3.43 avg rating — 7,156 ratings

"The Soft Machine (English band) from the book by William Burroughs"

3.90 avg rating — 77,012 ratings

"Jim Morrison of The Doors referenced this essay: The Doors of Perception and also William Blake's poetry."

4.02 avg rating — 15,402 ratings

"The Go-Betweens (Australian band)"

3.75 avg rating — 13,911 ratings

"Australian sixties band: The Loved Ones, had minor hit with "The Loved One""

4.26 avg rating — 7,020,320 ratings

"Boo Radleys - British 80ies band"

4.13 avg rating — 221,573 ratings

"West coast band The Sparrows embraced the counter culture, changed their name to Steppenwolf and had a hit with Born to be Wild
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3.87 avg rating — 1,402 ratings

"Père Ubu named after Jarry's contraversial character in his play Ubu Roi
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4.01 avg rating — 119,235 ratings

"Successful Australian eighties band The Triffids inspired by John Wyndham's book."

4.05 avg rating — 263,449 ratings

"Uriah Heep a pseudo psychodelic/hard rock British band of the late 60ies/early 70ies."

3.71 avg rating — 13,313 ratings

"Australian band Boys Next Door move to London and change their name & image to the more menacing The Birthday Party"

4.23 avg rating — 337 ratings

"Australian band Not Drowning, Waving derived their name in an ironic twist to Stevie Smith's famous poem: Not Waving, But Drowning"

3.09 avg rating — 184 ratings

"Sooterkin Flesh is an experimental Australian band."

3.46 avg rating — 99,857 ratings

"Steely Dan, American 70's jazz rock band, were inspired by a certain object (dildo) referred to in this book."

3.83 avg rating — 87,457 ratings

"German 70's 'Krautrock' experimental band."

3.84 avg rating — 14,517 ratings

"British alternative band: At Swim Two Birds."

3.64 avg rating — 7,376 ratings

"Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal quartet."

3.82 avg rating — 38,877 ratings

"Wiseblood was an American electronic noise-rock band."

3.94 avg rating — 410,275 ratings

"Josef K were an intelligent Scottish post-punk band, active between 1979 and 1982. The band was named after the main protagonist of the novel."

4.18 avg rating — 963 ratings

"Daddy Cool is a successful Australian rock band who formed in 1970."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20,281 ratings

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds"