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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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Skip's top 25 bands
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I was inspired by, and took most of my entries from, Clark Benson's list of 500, but he didn't have enough female artists for my tastes, nor did he have them rated highly enough. He excluded Blues and Jazz (except he has some artists who could be classified as Blues or Jazz on his list), so I did, too. However, I clearly like hip hop more than he does, so I had to add more of that, too. I haven't ranked the artists, and the list is in very rough order, because I'm new at this whole thing.
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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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My favorite bands for the Ranker community list.
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Career Began:
Notting Hill 
Genre(s):
Pop punk  Punk rock  Rock music  Ska punk 
Induction Date:
2003
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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If I had been more of a casual fan when they were in their prime, I could easily see them in my Top 10. If I had seen them live, they might even be my #1 (I didn't start going to shows until I was about 14, and at that point they were on their last legs).

  


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by Doc at May 01, 2010 09:40 about The Clash on Top 500 Musical Groups/Artists of Alltime
Who makes up these lists? They are way over-rated.

 

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