List of bands from Los Angeles

Los Angeles has been home to many new and established music bands. Some of the bands originating from greater Los Angeles, including Orange County and the Inland Empire, include:

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Contents: 

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

0-9

• 16
• 213
• 2Cents
• 2nd II None
• 400 Blows
• 5uu's
• 78violet
• 8mm
• 98 Degrees
• 98 Mute

A

• Abe Vigoda
• Above the Law
• Abysmal Dawn
• The Adored
• Against All Will
• Agent Steel
• The Aggrolites
• A.i.
• The Airborne Toxic Event
• Akwid
• Alcatrazz
• Allah-Las
• Tha Alkaholiks
• Art Alexakis
• Aimee Allen
• Alton McClain and Destiny
• Ambrosia
• Amen
• American Pearl
• Animotion
• Ken Andrews
• Angel City Chorale
• Angeles
• Angry Samoans
• Animals as Leaders
• Ankla
• Aria
• Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
• Armored Saint
• Army Navy
• As Blood Runs Black
• Atban Klann
• Audioslave
• Autograph
• Autolux
• Avenged Sevenfold
• AWOLNATION

B

• B2K
• Bad Religion
• Badlands
• Bags
• Bates Motel
• Bang Tango
• The Bangles
• Devendra Banhart
• The Beach Boys^[1]
• Beck
• Before the Mourning
• Beowülf
• Best Coast
• Beware of Safety
• The Big Phat Band
• Bigelf
• The Bird and the Bee
• Birtha
• Bitch
• The Black Eyed Peas
• Black Flag^[2]
• Black Label Society
• Black 'n Blue
• The Black Pine
• The Blasters
• Bleached
• Blind Melon
• Body Count
• Bryndle
• Bread
• Brides of Destruction
• Buckcherry
• Buffalo Springfield^[3]
• BulletBoys
• Buster
• Butcher Babies
• The Byrds^[4]

C

• Candygram for Mongo
• Canned Heat
• Capital Cities
• Captain Beefheart
• The Carpenters
• The Chambers Brothers
• Channel 3
• Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
• Children^[5]
• Chicano Batman
• China White
• Chokebore
• Christian Death
• Circle Jerks
• Cirith Ungol
• Coal Chamber
• Coasters^[6]
• Coconut Records
• Cold Forty Three
• Cold War Kids
• Concrete Blonde
• Crazy Town
• Crosby, Stills & Nash
• Cryptic Slaughter
• Cruzados
• A Cursive Memory
• Cypress Hill

D

• Dada
• Damn Yankees
• Dark Angel
• Dawes
• Dead Meadow
• Dead Sara
• The Deadly Syndrome
• Deap Vally
• Descendents
• Dia de los Muertos
• The Dickies
• The Dils
• Dionysos
• dios
• The Distillers
• Divine Heresy
• The Divine Madness
• Djinn
• Djoir
• Dokken
• Don and Dewey
• The Doors^[7]
• downset.
• Dramarama
• Dream Syndicate
• Drift
• Dum Dum Girls

E

• Eagles^[8]
• Eagles of Death Metal
• Echosmith
• Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
• Eels
• Eighteen Visions
• Electric Guest
• Electric Prunes
• Electric Skychurch
• Evildead
• Excel
• The Exies
• Eye Alaska
• Eyes of Fire
• Eyeshine

F

• The Faceless
• Failure
• Family of the Year
• Fanny
• Far East Movement
• Faster Pussycat
• Fear
• Fear Factory
• Felony
• Femme Fatale
• FIDLAR
• Fishbone
• Fitz and the Tantrums
• Five Finger Death Punch
• Flattbush
• The Flesh Eaters
• Flo & Eddie
• Flogging Molly
• Flying Lotus
• Lita Ford
• Fort Minor
• Foster the People
• Foxygen
• From First to Last
• The Furys

G

• Germs^[2]
• The Ghost Inside
• Giant Drag
• Global City
• Globus
• The Go-Go's^[2]
• Goatsnake
• Grade 8
• Graf Orlock
• Gram Rabbit
• The Grass Roots
• Great White
• Greg & Steve
• Grouplove
• The Gun Club
• Guns N' Roses^[2]

H

• Haim
• Half Way Home
• Haunted Garage
• Health
• Hed PE
• Hellion
• Hellogoodbye
• Hepcat
• Herb Alpert
• Hirax
• Hole
• The Hollywood Argyles
• The Hollywood Flames
• Hollywood Rose
• The Hollywood Squares
• The Hollywood Stars
• Hollywood Undead
• Julia Holter
• Bob Holz
• Honk
• Hoobastank
• Horse the Band
• Hotwire
• House of Lords
• The Human Abstract
• Human Drama
• HWA

I

• Icarus Line
• Icebird
• Los Illegals
• Illuminati Hotties
• Ima Robot
• Incubus
• In This Moment
• Infectious Grooves
• The Iron Maidens
• IMx

J

• Jack Mack and the Heart Attack
• Jack's Mannequin
• Jan and Dean
• Jane's Addiction

K

• Keel
• King Kobra
• Kitten
• Kommunity FK
• Mike Krol
• Kush
• Kyuss
• The Kids of Widney High

