Top 50 Greatest Classic Rock Bands
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For this video, a “classic rock band” refers to a rock band who’s first release was after 1960, but before 1985. This does not include punk or extreme/thrash metal bands. Traditional heavy metal bands are included.
Glad Queen made Top 5. For me, only the Beatles were better than them.
Is metallica considered as extreme thrash? They had ballads:fade to black, sanitarium etc.. They are also not some satanic dudes like slayer, they have melodic riffs.. You even put Judas priest, they were like the starters of speed metal
Good list
@@doomslayer6471 arent they after 85
@@josefnovotny101 they already had ballads in 85
Emerson, Lake and Palmer forever 🔥
Definitely
💯💯💯
I'm glad to see Rush so high on the list. I think they are frequently underrated.
They’re overrated tbh
@@jamesheath7601 Agreed. I really don't get that ridiculously overwhelming Rush fandom when you have bands like Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, Renaissance, Kansas and many more amazing and creative bands from the same era.
Rush is definitely not overrated; they were a machine!
@@zeppelinfan9360 100% agree
Great musicianship but i just couldn't get into them
I liked it, the 5 best bands ever are
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Queen
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd forever and ever. 🏴
Agree with out Stones, The Clash was the biggest of them all in early 80.
Couldn`t agree more Raul Mejia. Pink Floyd is the GOAT! 🤩💎
Don’t forget Def Leppard. In my opinion
@@TheArneSk no they werent.
floyd are depressing cynical left wing and boring, replace them with acdc and thats the real top 5.
Jethro Tull should be WAY higher...
I'm really glad ELO was on the list, they have a discography full of gems that aren't talked about as much as they should be.
Yeah, I music tops they are very underrated
They should have been like 7th
yes
50. Blue Öyster Cult
49. The Yardbirds
48. Heart
47. The Doobie Brothers
46. Chicago
45. The Kinks
44. The Allman Brothers Band
43. Supertramp
42. Jethro Tull
41. ZZ Top
40. Def Leppard
39. The Cars
38. Judas Priest
37. Genesis
36. The Animals
35. Journey
34. Kansas
33. Bon Jovi
32. King Crimson
31. Dire Straits
30. Iron Maiden
29. Yes
28. Boston
27. KISS
26. Steely Dan
25. Grateful Dead
24. The Velvet Underground
23. Cream
22. The Police
21. Electric Light Orchestra
20. U2
19. Aerosmith
18. Fleetwood Mac
17. The Beach Boys
16. Lynyrd Skynyrd
15. Deep Purple
14. Creedence Clearwater Revival
13. Eagles
12. The Doors
11. Van Halen
10. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
9. The Who
8. Black Sabbath
7. Rush
6. AC/DC
5. Queen
4. Pink Floyd
3. The Rolling Stones
2. Led Zeppelin
1. The Beatles
For me if its purely classic rock, it has to be Led Zeppelin. They epitomize everything about the genre
Yea but The Beatles didn't optimize genres, they invented them.
@@thirdhandlv4231 the beatles were genius of course but in a classic rock sense, even they cannot come close to Led Zeppelin
@@wolfbrother2474 what excetly do you mean by classic rock sense ?
@@liverpoollad1271 for better or worse, the sheer excess and breaking boundaries. The look aswell, Plant was gorgeous and Page, the ultimate rock star. Each member could be argued to be the finest in their field which I cant think of any other band that could claim that. The sets were nearly 4 hours long, they toured relentlessly. When I think of classic rock, I think Physical Graffiti or Led Zeppelin 2. That sound is classic rock
@@wolfbrother2474 well talking about breaking boundaries .. Beatles were literally playing with time signatures, 1 note drones, modulations long before . About looks , we all know what impact Beatles had on culture . And Beatles were not only focused on instruments they were playing but they went beyond that ..:
Personally would add: Thin Lizzy, Rainbow, UFO, Foreigner and Scorpions
Agree with Lizzy. I'd put them over quite a few of those bands. And where is Free?
