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\t\t\t\t\tClockwise, from top left: Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of Heart, Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath, Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac, Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, Carlos Santana of Santana, and Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone.<\/p>\n
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\n\tOne thing is for sure every year around the time of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies \u2014 there\u2019s going to be talk about bands. Of course, there\u2019s which bands are getting in this year, and who from those bands is showing up and\/or performing, and which members from their earlier or later history have gone unfairly unrecognized. And then inevitably, there\u2019s discussion to which bands have yet to get in, and which are the most overlooked and which seem destined to forever be on the outside. And then finally: Which previously ineligible bands will soon be up for voting for the first time \u2014 and do any of them have a real chance of getting in?<\/p>\n
\n\tWith this year\u2019s Rock Hall induction finally coming up this weekend (Nov. 9), we think it\u2019s a good time to look back on rock\u2019s history \u2014 from the very beginning up until this century \u2014 and figure out which rock bands we at Billboard think still serve as the benchmarks for greatness. Which of the established canon of rock greats do we still think still merit their spots in the genre\u2019s inner circle? Which newer artists do we think belong in there with them? Which artists from regrettably oft-excluded subgenres (or nationalities) do we think additional room should be made for? And who do we think is still the absolute best of the best?<\/p>\n
\n\tOver the next three weeks, we\u2019ll be counting down our picks for the 50 greatest rock bands of all time, starting this Wednesday (Nov. 5) with 50-31. We tried to keep the focus on true bands, so we didn\u2019t include vocal groups (who don\u2019t play the majority of their own instruments) \u2014 or bands who mostly fell in back of their top-billed frontperson \u2014 but we weren\u2019t overly fussy in defining \u201crock\u201d from there. Read our choices over the next few weeks, let us know your own picks, and long live rock and its many exemplary practitioners. <\/p>\n
\t50. Red Hot Chili Peppers<\/p>\n
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\n\tIt is easy now, more than 40 years after their debut and after songs like \u201cUnder the Bridge,\u201d \u201cScar Tissue\u201d and \u201cCalifornication\u201d have become comforting rock radio staples, to forget just how subversive and groundbreaking the Chili Peppers once were. But the band\u2019s explosion into the rock underground in the 1980s and early 1990s was a thunderbolt of sex, funk, driving rock and barely-contained kinetic energy, reinterpreting Funkadelic and the Sex Pistols in equal measure while adding in its own patented brand of SoCal hedonism to the brew. Even after lead singer Anthony Kiedis finally kicked the habit and the Chili Peppers began to show a softer edge, the quartet remained prolific and able to reinvent themselves, morphing into one of the great live acts of their time \u2014 or any time. \u2013 DAN RYS<\/p>\n
\t49. The Cure<\/p>\n
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\n\tWhen Trent Reznor inducted The Cure<\/a> into the Rock Hall in 2019, the NIN frontman nailed it by calling the Robert Smith-led act \u201cone of the most instantaneously recognizable and sonically unique rock bands of the 20th and 21st centuries.\u201d From the goth rock\/new wave group\u2019s first appearance on a Billboard chart in 1980 to today, The Cure\u2019s atmospheric, moody yet irresistible tunes have repeatedly appeared on our tallies, with the band cited as an influence by everyone from the Deftones to Lady Gaga and Olivia Rodrigo, and even sampled by late rapper Lil Peep, proof of the act\u2019s multigenerational and cross-genre impact.\u00a0\u2014 ANNA CHAN<\/p>\n \t48. 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Despite the exit of long-time drummer Janet Weiss in 2019, they\u2019re still going strong. \u2014 JOE LYNCH<\/p>\n \t47. Def Leppard<\/p>\n \t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tif ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { \n\tBy its second album,\u00a0High \u2018n\u2019 Dry, Sheffield, England\u2019s Def Leppard had begun to refine the sound that would\u00a0define it as one of the most popular rock bands of all time. Pairing with producer Mutt Lange, the British lads married hard rock with pop and\u00a0new wave and, most importantly, massively big hooks; clean, muscular guitar riffs and Joe Elliott\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0undeniable rock roar that combined to shatter records for hard rock bands: 1987\u2019s\u00a0Hysteria\u00a0remains one of the most successful albums of all time of any genre, while \u201cPour Some Sugar On Me\u201d is the stripper anthem for the ages. \u2014\u00a0MELINDA NEWMAN<\/p>\n \t46. 