Greatest Rock Band Of All Time

Rock and roll is a genre of music that emerged as a defined musical style in the American South in the 1950s, and quickly spread to the rest of the country, and the world. It later evolved into the various different sub-genres of what is now called simply "rock". As a result, "rock and roll" now has two distinct meanings: either traditional rock and roll in the 1950s style, or later rock and even pop music which may be very far from traditional rock and roll.

This list is a collection of the top ten rock bands of all time. This includes bands that can be categorized as rock and roll, hard rock, southern rock, country, pop and just about any other genre that has evolved from 50's rock and roll.

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Vote for 30 Seconds to Mars 1) 30 Seconds to Mars

30 seconds are pretty good jared’s ace!

CATA5TR0PH3

easily the best band by a long shot. jared is an amazing vocalist and shannon is a stud on drums.

guitarheromaster542

Best Band ever!
Amazing lyrics and great voice of Jared, very good melodies.
This Band is something special and really talented

jared37


Vote for Metallica 2) Metallica

Can’t be beat.

Metallica always has and always will be #1. How 30 seconds to mars got up there I have no idea; they must have a lot of stoners for fans.

futaenokiwami

Metallica is the best. How the hell did 30 Seconds to Mars beat them? How the hell did they beat AC/DC, U2, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin... I mean what the hell? Are they really that good?

Metallica666Rules


Vote for Led Zeppelin 3) Led Zeppelin

Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and the late John Bonham....Led Zeppelin; four individuals from differing backgrounds with diverse personalities and creativity came together composing, producing, and performing music without limits.
They are legendary and formed the backbone of what "hard rock" is defined as today. Jimmy Page was and still is the heart and soul of Led Zeppelin. They deserve their rightful place as the number one rock band of all time.

I wonder if the people who voted the other bands have ever heard Led Zep. You listen to them and then you listen to the rest and there’s light years difference. Jimmy Page is God, man.

something is wrong! 30 senconds to mars first wtf?
ok ill do a top 10 of my own :D
1 Led Zeppelin
2 Metallica
3 Dire Straits
4 Deep Purple
5 Buckethead
6 Dio
7 Black Sabbath
8 Bon Jovi
9 Ac/Dc
10 Iris/Phoenix romanian rock bands. You should really listen to them
of course there are a lot of good rock band worth mentioned: guns and roses, scorpions, pantera, rhcp

mateipal


Vote for The Beatles 4) The Beatles

The Babe Ruth of music.

First of all can anybody name a rock band that has broken any record of the beatles. NO! so don’t just start saying names. They hold right now the most sold albums ever! In just their ten years of their career selling over a billion albums which band or person has ever done that. NO ONE! They also have better musicality than any band. Better lyrics, better singers better every thing.

gerard10r

are you guys kidding!? the beatles are the best no freaking doubt about it

nbsabat


Vote for Queen 5) Queen

the name rocks their style rocks, their way of making albums and doing tours rocks, and all that’s not even mentioning their music which is the most awesome out there, you can’t even argue that Queen is the best, Led Zeppelin and Van Halen are 2 and 3.

Queen-aholic

Queen, Just Amazing. They wrote classic and virtoso hits from early 1970s - the 1980s and early 1990s which included different styles of music though always in the essence of Rock. However they wrote so many classic hits, their early albums are some of the greatest of alltime including Queen, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera but Queen II to me is the most musically brillaint albums of the past 40 years. Prg Rock ect their just majestic

allqueen

Queen is the best band ever...

I don’t understand why 30 seconds to mars is so high. Metallica, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin are on the right place

Croon


Vote for A-ha 6) A-ha

Morten Harket has the most beautiful voice I have ever listened to. A voice which is strong and soft, at the same time, and gets direct to our hearts. Not mentioning that he is the sexiest man alive. I LOVE A-HA!

malu38

I wouldn’t exactly call A-ha a rockband, but they are definitely one of the best bands ever. And they do know how to rock!

Daisymorot

a-ha is wonderful!!!! Their music is very very very good!! :)

Morten


Vote for Journey 7) Journey

ok I’m looking through all the list and man some people have such bad tast in music I mean come on now who would put anyone in front of journey jeese I am getting angry.

journeyrules

Don’t stop believing, Seperate Ways, Any way you want it, and Wheel in the sky are some of the best songs ever written

vidieowiz4

first thing learnd on drums was weel in the sky. Great song.

schwanie


Vote for Guns N Roses 8) Guns N Roses

Damn it, they’re amazing...

dandeli0n

The best band in the world!

