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Top alternative rock artists

The top-rated alternative rock artist on Riffiter is My Bloody Valentine, rated 4.6/5 by 11 listeners.

497 alternative rock artists ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 166 of 3,296 alternative rock albums, averaging 3.7/5, spanning 1972 to 2026.

  1. My Bloody Valentine01My Bloody Valentine11 ratings
  2. Jeff Buckley

    02 Jeff Buckley

    6 ratings

  3. Sonic Youth

    03 Sonic Youth

    13 ratings

  4. Radiohead

    04 Radiohead

    31 ratings

  5. The Smashing Pumpkins

    05 The Smashing Pumpkins

    6 ratings

  6. Blind Melon

    06 Blind Melon

    1 rating

  7. Supergrass

    07 Supergrass

    1 rating

  8. Ride

    08 Ride

    1 rating

  9. Birds of Tokyo

    09 Birds of Tokyo

    1 rating

  10. The National

    10 The National

    11 ratings

  11. Queens of the Stone Age

    11 Queens of the Stone Age

    15 ratings

  12. Linkin Park

    12 Linkin Park

    40 ratings

  13. The Verve

    13 The Verve

    1 rating

  14. Violent Femmes

    14 Violent Femmes

    1 rating

  15. Blood Red Shoes

    15 Blood Red Shoes

    1 rating

  16. Madina Lake

    16 Madina Lake

    1 rating

  17. Concrete Blonde

    17 Concrete Blonde

    1 rating

  18. The Bluetones

    18 The Bluetones

    1 rating

  19. Jack White

    19 Jack White

    9 ratings

  20. Blur

    20 Blur

    5 ratings

  21. The 1975

    21 The 1975

    2 ratings

  22. Relient K

    22 Relient K

    2 ratings

  23. Phantom Planet

    23 Phantom Planet

    2 ratings

  24. Pixies

    24 Pixies

    11 ratings

  25. Phoenix

    25 Phoenix

    5 ratings

  26. Beck

    26 Beck

    5 ratings

  27. Caifanes

    27 Caifanes

    3 ratings

  28. Calexico

    28 Calexico

    3 ratings

  29. The Cranberries

    29 The Cranberries

    1 rating

  30. Wilco

    30 Wilco

    1 rating

  31. They Might Be Giants

    31 They Might Be Giants

    1 rating

  32. Melissa Etheridge

    32 Melissa Etheridge

    1 rating

  33. My Chemical Romance

    33 My Chemical Romance

    7 ratings

  34. The Cure

    34 The Cure

    12 ratings

  35. Paramore

    35 Paramore

    10 ratings

  36. Placebo

    36 Placebo

    1 rating

  37. IAMX

    37 IAMX

    1 rating

  38. Hootie & The Blowfish

    38 Hootie & The Blowfish

    1 rating

  39. Fightstar

    39 Fightstar

    1 rating

  40. Coldplay

    40 Coldplay

    28 ratings

  41. Breaking Benjamin

    41 Breaking Benjamin

    3 ratings

  42. Red Hot Chili Peppers

    42 Red Hot Chili Peppers

    21 ratings

  43. Royal Blood

    43 Royal Blood

    9 ratings

  44. Alanis Morissette

    44 Alanis Morissette

    1 rating

  45. Letters to Cleo

    45 Letters to Cleo

    1 rating

  46. All Time Low

    46 All Time Low

    2 ratings

  47. Puscifer

    47 Puscifer

    2 ratings

  48. Panic! at the Disco

    48 Panic! at the Disco

    3 ratings

  49. Cage the Elephant

    49 Cage the Elephant

    3 ratings

  50. Foo Fighters

    50 Foo Fighters

    20 ratings

  51. alt-J

    51 alt-J

    4 ratings

  52. Muse

    52 Muse

    26 ratings

  53. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

    53 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

    8 ratings

  54. The Cardigans

    54 The Cardigans

    4 ratings

  55. Silverchair

    55 Silverchair

    1 rating

  56. Gorillaz

    56 Gorillaz

    10 ratings

  57. PJ Harvey

    57 PJ Harvey

    10 ratings

  58. Foster the People

    58 Foster the People

    3 ratings

  59. Echo & The Bunnymen

    59 Echo & The Bunnymen

    2 ratings

  60. OneRepublic

    60 OneRepublic

    3 ratings

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