Sometimes the hardest thing about getting into a band or artist is knowing where to start.  Consider this your guide to the wide world of music.  If there is an artist you’d like to see here that we haven’t covered yet, email your suggestion to ThrillerMag@gmail.com.

THE FLAMING LIPS  (click for full discography)
Founded: 1983
Members:  Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Kliph Scurlock
From:  Oklahoma City
Studio Albums:  13
Essential: Zaireeka, The Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Embryonic
Worthwhile: Oh My Gawd!!!, Hit To Death In The Future Head, Transmissions From the Satellite Heart, Clouds Taste Metallic

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TOM WAITS (Click for full discography)
Founded:  Early 1970s
From:  Pomona, California
Studio Albums:  18, plus several live albums, bootlegs, and rarities.
Essential: Small Change, Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Franks Wild Years, Mule Variations
Worthwhile: Nighthawks at the Diner, Heartattack and Vine, Bone Machine, Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards