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The Best Rock Bands Of All Time
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The best rock bands of all time, as voted on by music fans on Ranker. Click 'contribute' to add your input to this list of the greatest rock and roll groups ever. The list updates automatically every time new votes are added, making this a statistically-accurate representation of the community's collective rankings of the top rock bands in history. Add your picks to the list, vote for your favorite bands and rock on.
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Top 500 Musical Groups/Artists of Alltime
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Rolling Stone: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time
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Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 100 best musical artists of all time. For the full article go to: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty
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The very first groups I listened to when I was a kid
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I grew up in the Midwest. My first exposure to rock was from a jukebox at a dingy arcade while I played Wizard of Wor. I hope that explains things.
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CONCERTS
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All the live entertainment I have seen, that I can remember.
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The Best Rock Bands Of All Time
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The Best Rock Bands Of All Time
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Career Began:
Birmingham 
Genre(s):
Heavy metal 
Year:
1999
Honored For:
Iron Man 
Induction Date:
2006
Hall of Fame:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 
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Performers 

 


 

 

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by Ranker Community on August 26, 2010 03:31 for The Best Rock Bands Of All Time
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by RG Dalton on August 03, 2010 07:42 for The Best Rock Bands Of All Time
They marketed the devil and with drugs sold many albums!

by anonymous on July 25, 2010 06:02 for CONCERTS
opened for Ozzy, with ozzy singing for them

The first, and best, true metal band. Great with Ozzy, great with Dio ( http://www.ranker.com/list/ronnie-james-dio_s-greatest-album-moments/clark-benson ). and honestly, pretty damn good with Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, and even Ray Gillen for a few live shows. Crap with Tony Martin tho...

 


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by Doc at May 01, 2010 09:35 about Black Sabbath on Top 500 Musical Groups/Artists of Alltime
Excellent band.

 

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