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The Stooges<\/p>\n \t\t\t \t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tif ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { \n\tOf the few groups who can reasonably lay claim to the title \u201cfirst punk band,\u201d none of them had the libidinous ferocity of the\u00a0Stooges. Frontman Iggy Pop\u2019s transgressive stage behavior (puking, slicing his own flesh, full-frontal nudity, peanut butter) attracted headlines and horrified onlookers, but there was nothing gimmicky about his voice, which could be harrowing, petulant, dangerous, seductive and apocalyptic within the space of one song. That haunted hellhound voice paired with the band\u2019s atavistic sound \u2014 a caveman brew of blues, garage rock and avant noise banged out by brothers Ron and Scott Asheton, best distilled on Fun House (1970) \u2014 is what took them from infamy to immortality. A band often imitated, never bettered. \u2014 J.L.<\/p>\n \t44. 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Whether collaborating with virtuosic violinists or delivering an explosive\u00a0MTV Unplugged, the band\u2019s boundary-defying creativity has made it an unparalleled force in Latin rock history.\u00a0\u2014 ISABELA RAYGOZA<\/p>\n \t43. No Doubt<\/p>\n \t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tif ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { \n\tNo Doubt didn\u2019t make a big splash with its\u00a01992 debut, but 1995\u2019s nine-week Billboard 200 No. 1 Tragic Kingdom launched the band into superstardom and gave young girls a strong, glamorous queen of pop-punk-ska to look up to in singer Gwen Stefani. Explosive lead single \u201cJust a Girl\u201d \u2014 \u00a0which stands as a feminist anthem \u2013 peaked at No. 23 on the Hot 100, while breakup ballad \u201cDon\u2019t Speak\u201d topped Radio Songs for an impressive 16 weeks. 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Throughout myriad lineup changes, its musical fearlessness fashioned Hot 100 hits out of jazz covers (1969\u2019s \u201cEvil Ways\u201d) and R&B collaborations (The Product G&B-assisted \u201cMaria Maria\u201d) that helped push the sonic boundaries of rock music.\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0KYLE DENIS<\/p>\n \t37. Thin Lizzy<\/p>\n \t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tif ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { \n\tHailing from Dublin, Ireland, Thin Lizzy broke out in the mid-\u201970s with a twin-lead-guitar attack and the peerless, reckless charisma of frontman Phil Lynott. As undeniable and formidable an ensemble as ever crashed the U.S. shores, Thin Lizzy\u2019s anthems were boisterous, romantic and unpredictable, packing all the excitement and possibility of a night out with friends equally likely to show you the time of your life or get you thrown in jail (or both). They burned too bright to last for very long \u2014 and Lynott tragically died in 1986 at just 36 \u2014 but as long as there are pubs and jukeboxes, them wild-eyed boys will never be too far away. \u2014\u00a0ANDREW UNTERBERGER<\/p>\n \t36. Ramones<\/p>\n \t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tif ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { \n\tAs rock became virtuosic, thematically heady and all around bigger in the \u201870s,\u00a0Ramones\u00a0showed up with leather jackets, ripped jeans and three-chord songs about girls, horror movies, glue sniffing and brawls that whizzed through the air and smacked listeners like a rock from a slingshot. No band did more for codifying punk songcraft \u2014 Chuck Berry riffs with girl-group glee delivered with attitude and abandon \u2014and fashion than the\u00a0Ramones. Like Coney Island\u2019s Cyclone, the ride isn\u2019t smooth (or for the faint of heart), but it\u2019s an exhilarating whiplash of a spin \u2014 one all about living in the moment, but nevertheless built to last. \u2013 J.L.<\/p>\n \t35. Eagles<\/p>\n \t\t\t \t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tif ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { \n\tIt\u2019s all about the songs with the\u00a0Eagles. The quality and range of those songs, from the tender ballad \u201cDesperado\u201d to the hard-driving rocker \u201cLife in the Fast Lane,\u201d made the band legendary. Linda Ronstadt recruited all four of the original members for her own band before they went off on their own in 1971. Songs aside, the band\u2019s statistics are amazing too:\u00a0Eagles\u00a0are the only group to win Grammys for vocal performances in pop, rock and country, while their 1976 compilation\u00a0Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975\u00a0is No. 1 on the RIAA\u2019s roster of all-time best-selling albums. \u2014 PAUL GREIN<\/p>\n \t34. Nine Inch Nails<\/p>\n \t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tif ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { \n\tWhen 1989\u2019s Pretty Hate Machine debuted on the Billboard 200, Trent Reznor brought the gritty sound of industrial music to the mainstream\u2019s consciousness. Whether it was lead single \u201cDown In It\u201d launching on a Billboard chart, the FBI\u00a0investigating whether or not its video was a snuff film (it wasn\u2019t), or NIN\u2019s iconic mud-filled Woodstock \u201894 performance, the band showed it was here to innovate and never conform. Since then, country icon Johnny Cash has covered The Downward Spiral\u2019s \u201cHurt,\u201d while rapper Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus sampled \u201c34 Ghosts IV\u201d for megahit \u201cOld Town Road,\u201d as Reznor and musical partner Atticus Ross went on to bring their unique brand of bleak, atmospheric-but-danceable music to TV and film, work that has led them just a Tony shy of EGOT status \u2013 a feat few rock acts can boast.\u00a0\u2014 A.C.