L

• L7
• L.A. Guns
• Lady Danville
• L.A.P.D.
• Latin Playboys
• Lavender Diamond
• Leatherwolf
• Letlive.
• Lifehouse
• The Linda Lindas
• Linkin Park
• Little Feat^[8]
• Lizzy Borden
• LMFAO
• Los Lobos^[2]
• Local Natives
• Loggins and Messina
• London
• London After Midnight
• Loomis & the Lust
• Los Angeles League of Musicians
• The Loud Bangs
• Love^[8]
• Love/Hate
• Low vs. Diamond
• LPG
• Lyrics Of Two

M

• Malice
• The Mamas and The Papas
• The Marías
• Maroon 5
• Medication
• Medicine
• Megadeth
• Metallica
• Methods of Mayhem
• Metro Station
• Midnight Movies
• Mika Miko
• A Million Pieces
• Minutemen
• Missing Persons
• MKTO
• Moaning
• Monkees^[9]
• The Motels
• Mothers of Invention^[7]
• Mötley Crüe
• Mr. Big
• Mr. Mister
• My Ruin
• mygrain
• Mystic Braves

N

• Vince Neil
• Nekrogoblikon
• Nelson
• Nitro
• NOFX
• No Age
• No Doubt
• Nude
• The Nymphs
• N.W.A.^[2]

O

• Odd Modern
• Off!
• The Offspring
• OFWGKTA
• ohGr
• Oingo Boingo
• Omen
• Orange
• Orgy
• Otep
• Ounce of Self
• Ozomatli

P

• The Pandoras
• The Penguins^[10]
• Pennywise
• Phantom Blue
• Phantom Planet
• Picture Me Broken
• The Pity Party
• Platters^[10]
• Plexi
• The Plimsouls
• The Plugz
• Poco
• Poison
• Polar Bear
• Porno For Pyros
• Powerflo
• The Postal Service
• Pretty Boy Floyd
• Project 86
• Psi Com
• Psycho Realm

Q

• Queens of the Stone Age
• Quetzal
• Quiet Riot

R

• R5
• Racer X
• Rage Against the Machine
• Ratt
• Record Year
• The Red Aunts
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Redd Kross
• Redemption
• Reel Big Fish
• Renegade
• Rilo Kiley
• Ritchie Valens
• Rooney
• Rose Royce
• Rough Cutt
• The Runaways
• The ReAktion

S

• Saccharine Trust
• Saint Motel
• The Salvation Army
• Saosin
• Saviour Machine
• Say Anything
• Scarling.
• Scars On Broadway
• The Scream
• The Screamers
• Screams for Tina
• Sea Wolf
• The Seeds^[2]
• Shattered Faith
• She Wants Revenge
• Shiny Toy Guns
• Shotgun Messiah
• Shwayze
• Silent Civilian
• Silversun Pickups
• Sister
• Sixx:A.M.
• The Skulls
• Sky Ferreira
• Slayer
• Slightly Stoopid
• Smallpools
• Snoop Dogg
• Social Distortion
• Sound Barrier
• SouthGang
• Sparks
• Spindrift
• Spineshank
• Spock's Beard
• Starbomb
• Starcrawler
• The Standells
• Static-X
• Steppenwolf
• Stone Poneys
• Strawberry Alarm Clock
• Stryper
• Sublime
• The Submarines
• Suburban Legends
• Sugar Ray
• Suicidal Tendencies
• Suicide Silence
• Super Heroines
• Swampwater
• System of a Down

T

• Talk Time^[11]
• that dog.
• Thee Midniters
• Them Crooked Vultures
• Three Dog Night
• The Three O'Clock
• Thrice
• Throwdown
• Tool
• Toto^[2]
• Tourniquet
• Traveling Wilburys
• Truth & Salvage Co.
• T.S.O.L.
• Tunnel Rats
• Tura Satana
• The Turtles^[2]

U

• The Untouchables

V

• Van Halen^[8]
• The Vandals
• Velvet Revolver
• Venus and the Razorblades
• Viking
• Vinnie Vincent Invasion
• Vixen
• Volumes
• Voodoo Glow Skulls

W

• Wall of Voodoo
• The Wallflowers
• War^[2]
• War Tapes
• Warbringer
• The Warlocks
• Warpaint
• Warrant
• Warrior
• W.A.S.P.
• Wasted Youth
• Wednesday Week
• Weezer
• Weird Al Yankovic
• The Weirdos
• The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

X

• X^[2]
• X-Sinner
• XYZ

Y

• Yellowjackets
• Young the Giant
• The Young Veins
• Youth Brigade

Z

• Frank Zappa
• The Zeros
• Zulu^[12]

See also

• List of musicians from the Inland Empire

References

1. Gilliland 1969, shows 20, 34, 37.
2. "50 Best L.A. Bands". L.A. Times Magazine.
3. Gilliland 1969, shows 34, 44.
4. Gilliland, John (1969). "Revolt of the Fat Angel: American musicians respond to the British invaders" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries. Show 33.
5. "5 Rad Albums from Local Artists You Might Have Missed Last Month". Archived from the original on 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
6. Gilliland 1969, show 13.
7. Gilliland 1969, show 43.
8. "POP MUSIC : L.A.'s Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band--Who Is It?". Los Angeles Times. 1988-08-21.
9. Gilliland 1969, show 44.
10. Gilliland 1969, show 5.
11. "Talk Time - About - Year of Self".
12. Baines, Huw. "Bay Watch: ZULU". Kerrang!. Retrieved 14 June 2023.