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Bachman–Turner Overdrive
Canadian band
1
Duran Duran
English New Wave band
2
Def Leppard
British rock band
3
The Jeff Beck Group
band
4
Deep Purple
English rock band
5
Stray Cats
band
6
Talking Heads
American rock band
7
Huey Lewis and the News
American pop rock band
8
The Clash
British punk rock band
9
The Call
American rock band
10
The Replacements
American rock band
11
System of a Down
Armenian-American metal band
12
Queen
British rock band (1970-)
13
Modern Talking
German pop duo
14
The Beach Boys
American rock band
15
Persian Risk
16
Five Star
British pop/R&B sibling group
17
Roger Chapman
British rock vocalist, songwriter
18
Dann Huff
American musician and record producer
19
Ian Stewart
British musician and tour manager
20
Savoy Brown
English blues rock band
21
Hüsker Dü
American rock and punk band, active 1979–88
22
Mike Mills
American musician; multi-instrumentalist for American alternative rock band R.E.M.
23
Black Sabbath
British heavy metal band
24
INXS
Australian rock band
25
Nelson
American rock band
26
The Rolling Stones
English rock band
27
Rollins Band
American punk rock band
28
The Bangles
American pop rock band
29
Big Star
American rock band
30
Paul Rodgers
English-Canadian singer-songwriter
31
Benjamin Orr
American musician
32
Butch Vig
American musician and record producer
33
Joe Perry
American musician
34
Dire Straits
British rock band
35
The Everly Brothers
American rock and roll duo
36
The Band
rock band from Toronto
37
Travis Barker
American drummer
38
Accept
German heavy metal band
39
The Animals
English band
40
Judas Priest
British heavy metal band
41
AC/DC
Australian hard rock band
42
Slade
British rock band
43
Ritchie Blackmore
British guitarist and songwriter, guitarist of the band Deep Purple
44
Yes
English rock band
45
Serj Tankian
Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer, musician, and songwriter
46
The Police
English rock band
47
Led Zeppelin
English rock band
48
Electric Light Orchestra
British band
49
Josh Homme
American musician
50
Mink DeVille
American band with Willy DeVille
51
Wham!
English pop duo
52
John Cooper
American musician, born 1975
53
Skeleton Crew
American experimental rock and jazz group
54
Audio Adrenaline
American Christian rock band
55
Fugazi
American Hardcore Punk Band
56
Jack Nitzsche
American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer and record producer
57
Eric Burdon
English singer-songwriter
58
London
American heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, California in 1978
59
Leslie West
American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
60
Joe Strummer
British musician, singer, actor and songwriter (1952-2002)
61
Shep Pettibone
American record producer, songwriter, DJ
62
David Bowie
British singer, musician, and actor (1947-2016)
