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Primus (band)
Primus, formed 1984 in El Sobrante, California, is the American funk-metal/alt-rock trio led by bassist Les Claypool; hits include Jerry Was a Race Car Driver and Wynona's Big Brown Beaver; nine studio albums, drummer John Hoffman since 2024.
Prince Daddy & the Hyena
Prince Daddy & the Hyena: Albany, New York emo/punk band led by Kory Gregory. Albums: I Thought You Didn't Even Like Leaving (2018), Cosmic Thrill Seekers (2019), self-titled (2022), Hotwire Trip Switch (2026).
Procol Harum
Procol Harum: English progressive/art-rock band formed 1967 from the Paramounts, known for 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' (six weeks UK No. 1), led by Gary Brooker until its 2022 dissolution.
Progressive metal
Progressive metal, often shortened to prog metal, is a genre of heavy metal fusing progressive rock's complexity with metal's intensity, established in the late 1980s by bands like Queensrÿche and Dream Theater.
Project 86
Project 86 is an American rock/post-hardcore band formed in 1996 in Orange County, California, by vocalist Andrew Schwab, known for rapcore-to-metalcore albums like Drawing Black Lines (2000) and the Omni series.
Propaganda (band)
Propaganda, German synth-pop band formed 1982 in Düsseldorf (not the Macedonian band Bernays Propaganda or other namesakes), signed to ZTT; known for A Secret Wish (1985), Dr. Mabuse, Duel, P:Machinery; later split into xPropaganda and a 2024 Propaganda reforming.
Propagandhi
Propagandhi, Canadian punk rock and metal band formed in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1986 by Chris Hannah and Jord Samolesky, now based in Winnipeg; eight albums since 1993, from Fat Wreck Chords to Epitaph, known for left-wing political lyrics.
Prophets of Rage
Prophets of Rage: American rap-rock supergroup (2016–2019) uniting Rage Against the Machine's Morello, Commerford, and Wilk with Public Enemy's Chuck D and DJ Lord and Cypress Hill's B-Real; one 2017 album.
Prostitute (band)
Prostitute is a Dearborn, Michigan noise rock band formed in 2020 by Moe Kazra and Andrew Kaster; debut album Attempted Martyr (2024, reissued by Mute) blends Middle Eastern influences with hardcore.
Protomartyr (band)
Protomartyr: Detroit post-punk band formed 2010, led by Joe Casey with Greg Ahee, Alex Leonard, and Scott Davidson; seven albums from No Passion All Technique (2012) to Hotel Usona (2026) on Hardly Art and Domino.
Pseudo Echo
Pseudo Echo: Melbourne new wave/synth-pop band formed 1982 by Brian Canham and Pierre Gigliotti; Funky Town cover hit No. 1 in Australia 12 weeks; albums Autumnal Park, Love an Adventure, Race; reunited 1998.
Psychobilly
Psychobilly: underground genre and subculture fusing 1950s rockabilly with punk energy and horror imagery; term from Johnny Cash's 1976 song, first band the Meteors (London, 1980), scene hub the Klub Foot.
Public Enemy
Public Enemy is an American hip hop group formed in 1985 in Hempstead, New York. Led by Chuck D and Flavor Flav, they are known for politically charged lyrics.
Public Image Ltd
Public Image Ltd (PiL), English post-punk band formed in 1978 by John Lydon after the Sex Pistols, with Keith Levene and Jah Wobble. Known for Metal Box (1979), dub-influenced experimental rock, and reformation in 2009.
Public Service Broadcasting (band)
Public Service Broadcasting: London band formed 2010 by J. Willgoose, Esq., making post-rock and electronica concept albums with archival speech samples; albums include The Race for Space, Bright Magic, The Last Flight.
Puffy AmiYumi (パフィー)
Puffy AmiYumi (パフィー), known in Japan as PUFFY, is a Japanese pop-rock vocal duo of Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura, formed 1995, debuting 1996 with Tamio Okuda-produced "Asia no Junshin"; renamed Puffy AmiYumi in the US after a Sean Combs cease-and-desist.
Pulp (band)
Pulp: English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978 by Jarvis Cocker, originally Arabicus Pulp. Breakthrough came with His 'n' Hers (1994) and the Mercury Prize-winning, UK number-one Different Class (1995); the band reunited in 2023 and topped the UK chart again with More (2025).
Punk rock in California
Punk rock in California: the state's punk tradition from 1977, spanning the Hollywood scene (X, Germs), Orange County hardcore (Black Flag, Social Distortion), Bay Area punk (Dead Kennedys, SST, Lookout), and the 1990s Green Day-led mainstream boom.
Puscifer
Puscifer, also styled as Maynard James Keenan's third band after Tool and A Perfect Circle, is an American electro-rock collective with Mat Mitchell and Carina Round; debut V Is for Vagina (2007) hit No. 25 on the Billboard 200, and fifth album Normal Isn't arrived in 2026.
Push Baby
Push Baby, formerly Rixton, is a British pop duo from Manchester, England, made up of vocalist Jake Roche and multi-instrumentalist Charley Bagnall; they rebranded from the band Rixton in 2019.
Pussy Galore (band)
Pussy Galore was an American noise rock band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1985 by Jon Spencer and Julia Cafritz, known for blending noise rock with raw blues until 1990.
Pussy Riot (Пусси Райот)
Pussy Riot (Пусси Райот) is a Russian feminist protest and performance-art collective formed in Moscow in 2011, famous for the 2012 'punk prayer' at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, two-year prison sentences, anti-war actions, and a 2025 extremist designation banning it in Russia.
Pvris
Pvris (pronounced Paris), American rock project formed 2012 in Lowell, Massachusetts, led by Lynn Gunnulfsen; albums White Noise, All We Know of Heaven, Use Me, Evergreen; formerly a band, now Gunn's solo project.
Pwr Bttm
PWR BTTM was an American queer punk duo of Ben Hopkins and Liv Bruce, formed 2013 at Bard College; albums Ugly Cherries (2015) and Pageant (2017); disbanded after May 2017 assault allegations.
Quarterflash
Quarterflash (formerly stylized QuarterFlash), an American pop/rock band formed in 1980 in Portland, Oregon from Seafood Mama and Pilot, led by Rindy and Marv Ross; their 1981 debut hit No. 8 and went platinum on the strength of "Harden My Heart" (Hot 100 No. 3, Mainstream Rock No. 1).
Queen (band)
Queen (band), British rock band formed in London in 1970 from Smile; classic line-up Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon; 300 million albums, Bohemian Rhapsody, Live Aid 1985.
Queen + Adam Lambert
Queen + Adam Lambert is a live collaboration pairing Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor with American vocalist Adam Lambert; their first full concert in 2012 drew over 350,000 people in Kyiv.
Queen + Paul Rodgers
Queen + Paul Rodgers was a rock collaboration from 2004 to 2009, pairing Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor with singer Paul Rodgers of Free and Bad Company.
Queen Bee (女王蜂) (band)
Queen Bee (女王蜂, Ziyoou-vachi) is a Japanese rock band formed in Kobe in 2009, fronted by vocalist Avu-chan, known for anime themes such as Mephisto, VIOLENCE, Kaen, and HALF, and for major label debut album Peacock (2011).
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age (QOTSA), American rock band formed in Seattle in 1996 by Josh Homme after Kyuss; known for Songs for the Deaf (2002) with Dave Grohl, rotating lineups, and the ninth album Perfecth due October 30, 2026.