Agree with UFO. Weather Schenker or Paul Chapman, love that band. Still listen to them today.
Agree with Rainbow. Dio + Blackmore + Powell
Foreigner for sure they are criminally underrated.
My Top 5:
1. The Beatles
2. Pink floyd
3. Led zeppelin
4. The Rolling stones
5.Queen
Mine too, in that exact order too
This is just prefect
@@dylanolson4600 pink booty hole Floyd mod
Replace Queen with The Who
@@villainousappetite8841 no
Admit it, you knew who was gonna be no. 1
Obviously all these lists have Beatles on top
@@jamesheath7601that was the dumbest thing i ever heard
Always Beatles
@@jamesheath7601 yeah go kid, listen to some bts
@@jamesheath7601 Said someone who’s probably only hears 5 or so Beatles songs. Boy not only are they freaking amazing musically but they were also amazing influentially. You can thank the Beatles for inspiring a great deal of the music we have nowadays
Kinks soo underrated
the top 5 band has no doubt. always them. absolutely
Because this top 5 (not depending on order) is the essential of most innovations, influence and commercial success that rock music has in the world. And that's why rock music beats any other music direction.
My list:
#1. The Beatles
#2. The Rolling Stones
#3. The Who
#4. Led Zeppelin
#5. Chicago, The Doors (tie), The Beach Boys (tie), Queen (tie), The Eagles (tie), Fleetwood Mac (tie).
That's about right. Even objectively speaking. I'd include Floyd in that 5 spot, and the Police.
Love all the video of live performances! So many of them are my favorite songs/groups and it was cool to connect what I’d only heard to the people. Made it feel more real that they were made by real people
The Kinks probably deserve a spot. The Beatlee are always number 1.
Kinks were a very low 45...
They got a spot?
Because the Beatles are the number one.
The Kinks should be in top 20
So glad to see king crimson, yes and rush on this list.
This is my top 5:
5. Genesis
4. Queen
3. Emerson, Lake and Palmer
2. King Crimson
1. Pink Floyd
I really like your number 1 Pick. You have great taste in music 🤩💎
@@williamaaskov7783 Thanks! I agree Pink Floyd is a wonderful band.
Obviously you like prog. I'd put Yes over ELP though.
@@markhunter8554 As much as I like Yes, ELP has a wonderful place in my heart. If
Everything after 1974 didn't exist like Works, in the hot seat and love beach, they probably would be number 2 or even 1.
@@williamaaskov7783 I think every band on this list in well deserving .. so if people listen to these bands they already have very good taste in music
To be honest, Deep Purple deserves a higher place. For me, they're definitely in top 5. One of the most influential bands ever, pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal. Mark II is unmatchable
until the day, In Rock is one of the most shocking albums I've ever listened to (imagine it in 1970...)
@@gabrvalete yeah, can't imagine how it blew people's minds back in '70
I agree. Deep Purple albums Machine Head & In Rock are top achievements.
Deep Purple def deserves a top 5 without even hesitating.
Yeah Deep purple should in top5
They had a huge influence on rock but they were underrated
My top 10
1. The Beatles
2. Led Zeppelin
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Pink Floyd
5. Queen
6. The Beach Boys
7. The Who
8. Jimi Hendrix experiences
9. Black Sabbath
10. The Doors
I'm sorry there's no Uriah Heep and The Kinks and The Yardbirds are this low on the list. They were all highly influential classic rock bands
Uriah Heep is the most underrated band of 20th century following by Slade.
And they were all more classic than Bon Jovi.
Uriah Heep is without question...the most underrated rock band of all time.
