Greatest Rock Bands of All Time, Ranked

The bands that defined rock, from The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd to Queen, Nirvana and Radiohead. Ranked from curators' lists.

Ranked from 3 lists by 3 curators

1. The Beatles
2. Pink Floyd
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Queen
5. Radiohead
6. Nirvana
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Fleetwood Mac
9. Talking Heads
10. The Who
11. AC/DC
12. The Velvet Underground
13. Joy Division
14. The Doors
15. Arctic Monkeys
16. Black Sabbath
17. Foo Fighters
18. The Clash
19. Eagles
20. Metallica
21. Green Day
22. U2
23. Red Hot Chili Peppers
24. Ramones
25. Guns N' Roses
26. Pixies
27. The Strokes
28. Sonic Youth
29. R.E.M.
30. Rush
31. The Kinks
32. Oasis
33. Muse
34. Pearl Jam
35. Deep Purple

The lists behind it

• Bands that built a sound from scratch by Jonas Weber
• Rock bands for someone who mostly listens to rap by Zoe Marlowe
• Bands with real singers and real arrangements by Samira Haddad

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