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The Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time

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The best rock bands ever, ranked by music fans worldwide. Anyone can vote on this best rock bands list, which makes these rankings a trustworthy way to find out which great rock artists are truly the best. You can also add your own rankings to this list of the best rock bands, and see how your taste in music stacks up against everyone else's. Because listening to great rock music is fun, but showing off your superior rock and roll taste is even better.

For more rock music, check out this list of the Best Beatles Songs of All Time, or vote on these lists of the Best Rock Vocalists and the Best Female Rock Vocalists of all time.
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    Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas

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    Chris Stamey & the dB's

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    Edgar Winter Group

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    Fotomaker

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  5. 175
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    George Thorogood

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  6. 330
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    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

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    Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels

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  8. 427
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    Nick Lowe

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    Rufus & Chaka Khan

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    Sade Adu

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    Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

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    Stephen Fretwell

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    Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

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    The Andrews Sisters

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    The Charlie Daniels Band

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    The Jazz Crusaders

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    The New Colony Six

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    The Remains

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    The Third Bardo

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  20. 484
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    Tom McRae

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  21. 403
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    Sunset Valley

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    Diana Ross & The Supremes

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    Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders

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    Robin Lane & The Chartbusters

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    Cliffs of Dooneen

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  26. 388
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    Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

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  27. 240
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    Slash

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  28. 801
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    Ricky Nelson

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    Chris Bell

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  30. 706
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    The Misfits

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  31. 461
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    BECK

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    The Commodores

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    The Blue Things

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    The Walker Brothers

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    Pac Div

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    The Wings

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    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

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    Donnie

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    Oak

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    The Leopards

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    Mihaela Runceanu

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    Galaxy Hunter

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    The Pixies

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    Elvis

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    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