Fable

why the hell arent they #1

gunsnroses44


Vote for Heart 9) Heart

300,000 people at CAL JAM 2 can’t be wrong.

jerryw08

If you ever seen them live during the 70’s you would understand why such a high ranking. The best live act ever.

Ann Wilson of Heart is really a rarity that will come ones a decade... Diverse, strong and positive!


Vote for X Japan 10) X Japan

wtf! xjapan is number 1! who 30 Seconds to Mars?

zzuhail

The Best Band Ever!

Xxgrplayer

number 1 in my heart

kakalovex


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Choices Not In The Top Ten

Vote for Avenged Sevenfold 11) Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold has the best instrumentalists. Synister Gates is my favorte guitarist and they also have different songs and they all have great tunes. Not even 30 Seconds to Mars can beat them.

moose4life19

a7x is for sure the greatest rock band of all time. I mean they got the best of the best in their band.

a7xlover4ever

A7X rules
A-ha #1? wtf?

AllAustrianReject

Vote for The Scorpions 12) The Scorpions

best rock ballads

You really are IDIOTS, yes? I thought right. I am just too angry not to tell you that you really are pathetic brainwashed fashion victims, plus irreversibly deaf to create this hoax, named list of the greatest rock bands. Thank God I didn’t See Tokio Hotel or something! #1 30 SECONDS TO MARS? Are you all crazy fangirls? The Korn rated above Deep Purple? You are deaf idiots, yush. Just open your friggin minds. Listen to the friggin melody. Music is art. ART you get it? Not the how "cool" is the singer/drummer/guitarist, not how popular or new or "in" is the song, not how many times a day tv shows the song. It’s the MELODY. The rythm. The musicians. The inspiration. The lyrics. Just listen to them! They should be #1!
PS. Dire straits not in the list while all those rubbish artists are? You are lucky I am not there, all you sick voters!

TheNextGreatestRockStar

this band must be in 10 top rock band, duh? They’re so cool, I love their music and song...
Even better, this band is the greatest ever...

canessie

Vote for Judas Priest 13) Judas Priest

The original creators of Metal are so low? Sure Black Sabbath created Metal but JP took it and refined it into something more... Sorry but the Metal Gods definitely deserve to be # 1

The Metalgods deserve a better place here.

They are the greatest Metal band ever existed. The most influential, the best voice, and the best guitarists team.

Vote for Pink Floyd 14) Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd didn’t write songs; they wrote masterpieces. Listen to any of their albums, be it Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here or any other album from their catalog and you’ll see what I mean. Roger Waters’ epic concepts paired with Dave Gilmour’s soaring guitar work set them apart from the rest.

There is two kind of people: the ones who absolutely loves pink floyd and the ones that absolutely hates them. If you are in the first category than you are lucky because you can enjoy the masterpiece created by pink floyd. But if you are a Pink floyd hater, too Bad for you because you are missing an important thing in life

BigZ

Pink Floyd is the best band in the world. They should be number 1.

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!

MaNnY555

Vote for AC/DC 15) AC/DC

this list is wrong. 30 seconds to mars suck!
heres how the list should be

1. ac/dc
2. aerosmith
3. the beatles
4. guns n roses(before the departure of slash)
5. red hot chili pepers
6. u2
7. journey
8. muse
9. lynyrd skynyrd
10. bon jovi

lezakattack

AC/DC rocks the voice of Johnson love it

cypersaint

Woow, what are they doing here? They have to be Nr. 1!

Beroe7

Vote for Dir en grey 16) Dir en grey

This band deserves to be number one. I have not heard one song of theres in their entire repertoire I have not loved and am happy to listen to over and over again.

lliandriall

Diru is the best!!!

Kasumi

The greatest band ever ever ever.
Dir en grey is the best band in the world and will always be.

Vote for Bon Jovi 17) Bon Jovi

American, born and bred, and all rock

they are a great rock band since the early eighties!

richie4life

bon jovi rocks my world

richie4life

Vote for Linkin Park 18) Linkin Park

best band ever. they took rock, pop, hip hop, rap, alternative, heavy metal, and electronica and put it into one, now that’s impressive. other bands are not near as good as linkin park.

jack2463

It’s The Best Ban Ever! ! !

DerVEL

what you guys are doing..?
agr8 band like linkin park is in 23rd psition...
vote 4 it, should be in top 5.

sabi

Vote for Red Hot Chili Peppers 19) Red Hot Chili Peppers

/up, up! / RHCP! Flea, Frusciante, Smith... Still have doubts?

r4czek

WTF?! RHCP are DEFINITELY much more talented than Bon Jovi and AC/DC ever were for god’s sake. greatest band ever. this list is bs.

