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MxPx

MxPx, originally called Magnified Plaid, is an American punk rock band formed in 1992 in Bremerton, Washington, known for the gold album Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo.

My Bloody Valentine (band)

My Bloody Valentine is an Irish-English alternative rock band formed in Dublin in 1983 by Kevin Shields and Colm Ó Cíosóig, pioneers of shoegaze. Known for Loveless (1991), glide guitar, and the self-released m b v (2013, Metascore 87).

My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance is an American rock band formed in New Jersey in 2001, known for emo, punk, and glam-influenced concept rock, and led by The Black Parade (2006) and its 2026 20th-anniversary stadium tour.

My Darkest Days

My Darkest Days: Canadian post-grunge band formed 2005 in Toronto, fronted by Matt Walst; signed by Chad Kroeger to 604 Records; known for "Porn Star Dancing"; disbanded 2013 when Walst joined Three Days Grace.

My Morning Jacket

My Morning Jacket: American rock band formed 1998 in Louisville, Kentucky, led by Jim James; known for reverb-heavy psychedelic rock, the acclaimed album Z (2005), ten studio albums through is (2025), and a major live and festival reputation.

My New Band Believe

My New Band Believe is the project of ex-black midi bassist Cameron Picton; his self-titled eight-track debut, released April 10, 2026 on Rough Trade, features mostly acoustic, chamber-folk arrangements by 22 musicians and rotating live lineups.

MyGO!!!!!

MyGO!!!!! (マイゴ) is a five-member Japanese girls band in Bushiroad's BanG Dream! project, voiced and performed live by Hina Yomiya, Rin Tateishi, Hina Aoki, Mika Kohinata, and Coco Hayashi; named for maigo (lost child), with a 2023 anime and albums through 2026.

N-Dubz

N-Dubz are a British hip hop and pop trio from Camden, London (Dappy, Tulisa, Fazer), formed in 2000, with four MOBO Awards, the 2009 UK number-one "Number 1" with Tinchy Stryder, and the 2023 comeback album Timeless.

N.E.R.D.

N.E.R.D. (No One Ever Really Dies) is a Virginia Beach alternative hip-hop band of Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, and Shay Haley, the Neptunes producers' band project, with five albums from In Search Of... (2002) to NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES (2017).

N.Flying (엔플라잉)

N.Flying (엔플라잉), also N.Flying, is a five-member FNC Entertainment South Korean boy band formed 2013, Korean debut 2015, known for the 2019 viral hit Rooftop, hybrid rap-rock style, and the Everlasting album and &CON4 world tour.

N.W.A

N.W.A (Niggaz Wit' Attitudes), the Compton, Los Angeles rap group of Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, MC Ren, and DJ Yella; pioneered gangsta rap with 1988's Straight Outta Compton and the FBI-condemned F tha Police.

Nada Surf

Nada Surf: American alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1992 by Matthew Caws and Daniel Lorca, with drummer Ira Elliott. Known for the 1996 hit "Popular" and a long independent second act through albums Let Go, Lucky, and Moon Mirror (2024).

Nadeem–Shravan

Nadeem-Shravan, also Nadeem Shravan, was the Indian music director duo of Nadeem Akhtar Saifi and Shravan Kumar Rathod, whose 1990 Aashiqui soundtrack (20 million units, Bollywood's bestselling) and dholak-harmonium melody defined 1990s Hindi film music.

Naked Raygun

Naked Raygun, Chicago punk band formed February 1980 by Marko Pezzati and Santiago Durango with vocalist Jeff Pezzati; classic lineup with John Haggerty, Pierre Kezdy, Eric Spicer; albums Throb Throb, Jettison; reunited 2006; 2021 album Over the Overlords.

Nappy Roots

Nappy Roots is an American alternative Southern rap group formed in 1995 at Western Kentucky University, best known for the hit "Awnaw" and the album Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz.

Nasty Crew

Nasty Crew (N.A.S.T.Y., Natural Artistic Sounds Touching You) was an East London grime collective founded in 1999 by Marcus Nasty, Sharky Major and Stormin, known for its Deja Vu FM pirate radio show and members including Kano, Jammer, D Double E and Ghetts.

