Who are some experimental artists/bands who were commerically successful on release (rather than say...

Who are some experimental artists/bands who were commerically successful on release (rather than say, Velvet Underground, who became commercially successful after splitting up)

PiL are probably the most experimental band I can think of to consistently chart well in the charts. I think only one single in their early incarnation missed the top 30

jimi hendrix, black sabbath, skrillex

Radiohead

about as experimental as 21 pilots

tpwp

the beatles

This

she loves you isn't exactly experimental, user, but I get what you mean in terms of later career

>skrillex

>experimental

>First pop group to use backwards audio
>One of the first to seriously incorporate Indian music
>"Revolution 9"

I don't give a shit if they were the first pop group to do it. Many people did it before
What they did relative to pop is irrelevant

>one song on an album filled with pop songs
>merely an influence
>one song on a double album filled with pop songs

Death Grips

why is the i lower case

no they were the first successful rock band to rip off IDM

>Skrillex
That's funny, it was his only correct answer. Skrillex was experimental as fuck.

>IDM in the late 90s
>experimental

deathgrips

All of Zappa's albums between 1966 and 1980 except for The Grand Wazoo managed to chart on the Billboard 200

that's how their logo is stylized

pink floyd, david bowie, jefferson airplane, talking heads,

>experimental