PharaohSPQR

This top 10 list is messed up. RHTP are beast.

Flyingcobra

Vote for Simple Plan 20) Simple Plan

Simple Plan is amazing; they have such relatable lyrics and the songs are so catchy and yet can be very emotional at the same time. They are amazing live, and are amazing, friendly guys in person. What’s not to love?

SPgurl

sp are the best band ever
they have the most easy to relate to helpful lyrics
and the best sound and they are just amazing guys ans i love them :)

megan_spfan4life

most amanzing band ever, most amazing guys, this band has changed my life in so many ways... I love them to pieces and would be lost w/o them

spfan121807

Vote for Keane 21) Keane

There are just awesome and constantly innovating!

WouterNL

full of poetry and sense, Keane is magic and great music for everybody

pilibelleza

They’re just increcible! Listen to Tom’s voice and the lyrics and you’ll understand immediatly...

Eline

Vote for My Chemical Romance 22) My Chemical Romance

should be no. 1 their awesome!

whatsitsname

This band is not perfection yet but MCR deserves more higher place in this list.

flame_loony

This band is absolutely admirable! All members of the band are consummate musicians!

flame_loony

Vote for ABBA 23) ABBA

DANCING QUEEN FOROVER! ABBA-FOREVER! NUMBER 1!

abbafan

ABBA forever!
One of my favorite band. The other is a-ha.

meganharket

Vote for Nirvana 24) Nirvana

Nirvana was Kurt Cobain. Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl were only along for the ride when they hit the mainstream in 1991. I find it hard to believe just how much they accomplished and how many great songs Kurt was able to write in such a short amount of time. Even the songs that Kurt had scrapped should have been classics. It makes me wonder how great the band would be considered today if they, rather if Kurt Cobain, had lasted 5 or 10 years longer.

best grunge band !

Miguel31

man they should be in the top ten because they actually revolutionized rock in that era

shamus94

Vote for Muse 25) Muse

Unique, fantastic, and awe-inspiringly talented, I think these guys should be in the top ten.

CinemaZebra

Different and talented in every area

Adam17

at least they are original

Pravus

Vote for Evanescence 26) Evanescence

The best band ever. Amy is, without a doubt, the greatest singer to have ever lived.

BlahBlahBlahBlah

Evanescence is my passion.

BloodyMargarita

THIS IS THE BEST BAND IN THE WHOLE WORLD!

Vote for L'Arc~en~Ciel 27) L'Arc~en~Ciel

The best band EVER!! Tetsu-sama, Ken-sama, Yukihiro-sama, and Hyde-sama are all very talented and the lyrics are beautiful!

Nejixchan

One of the most famous and best band not only in japan but in the whole world. No exaggeration in my comment.

ronluna

You will not regret if you vote L’Arc~en~Ciel as the greatest rock band of all time, japanese band, hard rock of all time, hyde as best vocalist in japan, singer of all time, best frontman, tetsu as best bass player of all time, ken as best guitarist in japan and for all time and yukihiro as best rock drummer and drummer of all time including their songs in the Top Tens.

ronluna

Vote for Iron Maiden 28) Iron Maiden

Maiden is one of the very few bands that could last for over 30 years and still have the same image as when they first came out; and still be writing, making, and playing as well as ever before. Their recent album releases rival the all around greatness of their first couple of breakthrough masterpiece albums, and they show no sign of slowing down. When you have one of the greatest and most influential bassists, drummers, vocalists, and 3 of the greatest guitarists in metal, Iron Maiden is the only thing that can come from it.

Their greatness can not be overstated, and I believe they should have been in the top 3, along with Zeppelin and Metallica.

they have written many number one hits including hallowed be thy name which is one of the best metal songs ever. Iron maiden is also one of the better bands of the british invasion. Another amazing piece is Run to The Hills

joshc1

Why are maiden down here? They should be 1st or at least top 3.

Gajdjduehs

Vote for Rush 29) Rush

There’s a reason why Geddy, Neil, and Alex are each in the top 20 (at least) of their respected disciplines on the-top-tens. com lists.

asphaltpilot

Kick ass band! Great creativity Amazing talent Superb lyrics Killer Drummer Unbelievable Guitarist and Bassist = RUSH!

dyton

"i’ve heard their songs and I see why people like them, they’re just too canadian for me" lol that’s what my cousin said, however, I think rush is definitely one of the greatest bands ever

pauler94

Vote for U2 30) U2

they’re magnificent. Get it? Ha.

