Greatest Hard Rock Artists

The best hard rock artists of all time. No Jethro Tull on this list so you can take your pansy little flute and go home. Don't agree with the list? Place your vote or if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on.

Vote for Metallica 1) Metallica

“Ever Since The 80’s These Guys Can Rock. Although they’ve gone through changes. THE GREATEST!”

“Metallica Rocks Scorpions aren’t even in the same league as these guys
”

Lilbob93

“metallica is such a great band, each member (early days with cliff) has their own dramatic story to tell, plus all their albums were certified platinum at least one time, from the shredding anthems of kill em all to the lacking of solos of st. anger. can’t wait for death magnetic”

pauler94

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Vote for X Japan 2) X Japan


Vote for Judas Priest 3) Judas Priest

“Judas Priest redefined and made metal, plain and simple.”

“Besides Black Sabbath they are the fathers of a genre.”

“Judas Priest should be alot higher. Amazing music.”


Vote for Bon Jovi 4) Bon Jovi

“sexy and rock”

“bon jovi wrote some of the greatest hard rock songs of all time!”

richie4life

“they should really be in top ten there’s nobody better rockin’ than bon jovi”

richie4life

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Vote for Scorpions 5) Scorpions

“Is there anything that can beat Scorpions? No, nothing. They are the greatest rock band ever.”

klausmeine

“They’ve definitely influenced so much Rock!.. And they still Rock Us Like A Hurricane! Just incredible..!”

“NO WAY SCORPIONS KICK METALLICA’S ASS”

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Vote for Led Zeppelin 6) Led Zeppelin

“led zepplin should be the no 1 band metalica isnt qualified to be no 1 compared to zepplin”

“Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and the late John Bonham....Led Zeppelin. Their music speaks for itself. Timeless and without limits.”

“I love Metallica and Judas Priest too, but this is it for me. avenged sevenfold is a pulverized inkling of trash with no sign of any intelligent or creative thought whatsoever.”

QuarantineGames

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Vote for Nirvana 7) Nirvana

“They brought back good music back to popular conscience. None of that overblown, pretentious crap that was called "hair metal". There’s a reason why the genre is defined by its hair”

“smells like teen spirit is a masterpiece
”

“Nirvana is so good”

mature

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Vote for Gackt 8) Gackt

“Gackt is awesome. I love his Lust for Blood!! =^.^=”


Vote for AC/DC 9) AC/DC

“they have so much energy and so much balls! they rock!”

“they play the best hard rock”

smajyao

“How is ACDC not 1 or 2! ACDC rocks just listen to one of there songs”

JaAcDc

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Vote for Avenged Sevenfold 10) Avenged Sevenfold

“Duh...self explanitory
”

“Avenged is great probably the best "new" hard rock band out there. Amazing vocals, guitars, drums....But i have to admit that metallica definitely deserves to be #1”

the_leprechaun

“omg...why is a7x 10th? they frikkin rock! they should be first...”

ermFTW

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Vote for Guns N' Roses 11) Guns N' Roses

“one of the best 80’s-90’s rock n roll band
”

“these are greatness i luv thm an they are really sexy aswel”

sjp

“Guns n Roses is the best... November Rain is by far the best rock song ever... these guys should be way up there and not at No. 15”

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Vote for L'Arc~en~Ciel 12) L'Arc~en~Ciel

“L’Arc en Ciel is a legend japanese rock band! Awesome!”

Chibiakuma

“A living legend of the japanese music. Their style is unique.”

Vote for System of a Down 13) System of a Down

“amazing”

thedeadman16

“best group ever !!!”

“They are their own genre, Best band ever!!!!!!”

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Vote for Tool 14) Tool

“one of the smartest and most creative bands ever.”

theman13

“Sober. Now that is a great song!”

“Paul D’Amour: the old bassist, Justin Chancellor: the new bassist Adam Jones: Lead guitarist, and Maynard James Keenan ( James Herbert Keenan): singer, just de-freaking-stroy ALL the other bands with thier powerful awesome songs!”

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Vote for Linkin Park 15) Linkin Park

“Always bringing out great music. Never disappoints!”

WIlko21

“LP is just great :D”

“I love linkin park! They r just AWESOME!”

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Vote for Van Halen 16) Van Halen

“EVH is the greatest guitarist of all time!!”

“THIS BAND IS GREAT, ROCK ON EDDIE!”

“My Favorite Band of all Time!”

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Vote for Iron Maiden 17) Iron Maiden

“$#%&@! best band ever!”

“Why the hell is this so low?!?!?!
i am not happy”

clerkatron

“Linkn Park and System of a Down are fine but... WHY THE BLOODY HELL ARE THEY RATED BETTER THAN IRON MAIDEN, ONE OF THE BEST BANDS, WELL-EVER! This list is just ridiculous, Iron Maiden should be in the top ten”

sammoth

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Vote for Disturbed 18) Disturbed

“Like all Disturbed fans say: They Are Harder Than Rock!”

aeromaxx777

“Disturbed should be at the top! they are the best ever!
”

“OMG THEY ROCK, IF THEY DISTURB YOU THEN WALK AWAY”

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Vote for The Who 19) The Who

“Probably the greatest live band of all time”

“the are the greatest band of all time, great live still goin on, long live The Who”

Vote for Heart 20) Heart

“From 75-80 Heart was a bad ass band. This is long before MTV changed them to pop queens.”

Vote for Pantera 21) Pantera

“Dime was, and will forever be, the greatest guitarist of all time. hendrix and stevie ray have nothing on darrel abbot!”

crou8040

“Pantera is the best band ever! definitely wipes the floor with the others!”

“the most underated rock band of all time. dimebags guitar riffs are lengendary, the music world took a major loss when he was taken. R.I.P. dime”

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Vote for Dir en grey 22) Dir en grey

“VOTE VOTE, they’re the best!”

“WTF, why aren’t these higher?

Dir en grey is one of the biggest bands in Asia, and are huge in Europe. Recently breaking into America they are finding success there too, and have massive underground fanbases across the world. Formed February 1997, still keeping the original line up, they became very big, very fast in Japan-there sound soon spreading to neighboring nations.
They have a unique sound and are contently changing. Starting off as a Visual Kei band and gradually fading out the visual style from Kisou onwards.
They are five crazily talented people. Shinya is the next Yoshiki, his drum beats are mind blowing and reliably amazing. Toshiya is one of the best bassist in the world, with hi own unique style and astonishing talent. Kaoru and Die are matched in ability for both Guitar and compositions, both complimenting each other and working together to create a fantastic sound. Kyo is arguably the best vocalist of his time, with an amazing array of technical ability and a voice that can convoy any given emotion with little effort-his writing is also amazing, using words to paint a picture and stab at your heart, giving words new meaning. His lyrics are sick but beautiful, clever and thought-provoking, subjects ranging from drug addiction to abortion, sex to suicide, perversion to heartache and every possible thing in between.
With a career of almost 10 years (under the name Dir en grey) they have an impressive discography-6 albums (soon to be 7) and a great number of singles, all of which have come in the top 10 in Japan.
Their live performance is like nothing you’ve ever seen. They play with incredible energy, and when appropriate, the band will play almost stoic while Kyo goes insane. Kyo’s performance is violent and completely heart-wrenching. He’s been know to cry, whimper, scream, scratch his chest, punch himself in the cheek, scratch his wrists and arms and scratch the inside of his cheek in performance. They are visually disturbing to watch and listening to live versions of songs is equally disturbing. For example, the live version of mushi and zakuro from Blitz 5 days-you would have to be completely heartless not to cry.

They are the best band i’ve come across in a long time. No one can beat them.”

“Dir en grey is one of the greatest international rock acts to come to fame this year, making huge strides in selling out shows in both America and Europe with very little to no airtime or promotions. It’s becoming clearer and clearer that the japanese community can rock just as hard, if not harder then the rest of the world!”

» visit Dir en grey website

Vote for Rush 23) Rush

“Rush Should be up there with Metallica and Zeppelin. No band can come close to what rush can do”

“Rush rocks. Period.”

Vote for Queen 24) Queen

“Queen is the best ever band in Rock, Pop, Funk, Opera, Heavy Metal, Love songs and just everything.”

Vote for Red Hot Chili Peppers 25) Red Hot Chili Peppers

“only the BEST band ever!!! they should be number one!!!”

“flea, john , anthony , chad
flea best bassist , john one of the greatest , all together the best”

Vote for Cheap Trick 26) Cheap Trick

“One of the fiercest, most dedicated live acts of all time.”

