A list of the best bands of all time that includes over 500 rock and roll bands. The list is ranked in order from best bands at the top to worst bands at the bottom according to thousands of voters.
- Led Zeppelin
- Queen
- The Beatles
- Pink Floyd
- The Rolling Stones
- Jimi Hendrix
- AC/DC
- The Who
- The Eagles
- Guns N’ Roses
- CCR
- Black Sabbath
- David Bowie
- Fleetwood Mac
- Elvis Presley
- Van Halen
- Nirvana
- Aerosmith
- Metallica
- The Doors
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Eric Clapton
- Tom Petty
- Rush
- Jimi Hendrix
- The Police
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Deep Purple
- Pearl Jam
- Chuck Berry
- ZZ Top
- Cream
- Dire Straits
- The Kinks
- Bob Dylan
- Journey
- Foo Fighters
- John Lennon
- Simon and Garfunkel
- Paul McCartney
- Iron Maiden
- Santana
- Boston
- Heart
- Electric Light Orchestra
- Def Leppard
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Neil Young
- Genesis
- R.E.M.
- Bon Jovi
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Allman Brothers Band
- Buddy Holly
- Billy Joel
- George Harrison
- Foreigner
- The Cars
- Soundgarden
- Steve Miller Band
- Bob Seger
- Crosby, Stills, Nash
- The Animals
- Alice Cooper
- The Moody Blues
- Chicago
- Alice in Chains
- The Doobie Brothers
- Paul McCartney Wings
- Roy Orbison
- Robert Plant
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- The Pretenders
- Buddy Holly
- Jefferson Airplane
- Blondie
- Joan Jett Blackhearts
- Janis Joplin
- Joe Walsh
- Phil Collins
- Derek & Dominos
- George Thorogood
- Steppenwolf
- John Fogerty
- The Hollies
- Toto
- The Guess Who
- The Mamas & The Papas
- Steve Miller
- The Cranberries
- Bad Company
- Bachman Turner Overdrive
- Yes
- Steely Dan
- The Byrds
- Blue Öyster Cult
- David Gilmour
- Supertramp
- Joe Cocker
- Traveling Wilburys
- REO Speedwagon
- Scorpions
- Billy Idol
- The Beach Boys
- Elvis Costello & Attractions
- The Yardbirds
- Mötley Crüe
- Talking Heads
- Styx
- Three Dog Night
- The Four Seasons
- The Zombies
- Green Day
- Linkin Park
- Don Henley
- Peter Frampton
- Pat Benatar
- Pretenders
- Kansas
- Cat Stevens
- Paul Simon
- Thin Lizzy
- Buffalo Springfield
- Motörhead
- Otis Redding
- Pete Townshend
- America
- Sting
- T. Rex
- Debbie Harry
- Ramones
- Jethro Tull
- The Cure
- The Clash
- Rod Stewart
- Tina Turner
- Eric Burdon Animals
- Hall & Oates
- Cheap Trick
- The J. Geils Band
- Bruce Springsteen
- Grand Funk Railroad
- Judas Priest
- Joan Jett
- Kiss
- Bryan Adams
- INXS
- Jackson Browne
- Huey Lewis & the News
- The Bangles
- Steve Winwood
- Peter Gabriel
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- John Mellencamp
- Mick Jagger
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Eurythmics
- Grateful Dead
- Radiohead
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Dio
- Foghat
- Jeff Beck
- Men at Work
- Frank Zappa
- The Turtles
- Badfinger
- The Monkees
- Traffic
- Rage Against the Machine
- Eddie Money
- Bill Haley & His Comets
- Iron Butterfly
- The Marshall Tucker Band
- Iggy Pop
- Nazareth
- Tool
- Sweet
- Roger Waters
- Oasis
- Manfred Mann
- Meat Loaf
- Molly Hatchet
- The White Stripes
- The Band
- Procol Harum
- Stray Cats
- Them
- Ringo Starr
- The Alan Parsons Project
- The Jeff Beck Group
- Eddie Cochran
- Lou Reed
- Rainbow
- Blind Faith
- Tears for Fears
- The Lovin’ Spoonful
- The Spencer Davis Group
- Depeche Mode
- Free
- Jefferson Starship
- Ten Years After
- The Black Crowes
- Canned Heat
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Whitesnake
- Michael Jackson
- Clash
- James Gang
- Golden Earring
- 38 Special
- Survivor
- Mott the Hoople
- Keith Richards
- Kool & the Gang
- Harry Nilsson
- Faces
- Little Feat
- The Knack
- Audioslave
- James Taylor
- Quiet Riot
- The Cult
- Billy Squier
- Mark Knopfler
- Loverboy
- John Mayall
- Robin Trower
- Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Lenny Kravitz
- Collective Soul
- Kurt Cobain
- Roger Daltrey
- Brian Wilson
- Albert King
- Leon Russell
- Nine Inch Nails
- The Offspring
- Edgar Winter
- Ike & Tina Turner
- Elmore James
- The Small Faces
- U2
- The Smiths
- John Mayall & Bluesbreakers
- Don McLean
- Night Ranger
- System of a Down
- Midnight Oil
- The Grass Roots
