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Genre
garage punk
Parent Genre: blues

Garage punk is a raw and energetic subgenre of punk rock that emerged in the 1970s. It is characterized by its lo-fi sound, distorted guitar riffs, and aggressive vocals. Garage punk often features simple chord progressions and a DIY attitude, with bands recording and producing their own music. The genre has a rebellious and anti-establishment ethos, with lyrics often addressing social and political issues. The Spits, Prison Affair, and Dead Moon are all examples of influential garage punk bands that continue to inspire new generations of musicians.


Top artists of garage punk genre

The Spits
Prison Affair
Ausmuteants
Alien Nosejob
Dark Thoughts
The Murder City Devils
Poison Ruïn
Royal Headache
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List of garage punk artists

Here is a list of garage punk artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the garage punk genre. You can find out what garage punk genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
The Spits
38 44 33 92 3 42 133 39081
2
Prison Affair
37 31 63 88 10 82 115 14189
3
Ausmuteants
35 20 33 86 9 57 139 8577
4
Alien Nosejob
34 45 43 83 15 73 138 7720
5
Dark Thoughts
34 8 29 96 0 36 129 6605
6
The Murder City Devils
33 21 30 93 1 41 150 35029
7
Poison Ruïn
33 89 25 91 1 18 130 7022
8
Royal Headache
31 49 31 75 0 55 118 26642
9
The Cowboys
30 78 27 86 8 60 148 4625
10
Radioactivity
29 82 28 95 1 52 152 16034
11
White Lung
29 15 34 98 0 19 142 36339
12
The Marked Men
28 47 26 92 1 39 140 13952
13
Liquids
27 66 32 89 5 49 118 8755
14
Mean Jeans
27 4 36 90 1 64 138 14486
15
The Exploding Hearts
26 0 38 95 18 66 151 15340
16
The Briefs
25 0 38 96 1 55 144 8629
17
New Bomb Turks
25 14 28 96 1 34 127 18062
18
Reatards
25 56 27 94 36 41 128 18843
19
Government Warning
23 30 31 98 0 26 112 9302
20
M.O.T.O.
23 22 36 90 12 56 151 5778
21
Sick Thoughts
22 29 38 94 2 35 112 3404
22
Night Birds
22 20 34 97 1 35 114 10013
23
Institute
22 57 27 92 1 44 173 9437
24
Dean Dirg
21 84 28 98 0 54 148 3169
25
Warish
21 32 27 91 0 31 130 10469
26
Mind Spiders
21 31 34 89 2 49 128 11193
27
Lost Sounds
20 12 29 90 3 45 137 11706
28
Carbonas
20 15 30 97 1 21 144 7233
29
Billiam
20 78 40 92 18 77 150 1267
30
Annihilation Time
19 33 26 91 6 41 142 5755
31
The Sueves
19 54 29 91 10 32 134 2423
32
Rotten Mind
19 28 32 94 0 31 101 4950
33
Chain Cult
18 28 40 94 0 67 152 4969
34
Neighborhood Brats
17 36 36 97 0 53 135 3568
35
Pointed Sticks
17 0 38 88 2 65 169 5363
36
Career Suicide
17 49 31 96 3 17 105 8080
37
Youth Avoiders
17 57 28 95 0 36 150 5365
38
Aborted Tortoise
17 9 38 88 1 69 117 2369
39
Bad Sports
16 26 36 83 11 58 146 7216
40
Vacation
16 37 31 95 6 24 132 3254
41
Hex Dispensers
15 25 33 92 1 64 133 1747
42
Barreracudas
15 0 31 91 1 70 138 3039
43
Protex
15 0 32 87 3 63 153 5735
44
Cyanide Pills
14 3 47 91 0 80 154 2021
45
Tenement
13 0 43 95 0 52 121 5130
46
The Vicious
11 21 27 91 0 47 151 3501
47
Sonny Vincent
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2367
48
Gun Outfit
10 7 50 53 21 42 86 4226
49
Terrible Feelings
10 0 34 93 0 61 170 3767
50
Criminal Damage
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2536
51
Masshysteri
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 6238
52
Defect Defect
9 39 53 42 41 13 104 442
53
Statues
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 563
54
The White Wires
9 0 25 95 0 51 156 3427
55
The Steve Adamyk Band
9 44 38 89 0 87 171 2147
56
Testors
9 0 52 92 2 85 116 1864
57
The Cute Lepers
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2486
58
Red Dons
9 1 29 94 2 18 100 3854
59
Buck Biloxi and The Fucks
8 0 43 99 0 27 95 1252
60
Regulations
8 0 37 96 1 37 108 3905
61
No Problem
8 37 12 100 0 14 179 2547
62
Tommy and the Commies
8 90 37 87 0 69 92 1590
63
Outtacontroller
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1096
64
Cold Meat
8 94 39 95 0 56 96 2358
65
The Nils
8 0 22 81 0 74 158 1204
66
Sonic Avenues
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2524
67
Gorilla Angreb
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2835
68
Direct Control
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3408
69
Big Eyes
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3337
70
Real Tears
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 567
71
The Estranged
7 70 26 100 0 65 171 2828
72
No Hope For The Kids
7 5 37 80 0 51 139 2460
73
High Tension Wires
7 0 16 97 9 64 190 2310
74
Cloak/Dagger
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1625
75
Lost Balloons
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1222
76
Brutal Knights
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2320
77
The Bombettes
6 0 54 80 2 90 98 960
78
Gino and the Goons
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1344
79
Rough Kids
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 230
80
Dinos Boys
5 0 54 99 6 80 98 1118
81
Teenage Kicks
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 800
82
Hysterese
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1903
83
Social Circkle
5 22 34 99 0 41 117 2607
84
KÜKEN
5 0 21 90 0 51 168 538
85
Red Cross
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1734
86
P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S.
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1449
87
Arctic Flowers
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3221
88
Tranzmitors
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1247
89
The Consumers
4 15 43 98 1 11 106 665
90
Formaldehyde Junkies
4 12 39 95 3 44 94 1753
91
Amoebas
3 0 40 92 0 57 100 464
92
Xaxaxa
3 0 33 94 3 72 166 385
93
Autistic Youth
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2347
94
The Manikins
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1187
95
Nervosas
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1575
96
Neon Piss
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1264
97
Fleshies
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1111
98
Sedatives
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1257
99
Modern Action
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 329
100
Modern Pets
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 736
101
Shoppers
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 806
102
Feral Trash
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 591
103
The Busy Signals
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 623
104
Marvelous Darlings
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 547
105
The Low Culture
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 796
106
The Shitty Limits
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1109
107
The Kidnappers
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 349
108
Criminal Code
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 741
109
The Stops
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 410
110
The Shirks
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 259
111
The Marvelous Darlings
0 0 30 96 0 17 93 96
112
Defektors
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73
113
Brain F≠
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 326
114
Le Face
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120
115
Whatever Brains
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 416
116
Clorox Girls
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1486
117
Stupid Party
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
118
Daylight Robbery
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 258
119
Giant Haystacks
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125