Rock branch
No wave
Rock › Punk rock › Post-punk › No wave
- Emerged
- 1978
- Origin
- New York, USA
- Subgenres
- None
A total refusal of melody and standard tuning. Short-lived, extreme and hugely influential on noise rock.
- Heaviness
- 6
- Speed
- 5
- Melody
- 1
Key acts
- Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
- DNA
- Swans