Top 10 Rock Bands

You’ve jammed out on your favorite video game system, laying the sick riffs of “Freebird” or the opening drum solo of “Hot for Teacher.” The top rock bands in history have a mix of charisma, talent, and good fortune when it comes to writing and producing the best songs. All of those things can be elevated by live stage presence, unique concepts for the best albums and tours, and timing with regards to generational and/or cultural shifts. The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were part of the British Invasion, and Led Zeppelin, Cream, and Jimi Hendrix helped evolve the electric guitar experience.

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Most lists of top 10 rock bands you’ll come across are littered with bands from the 60’s and 70’s. We’ll leave some of the arena rock and hair metal bands of the 80’s for another time, so what more modern bands have a case to make for being of that caliber? Grunge staples Nirvana and Pearl Jam would certainly have a case. Both Metallica and Green Day could have cases, too, inspiring plenty of bands who came after them to make quite different, though equally important, kinds of rock music. What kind of rock bands do you gravitate to? Who makes your top 10 rock bands list? State your case in the comments, and let us know if you’ve seen the next great rock band in concert recently.

Top Rock Bands

As you’ll see in our list below, only a few of the top rock bands (in one person’s opinion, anyway) are still touring. One place that you can find a few of these bands in the same place is the Orion Music Festival.

List of Rock Bands

Number Band Name
1 The Beatles
2 The Rolling Stones
3 AC/DC
4 Led Zeppelin
5 Cream
6 Jimi Hendrix
7 Aerosmith
8 Metallica
9 Nirvana
10 Deep Purple
11 Iron Maiden
12 Guns N Roses
13 Kiss
14 The Eagles
15 Santana
16 Megadeath
17 Lynyrd Skynyrd
18 Pink Floyd
19 Blue Oyster Cult
20 Rush
21 The Grateful Dead
22 Stevie Ray Vaughn
23 Black Sabbath
24 Red Hot Chili Peppers
25 The Who

Best Rock Bands

Here are a few classic clips of some of the best rock bands we’ve ever seen so you can enjoy them from the comfort of your home.

The Beatles – Hey Jude

AC/DC – Thunderstruck

Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe (Live at Woodstock)