Classic Rock

Widely regarded as the most influential rock band in history.

The longest-running rock band, central to the British Invasion and beyond.

Theatrical rock virtuosos behind some of the most-performed anthems ever.

Mod-era originators of the rock opera and explosive live performance.

Riff-driven hard rock perfectionists with one of the best-selling catalogs in music.

Surf-pop pioneers turned studio innovators with peerless vocal harmony.

Boston's bad-boy hard rockers with a multi-decade comeback.

California country-rock harmonizers behind some of the best-selling albums ever.

British blues band that became a transatlantic pop-rock juggernaut.

Florida southern-rock standard-bearers whose anthems define the genre.

Bay Area swamp-rock kings who turned out hit after hit in just a few years.

Ray Davies' London band whose riff-rock prefigured punk and metal.

Newcastle British Invasion band famous for their take on 'House of the Rising Sun'.

Manchester harmony-pop veterans of the British Invasion.

Short-lived L.A. supergroup that seeded country-rock's rise.

Harmony-rich supergroup whose softer rock defined a folkier strand of the era.

Horn-driven rockers turned soft-rock juggernaut over decades.

Layered guitar arena rock whose debut became one of rock's biggest sellers.

Bay Area arena-rock stars whose anthems remain karaoke staples.

Anglo-American FM-rock hitmakers blending hard rock and AOR.

L.A. session-musician supergroup behind 'Africa' and other studio classics.

Wilson sisters-led hard rock band among the most successful female-fronted ever.

Phil Lynott's Dublin band combining twin-guitar harmonies and storytelling.

Mark Knopfler's understated bar-rock outfit became a global mass-market act.

Marc Bolan's glam-rock band who turned boogie riffs into chart gold.

Wolverhampton glam-rock chant-makers who fueled British 70s pop.

Hereford glam-rock band whose 'All the Young Dudes' became a generational anthem.

Adelaide pub-rock institution with deep cultural roots in Australia.

Winnipeg blue-collar hard-rockers behind 'Takin' Care of Business'.

Calgary band synonymous with 'Working for the Weekend' and red leather pants.

Halifax-formed band who became a Canadian classic-rock institution.

Winnipeg pioneers behind 'American Woman' and Canadian rock's first big export.