NYC Ghosts & Flowers |
| 44 |  |
2000-10-02 | Radiohead | Kid A |
| 84 |  |
2001 | Radiohead | I Might Be Wrong |
| 94 |  |
2001-05-25 | Pink Floyd | Atom Heart Mother (2011 Remastered Version) |
| 92 |  |
2001-05-30 | Radiohead | Amnesiac |
| 29 |  |
2001-10 | Oysterhead | The Grand Pecking Order |
| 91 |  |
2002-02-19 | Xiu Xiu | Knife Play |
| 6 | 2002-07-30 | Xiu Xiu | Chapel of the Chimes | |
| 4 |  |
2003 | The Mars Volta | De-Loused in the Comatorium |
| 15 | 2003-05-20 | Serart | Serart | |
| 77 | 2003-06-17 | Animal Collective | Here Comes the Indian | |
| 97 |  |
2004-02-17 | Xiu Xiu | Fabulous Muscles |
| 59 |  |
2004-10-01 | Frank Zappa | Joe's Garage |
| 43 | 2005-10-04 | Tera Melos | Untitled | |
| 73 |  |
2006 | Stereolab | Refried Ectoplasm [Switched On Volume 2] |
| 7 |  |
2006-02-20 | Liars | Drum's Not Dead |
| 70 | 2006-05-16 | The Sound of Animals Fighting | Lover, The Lord Has Left Us… | |
| 56 |  |
2006-05-30 | Les Claypool | Of Whales And Woe |
| 80 |  |
2006-09-11 | Xiu Xiu | The Air Force |
| 26 |  |
2007 | The Mae Shi | HLLLYH |
| 38 |  |
2007-02-27 | Portugal. The Man | It's Complicated Being a Wizard |
| 18 | 2007-10-23 | Black Dice | Load Blown | |
| 5 |  |
2008-01-22 | Foxy Shazam | INTRODUCING |
| 11 |  |
2008-01-23 | The Mars Volta | The Bedlam in Goliath |
| 72 |  |
2008-05-27 | Scars on Broadway | They Say |
| 14 | 2008-09-05 | Gang Gang Dance | Saint Dymphna | |
| 83 | 2009-06-08 | Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca | |
| 93 |  |
2009-10-09 | The Flaming Lips | Embryonic |
| 36 |  |
2009-10-19 | Atlas Sound | Logos |
| 25 |  |
2010 | Circa Survive | B-Sides |
| 19 | 2010-09-21 | Swans | My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky | |
| 79 |  |
2010-10-19 | Zach Hill | FACE TAT |
| 54 | 2010-11-30 | Circa Survive | Appendage | |
| 12 |  |
2011-01-28 | Esben and the Witch | Violet Cries |
| 55 |  |
2011-04-16 | Circa Survive | Appendage - EP |
| 46 | 2011-06-06 | Shaka Ponk | The Geeks and the Jerkin' Socks | |
| 75 | 2012-06-04 | Liars | WIXIW | |
| 82 | 2012-08-12 | Swans | The Seer | |
| 40 | 2013-03-12 | And So I Watch You From Afar | All Hail Bright Futures (Bonus Track Version) | |
| 60 | 2013-07-12 | David Lynch | The Big Dream | |
| 61 |  |
2014-01-12 | Cojum Dip | Cojum Dip |
| 24 | 2014-04-07 | John Frusciante | Enclosure | |
| 65 |  |
2014-05-03 | Swans | To Be Kind |
| 13 |  |
2014-05-19 | Todd Rundgren | A Wizard / A True Star |
| 74 |  |
2014-10-24 | Can | Ege Bamyasi (Remastered Version) |
| 34 |  |
2014-12-23 | The Voidz | Tyranny |
| 1 |  |
2015 | The Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground & Nico 45th Anniversary (Super Deluxe Edition) |
| 39 |  |
2015-02-11 | Alex G | Blessing |
| 96 |  |
2016-01-08 | David Bowie | Blackstar |
| 45 |  |
2016-03-25 | The Drones | Feelin Kinda Free |
| 69 |  |
2016-04 | Xiu Xiu | Plays the Music of Twin Peaks |
| 32 |  |
2016-06-03 | The Claypool Lennon Delirium | Monolith of Phobos |
| 20 |  |
2016-06-16 | Swans | The Glowing Man |
| 81 |  |
2016-11-10 | Död Mark | Drabbad av sjukdom |
| 42 |  |
2017 | David Bowie | Lodger (2017 Remaster) |
| 98 |  |
2018-03-30 | The Voidz | Virtue |
| 23 | 2018-06-22 | Death Grips | Year of the Snitch | |
| 16 |  |
2019 | Heccra | The Devil-Faces of My Old Friends, Beneath Me |
| 88 |  |
2019-01-25 | BLACK MIDI | Sweater |
| 17 |  |
2019-02-08 | Xiu Xiu | 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips |
| 87 |  |
2019-10-25 | Desert Sessions | Vols. 11 & 12 |
| 89 |  |
2020-09-23 | Clown Core | Van |
| 67 |  |
2020-10-09 | Mary Lattimore | Silver Ladders |
| 8 |  |
2021 | My Morning Jacket | Chapter 1: The Sandworm Cometh - Early Recordings, B-Sides, Covers, y Mas |
| 71 |  |
2021 | Low | HEY WHAT |
| 58 |  |
2021-03-26 | Xiu Xiu | OH NO |
| 78 | 2021-04-09 | Spirit of the Beehive | ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH | |
| 27 |  |
2021-09-01 | Injury Reserve | By the Time I Get to Phoenix |
| 51 |  |
2021-10-08 | STOMACH BOOK | STOMACH BOOK |
| 100 |  |
2021-11-05 | The Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground & Nico 45th Anniversary |
| 41 |  |
2022 | Dean Blunt | Roaches 2012-2019 |
| 10 |  |
2022-04-08 | Jack White | Fear Of The Dawn |
| 57 |  |
2022-09-08 | The Garden | Horseshit on route 66 |
| 90 |  |
2023-04-28 | Brave Little Abacus | Just Got Back from the Discomfort We're Alright |
| 76 |  |
2023-06-09 | Squid | O Monolith |
| 37 | 2023-09-01 | Sprain | The Lamb as Effigy |