@@alexsinner6239slade are overrated 😂
1 - beatles
2 - led zeppelin
3 - free
4 - ten years after
5 - jethro tull
6 - jeff beck group
7 - jimi hendrix exp
8 - pink floyd
9 - rolling stones
10 - cream
11 - beach boys
12 - the yardbirds
13 - santana
14 - the byrds
15 - deep purple
16 - doobie brothers
17 - the who
18 - c.c.r
19 - thin lizzy
20 - moody blues
21 - procul harum
22 - doors
23 - eagles
24 - taste
25 - genesis
Good list, but no Uriah Heep?
I really like classic rock. Amazing bands!
Great list!!
I love all of these bands but especially Led Zeppelin! 😍
Awesome list!
I’m surprised no one in the comments is mentioning the Monkees. They were an amazing band. And they outsold The Rolling Stones and the Beatles in 1967 with “I’m a believer”. They often get overlooked
Do you have proof that this happened?
Fine job, Sir, and thank you 😎
Led Zeppelin- number one!!!
No
@@cancerandaids3822 yes
@@polskate9565 Number 2 at most
@@cancerandaids3822 Don't be ridiculous, The Beatles' girly songs can't even compare to one song from Led Zeppelin's 4th album.The only Beatles rock song you can listen to is come together, which they stole from Chuck Berry. the rest is nothing compared to led Zeppelin
@@polskate9565 oh yeah Lennon stole like 6 seconds of Chuck Berry lyrics and plus if you call them a girly band they have a lot of more heavy stuff like Hey Bulldog Helter Skelter and I’ve got a feeling
Nr. 1 The Doors ❤
❤❤❤
1. Pink floyd
2. Beatles
3. Yes
4. The doors
5. Led zeplin
Small Faces underrated band
And The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, etc.
Very good top 5, better , more accurate than most of them. One thing... Led Zeppelin number one. ❤
0:26
I agree
1 The Beatles
2 Led Zeppelin
3 Pink Floyd
4 The Rolling Stones
5 The Beach Boys
6 Queen
7 Ac/dc
8 Van Halen
9 Black Sabbath
10 The Doors
The top 50 classic rock bands doesn’t include the Moody Blues???? You got to be kidding me. Didn’t even make the top 50? They were so creative and innovative. Kings of the concept album and prog rock roots. I can’t believe how many lists exclude them. I love most of the bands that you listed. But the Moody Blues are the only band that moved me to my soul. At 67 I have been listening to them for 52 years and their music never gets old. Just the opinion of an old man.
The Moody Blues are definitely top 10. When the term Art Rock was commonly used, the Moodies we're considered the pioneers, when it changed to prog they often get brushed aside in favor of bands like Yes and King Crimson. Prog rhetoric usually comes from the U.K., where the Moody Blues are not as revered as they are in the states.
I thought they only had that one hit…
Led Zeppelin only had 6 top 40 hits. The Moody Blues had 13. Although Led Zeppelin had less than half the number of hits, they are probably one of the greatest bands ever. I don’t think the number of hits a band had determines how great the band is/was. Just my opinion.
@@greggmccabe7833 Strange how that works. Sometimes there’s bands that had tons of hits back then- with almost none being really “remembered” today. The Moody Blues today are mostly known for Nights in White Satin.
@@yourcommentisntfunnyv2709 The Moody Blues had 3 top 10 songs in three different decades. Sixties fans will remember Go Now, and 80s afficianaddos are mostly familiar with You're Wildest dreams.
My top ten are:
10. Jimmy Hendrix Experience
9. Lynyrd Skynyrd
8. Creedence Clearwater Revival
7. Deep Purple
6. Doors
5. The Beatles
4. Rolling Stones
3. Led Zeppelin
2. Queen
1. Pink Floyd
The Kinks are criminally low on this list. They should be no lower than the top 15 and probably should be in the top 10.
This'll be controversial, I'm sure, but here's my top 5:
1.) Beatles
2.) Creedence
3.) Beach Boys
4.) AC/DC
5.) Aerosmith & The Zombies (Tied)
Te Falto B-52s, Madness, Bachman Turner Ovedrive, T.Rex, Slade, Styx, Asia, Sweet, etc
5. Aerosmith
4. Rush
3. Heart
2. Zeppelin
1. Beatles
Amazes me that you managed to find a clip of The Yardbirds performing without a guitar to be seen
For me Pink Floyd is always number 1, but where is Survivor?
