VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST NOW!!!
Anyone can vote and all votes count, given the following criteria.
ALL TIME ROCK CRITERIA:
1. No Jazz, Blues, Folk, Country, Gospel, R&B, Swing, Electronic Dance, Hip Hop/Rap, Pop, Ska, Classical, etc. There are seperate lists for these. Exceptions are when these genres are mixed with rock. (Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Country Rock, Rap Rock, Pop Rock, Ska Punk...)
2. Early soul/R&B and country up to the mid-1960s are allowed. After the British Invasion, we feel rock branched off into a form of its own. In the early days, it was still closely tied to R&B and country, as Elvis Presley had hits in both of these charts. Therefore, these songs were important to rock's development and allowed.
3. If your top 10 looks suspiciously like this week's top 10, it will be disregarded.
4. The harder it looks like you've worked on it, the more it is considered.
5. Be yourself. Don't worry if it's not a critic favorite. We want this to be a real list with real results.
ALL TIME ROCK CRITERIA:
1. No Jazz, Blues, Folk, Country, Gospel, R&B, Swing, Electronic Dance, Hip Hop/Rap, Pop, Ska, Classical, etc. There are seperate lists for these. Exceptions are when these genres are mixed with rock. (Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Country Rock, Rap Rock, Pop Rock, Ska Punk...)
2. Early soul/R&B and country up to the mid-1960s are allowed. After the British Invasion, we feel rock branched off into a form of its own. In the early days, it was still closely tied to R&B and country, as Elvis Presley had hits in both of these charts. Therefore, these songs were important to rock's development and allowed.
3. If your top 10 looks suspiciously like this week's top 10, it will be disregarded.
4. The harder it looks like you've worked on it, the more it is considered.
5. Be yourself. Don't worry if it's not a critic favorite. We want this to be a real list with real results.
Top 100 Rock Artists of All Time
1. Elvis Presley
2. The Beatles 3. Bob Dylan 4. James Brown 5. Chuck Berry 6. The Rolling Stones 7. Ray Charles 8. Jimi Hendrix 9. Led Zeppelin 10. Pink Floyd 11. Aretha Franklin 12. Little Richard 13. Stevie Wonder 14. Fats Domino 15. Beach Boys 16. Sam Cooke 17. Buddy Holly 18. The Who 19. Marvin Gaye 20. Bo Diddley 21. Michael Jackson 22. Bruce Springsteen 23. Madonna 24. Johnny Cash 25. The Velvet Underground 26. Black Sabbath 27. Otis Redding 28. U2 29. Prince 30. Everly Brothers 31. Neil Young 32. David Bowie 33. Elton John 34. The Clash 35. Diana Ross and the Supremes 36. Cream 37. Nirvana 38. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 39. Simon and Garfunkel 40. The Temptations 41. Bill Haley 42. Jerry Lee Lewis 43. The Ramones 44. The Doors 45. The Byrds 46. Patti Smith Group 47. The Kinks 48. Joni Mitchell 49. Clyde McPhatter 50. Queen |
51. Roy Orbison
52. Van Morrison 53. Janis Joplin 54. The Band 55. Eric Clapton 56. Grateful Dead 57. The Drifters 58. Van Halen 59. Elvis Costello and the Attractions 60. REM 61. Beastie Boys 62. Sex Pistols 63. Frank Zappa 64. The Yardbirds 65. John Lennon 66. BB King 67. Sonny Til and the Orioles 68. Parliament/Funkadelic 69. The 5 Royales 70. Eddie Cochrane 71. Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers 72. Allman Brothers Band 73. Aerosmith 74. Carl Perkins 75. The Police 76. AC/DC 77. Radiohead 78. The Eagles 79. The Shirelles 80. The Stooges 81. The Four Tops 82. Ricky Nelson 83. Guns n' Roses 84. Metallica 85. Deep Purple 86. King Crimson 87. Isley Brothers 88. Rush 89. Willie Nelson 90. The Ink Spots 91. Dinah Washington 92. Ben E. King 93. The Platters 94. Tina Turner 95. Jackie Wilson 96. James Taylor 97. Gram Parsons 98. Carlos Santana 99. Booker T. and the MGs 100. Nine Inch Nails |
TOP 100 ROCK ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 3. Revolver - The Beatles 4. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan 5. Rubber Soul - The Beatles 6. Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones 7. London Calling - The Clash 8. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan 9. Thriller - Michael Jackson 10. Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience 11. The Beatles (The White Album) 12. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 13. Abbey Road - The Beatles 14. Nevermind - Nirvana 15. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen 16. The Velvet Underground and Nico 17. Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan 18. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison 19. Elvis Presley 20. Purple Rain 21. Led Zeppelin I 22. Blue - Joni Mitchell 23. Bringing it All Back Home - Bob Dylan 24. Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones 25. Music From the Big Pink - The Band 26. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (David Bowie) 27. Tapestry - Carol King 28. The Doors 29. Live at the Apollo - James Brown 30. Sunrise - Elvis Presley 31. The Ramones 32. Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols 33. The Band 34. Tommy - The Who 35. Led Zeppelin 4 36. Appetite For Destruction - Guns n' Roses 37. Back in Black - AC/DC 38. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen 39. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 40. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles 41. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel 42. Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 43. Achtung Baby - U2 44. Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones 45. Moondance - Van Morrison 46. After the Gold Rush - Neil Young 47. The Clash 48. Axis: Bold as Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 49. The Wall - Pink Floyd |
50. Sign O' the Times - Prince
51. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 52. Rumors - Fleetwood Mac 53. The Joshua Tree - U2 54. Who's Next 55. Hotel California - The Eagles 56. Please Please Me - The Beatles 57. Forever Changes - Love 58. Horses - Patti Smith Group 59. At the Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band 60. Here's Little Richard! 61. Ten - Pearl Jam 62. OK Computer - Radiohead 63. 1999 - Prince 64. Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane 65. Master of Puppets - Metallica 66. Disraeli Gears - Cream 67. Live at Leeds - The Who 68. Meet the Beatles 69. The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic R&B - Ray Charles 70. Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones 71. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart 72. Back To Mono - Phil Spector 73. The Stranger - Billy Joel 74. Physical Grafitti - Led Zeppelin 75. Led Zeppelin 2 76. Imagine - John Lennon 77. Harvest - Neil Young 78. Odyssey and Oracle - The Zombies 79. Graceland - Paul Simon 80. Let It Be - The Beatles 81. At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash 82. Dusty in Memphis - Dusty Springfield 83. 20 Golden Greats - Buddy Holly 84. Bitches Brew - Miles Davis 85. Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival 86. The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan 87. This Year’s Model - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 88. Van Halen 89. Automatic For the People - REM 90. Murmur - REM 91. A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles 92. From Elvis in Memphis - Elvis Presley 93. Metallica 94. Synchronicity - The Police 95. Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden 96. Machine Head - Deep Purple 97. Remain in Light - Talking Heads 98. John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band 99. Black Sabbath 100. The Queen is Dead - The Smiths |
TOP 100 ROCK SONGS OF ALL TIME
1. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
2. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones 3. Respect - Aretha Franklin 4. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry 5. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys 6. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin 7. Yesterday - The Beatles 8. Hey Jude - The Beatles 9. Imagine - John Lennon 10. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley 11. What'd I Say - Ray Charles 12. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 13. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley 14. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 15. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets 16. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard 17. A Day in the Life - The Beatles 18. My Generation - The Who 19. Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan 20. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix 21. Maybellene - Chuck Berry 22. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 23. All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix 24. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen 25. Layla - Derek and the Dominos 26. Light My Fire - The Doors 27. Hotel California - The Eagles 28. Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis 29. Sympathy For the Devil - The Rolling Stones 30. You've Lost That Loving Feeling - Righteous Brothers 31. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley 32. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley 33. Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles 34. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 35. A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke 36. London Calling - The Clash 37. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles 38. Let It Be - The Beatles 39. You Really Got Me - The Kinks 40. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochrane 41. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin 42. Sunshine of Your Love - Cream 43. Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum 44. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who 45. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd 46. Help! - The Beatles 47. I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash 48. River Deep/Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner 49. One - U2 50. No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley |
51. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
52. That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly 53. Dancing in the Street - Martha and the Vandellas 54. The Weight - The Band 55. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks 56. Heroes - David Bowie 57. Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon & Garfunkel 58. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple 59. American Pie - Don McLean 60. Baba O'Riley - The Who 61. Shake, Rattle and Roll - Big Joe Turner 62. In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett 63. Time - Pink Floyd 64. Stand By Me - Ben E. King 65. Earth Angel - The Penguins 66. The Twist - Chubby Checker 67. Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison 68. Walk This Way - Aerosmith 69. Sweet Child o’ Mine - Guns n' Roses 70. When Doves Cry - Prince 71. Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols 72. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard 73. Times Are a-Changin’ - Bob Dylan 74. For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield 75. She Loves You - The Beatles 76. Redemption Song - Bob Marley and the Wailers 77. Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan 78. Crying - Roy Orbison 79. Walk On By - Dionne Warwick 80. California Girls - Beach Boys 81. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles 82. Mystery Train - Elvis Presley 83. Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds/Bob Dylan 84. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino 85. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - The Beatles 86. Every Breath You Take - The Police 87. Crazy - Patsy Cline 88. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen 89. Ring o Fire - Johnny Cash 90. California Dreaming - The Mamas and the Papas 91. In the Still of the Night - The Five Satins 92. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley 93. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones 94. I Still Haven’t Found What I'm Looking For - U2 95. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard 96. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins 97. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis 98. Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry 99. Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival 100. You Can’t Always Get what You Want - Rolling Stones |