Chickenlegs

U2 is ultimately the greatest band, EVER! They are the complete package! Awesome Guitar, amazing drums and bass the mix perfectly a phenomenal singer with a great soul, great melody, and to tie it all in, the most meaning full and incredible lyrics ever!
your crazy if you don’t like U2 (or you just enjoy listening to crap, rather than the good stuff! )

I love "Sunday Bloody Sunday." Go U2

Vote for 311 31) 311

311 is one of the most underrated bands in USA. Beautiful Disaster is a great song! This band with Social Distortion is the best Punk Rock bands in history.

ReservoirDog

They have the funk like know one else has

landocommando88

Vote for The Who 32) The Who

Been around forever-great music-’Tommy’

How can this band be 24th? As long as the who’s in the top 10 it’s debatable, but below that is nonsense. Journey at #1? Why, because they had one excellent song? Metallica’s #2, because their drummer used pro tools and sucks live? All of the who’s members were considered as some of the best people to ever play their instrument. They were also one of the last bands to effectively incorporate blues into their rock.

shallowcal

THE WHO ARE THE BEST PERIOD!

Vote for System of a Down 33) System of a Down

I don’t think system of a down is the best band ever I know it is

the way they write music is absolute genius

they
are
the
most
incredible
band
that
ever
lived

CaptainComedy17

I honestly think soad is the best band ever, their lyrics are genius their guitar bass, drums, and singing are some of the most innovative stuff I’ve ever seen, way better than a7x

Flying_spidermonkey

SOAD is my favourite band. I can honestly say that they are really good musicians of all time. They can sing soft rock, metal with just drums, bass, guitar(keyboard sometimes). They should be back soon. 30 seconds to mars sucks.

arpanhmr

Vote for Cheap Trick 34) Cheap Trick

Anybody who thinks todays "bands" (for lack of a better word) are greater than Cheap Trick don’t know what they are talking about.

FearlessFreep

Twenty-five years from now they won’t be talking about Linkin Park or Avenged Seven Fold. They will be talking about Aerosmith, Rush and Cheap Trick.

They should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Vote for The Rolling Stones 35) The Rolling Stones

journey shouldn’t even be in the top 20 and the rolling stones are the greatest band ever... 46 years together

hendrix1

this is B.S the Rolling Stones are the best band ever...came from the 60’s..and we loved them then..threw to the 90’s and rocked like never before..AND even still today there out on tour and rocking like gods..THEY ARE GODS(Keith,Mick,Charlie,Ronny,Brian(R.I.P)

landonlee

Linkin Park ahead of The Rolling Stones? Proof this list is a joke.

Vote for Aerosmith 36) Aerosmith

I love aerosmith they are the best band in the world!

ballaboi17

Best band ever

Jazzman

one word... awesome... the only bands that are even close to being as good as aerosmith are metallica and guns n roses

quill

Vote for The Killers 37) The Killers

They are one of the few alt bands that will be rembered through time

Gravityman321

Bands come and go in my heart. But The Killers always have been and always will be number 1. That’ll never change.

WHOOP

adore this band

makenzawy

Vote for Tool 38) Tool

how the hell is 30stm number one
and how is Tool #39
cmon best band still playing

blaqksails92

omg this list is hardly worth voting it I all around retarded... I mean come on who really gives a care about 30stm... they are terrible... not #1 worthy for sure.. Tool is absolute genious and they put a lot of thought into their music, not just lyrics, but every single person in the band is absolutely genious... they deserve AT LEAST number 5

BostonCeltic

Vicarious is one of the most amazing songs you will hear in your whole live!

Baseline

Vote for Green Day 39) Green Day

Arguably the greatest punk band of all time

great!

678rob754

these should be 1st

eddie95mufc

Vote for Alice In Chains 40) Alice In Chains

My absolute favorite band.

solitude

people need to hear them, they are too unknown anymore

sniktawekim

For all the people who use this site freely do me a fav. go to your local record store and buy Jar of Flies, Alice In Chains (Self tittled) Dirt, and Facelift, and I bet you we have a diff. turn out

Vote for Fall Out Boy 41) Fall Out Boy

We love Fall Out Boy!

Anasteysha

I love Patrick!
I love their music!
They good fellows!
Let the following album will be heavier on music.

Anasteysha

Love Patrick!

Anasteysha

Vote for Oasis 42) Oasis

a proper rock band! none of the over the top mullets and fire works, just good old rock music! I’m feelin supersonic!

FOSTER69a

shows how much americans know about music. listen to this band and you will realize just how good they are. over 80 amazing songs

sss866

It is the greatest banf it can’t be beat! With an awesome guitarist and great vocalist they are the greatest of all time no doubt.

noelg1

Vote for Smashing Pumpkins 43) Smashing Pumpkins

Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie are the best albums ever. Corgans and Chamberlain are the best guitar drummer tandem known to man.

