Modern PoC rock artists?

[out_of_touch]

Post some in here if you know any!


So far all I can think of is Steve Lacy. XXXtentacion, Cudi and Childish Gambino have been experimenting with the rock sound a little bit lately




Steve Lacy is really fucking good

 

[Pau]

Bloc Party has had multiple men of color during it's years. Not sure what the make up of the band is at the moment but the front man is British with Nigerian ancestry.

 

[ahoyhoy]

Love all their stuff.

 

[Ampersands]

Algiers is a great politically conscious band fronted by a black man. Their music is a mix of post-punk and gospel. Check out their latest album.

 

[Burrman]

HED PE was alright back in the day.

 

[Calderc]

Howard Jones and William DuVall jump tto mind.

 

[Scrobbles]

I don't know if his music would really be classified as rock, but Dev Hynes from Blood Orange

 

[TheLetdown]

Mitski put out a hell of an album last year.

 

[lunarworks]

You can check out Hanni El Khatib. He plays very bluesy rock, sorta in the same vein as The Black Keys.

 

[Matsukaze]

Tosin Abasi of Animals as Leaders is one of my favorite guitarists of the modern age.

 

[SecondNature]

Fefe Dobson, baby.

 

[Ampersands]

Mitski put out a hell of an album last year.

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In terms of Asian-American artists, Japanese Breakfast is one of my favorites. She released a new album a few months ago.

 

[Enzom21]

Gary Clark Jr.?

 

[TheWickedSoul]

Alexis Brown from Straight Line Stitch, Howard Jones from Light The Torch and Adam Warren from Oceano come to mind

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

Jesus Piece

 

[excelsiorlef]

Living Color.

 

[ahoyhoy]

Alabama Shakes are another choice. Britney is amazing.

 

[johancruijff]

Micheal Kiwanuka is all good really

https://www.youtube.com/user/MichaelKiwanukaVEVO

 

[Rembrandt]

Young Fathers experiments with it often.

well, 2/3 of the band, lol.

 

[somedaythefire]

Mitski

Japanese Breakfast

Jay Som

Damn beaten on two. But check out Jay Som anyway. She's amazing.

 

[miscellaneous houseplant]

Alabama Shakes are another choice. Britney is amazing.

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Don't forget Britney's side project, Thunderbitch:

 

[Fiction]

Claudio Sanchez is the lead singer of Coheed and Cambria, and he's Puerto Rician/Italian.

https://youtu.be/fss62DCM18w

 

[Scottify]

I would say Body Count sticks out first in my mind. Here are some more I listen to.
Misha Mansoor from Periphery
Rob Cavestany & Mark Osegueda from Death Angel
Herman Li from Dragonforce

 

[Luxorek]

Rage Against the Machine, but that's more rapcore than traditional rock.

Tom Morello is a guitar God.

 

[miscellaneous houseplant]

Hurray for the Riff Raff (Alynda Segarra):




Adia Victoria:

 

[Chamomile]

Mitski is amazing.

 

[TheWickedSoul]

I know these bands featured in this video aren't big but its still cool.

 

[afroguy10]

Bloc Party

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Tosin Abasi of Animals as Leaders

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Claudio Sanchez is the lead singer of Coheed and Cambria

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Tom Morello

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There was also some who mentioned Misha Mansoor and Living Colour as well so pretty much everyone I would've said has already been said.

The only other one I can think of at the moment is Dug Pinnick of King's X, I think they're still putting out albums but their early stuff is great and really rocks hard, especially something like Black Flag!

 

[lastflowers]

On top of TV on the Radio,

Benjamin Booker's debut album is absolutely excellent. I haven't listened to the sophomore release as much, but it seemed decent as well.

Valerie June, though not rock per se, is a bit closer with her sophomore album. I really love her debut, though.

 

[TyrantGuardian]

Katon from the band Hirax is still putting work in over 30 years later.

Edit: Missed the "modern" part :P

 

[CaviarMeths]

Gary Clark Jr.?

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Took mine. GCJ is a fantastic writer and artist. He needs way more followers on Spotify.

 

[afroguy10]

Forgot William Duvall as well who's been playing in rock/hardcore punk bands for yeeears but is currently co-vocalist and rhythm guitarist with Alice in Chains.

 

[platypotamus]

I really freaking love The Heavy, particularly their newest album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrw3Su6TFxg

I just saw Black Kids live recently and they were great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOV6I4fYnvQ

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down is also pretty awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GIhARLtI6I

 

[Bronx-Man]

Thundercat is more soul/funk, but he's a great bassist.

 

[lazygecko]

Tosin Abasi of Animals as Leaders is one of my favorite guitarists of the modern age.

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Tosin is one of the greatest modern guitar virtuosos.

 

[robotzombie]

Sevendust and Skunk Anansie are two of my favorite bands and even better, they have an awesome song together called licking cream

 

[IfSleepoversCouldTalk]

I really freaking love The Heavy, particularly their newest album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrw3Su6TFxg

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Literally what I was about to post. Love Kelvin and The Heavy.

 

[Dicer]

Living Color.

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These guys never get the attention they deserve, and actually just came out with a new album "shade" and it's quite amazing....

One of my favorite tracks from them

 

[ahoyhoy]

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down is also pretty awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GIhARLtI6I

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Sheeeeet how could u forget about Thao??? One of my favorite artists in recent memory. I love her so much I named my dog after her.

My favorite track of hers is from her latest:

 

[N051DE]

Primitive man, Zeal and Ardor, Algiers, Trash Talk, Black Midi, Dance Gavin Dance all have a Person of Color in their bands.

 

[Anoregon]

I've seen Robert Randolph and the Family band live a couple times back when I used be into the jam band-adjacent scene and they are dope, but I'm not sure if it's technically "rock". Wikipedia says it's funk/soul.

 

[BeeDog]

Ho99o9, tend to switch between brutal metal and doomy trap.

 

[uncelestial]

Half of Metallica are PoC

 

[Violet]

 

[LuigiMario]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTo_Dsa8ijM

Vagabon is fantastic.

 

[zerosum]

I see Sevendust already mentioned...

I'll throw in Nonpoint and Fire From The Gods as bands led by PoC frontmen.



Fire From The Gods - The Voiceless



Nonpoint - Fix This

I generally go heavier, but I really enjoy both these bands.

Side note for Nonpoint... I got to meet them last year. All of them were super nice, humble dudes.

 

[gforguava]

Black Belt Eagle Scout



Nicole Yun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0582kv979eE

Seratones

 

[Eros]

Front man is half black

 

[skycamefalling]

All of these bands have at least one POC member:

Incubus
Deftones
Sepultura
Thrice
Yellowcard
Prophets of Rage
Body Count
Korn
Guns n Roses
Downset
Madball
Fear Factory
Rx Bandits
At The Drive-In
Diztort
King's X
Jesus Piece


Not sure any of these qualify as modern, though.

 

[Famassu]

This is more of an acoustic (kind of dark & somber) "woman and a guitar" kind of thing, not rock, but MIrel Wagner is really cool and I'd imagine might appeal to rocker types: