Genre in a city
The 50 most-read alternative rock artists based in Los Angeles, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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143 artists are tagged alternative rock in Los Angeles. The biggest move was Kim Shattuck, up 13 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Red Hot Chili Peppersfunk rock, alternative rock | 109,062 | +1 |
02 | Weezeralternative rock, power pop | 91,470 | +1 |
03 | Beckalternative rock, folk rock | 86,995 | -2 |
04 | A Perfect Circlealternative rock, progressive rock | 63,280 | +1 |
05 | Oingo Boingonew wave, alternative rock | 56,914 | +2 |
06 | Audioslavealternative rock, hard rock | 49,253 | 0 |
07 | Temper Cityalternative rock | 31,650 | -3 |
08 | Thirty Seconds to Marsalternative rock, rock | 29,820 | +2 |
09 | Holealternative rock, grunge | 27,770 | -1 |
10 | Them Crooked Vulturesalternative rock, hard rock | 26,882 | +4 |
11 | Silversun Pickupsalternative rock, indie rock | 26,591 | +1 |
12 | Jane’s Addictionalternative rock, alternative metal | 25,436 | -3 |
13 | Blind Melonalternative rock, blues rock | 23,261 | 0 |
14 | Troy Van Leeuwenalternative rock, heavy metal | 21,953 | +2 |
15 | Alex Greenwaldalternative rock | 21,068 | 0 |
16 | Dogstaralternative rock, post-grunge | 18,390 | -5 |
17 | Jack Ironsalternative rock | 16,156 | 0 |
18 | Dead Saragarage rock, alternative rock | 15,611 | +1 |
19 | Porno for Pyrosalternative rock | 14,943 | +7 |
20 | Failurealternative rock, post-hardcore | 14,249 | +9 |
21 | Wendy Melvoinalternative rock | 13,562 | 0 |
22 | The Callingalternative rock | 13,401 | -2 |
23 | Johnny Strongalternative rock | 13,018 | -5 |
24 | Kim Shattuckalternative rock, pop punk | 11,903 | +13 |
25 | Concrete Blondealternative rock | 11,575 | -2 |
26 | Alex Bandalternative rock | 11,439 | -4 |
27 | Art Alexakisalternative rock | 11,056 | -2 |
28 | David Robackalternative rock | 9,847 | -4 |
29 | Wallowsalternative rock, pop rock | 8,091 | +3 |
30 | Phantom Planetalternative rock, indie rock | 7,825 | +1 |
31 | AWOLNATIONpop rock, alternative rock | 7,070 | -4 |
32 | Eric Erlandsonalternative rock | 6,512 | -4 |
33 | Tonicalternative rock, folk rock | 5,972 | +1 |
34 | Matt McJunkinsalternative rock | 5,664 | +7 |
35 | Mike Einzigeralternative rock | 4,993 | 0 |
36 | Adam 12alternative rock | 4,705 | +10 |
37 | R5alternative rock, pop punk | 4,504 | +1 |
38 | Stephen Perkinsalternative rock, art rock | 4,326 | -8 |
39 | Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadwayalternative metal, alternative rock | 4,318 | -3 |
40 | Aaron Brunoalternative rock | 4,265 | -7 |
41 | What Is This?alternative rock | 3,434 | +1 |
42 | Eric Averyalternative rock, pop | 3,306 | -2 |
43 | Grant Lee Buffaloalternative rock | 3,244 | +1 |
44 | One Day as a Lionalternative rock, political hip hop | 3,051 | +1 |
45 | Palmsalternative metal, alternative rock | 3,037 | +2 |
46 | Earshotalternative metal, alternative rock | 2,778 | -3 |
47 | Ednaswapalternative rock | 2,762 | -8 |
48 | that dog.alternative rock, rock | 2,440 | +1 |
49 | Badflowerpost-grunge, emo pop | 2,335 | +3 |
50 | Juliette and the Licksgarage rock, rock | 2,320 | -2 |
71 | Jack Anthony Svicarevichalternative rock | 903 | +23 |
118 | The Black Pinealternative rock | 151 | +20 |
113 | The Bastard Fairiesalternative rock | 172 | +17 |
62 | Skycyclealternative rock, industrial rock | 1,396 | +14 |
88 | The Birds of Satanalternative metal, alternative rock | 422 | +13 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.