FearlessFreep

“Hey, even VH1-which knows absolutely nothing about music rated Cheap Trick NO. 25. For once they were right.”

Vote for Megadeth 27) Megadeth

“Great heavy metal band and dave mustaine is one of the greatest guitarists ever!”

“f***ing amazing countdown to extinction”

Vote for Marilyn Manson 28) Marilyn Manson

“incredibly super frickin awesome!!”

“marilyn manson is the best frickin band out there, marilyn manson’s lyrics and vocals are incredible, full of emotion (and they were amazing on 6/12 07 =]) - they will always be the best”

“better than the best ...and forever he will be!”

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Vote for Rage Against the Machine 29) Rage Against the Machine

“One of the greatest political bands in my opinion...”

“Tom Morello is awesome”

Vote for Slipknot 30) Slipknot

“Joey Jordison is so amazing”

“"classic"”

“MY FAVORITE BAND!!”

Vote for Dream Theater 31) Dream Theater

“I have nothing to say, but listen to them”

“OMFG! Dream Theater are one of the best bands to come out of the 80s and are still putting out awesome albums, any fan of metal should listen to "the glass prison" or "pull me under" or one of their newest "the Dark eternal Night"
Dream Theater for #1!!”

“these guys are just brilliantly faultless.”

Vote for Soundgarden 32) Soundgarden

“Of the four major grunge bands to come from Seattle, Soundgarden is by far the best.”

“Great group.”

“Best band of all time, chris cornell greatest voice in rock”

Vote for Korn 33) Korn

“Reinvented it when it was at a low.”

“my absolute FAVORITE band. they’ve gotten letters from fans saying that if it weren’t for korn’s music, they would’ve killed themselves. very varied sound over the years, and a whole bunch of emotion (especially on their debut album). BEST OF THE BEST!”

fieldy_freak

“is there something to saz about this band.i think it is all already told.this is the best band ever.fieldy is the best bassist ever.noone has his style,and jon is of corse the best singer.i love them so much.KORN RULES.Vote for serbia”

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Vote for Pink Floyd 34) Pink Floyd

“Creaters Of Rock Music Cant Beat David Gilmour Guitar Solos As They Are Uniuque!!! We Wouldnt Have Rock Music If It Wasnt For Pink Floyd
”

“"yeah wtf Greatest Of All Time!! #1”

“Um... Why are they at the bottom? These guys are amazing! How about comfortably numb?! It’s a classic!”

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Vote for Breaking Benjamin 35) Breaking Benjamin

“they are awesome in the world of new crappy bands.”

“One word: AWSOME”

Vote for Motley Crue 36) Motley Crue

“The bad boys of Rock and Roll. Cmon enough said the greatest band ever!”

“Why in the name of the Almighty is the Crue all the way down here. They may not be the best, but they are a heck of a lot better than quite a few of the other bands ahead of them.”

“best rock show,coolest personalities,kick ass music and the true bad boys of rock,period.”

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Vote for Muse 37) Muse

“so many good songs, so amazing live, 6 great albums, brilliant musicians, what more do you need?”

GlonnAtronnAdonnAdict

“Great band, often over looked”

“Starlight, Time is running out, all good songs... more respect needs to be paid”

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Vote for Kiss 38) Kiss

“The greatest live band”

“xjapan? never heard of them and how could anyone be ahead of zepplin, kiss is my favorite I’ve never seen any list of any kind I agree with”

invis

“First of all KISS should be 1. and although theve gone through a million lineup changes, there still the best!”

Moezzilla

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Vote for Alice in Chains 39) Alice in Chains

“should be much higher up... led zeppelin doesn’t qualify as hard rock that’s a joke and judas priest is awful come one”

“Alice make you feel they have lived it all. The sound growls from their soul. Great singer great rock band.”

“64 are yall joking they should up in the top ten”

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Vote for Green Day 40) Green Day

“pshht”

Vote for Deep Purple 41) Deep Purple

“deep purple tracks make my day a-okay.. i was born years after this band smashed the airwaves.. my father taught me that the purest rock music comes from old school bands like deep purple.. hurrah to all deep purple fans.. and the band made me love rock the more..

deep purple rocked the heavy metal history..”

“Deep Purple, along with the well known Led Zeppelin, constituted the idea of Hard Rock. Hits like Black Night, Hush, Child In Time and Smoke On The Water with its terrific riff led Deep Purple to an amazing amount of success in the U.K and America. The Band has just recently celebrated their 25th Anniversary and they are still going strong.

