Most Epic Rock N' Roll Bands of All Time

People argue about plagiarism. Yes, they have plagiarized work, but have you heard Led's talent? John Bonham slamming the drums in songs like When The Levee Breaks and How Many More Times, Jimmy Page playing the guitar like a god in songs like Stairway to Heaven and making riffs like Moby Dick and Heartbreaker, Robert Plant singing perfectly and beautifully in every song but the instrumentals, and John Paul Jones strumming the base guitar amazingly everywhere he goes. Led Zeppelin was a band of pure talent and amazingness, and I feel bad for anyone who thinks otherwise. Also in the age-old argument, Led Zeppelin IS BETTER THAN AC/DC!

When I hear the expression "musical gods", Pink Floyd is the first thing that comes to mind, the pure genius and perfection of every song can overwhelm every other band on this list. My personal favourite album, "Animals", is something that reached the highest level of what I can only call an "unbeatable, untouchable piece of art". Pink Floyd is the best, and the tribute bands out there like Brit Floyd... Etc are amazing as well!

Roger Waters writes much better and more meaningful lyrics than Plant. Jimmy Page beats Gilmour on guitar technique and raw skill, but Gilmour plays with more soul and style, which is why he's my favorite guitarist, and he has one of the coolest unique tones and voices. Rick Wright was a literal god on the keyboard, and his keyboard playing is one of the main things that set apart Pink Floyd's intrumental sound from other bands.

Queen has written some of the most influential songs of all time. Bohemian Rhapsody is #1 on the list of best songs here on the top tens. We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions are also legends and pretty much nobody hasn't heard them at least once. The Show Must Go On and Another One Bites The Dust are also great.

While all those bands have great musicians, Queen is certainly the band with the most epic ballads, Rhapsody, Show Must Go On, Somebody To Love, Champions, Save Me, Fat Bottomed Girls and so on.

God Save The Queen!

Unlike most other bands, who "mined" their albums for hit singles, The Beatles felt like it was cheating their fans to release singles off of albums. They could easily have had ANOTHER 15-20 #1 hits had they wanted to release them. Examples: While My Guitar Gently Weeps and In My Life, just to name a couple.

The Beetles Couldn't live up to rock expectations, so they sold out and made kids songs after that. So there, they're not even a rock band. Please remove them.

The Beatles CREATED what we call rock today. With more than 265 songs and musicians like John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr they deserve the 1st rank!

BROWN SUGAR AND Mick Jagger was so cute, I would love to party back stage with them even today these men put the rock in Rock in roll

Number 15? In the top 3 for sure. Led zep, stones, floyd, and queen are the gods of rock!

Aerosmith is a rock legend and they got so many great hits! They rule! They deserve more credit. They aren't called the "Bad Boys from Boston" for no reason.

Aerosmith is the best band ever you can't just overlook walk this way and sweet emotion

Steven Tyler's voice is the best, Joe Perry's guitar is the best, this band is the best!

ACDC wins on sheer hard work and staying power. All the others except the Stones lasted 5 - 10 years, and only ACDC is still drawing sold out crowds in their 5th decade of performing.

Come on, AC/DC is the best... Listen to their songs like highway to hell, thunderstruck, rock or bust etc. They're great

Their album "Back in Black" is the 2nd highest selling album of all time and rightfully so.

The late 80's was a time saturated with glam metal and dance music. Then along comes GN'R and pushes and shoves its way to the front of the line, beats the bouncer half to death and reminds the world that rock n' roll was never supposed to be corporate, hyper-processed assembly line garbage - it was supposed to be raw and real and terrifying and written straight from the heart. Guns N' Roses may have been a flash in the pan, but they embodied the hedonistic rebelliousness of rock n' roll more thoroughly than any band before or since, and Appetite for Destruction remains the single greatest rock album in the history of the genre.

I have never understood why Led Zeppelin have been rated higher than The Who. For people who do not know the name Led Zeppelin was coined by John Entwistle and the art work on Zep's first album was done by him. Led Zeppelin was the band John and Kieth Moon wanted to form when they thought of leaving The Who but their driver left them with the details and joined Jimmy Page and the rest as they say is history

The Who of the late 60's & early 70's were phenomenally good. I saw them in 1970 and it was best rock concert I had ever seen (until I saw Led Zeppelin in 1972-nothing ever equaled Zeppelin in their prime). The Who belong in the top three of any "great" rock list.

Why isn't this band higher? They released 7 albums within 4 years, with all having classics we all remember, from "Have you ever seen the rain," to "Fortunate son," to even amazing covers of, "Suzie Q," "I put a spell on you," and legendary R&B song, "I heard it through the grapevine."

First of all I am 11 but this band is the best kurt's voice is the best and I'm sad I did not grow up in the 90s

They built next 20 years. The vocal melodies.

Every thing about iron maiden is AWESOME!

They proved that they can make good music with or without their original lead singer

Eddie Van Halen best guitarist on the planet

Best all around band in rock history

Awesome rock band! At least the best in the 21st century.. Just listen to songs like 21 guns, boulevard of broken dreams, American idiot, X Kid you will know what is Green Day, and again greetings from India and the whole world

Green Day is the best punk band. Listen to songs like Boulevard of broken dreams, 21 guns and you'll know what is Green Day!
NOT only the Best Punk band BUT the BEST BAND EVER WHO ARE LIVING ON EARTH!
Greetings from India!

Green Day is one of the best rock bands ever. Songs like "Blvd. Of Broken Dreams", "21 Guns", American Idiot", "Waiting", "Wake Me Up When September Ends" are really cool.

Too short lived, and mainly remembered for their front-man's hedonism, this band is not a top 10.

What was packed into a four year span is not even fathomable

When it comes to rock n roll,they are one of the best...LA Woman,roadhouse blues are great rock n roll songs

Ummm one of the best bands ever and unbelievable LIVE, how are they way down here?

HOW ARE THEY NOT FURTHER UP?!?
They are the greatest band in history in my opinion, and certainly the best metal band ever.

I'm not a very big motor head fan, because I have heard several of their songs and they all sound pretty much the same, and plus the singer sounds like he has a very small vocal range and he has been smoking too much. (also I can do a spot on impression of him singing. )

This band is epic. Their concerts are simply amazing, lyrics very heart-touching and motivating " I just wanna live while I'm alive. It's my life" "this romeo is bleeding but you can't see its blood. There's nothing but some feelings that this old dog, kicked up." "It's been raining since you left me, now I'm drowning in the flood. See I've always been a fighter but without you I give up." "We weren't born to follow, come on and get up of your knees. When life is a bitter pill to swallow you gotta hold on to what you believe." "Who says you can't go home? " Also, their songs tell you a story, a real inspiring story. If you don't believe me listen to wanted dead or alive, never say goodbye, living on a prayer or you give love a bad name and quit listening to these modern new songs that only talk about how many people they slept with, how many parties they've gone to and how drunk they had gotten, etc. I know not every modern song is like this but most of them are.