List of garage rock bands

• The 13th Floor Elevators (Austin, Texas)

A[edit]

• The Aardvarks (Muskegon, Michigan)
• The Ace of Cups (San Francisco, California; all-female group)
• The Allman Joys (Daytona, Florida)
• The Atlantics (Sydney, Australia)

B[edit]

• Baby Huey & the Babysitters (Gary, Indiana)
• The Bad Roads (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
• The Bad Seeds (Corpus Christi, Texas)
• The Baskerville Hounds (Cleveland, Ohio)
• The Balloon Farm (New Jersey, United States)
• The Banshees (Chicago, Illinois)
• The Barbarians (Cape Cod, Massachusetts)
• The Bare Facts (Portsmouth, Ohio)
• The Baroques (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• The Basement Wall (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
• The Beach Nuts (Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey)
• The Beau Brummels (San Francisco, California)
• The Beefeaters (Copenhagen, Denmark)
• The Bees (Covina, California)
• The Better Half-Dozen (New Orleans, Louisiana)
• The Birdwatchers (Tampa, Florida)
• The Black Diamonds (Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia)
• The Bluestars (Auckland, New Zealand)
• Blues Magoos (The Bronx, New York, New York)
• The Blue Things (Hays, Kansas)
• The Bobby Fuller Four (El Paso, Texas)
• Bohemian Vendetta (Long Island, New York)
• The Bojax (Greenville, South Carolina)
• The Breakers (Memphis, Tennessee)
• The Brigands (Forest Hills, Long Island, New York)
• The Brogues (Merced, California)
• The Bruthers (Pearl River, New York)
• The Brymers (San Joaquin Valley, California)
• The Bumpers (Rome, Italy)

C[edit]

• Dean Carter (Danville, Illinois)
• The Caretakers of Deception (Los Angeles, California)
• The Castaways (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota)
• The Chargers (Wenatchee, Washington)
• The Charlatans (San Francisco, California)
• The Cherry Slush (Saginaw, Michigan)
• The Chessmen (Denton, Texas)
• The Chocolate Watchband (San Jose, California)
• The Choir (Cleveland, Ohio)
• Christopher and the Souls (McAllen, Texas)
• Clear Light (Los Angeles, California)
• Ray Columbus & the Invaders (Christchurch, New Zealand)
• The Continental Co-ets (Fulda, Minnesota; all-female group)
• Count Five (San Jose, California)
• The Creatures (Australia)^[4]
• The Crusaders (Los Angeles, California)
• The Cryan' Shames (Chicago, Illinois)

D[edit]

• The D-Men (Stamford, Connecticut)
• The Dagenites (Oxon Hill, Maryland)
• The Daisy Chain (Fullerton, California; all-female group)
• Danny and the Counts (El Paso, Texas)
• Danny's Reasons (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• The Dantes (Worthington, Ohio)
• The Daughters of Eve (Chicago, Illinois; all-female group)
• The David (Bakersfield, California)
• The Daybreakers (Muscatine, Iowa)
• The Deakins (Melbourne, Australia)
• The Dearly Beloved (Tucson, Arizona)
• Dr. Spec's Optical Illusion (New Orleans, Louisiana)
• Don and the Goodtimes (Portland, Oregon)
• The Doughboys (South Plainfield, New Jersey)
• The Dovers (Santa Barbara, California)
• Downliners Sect (Twickenham, London, England)
• The Driving Stupid (New Jersey)
• The Druids of Stonehenge (New York, New York)

E[edit]

• The E-Types (Salinas, California)
• The Easybeats (Sydney, Australia)
• The Echoes of Carnaby Street (Miami, Florida)
• The Electras (Ely, Minnesota)
• The Electric Elves (Cortland, New York)
• The Electric Prunes (San Fernando Valley)
• The Enfields (Wilmington, Delaware)
• Ernie and the Emperors (Santa Barbara, California)
• The Escapades (Memphis, Tennessee)
• Euphoria's Id (Saco, Maine)
• Evil (Miami, Florida)
• The Eyes (United Kingdom)

F[edit]

• The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
• The Feminine Complex (Nashville, Tennessee; all-female group)
• The Fifth Estate (Stamford, Connecticut)
• The Final Solution (San Francisco, California)
• Five Americans (Durant, Oklahoma)
• Joe Frank and the Knights (Leland, Mississippi)

