Noise Rock

Noise rock is described on Rate Your Music as "a vague term that has been used to encompass a wide range of bands and artists that favour dissonance, wild feedback and extreme distortion in the context of Rock music." Though it first came onto the scene in the early 80s, the genre is still very much alive.

Origins
Noise rock was predated by the highly influential experimental rock abdn The Velvet Underground, whose 1968 album White Light/White Heat is arguably the first proper noise rock album. Brian Eno's early rock albums were based in The Velvet Underground's style, and the 1974 song Here Come The Warm Jets features heavily distorted guitars.

Notable Artists
In the early 1980s bands such as Swans, Sonic Youth, and Flipper introduced the sound to the American underground scene. Later in the decade, Big Black and Husker Du brought noise rock and hardcore punk together to make thrasy and gritty rock. In the 1990s, post-hardcore bands like Shellac, The Jesus Lizard, and Fugazi did the same with the post-hardcore scene. The style continues in the 20th century with bands like Lightning Bolt and mclusky.