The Smashing Pumpkins are the best band of all time. No question about it.

C’mon, this is the best band EVER! VOTE!!!

Vote for Kiss 44) Kiss

Should be no. 1. Period.

kissrules!!!

Should be no. 1. Period.

kissrules!!!

the best band of all time KISS YOU ROCK!

pato98

Vote for Blink 182 45) Blink 182

The only thing I listen to! I havnt gone a day without hearing one of there songs!

Akskater

Its just my favorite band! I am their #1 fan! I just love them.. (I’M NOT GAY) I got so mad when they broke up! I like 44 and AVA but no band would be like blink 182! they are just simply #1

manuelll182

Blink 182 was THE GREATEST BAND EVER! even if you didn’t know their name, you still knew there songs. and now almost every punk band is doing covers from them, the should definitely be in the top 10 bands in the world!

Vote for Van Halen 46) Van Halen

eddie is pure ownage

adamcHALO3

WTF Dude Van Halen is 2 easily come on dude its Van Halen they own EVERYONE except Metallica. That Everyone Means Zeppelin too.

I’m ashamed that these great american rock bands. ac/dc guns n roses, and van halen aren’t in the top 10. they’re the best of the best

Vote for Pearl Jam 47) Pearl Jam

Really good band. I love their song Jeremy.

Rina

can somebody explain to me why 30 seconds to mars is above all of these amazing bands. Pearl Jam should be in the top ten for being the best grunge band ever

rockhawk8

Right now they are the greatest American rock band.

Vote for Slipknot 48) Slipknot

Slipknot is the best band ever!

spartansrock

im not surprised by its position(47) beacuse all the preps and the media are AFRAID of the truth, or their masks u decide

numetalhead

what the hell this band should be
numder 1

Vote for Three Days Grace 49) Three Days Grace

Awesome Canadian Band!
Adam is SOO HOTT! <33

wtf!
they need to be wayyyyyyyyyyyyy higher at least the top 20! psh
tards!

own every album. should be higher. shinedown, creed, and breaking benjamin should b higher

Vote for Dragonforce 50) Dragonforce

DRAGONFORCE RULZ!

dragon13304

Fastest Twin Guitars Ever!!!

its dragonforce ,their solos are in metal history

Vote for The Doors 51) The Doors

yes! jim morrison is the best! he finnaly gets honnor

the doors are the greatest band ever. the should be number 1 not 51. some of the worst band are ahead of the doors.

geoff

35... pathetic. the doors were one of the greatest rock bands of all time. and one thing I know is that ray manzarek is an extremely talented keyboardist, and jim morrison was a good vocalist and songwriter

pauler94

Vote for Radiohead 52) Radiohead

There my favorite band of all time with all there amazing songs. 0K Computer being one of the greatest albums in the history of the world. 52..they should be number 1 no doubt. Ever song by Radiohead is a great song, and Thom Yorke is a badass.

great band

Vote for Dream Theater 53) Dream Theater

dream theater is the greatest band ever in terms of music writing and talent. you can’t beat dt when it comes to talent. 30 seconds to mars? guns n roses? come on, those bands suck a big fat one.

deadgrass27

this band deserves to be at top10 because guys are very talented and original.

dream theater is the best

Vote for Black Sabbath 54) Black Sabbath

number 56 please tell me you are joking.
these guys are surely better than 30 seconds to mars and a-ha.
please tell me this is a joke.

metfan001

Best Line-up of musicians ever

bocbassist

Sabbath should be 1 Journey is crap

krispykrememcdonalds

Vote for The Allman Brothers 55) The Allman Brothers

They started the southern rock movement.

After nearly 40 years of great music, this band sounds as good as ever. 7 musicians with talent like no others. "WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE ABSOLUTE BEST ’BAND’ TO EVER TAKE A STAGE. "

mdp1970

They are improving as they get older which is ridiculous, and the talent they have had at guitar over the years is staggering...Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes, and Derek Trucks. All of these guitarists are in the top 100 guitarists of all time.