G[edit]

• The Gants (Greenwood, Mississippi)
• Los Gatos Salvajes (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• The Gaunga Dyns (New Orleans, Louisiana)
• The Gentlemen (Dallas, Texas)
• The Gestures (Mankato, Minnesota)
• The Golden Cups (Yokohama, Japan)
• Goldie and the Gingerbreads (New York, New York; all-female group)
• The Golliwogs (El Cerrito, California; later Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• The Grains of Sand (Los Angeles, California)
• The Great Society (San Francisco, California)
• Green Fuz (Bridgeport, Texas)
• The Grifs (Charlotte, North Carolina)
• The Grodes/The Tongues of Truth (Tucson, Arizona)
• The Groupies (New York, New York)
• The Guess Who (Winnipeg, Manitoba, garage rock band in mid-60s)
• The Guilloteens (Memphis, Tennessee)

H[edit]

• The Hangmen (Rockville, Maryland)
• Harbinger Complex (Fremont, California)
• The Haunted (Montreal, Quebec)
• The Heard (Longview, Texas)
• Henry Flynt & The Insurrections (New York, New York)
• The Hombres (Memphis, Tennessee)
• The Human Beinz (Youngstown, Ohio)
• The Human Expression (Los Angeles, California)
• The Humane Society (Simi Valley, California)
• The Humans (Albion, New York)
• Hunger (Portland, Oregon)

I[edit]

• The Ides of March (Berwyn, Illinois)
• The Iguanas (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
• The Index (Grosse Point, Michigan)
• The Invictas (Rochester, New York)
• Island of Love (London, England)^[5][6]

J[edit]

• The Jades (Sparta, Michigan)
• The Jesters (Memphis, Tennessee)
• The JuJus (Grand Rapids, Michigan)

K[edit]

• Kazna Za Uši (Belgrade, Serbia )
• Kenny and the Kasuals (Dallas, Texas, United States )
• The Kingsmen (Portland, Oregon)
• The Kings Ransom (Allentown, Pennsylvania)
• The Kinks (London, England)
• The Kitchen Cinq (Amarillo, Texas)
• The Knack (British band) (Ilford, United Kingdom)
• The Knack (Los Angeles, California – 1960s )
• The Knaves (Chicago, Illinois)
• The Knickerbockers (Bergenfield, New Jersey)
• The Kreeg (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

L[edit]

• The La De Das (Huapai, New Zealand)
• Larry and the Blue Notes (Fort Worth, Texas)
• Larry's Rebels (Ponsonby, New Zealand)
• Lawson and Four More (Memphis, Tennessee)
• The Leaves (San Fernando Valley)
• The Lemon Drops (McHenry, Illinois)
• The Lemon Fog (Houston, Texas)
• Leo and the Prophets (Austin, Texas)
• The Lewallen Brothers (Tucson, Arizona)
• The Liberty Bell (Corpus Christi, Texas)
• The Litter (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• The Little Boy Blues (Chicago, Illinois)
• Liverpool Five (London, England)
• The Lost (New England band) (Plainfild, Vermont)
• Love (Los Angeles, California)
• The Loved Ones (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
• The Luv'd Ones (Niles, Michigan; all-female group)

M[edit]

• The Mad Hatters (Annapolis, Maryland)
• The Magic Mushrooms (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• The Masters Apprentices (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
• The McCoys (Union City, Indiana)
• Michael and the Messengers (Winona, Minnesota)
• Mike Krol (Los Angeles, California)
• Milan the Leather Boy (Florida)
• The Missing Links (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
• Mr. Lucky and the Gamblers (Newport, Oregon)
• Los Mockers (Montevideo, Uruguay)
• The Modds (Miami, Florida)
• The Mojo Men (San Francisco, California)
• The Monks (Germany)
• The Montells (Miami, Florida)
• The Moods (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
• The Morning Dew (Topeka, Kansas)
• Mouse and the Traps (Tyler, Texas)
• The Movin' Morfomen (Espanola, New Mexico)
• Moving Sidewalks (Houston, Texas)
• The Music Explosion (Mansfield, Ohio)
• The Music Machine (Los Angeles, California)
• The Myddle Class (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey)
• The Mystery Trend (San Francisco, California)
• The Mystic Tide (Long Island, New York)