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    Cyber Space

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    Anosphere

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    The Bobby Fuller Four

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    Willie Nelson

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    Band of Horses

    Alternative country, Indie rock, Southern rock
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    1. GreenDayRules1985
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 2/21/2013 11:30 PM
      Couldn't find more than this about greatest rock bands .
    2. The Clap
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 1/10/2013 10:30 PM
      You wrote this thing about top rock bands ?
    3. FUPA
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 12/21/2012 1:30 PM
      Admirable Best Rock Bands Ever here.
    4. frankie a
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 5/23/2012 8:06 PM
      Every body chill. It's All Subjective and we all have views. It's Alright nobody's wrong. Every List is Unique.
    5. Jerry
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 3/11/2012 5:25 PM
      You need to get all the bands and singers out of this list that CLEARLY are not ROCK bands, then and only then will this be a credible list.
    6. Jack Zimmer
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 1/25/2012 12:23 PM
      Why is there no Sammy Hagar or Iron Maiden and besides that theres way to many good bands in the 200's like Tesla
    7. joel44
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 1/21/2012 8:10 PM
      New Order... Joy Division.... Cure...??
    8. paul
      Tool at 12/07/2011 12:45 AM
      Tool Should be in the top 40 who would give them a thumb down? They are comparable to Floyd and zeppelin. Also Rage Against the Machine top 50. this list is perfect aside from that.
    9. tammyluvsweezes
      Beck at 10/23/2011 6:37 AM
      My man!
    10. tammyluvsweezes
      Tool at 10/23/2011 6:35 AM
      Genius.
    11. FAILCOPTER
      The Beatles at 9/13/2011 10:18 AM
      They're more pop than rock.
    12. ravi2
      Black Sabbath at 8/26/2011 5:33 PM
      #10 all time? That's a bit of a surprise. I'd love to hear comments from people who voted them up.
    13. bootyknocker
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 8/09/2011 11:16 AM
      i hate the beatles. i've always wanted to say that. i think they are way over-rated and so is marilyn monroe. led zep should be #1 followed by pink floyd a close #2!
    14. GoGo
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 7/12/2011 4:18 AM
      Punk's not dead
    15. chaosad22
      Jimi Hendrix at 7/11/2011 12:36 PM
      The Jimi Hendrix Experience wasn't a band? Jimi and his lawyers sure thought it was a band. Someone needs to inform Mitch Mitchell and the estate of Noel Redding that they were never in a band.
    16. JorisErikPaulvanAalst
      Jimi Hendrix at 6/29/2011 7:09 AM
      Should be higher...!
    17. JorisErikPaulvanAalst
      Elvis Presley at 6/29/2011 7:09 AM
      Should be higher!
    18. JorisErikPaulvanAalst
      The Beatles at 6/29/2011 7:08 AM
      Defenitifly not overrated.... Completly right that they're #1!
    19. JorisErikPaulvanAalst
      Bob Dylan at 6/29/2011 7:07 AM
      Should be higher... and you 2, it's called "Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time" and not "Best Rock Bands Of All Time"
    20. JorisErikPaulvanAalst
      Bob Dylan at 6/29/2011 7:06 AM
      [User deleted their comment]
    21. russel1976
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 6/28/2011 2:03 AM
      where is Creed, best rock band of last ten years, yeah baby!!!
    22. JosuéPage
      Led Zeppelin at 5/02/2011 5:48 PM
      Must be the first one, Beatles is too pop.
    23. tinasmith988
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 4/29/2011 12:14 AM
      I was very encouraged to find this site. I wanted to thank you for this special read. I definitely savored every little bit of it.\n\n
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    24. potchmoker
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 4/26/2011 6:01 PM
      did i win?
    25. par396
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 4/25/2011 3:07 PM
      Punk is junk; Rap is c**p!!!
    26. gerry
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 3/25/2011 6:01 PM
      d**********************! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    27. machvi
      Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 2/16/2011 7:07 AM
      nice toppic
    28. whiskeyman
      The Who at 2/03/2011 12:13 PM
      the best
    29. Mara
      Metallica at 2/03/2011 8:10 AM
      My number 1 band.
    30. curanc had
      The Best Rock Bands Of All Time at 1/15/2011 9:29 AM
      you gotta be kidding me?......someone has the 'clash' above the 'eagles'..........surely you jest
      1. your face
        Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 2/03/2011 3:18 PM
        f**k the eagles oh wait theyre busy sucking my balls
    31. Neil
      The Who at 1/08/2011 12:22 PM
      The best Live band i have ever seen.
    32. Neil
      The Beatles at 1/08/2011 12:20 PM
      Massively overrated, hugely dull.
    33. whutexan
      The Best Rock Bands Of All Time at 1/08/2011 7:49 AM
      There are many great bands and solo artists on this list but they do not belong on a GREAT ROCK BAND list.
    34. Bobbyh69
      The Best Rock Bands Of All Time at 12/28/2010 8:17 AM
      no Nickelback or Saving Abel or Theory of a Deadman or Shinedown
      1. LeSouder3333
        Best Rock Bands/Artists Of All Time at 1/22/2011 10:54 AM
        good since nickelback suck ass
    35. PolkadotKing
      The Best Rock Bands Of All Time at 12/24/2010 10:32 AM
      This is a great list, it's been fun watching it change as more people are adding votes.
    36. adamkadman
      Jimi Hendrix at 12/09/2010 10:05 AM
      not a band
    37. adamkadman
      Elvis Presley at 12/09/2010 10:05 AM
      not a band
    38. adamkadman
      Bob Dylan at 12/09/2010 10:02 AM
      #1 on my list of rock performers BUT NOT A BAND!!
    39. buddgodkin@yahoo.com
      The Rolling Stones at 11/15/2010 9:50 AM
      the best ever
    40. BronxHatten
      Bob Dylan at 11/14/2010 11:42 AM
      Bob Dylan is not a band -- if your list was "The Best Rock Acts of All-Time" then he most certainly should be there ('Act' meaning a solo performer, or a band)
    41. sleepnow
      The Best Rock Bands Of All Time at 11/13/2010 10:56 PM
      nirvana ahead of queen wtf were these retards smoking?
      1. Ariel Kana
        The Best Rock Bands Of All Time at 12/03/2010 8:02 PM
        They wur smoking teen spirit, duh!
    42. armstrongjamest
      The Who at 10/22/2010 3:05 PM
      Is Bob Dylan a rockband? I don't know but he is my Number 1. His last 3 albums are AMAZING and yet another genre switch. The lyrics are indisp**able, but he melodies put him at number one, at least for me.
    43. Bert C. Javelo
      The Best Rock Bands Of All Time at 8/18/2010 1:25 PM
      So, still my idols are the # 1! The Beatles, who else?

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