Vote for Rage Against the Machine 56) Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against is nothing compared to Metallica
but still it should be in top 20

Metallica_ruls_94

the technical equiptment used in one RATM show is more than any other band uses in a year. lisnten to "killing in the name" often mistaken for "killing in the name of" because it is the lyric. also check out "bulls on parade" and renagades which is an album made of covers. also...
PEOPLE. WHAT THE HELL? WHY IS HEART NUBER 3 AND RUSH ISN’T IN THE TOP TEN!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
YOU PEOPLE NEED GOOD TASTE IN ROCK MUSIC. (WHY ARE SCORPIONS IN TOP TEN.

drownthefish2112

the sounds tom morello make the whole band. their great!

buttshnard

Vote for HIM 57) HIM

him is so awesome cannot stop listening to them

Vote for Foo Fighters 58) Foo Fighters

how are they not as high as metallica? definitely in the top 10

sharty

Foo Fighters is without a doubt the number one rock band of all times in my heart! And it should be on this list as well! ;)

go to be in top 10!
great band

Vote for Nickelback 59) Nickelback

Nickelback are one of the best rock band out there.

They bring out a lot of creativity in Rock music.

There music is simply true rock genuine.

It seems these guys can carry off most of the top rock musical gener so well. If you listen to these guys music you will oviously know about it.

This band need to be at around top 10 no doubt after all they are multi platinium ROCKSTARS!

<<<<>>>>

Andrewpunkrocks

Most awsome band (shotgun) EVER

Bec

these guys are very underestimated. People think they are a ballad band cause thats all they hear on the radio. They arnt. Witth heavier songs like Animals, never again, and fight for all the wrong raseons these guys desearve to be in the top 20. Yhey have an original sound. When a nickelback so is played people know right away who they are. These guys are amazing and probably put on the best live show ever. Damn, Chad is hilarious and an awesome singer/songwriter

Vote for The GazettE 60) The GazettE

The best rock band, of touching, deep and with a double meaning, the music just goes on through.
I love Reita`s.

A-Euphoria

Best Jrock band ever,
Keep on rockin~

Vote for Coldplay 61) Coldplay

I don’t like all of their songs, I like these(god put a smile upon your face, violet hill, talk, politik lovers in japan, viva la vida, death and all his friends, 42, x & y, what if, fix you, clocks, the scientist, in my place and yes)I didn’t listen to all these bands on here, I don’t know all of them but coldplay is very very close tobe the biggest band on earth, cause they’re the best band I know, (I know the beatles, guns and roses, evanescence, linken park, the roling stones)ha don’t you agree with me?

crackinsteve

Why have you forgoten about Coldplay they are by far the greatest band now along with Green Day They had such good songs like Yellow Clocks and especialy Fix You which is the best song ever

Coldplay

Vote for Disturbed 62) Disturbed

Down with the sickness all the way!!!!

Killerontheloose89

Disturbed was Nu-Metal band, but now is more Hard Rock for someone.
They Rock Cool!

Vote for KoRn 63) KoRn

KoЯn is the best band in the WoЯld

6Broken6Mirror6

korn must be higher.. head must be higher at best guitarists too...

robokost

koKn ROCK, atleast top 20

Vote for Breaking Benjamin 64) Breaking Benjamin

These guys are the future of rock. They’re putting out the BEST music right now. Every song on their latest ’Phobia’ is just AWESOME.

one of the best bands ever

Vote for The Beach Boys 65) The Beach Boys

theyre freakin awsome

fortnight

Vote for The Police 66) The Police

Reggae for music nerds.

derek84

I think they are the best band ever!Their music is very amazing,interesting and beautiful!I love them!

October

They fantastic!!! Amazing music for all times!!!

DeDoDoDoDeDaDaDa

Vote for Lynyrd Skynyrd 67) Lynyrd Skynyrd

sweet home alabame ownes almost every thing on the list

adamcHALO

Yeah, Free Bird is a great song

gregbailey

Should be no. 1 without a doubt. Guitar Greats such as Rossington, Collins, and of course Steve Gaines, with the mindblowing Ronnie Van Zant... It cannot be beaten. The guitarists never used effects or pedals (with the exception of The Needle And the Spoon- Wah Wah) and produced some of the best guitar driven stuff of all time..

Who knows what could’ve been. Without a doubt in my mind, they would’ve been 1 on this list if it wasnt for that fateful planecrash.

RIP.

Vote for Paramore 68) Paramore

This band is so full of energy and passion, there a bunch of fireballs! The deserve to be atleast no. 50!

HenP

Paramore are the future of rock. Period!

AresRed

paramore are amazing!
emotional without being whiny!
their music is really inspirational, beautiful, catchy and meaningful
and the members are cute, humble, and HOT!!!

indy64

Vote for Def Leppard 69) Def Leppard

The best rock band forever... they know how to bring it

ccontente

def leppard is in the top 10 because of how they can make such good songs and riffs if listen to a lot of bands like acdc some of there stuff sounds the same but def leppard it all has a different tone to it they made the best song ever pour some sugar on me listen to that and tell me that there not good top 5 of all time screw the beatles they top 25

Over 10,000,000 albums sold on consecutive lps. Their drummer loses an arm and they still make the definitive ROCK album of the 80’s....Still packing them in at concerts...