N[edit]

• The Nightcaps (Dallas, Texas)
• The Night Walkers (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
• The Nightcrawlers (Daytona Beach, Florida)
• The Nomads (Texas City, Texas)
• The North Atlantic Invasion Force (New Haven, Connecticut )
• The Northwest Company (Haney, British Columbia, Canada)
• The Novas (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas)

O[edit]

• The Opposite Six (Sacramento, California)
• Oscar and the Majestics (Gary, Indiana)
• The Other Half (Los Angeles, California)
• The Others (South Kingstown, Rhode Island)
• The Outcasts (San Antonio, Texas)
• The Outsiders (Cleveland, Ohio)
• The Outsiders (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• The Outsiders (Tampa, Florida)
• The Oxford Circle (Davis, California)

P[edit]

• The Painted Faces (Fort Myers, Florida))
• The Palace Guard (Los Angeles, California)
• The Palace Guards (Metairie, Louisiana)
• The Paragons (Charlotte, North Carolina)
• Partibrejkers (Belgrade, Serbia)
• Paul Revere & the Raiders (Boise, Idaho)
• The Paupers (Toronto, Ontario)
• The Penthouse 5 (Oak Cliff, Texas)
• The Pink Finks (Melbourne, Australia)
• Pitche Blende (Saginaw, Michigan)
• The Plagues (Lansing, Michigan)
• The Pleasure Seekers (Detroit, Michigan; all-female group)
• The Pleazers (Brisbane, Australia)
• The Poor (Los Angeles, California)
• The Preachers (Los Angeles, California)
• The Premiers (San Gabriel, California)
• The Pretty Things (London, England)
• Public Nuisance (Sacramento, California)
• The Purple Gang (Los Angeles, California)
• The Purple Hearts (Brisbane, Australia)

Q[edit]

• Q65 (The Hague, Netherlands)
• Question Mark & the Mysterians (Bay City and Saginaw, Michigan)
• The Quests (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
• The Quiet Jungle (Toronto, Canada)

R[edit]

• Randy and the Radiants (Memphis, Tennessee)
• The Rationals (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
• The Ravens (Roosevelt, New York)
• The Remains (Boston, Massachusetts)
• The Redcoats (Wildwood, New Jersey)
• Red Weather West (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

• Richard and the Young Lions (Newark, New Jersey)
• The Rising Storm (Andover, Massachusetts)
• The Rising Tydes (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• The Rivieras (South Bend, Indiana)
• The Rockin' Ramrods (Boston, Massachusetts)
• The Rokes (Italy)
• The Romancers (Los Angeles, California)
• The Rovin' Flames (Tampa, Florida)

S[edit]

• Los Saicos (Lima, Peru)
• Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs (Dallas, Texas)
• The Savages (Bermuda)
• The Seeds (Los Angeles, California)
• The Shadows of Knight (Chicago, Illinois)
• The Shag (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• The Shaggs (Fremont, New Hampshire; all-female group)
• The Shags (New Haven, Connecticut)
• Los Shakers (Montevideo, Uruguay)
• The Shames (Ipswich, Massachusetts)
• The Shanes (Tuollavaara, Sweden)
• The Shy Guys (Oak Park, Illinois)
• Sir Douglas Quintet (San Antonio, Texas)
• Sir Winston and the Commons (Indianapolis, Indiana)
• The Sloths (Los Angeles, California)
• The Smoke (York, England)
• The Sonics (Tacoma, Washington)
• The Sons of Adam (Baltimore, Maryland)
• The Soul Survivors (Denver, Colorado)
• The Sparkles (Levelland, Texas)
• The Spiders (band later known as Alice Cooper) (Phoenix, Arizona)
• The Spiders (Japan)
• The Squires (Bristol, Connecticut)
• The Standells (Los Angeles, California)
• The Starfires (Los Angeles, California)
• The Stillroven (Robbinsdale, Minnesota)
• The Strangeloves (New York, New York)
• Strawberry Alarm Clock (Los Angeles, California)
• The Stumblin' Blox (Abilene, Texas)
• The Swamp Rats (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Syndicate of Sound (San Jose, California)
• The Syndicats (England)