For me Queen is the number 1
For Me U2 is Number 1
I agree pink floyd on top
Survivor is such an awesome Band
Personally i'd put morbid angel as NO 1 his lyrics really speak to me.
I’ve noticed that ever since Covid, people wildly overrate Queen and Rush. Just another reason to hate global pandemics.
Queen's popularity was boosted ever since the Bohemian Rhapsody movie
I'll agree with you on Queen, but RUSH is always underrated.
What the fuck has a pandemic have to do with the popularity of a band from the 1970’s???
God I hate Rush's vocals. How are people able to tolerate crappy falsetto 🙄
@@WolfgangXP65-67 it's not falsetto lol it's mix your referring to as falsetto.Weird at first but sounds fantastic vocals to me now
Nice list
Very great video, although I'd put Chicago, The Kinks and especially Supertramp higher on the list.
Beatles Great Band!
You missed Free, Small Faces, Faces, Nazareth, Roxy Music, T. Rex, Slade and 10 Years After.
Roxy Music were way ahead of their time.
Bad Company was a great band too.
Even though the beatles got the no.1 spot , We can say that the beatles is so underrated these days.
This channel uploaded a video of the most popular classic artists on Spotify. The Beatles were 2nd place just behind Queen.
The Beatles have 26 million monthly listeners and are 113th in the world on Spotify right now.
tf are you smokin bro?
Great list and the #1 is right on!:)
Great list buddy
Beatles, Pink Floyd, Stones........then the rest. We can all agree to disagree, but can you imagine in 40 or 50yrs anyone will outdo the current top 5 whatever your personal choice is?
I started listening to Yes yesterday and I say how fantastic it is
Kudos for including Steely Dan.
If the Police is on this list then Talking Heads could be as well. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers never seem to make these kind of lists either
I always liked Sweet. Yeah, I know they had some bubble gum tunes in their career, but when you listen to Desolation Boulevard (US version), Give us a wink and Off the record, for me, just fantastic songs, great playing and production.
Almost perfect list
Knew the top-5 before clicking on the video, and of course No.1, and then it is down to the personal preferences where to put the other 4.
ELO AT NO. 21?! NICE!
☝🏻😎
Great list. The who at 9 is rough.
Agree they should have been higher. As should the Allman Brothers.
Big ELP fan here I know they’re not for everyone’s taste but they were one of the top selling artists of the 70s
Classic Rock😍🤘
Where is Three Dog Night? 18 straight top 20 hits isn't enough?
AC/DC, Van Halen and Queen ranked embarrassingly high.
Van Halen and AC/DC were a bit more influential than they seem, but they were very high yes.
YOU REMEMBERED RUSH 🙏🙏🙏
I was starting to get a bit worried at 10 lol
My Top 10
10. AC/DC
9. The Who
8. The Beach Boys
7. Rush
6. Queen
5. The Doors
4. The Rolling Stones
3. Led Zeppelin
2. Pink Floyd
1. The Beatles
Beatles? British
Zeppelin? British
Stones? British
Sabbath? British
Floyd? British
The Who? British
Rush? Canadian
Queen? British
AC DC? Australian
There will be more than a few ‘Muricans who hate this list. Guess Jimi playing with two Brits is the highest American on the list.
What is it about the UK in the 60’s that made such prolific bands?!
It’s the upbringing and different musical background. In the US kids in the late 50s til 1961-1962 were listening to rock, country, pop. In the UK they were listening to Rock, pop, classical, jazz, skiffle, Italian, Spanish, blues etc. They had a broader palate to choose from. If you think about it, when rock died its first death back in the late 50s, the US charts were full of the Frankie Avalons and Fabians of the day. While over in the UK a young Brian May was listening to the Temperance Seven, a jazz revival group, and learning about Mantovani. The Beatles were covering Bésame Mucho (a Spanish song) on the local club scene and Jon Lord was being classically trained as a kid. This is what makes the difference between US and UK groups, in my opinion.