Better to burn out, than to fade away...

Vote for Megadeth 70) Megadeth

MEGADETH RULLES sweating bullets hager 18 angery agian washington is next a tout le monde and trust are the best songs to but still megadeth shoud alest be in the top 5 or the top 3 YAHHH

Deeds48

Should be right up in the top 10 next to Metallica.

how can they nt b there in top 20.... they r simply awesome....

Vote for Bullet for My Valentine 71) Bullet for My Valentine

their songs are the coolest.! they deserve to be the top 1!!!

purplefairy

They must be in the top 20..

Vote for Deep Purple 72) Deep Purple

Perhaps three of the best in their fields with Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar), Jon Lord (organ) and Ian Gillan (vocalist, whom Pavarotti called "a genius"). And the rhythm section of Paice and Glover was mighty good, too. "Progressive Hard Rock" did not exist before Deep Purple, IMO.

howie115

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 disapointing 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.

Metaliaga

deep purple had it all

nuff said

Vote for The Offspring 73) The Offspring

Incredible! They can have sad songs (ex. Gone Away) or happy fun songs (ex. Why Dont You Get A Job)

Marcopwnzatdrums

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Best band EVER! PEOPLE listen to their songs be4 you vote for some1 else. Cause Offspring beats all! and if it didnt, Well I wouldn’t have namec my username after them now would i?

OffspringBeatsAll

The Offspring is my favorite. They are simply AWESOME!!

Vote for D'erlanger 74) D'erlanger

you will see an underrated band overseas cooler than the famous X-JAPAN. they are popular in japan but other people acknowledge x-japan as the only rock group that started visual kei

Vote for Dave Matthews Band 75) Dave Matthews Band

Under the Table and Dreaming, Crash and Beneath These Crowded Streets are three of the best albums ever made. Crash is absolutely brilliant. There is not a single song that you want to skip and every song on the album could be your favorite song on the album at some point. It is a testament to the quality of work these guys are capable of that their recent albums, although they are not all that bad and do include some radio hits, are very disappointing to anyone who has listened to the first three.

#70? Really? Behind Nickleback? America has no idea what good music really is.

I have an issue with DMB being 33 on this list. There is no sound around like their sound. Live performances are spiritual experiences and they can play absolutely any genre of music like the best. Dave gives the music such a unique vocal sound and every single one of the band members are greats in their own right. Greatest Jam Band of all times - no doubt

Vote for The Eagles 76) The Eagles

Wow I totally agree. They are extremely talented and great and CCR should be in the top list also... and the stones and fleetwood mac

Lizzthaashizz

Vote for The Jimi Hendrix Experience 77) The Jimi Hendrix Experience

this should be in the top 5.

thug4life

I love th Experience, have 2 of their cd’s but the reason they aren’t up there in the list is because Jimi Hendrix IS the band, no disrespect to the other guys but they are shadowed, Jimi always had a back up band, and it wasn’t always this, they are the best of his bands, but he had Band of Gypsies and a couple other groups at different times. This is why groups like David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars aren,t in the list, because the BAND isn’t noticed, the LEGEND is, and what a super ledgend is Hendrix! Rock and Roll hall of famer and The Rolling Stones best guitarist ever.

THEMASTER

Are you joking? 62? How can you place Lighthouse A7X and Fallout Boy over Jimi Hendrix? HENDRIX A GOD OF ROCK!

Vote for Lifehouse 78) Lifehouse

Vote for Pantera 79) Pantera

Pantera is a top 30 band at the very least. How is linkin park, nickelback, whitesnake, fall out boy, and my chemical romance ahead of these legends must be a lot more duecebags in the world than I once thought possible. R. I. P. dimebag

Chris-1

PANTARA SHOULD BE # 1

If Dimebag Darrel wouldn’t have died and if the band wouldn’t separate they would be the best. Still, they deserve top 3, not 10

Vote for Eraserheads 80) Eraserheads

the best band on earth’’try to listen to their music

Vote for The Grateful Dead 81) The Grateful Dead

I strongly feel that the Dead and Beatles should be tied. Not looking at album sales or concert revenue, although if I did, the Dead would ultimately be second to the fab 4 in album sales but NOT concert $. But, both bands equally contributed to the rock archives.