The band began in 1968 under the name of " Roundabout " but after some disappointing demonstration tracks Jon Lord sacked the drummer and the bassist, leaving himself a gap in the group. He was contacted by two people wanting to be the groups managers, bringing in Nick Simper {Bass} , Ian Paice {Drums} and Rod Evans {Vocals} who came from MI5.

The group changed its name to Deep Purple and went about recording its single, Hush/One More Rainy Day, which landed the group its first hit in Hush. The group then covered Neil Diamonds "Kentucky Woman" before recording their first album, "Shades Of Deep Purple". The album received a moderate amount of success so they decided to put "The Book of Taliesyn" out as quickly as possible to tap this. The album was successful and the band was on its way.”

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Vote for Black Sabbath 42) Black Sabbath

“A great band. Tony Iommi is Black Sabbath and everything released under this name is simply outstanding..”

“Them and Zepplin are the 2 best hard rock bands hands down.Metallica was a great band in the 80s but definitly not the greatest hard rock band especially after st.anger.”

Chris-1

“these guys should be in the top ten”

HighSkoolArtist

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Vote for Rob Zombie 43) Rob Zombie

“I love Rob! I think he should be up on the list. He’s just super awsome!!!”

“Dragula? Living Dead Girl?
The most well known unknown of all time. His songs kick ass, and he knows how to have a good time.”

Vote for Def Leppard 44) Def Leppard

“Nothing Better!!”

“The best ever. One of the most underrated bands, one of the most influential bands of all time.”

» visit Def Leppard website

Vote for Aerosmith 45) Aerosmith

“america’s greatest rock band!”

“Go Steve, you rock!!!!!!!”

Bec

“hey he should be at the top”

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Vote for Motorhead 46) Motorhead

“Motorhead Is Truly One of the greatest Bands of all time nuff said!!”

“Best Hard rock band ever

enough said”

Vote for Mudvayne 47) Mudvayne

“The "Forget To Remember" song is one of the graetest ,ever. The rythm makes your sick”

“Dig...
The greatest HEAVY metal song in the past 10 years. Their bassist still blows me away every time I watch the music video.”

“MUDVAYNE RULES!!!!!!!!!1”

Vote for Nickelback 48) Nickelback

“I can’t believe Queen is ahead of them... QUEEN fer cryin’ out loud!”

Bec

“Chad Kroeger has the most awsome, moving voice of all, and he is the hottest man alive.”

Bec

Vote for Jimi Hendrix 49) Jimi Hendrix

“one of the most innovative guitarists of all time, played with his soul more than his mind.”

“WHY is he not in the top ten? at least 15....JIMI IS GOD”

“Jimi Hendrix brought life and style to the sixties. He INVENTED guitar. Where would we be without Jimi?”

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Vote for Wolfmother 50) Wolfmother

“Crazy good vocalist... with awesome hair too!”

“WOMAN Greatest song ever wrote”

Vote for Whitesnake 51) Whitesnake

Vote for Rammstein 52) Rammstein

“Amazing Band should be in top 10!”

“The best rock since Elvis!”

Vote for Queensryche 53) Queensryche

“Uhh they kick ass”

Vote for Staind 54) Staind

“rocks!!!!”

“stunning!!rock on!!”

Vote for Godsmack 55) Godsmack

“the best band ever.....!!!!!nobody can play heavy stuff thts got beauty like them...all other death metal bands like maiden,judas priest are crap!!!”

“Godsmack is the greatest band no matter wat thois pole says or any other place”

“I like this band more and more everytime I listen to them. They pown noobs
”

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Vote for Faith No More 56) Faith No More

Vote for Miyavi 57) Miyavi

Vote for Nine Inch Nails 58) Nine Inch Nails

“One of the greatest and most original band to come along since the beatles”

Vote for The Doors 59) The Doors

“Jim Morrison is the greatest Rockfrontman of all time.He created only masterpieces.”

fogy55lizy

“not only that, but the music is earth-shattering...”

“the best... doors 4ever”

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Vote for Bullet for My Valentine 60) Bullet for My Valentine

“best band ever!!!!!!”

Vote for In Flames 61) In Flames

“One of the greatest bands to ever play. Music is kick A** and they have deep awesome music.”