AC/DC are arguably British, two British people founded them and Bon Scott was British and Brian Johnson is British and in the early days only one member of them was Australian, just cause they happened to be in Australia when they were founded doesn't make them Australian. I call AC/DC British 🇬🇧
Beach Boys ?
@@villainousappetite8841 they were all born and raised in Vancouver and moved to California after graduating highs school.
Kidding . Yes very much an American band.
@@shizuokaBLUES Beach Boys are a Top 10 band,arguably #6 or #7.
My favourite are the Scorpions! ❤
My top 3
3. The animals
2. ACDC
1. The Rolling Stones
rush at 7 i love this video
Sure Beatles is rock, but it is more hugely successful and known as a pop band. Puttng it as the #1 on a classic rock ranking is honestly stupid. A band like Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd would have made much more sense for the spot.
I don't think so. I would say some of their songs, especially the ones from their early era, are pop/rock, not only pop. If you mean they're popular well, they are, just as all these bands.
@@abandonedchannel1159 Yes but I would say that they aren't predominantly rock, so they shouldn't be considered a rock *band* per se. Just like Led Zeppelin had a lot of folk and blues elements in some of their songs, but they are considered a rock band. You wouldn't call Led Zeppelin a reggae band just because of D'yer Mak'er. I just found it illogical that the Beatles would even be on this list, let alone considered #1.
Who else knew the Beatles would be number one??
Kind of a no brainer really
Top five perfect
Led zeppelin no 1
Queen, я бы поставила на 3 место!! Они это заработали! Лучшие мировые хиты по популярности и узнаваемость!
They are no where as good as Pink Floyd Or The Rolling Stones
@@cancerandaids3822 На вкус и цвет, товарищей нет! QUEEN - номер один!!!!
Согласен. Но Эй Си Ди Си -номер 1)))
@@cancerandaids3822 Freddie is a better singer
@@jamesheath7601 100 %
the kinks at 45?
He visto y leído un montón de listas y tops de este estilo y el resultado siempre es el mismo, The Beatles en primer lugar 💪 como debe ser
I miss The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield. I love the Stones but I think The Kinks were better.
I agree about Buffalo Springfield.
Was this your personal favourite rock bands or a universal top 50?
Little John 🥺
The Rolling Stones is the One !
Love the list, but I miss Uriah Heep and Grandfunk Railroad
Thin Lizzy, GFR, UFO, Uriah Heep, and Mountain could make this video if much of the progressive rock bands were put on their own top 50.
En qué se basa para hacer está lista, porque objetivamente King crimson, TVU, Beach Boys deberían estar en un top 5 incluso 10
Led Zeppelin #1 Classic Rock Band
The ten greatest rock bands in my opinion
1.The Beatles
2.The rolling stones
3.Deep purple
4.Led zeppelin
5.Pink Floyd
6.Queen
7.AC/DC
8.The Doors
9.The who
10.Black sabbath
9 of the top 10 are British 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 and yes I class AC/DC as British
@@OblivionGate You can indeed think that AC/DC is British
I mean, the rock scene was made in Britain thanks to the likes of the Beatles.
00:56 Jethro Tull all day!
We all knew #1 😎
It's Missing Thin Lizzy
Maybe bands like Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Aerosmith and Heart belongs more to a 80s list! In their place I would put Grand Funk, Blue Cheer, The Guess Who, Free, Nazareth, Badfinger, and so many others great underrated 60s bands 🤷🏻♂️
Aerosmith's first album was in 1973. Definitely not just an 80s band
yes apart from aerosmith
Aerosmiths peak was in the 70s
Blue Cheer was a one hit wonder. But I agree that Free should be on the list, as well as Lizzy.
