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Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW), the English songwriting and production trio of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman, dominated UK pop from 1984 to 1993 with over 100 Top 40 hits, 13 number ones, and stars Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, and Jason Donovan.
Stone Sour
Stone Sour, the Des Moines, Iowa alternative metal and post-grunge band formed in 1992 around Slipknot's Corey Taylor and Jim Root with Josh Rand; known for Come What(ever) May, Through Glass, House of Gold & Bones, and Hydrograd.
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots, San Diego rock band formed as Mighty Joe Young, fronted by Scott Weiland; Core (1992) and Purple (1994) multi-platinum; later singers Chester Bennington and Jeff Gutt.
Story of the Year
Story of the Year, formerly Big Blue Monkey, is an American rock band from St. Louis, Missouri, formed in 1995 and known for its 2003 platinum debut album Page Avenue.
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Strawberry Alarm Clock, successor to Thee Sixpence, is a Southern California psychedelic rock band whose 1967 single "Incense and Peppermints" topped the Billboard Hot 100; still active with five original members and the 2026 album Where's One?.
Stray Cats
Stray Cats, an American rockabilly revival trio (Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker, Slim Jim Phantom) formed 1979 in Massapequa, New York; known for the hits "Rock This Town," "Stray Cat Strut," and "(She's) Sexy + 17," and for moving to London in 1980 to spearhead the early-1980s rockabilly revival.
Streetlight Manifesto
Streetlight Manifesto: New Jersey ska punk band formed 2002 by ex-Catch 22 songwriter Tomas Kalnoky; albums Everything Goes Numb (2003) through The Hands That Thieve (2013), Victory Records lawsuit, 2026 tour.
Studio Killers
Studio Killers are a virtual electropop band formed in 2011 with characters Cherry, Goldie Foxx, Dyna Mink, and Bipolar Bear; known for "Ode to the Bouncer", the viral "Jenny", and anonymous English-Danish-Finnish musicians behind Finnish-designed artwork.
Styx (band)
Styx, American rock band formed in Chicago in 1972, also called a pomp rock and arena rock pioneer. Known for The Grand Illusion, Paradise Theater, "Babe", and "Mr. Roboto"; still touring with Shaw, JY Young, and Gowan.
Sublime (band)
Sublime: Long Beach, California ska-punk/reggae band formed 1988 by Bradley Nowell, Eric Wilson, Bud Gaugh; albums 40oz. to Freedom, Robbin' the Hood, self-titled 1996 (over 5 million copies), and 2026's Until the Sun Explodes with Jakob Nowell.
Sublime with Rome
Sublime with Rome was a Long Beach, California rock band formed in 2009 by Sublime's Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh with singer Rome Ramirez, renamed for legal reasons; it released four albums, 2011-2024, before ending as Sublime reformed with Jakob Nowell.
Suede (band)
Suede (the London Suede in the US) are an English rock band formed in London in 1989 by Brett Anderson and Mat Osman; their 1993 debut was the fastest-selling in UK history, won the Mercury Prize, and launched Britpop.
Sugababes
Sugababes: English pop trio formed in London in 1998 (Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Siobhán Donaghy), aka MKS. Six UK No. 1 singles across four lineups; original trio regained the name in 2019.
Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray is an American pop-rock band from Newport Beach, California, co-founded by Mark McGrath and Rodney Sheppard; formerly The Tories/Shrinky Dinx, funk-metal on Lemonade and Brownies (1995), known for "Fly" (1997) and "Every Morning".
Sugarland
Sugarland is an American country music duo formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2002, consisting of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, known for "Stay" and five straight CMA Vocal Duo of the Year awards.
Suicide (band)
Suicide: American electronic duo formed in New York around 1970 by Alan Vega and Martin Rev; December 1977 self-titled debut on Red Star Records; godfathers of no wave and pioneers of synth punk.
Suicideboys
$uicideboy$ (Suicideboys) are a New Orleans rap duo of cousins Ruby da Cherry and $crim, formed 2014, on their own G*59 Records; known for Memphis-influenced punk rap, 27 billion streams, and the Grey Day Tour.
Sum 41
Sum 41, Canadian pop-punk band from Ajax, Ontario, formed 1996 (originally Kaspir), named for the 41st day of summer; broke through with All Killer No Filler and "Fat Lip," sold 15 million albums, disbanded in 2025 after Heaven :x: Hell.
Sun Kil Moon
Sun Kil Moon is Mark Kozelek's indie folk project, with Anthony Koutsos and Geoff Stanfield, on Caldo Verde Records. Known for Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003) and the acclaimed Benji (2014).
Sunny Day Real Estate
Sunny Day Real Estate (SDRE), Seattle rock band formed 1992, emo and post-hardcore pioneers. Diary (1994) sold 230,000+ copies on Sub Pop; broke up 1995, reunited 1997, 2009, and 2022; members joined Foo Fighters.
Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band formed in Cardiff in 1993, known for Fuzzy Logic, the Welsh-language Mwng (top-selling Welsh album ever), and their 2026 Supacabra reunion tour.
Superchick
Superchick (Superchic[k]) was a Chicago Christian pop-rock band formed 1999 by Max Hsu, fronted by Tricia Brock; albums Karaoke Superstars through Reinvention, hit "Stand in the Rain," disbanded 2016.
Superdrag
Superdrag is a power pop band from Knoxville, Tennessee, formed in 1992 by John Davis, known for the 1996 hit "Sucked Out" from Regretfully Yours on Elektra, later Arena Rock albums, breakups, and reunions.
Supergrass
Supergrass: English rock band formed 1993 in Oxford (Gaz Coombes, Mick Quinn, Danny Goffey, later Rob Coombes). Not to be confused with the informal legal term "supergrass" (police informer). Britpop band whose 1995 debut I Should Coco topped the UK chart; split 2010, reunited 2019.
Supergroup (music)
Supergroup: a band formed by already-famous musicians from other bands or solo careers. Term coined in the late 1960s after the 1968 album Super Session; Cream is the standard first example; usually short-lived and often critiqued as less than the sum of its parts.
Superorganism (band)
Superorganism is an eight-member London-based indie pop collective formed in early 2017, fronted by Japanese vocalist Orono Noguchi and rooted in the Eversons; known for the viral 2017 single "Something for Your M.I.N.D." and the albums Superorganism (2018) and World Wide Pop (2022) on Domino.
Supertramp
Supertramp: British rock band formed 1969 by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, funded by Stanley Miesegaes; breakthrough Crime of the Century (1974), peak Breakfast in America (1979), 18 million copies, two Grammys.
Surf Gang
Surf Gang is a New York record label and music collective founded by producer Evilgiane with Eera and Harrison, starting as a 2017 skate crew; known for At Least We Tried (2022) and plugg-influenced underground rap.
Survivor (band)
Survivor, the American rock band formed in Chicago in 1978 by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan, is known for the AOR hits "Eye of the Tiger" (Rocky III, 1982, six weeks at number one, Grammy winner) and "Burning Heart" (Rocky IV), with singers Dave Bickler and Jimi Jamison.
Swans (band)
Swans are an American experimental rock band formed in New York in 1982 by Michael Gira, spanning no wave, noise rock and industrial; key albums Filth, Soundtracks for the Blind, To Be Kind and Birthing.