Vote for Underoath 62) Underoath

“IM NOT DISSING THE BANDS UP THERE BUT THIS IS THE GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME...”

Vote for Rise Against 63) Rise Against

“one of the greatest bands ever”

Vote for Dragonforce 64) Dragonforce

“They are amazing. Their music is like art”

Vote for Foghat 65) Foghat

Vote for Sepultura 66) Sepultura

“A+”

“It is one from the best thrash metal musicians!”

Vote for Children of Bodom 67) Children of Bodom

“they are heavy rockers i have ever seen
”

“these guys are crazy, they put on excellent concerts”

Vote for HIM 68) HIM

“Though They are Usually Critizised, This band has gone through a hell of alot. But they continue, And thanks to them i have Lyrics i can relate to.”

“Ville valo and his band have amazing aspects other bands do not..... but still vocals and bass... the best you will get maybee besides a7x!”

“best band eva”

Vote for Static-X 69) Static-X

“they kick ass. its that simple”

Vote for Smashing Pumpkins 70) Smashing Pumpkins

“Cannot forget who these guys are!!! Actually just Billy!!!”

Vote for Foo Fighters 71) Foo Fighters

“They never have a bad song.”

“FOO FIGHTERS ARE GREATEST BAND EVER PERIOD. Nirvana’s drummer started this band, Dave Groehl (i think thats how its spelled). Best band of all time.
”

Vote for Creed 72) Creed

“i can’t beleive they’re not on here yet”

Vote for Europe 73) Europe

“how can you people forgot about one of the greatest hard rock band of all time!”

Vote for Limp Bizkit 74) Limp Bizkit

“Most energy no doubt

the best of fusion”

Vote for Ceremonial Snips 75) Ceremonial Snips

“I can’t even begin to tell you how under rated this band is.”

“good.best.bester”

Vote for Quiet Riot 76) Quiet Riot

“Kick ass!!”

Vote for Tankcsapda 77) Tankcsapda

Vote for Sevendust 78) Sevendust

“great band that has not made a bad album yet.”

Vote for The Ramones 79) The Ramones

Vote for Dio 80) Dio

Vote for Rainbow 81) Rainbow

Vote for Alter Bridge 82) Alter Bridge

Vote for Slayer 83) Slayer

“WHHHHHHHHHHHHHATT Slayer, whats wrong with you people. Metallica overrated as hell”

Vote for From First To Last 84) From First To Last

“OMFG FROM FiRST TO LAST iS THE S***!! iT SHOULD BE NUMBER 1!!!”

“The Best F****** Band Ever!!!”

“THE MOST AWESOMEEST BAND EVER!! Sonny Moore and Matt Good are mine!!”

Vote for Cannibal Corpse 85) Cannibal Corpse

“Who Of The Above Appeared In Ace Ventura?”

“yea”

“damn right”

» visit Cannibal Corpse website

Vote for Death 86) Death

“One of the best and most influential metal bands around. These guys were great ! RIP Chuck.”

Vote for Anthrax 87) Anthrax

“They kick a**.”

Vote for Alexizonfire 88) Alexizonfire

“these guys....nothing you can put into words.!”

» visit Alexizonfire website

Vote for Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 89) Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

“This band is just great to listen to all the time they should definitely be top 10!”

Vote for Meshuggah 90) Meshuggah

“this band is really underrated at least they can actually play their instruments”

Pravus

Vote for Sex Pistols 91) Sex Pistols

Vote for Cradle of Filth 92) Cradle of Filth

“the best example of pure black metal”

Vote for Six Feet Under 93) Six Feet Under

Vote for Drop Dead Gorgeous 94) Drop Dead Gorgeous

Vote for Lacuna Coil 95) Lacuna Coil

“Theres not much to say except REAL SICK”

Vote for The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 96) The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

“One of my favorite BANDS!!!
Top songs: Face down AND Your gardian angel”

Vote for Bad Religion 97) Bad Religion

“If bands like Linken Parkn or Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have been added, I can’t see why this one should be forgotten... The Best of the best for the one who knows what real music is!”

Vote for Behemoth 98) Behemoth

“There isnt a member in this band that isnt the best at what they do. They are very under-rated”

Vote for Danzig 99) Danzig

“COME ON PEOPLE!!!!!!!! I really shouldn’t have to say more”

Vote for Soil 100) Soil

“They have some sick pump up songs! Listen to Pride or Halo”


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