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List of geek rock artists

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This is a list of artists who are known for producing music in the geek rock genre including its subgenres such as nerd punk and trock.

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1970s and earlier

  • Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band[https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/what_is_geek_rock_and_how_can_we_better_understand_it-165345 What Is Geek Rock and How Can We Better Understand It?|Ultimate Guitar] (1964–1982)
  • Descendents[https://www.loudersound.com/features/milo-descendents-bill-stevenson-interview-punk Descendents and the story of Milo, punk's most nerdy mascot|Louder] (1977–present)
  • Devo{{cite magazine|title=The Evolution of Nerd Rock|magazine=Uncanny|first=Keidra|last=Chaney|date=January–February 2015|issue=2|pages=129–133|url=http://uncannymagazine.com/article/evolution-nerd-rock/}}{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/03/the-greatest-nerd-rock-records-of-all-time/full-post/|title=The Greatest Nerd Rock Records of All Time|work=Consequence of Sound|first1=Nick|last1=Freed|first2=Christina|last2=Salgado|date=March 14, 2014|access-date=2015-03-15}}[https://uncannymagazine.com/article/evolution-nerd-rock/ The Evolution of Nerd Rock – Uncanny Magazine] (1973–present)
  • ± Elvis Costello[https://www.amazon.com/Geek-Rock-Exploration-Music-Subculture-ebook/dp/B00MSM9NME/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1616602370&refinements=p_27%3AAlex+DiBlasi&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Alex+DiBlasi Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture by Alex DiBlasi (pg.176)](1970–present)
  • Oingo Boingo[https://www.amazon.com/Geek-Rock-Exploration-Music-Subculture-ebook/dp/B00MSM9NME/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1616602370&refinements=p_27%3AAlex+DiBlasi&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Alex+DiBlasi Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture by Alex DiBlasi (pg.182)] (1979–1995)
  • Robyn Hitchcock[https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-bands-that-nerds-like Nine Bands That Nerds Like | Cassava Films] (1972–2006)
  • ± Talking Heads[https://www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org/talkingheads.htm Talking Heads – John McFerrin's Reviews of Music] (1975–1991)
  • Tori Amos (1979–present)
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic{{cite news|url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/festival-guide/Weird+Yankovic+leads+parade+geek+music+Calgary+Comic+Expo/8293568/story.html|work=Calgary Herald|title=Weird Al Yankovic leads parade of geek music at Calgary's Comic Expo|first=Mike|last=Bell|date=April 24, 2013|quote=Not so with Weird Al Yankovic, the true, unabashed and remarkably enduring king of a now growing genre of nerd rock — a man who’s had a pretty remarkable 30-year career wearing his uncoolness on his accordion strap.}} (1976–present)
  • XTC[https://www.amazon.com/Geek-Rock-Exploration-Music-Subculture-ebook/dp/B00MSM9NME/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1616602370&refinements=p_27%3AAlex+DiBlasi&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Alex+DiBlasi Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture by Alex DiBlasi (pg.186)] (1976–2006)
  • ± Frank Zappa[http://blog.musoscribe.com/index.php/2015/04/13/book-review-geek-rock/ Book Review:_Geek Rock – Musoscribe: Bill Kopp's Music Magazine] (1955–1993)

1980s

  • Barenaked Ladies{{cite magazine|title=Geek Love|magazine=SPIN|date=December 2000|first=Eric|last=Weisbard|pages=158–162}}{{cite book|chapter='A Very Subtle Joke': T. S. Eliot, J. D. Salinger and the Puer Aeternus in God Shuffled His Feet|first=Paul Alexander|last=Cantrell|pages=79–98|title=Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture|editor1-first=Alex|editor1-last=DiBlasi|editor2-first=Victoria|editor2-last=Willis|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2014|isbn=9781442229761}} (1988–present)
  • Crash Test Dummies (1988–present)
  • The Dead Milkmen (1983–present)
  • Thomas Dolby (1981–present)
  • GWAR (1984–present)
  • Moxy Früvous (1989–2001)
  • They Might Be Giants{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474135/they-might-be-giants-qa-in-the-studio-with-the-nerd-rock-kings|title=They Might Be Giants Q&A|first=Jon|last=Blistein|magazine=Billboard|date=November 16, 2012}} (1982–present)
  • Violent Femmes{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/violent-femmes-mn0000922200|title = Violent Femmes Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More|website = AllMusic}} (1980–present)
  • Ween (1984–present)

1990s

  • Andrew W.K. (1998–present)
  • The Aquabats{{cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2008-12-11/music/the-aquabats/full/|title=The Aquabats|first=John|last=Linn|date=December 11, 2008|work=Phoenix New Times}} (1994–present)
  • Belle and Sebastian (1996–present)
  • Ben Folds Five (1993–present)
  • Bowling for Soup[https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/geekend/the-top-20-glorious-geek-rock-anthems/ The top 20 glorious geek rock anthems|TechRepublic] (1994–present)
  • Dynamite Hack (1997–present)
  • Fountains of Wayne (1996–2013)
  • Logan Whitehurst & the Jr. Science Club (1997–2006)
  • Minibosses{{cite book|chapter=Taste, Kitsch, and Geek Rock: A Multiple Modernities View|first=Martina|last=Topić|pages=25–44|title=Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture|editor1-first=Alex|editor1-last=DiBlasi|editor2-first=Victoria|editor2-last=Willis|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2014|isbn=9781442229761}} (1999–present)
  • Motion City Soundtrack{{Cite web |date=2015-10-28 |title=Motion City Soundtrack's unique use of the moog {{!}} Signpost |url=https://signpost.mywebermedia.com/2015/10/28/motion-city-soundtracks-unique-use-of-the-moog/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=signpost.mywebermedia.com |language=en-US}} (1997–present)
  • The Mountain Goats{{cite book|chapter='My God, What an Infantile Gesture': The Mountain Goats as Emblematic of Geek Rock's Relationship with the Authentic|first=Taylor|last=Peter|pages=147–160|title=Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture|editor1-first=Alex|editor1-last=DiBlasi|editor2-first=Victoria|editor2-last=Willis|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2014|isbn=9781442229761}} (1991–present)
  • Nerf Herder (1994–present)
  • Ozma (1995–present)
  • Radioactive Chicken Heads

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  • Tenacious D (1994–present)
  • Warp 11[https://www.ranker.com/list/geek-rock-bands-and-musicians/reference/ The Best Geek Rock Bands] (1999–present)
  • Weezer (1992–present)
  • Wheatus (1995–present)

2000s

  • alt-J{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/molly-fosco/altj-making-nerd-rock-sex_b_2522212.html|first=Molly|last=Fosco|title=Alt-J: Making Nerd Rock Sexy|work=The Huffington Post|date=January 22, 2013|access-date=2015-03-15}} (2007–present)
  • Chameleon Circuit{{cite web|last=Wilkes|first=Neil|title=Introducing Trock: Songs about 'Doctor Who'|date=8 June 2009|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/tubetalk/a158350/introducing-trock-songs-about-doctor-who.html|publisher=DigitalSpy.com|access-date=2015-03-15}} (2008–2014)
  • Jonathan Coulton (2003–present)
  • The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets (2003–present)
  • The Franchise (2004–2008)
  • Harry and the Potters (2002–present)
  • hellogoodbye (2001–present)
  • I Fight Dragons{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotechreport.com/2009/02/geek-rock-i-fight-dragons.html|date=February 9, 2009|title=Geek Rock: I Fight Dragons|work=Chicago Tech Report|first=Len|last=Kendall|access-date=2015-03-15}} (2009–present)
  • Joanna Wang (2008-present)
  • Lemon Demon[https://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-top-20-glorious-geek-rock-anthems/ The top 20 glorious geek rock anthems|TechRepublic] (2003–present)
  • The Protomen (2003–present)
  • Paul and Storm (2004–present)
  • Thundering Asteroids!{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/01/the_doubleclicks_kick_off_a_bu.html|title=The Doubleclicks kick off a busy 2015, including a pair of weekend Portland shows: The Week in Geek|work=Oregon Live|date=January 21, 2015|first=Marc|last=Mohan|access-date=2015-03-20}} (2009–present)

2010s

  • The Doubleclicks{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2013/08/geek-love-kirby-krackle-the-doubleclicks-and-the-soul-of-nerd-rock/|magazine=Wired|access-date=2015-03-08|title=Geek Love: Kirby Krackle, The Doubleclicks, and the soul of nerd rock|first=Mike|last=Selinker|date=2013-01-08}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.tickettoentertainment.com/blog/2014/09/26/the-doubleclicks-nerd-rock-in-ardmore-oct-5/|magazine=Ticket Entertainment|title=The Doubleclicks' nerd rock in Ardmore Oct. 5|first=Joe|last=Barron|date=September 26, 2014}} (2011–present)
  • Double Experience{{cite web|url=http://blog.sonicbids.com/double-experience-diy-band-500-shows|title=How a Fully DIY Band Has Booked Over 500 Shows in 16 Countries: Advice From Double Experience}} (2014–present)
  • Five Year Mission{{cite web|url=http://fiveyearmission.net/|title=Five Year Mission Official Website}} (2010–present)
  • Time Crash (2012–2021)

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