T[edit]

• The Tamrons (Concord, North Carolina)
• T.C. Atlantic (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• Teddy and His Patches (San Jose, California)
• The Tempests (Tampa Bay, Florida)
• Thee Midniters (East Los Angeles, California)
• Them (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
• Things To Come (Long Beach, California)
• Terry Knight and the Pack (Flint, Michigan; later Grand Funk Railroad)
• The Heard (Longview, Texas)
• The Third Bardo (New York City, New York)
• The Throb (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
• The Tidal Waves (Roseville, Michigan)
• Tommy James and the Shondells (Niles, Michigan)
• Tonto and the Renegades (Grand Ledge, Michigan)
• The Traits (New Rochelle, New York)
• The Trashmen (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• The Troggs (Andover, Hampshire, England)
• The Tropics (Tampa, Florida )
• The Troyes (Battle Creek, Michigan)
• Twentieth Century Zoo (Phoenix, Arizona)

U[edit]

• The Ugly Ducklings (Toronto, Ontario)
• The Underdogs (Grosse Pointe, Michigan)
• The Uniques (Shreveport, Louisiana)
• The United Travel Service (Portland, Oregon)
• The Unrelated Segments (Taylor, Michigan)

V[edit]

• The Vagrants (Long Island, New York)
• The Vejtables (Millbrae, California)
• Velvet Crest (Mineral City, Ohio)
• The Velvet Illusions (Yakima, Washington)
• The Velvet Underground (New York, New York)

W[edit]

• The Wailers (Tacoma, Washington)
• We the People (Orlando/Winter Park, Florida)
• The Wheels (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
• Wild Cherries (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
• The Wilde Knights (Longview, Washington)
• Wimple Winch (Liverpool, England)
• Ed Wool and the Nomads/Wool (Watertown, New York)
• The Woolies (Lansing, Michigan)

Y[edit]

• The Yellow Payges (Los Angeles, California)
• Yesterday's Children (Cheshire-Prospect, Connecticut)
• The Yardbirds (London,England)

Z[edit]

• Zakary Thaks (Corpus Christi, Texas)

• Alice Cooper
• The Amboy Dukes
• The Blues Project
• Blue Cheer
• Bubble Puppy
• Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
• The Cannibals
• The Count Bishops
• The Cramps
• Death
• The Dictators
• The Dils
• The Dogs
• The Droogs
• DMZ
• The Electric Eels
• Flamin' Groovies
• The Flesh Eaters
• The Frost
• The Lollipop Shoppe
• Lyme and Cybelle
• Max Frost and the Troopers
• The Merry-Go-Round
• MC5
• Mind Garage
• Nazz
• New York Dolls
• The Punks
• Ramones
• Rocket From The Tombs
• Sagittarius
• SRC
• The Stooges
• Thor's Hammer