<\/p>\n \t33. The White Stripes<\/p>\n \t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tif ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { \n\tTaking inspiration from garage rock, the blues, punk and the pantheon of guitar-wielding greats that came before, Jack and Meg\u00a0White\u00a0stripped the combined essence of these influences down to its sparest, rawest, loudest form across the duo\u2019s six perfect studio albums. Among the\u00a0White\u00a0Stripes\u2019 litany of classics, 2003\u2019s \u201cSeven Nation Army\u201d is now firmly woven into the global cultural fabric, used as an anthem of power and defiance that\u2019s chanted at sporting matches and political demonstrations alike. Meanwhile, the pair\u2019s live shows vibrated with intensity, creating a generation of believers who still hold out hope for an eventual reunion tour.\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0KATIE BAIN<\/p>\n \t32. Aerosmith<\/p>\n \t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tif ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { \n\tAerosmith, which formed in Boston in the early \u201970s and scored some of the most enduring rock hits of the decade, had largely faded from relevance by 1986, when group leaders\u00a0Steven Tyler\u00a0and\u00a0Joe Perry\u00a0appeared on Run-D.M.C.\u2019s remake of their 1977 hit \u201cWalk This Way.\u201d The groundbreaking rap\/rock fusion was a huge hit and set up a comeback that took\u00a0Aerosmith\u00a0to new levels of popularity\u00a0in the late \u201980s and early \u201990s. The band improbably reached its commercial peak in 1998 when the Diane Warren-penned \u201cI Don\u2019t Want to Miss a Thing\u201d from Armageddon\u00a0became its first and only single to top the Hot 100 \u2014 the only one of\u00a0Aerosmith\u2019s eight top 10 hits that Tyler didn\u2019t write or co-write.\u00a0\u2013 P.G.<\/p>\n \t31. Paramore<\/p>\n \t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tif ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { \n\tFrom raising a generation of pop-rock devotees with early hits (2007\u2019s \u201cMisery Business\u201d) to inspiring a generation of new-gen pop stars (Billie Eilish<\/a>, Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>, etc.) and continuing to top the Billboard charts (2023\u2019s This Is Why topped both Rock and Alternative Albums), few bands have been as instrumental to rock\u2019s transition between consumption eras as Paramore. Anchored by Hayley Williams\u2019 soaring, remarkably malleable pipes, Paramore has spent two decades bending the worlds of rock and pop to their whim. Whether they\u2019re resolving intra-band conflict through sly songwriting or blending the gospel influences of its Franklin, Tenn. roots into Hot 100 top 10 hits (2014\u2019s \u201cAin\u2019t It Fun\u201d), Paramore is for the people.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0K.D.<\/p>\n \t<\/p>\n \t<\/a><\/p>\n Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tThe Daily\t\t<\/p>\n A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry<\/p>\n \t\tBy providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use<\/a> and our Privacy Policy<\/a>.
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\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
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\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Linda D. Robbins\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t});
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\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
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\n\t\t\t\t});
\n\t\t\t} else {
\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
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\n\t\t\t\t});
\n\t\t\t} else {
\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
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\n\t\t\t} else {
\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
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\n\t\t\t} else {
\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Maureen Donaldson\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
\n\t\t\t\t\tpmcCnx({
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\n\t\t\t\t});
\n\t\t\t} else {
\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
\n\t\t\t\t\tpmcCnx({
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\n\t\t\t\t});
\n\t\t\t} else {
\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
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\n\t\t\t\t});
\n\t\t\t} else {
\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
\n\t\t\t\t\tpmcCnx({
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\n\t\t\t} else {
\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
\n\t\t\t\t\tpmcCnx({
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\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
\n\t\t\t\t\tpmcCnx({
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\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
\n\t\t\t\t\tpmcCnx({
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\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
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\n\t\t\t} else {
\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
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\n\t\t\t} else {
\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {
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\n\t\t\t} else {
\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it’s event time.
\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();
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