List of DIY artists
The DIY ethic has been important for many punk and indie bands and musicians. Many have created a following entirely by self-promotion. It's common to distribute MP3 files over the Internet for download and promote a band by registering a domain name or using MySpace.
List of DIY artists
This list includes artists who became famous through self-promotion.
- Ampere
- Ani Difranco
- Applied Communications
- Arctic Monkeys
- Assassinators
- Bear Garden
- Beat Happening - included Calvin Johnson who founded K Records
- Black Flag - punk band who made DIY culture more well known in North America.
- Boogdish
- Bomb The Music Industry!
- Cat Power
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
- Chicks On Speed
- Chris Broach
- Conor Oberst
- Daniel Johnston
- Danny!
- Defiance, Ohio
- Delgados
- Eddie Florano
- Emperor X
- The Evangenitals
- The Fades
- Festa d'Estate1
- Filligar
- The Firebird Band
- The Flaming Tsunamis
- Free Soda2
- Fugazi
- The Hope Bombs
- I-Scream and Kathryn Williams
- Kaysen's Bones
- KMFDM
- Kraul
- Yuri Landman
- L'Spaerow
- Larrikin Love
- Locust Toybox
- Lord Jeff
- Major Matt Mason USA
- Mass Movement of the Moth
- mc chris
- Minor Threat - members also founded dischord records, American hardcore punk label.
- The Minutemen
- Misfits
- The Moths!
- Neongrau
- NOFX
- Paper Hearts
- Peterman3
- Phish
- Placid CASUAL
- Propagandhi
- R. Stevie Moore
- sorry-ok-yes
- Schwervon!
- Seth Lakeman
- Shades of Pale
- SUPER Furry Animals
- Tegan and Sara
- Thanksgiving
- The Pets
- The Tender Forever
- The You Are
- The Vampirates
- The XYZ Affair
- The DiY Sound System
Record labels
- Alternative Tentacles
- Candy [...] Records
- Caw Records
- Chemikal Underground
- Dischord Records
- DRP Records
- Drowning Man Records
- Ebullition Records
- G7 Welcoming Committee Records
- K Records
- Kanine Records
- Look Again Media4
- Lucid Records
- Olive Juice Music
- Outpunk
- Plan-It-X
- Righteous Babe
- Saddle Creek
- Smart Patrol Records
- S.P.A.M. Records
- SST Records
- Touch & Go Records
- Quote Unquote Records