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Experimental rock or '''Avant rock''' is a type of Art Music based on Rock And Roll which Experiments with the basic elements of the genre, and/or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique. Performers may also attempt to individualize their music with unconventional Time Signatures , instrumental tunings, compositional styles, lyrical techniques, elements of other Musical Genre s, singing styles, or instrumental effects. HISTORY 1960s The mid- to late 60s was an era of explosive growth and experimentation in rock music. Bands drew influences from Free Jazz artists such as John Coltrane and Sun Ra and Avant-garde composers like John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen . Notable experimental bands in this period include The Velvet Underground , Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band , The Mothers Of Invention , and some work by The Beatles . 1970s Influenced by the experiments of these groups came another wave experimental rock bands in the early 1970's. There was, for instance, the so-called Krautrock scene in Germany , which included psychedelic bands like Amon Düül II , sound-collage artists like Faust , and the extremely improvisational and almost unclassifiable Can . Brian Eno was another important figure, especially after his departure from Roxy Music in order to pursue his own ideas (which ultimately led to his invention of the term " Ambient Music "). Some other artists in this period, such as David Bowie and Scott Walker , also departing from more pop-oriented styles in order to experiment with songwriting and production. At the same time, there was the experimental wing of the already somewhat experimental Progressive Rock scene, including a number of bands who were influenced by Contemporary Classical Music -- Magma , Henry Cow , Area , Univers Zero , and so on. There are many Avant-prog bands still active, including Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Koenjihyakkei . In the late 70s, Punk Rock developed a number of experimental offshoots, most notably Post-punk . This genre includes everything from arty punk rockers like Pere Ubu and Suicide to the noise-rock of Public Image Ltd. . Other punk offshoots included Industrial Music (bands such as Cabaret Voltaire , Einstürzende Neubauten and Throbbing Gristle ) and No Wave (bands such as James Chance And The Contortions and DNA ). These scenes are all still active in the 00s, as evidenced by bands like Life Without Buildings and Chicks On Speed . 1980s The late 80s alternative scene saw the rise of a number of bands influenced by the Velvet Underground, including Agitpop , Sonic Youth , Dinosaur Jr. , and Big Black . 1990s Many Indie Rock bands became experimental and diverged into a style called Post-rock ; major influences on this style include Slint , who were influenced by Hardcore Punk , and Talk Talk 's later works, which were influenced by Miles Davis and Ambient Music . By now "post-rock" can refer to almost any complex instrumental rock coming out of the indie scene, from the delicate, classical-influenced chamber rock of Rachel's to the massive, forbidding sonic landscapes of Godspeed You! Black Emperor . 2000s , 2006, Yuri Landman, Liars ]] As the 90s passed, non-instrumental forms of indie rock also became increasingly experimental. Some of the innovators in this area were bands associated with the Elephant 6 collective, such as Neutral Milk Hotel and The Olivia Tremor Control ; later experimental indie bands include Deerhoof , Liars , U.S. Maple , Xiu Xiu , The Fiery Furnaces , Animal Collective , Scarling. and Wolf Parade . Neptune is an experimental noise music band from Boston that built all their Custom Made Guitars And Basses out of heaps of scrap metal. Liars used Yuri Landman 's Moodswinger on their fourth album. TIME LINE OF NOTABLE EXPERIMENTAL ROCK PERFORMERS Preset = TimeHorizontal_AutoPlaceBars_UnitYear ImageSize = width:760 Colors = id:lightGray value:gray(0.7) id:gray value:gray(0.4) id:darkGray value:gray(0.2) # id:prp value:rgb(0.75,1,0) legend:Protopunk id:now value:rgb(0.75,1,1) legend:NoWave/Industrial id:new value:rgb(0.5,1,0.5) legend:NewWave id:noi value:rgb(0.75,1,0.75) legend:NoiseRock id:sho value:rgb(0.5,1,0.75) legend:Shoegazer id:gru value:rgb(1,1,0.75) legend:Grunge id:lof value:rgb(1,0.75,0.75) legend:Lo-fi id:mat value:rgb(1,0.75,0) legend:Post-Rock/MathRock id:har value:rgb(1,0.5,0) legend:HarshNoise BackgroundColors = canvas:lightGray Period = from:1965 till:2010 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:1965 gridcolor:gray Legend = orientation:vertical left:49 top:200 LineData = at:1970 color:darkGray layer:back at:1975 color:darkGray layer:back at:1980 color:darkGray layer:back at:1985 color:darkGray layer:back at:1990 color:darkGray layer:back at:1995 color:darkGray layer:back at:2000 color:darkGray layer:back at:2005 color:darkGray layer:back BarData= barset:Composers PlotData= # set defaults width:15 fontsize:M textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(4,-6) barset:Composers from:1967 till:1972 color:prp text: Velvet Underground from:1969 till:1973 color:prp text: Stooges from:1969 till:1978 color:prp text: Can from:1971 till:1975 color:mat text: Faust from:1972 till:1994 color:now text: Cabaret Voltaire from:1976 till:1981 color:now text: Throbbing Gristle from:1977 till:2008 color:now text: Half Japanese from:1978 till:1993 color:now text: Public Image Ltd. from:1978 till:2008 color:new text: The Cure from:1980 till:2008 color:now text: Einsturzende Neubauten from:1981 till:2008 color:now text: Agitpop from:1981 till:2008 color:now text: Nick Cave from:1981 till:2008 color:noi text: Sonic Youth from:1982 till:2008 color:noi text: Butthole Surfers from:1982 till:1997 color:mat text: Swans from:1984 till:1999 color:sho text: Jesus And The Mary Chain from:1986 till:2008 color:lof text: The Dead C from:1987 till:2002 color:noi text: Fugazi from:1988 till:1994 color:gru text: Nirvana from:1989 till:1992 color:mat text: Slint from:1990 till:2008 color:lof text: Smog from:1991 till:2002 color:noi text: Unwound from:1992 till:2000 color:har text: Atari Teenage Riot from:1992 till:2008 color:mat text: Shellac from:1992 till:2008 color:har text: Melt Banana from:1993 till:2008 color:noi text: Blonde Redhead from:1995 till:2008 color:mat text: Mogwai from:1995 till:2008 color:noi text: Deerhoof from:2001 till:2008 color:noi text: Liars barset:break barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip barset:skip SEE ALSO
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