Ursa
Ursa, the Terrassa trio of instrumental and experimental progressive rock.
Ursa, the Terrassa trio of instrumental and experimental progressive rock.
Face The Maybe, the Barcelona progressive metal band with fifteen years of career.
Onyric Joy, the Barcelona psychedelic and stoner rock trio rooted in Greek Stoic philosophy.
Time Lost, the Barcelona progressive metal band behind the concept series “Stages of Grief and Loss”.
Cheeto’s Magazine, a Barcelona band with a theatrical, colourful live show, a regular on the Tótum Revolútum circuit.
Gato Pérez, the Argentine adopted by Barcelona who fused Catalan rumba with funk and salsa.
Sau, the Vic band, a pioneer of modern Catalan rock, led by Carles Sabater and Pep Sala.
Sopa de Cabra, the Girona band, a reference of 1990s Catalan rock, with “Camina Vora Meu”.
Orquestra Plateria, a Barcelona orchestra of popular dance music, born at the Zeleste club in 1974.
Jaume Sisa, an essential figure of the Catalan underground, founder of Música Dispersa and author of “Qualsevol Nit Pot Sortir el Sol”.
Jane’s Addiction, the Los Angeles band that founded the Lollapalooza festival.
Sonic Youth, the New York band, a pioneer of noise rock and experimental alternative.
Pixies, the Boston band, a direct influence on Nirvana and 1990s alternative rock.
R.E.M., the Athens (Georgia) band, a pioneer of American alternative rock.
The Smashing Pumpkins, the Chicago band that fused alternative rock and symphonic ambition in the 1990s.
Stone Temple Pilots, the San Diego band, a reference of 1990s post-grunge.
Alice in Chains, the Seattle band with grunge’s darkest sound, marked by the death of Layne Staley.
Soundgarden, the Seattle grunge pioneers, with Chris Cornell on vocals.
Pearl Jam, the Seattle band, a leading name in 1990s grunge and alternative rock.
Nirvana, the band from Aberdeen, Washington, that took grunge to worldwide stardom with Nevermind.
Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler’s band, a reference of melodic, sophisticated 1980s rock.
Whitesnake, David Coverdale’s project (ex-Deep Purple), a pillar of British blues rock and hard rock.
Def Leppard, the Sheffield band, a leading name in 1980s melodic hard rock.
Bon Jovi, the New Jersey band that took 1980s arena rock to worldwide stardom.
Van Halen, a reference of virtuoso electric guitar and 1980s hard rock.
Steppenwolf, the band behind “Born to Be Wild”, a reference of late-1960s hard rock.
Fleetwood Mac, from British blues rock to American pop-rock with the album Rumours.
The Eagles, one of the best-selling American bands in history, with Hotel California.
Lynyrd Skynyrd, the founding band of southern rock, marked by the 1977 plane crash.
Aerosmith, the Boston band and a benchmark of American hard rock.
Trapped Under Ice, the Baltimore hardcore band with metal influences from the 2000s.
Terror, one of the benchmark youth crew hardcore bands of the 2000s.
Code Orange, the Pittsburgh band that fuses hardcore, industrial metal and noise.
Knocked Loose, the Kentucky band and a benchmark of contemporary metallic hardcore.
Turnstile, the Baltimore band that has taken hardcore to massive audiences with Glow On.
Bad Religion, one of the founding bands of Californian melodic punk.
The Clash, “the only band that matters”, a pillar of British political punk.
Sex Pistols, the London band that detonated the explosion of British punk.
The Ramones, the New York band that founded modern punk rock.
Dead Kennedys, the San Francisco band that pioneered political hardcore punk.
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