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- Talking Heads. By Dave Sitek. When I was a kid, I was really into hardcore punk. Hardcore was very rigid. Talking Heads was the first band I remember telling my punk friends about, saying, "Yo, check this out!
- Carl Perkins. By Tom Petty. Carl Perkins' songs will outlive us all. On tracks like "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Honey Don't!" he took that country-picking thing into the rock world.
- Curtis Mayfield. By Boz Scaggs. If, in the late Fifties and early Sixties, you were drawn to that place on the AM radio dial where the rhythms, the grooves and the beautiful sounds of African-American soul were playing, you would have found Curtis Mayfield.
- R.E.M. By Colin Meloy. I first heard R.E.M. in 1986, a song tacked on to the end of a demos collection of a Eugene, Oregon, band that my uncle, then in school at U of O, sent to me for Christmas.
The Band was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked them 50th on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time, while ranking "The Weight" 41st on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
Rockarchive's list A-Z of rock bands & music artists ranging from indie rock bands, classic rock bands, punk rock bands, through to jazz & blues.
80's Pop Music 1980s pop music was fun, vibrant and flamboyant underpinned by synthetic sounds, catchy songs and strong fashion styling.- AC/DC AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. they have dubbed their music simply "rock and roll".
- Adam and the Ants Adam and the Ants were an English new wave band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The group existed from 1977 to 1982.
- Afrika Bambaataa Lance Taylor AKA "Kevin Donovan", better known by the stage name Afrika Bambaataa, is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York.
- B.B. King B.B. King is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of the Blues"
- Bauhaus Bauhaus were an English post-punk band, formed in Northampton, England in 1978.
- Beastie Boys Beastie Boys, formed in 1981 in New York, are known for blending hardcore punk with hip-hop. They are the best selling rap group of all time
- The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960 and widely regarded as the most influential acts of the rock era.
- Beck Beck Hansen, known by stage name Beck, is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist.
- Beyoncé Beyoncé is an international singer, successful businesswoman and cultural icon popularly known as 'Queen Bey'.
- Billy Idol Billy Idol is an English musician, singer, songwriter & actor. He achieved fame in the 1970s as a member of the punk rock band Generation X.
- The Birthday Party The Birthday Party (originally known as The Boys Next Door) were an Australian post-punk band, active from 1978 to 1983.
- Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir, (born 21 November 1965), known mononymously as Björk is an Icelandic singer-songwriter.
- Blinker The Star Montreal band, Blinker The Star were known for their heavy, ethereal, melancholic, brash and youthful style of alternative rock music
- Blondie Blondie is a American rock band founded by Debbie Harry & Chris Stein that pioneered the New York new wave & punk scenes of the 1970s.
- Marillion. If progressive rock bands are supposed to be boring, nobody told Marillion. The making of their classic album Misplaced Childhood – in early 1985, at Berlin’s Hansa Studios – was effectively one almighty bender.
- Pearl Jam. Pearl Jam are grunge’s great survivors. Unlike Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains and the other major bands from the Seattle scene’s graduating class of 1991, they’ve never gone away, either permanently or temporarily.
- Rainbow. It was with Deep Purple that Ritchie Blackmore became legendary, but his legacy extends far beyond Purple. With Rainbow – the band he formed after quitting Purple in 1975 – he made nine studio albums, including such classics as Rising and Down To Earth.
- Motley Crue. Perhaps it was their manager, Doc McGhee, who best summed up Mötley Crüe. Recalling the years when he handled the business affairs of these self-styled Bad Boys of Hollywood, McGhee stated in the Crüe’s autobiography, The Dirt: “I spent 10 years of my life apologising for that band.
- The Beatles
- Rolling Stones
- Prince & The Revolution
- Queen
- Guns N' Roses
- AC/DC
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Led Zeppelin
- Bob Dylan
- Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
As if The Beatles need any introduction: The Liverpool quartet is one of the bestselling, most influential bands in the history of music. Wondering just how far their influence extends? One of the Guardians of the Galaxy is named in homage to one of their songs.
The Rolling Stones ooze rock n' roll and have been long lauded as the greatest rock n' roll band in history. Their countercultural symbolism, raunchy lyrics and killer musicianship have made them one of the most enduring acts ever—and neither substance abuse (Keith Richards), cancer (Ron Wood) nor heart surgery (Mick Jagger) could keep them from a ...
Obviously Prince was the leader of The Revolution, but the band's other members were also crazy-talented and gloriously diverse: Brown Mark on bass and vocals; Wendy Melvoin andLisa Coleman (lovingly known as "Wendy and Lisa") on guitar and on keyboards, piano and vocals respectively; Matt "Doctor" Fink on keyboards and vocals and Bobby Z. on drums...
Before the film Bohemian Rhapsody won Rami Malek an Oscar, the operatic tune "Bohemian Rhapsody" enjoyed a revival thanks to Wayne's World. The song was just one of countless Queen classics, ranging from ballads ("Who Wants to Live Forever," "Play the Game," "Save Me") to stadium anthems ("We Will Rock You," "We Are the Champions," "Don't Stop Me N...
From Slash's solos to Duff McKagan's bass lines to Axl Rose's screeches and warbles (he may have the biggest vocal range out of any of his musical peers) to their debauchery, Guns N' Roses is, rightfully, one of the most influential bands in music. And in true rock n' roll fashion, Rose declined to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
From their early days with Bon Scott to their resurrection with Brian Johnson, the Young brothers and AC/DC have made the "Highway to Hell" seem like a pretty sweet ride. Johnson told The New York Post that he actually met Scott before Scott's untimely passing, after which Johnson replaced him as the Australian band's frontman. "I had a terrible ca...
No rock list of any kind would be complete without Jimi Hendrix. The man changed guitar forever, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience delivered some of the best live performances in rock history—psychedelic, mesmerizing and energetic, while appearing effortless.
Led Zeppelin is best known for "Stairway to Heaven," but their hit "Immigrant Song" enjoyed a resurgence thanks to its prominence in Thor: Ragnarok—it fit so seamlessly that you'd have thought the 1970 track was written just for the movie, a testament to the rock icons' timelessness. Guitarist Jimmy Page said of the band in an archived interview, "...
Though he's mostly renowned for his superb storytelling in song, Bob Dylan brought many obscure instruments to his folk-blues-rock music: Besides guitar, bass, drums, piano, flute, saxophone, trumpet, bugle, whistle and harmonica, he also plays harp, mandolin, harmonium and didgeridoo, making him the rare master of all trades. This also makes him a...
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts poked fun at their beginnings in this video for "Bad Reputation," mocking all the major labels who turned them down—leading them to start their own label, Blackheart Records, and go multi-platinum and put a major crack in rock's glass ceiling.
A rock band or pop band is a small musical ensemble that performs rock music, pop music, or a related genre. A four-piece band is the most common configuration in rock and pop music. In the early years, the configuration was typically two guitarists (a lead guitarist and a rhythm guitarist, with one of them singing lead vocals), a bassist, and ...
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