Vote for The White Stripes 82) The White Stripes

the white stripes one of the best band ever should’ve been on top ten

You can always expect something good from Jack White and his bandmates. They are amazing!

they have new hit music such as seven nation army, icky thump, you don’t know what love is, and slowing turning into as top singles and there is only two people in the band

Vote for Soundgarden 83) Soundgarden

what a band, damn I miss them

donavanef1

Soundgarden was a great act live and on CD. They were so powerful and could have been greater had they not broken up. Bon Jovi wishes they were as great as Soundgarden.

if anyone on here knew anything about music, soundgarden would be near the top of this list

Vote for Whitesnake 84) Whitesnake

How can Whitesnake NOT be in the Top 3? With masterpieces like Sailing Ships, Still Of The Night? Come on, guys...

Vote for Motley Crue 85) Motley Crue

Woah, woah, woah, Kickstart My Heart man, because I see Motley Crue so far down the list I almost had a heart attack.
These guys defined hair metal and should be up in the top 10, so should Guns N’ Roses and AC/DC.

It should be above fall out boy
and MCR
For me its Top 10

motley crue is one of the greatest bands ever!

Vote for The Ramones 86) The Ramones

i have posters and buttons and a ramones lunch box!
yeah

:#

tHESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE WAY UP THIS DANG LIST. tHEY ROCK!!!

The Greatest Punk Legend
Johnny Ramone is The Greatest Man In The Industri Of Punk

Vote for Rammstein 87) Rammstein

yes
!!!!!!!!!!
Rammstein!!!!!

bde111223344

YOU RULE RAMMSTEIN! BANG BANG!

RAMMSTEIN!!! they are the best band in the world!!!

Vote for Incubus 88) Incubus

Incubus has great vocals as well as guitar bass and one of the best drummers in modern music. I rate incubus to be up with zeppelin.

Brandon Boyd is one of the best vocalist in the last 20 yrs, he has such great depth, you could just listen to him all day without getting bored.

They have one of the best guitarist and bassist in today’s music scene..try all their album and you’ll experience it!!

Vote for Boston 89) Boston

These guys are amazing, they are perfectionist, that is prob. why they are not still working out new albums, but they are what I think of when I think of "the perfect and". They are not in the top 10?!

Baltimore1993

how is Boston NOT in the top 5

seriously

I love there drummer - such a huge fro! Brad Delp is a beast.

Vote for ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) 90) ELO (Electric Light Orchestra)

They are great, should check them out if never heard them. They Rock!

Baltimore1993

Quite possibly the best British rock band after the beatles. One of the most underrated bands all time. Jeff Lynne was simply a genius.

underrated, simply underrated

Vote for Panic! At The Disco 91) Panic! At The Disco

P! atD has THEIR OWN STYLE! Not many bands can come up with something completely original and be successful at it!

BulletStreet

ahhh panic are THE best how could someone NOT love them

Vote for Nine Inch Nails 92) Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails owns anything in the top 10. Enough said. Trent Reznor is a genius.

SonicCoilWound

Nine Inch Nails, comprised of Trent Reznor, has got to be the most original band out there. His dark, self loathing, and ambient beats are something completely eunheard of when he started out. Trent’s not in it for the money, he just does what comes to him and he’ll always be remembered for that. In short, NIN rocks!

Best of industrial rock.

Vote for Slayer 93) Slayer

..er or did you only want rock bands only o well they should be on here over bands like fall out boy and poison, my god those two bands are terrible, hail slayer.. but metallica’s better

Vote for Cream 94) Cream

Vote for Creedence Clearwater Revival 95) Creedence Clearwater Revival

Flat out, the Best American Rock and Roll Band

I guess this just goes to show that CCR is the most underrated rock band ever. They are top 5 but easily forgettable. There is no way CCR and Nine Inch Nails should be this low, they are both so revolutionary and original.

this is a best rock band all time

Vote for Alice Cooper 96) Alice Cooper

Vote for Poison 97) Poison

OMG! POISON isn’t even in the top fifty?!? I thought it would have been in at least the top twenty-five. It has become more popular over the years, especially since Rock of Love has aired.

EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN. NUF SED

i love their work

Vote for Flyleaf 98) Flyleaf

pfffffff neeed to be higher!
great female rocker! =]

Vote for Audioslave 99) Audioslave

They are just so good. Every single song is a hit. They should be at least top 25

Battlegun

Audioslave is the rock of all rock... Tom Morello and former lead singer of Soundgarden Chris Cornel

Singers super and guitarist rox my sox

Vote for Body Count 100) Body Count

Oh man this guys are great they toured with Metallica And Guns & Roses. They Sound like the great NWOBH time, ernie C Great Guitar Player like the rest of the band. BC Baby

How can Body Count can be not in the top 10. They Played just like iron maiden or metallica even better. Come on Ernie C rocks