• 1313 Mockingbird Lane
• 22-20s
• The 5.6.7.8's
• '68 Comeback
• 7th Order
• The 69 Eyes (until Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams)
• The A-Bones
• The Almighty Defenders
• Arctic Monkeys
• Audacity
• Autoramas
• The Babies
• Babyshambles
• Bad Times
• Bam Balams
• Bantam Rooster
• Band of Skulls
• Bass Drum of Death
• The Bellrays
• Beware of Darkness^[7][8]
• Be Your Own Pet
• Bikeride
• The Black Angels
• The Black Box Revelation
• The Black Keys^[9]
• Black Lips
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
• Bleached
• Blood Red Shoes
• Box Elders
• The Blueskins
• The Blue Van
• Les Breastfeeders
• The Bronx
• The Buff Medways
• Caesars
• Calpurnia
• Cage the Elephant
• Capsula
• Carbon/Silicon
• Catfish and the Bottlemen
• Chain and the Gang^[10]
• The Charms
• Cheap Freaks
• Cheap Time
• Cheater Slicks
• The Chesterfield Kings
• Chikita Violenta
• Billy Childish
• The Clarks
• The Clean
• Clinic
• Coachwhips
• The Coathangers
• Compulsive Gamblers
• The Cynics
• The D4
• The Darts^[11]
• The Datsuns
• Dead Moon
• The Dead Weather
• Deap Vally
• Death from Above 1979
• Death Valley Girls^[12]
• Deerhunter
• Deja Voodoo
• Demon's Claws
• Destroy Boys
• The Detroit Cobras
• The DHDFD's
• Digital Leather
• The Dirtbombs
• Dirty Pretty Things
• Dwarves
• Los Dynamite
• Eagles of Death Metal
• Electric Frankenstein
• The Evaporators
• Thee Exciters
• The Fades
• FIDLAR
• The Flaming Sideburns
• The Fleshtones^[9]
• Fortune & Maltese
• Foxboro Hot Tubs
• Franz Ferdinand
• The Fratellis
• The Frights
• The Frumpies
• Fury
• The Fuzztones
• The Garbage Gang
• Gas Huffer
• The Gerry Alvarez Odyssey
• Girl Trouble
• Girls
• The Go
• The Golden Boys
• The Gondoliers
• The Gories^[9]
• The Greenhornes
• The Growlers
• The Gruesomes
• Guided by Voices^[13]
• Guitar Wolf
• Guantanamo Baywatch^[14]
• The Gun Club
• Harlem
• Thee Headcoats
• Thee Headcoatees
• Heartless Bastards
• The Hellacopters
• The Hives
• Hoodoo Gurus
• The Horrors
• Hunx and his Punx
• Thee Hypnotics
• Inspiral Carpets^[15]
• The Intelligence
• The (International) Noise Conspiracy
• Interpol
• Jacuzzi Boys
• Japandroids
• Jet
• The Jim Jones Revue
• Kaiser Chiefs
• Kaleo
• The Kills
• King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
• King Louie Bankston
• King Khan
• The King Khan & BBQ Show
• King Tuff
• Kings of Leon
• The Knux
• L.A. Witch
• The Last Drive
• Laughing Hyenas
• The Launderettes
• The Libertines
• Steve Lieberman
• Little Barrie
• Locksley
• Lyres^[9]
• Magneta Lane
• The Make-Up
• Mando Diao
• Mean Jeans
• Meatbodies
• Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
• Thee Mighty Caesars
• Mika Miko
• Mike Krol
• The Milkshakes
• The Miracle Workers
• Mondo Topless
• The Monolators
• Mono Men
• The Mooney Suzuki
• The Morlocks
• Moving Units
• Mudhoney^[9]
• The Muffs
• The Mummies
• The Murder City Devils
• Nevada Smith
• Night Beats
• Nobunny
• The Nomads
• Nots
• Oblivians
• Thee Oh Sees
• The Operation M.D.
• The Original Sins
• The Orwells
• The Pack A.D.
• The Pandoras
• Parquet Courts
• Peach Kelli Pop
• Los Peyotes
• The Phantom Creeps
• Phantom Planet
• Plan 9
• The Priscillas
• The Prisoners
• The Punkles
• Pussy Galore
• The Raconteurs
• Jay Reatard
• Reigning Sound^[9]
• R.E.M.
• Rocket from the Crypt
• Royal Headache
• Royal Republic
• Ty Segall
• Sex Museum
• Thee Shams
• Shannon and the Clams
• Shrubs
• The Sick Rose
• Silent Border
• Skrat
• Smith Westerns
• The Soft Pack
• Soledad Brothers
• The Sons of Hercules
• The Sound Explosion
• Spiderbait
• The Spits
• The Stairs
• Starcrawler
• The Static Jacks
• The Stems
• The Stepford Husbands
• The Sting-rays
• The Stomachmouths
• The Strange Boys
• The Strokes
• The Subways
• Mark Sultan
• Surf Trio
• The Temper Trap
• The Three 4 Tens
• Together PANGEA
• Tokyo Police Club
• Total Control
• Tricky Woo
• Turbonegro
• Tyvek
• The U-Men
• The Urges
• The Vaccines
• Van Dammes
• The Vines
• Violent Femmes
• The Von Bondies
• The Walkmen
• Useless Eaters
• Wavves
• The Whigs
• Wimps
• White Reaper
• The White Stripes^[9]
• The Willowz
• Wolfmother
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs^[16]
• Young Knives
• The Young Veins
• The Young Werewolves