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.
- ± Frank Zappa[1][2][3] (1955–1993)
- Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band[3][4] (1964–1982)
- Descendents[5] (1977–present)
- Devo[1][4][6][7] (1973–present)
- Oingo Boingo[8] (1979–1995)
- Robyn Hitchcock[9] (1972–2006)
- ± Talking Heads[4][10] (1975–1991)
- Tori Amos[9] (1979–present)
- Parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic [3][7][11] (1976–present)
- XTC[12] (1976–2006)
1980s
- Barenaked Ladies[3][13][14] (1988–present)
- Crash Test Dummies[14] (1988–present)
- The Dead Milkmen[13] (1983–present)
- Thomas Dolby[6] (1981–present)
- Gwar[6] (1984–present)
- Moxy Früvous[14] (1989–2001)
- They Might Be Giants[1][3][6][7][13][15] (1982–present)
- Violent Femmes[16] (1980–present)
- Ween[9] (1984–present)
1990s
- Andrew W.K.[6] (1998–present)
- The Aquabats[6][17] (1994–present)
- Atom And His Package[18] (1997–present)
- Belle and Sebastian[9] (1996–present)
- Ben Folds Five[6][13] (1993–present)
- Bloodhound Gang[19] (1992–2015)
- Bowling for Soup[20] (1994–present)
- Chixdiggit (1991–present)
- Cake (1991–present)
- Dynamite Hack[13] (1997–present)
- Fountains of Wayne[13] (1996–2013)
- Jill Sobule[13] (1989–2025)
- Logan Whitehurst & the Jr. Science Club[4] (1997–2006)
- Minibosses[4] (1999–present)
- Motion City Soundtrack[21] (1997–present)
- The Mountain Goats[22] (1991–present)
- Nerf Herder[1][4] (1994–present)
- Ozma[4] (1995–present)
- The Presidents Of The United States Of America[23] (1993–2015)
- Radioactive Chicken Heads[4] (1993–present)
- Tenacious D[6] (1994–present)
- Warp 11[24] (1999–present)
- Weezer[1][3][4][6][7][13] (1992–present)
- Wheatus[13] (1995–present)
2000s
- alt-J[25] (2007–present)
- Chameleon Circuit[3][26] (2008–2014)
- Jonathan Coulton[1][7] (2003–present)
- The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets (2003–present)
- The Franchise[4] (2004–2008)
- Harry and the Potters[1][3] (2002–present)
- hellogoodbye[4] (2001–present)
- I Fight Dragons[3][27] (2009–present)
- Joanna Wang (2008–present)
- Lemon Demon[28] (2003–present)
- The Megas (2004–present)
- The Protomen[6] (2003–present)
- Paul and Storm[20] (2004–present)
- Thundering Asteroids![3][29] (2009–2019)