@@aggelostzimagiorgis So was Heart.
Rainbow, Uriah Heep, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Sweet, Slade, Toto, Wishbone Ash, Lucifer’s Friend, Scorpions, Ted Nugent, Grand Funk Railroad, Ronnie Montrose and Gamma, Gary Moore, Billy Idol, Bad Company, Foreigner, Alice Cooper, Whitesnake, Camel, Coldplay, Cinderella, David Bowie, Dr.Feelgood, Fish and Marillion, Free, Golden Earring, Great White, Hawkwind, INXS, Kingdom Come, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Nazareth, R.E.M., Sammy Hagar, Simple Minds, Shocking Blue, Spooky Tooth, Suzi Quatro, T.Rex, Tears For Fears, Alan Parson’s Project, The Moody Blues, Twisted Sister, Vanilla Fudge, Status Quo, Rammstein, Queensryche, Dream Theater, Jeff Healey, Elton John, Bee Gees, Asia, Accept, ABBA, Thin Lizzy…
Most of those are not fitting the category. I love Rammstein but hardly classic rock. List is for 50, not 500.
@@ronh.798 All the bands I listed are the greatest rock bands, unlike for example Heart, Doobie Brothers, Deff Leppard, The Cars, Jorney, Kansas, Bon Jovi, King Crimson, Boston, Steely Dan, Velvet Undeground, Cream, Police, Beach Boys , the Doors… who are just not bad bands and only made the list through the eyes of an American. It's hard to imagine in classic rock such as Uriah Heep vs Heart, Grand Funk Railroad vs Beach Boys... It's also very controversial how many of the greatest albums Whitesnake vs Police, Nazareth vs Cream, Status Quo vs Boston released for example... it's just ridiculous to compare. Never do reviews like this again, otherwise you will get the impression that you just haven't heard real rock bands.
@@askhatzhakupov2039 Sorry, that is just one person's opinion.
@@ronh.798 Are you serious? This music exist for ages. Billions of people listen to it. It is necessary not to make lists of your own, but to ask all people.
@@askhatzhakupov2039 Then make your own video and put it on youtube.
Queen Boston Kansas and Heart are some of my favourites
My list:
The Velvet Underground
The Beatles
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
Swans
Virus
This Heat
Pescado Rabioso
Ufff pescado rabioso tremendo banda
based
Never heard of half of them.
since Creedence clearwater revival are better than Deep purple and iron maiden
Beach boys needs to be higher its not a demand its a fact
As a Canuck it's nice to see Rush so high on the list. A surreal 3 piece just like ZZ Top or The Police. I'd personally put the Eagles/Beach Boys as the highest ranked American bands, no disrespect to The Doors or The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Great list, may The Beatles music be remembered in 400 years just as Beethoven's music is remembered today. Why are all the best bands from the same island? Lol 🇬🇧
Agree on Rush. For me Beach Boys and Eagles are very bland and middle of the road. Much prefer Doors, Jimi, Van Halen, CCR, Metallica, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Zappa and the Mothers. I could probably go on :)
Ratt, The Scorpions, or Dokken wasn't even mentioned!! You left three great bands off your list!!
why the hell is Alice Cooper always forgotten
No band will ever top the Beatles that’s a fact.
5 best bands
5: Rolling Stones
4: Jimi Hendrix Experience
3:Queen
2: The Beatles
1: The Doors
Guns and roses forever!
Absolutely!!!!! You got that right!!!!
1. Pink Floyd and solo
2. Queen
3. Genesis
4.Beatles
5. Dire Straits
6. Led Zeppelin
7. Mike Oldfield
8. Deep Purple
9. Eagles
10. Yes
11. Jethro Tull
12. Rolling Stones
Great list! Especially nr. 1 🤩💎
Blue Öyster Cult for sure
So glad that The Cars are as high as they are