National Socialist black metal

National Socialist black metal (NSBM) is a neo-Nazi offshoot of black metal that emerged in the early 1990s, promoting Aryan superiority, paganism and anti-globalization through bands such as Graveland, Absurd, and Burzum.

Nazareth (band)

Nazareth (band), Scottish hard rock band formed 1968 in Dunfermline, also called Nazareth rock group. Hits "Hair of the Dog" and "Love Hurts"; founded by McCafferty, Charlton, Agnew, and Sweet; Pete Agnew remains the sole constant member.

Neck Deep

Neck Deep are a Welsh pop-punk band from Wrexham, formed in 2012 by Ben Barlow and Lloyd Roberts. Hopeless Records act behind Wishful Thinking, Life's Not Out to Get You (UK No. 8), The Peace and the Panic, All Distortions Are Intentional, and the self-titled 2024 album.

Ned's Atomic Dustbin

Ned's Atomic Dustbin, English rock band formed in Stourbridge, West Midlands, November 1987, named after a Goon Show episode; grebo-scene act with two bass players, hits 'Happy' (No 16) and album God Fodder (No 4), split 1995, reunited since 2008.

Nedra Talley

Nedra Talley (Nedra Yvonne Talley Ross), born 1946, was a founding member and last survivor of the Ronettes, singing "Be My Baby" with cousins Ronnie Spector and Estelle Bennett, then turning to gospel music.

Needtobreathe

NEEDTOBREATHE is an American rock band from Seneca, South Carolina, led by brothers Bear and Bo Rinehart, sons of a preacher. Known for blending rock, Americana, and gospel, its 2014 album Rivers in the Wasteland topped Billboard Christian and rock charts; Bo Rinehart left in 2019.

Nena (band)

Nena was a West German New Wave band formed in West Berlin around singer Gabriele "Nena" Kerner, with Carlo Karges, Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Jürgen Dehmel and Rolf Brendel, known for the 1983 Cold War anti-war hit "99 Luftballons".

Neon Trees

Neon Trees is an American alternative rock band from Provo, Utah, formed in 2005, with Tyler Glenn, Chris Allen, Elaine Bradley, and Branden Campbell; known for "Animal" and "Everybody Talks" and five studio albums through Sink Your Teeth (2024).

Neu!

Neu! (German for "new") was a Düsseldorf krautrock duo formed in 1971 by ex-Kraftwerk members Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother; their three Brain Records albums pioneered the motorik beat, influencing Bowie, punk, and electronic music.

Neutral Milk Hotel

Neutral Milk Hotel, Jeff Mangum's Elephant 6 indie rock band from Ruston, Louisiana, released On Avery Island (1996) and In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998), then went dormant, becoming an influential cult act before a 2013-2015 reunion tour.

Nevertel

Nevertel: Tampa, Florida rock trio (Jeremy Michael, Raul Lopez, Alec Davis) blending nu-metal, rap, and alt-rock; self-released Living Fiction and Everything in My Mind before Epitaph's Start Again (2025).

New Boyz

New Boyz: Hesperia, California rap duo of Ben J (Earl Benjamin) and Legacy (Dominic Thomas), formed 2008 as Swagger Boyz; "You're a Jerk" (2009, No. 24, platinum) popularized the jerkin' dance movement; albums Skinny Jeanz and a Mic and Too Cool to Care; split 2013, reunited 2022.

New Constellations

New Constellations is a Portland, Oregon indie-pop duo of Harlee Case and Josh Smith, breakout single "Hot Blooded" (2021), debut album It Comes in Waves, Nettwerk, May 15, 2026; distinct from the Nashville band The Constellations and the Constellation DAQ software.

New Edition

New Edition, American R&B/pop vocal group formed 1978 in Roxbury, Boston; members DeVoe, Brown, Bell, Bivins, Tresvant, Gill; hits 'Candy Girl', 'Cool It Now'; forerunner of boy bands and new jack swing.