- Lita Ford
- Freddie King
- Johnny Winter
- The Romantics
- Rory Gallagher
- Little River Band
- Ritchie Valens
- Carl Perkins
- Herman’s Hermits
- The Squids
- Evanescence
- Warren Zevon
- J.J. Cale
- Dave Mason
- Edgar Winter Group
- Charlie Daniels
- The Killers
- Glen Miller
- Randy Rhoads
- Uriah Heep
- Gary Numan
- Waylon Jennings
- Lionel Richie
- Todd Rundgren
- Mothers of Invention
- The Ventures
- Megadeth
- Peter Green
- Bonnie Raitt
- Sheryl Crow
- Stephen Stills
- Leonard Cohen
- Gregg Allman
- Gary Moore
- Les Paul
- Ry Cooder
- Hot Tuna
- Manfred Mann
- Patti Smith
- Suzi Quatro
- Sammy Hagar
- Bill Withers
- Roxy Music
- Jan and Dean
- Dion
- Siouxsie Sioux
- Bread
- Steve Perry
- Joe Jackson
- Rick Wakeman
- Paul Rodgers
- War
- Kenny Loggins
- Echo & Bunnymen
- Slash
- Bryan Ferry
- Alanis Morissette
- Gerry Rafferty
- Mungo Jerry
- Norman Greenbaum
- T-Bone Walker
- Graham Nash
- Paul Revere and The Raiders
- The Big Bopper
- Muse
- Tommy Dorsey
- Dr. John
- Buffalo
- Peter Tosh
- Marianne Faithfull
- OMD
- Ted Nugent
- Slade
- The Tubes
- Sex Pistols
- Bill Bruford
- Spirit
- Steve Howe
- The Highwaymen
- Phil Ochs
- Joan Armatrading
- Seals and Crofts
- Gary Wright
- The Boomtown Rats
- Twisted Sister
- Elvis Costello
- George Benson
- Lindsey Buckingham
- Joy Division
- The Outfield
- J. J. Cale
- Jack White
- Anderson Bruford
- John Cafferty & Beaver Brown
- Rammstein
- The Black Keys
- Poison
- Suzanne Vega
- Syd Barrett
- Train
- Funkadelic
- Spooky Tooth
- Budgie
- Aphrodite’s Child
- The Velvet Underground
- Jerry Garcia
- The Commodores
- Weezer
- Madness
- Mike + The Mechanics
- Gary Puckett & Union Gap
- 10cc
- Nena
- Patti Smith Group
- A Flock of Seagulls
- Chris Isaak
- Stealers Wheel
- Ace Frehley
- Rick Derringer
- Pantera
- Joe Satriani
- Soft Cell
- Sha Na Na
- Pixies
- Christopher Cross
- David Lee Roth
- Thelonious Monk
- Humble Pie
- Mountain
- Rick James
- Tom Waits
- The Runaways
- Neal Schon
- The Jam
- Nick Lowe
- Julian Lennon
- Tommy Tutone
- Los Lobos
- Jerry Garcia Band
- Jerry Reed
- The Average White Band
- Arctic Monkeys
- The Clovers
- P!nk
- Strawberry Alarm Clock
- Randy Newman
- The Troggs
- Nick Cave
- Argent
- The Association
- The Chordettes
- The Stooges
- Edie Brickell New Bohemians
- Violent Femmes
- ? & the Mysterians
- The Smithereens
- ABC
- Simple Minds
- Siouxsie & the Banshees
- Bruce Hornsby
- Colosseum
- The Del-Vikings
- Wishbone Ash
- Richie Havens
- The Tremeloes
- Elvin Bishop
- Rick Springfield
- King Crimson
- Vanilla Fudge
- The Kingsmen
- Donald Fagen
- Alphaville
- Robbie Robertson
- Focus
- Talk Talk
- Ian Hunter
- We Five
- Gipsy Kings
- Redbone
- The Rascals
- David Crosby
- Laura Branigan
- Thomas Dolby
- Mr. Mister
- Blink-182
- Ronnie Wood
- Jan Hammer
- Hank Williams, Jr.
- Erasure
- Boz Scaggs
- Split Enz
- Bay City Rollers
- Davy Jones
- Lou Gramm
- Wang Chung
- John Cale
- The Ink Spots
- David Essex
- 3 Doors Down
- Big Brother Holding Company
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- Barry McGuire
- Air Supply
- Jane’s Addiction
- Roxette
- The Searchers
- Herbie Hancock
- Hot Chocolate
- The Fabulous Thunderbirds
- Alicia Keys
- Faith No More
- Steve Hackett
- Gerry & The Pacemakers
- Strawbs
- Fine Young Cannibals
- Janis Ian
- Triumph
- Men Without Hats
- Juice Newton
- Louis Jordan
- Prefab Sprout
- Kate Bush
- The Shirelles
- Of Monsters and Men
- Florence and the Machine
- Barclay James Harvest
- Queens of the Stone Age
- The Pogues
- Be Bop Deluxe
- Culture Club
- The Buggles
- Richard Thompson
- Eddie Vedder
- Gary Lewis & The Playboys
- Disturbed
- Nico
- Duffy
- Scott McKenzie
- The Miracles
- Patrick Moraz
- Juluka
- Bruce Cockburn
- Velvet Revolver
- The Seeds
- The Firm
- Dixie Dregs
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Brian Eno
- Enigma
- Peter Schilling
- The Raspberries
- Sublime
- Chris Rea
- The Proclaimers
- The Quarrymen
- Starship
- Queensrÿche
- Misfits
- The Walker Brothers
- Dick Dale
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- Jean Michel Jarre
- Black
- The Seekers
- Coldplay
- Soul Asylum
- The Human League
- The Tragically Hip
- Screaming Lord Sutch
- John Mayer
- UFO
- Edison Lighthouse
- Billy Corgan