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A list of the most influential and popular pop/rock bands from the 1960s to the present, ranked by IMDb users. The list includes The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, The Who, Simon & Garfunkel, U2, Cream, The Velvet Underground, The Kinks, Nirvana, The Band, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, The Police and more.
- The Beatles. 4,815 votes. Hailing from Liverpool, England, this iconic quartet revolutionized the pop rock genre with their innovative songwriting and unmatched harmonies.
- Queen. 4,404 votes. This British powerhouse was defined by their flamboyant frontman's charisma and theatrical stage presence, along with their unique blend of hard rock and operatic elements.
- Paul McCartney. 1,939 votes. As one-fourth of the most influential pop rock band in history, this legendary musician continued to shape the genre through his solo career after the group disbanded.
- David Bowie. 1,776 votes. A chameleon-like figure in popular music, this British icon constantly reinvented himself throughout his five-decade career, blending various genres and styles with ease.
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock music.
- Late 1950s
- The Beatles
- The Police
- Queen
- The Rolling Stones
- U2
- Duran Duran
- Fleetwood Mac
- Journey
- The Beach Boys
- The Eagles
A band that arguably had a more profound effect on pop music than any other single person or entity would be the Beatles. Coming out of Liverpool via Hamburg, Germany, the quartet was the tip of the British Invasion spear and pushed every boundary they could find. They gave us a historic appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show,and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely H...
The story of English rock band the Policeis an odd one: Two musicians who liked punk but had much more developed musical chops than most of that genre’s players draft a jazz-leaning guitarist to complete the group. Throw in some reggae sound to their rock beats, and they then evolved through five charting studio albums, sold more than 75 million al...
Legendary rock band Queenstarted as a prog-rock band in 1970, but with frontman Freddie Mercury’s stupendous voice and stage presence, they moved into more traditional rock realms. With Brian May’s signature guitar sound thrown in, Queen sounded like no other. They formed in 1970 in London and released their own album without label support. A secon...
Perhaps the most rock and roll band ever, the Rolling Stones, have been part of everyday life for so long that lead singer Mick Jagger is literally a great-grandfather. From “Satisfaction” to “Paint It Black,” their iconic songs have impacted many lives since the band formed in 1962. Moreover, many of their songs continuously find themselves on sou...
A Dublin quartet called U2formed in 1976 when some high-school kids who weren’t very good at music decided to make a band. Four years later, they had a record deal and were on the slow but steady path to global superstardom. It took Bono and the boys a few albums to begin making a real dent in the world, but after their album Boy spawned the band’s...
Three things were happening: the dawn of the New Romantic era, the New Wave, and a Second British Invasion, and Duran Duranwas at the forefront of all three. Furthermore, just to pour it on, they constituted the vanguard of the dawning age of the music video. Frontman Simon LeBon brought surreal lyrics to a quintet raised on equal parts punk and gl...
British-American rock band Fleetwood Macformed in 1967, but by 1970, drummer Mick Fleetwood was the only one left from that bunch and John and Christine McVie had joined (though back then, she was still Christine Perfect). The band had a UK #1 with the blues instrumental “Albatross,” but when Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the outfit in...
San Francisco gave the world Journeyin 1973 when guys from Santana and the Steve Miller Band joined forces to form a backing band. They quickly dropped that idea and started making jazz fusion. The group was immediately well-received, and like any good band, they began evolving. Journey added Steve Perry on vocals in 1977, and by 1983, the band had...
Brian Wilson, his two brothers, and a cousin formed the Beach Boys in 1961. What started in a garage grew to become a worldwide act that sold more than 100 million records and created the pop masterpiece Pet Sounds, the album said to have influenced the Beatles in their later studio efforts. But before all that came to pass, the band was a surf-roc...
When Linda Ronstadt needed a band, she formed the Eaglesin 1971. While on tour with her, Glen Frey and Don Henley decided to split, so the group added a few other players, and the band took form. They recorded their self-titled debut album in 1972, creating a unique country-rock sound punctuated by those vocal harmonies for which the Eagles are kno...
- Maroon 5. We begin our list with Maroon 5. From Los Angeles, California, the group was formed in 1994 when the band members were in high school. Until 2001, they played music under the name Kara’s Flowers.
- Coldplay. Across the Atlantic Ocean in 1997, the Britpop group Coldplay was formed. Three years later, their Parachutes album debuted at #1 in the United Kingdom.
- Train. American pop rock band Train has been making music for 30 years. Their eponymous debut album was successful, but their 2001 album, Drops of Jupiter, made waves.
- OneRepublic. Colorado group OneRepublic put itself on the map with “Apologize” in 2007. Ryan Tedder, their lead vocalist, wrote this song for the musician Timbaland first.
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